The worm larva is in the spotlight. 🪱

The @Chema_MD lab's new paper is out @Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05636-7

A big team effort led by Fran Martín-Zamora and Yan Liang.

Check some interviews from the main authors (in Spanish)
https://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/ciencia/2023-01-25/espanoles-descubren-misterio-evolucion-larvas_3563837/

And from our collaborators
https://www.uni-jena.de/en/230125-lebenszyklen

Annelid functional genomics reveal the origins of bilaterian life cycles - Nature

Comparative chromosome-scale genome sequencing and transcriptomic and epigenomic profiling of three different species of annelid provide insight into the evolutionary origin of larvae.

Nature