[HTML][HTML] Thirty years of research on crown-of-thorns starfish (1986–2016): scientific advances and emerging opportunities

MS Pratchett, CF Caballes, JC Wilmes, S Matthews… - Diversity, 2017 - mdpi.com
Research on the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) has waxed and waned over
the last few decades, mostly in response to population outbreaks at specific locations. This …

A practical introduction to sequentially Markovian coalescent methods for estimating demographic history from genomic data

N Mather, SM Traves, SYW Ho - Ecology and evolution, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A common goal of population genomics and molecular ecology is to reconstruct the
demographic history of a species of interest. A pair of powerful tools based on the …

[HTML][HTML] Deeply conserved synteny resolves early events in vertebrate evolution

O Simakov, F Marlétaz, JX Yue, B O'Connell… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Although it is widely believed that early vertebrate evolution was shaped by ancient whole-
genome duplications, the number, timing and mechanism of these events remain elusive …

Single-molecule sequencing and optical mapping yields an improved genome of woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) with chromosome-scale contiguity

PP Edger, R VanBuren, M Colle, TJ Poorten… - …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Although draft genomes are available for most agronomically important plant
species, the majority are incomplete, highly fragmented, and often riddled with assembly …

[HTML][HTML] The sea cucumber genome provides insights into morphological evolution and visceral regeneration

X Zhang, L Sun, J Yuan, Y Sun, Y Gao, L Zhang… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Apart from sharing common ancestry with chordates, sea cucumbers exhibit a unique
morphology and exceptional regenerative capacity. Here we present the complete genome …

[HTML][HTML] Biosynthesis of saponin defensive compounds in sea cucumbers

R Thimmappa, S Wang, M Zheng, RC Misra… - Nature chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Soft-bodied slow-moving sea creatures such as sea stars and sea cucumbers lack an
adaptive immune system and have instead evolved the ability to make specialized protective …

[HTML][HTML] New data from Monoplacophora and a carefully-curated dataset resolve molluscan relationships

KM Kocot, AJ Poustka, I Stöger, KM Halanych… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Relationships among the major lineages of Mollusca have long been debated.
Morphological studies have considered the rarely collected Monoplacophora (Tryblidia) to …

Knowledge Gaps in the Biology, Ecology, and Management of the Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star Acanthaster sp. on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

MS Pratchett, CF Caballes, C Cvitanovic… - The Biological …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Crown-of-thorns sea stars (Acanthaster sp.) are among the most studied coral reef
organisms, owing to their propensity to undergo major population irruptions, which …

The Holothuria leucospilota genome elucidates sacrificial organ expulsion and bioadhesive trap enriched with amyloid-patterned proteins

T Chen, C Ren, NK Wong, A Yan… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Some tropical sea cucumbers of the family Holothuriidae can efficiently repel or even fatally
ensnare predators by sacrificially ejecting a bioadhesive matrix termed the Cuvierian organ …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic comparison of sea urchin and sea star developmental gene regulatory networks explains how novelty is incorporated in early development

GA Cary, BS McCauley, O Zueva, J Pattinato… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The extensive array of morphological diversity among animal taxa represents the product of
millions of years of evolution. Morphology is the output of development, therefore phenotypic …