Sequencing and analysis of the gastrula transcriptome of the brittle star Ophiocoma wendtii [PDF]
, 2012 Background The gastrula stage represents the point in development at which the three primary germ layers diverge. At this point the gene regulatory networks that specify the germ layers are established and the genes that define the differentiated states ...
Garey, James R. +4 more
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Long-term change in benthopelagic fish abundance in the abyssal northeast Pacific Ocean [PDF]
, 2006 Food web structure, particularly the relative importance of bottom-up and top-down control of animal abundances, is poorly known for the Earth's largest habitats: the abyssal plains.
Bailey, D.M., Ruhl, H.A., Smith, K.
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2018 Calcitonin (CT) is a peptide hormone released by the thyroid gland that regulates blood Ca2+ levels in mammals. The CT gene is alternatively spliced, with one transcript encoding CT and another transcript encoding the CT-like neuropeptide calcitonin-gene
Weigang Cai +7 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2018 The nervous system of the free-living planktonic larvae of sea urchins is relatively “simple,” but sufficiently complex to enable sensing of the environment and control of swimming and feeding behaviors.
Natalie J. Wood +10 more
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Calcium-induced asymmetrical beating of triton-demembranated sea urchin sperm flagella [PDF]
, 1979 Asymmetrical bending waves can be obtained by reactivating demembranated sea urchin spermatozoa at high Ca2+ concentrations. Moving-film flash photography shows that asymmetrical flagellar bending waves are associated with premature termination of the ...
Brokaw, C. J.
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The Role of the Microbiota in Regeneration-Associated Processes
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 The microbiota, the set of microorganisms associated with a particular environment or host, has acquired a prominent role in the study of many physiological and developmental processes.
Lymarie M. Díaz-Díaz +2 more
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Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the Ophiocoma brevipes group (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) : with description of a new subgenus (Breviturma) and a new species [PDF]
, 2013 The taxonomy of the genus Ophiocoma was last revised by Devaney in 1970. Recent discoveries of new species and re-instatement of previously synonymized names suggest that we still do not fully understand the species limits in this genus.
Boissin, Emilie +2 more
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The evolution and variety of RFamide-type neuropeptides: insights from deuterostomian invertebrates [PDF]
, 2014 Five families of neuropeptides that have a C-terminal RFamide motif have been identified in vertebrates: (1) gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH), (2) neuropeptide FF (NPFF), (3) pyroglutamylated RFamide peptide (QRFP), (4) prolactin-releasing peptide (
Elphick, MR, Mirabeau, O
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Holothurian Fucosylated Chondroitin Sulfate
Marine Drugs, 2014 Fucosylated chondroitin sulfate (FucCS) is a structurally distinct glycosaminoglycan found in sea cucumber species. It has the same backbone composition of alternating 4-linked glucuronic acid and 3-linked N-acetyl galactosamine residues within ...
Vitor H. Pomin
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The neuropeptide transcriptome of a model echinoderm, the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus [PDF]
, 2012 The work reported here was supported by a grant from the University of London Central Research ...
Elphick, MR, Rowe, ML
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