The Analysis of Eight Transcriptomes from All Poriferan Classes Reveals Surprising Genetic Complexity in Sponges

Pheromone Evolution, Reproductive Genes, and Comparative Transcriptomics in Mediterranean Earthworms (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Hormogastridae)

(2013) Marta Novo et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A NGS approach to the encrusting Mediterranean spongeCrella elegans(Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida): transcriptome sequencing, characterization and overview of the gene expression along three life cycle stages

(2013) A. R. Pérez-Porro et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Deep metazoan phylogeny: When different genes tell different stories

(2013) Tetyana Nosenko et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

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

(2013) J. F. Ryan et al.   SCIENCE

Premetazoan genome evolution and the regulation of cell differentiation in the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta

(2013) Stephen R Fairclough et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

An epithelial tissue inDictyosteliumchallenges the traditional origin of metazoan multicellularity

(2012) Daniel J. Dickinson et al.   BIOESSAYS

Transcriptome profiling of the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica reveals genome-wide events that accompany major life cycle transitions

(2012) Cecilia Conaco et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity

(2012) Ward Appeltans et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Comparative description of ten transcriptomes of newly sequenced invertebrates and efficiency estimation of genomic sampling in non-model taxa

(2012) Ana Riesgo et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Horizontal Gene Transfer in Choanoflagellates

(2012) Richard P. Tucker   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

The Evolution and Origin of Animal Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Pathway Revealed by Network-Level Molecular Evolutionary Analyses

(2012) Xiaojun Song et al.   PLoS One

Origin of metazoan cadherin diversity and the antiquity of the classical cadherin/ -catenin complex

(2012) S. A. Nichols et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dmrt genes in the development and evolution of sexual dimorphism

(2012) Artyom Kopp   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Epithelia, an Evolutionary Novelty of Metazoans

(2011) Sally P. Leys et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

The Role of Mannose-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Protease-3 in Activation of the Alternative Complement Pathway

(2011) D. Iwaki et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Optimization of preservation and storage time of sponge tissues to obtain quality mRNA for next-generation sequencing

(2011) ANA RIESGO et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Mechanisms and functions of Hedgehog signalling across the metazoa

(2011) Philip W. Ingham et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

A Polarized Epithelium Organized by  - and  -Catenin Predates Cadherin and Metazoan Origins

(2011) D. J. Dickinson et al.   SCIENCE

Resolving Difficult Phylogenetic Questions: Why More Sequences Are Not Enough

(2011) Hervé Philippe et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The backbone of the post-synaptic density originated in a unicellular ancestor of choanoflagellates and metazoans

(2010) Alexandre Alié et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Piwi expression in archeocytes and choanocytes in demosponges: insights into the stem cell system in demosponges

(2010) Noriko Funayama et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Structure and expression of conserved Wnt pathway components in the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica

(2010) Maja Adamska et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Wnt signaling and induction in the sponge aquiferous system: evidence for an ancient origin of the organizer

(2010) Pamela J. Windsor et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Origin of animal epithelia: insights from the sponge genome

(2010) Bryony Fahey et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Evidence for glutamate, GABA and NO in coordinating behaviour in the sponge, Ephydatia muelleri (Demospongiae, Spongillidae)

(2010) G. R. D. Elliott et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Attractin gene deficiency contributes to testis vacuolization and sperm dysfunction in male mice

(2010) Jie Li et al.   Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology-Medical Sciences

Demosponge EST Sequencing Reveals a Complex Genetic Toolkit of the Simplest Metazoans

(2010) M. Harcet et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Improved Phylogenomic Taxon Sampling Noticeably Affects Nonbilaterian Relationships

(2010) K. S. Pick et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity

(2010) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

Freshwater Sponges Have Functional, Sealing Epithelia with High Transepithelial Resistance and Negative Transepithelial Potential

(2010) Emily D. M. Adams et al.   PLoS One

Ancient origin of the integrin-mediated adhesion and signaling machinery

(2010) A. Sebe-Pedros et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Versatile Germline Genes

(2010) C. Juliano et al.   SCIENCE

BLAST+: architecture and applications

(2009) Christiam Camacho et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Origin and evolution of the Notch signalling pathway: an overview from eukaryotic genomes

(2009) Eve Gazave et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

SeaView Version 4: A Multiplatform Graphical User Interface for Sequence Alignment and Phylogenetic Tree Building

(2009) M. Gouy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The molecular machinery of germ line specification

(2009) Ben Ewen-Campen et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Protein structure prediction on the Web: a case study using the Phyre server

(2009) Lawrence A Kelley et al.   Nature Protocols

The origin and evolution of synapses

(2009) Tomás J. Ryan et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

WNT/β-Catenin Signalling and Epithelial Patterning in the Homoscleromorph Sponge Oscarella

(2009) Pascal Lapébie et al.   PLoS One

Assessing the root of bilaterian animals with scalable phylogenomic methods

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

Sponge Genes Provide New Insight into the Evolutionary Origin of the Neurogenic Circuit

(2008) Gemma S. Richards et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Differences in reproductive timing among sponges sharing habitat and thermal regime

(2008) Ana Riesgo et al.   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans

(2008) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

The genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis and the origin of metazoans

(2008) Nicole King et al.   NATURE

Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life

(2008) Casey W. Dunn et al.   NATURE

A Rapid Bootstrap Algorithm for the RAxML Web Servers

(2008) Alexandros Stamatakis et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The Hedgehog gene family of the cnidarian, Nematostella vectensis, and implications for understanding metazoan Hedgehog pathway evolution

(2007) David Q. Matus et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY