Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2017 Comb jellies are remarkably different from other animals. Phylogenetic analyses of broadly sampled ctenophore transcriptome data provide additional evidence that they are the sister group to all other animals and reveal details of their evolutionary ...
Dunn, Casey W., Casey W. Dunn
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Flow cytometry methods for targeted isolation of ctenophore cells
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Cell suspension fluidics, such as flow cytometry (FCS) and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), facilitates the identification and precise separation of individual cells based on phenotype.
Abigail C. Dieter +9 more
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Independent specialisation of myosin II paralogues in muscle
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2012 Background Myosin II (or Myosin Heavy Chain II, MHCII) is a family of molecular motors involved in the contractile activity of animal muscle cells but also in various other cellular processes in non-muscle cells.
Dayraud Cyrielle +6 more
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Assessing the Value of a Citizen Science Approach for Ctenophore Identification [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 During the era of biodiversity loss, a complete species census and understanding where the different species occur is of high priority. Even though this knowledge has increased tremendously, mainly with expanded use of integrated taxonomic identification,
Ellie Johansen +4 more
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Morphological and dietary changes encoded in the genome of Beroe ovata, a ctenophore-eating ctenophore. [PDF]
NAR Genom BioinformAbstract As the sister group to all other animals, ctenophores (comb jellies) are important for understanding the emergence and diversification of numerous animal traits. Efforts to explore the evolutionary processes that promoted diversification within Ctenophora are hindered by undersampling genomic diversity within this clade.
Vargas AM +8 more
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A chromosome-scale genome assembly and karyotype of the ctenophore Hormiphora californensis [PDF]
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2021 Here, we present a karyotype, a chromosome-scale genome assembly, and a genome annotation from the ctenophore Hormiphora californensisPleurobrachia bacheiH.
Darrin T Schultz +5 more
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Nitric oxide signaling in ctenophores
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the most ancient and versatile signal molecules across all domains of life. NO signaling might also play an essential role in the origin of animal organization.
Leonid L. Moroz +3 more
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Regulation and Regeneration in the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi
Developmental Biology, 2000 Lobate ctenophores (tentaculates) generally exhibit a remarkable ability to regenerate missing structures as adults. On the other hand, their embryos exhibit a highly mosaic behavior when cut into halves or when specific cells are ablated. These deficient embryos do not exhibit embryonic regulation, and generate incomplete adult body plans.
Henry, Jonathan Q., Martindale, Mark Q.
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Reverse development in the ctenophore <i>Mnemiopsis leidyi</i>. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AReverse development, or the ability to rejuvenate by morphological reorganization into the preceding life cycle stage is thought to be restricted to a few species within Cnidaria.
Soto-Angel JJ, Burkhardt P.
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The Flexiscope: a low cost, flexible, convertible and modular microscope with automated scanning and micromanipulation [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 With technologies rapidly evolving, many research institutions are now opting to invest in costly, high-quality, specialized microscopes which are shared by many researchers.
Amy Courtney +4 more
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