We analysed the network in many different ways and found that its structure is quite different from the synaptic #connectome and random networks. One of the interesting findings was that the #aciculae - chitin rods that form an #endoskeleton in the segmental #appendages - are highly connected hubs in the #network and a large number of #muscles is involved in moving them.

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2022-05-clasper-appendages-mid-cambrian-trilobite-horseshoe.html
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Clasper #appendages discovered in mid-Cambrian #trilobite show horseshoe crab-like mating behavior @HarvardResearch https://phys.org/news/2022-05-clasper-appendages-mid-cambrian-trilobite-horseshoe.html