The Bilaterian Head Patterning Gene six3/6 Controls Aboral Domain Development in a Cnidarian

The Xenopus doublesex-related gene Dmrt5 is required for olfactory placode neurogenesis

(2012) Damien Parlier et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Ancient deuterostome origins of vertebrate brain signalling centres

(2012) Ariel M. Pani et al.   NATURE

Development of the larval anterior neurogenic domains of Terebratalia transversa (Brachiopoda) provides insights into the diversification of larval apical organs and the spiralian nervous system

(2012) Scott Santagata et al.   EvoDevo

Conservation, loss, and redeployment of Wnt ligands in protostomes: implications for understanding the evolution of segment formation

(2011) Ralf Janssen et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

 -Catenin specifies the endomesoderm and defines the posterior organizer of the hemichordate Saccoglossus kowalevskii

(2011) S. Darras et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The evolution of nervous system patterning: insights from sea urchin development

(2011) L. M. Angerer et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: Cnidaria

(2011) U. Technau et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Nervous systems of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis are generated by ectoderm and endoderm and shaped by distinct mechanisms

(2011) N. Nakanishi et al.   DEVELOPMENT

An evolutionarily conserved kernel of gata5, gata6, otx2 and prdm1a operates in the formation of endoderm in zebrafish

(2011) Wen-Fang Tseng et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A two-step process in the emergence of neurogenesis

(2011) Brigitte Galliot et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Amphioxus FGF signaling predicts the acquisition of vertebrate morphological traits

(2011) S. Bertrand et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Six3 demarcates the anterior-most developing brain region in bilaterian animals

(2011) Patrick RH Steinmetz et al.   EvoDevo

Strabismus-mediated primary archenteron invagination is uncoupled from Wnt/SZ-catenin-dependent endoderm cell fate specification in Nematostella vectensis (Anthozoa, Cnidaria): Implications for the evolution of gastrulation

(2011) Shalika Kumburegama et al.   EvoDevo

Candidate Gene Screen in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium Reveals Six3 as Ancient Regulator of Anterior Median Head and Central Complex Development

(2011) Nico Posnien et al.   PLoS Genetics

Transcriptional control of genes involved in ciliogenesis: a first step in making cilia

(2010) Joëlle Thomas et al.   BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

On growth and form: a Cartesian coordinate system of Wnt and BMP signaling specifies bilaterian body axes

(2010) C. Niehrs   DEVELOPMENT

Cnidarians and the evolutionary origin of the nervous system

(2010) Hiroshi Watanabe et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

On the origin and evolution of the lower Metazoa

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

A conserved cluster of three PRD-class homeobox genes (homeobrain, rx and orthopedia) in the Cnidaria and Protostomia

(2010) Maureen E Mazza et al.   EvoDevo

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

Evolutionary history of the iroquois/Irx genes in metazoans

(2009) Pierre Kerner et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Wnt Signaling and the Polarity of the Primary Body Axis

(2009) Christian P. Petersen et al.   CELL

Wnt Signaling and the Evolution of Embryonic Posterior Development

(2009) Benjamin L. Martin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The sea urchin animal pole domain is a Six3-dependent neurogenic patterning center

(2009) Z. Wei et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A Developmental Perspective: Changes in the Position of the Blastopore during Bilaterian Evolution

(2009) Mark Q. Martindale et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Anatomy and development of the nervous system ofNematostella vectensis, an anthozoan cnidarian

(2009) Heather Q. Marlow et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

The insect upper lip (labrum) is a nonsegmental appendage-like structure

(2009) Nico Posnien et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Are Hox Genes Ancestrally Involved in Axial Patterning? Evidence from the Hydrozoan Clytia hemisphaerica (Cnidaria)

(2009) Roxane Chiori et al.   PLoS One

Sox genes in the coral Acropora millepora: divergent expression patterns reflect differences in developmental mechanisms within the Anthozoa

(2008) Chuya Shinzato et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Multiple Wnt Genes Are Required for Segmentation in the Short-Germ Embryo of Tribolium castaneum

(2008) Renata Bolognesi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Wnt8 Is Required for Growth-Zone Establishment and Development of Opisthosomal Segments in a Spider

(2008) Alistair P. McGregor et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A maternally localised Wnt ligand required for axial patterning in the cnidarian Clytia hemisphaerica

(2008) T. Momose et al.   DEVELOPMENT

FGF signalling controls formation of the apical sensory organ in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis

(2008) F. Rentzsch et al.   DEVELOPMENT

β-Catenin is required for the establishment of vegetal embryonic fates in the nemertean, Cerebratulus lacteus

(2008) Jonathan Q. Henry et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Genesis and Expansion of Metazoan Transcription Factor Gene Classes

(2008) Claire Larroux et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION