Amphioxus, a small marine organism belonging to the cephalochordates, serves as a crucial model for understanding the evolution of vertebrates and the development of chordates. Its simple body ...

To do this, we study developmental gene expression, regulation, and function in three model organisms; lamprey, amphioxus, and zebrafish. Lamprey, a jawless vertebrate, is the most basal vertebrate ...

In an article published in , scientists used the amphioxus, a close relative of vertebrates, to understand the mechanisms ...