Vertebrate: Quick Facts
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Researchers create first whole-body single-cell atlas of an adult vertebrate
• Oct. 29, 2026, 2:00 PM ET (Phys.org)
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| Also Known As | Craniata • Vertebrata |
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Key People
Alfred Sherwood Romer
American biologist
Sir John Graham Kerr
British biologist
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist
Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens
French physiologist
Othniel Charles Marsh
American paleontologist
Carl Richard Moore
American zoologist
Oliver Perry Hay
American paleontologist
