Omics‐based molecular analyses of adhesion by aquatic invertebrates

PA Davey, AM Power, R Santos, P Bertemes… - Biological …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Many aquatic invertebrates are associated with surfaces, using adhesives to attach to the
substratum for locomotion, prey capture, reproduction, building or defence. Their intriguing …

[HTML][HTML] Ciona spp. and ascidians as bioindicator organisms for evaluating effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals: A discussion paper

J Beyer, Y Song, A Lillicrap… - Marine Environmental …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
In context of testing, screening and monitoring of endocrine-disrupting (ED) type of
environmental pollutants, tunicates could possibly represent a particularly interesting group …

Genomicus in 2022: comparative tools for thousands of genomes and reconstructed ancestors

NTT Nguyen, P Vincens, JF Dufayard… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Genomicus is a database and web-server dedicated to comparative genomics in
eukaryotes. Its main functionality is to graphically represent the conservation of genomic …

Contact area–dependent cell communication and the morphological invariance of ascidian embryogenesis

L Guignard, UM Fiúza, B Leggio, J Laussu, E Faure… - Science, 2020‏ - science.org
INTRODUCTION Within each animal species, embryonic development is highly
reproducible, ensuring the faithful production of a complex organism with precisely arranged …

EDomics: a comprehensive and comparative multi-omics database for animal evo-devo

J Wei, P Liu, F Liu, A Jiang, J Qiao, Z Pu… - Nucleic acids …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) has been among the most fascinating
interdisciplinary fields for decades, which aims to elucidate the origin and evolution of …

Genomic Resources and Annotations for a Colonial Ascidian, the Light-Bulb Sea Squirt Clavelina lepadiformis

V Daric, M Lanoizelet, H Mayeur… - Genome Biology and …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Ascidian embryos have been studied since the birth of experimental embryology at the end
of the 19th century. They represent textbook examples of mosaic development characterized …

Genomic basis of environmental adaptation in the leathery sea squirt (Styela clava)

J Wei, J Zhang, Q Lu, P Ren, X Guo… - Molecular Ecology …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Tunicates occupy the evolutionary position at the boundary of invertebrates and vertebrates.
It exhibits adaptation to broad environmental conditions and is distributed globally. Despite …

The ion channel Anoctamin 10/TMEM16K coordinates organ morphogenesis across scales in the urochordate notochord

Z Liang, DC Dondorp, M Chatzigeorgiou - Plos Biology, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
During embryonic development, tissues and organs are gradually shaped into their
functional morphologies through a series of spatiotemporally tightly orchestrated cell …

Cell division geometries as central organizers of early embryo development

J Sallé, N Minc - Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Early cellular patterning is a critical step of embryonic development that determines the
proper progression of morphogenesis in all metazoans. It relies on a series of rapid …

Pax3/7 regulates neural tube closure and patterning in a non-vertebrate chordate

K Kim, J Orvis, A Stolfi - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Pax3/7 factors play numerous roles in the development of the dorsal nervous system of
vertebrates. From specifying neural crest at the neural plate borders, to regulating neural …