Response to Comments on Ultrastructure reveals ancestral vertebrate pharyngeal skeleton in yunnanozoans

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Tian, Qingyi; Zhao, Fangchen; Zeng, Han; Zhu, Maoyan; Jiang, Baoyu
• 署名单位: Nanjing University; Nanjing University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-10257
• DOI: 10.1126/science.adf3363
• 发表日期: 2023-07-28
• 关键词: shale; fossilization; preservation; EVOLUTION; head

摘要

He et al. dispute our anatomical interpretations on the structures of cellular chambers and microfibrils in yunnanozoan branchial arches and put forward alternative interpretations on these structures. Zhang and Pratt argue that the microfibrils we identified in yunnanozoans are more likely modern organic contamination. Here we provide additional evidence to support our interpretations and dismiss the alternative interpretations.