Coordinated Feeding Behavior in Trichoplax, an Animal without Synapses [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Trichoplax is a small disk-shaped marine metazoan that adheres to substrates and locomotes by ciliary gliding. Despite having only six cell types and lacking synapses Trichoplax coordinates a complex sequence of behaviors culminating in external ...
Carolyn L Smith, Thomas S Reese
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Correction: Upregulation of DNA repair genes and cell extrusion underpin the remarkable radiation resistance of Trichoplax adhaerens. [PDF]
PLoS Biology[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001471.].
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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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Cells containing aragonite crystals mediate responses to gravity in Trichoplax adhaerens (Placozoa), an animal lacking neurons and synapses [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Trichoplax adhaerens has only six cell types. The function as well as the structure of crystal cells, the least numerous cell type, presented an enigma. Crystal cells are arrayed around the perimeter of the animal and each contains a birefringent crystal.
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Protocol for gene knockdown in Trichoplax adhaerens using a silica nanoparticle-mediated RNA interference technique. [PDF]
STAR ProtocSummary Here, we present a protocol for gene knockdown in Trichoplax adhaerens using a silica nanoparticle-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) technique. We describe steps for preparing silica nanoparticles, assembling RNAi complexes, and delivering them to
Guo Q, Li W, Zheng W, Qiu M, Zhao C.
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Wnt signaling patterns a central-peripheral body axis in the early-diverging metazoan Trichoplax adhaerens. [PDF]
Mol Biol EvolBody axis formation was a pivotal innovation in animal evolution, providing the spatial framework necessary for organized multicellularity. While the genetic basis of axis specification is well established in bilaterians, how axial organization emerged ...
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Establishment of a transgenic protocol in <i>Trichoplax adhaerens</i>. [PDF]
Zool ResTrichoplax adhaerens, one of the simplest multicellular organisms belonging to the phylum Placozoa, occupies a basal position within Metazoa and serves as a critical model for investigating early multicellular evolution.
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Amino acids integrate behaviors in nerveless placozoans [PDF]
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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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.
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PLoS Biology, 2021 Trichoplax adhaerens is the simplest multicellular animal with tissue differentiation and somatic cell turnover. Like all other multicellular organisms, it should be vulnerable to cancer, yet there have been no reports of cancer in T.
Angelo Fortunato +3 more
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