Polyclad flatworms offer an excellent system with which to explore the evolution of larval
structures and the ecological and developmental mechanisms driving flatworm and marine …

Background Explaining the emergence of the hallmarks of bilaterians is a central focus of
evolutionary developmental biology—evodevo—and evolutionary genomics. For this …

Since the discovery that the TGF-β signalling molecule Nodal and its downstream effector
Pitx have a parallel role in establishing asymmetry between molluscs and deuterostomes …

The postsynaptic density extends across the postsynaptic dendritic spine with discs large
(DLG) as the most abundant scaffolding protein. DLG dynamically alters the structure of the …

Flour beetles of the genus Tribolium have been utilised as informative study systems for over
a century and contributed to major advances across many fields. This review serves to …

Molecular approaches to the study of development and evolution have had profound effects
on our understanding of the nature of the evolutionary process. Developmental biologists …

Abstract Information on how 3D genome topology emerged in animal evolution, how stable it
is during development, its role in the evolution of phenotypic novelties and how exactly it …

Six alternative hypotheses for the phylogenetic origin of Bilateria are evaluated by using
complete 18S rRNA gene sequences for 52 taxa. These data suggest that there is little …

Abstract Background The polychaete annelid Capitella teleta (formerly Capitella sp. I)
develops by spiral cleavage and has been the focus of several recent developmental …

A number of hypotheses have been presented regarding the origins of the metazoans and,
more specifically, the Bilateria. Using various phylogenetic analyses, characteristics have …