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Kin Competition Drives the Evolution of Earlier Metamorphosis
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2025.We develop a mathematical model to investigate how kin selection shapes the optimal timing of metamorphosis. We consider the full range of larval competition intensities and the full range of relatedness coefficients. This yields testable predictions as to how kin selection modulates the timing of metamorphosis.
Bing Dong, Andy Gardner
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Modular co-option of cardiopharyngeal genes during non-embryonic myogenesis
EvoDevo, 2019 Background In chordates, cardiac and body muscles arise from different embryonic origins. In addition, myogenesis can be triggered in adult organisms, during asexual development or regeneration.
Maria Mandela Prünster +3 more
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Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, Volume 36, Issue 4, Page 374-394, December 2024.Abstract Objective The dinoflagellate Alexandrium monilatum forms blooms during summer in tributaries of the lower Chesapeake Bay. Questions persist about the potential for A. monilatum to negatively affect aquatic organisms. Its main toxin, goniodomin A (GDA), a polyketide macrolide, has been shown to have adverse effects on animals, for example ...
Sylvain Gaillard +7 more
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Brain CommunicationsIn this work, the authors proposed a novel and interesting animal model for studying human neurodegenerative diseases, Botryllus schlosseri, a small invertebrate inhabiting temperate seas worldwide, which shares remarkable similarities with mammals in ...
T. Bocci +8 more
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Mitochondria: great balls of fire
The FEBS Journal, Volume 291, Issue 24, Page 5327-5341, December 2024.What are the implications of hot mitochondria? Recent experimental studies indicate that mitochondria in mammalian cells are maintained at temperatures of at least 50 °C. Here, we consider the ramifications of this finding for cellular functions, evolution, and disease.
Howard T. Jacobs +4 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2024.Data quality, reliability and accuracy have long been recognised as barriers to unlocking the full potential of citizen science derived data. This study developed a score to assign confidence in iNaturalist observations and streamline the verification process.
Sarah J. Ackland +2 more
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Self-Nonself Recognition in the Colonial Protochordate Botryllus schlosseri from Mutsu Bay, Japan [PDF]
, 1992 Wild Botryllus schlosseri collected from a 5 × 5 m area in Mutsu Bay (Aomori Prefecture, Japan) were tested for alloresponses in intrapopulation colony allorecognition assays (CAAs).
RINKEVICH BARUCH +2 more
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The complement system of Botryllus schlosseri [PDF]
, 2017 Among the various effector mechanisms involved in immune responses, the complement system is one of the most ancient, deeply-rooted and important for its ability to orchestrate different cells and factors of both innate and adaptive immunity. The comprehension of its roots in the evolution is useful to understand how the main complement-related ...
Franchi N., Ballarin L.
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New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Volume 58, Issue 2, Page 255-273, June 2024.ABSTRACT Ascidians are marine filter‐feeder chordates. Botrylloides ascidians possess diverse biological properties such as whole‐body regeneration (WBR), hibernation/aestivation, blastogenesis, metamorphosis, and natural chimerism. However, the absence of distinctive morphological features often makes identification difficult.
Berivan Temiz +4 more
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The ascidian Styela plicata hemocytes as a potential biomarker of marine pollution: In vitro effects of seawater and organic mercury [PDF]
, 2017 Toxic metals, such as mercury, contribute substantially to anthropogenic pollution in many estuarine environments. Animals living in those environments, particularly invertebrate filter feeders like tunicates, can be used as bioindicators.
BELLANTE, Antonio +6 more
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