Expression and phylogenetic analysis of the zic gene family in the evolution and development of metazoans [PDF]
, 2010 Background zic genes are members of the gli/glis/nkl/zic super-family of C2H2 zinc finger (ZF) transcription factors. Homologs of the zic family have been implicated in patterning neural and mesodermal tissues in bilaterians ...
Michael J Layden +4 more
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Phylogenetic Relationships within the Opisthokonta Based on Phylogenomic Analyses of Conserved Single-Copy Protein Domains [PDF]
, 2011 Many of the eukaryotic phylogenomic analyses published to date were based on alignments of hundreds to thousands of genes. Frequently, in such analyses, the most realistic evolutionary models currently available are often used to minimize the impact of ...
A. J. Roger +61 more
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The early ANTP gene repertoire: insights from the placozoan genome. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 The evolution of ANTP genes in the Metazoa has been the subject of conflicting hypotheses derived from full or partial gene sequences and genomic organization in higher animals.
Bernd Schierwater +5 more
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Comparative genomics of large mitochondria in placozoans.
PLoS Genetics, 2007 The first sequenced mitochondrial genome of a placozoan, Trichoplax adhaerens, challenged the conventional wisdom that a compact mitochondrial genome is a common feature among all animals.
Ana Y Signorovitch +2 more
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Placozoa – no longer a phylum of one [PDF]
Current Biology, 2004 AbstractMore than a century ago, the simplest of all metazoans was discovered and described as Trichoplax adhaerens[1]. These tiny, flattened animals lack symmetry, mouth, gut, nervous system, and extra-cellular matrix and constitute the apparently monotypic phylum Placozoa.
Voigt, Oliver +6 more
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Действие прямоугольных электрических импульсов низкой частоты на трихоплакса (тип Placozoa)
Marine Biological Journal, 2020 The effect of extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields (ELF-EMF) on plants and animals including humans is quite a contentious issue. Little is known about ELF-EMF effect on hydrobionts, too.
A. V. Kuznetsov +4 more
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Innate immunity in the simplest animals – placozoans
BMC Genomics, 2019 Background Innate immunity provides the core recognition system in animals for preventing infection, but also plays an important role in managing the relationship between an animal host and its symbiont.
Kai Kamm, Bernd Schierwater, Rob DeSalle
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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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Rho Family of Ras-Like GTPases in Early-Branching Animals
Cells, 2020 Non-bilaterian animals consist of four phyla; Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, and Placozoa. These early-diverging animals are crucial for understanding the evolution of the entire animal lineage.
Silvestar Beljan +2 more
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Mathematical modeling and comparison of protein size distribution in different plant, animal, fungal and microbial species reveals a negative correlation between protein size and protein number, thus providing insight into the evolution of proteomes [PDF]
, 2012 Background The sizes of proteins are relevant to their biochemical structure and for their biological function. The statistical distribution of protein lengths across a diverse set of taxa can provide hints about the evolution of proteomes. Results Using
Axel Tiessen +2 more
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