Two Novel Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormones (GnRHs) from the Urochordate Ascidian,Halocynthia roretzi: Implications for the Origin of Vertebrate GnRH Isoforms

A Conserved Non-Reproductive GnRH System in Chordates

(2012) Takehiro G. Kusakabe et al.   PLoS One

Expression of neuropeptide- and hormone-encoding genes in the Ciona intestinalis larval brain

(2011) Mayuko Hamada et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Identification and gene expression analysis of three GnRH genes in female Atlantic cod during puberty provides insight into GnRH variant gene loss in fish

(2011) Jon Hildahl et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Evolution of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) gene family in relation to vertebrate tetraploidizations

(2010) Hervé Tostivint   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

A novel inhibitory gonadotropin-releasing hormone-related neuropeptide in the ascidian, Ciona intestinalis

(2009) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   PEPTIDES

Molecular Cloning and Expression Analysis of a GnRH-Like Dodecapeptide in the Swordtip Squid,Loligo edulis

(2009) Chinari Onitsuka et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Placode Formation and Generation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Neurons in Ascidians

(2009) Kiyoshi Terakado   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Structural and functional evolution of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in vertebrates

(2008) K. Okubo et al.   Acta Physiologica

The Emergence and Loss of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in Protostomes: Orthology, Phylogeny, Structure, and Function1

(2008) Pei-San Tsai et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Origins of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) in Vertebrates: Identification of a Novel GnRH in a Basal Vertebrate, the Sea Lamprey

(2008) Scott I. Kavanaugh et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Characterization and Putative Role of a Type I Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in the Cephalochordate Amphioxus

(2008) Angela Chambery et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

(2008) Nicholas H. Putnam et al.   NATURE

Molecular cloning, expression pattern, and immunocytochemical localization of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone-like molecule in the gastropod mollusk, Aplysia californica

(2007) Lihong Zhang et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY