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Open AccessStructure of putative epidermal sensory receptors in an acoel flatworm, Praesagittifera naikaiensis
Acoel flatworms possess epidermal sensory-receptor cells on their body surfaces and exhibit behavioral repertoires such as geotaxis and phototaxis. Acoel epidermal sensory receptors should be mechanical and/or...
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Quantitative PCR method to detect an extremely endangered bitterling fish (Rhodeus atremius suigensis) using environmental DNA
Rhodeus atremius suigensis is an extremely endangered bitterling fish, designated as one of the Nationally Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora by the Ministry of Environment of Japan. To prevent its extinc...
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Open AccessThe gastrin-releasing peptide/bombesin system revisited by a reverse-evolutionary study considering Xenopus
Bombesin is a putative antibacterial peptide isolated from the skin of the frog, Bombina bombina. Two related (bombesin-like) peptides, gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and neuromedin B (NMB) have been found in ma...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: Medusozoan genomes inform the evolution of the jellyfish body plan
The version of this article originally published was not open access, but should have been open access. The error has been corrected, and the paper is now open access with a CC-BY license.
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Open AccessMedusozoan genomes inform the evolution of the jellyfish body plan
Cnidarians are astonishingly diverse in body form and lifestyle, including the presence of a jellyfish stage in medusozoans and its absence in anthozoans. Here, we sequence the genomes of Aurelia aurita (a scypho...
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Open AccessTransposon-mediated targeted and specific knockdown of maternally expressed transcripts in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis
Maternal mRNAs play crucial roles during early embryogenesis of ascidians, but their functions are largely unknown. In this study, we developed a new method to specifically knockdown maternal mRNAs in Ciona intes...
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Differential gene regulation by VIV and VV ions in the branchial sac, intestine, and blood cells of a vanadium-rich ascidian, Ciona intestinalis
Ascidians are hyperaccumulators that have been studied in detail. Proteins and genes involved in the accumulation process have been identified, but regulation of gene expression related to vanadium accumulatio...
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Open AccessUsing the Acropora digitifera genome to understand coral responses to environmental change
Coral reefs are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet and are of great economic importance. They are under threat because the scleractinian corals at their core are susceptible to ocean ...
