Despite the great abundance and diversity of molluscs, only a few have attained model
research organism status. One of those species is the slipper snail Crepidula fornicata. Its …

Despite the great abundance and diversity of molluscs, only a few have attained “model
research organism” status. One of those species is the slipper snail Crepidula fornicata. Its …

Gastropod snails in the genus Crepidula have emerged as model systems for studying a
metazoan super clade, the Spiralia. Recent work on one species in particular, Crepidula …

Recent developmental and genomic research focused on “slipper snails” in the genus
Crepidula has positioned Crepidula fornicata as a de facto model system for …

Choanoflagellates, the closest living relatives of animals, have the potential to reveal the
genetic and cell biological foundations of complex multicellular development in animals …

This paper introduces the black-footed slipper snail, Crepidula atrasolea, as a new model for
biological studies in the Spiralia. C. atrasolea is a calyptraeid gastropod, and congener of …

The discovery and application of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing method has greatly
enhanced the ease with which transgenic manipulation can occur. We applied this …

The origin of animals has puzzled scientists for centuries. The transition from a unicellular
eukaryote to animals is undoubtedly one of the biggest evolutionary transitions in Earth's …

Karen Crawford and the longfin inshore squid, Doryteuthis pealeii, go way back. Though her
career has also seen her studying limb regeneration in axolotls and embryogenesis in …

The use of aquatic model organisms has been greatly diversified in laboratories. Zebrafish is
the most advanced aquatic species for the use of Crispr-Cas9 in laboratories. Because of …