Mesodermal Gene Expression in the Acoel Isodiametra pulchra Indicates a Low Number of Mesodermal Cell Types and the Endomesodermal Origin of the Gonads

Genetic Regulators of a Pluripotent Adult Stem Cell System in Planarians Identified by RNAi and Clonal Analysis

(2012) Daniel E. Wagner et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Independent evolution of striated muscles in cnidarians and bilaterians

(2012) Patrick R. H. Steinmetz et al.   NATURE

An Anatomical Description of a Miniaturized Acorn Worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) with Asexual Reproduction by Paratomy

(2012) Katrine Worsaae et al.   PLoS One

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Spermatozoon ultrastructure of Xenoturbella bocki (Westblad 1949)

(2011) Matthias Obst et al.   ACTA ZOOLOGICA

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

(2011) Kristen A Yankura et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Complex functions of Mef2 splice variants in the differentiation of endoderm and of a neuronal cell type in a sea anemone

(2011) G. Genikhovich et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Molecular architecture of muscles in an acoel and its evolutionary implications

(2011) Marta Chiodin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Acoelomorph flatworms are deuterostomes related to Xenoturbella

(2011) Hervé Philippe et al.   NATURE

Higher-level metazoan relationships: recent progress and remaining questions

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

How the Worm Got its Pharynx: Phylogeny, Classification and Bayesian Assessment of Character Evolution in Acoela

(2011) Ulf Jondelius et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Spermatogenesis and the structure of the testes in Nemertodermatida

(2011) Mieke Boone et al.   ZOOMORPHOLOGY

Spermatogenesis and the structure of the testes in Isodiametra pulchra (Isodiametridae, Acoela)

(2010) Mieke Boone et al.   ACTA ZOOLOGICA

Germ layer specification and axial patterning in the embryonic development of the freshwater planarian Schmidtea polychroa

(2010) José María Martín-Durán et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Clustered Fox genes in lophotrochozoans and the evolution of the bilaterian Fox gene cluster

(2010) Sebastian M. Shimeld et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Developmental expression of foxA and gata genes during gut formation in the polychaete annelid, Capitella sp. I

(2010) Michael J. Boyle et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Inferring the ancestral function of the posterior Hox gene within the bilateria: controlling the maintenance of reproductive structures, the musculature and the nervous system in the acoel flatworm Isodiametra pulchra

(2010) Eduardo Moreno et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

A functional genomic screen in planarians identifies novel regulators of germ cell development

(2010) Y. Wang et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Plathelminthes and Plathelminthomorpha - paraphyletic taxa

(2010) G. Haszprunar   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Zur Homologie der Keimblätter

(2010) Von L. v. Salvini-Plawen et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

On the origin and evolution of the lower Metazoa

(2010) Luitfried V. Salvini-Plawen   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Information processing at the foxa node of the sea urchin endomesoderm specification network

(2010) S. B.-T. de-Leon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Expression of FoxA and GATA transcription factors correlates with regionalized gut development in two lophotrochozoan marine worms: Chaetopterus (Annelida) and Themiste lageniformis (Sipuncula)

(2010) Michael J Boyle et al.   EvoDevo

Characterization of the stem cell system of the acoel Isodiametra pulchra

(2009) Katrien De Mulder et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Conservation and divergence in developmental networks: a view from Drosophila myogenesis

(2009) Lucia Ciglar et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Stem cells are differentially regulated during development, regeneration and homeostasis in flatworms

(2009) Katrien De Mulder et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

To Be or Not to Be a Flatworm: The Acoel Controversy

(2009) Bernhard Egger et al.   PLoS One

A muscle-specific transgenic reporter line of the sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis

(2009) E. Renfer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Assessing the root of bilaterian animals with scalable phylogenomic methods

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

Molecular Analysis of Stem Cells and Their Descendants during Cell Turnover and Regeneration in the Planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

(2008) George T. Eisenhoffer et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Expression of FoxC, FoxF, FoxL1, and FoxQ1 genes in the dogfishScyliorhinus canicula defines ancient and derived roles for fox genes in vertebrate development

(2008) Karl R. Wotton et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Myogenesis in the basal bilaterian Symsagittifera roscoffensis (Acoela)

(2008) Henrike Semmler et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

The transcription factorsHeBlimpandHeT-brainof an indirectly developing polychaete suggest ancestral endodermal, gastrulation, and sensory cell-type specification roles

(2008) Cesar Arenas-Mena   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

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

(2008) Andreas Hejnol et al.   NATURE

The evolution of cell types in animals: emerging principles from molecular studies

(2008) Detlev Arendt   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Acoel development supports a simple planula-like urbilaterian

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