Embracing the comparative approach: how robust phylogenies and broader developmental sampling impacts the understanding of nervous system evolution

The study of Priapulus caudatus reveals conserved molecular patterning underlying different gut morphogenesis in the Ecdysozoa

(2015) José M Martín-Durán et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Insights into the segmental identity of post-oral commissures and pharyngeal nerves in Onychophora based on retrograde fills

(2015) Christine Martin et al.   BMC NEUROSCIENCE

Bacterial Dormancy: How to Decide When to Wake Up

(2015) Simon van Vliet   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Spiralian Phylogeny Informs the Evolution of Microscopic Lineages

(2015) Christopher E. Laumer et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Evolution of Annelids Reveals Two Adaptive Routes to the Interstitial Realm

(2015) Torsten Hugo Struck et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A Transcriptomic-Phylogenomic Analysis of the Evolutionary Relationships of Flatworms

(2015) Bernhard Egger et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Evolution of flatworm central nervous systems: Insights from polyclads

(2015) Sigmer Y. Quiroga et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The deuterostome context of chordate origins

(2015) Christopher J. Lowe et al.   NATURE

Neurogenesis in directly and indirectly developing enteropneusts: of nets and cords

(2015) Sabrina Kaul-Strehlow et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Early animal evolution and the origins of nervous systems

(2015) G. E. Budd   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Error, signal, and the placement of Ctenophora sister to all other animals

(2015) Nathan V. Whelan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Getting to the bottom of anal evolution

(2015) Andreas Hejnol et al.   ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER

Morphology should not be forgotten in the era of genomics–a phylogenetic perspective

(2015) Gonzalo Giribet   ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER

Neural development in the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini based on anti-acetylated α-tubulin immunolabeling

(2015) Vladimir Gross et al.   EvoDevo

Did homeobox gene duplications contribute to the Cambrian explosion?

(2015) Peter W H Holland   Zoological Letters

Animal Phylogeny and Its Evolutionary Implications

(2014) Casey W. Dunn et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Phylogenomic Resolution of the Hemichordate and Echinoderm Clade

(2014) Johanna T. Cannon et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Whole-Body Acoel Regeneration Is Controlled by Wnt and Bmp-Admp Signaling

(2014) Mansi Srivastava et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Detailed reconstruction of the musculature in Limnognathia maerski (Micrognathozoa) and comparison with other Gnathifera

(2014) Nicolas Bekkouche et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

The metameric pattern of Hypsibius dujardini(Eutardigrada) and its relationship to that of other panarthropods

(2014) Frank W Smith et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Illuminating the Base of the Annelid Tree Using Transcriptomics

(2014) Anne Weigert et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Platyzoan Paraphyly Based on Phylogenomic Data Supports a Noncoelomate Ancestry of Spiralia

(2014) Torsten H. Struck et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A Transcriptomic Approach to Ribbon Worm Systematics (Nemertea): Resolving the Pilidiophora Problem

(2014) Sónia C. S. Andrade et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A transcriptome approach to ecdysozoan phylogeny

(2014) Janus Borner et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems

(2014) Leonid L. Moroz et al.   NATURE

Transcriptome Data Reveal Syndermatan Relationships and Suggest the Evolution of Endoparasitism in Acanthocephala via an Epizoic Stage

(2014) Alexandra R. Wey-Fabrizius et al.   PLoS One

Development of the annelid axochord: Insights into notochord evolution

(2014) A. Lauri et al.   SCIENCE

Homology versus Convergence in Resolving Transphyletic Correspondences of Brain Organization

(2013) Nicholas J. Strausfeld et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Molecular Timetrees Reveal a Cambrian Colonization of Land and a New Scenario for Ecdysozoan Evolution

(2013) Omar Rota-Stabelli et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Zooplankton characterisation of Pampean saline shallow lakes, habitat of the Andean flamingoes

(2013) Yamila S. Battauz et al.   JOURNAL OF LIMNOLOGY

Neural Markers Reveal a One-Segmented Head in Tardigrades (Water Bears)

(2013) Georg Mayer et al.   PLoS One

The Nervous Systems of Basally Branching Nemertea (Palaeonemertea)

(2013) Patrick Beckers et al.   PLoS One

The Genome of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and Its Implications for Cell Type Evolution

(2013) J. F. Ryan et al.   SCIENCE

Comparative immunohistochemical investigation on the nervous system of two species of Arthrotardigrada (Heterotardigrada, Tardigrada)

(2013) Corinna Schulze et al.   ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER

Field et al. Redux.

(2013) Maximilian J Telford   EvoDevo

Evolution of bilaterian central nervous systems: a single origin?

