Ancestral role of Pax2/5/8 in molluscan brain and multimodal sensory system development

Unexpected co-linearity of Hox gene expression in an aculiferan mollusk

(2015) M. Fritsch et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic analysis and expression patterns of Pax genes in the onychophoranEuperipatoides rowellireveal a novel bilaterian Pax subfamily

(2015) Franziska Anni Franke et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

A phylogenetic backbone for Bivalvia: an RNA-seq approach

(2015) V. L. Gonzalez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pax genes: regulators of lineage specification and progenitor cell maintenance

(2014) J. A. Blake et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A new sensory organ in “primitive” molluscs (Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida), and its context in the nervous system of chitons

(2014) Julia D Sigwart et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

POU genes are expressed during the formation of individual ganglia of the cephalopod central nervous system

(2014) Tim Wollesen et al.   EvoDevo

History of a prolific family: the Hes/Hey-related genes of the annelid Platynereis

(2014) Eve Gazave et al.   EvoDevo

Aplacophoran Mollusks Evolved from Ancestors with Polyplacophoran-like Features

(2013) Maik Scherholz et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A Comparative Analysis of Transcription Factor Expression during Metazoan Embryonic Development

(2013) Alicia N. Schep et al.   PLoS One

Stable transgenesis in the marine annelid Platynereis dumerilii sheds new light on photoreceptor evolution

(2013) B. Backfisch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molluscs

(2012) Gerhard Haszprunar et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

orthodenticle/otx ortholog expression in the anterior brain and eyes of Sepia officinalis (Mollusca, Cephalopoda)

(2012) Auxane Buresi et al.   GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS

Ancient deuterostome origins of vertebrate brain signalling centres

(2012) Ariel M. Pani et al.   NATURE

A Chiton Uses Aragonite Lenses to Form Images

(2011) Daniel I. Speiser et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Resolving the evolutionary relationships of molluscs with phylogenomic tools

(2011) Stephen A. Smith et al.   NATURE

Phylogenomics reveals deep molluscan relationships

(2011) Kevin M. Kocot et al.   NATURE

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

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

A molecular palaeobiological hypothesis for the origin of aplacophoran molluscs and their derivation from chiton-like ancestors

(2011) J. Vinther et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pax genes during neural development and their potential role in neuroregeneration

(2011) Jennifer A. Thompson et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

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

(2011) Patrick RH Steinmetz et al.   EvoDevo

FMRFamide gene and peptide expression during central nervous system development of the cephalopod mollusk, Idiosepius notoides

(2010) Tim Wollesen et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Evolution of developmental roles of Pax2/5/8 paralogs after independent duplication in urochordate and vertebrate lineages

(2008) Susan Bassham et al.   BMC BIOLOGY