[HTML][HTML] A developmental perspective on the evolution of the nervous system
JM Martín-Durán, A Hejnol - Developmental biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The evolution of nervous systems in animals has always fascinated biologists, and thus
multiple evolutionary scenarios have been proposed to explain the appearance of neurons …
multiple evolutionary scenarios have been proposed to explain the appearance of neurons …
Review of extra-embryonic tissues in the closest arthropod relatives, onychophorans and tardigrades
S Treffkorn, G Mayer, R Janssen - … Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The so-called extra-embryonic tissues are important for embryonic development in many
animals, although they are not considered to be part of the germ band or the embryo proper …
animals, although they are not considered to be part of the germ band or the embryo proper …
Current understanding of Ecdysozoa and its internal phylogenetic relationships
G Giribet, GD Edgecombe - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Twenty years after its proposal, the monophyly of molting protostomes—Ecdysozoa—is a
well-corroborated hypothesis, but the interrelationships of its major subclades are more …
well-corroborated hypothesis, but the interrelationships of its major subclades are more …
The lower Cambrian lobopodian Cardiodictyon resolves the origin of euarthropod brains
For more than a century, the origin and evolution of the arthropod head and brain have
eluded a unifying rationale reconciling divergent morphologies and phylogenetic …
eluded a unifying rationale reconciling divergent morphologies and phylogenetic …
Novel genes, ancient genes, and gene co-option contributed to the genetic basis of the radula, a molluscan innovation
The radula is the central foraging organ and apomorphy of the Mollusca. However, in
contrast to other innovations, including the mollusk shell, genetic underpinnings of radula …
contrast to other innovations, including the mollusk shell, genetic underpinnings of radula …
It takes Two: Discovery of Spider Pax2 Duplicates Indicates Prominent Role in Chelicerate Central Nervous System, Eye, as Well as External Sense Organ Precursor …
M Janeschik, MI Schacht, F Platten… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Paired box genes are conserved across animals and encode transcription factors playing
key roles in development, especially neurogenesis. Pax6 is a chief example for functional …
key roles in development, especially neurogenesis. Pax6 is a chief example for functional …
Origins and evolvability of the PAX family
VR Paixão-Côrtes, FM Salzano, MC Bortolini - Seminars in cell & …, 2015 - Elsevier
The paired box (PAX) family of transcription/developmental genes plays a key role in
numerous stages of embryonic development, as well as in adult organogenesis. There is …
numerous stages of embryonic development, as well as in adult organogenesis. There is …
Onychophora
Abstract Onychophorans, or “velvet worms”(Fig. 4.1), are multi-legged, terrestrial
invertebrates that inhabit decaying logs, soil, and leaf litter of tropical and temperate forests …
invertebrates that inhabit decaying logs, soil, and leaf litter of tropical and temperate forests …
Expression of segment polarity genes in brachiopods supports a non-segmental ancestral role of engrailed for bilaterians
BC Vellutini, A Hejnol - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The diverse and complex developmental mechanisms of segmentation have been more
thoroughly studied in arthropods, vertebrates and annelids—distantly related animals …
thoroughly studied in arthropods, vertebrates and annelids—distantly related animals …
Phylogenetic analysis and embryonic expression of panarthropod Dmrt genes
Background One set of the developmentally important Doublesex and Male-abnormal-3
Related Transcription factors (Dmrt) is subject of intense research, because of their role in …
Related Transcription factors (Dmrt) is subject of intense research, because of their role in …