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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, Leo W Buss, Stephen L Dellaporta   +2 more
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A fragmented metazoan organellar genome [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Animal mitochondrial (mt) genomes are characteristically circular molecules of ~16–20 kb. Medusozoa (Cnidaria excluding Anthozoa) are exceptional in that their mt genomes are linear and sometimes subdivided into two to presumably four ...
Erpenbeck, Dirk, Voigt, Oliver, Wörheide, Gert   +2 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, Maja Herak Bosnar, Helena Ćetković   +2 more
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Ghost Loci Imply Hox and ParaHox Existence in the Last Common Ancestor of Animals [PDF]

, 2012
SummaryHox genes are renowned for patterning animal development, with widespread roles in developmental gene regulation. Despite this importance, their evolutionary origin remains obscure, due to absence of Hox genes (and their evolutionary sisters, the ...
Barker, Daniel, Ferrier, David E.K., Mendivil Ramos, Olivia   +2 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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Nuclear Envelope: Nuclear Pore Complexity [PDF]

, 2005
A new study shows that the filamentous fungus, Aspergillus nidulans, which has a closed mitosis, does not maintain a continuous permeability barrier during mitosis. This work challenges current views of the differences between closed and open mitosis and
Sazer, Shelley
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A low diversity of ANTP class homeobox genes in Placozoa

Evolution & Development, 2006
SUMMARYHomeobox genes of the ANTP and PRD classes play important roles in body patterning of metazoans, and a large diversity of these genes have been described in bilaterian animals and cnidarians.Trichoplax adhaerens(Phylum Placozoa) is a small multicellular marine animal with one of the simplest body organizations of all metazoans, showing no ...
Monteiro, A, Schierwater, B, Dellaporta, S, Holland, P   +3 more
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Evolutionary origin of synapses and neurons – Bridging the gap [PDF]

, 2017
The evolutionary origin of synapses and neurons is an enigmatic subject that inspires much debate. Non-bilaterian metazoans, both with and without neurons and their closest relatives already contain many components of the molecular toolkits for ...
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New insights into placozoan sexual reproduction and development.

PLoS ONE, 2011
Unraveling animal life cycles and embryonic development is basic to understanding animal biology and often sheds light on phylogenetic relationships. A key group for understanding the evolution of the Metazoa is the early branching phylum Placozoa, which
Michael Eitel, Loretta Guidi, Heike Hadrys, Maria Balsamo, Bernd Schierwater   +4 more
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Apicortin, a Constituent of Apicomplexan Conoid/Apical Complex and Its Tentative Role in Pathogen—Host Interaction

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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