Morphological description, character conceptualization and the reconstruction of ancestral states exemplified by the evolution of arthropod hearts

Torben Göpel; Christian S. Wirkner

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201702

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Morphological description, character conceptualization and the reconstruction of ancestral states exemplified by the evolution of arthropod hearts

Torben Göpel ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: torben.goepel@googlemail.com

Affiliation Allgemeine & Spezielle Zoologie, Institut für Biowissenschaften, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6726-6319

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Christian S. Wirkner

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Allgemeine & Spezielle Zoologie, Institut für Biowissenschaften, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Morphological description, character conceptualization and the reconstruction of ancestral states exemplified by the evolution of arthropod hearts

Torben Göpel,
Christian S. Wirkner

Published: September 20, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201702

About the Authors

Torben Göpel

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: torben.goepel@googlemail.com

Affiliation Allgemeine & Spezielle Zoologie, Institut für Biowissenschaften, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6726-6319

Christian S. Wirkner

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Allgemeine & Spezielle Zoologie, Institut für Biowissenschaften, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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