Conservation of DNA and ligand binding properties of retinoid X receptor from the placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens to human [PDF]
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Fang, Bin +5 more
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Frontiers in Marine SciencePlacozoa are small disc-shaped animals representing one of the early branching metazoan lineages with only a dozen cell types, fast effector reactions, and complex behaviors.
Daria Y. Romanova +3 more
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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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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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The phylogenetic position of ctenophores and the origin(s) of nervous systems [PDF]
, 2015 Ctenophores have traditionally been treated as eumetazoans, but some recent whole genome studies have revived the idea that they are, rather, the sister group to all other metazoans.
Jákely, Gáspár +2 more
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Distinct expression patterns of the two T-box homologues Brachyury and Tbx2/3 in the placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens [PDF]
, 2018 Trichoplax adhaerens is the only species known from the phylum Placozoa with one of the simplest metazoan body plans. In the small disc-like organism an upper and a lower epithelium can be distinguished with a less compact third cell layer in between ...
Martinelli, Cosimo, Spring, Jürg
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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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Reply to Halanych et al.: Ctenophore misplacement is corroborated by independent datasets [PDF]
, 2016 In their letter, Halanych et al. (1) criticize our recent assertion (2) that the phylogenetic placement of ctenophores as the sister group to all other animals (the Ctenophora-sister hypothesis) in three previous studies (3–5) was an artifact caused by ...
Dohrmann, Martin +7 more
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Differentiation of Crystal Cells, Gravity-Sensing Cells in the Placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 Trichoplax adhaerens are simple animals with no nervous system, muscles or body axis. Nevertheless, Trichoplax demonstrate complex behaviors, including responses to the direction of the gravity vector.
Tatiana D. Mayorova
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Evolution of g-type lysozymes in metazoa: insights into immunity and digestive adaptations
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental BiologyExploring the evolutionary dynamics of lysozymes is critical for advancing our knowledge of adaptations in immune and digestive systems. Here, we characterize the distribution of a unique class of lysozymes known as g-type, which hydrolyze key components
Krishanu Mukherjee +2 more
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