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Two intracellular and cell type-specific bacterial symbionts in the placozoan Trichoplax H2

, 2019
Placozoa is an enigmatic phylum of simple, microscopic, marine metazoans(1,2). Although intracellular bacteria have been found in all members of this phylum, almost nothing is known about their identity, location and interactions with their host(3-6). We
Dubilier, N., Gruber-Vodicka, H., Hadfield, M., Hinzke, T., Kleiner, M., Leisch, N., Liebeke, M., McFall-Ngai, M.   +7 more
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Genetic, structural, and molecular insights into the function of ras of complex proteins domains [PDF]

, 2014
Ras of complex proteins (ROC) domains were identified in 2003 as GTP binding modules in large multidomain proteins from Dictyostelium discoideum. Research into the function of these domains exploded with their identification in a number of proteins ...
Civiero, Laura, Dihanich, Sybille, Greggio, Elisa, Lewis, Patrick A.   +3 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, A. Minge, Aguinaldo, Aleshin, B. F. Lang, Baldauf, Bridge, Burge, Burki, Caetano-Anolles, Castresana, Cavalier-Smith, Cavalier-Smith, Cavalier-Smith, Cavalier-Smith, de la Torre-Barcena, de Mendoza, de Queiroz, Delsuc, Doolittle, Ender, G. Torruella, Gabaldon, Gasteiger, I. Ruiz-Trillo, J. Paps, James, Jeffroy, Jenner, K. Shalchian-Tabrizi, Katoh, King, Lanave, Lang, Lartillot, Liu, Page, Patterson, Philippe, R. Derelle, Roger, Rokas, Ruiz-Trillo, Ruiz-Trillo, Ruiz-Trillo, Ruiz-Trillo, Ryan, Sanderson, Schierwater, Schierwater, Schmidt, Sebe-Pedros, Shalchian-Tabrizi, Shimodaira, Stamatakis, Stanke, Strimmer, Susko, Whelan, Woese, Yang, Yeh   +61 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, Emmanuelle Renard, Sébastien Santini, Cyril Jourda, Jean-Michel Claverie, Carole Borchiellini, André Le Bivic   +6 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, Nielsen, Claus, Paps, Jordi   +2 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, Feuda, Roberto, Lartillot, Nicolas, Pett, Walker, Philippe, Hervé, Pisani, Davide, Rota-Stabelli, Omar, Wörheide, Gert   +7 more
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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, Michael Tessler, Michael Tessler, Spencer C. Galen, Rob DeSalle, Rob DeSalle, Bernd Schierwater, Bernd Schierwater, Bernd Schierwater   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A pre-metazoan origin of the CRK gene family and co-opted signaling network. [PDF]

, 2016
CRK and CRKL adapter proteins play essential roles in development and cancer through their SRC homology 2 and 3 (SH2 and SH3) domains. To gain insight into the origin of their shared functions, we have investigated their evolutionary history.
Akira IMAMOTO, Elina KOSTYANOVSKAYA, IMAMOTO Akira, Jana PAWLAK, Jody WESTBROOK, Junya YAMAGISHI, KASAI Takuma, KI Sewon, KIGAWA Takanori, KOSTYANOVSKAYA Elina, Makoto TAIJI, Mariko OKADA, Noriaki OKIMOTO, OKADA Mariko, OKIMOTO Noriaki, PAWLAK Jana, SATTA Yoko, Sewon KI, SHIGENO-NAKAZAWA Yoko, TAIJI Makoto, Takanori KIGAWA, Takuma KASAI, WESTBROOK Jody, YAMAGISHI Junya, Yoko SATTA, Yoko SHIGENO-NAKAZAWA   +25 more
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A Network Approach to White Band Disease Challenged Staghorn Coral Acropora cervicornis microRNAs and Their Targets

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2025.
Our study looks at the association between microRNA expression and disease resistance in Caribbean staghorn corals infected with White Band Disease. We find three microRNAs differentially expressed due to disease resistance with putative targets involved in innate immunity.
Brecia A. Despard, Jason D. Selwyn, Allison N. Shupp, Steven V. Vollmer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, van Hoef Vincent, Simonet Gert, Breugelmans Bert, Broeck Jozef   +4 more
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