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Comparative genomics of large mitochondria in placozoans.
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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Genome-wide analysis of transposable elements and tandem repeats in the compact placozoan genome
The placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens has a compact genome with many primitive eumetazoan characteristics. In order to gain a better understanding of its genome architecture, we conducted a detailed analysis of repeat content in this genome.
Meyer Eli +3 more
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Effects of low frequency rectangular electric pulses on Trichoplax (Placozoa)
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.
Кулешова, О. Н. +4 more
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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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Molecular origin of mesoderm : conservation of T-box genes in non-bilaterian animals [PDF]
Several members of the T-box gene family were characterized from cnidarians, ctenophores, sponges and placozoans, which are considered as the four metazoan phyla at the basis of animal evolution leading to bilaterians.
Martinelli, Cosimo
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Trichoplax adhaerens reveals a network of nuclear receptors sensitive to 9-cis-retinoic acid at the base of metazoan evolution [PDF]
Trichoplax adhaerens, the only known species of Placozoa is likely to be closely related to an early metazoan that preceded branching of Cnidaria and Bilateria.
Jan Philipp Novotný +9 more
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Deep RNA sequencing reveals the smallest known mitochondrial micro exon in animals: The placozoan cox1 single base pair exon. [PDF]
The phylum Placozoa holds a key position for our understanding of the evolution of mitochondrial genomes in Metazoa. Placozoans possess large mitochondrial genomes which harbor several remarkable characteristics such as a fragmented cox1 gene and trans ...
Hans-Jürgen Osigus +2 more
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Innate immunity in the simplest animals – placozoans
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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Early evolution of the LIM homeobox gene family
Background LIM homeobox (Lhx) transcription factors are unique to the animal lineage and have patterning roles during embryonic development in flies, nematodes and vertebrates, with a conserved role in specifying neuronal identity.
Degnan Bernard M +6 more
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Placozoa 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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