Medusozoan genomes inform the evolution of the jellyfish body plan

Phylogenomics provides a robust topology of the major cnidarian lineages and insights on the origins of key organismal traits

(2018) Ehsan Kayal et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The genome of the jellyfish Aurelia and the evolution of animal complexity

(2018) David A. Gold et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Gut-like ectodermal tissue in a sea anemone challenges germ layer homology

(2017) Patrick R. H. Steinmetz et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Transcriptome profiling of the dynamic life cycle of the scypohozoan jellyfish Aurelia aurita

(2015) Vera Brekhman et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The genome ofAiptasia, a sea anemone model for coral symbiosis

(2015) Sebastian Baumgarten et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Adoption of conserved developmental genes in development and origin of the medusa body plan

(2015) Johanna E. M. Kraus et al.   EvoDevo

Phylogenomic Analyses Support Traditional Relationships within Cnidaria

(2015) Felipe Zapata et al.   PLoS One

Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

(2014) Anthony M. Bolger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Regulation of Polyp-to-Jellyfish Transition in Aurelia aurita

(2014) Björn Fuchs et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the Late Ediacaran period (approx. 560 Ma)

(2014) A. G. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

NextClip: an analysis and read preparation tool for Nextera Long Mate Pair libraries

(2013) Richard M. Leggett et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Distinct antimicrobial peptide expression determines host species-specific bacterial associations

(2013) S. Franzenburg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genomic organization, evolution, and expression of photoprotein and opsin genes in Mnemiopsis leidyi: a new view of ctenophore photocytes

(2012) Christine E Schnitzler et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200Ma

(2012) M. Seton et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Proteome of Hydra Nematocyst

(2012) Prakash G. Balasubramanian et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Independent evolution of striated muscles in cnidarians and bilaterians

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

Fluorescent Protein Candidate Genes in the CoralAcropora digitiferaGenome

(2012) Chuya Shinzato et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

RSEM: accurate transcript quantification from RNA-Seq data with or without a reference genome

(2011) Bo Li et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: Cnidaria

(2011) U. Technau et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Using the Acropora digitifera genome to understand coral responses to environmental change

(2011) Chuya Shinzato et al.   NATURE

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Scaffolding pre-assembled contigs using SSPACE

(2010) Marten Boetzer et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Hydractinia Allodeterminant alr1 Resides in an Immunoglobulin Superfamily-like Gene Complex

(2010) Sabrina F.P. Rosa et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The dynamic genome of Hydra

(2010) Jarrod A. Chapman et al.   NATURE

In an early branching metazoan, bacterial colonization of the embryo is controlled by maternal antimicrobial peptides

(2010) S. Fraune et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

New tricks with old genes: the genetic bases of novel cnidarian traits

(2010) Sylvain Forêt et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

A genomic view of 500 million years of cnidarian evolution

(2010) Robert E. Steele et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

A Hypervariable Invertebrate Allodeterminant

(2009) Matthew L. Nicotra et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

More constraint on ParaHox than Hox gene families in early metazoan evolution

(2009) Manon Quiquand et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Multiple Wnts are involved in Hydra organizer formation and regeneration

(2009) Tobias Lengfeld et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Roxane Chiori et al.   PLoS One

More than just orphans: are taxonomically-restricted genes important in evolution?

(2009) Konstantin Khalturin et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Evolution of complex structures: minicollagens shape the cnidarian nematocyst

(2008) Charles N. David et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Ordered progression of nematogenesis from stem cells through differentiation stages in the tentacle bulb of Clytia hemisphaerica (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria)

(2007) Elsa Denker et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY