There is growing interest in the use of cnidarians (corals, sea anemones, jellyfish and
hydroids) to investigate the evolution of key aspects of animal development, such as the …

Reverse genetics and next‐generation sequencing unlocked a new era in biology. It is now
possible to identify an animal (s) with the unique biology most relevant to a particular …

At the current rate of climate change, it is unlikely that multicellular organisms will be able to
adapt to changing environmental conditions through genetic recombination and natural …

The emergence and diversification of cell types is a leading factor in animal evolution. So
far, systematic characterization of the gene regulatory programs associated with cell type …

There is currently little information about the evolution of gene clusters, genome
architectures and karyotypes in early branching animals. Slowly evolving anthozoan …

Communication in bilaterian nervous systems is mediated by electrical and secreted signals;
however, the evolutionary origin and relation of neurons to other secretory cell types has not …

Sea anemones are seemingly primitive animals that, along with corals, jellyfish, and hydras,
constitute the oldest eumetazoan phylum, the Cnidaria. Here, we report a comparative …

Abstract Model organisms are widely used in research as accessible and convenient
systems to study a particular area or question in biology. Traditionally only a handful of …

Animals are grouped into~ 35 'phyla'based upon the notion of distinct body plans,,,.
Morphological and molecular analyses have revealed that a stage in the middle of …

Striated muscles are present in bilaterian animals (for example, vertebrates, insects and
annelids) and some non-bilaterian eumetazoans (that is, cnidarians and ctenophores). The …