[LIVRE][B] Biology and evolution of the mollusca, volume 1

WF Ponder, DR Lindberg, JM Ponder - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail

CM Adema, LDW Hillier, CS Jones, ES Loker… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Biomphalaria snails are instrumental in transmission of the human blood fluke Schistosoma
mansoni. With the World Health Organization's goal to eliminate schistosomiasis as a global …

Nemertean, brachiopod, and phoronid neuropeptidomics reveals ancestral spiralian signaling systems

D Thiel, LA Yanez-Guerra… - Molecular Biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Neuropeptides are diverse signaling molecules in animals commonly acting through G-
protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Neuropeptides and their receptors underwent extensive …

Hormone-like peptides in the venoms of marine cone snails

SD Robinson, Q Li, PK Bandyopadhyay… - General and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The venoms of cone snails (genus Conus) are remarkably complex, consisting of hundreds
of typically short, disulfide-rich peptides termed conotoxins. These peptides have diverse …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting the evolution of family B1 GPCRs and ligands: Insights from mollusca

JCR Cardoso, JC Mc Shane, Z Li, M Peng… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Family B1 G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are one of the most well studied
neuropeptide receptor families since they play a central role in many biological processes …

Do terrestrial gastropods use olfactory cues to locate and select food actively?

T Kiss - Invertebrate Neuroscience, 2017 - Springer
Having been investigated for over 40 years, some aspects of the biology of terrestrial
gastropod's olfactory system have been challenging and highly contentious, while others still …

Transcriptomic discovery and comparative analysis of neuropeptide precursors in sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea)

S Suwansa-Ard, A Chaiyamoon, A Talarovicova… - Peptides, 2018 - Elsevier
Neuropeptides synthesized and released by neuronal cells play important roles in the
regulation of many processes, eg growth, feeding, reproduction, and behavior. In the past …

Neuropeptidome of the Cephalopod Sepia officinalis: Identification, Tissue Map**, and Expression Pattern of Neuropeptides and Neurohormones during Egg …

C Zatylny-Gaudin, V Cornet, A Leduc… - Journal of proteome …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Cephalopods exhibit a wide variety of behaviors such as prey capture, communication,
camouflage, and reproduction thanks to a complex central nervous system (CNS) divided …

Neuropeptides predicted from the transcriptome analysis of the gray garden slug Deroceras reticulatum

SJ Ahn, R Martin, S Rao, MY Choi - Peptides, 2017 - Elsevier
The gray garden slug, Deroceras reticulatum (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), is one of the most
common terrestrial molluscs. Research for this slug has focused mainly on its ecology …

Identification and Characterization of Neuropeptides by Transcriptome and Proteome Analyses in a Bivalve Mollusc Patinopecten yessoensis

M Zhang, Y Wang, Y Li, W Li, R Li, X **e, S Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Neuropeptides play essential roles in regulation of reproduction and growth in marine
molluscs. But their function in marine bivalves–a group of animals of commercial importance …