(2013) Linda Z Holland et al.   EvoDevo

Deuterostomic Development in the Protostome Priapulus caudatus

(2012) José M. Martín-Durán et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ptychoderid Hemichordate Neurulation without a Notochord

(2012) S. Luttrell et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Comparative morphology of serotonergic-like immunoreactive elements in the central nervous system of kinorhynchs (kinorhyncha, cyclorhagida)

(2012) María Herranz et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Neuroanatomy ofHalobiotus crispae(Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae): Tardigrade brain structure supports the clade panarthropoda

(2012) Dennis K. Persson et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Ancient deuterostome origins of vertebrate brain signalling centres

(2012) Ariel M. Pani et al.   NATURE

Evolution of centralized nervous systems: Two schools of evolutionary thought

(2012) R. G. Northcutt   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Uncoupling of complex regulatory patterning during evolution of larval development in echinoderms

(2011) Kristen A Yankura et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Lophotrochozoan neuroanatomy: An analysis of the brain and nervous system of Lineus viridis(Nemertea) using different staining techniques

(2011) Patrick Beckers et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Resolving the evolutionary relationships of molluscs with phylogenomic tools

(2011) Stephen A. Smith et al.   NATURE

Phylogenomics reveals deep molluscan relationships

(2011) Kevin M. Kocot et al.   NATURE

Phylogenomic analyses unravel annelid evolution

(2011) Torsten H. Struck et al.   NATURE

Higher-level metazoan relationships: recent progress and remaining questions

(2011) Gregory D. Edgecombe et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

MicroRNAs and phylogenomics resolve the relationships of Tardigrada and suggest that velvet worms are the sister group of Arthropoda

(2011) L. I. Campbell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A stem-deuterostome origin of the vertebrate pharyngeal transcriptional network

(2011) J. A. Gillis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Cambrian Conundrum: Early Divergence and Later Ecological Success in the Early History of Animals

(2011) D. H. Erwin et al.   SCIENCE

The nervous system of Neodasys chaetonotoideus (Gastrotricha: Neodasys) revealed by combining confocal laserscanning and transmission electron microscopy: evolutionary comparison of neuroanatomy within the Gastrotricha and basal Protostomia

(2011) Birgen H. Rothe et al.   ZOOMORPHOLOGY

Resolving Difficult Phylogenetic Questions: Why More Sequences Are Not Enough

(2011) Hervé Philippe et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

A revision of brain composition in Onychophora (velvet worms) suggests that the tritocerebrum evolved in arthropods

(2010) Georg Mayer et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

On the Origin and Evolution of the Tripartite Brain

(2010) Frank Hirth   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Profiling by Image Registration Reveals Common Origin of Annelid Mushroom Bodies and Vertebrate Pallium

(2010) Raju Tomer et al.   CELL

Invertebrate neurophylogeny: suggested terms and definitions for a neuroanatomical glossary

(2010) Stefan Richter et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Priapulid worms: Pioneer horizontal burrowers at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary

(2010) Jean Vannier et al.   GEOLOGY

A Twist in Time--The Evolution of Spiral Cleavage in the Light of Animal Phylogeny

(2010) A. Hejnol   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Structure of the nervous system inTubiluchus troglodytes(Priapulida)

(2010) Birgen Holger Rothe et al.   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

Ontogeny of the collar cord: Neurulation in the hemichordate Saccoglossus kowalevskii

(2010) Sabrina Kaul et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

A congruent solution to arthropod phylogeny: phylogenomics, microRNAs and morphology support monophyletic Mandibulata

(2010) O. Rota-Stabelli et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Conserved developmental expression of Fezf in chordates and Drosophila and the origin of the Zona Limitans Intrathalamica (ZLI) brain organizer

(2010) Manuel Irimia et al.   EvoDevo

Deconstructing morphology

(2009) Gerhard Scholtz   ACTA ZOOLOGICA

On the Independent Origins of Complex Brains and Neurons

(2009) Leonid L. Moroz   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Centralization of the Deuterostome Nervous System Predates Chordates

(2009) Marc Nomaksteinsky et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Assessing the root of bilaterian animals with scalable phylogenomic methods

(2009) A. Hejnol et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

New data from an enigmatic phylum: evidence from molecular sequence data supports a sister-group relationship between Loricifera and Nematomorpha

(2008) M. V. Srensen et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Acoel development indicates the independent evolution of the bilaterian mouth and anus

(2008) Andreas Hejnol et al.   NATURE

Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life

(2008) Casey W. Dunn et al.   NATURE

EvoD/Vo: the origins of BMP signalling in the neuroectoderm

(2008) Claudia Mieko Mizutani et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Molecular genetic insights into deuterostome evolution from the direct-developing hemichordate Saccoglossus kowalevskii

(2008) C. J Lowe   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The evolution of nervous system centralization

(2008) D. Arendt et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Acoel development supports a simple planula-like urbilaterian

(2008) A. Hejnol et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The evolution of the Ecdysozoa

(2008) M. J Telford et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Deciphering deuterostome phylogeny: molecular, morphological and palaeontological perspectives

(2008) B. J Swalla et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Ediacaran emergence of bilaterians: congruence between the genetic and the geological fossil records

(2008) K. J Peterson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

First description of the serotonergic nervous system in a bdelloid rotifer: Macrotrachela quadricornifera Milne 1886 (Philodinidae)

(2008) Francesca Leasi et al.   ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER