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Evolutionary developmental biology in cycad phenology. [PDF]

Commun Integr Biol, 2012
We recently described lack of phenotypic plasticity in reproductive organ development and substantial plasticity in vegetative organ development for the cycad Cycas micronesica. Is there an evo-devo explanation for the disparity in phenotypic plasticity of vegetative vs. reproductive organs?
Gorelick R, Marler TE.
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Grand Challenges in Evolutionary Developmental Biology [PDF]

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2015
EVO-DEVO’S IDENTITY There is a widespread consensus on the view that evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) is the discipline eventually borne to fill the gap between evolutionary biology and developmental biology, following a divorce between these two fields that extended over more than half a century (Amundson, 2005).
Alessandro eMinelli
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Ultrastructure of the lamprey head mesoderm reveals evolution of the vertebrate head

iScience, 2023
Summary: The cranial muscle is a critical component in the vertebrate head for a predatory lifestyle. However, its evolutionary origin and possible segmental nature during embryogenesis have been controversial.
Takayuki Onai, Noritaka Adachi, Hidetoshi Urakubo, Fumiaki Sugahara, Toshihiro Aramaki, Mami Matsumoto, Nobuhiko Ohno   +6 more
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Developmental biology, the stem cell of biological disciplines. [PDF]

PLoS Biology, 2017
Developmental biology (including embryology) is proposed as "the stem cell of biological disciplines." Genetics, cell biology, oncology, immunology, evolutionary mechanisms, neurobiology, and systems biology each has its ancestry in developmental biology.
Scott F Gilbert
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Comparative genomics and community curation further improve gene annotations in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus

BMC Genomics, 2020
Background Nematode model organisms such as Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus are powerful systems for studying the evolution of gene function at a mechanistic level. However, the identification of P.
Marina Athanasouli, Hanh Witte, Christian Weiler, Tobias Loschko, Gabi Eberhardt, Ralf J. Sommer, Christian Rödelsperger   +6 more
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The feedback loop between calcineurin, calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, and nuclear factor of activated T-cells regulates the number of GABAergic neurons during planarian head regeneration

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022
Disturbances in the excitatory/inhibitory balance of brain neural circuits are the main source of encephalopathy during neurodevelopment. Changes in the function of neural circuits can lead to depolarization or repeat rhythmic firing of neurons in a ...
Hui Zhen, Mingyue Zheng, Huazhi Geng, Qian Song, Lili Gao, Zuoqing Yuan, Hongkuan Deng, Qiuxiang Pang, Bosheng Zhao   +8 more
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Sex-specific growth arrest in a lizard

iScience, 2022
Summary: (1) In contrast to mammals and birds, reptiles have been considered as indeterminate growers, whose growth reflects differential allocation of resources to growth versus other energetically demanding processes such as reproduction.
Lukáš Kubička, Adam Tureček, Tomáš Kučera, Lukáš Kratochvíl   +3 more
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Lineage-specific, fast-evolving GATA-like gene regulates zygotic gene activation to promote endoderm specification and pattern formation in the Theridiidae spider

BMC Biology, 2022
Background The process of early development varies across the species-rich phylum Arthropoda. Owing to the limited research strategies for dissecting lineage-specific processes of development in arthropods, little is known about the variations in early ...
Sawa Iwasaki-Yokozawa, Ryota Nanjo, Yasuko Akiyama-Oda, Hiroki Oda   +3 more
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Autophagy and its role in regeneration and remodeling within invertebrate

Cell & Bioscience, 2020
Background Acting as a cellular cleaner by packaging and transporting defective proteins and organelles to lysosomes for breakdown, autophagic process is involved in the regulation of cell remodeling after cell damage or cell death in both vertebrate and
Qian Song, Hongjin Liu, Hui Zhen, Bosheng Zhao   +3 more
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Development of hypobranchial muscles with special reference to the evolution of the vertebrate neck

Zoological Letters, 2018
Background The extant vertebrates include cyclostomes (lamprey and hagfish) and crown gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates), but there are various anatomical disparities between these two groups. Conspicuous in the gnathostomes is the neck, which occupies the
Noritaka Adachi, Juan Pascual-Anaya, Tamami Hirai, Shinnosuke Higuchi, Shigeru Kuratani   +4 more
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