Which genes and gene signaling pathways mediate regenerative processes? In recent
years, multiple studies, using a variety of animal models, have aimed to answer this …

Regeneration is a complex cellular process that, rather than simply forming a scar following
injury, the animal forms a new functional tissue. Regeneration is a widespread process …

Echinoderms are a phylum of invertebrate deuterostomes that are morphologically
characterized by a fivefold (pentameric) symmetric adult body plan. There are five extant …

Reparative regeneration is defined as the replacement of lost adult body parts and is a
phenomenon widespread yet highly variable among animals. This raises the question of …

The brittle star Amphiura filiformis, which regenerates its arms post autotomy, is emerging as
a useful model for studying the molecular underpinnings of regeneration, aided by the …

Background In metazoans, opsins are photosensitive proteins involved in both vision and
non-visual photoreception. Echinoderms have no well-defined eyes but several opsin genes …

an overview as broad as possible. The authors, all renowned experts in the field, have put
particular effort into presenting the current state of knowledge as comprehensively as …

Regeneration as an adult developmental process is in many aspects similar to embryonic
development. Although many studies point out similarities and differences, no large-scale …

The extensive arm regeneration of brittle stars following amputation is becoming
increasingly recognized as a model system for understanding cellular differentiation and …

Background In non-classical model species, Next Generation Sequencing increases the
ability to analyze the expression of transcripts/genes. In this study, paired-end Illumina …