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Transdifferentiation is a driving force of regeneration in Halisarca dujardini (Demospongiae, Porifera)
(PeerJ, 2015-08-25)
The ability to regenerate is widespread in the animal kingdom, but the regenerative capacities and mechanisms vary widely. To understand the evolutionary history of the diverse regeneration mechanisms, the regeneration ...
Evolution of the Pax-Six-Eya-Dach network: The calcisponge case study
(BioMed Central, 2014-06-23)
Background: The Pax-Six-Eya-Dach network (PSEDN) is involved in a variety of developmental processes, including well documented roles in determination of sensory organs and morphogenesis in bilaterian animals. Expression ...
Regulatory RNA at the root of animals: dynamic expression of developmental lincRNAs in the calcisponge Sycon ciliatum
(The Royal Society Publishing, 2015-12-23)
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important regulatory roles during
animal development, and it has been hypothesized that an RNA-based gene
regulation was important for the evolution of developmental complexity
in ...
Calcareous sponge genomes reveal complex evolution of α-carbonic anhydrases and two key biomineralization enzymes
(BioMed Central, 2014-11-25)
Background: Calcium carbonate biominerals form often complex and beautiful skeletal elements, including coral exoskeletons and mollusc shells. Although the ability to generate these carbonate structures was apparently ...