Do novel genes drive morphological novelty? An investigation of the nematosomes in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

Accurate inference of isoforms from multiple sample RNA-Seq data

(2015) Masruba Tasnim et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Evolution of transcription factor function as a mechanism for changing metazoan developmental gene regulatory networks

(2015) Alys M Cheatle Jarvela et al.   EvoDevo

Genes associated with ant social behavior show distinct transcriptional and evolutionary patterns

(2015) Alexander S Mikheyev et al.   eLife

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

Initiating a regenerative response; cellular and molecular features of wound healing in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis

(2014) Timothy Q DuBuc et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

In vivo imaging of Nematostella vectensis embryogenesis and late development using fluorescent probes

(2014) Timothy Q DuBuc et al.   BMC CELL BIOLOGY

Old Cell, New Trick? Cnidocytes as a Model for the Evolution of Novelty

(2014) L. S. Babonis et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Large-Scale Coding Sequence Change Underlies the Evolution of Postdevelopmental Novelty in Honey Bees

(2014) William Cameron Jasper et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Cadherin-23 May Be Dynamic in Hair Bundles of the Model Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis

(2014) Pei-Ciao Tang et al.   PLoS One

Rethinking the role of immunity: lessons from Hydra

(2014) Thomas C.G. Bosch   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Phylogenetic patterns of emergence of new genes support a model of frequent de novo evolution

(2013) Rafik Neme et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Genome-wide identification, characterization, and expression analysis of lineage-specific genes within zebrafish

(2013) Liandong Yang et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Characterization of differential transcript abundance through time during Nematostella vectensis development

(2013) Rebecca Helm et al.   BMC GENOMICS

What is evolutionary novelty? Process versus character based definitions

(2013) Tim Peterson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis

(2013) Brian J Haas et al.   Nature Protocols

A quantitative reference transcriptome for Nematostella vectensis early embryonic development: a pipeline for de novo assembly in emerging model systems

(2013) Sarah Tulin et al.   EvoDevo

Origins of New Genes and Evolution of Their Novel Functions

(2012) Yun Ding et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Toward a natural classification: phylogeny of acontiate sea anemones (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria)

(2012) Estefanía Rodríguez et al.   CLADISTICS

Conceptualizing Evolutionary Novelty: Moving Beyond Definitional Debates

(2012) Ingo Brigandt et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

A Framework for the Establishment of a Cnidarian Gene Regulatory Network for “Endomesoderm” Specification: The Inputs of ß-Catenin/TCF Signaling

(2012) Eric Röttinger et al.   PLoS Genetics

Characterization of taxonomically restricted genes in a phylum-restricted cell type

(2012) Sabine Milde et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Prostaglandins and Inflammation

(2011) Emanuela Ricciotti et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Taxonomically restricted genes are associated with the evolution of sociality in the honey bee

(2011) Brian R Johnson et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Levels of Biological Organization and the Origin of Novelty

(2011) Brian K. Hall et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

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

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The evolutionary origin of orphan genes

(2011) Diethard Tautz et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Morphological and Molecular Analysis of the Nematostella vectensis Cnidom

(2011) Claudia Zenkert et al.   PLoS One

Neurotoxin localization to ectodermal gland cells uncovers an alternative mechanism of venom delivery in sea anemones

(2011) Y. Moran et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

BEDTools: a flexible suite of utilities for comparing genomic features

(2010) Aaron R. Quinlan et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Genomic Survey of Candidate Stress-Response Genes in the Estuarine Anemone Nematostella vectensis

(2010) Adam M. Reitzel et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Evolution of form and function in a model of differentiated multicellular organisms with gene regulatory networks

(2010) Daniel Lobo et al.   BIOSYSTEMS

Evolutionary novelties

(2010) Günter P. Wagner et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Nematogalectin, a nematocyst protein with GlyXY and galectin domains, demonstrates nematocyte-specific alternative splicing in Hydra

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

High-quality draft assemblies of mammalian genomes from massively parallel sequence data

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

New Genes in Drosophila Quickly Become Essential

(2010) S. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Acontia and mesentery nematocysts of the sea anemone Metridium senile (Linnaeus, 1761) (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)

(2010) Carina Östman et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

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

(2010) Sylvain Forêt et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Mechanosensitivity in the model sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

(2009) Glen M. Watson et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Cnidarian internal stinging mechanism

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

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

(2009) Konstantin Khalturin et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome

(2009) Ben Langmead et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Massive Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bdelloid Rotifers

(2008) E. A. Gladyshev et al.   SCIENCE

Evolution of complex structures: minicollagens shape the cnidarian nematocyst

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

A Novel Gene Family Controls Species-Specific Morphological Traits in Hydra

(2008) Konstantin Khalturin et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY