A uniform system for the annotation of vertebrate microRNA genes and the evolution of the human microRNAome

B Fromm, T Billipp, LE Peck, M Johansen… - Annual review of …, 2015‏ - annualreviews.org
Although microRNAs (miRNAs) are among the most intensively studied molecules of the
past 20 years, determining what is and what is not a miRNA has not been straightforward …

Riding the crest to get a head: neural crest evolution in vertebrates

ML Martik, ME Bronner - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021‏ - nature.com
In their seminal 1983 paper, Gans and Northcutt proposed that evolution of the vertebrate
'new head'was made possible by the advent of the neural crest and cranial placodes. The …

Reconstruction of proto-vertebrate, proto-cyclostome and proto-gnathostome genomes provides new insights into early vertebrate evolution

Y Nakatani, P Shingate, V Ravi, NE Pillai… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Ancient polyploidization events have had a lasting impact on vertebrate genome structure,
organization and function. Some key questions regarding the number of ancient …

MirGeneDB 2.1: toward a complete sampling of all major animal phyla

B Fromm, E Høye, D Domanska, X Zhong… - Nucleic acids …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
We describe an update of MirGeneDB, the manually curated microRNA gene database.
Adhering to uniform and consistent criteria for microRNA annotation and nomenclature, we …

Universal nomenclature for oxytocin–vasotocin ligand and receptor families

C Theofanopoulou, G Gedman, JA Cahill, C Boeckx… - Nature, 2021‏ - nature.com
Oxytocin (OXT; hereafter OT) and arginine vasopressin or vasotocin (AVP or VT; hereafter
VT) are neurotransmitter ligands that function through specific receptors to control diverse …

Evolution of microRNA diversity and regulation in animals

E Berezikov - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2011‏ - nature.com
In the past decade, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been uncovered as key regulators of gene
expression at the post-transcriptional level. The ancient origin of miRNAs, their dramatic …

Hagfish genome elucidates vertebrate whole-genome duplication events and their evolutionary consequences

D Yu, Y Ren, M Uesaka, AJS Beavan… - Nature ecology & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Polyploidy or whole-genome duplication (WGD) is a major event that drastically reshapes
genome architecture and is often assumed to be causally associated with organismal …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of phototransduction, vertebrate photoreceptors and retina

TD Lamb - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Evidence is reviewed from a wide range of studies relevant to the evolution of vertebrate
photoreceptors and phototransduction, in order to permit the synthesis of a scenario for the …

[HTML][HTML] Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history

MJ Benton, PCJ Donoghue, RJ Asher, M Friedman… - 2015‏ - palaeo-electronica.org
Dating the tree of life is a core endeavor in evolutionary biology. Rates of evolution are
fundamental to nearly every evolutionary model and process. Rates need dates. There is …

[كتاب][B] Vertebrate palaeontology

MJ Benton - 2014‏ - books.google.com
Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …