Recent advances in crustacean genomics and their potential application in aquaculture

J Yuan, Y Yu, X Zhang, S Li, J ** arthropod limb
C Wolff, JY Tinevez, T Pietzsch, E Stamataki, B Harich… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
During development, coordinated cell behaviors orchestrate tissue and organ
morphogenesis. Detailed descriptions of cell lineages and behaviors provide a powerful …

Knockout of crustacean leg patterning genes suggests that insect wings and body walls evolved from ancient leg segments

HS Bruce, NH Patel - Nature ecology & evolution, 2020 - nature.com
The origin of insect wings has long been debated. Central to this debate is whether wings
are a novel structure on the body wall resulting from gene co-option, or evolved from an …

Nemertean and phoronid genomes reveal lophotrochozoan evolution and the origin of bilaterian heads

YJ Luo, M Kanda, R Koyanagi, K Hisata… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Nemerteans (ribbon worms) and phoronids (horseshoe worms) are closely related
lophotrochozoans—a group of animals including leeches, snails and other invertebrates …

The Chinese mitten crab genome provides insights into adaptive plasticity and developmental regulation

Z Cui, Y Liu, J Yuan, X Zhang, T Ventura, KY Ma… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The infraorder Brachyura (true or short-tailed crabs) represents a successful group of marine
invertebrates yet with limited genomic resources. Here we report a chromosome-anchored …

Lignocellulose degradation at the holobiont level: teamwork in a keystone soil invertebrate

M Bredon, J Dittmer, C Noël, B Moumen, D Bouchon - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background Woodlice are recognized as keystone species in terrestrial ecosystems due to
their role in the decomposition of organic matter. Thus, they contribute to lignocellulose …

Signatures of DNA methylation across insects suggest reduced DNA methylation levels in Holometabola

P Provataris, K Meusemann, O Niehuis… - Genome biology and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
It has been experimentally shown that DNA methylation is involved in the regulation of gene
expression and the silencing of transposable element activity in eukaryotes. The variable …