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The embryology, metamorphosis, and muscle development of Schizocardium karankawa sp. nov. (Enteropneusta) from the Gulf of Mexico
Schizocardium karankawa sp. nov. has been collected from subtidal muds of the Laguna Madre, Texas, and the Mississippi coast, Gulf of Mexico. The...
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A mosaic of conserved and novel modes of gene expression and morphogenesis in mesoderm and muscle formation of a larval bivalve
The mesoderm gives rise to several key morphological features of bilaterian animals including endoskeletal elements and the musculature. A number of...
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Myosin assembly of smooth muscle: from ribbons and side polarity to a row polar helical model
After decades of debate over the structure of smooth muscle myosin filaments, it is still unclear whether they are helical, as in all other muscle...
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Microscopic Observations on Form and Structure of the Worm Enchytraeus buchholzi (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae)
BackgroundThe worm Enchytraeus buchholzi is a new record species for Shaanxi, China, and a key pest on American ginseng Panax quinquefolium . To...
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Reduction, rearrangement, fusion, and hypertrophy: evolution of the muscular system in polymorphic zooids of cheilostome Bryozoa
Morpho-functional polymorphism of modules, also known as “division of labor”, is a widespread phenomenon independently evolving multiple times in the...
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Updated single cell reference atlas for the starlet anemone Nematostella vectensis
BackgroundThe recent combination of genomics and single cell transcriptomics has allowed to assess a variety of non-conventional model organisms in...
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Finding the sweet spot: drilling precision on shelled molluscs by Octopus vulgaris type III in False Bay, South Africa
Octopus vulgaris type III preys upon molluscs by drilling a hole in the shell, through which it injects venom, weakening the muscles and allowing the...
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Otobothrium muscatense n. sp. (Trypanorhyncha: Otobothriidae) from Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål) (Sparidae), with new locality records of larval trypanorhynchs off the Sultanate of Oman
In the evaluation of the larval trypanorhynch fauna off the Sultanate of Oman, a total of 188 bony fishes belonging to 16 species were studied, which...
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Deep-sea ctenostome bryozoans: revision of the family Pachyzoidae, with description of a new genus and three new species from Zealandia
Pachyzoidae is a little-known family of deep-sea ctenostome Bryozoa that until now was monospecific for Pachyzoon atlanticum . Originally described...
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Bioinformatics analysis of paravertebral muscles atrophy in adult degenerative scoliosis
Paravertebral muscles (PVM) act as one of the major dynamic factors to maintain human upright activities and play a remarkable role in maintaining...
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Block Blood Flow
Vascular stenosis restricts blood flow without completely blocking it. In animal models, left heart failure with increased afterload is the result of...
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Boring bryozoans: an investigation into the endolithic bryozoan family Penetrantiidae
An endolithic lifestyle in mineralized substrates has evolved multiple times in various phyla including Bryozoa. The family Penetrantiidae includes...
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Reconstructing the neuromuscular ground pattern of phylactolaemate bryozoans: new data from the Lophopodidae
BackgroundThe solely freshwater inhabiting Phylactolaemata is a sister taxon to all other bryozoans. Among phylactolaemates, Lophopodidae represents...
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Digging into boring bryozoans: new characters and new species of Immergentiidae
Immergentia is an endolithic genus of ctenostome bryozoans and the sole member of the Immergentiidae. Etchings of their typical spindled-shaped and...
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Methods for Transepicardial Cell Transplantation in a Swine Myocardial Infarction Model
The transplantation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) has garnered significant attention as a potential means of...
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Antholoba fabiani sp. nov. (Actiniaria, Metridioidea, Antholobidae fam. nov.), a new species and family of sea anemone of the southwestern Atlantic, Brazil
The genus Antholoba Hertwig, 1882 (Actiniaria, Enthemonae) is characterized by the presence of short and numerous tentacles, a folded oral disc in...
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Commonly Used Regional Exposure
In order to best perform a surgical operation, the mouse’s body needs to be properly positioned. Many operations use the same body position. We shall...
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Cladistic analysis of the transisthmian genus Eurytellina (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea) based on morphological and morphometric data
One of the main questions of phylogenetic systematics has recently focused on the reliability and robustness of taxonomic data. Many recent studies...
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Anatomical, scanning electron microscopy, histological and histochemical studies of the orbital glands of the Egyptian agama Trapelus mutabilis
BackgroundThe orbital gland of the group agama (Agamidae) is not well-studied. Here is a first description of anatomical and histological studies on...
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Psolidium bathygalego nom. nov. (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) from bathyal bottoms of Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula)
It is proposed to name the Atlantic holothuria Psolidium complanatum Cherbonnier,
1969 , whose denomination is already occupied by Psolidium complanatum ...