Possible link to evolutionary development of the neural crest found in sea squirt tadpole

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers affiliated with New York and Dalhousie Universities, in the U.S. and Canada respectively, has found a possible intermediate cell type that might help understand the evolutionary process that led to the development of the neural crest. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the team describes their study of sea squirt tadpole neural development and the similarities they found with the neural crest. Marianne Bronner, with the California Institute of Technology offers some insight into the work done by the team in a News & Views piece published in the same journal issue.

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