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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 In 2009, apicortin was identified in silico as a characteristic protein of apicomplexans that also occurs in the placozoa, Trichoplax adhaerens. Since then, it has been found that apicortin also occurs in free-living cousins of apicomplexans (chromerids)
Ferenc Orosz
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Let’s end taxonomic blank slates with molecular morphology
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Many known evolutionary lineages have yet to be described formally due to a lack of traditional morphological characters. This is true for genetically distinctive groups within the amoeboid Placozoa animals, the protists in ponds, and the bacteria that ...
Michael Tessler +8 more
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Placozoa Are Not Derived Cnidarians: Evidence from Molecular Morphology [PDF]
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2003 The phylum Placozoa is represented by a single known species, Trichoplax adhaerens, a tiny marine organism that represents the most simple metazoan bauplan. Because of the latter, placozoans were originally considered the most basal metazoan phylum.
Andrea, Ender, Bernd, Schierwater
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New genomic data and analyses challenge the traditional vision of animal epithelium evolution
BMC Genomics, 2018 Background The emergence of epithelia was the foundation of metazoan expansion. Epithelial tissues are a hallmark of metazoans deeply rooted in the evolution of their complex developmental morphogenesis processes.
Hassiba Belahbib +6 more
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 Placozoans are essential reference species for understanding the origins and evolution of animal organization. However, little is known about their life strategies in natural habitats.
Daria Y. Romanova +5 more
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Amino acids integrate behaviors in nerveless placozoans
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 Placozoans are the simplest known free-living animals without recognized neurons and muscles but a complex behavioral repertoire. However, mechanisms and cellular bases of behavioral coordination are unknown.
Mikhail A. Nikitin +4 more
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Transforming Life Science Through Chromosome‐Level Genome Assemblies
Genes to Cells, Volume 31, Issue 5, September 2026.Chromosome‐level genome assemblies provide a framework for “glocal biology” in species of interest, linking local molecular features to chromosome architecture and evolutionary context. When integrated with pangenome analysis, comparative multi‐omics, genome language models, and experimental approaches, these assemblies enable hypothesis generation and
Tetsuo Kon +7 more
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Parallel evolution of gravity sensing
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental BiologyOmnipresent gravity affects all living organisms; it was a vital factor in the past and the current bottleneck for future space exploration. However, little is known about the evolution of gravity sensing and the comparative biology of gravity reception.
Daria Y. Romanova +2 more
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Identification, distribution and molecular evolution of the pacifastin gene family in Metazoa
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2009 Background Members of the pacifastin family are serine peptidase inhibitors, most of which are produced as multi domain precursor proteins. Structural and biochemical characteristics of insect pacifastin-like peptides have been studied intensively, but ...
Van Soest Sofie +4 more
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Communications Biology, 2023 ASIC channels are bilaterian proton-gated sodium channels belonging to the large and functionally-diverse Deg/ENaC family that also includes peptide- and mechanically-gated channels.
Wassim Elkhatib +7 more
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