Mantle Modularity Underlies the Plasticity of the Molluscan Shell: Supporting Data From Cepaea nemoralis

Synteny-based analyses indicate that sequence divergence is not the main source of orphan genes

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Unveiling the Ecological Applications of Ancient DNA From Mollusk Shells

(2020) Clio Der Sarkissian et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

The ‘biomineralization toolkit’ and the origin of animal skeletons

(2020) Duncan J. E. Murdock   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Mollusc shellomes: Past, present and future

(2020) Frédéric Marin   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Mantle transcriptome sequencing of Mytilus spp. and identification of putative biomineralization genes

(2019) Magdalena Malachowicz et al.   PeerJ

Whole transcriptome sequencing and biomineralization gene architecture associated with cultured pearl quality traits in the pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera

(2019) J. Le Luyer et al.   BMC GENOMICS

'Palaeoshellomics’ reveals the use of freshwater mother-of-pearl in prehistory

(2019) Jorune Sakalauskaite et al.   eLife

Comparative transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of yellow shell and black shell pearl oysters, Pinctada fucata martensii

(2019) Meng Xu et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Molecular modularity and asymmetry of the molluscan mantle revealed by a gene expression atlas

(2018) Ines Herlitze et al.   GigaScience

Challenges in identifying and interpreting organizational modules in morphology

(2017) Borja Esteve-Altava   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Co-option and de novo gene evolution underlie molluscan shell diversity

(2017) Felipe Aguilera et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Molluscan shell colour

(2016) Suzanne T. Williams   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Sea shell diversity and rapidly evolving secretomes: insights into the evolution of biomineralization

(2016) Kevin M. Kocot et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Characterization of the mantle transcriptome in bivalves: Pecten maximus, Mytilus edulis and Crassostrea gigas

(2016) Tejaswi Yarra et al.   Marine Genomics

Characterisation of the mantle transcriptome and biomineralisation genes in the blunt-gaper clam, Mya truncata

(2016) Victoria A. Sleight et al.   Marine Genomics

Transcriptome analysis of the freshwater pearl mussel (Cristaria plicata) mantle unravels genes involved in the formation of shell and pearl

(2016) Xuefeng Wang et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

The Widespread Prevalence and Functional Significance of Silk-Like Structural Proteins in Metazoan Biological Materials

(2016) Carmel McDougall et al.   PLoS One

The love-darts of land snails: integrating physiology, morphology and behaviour

(2015) Monica Lodi et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Characterization of the pigmented shell-forming proteome of the common grove snail Cepaea nemoralis

(2014) Karlheinz Mann et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The evolution of metazoan α-carbonic anhydrases and their roles in calcium carbonate biomineralization

(2014) Nathalie Le Roy et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

An ancient process in a modern mollusc: early development of the shell in Lymnaea stagnalis

(2013) Jennifer Hohagen et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The oyster genome reveals stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation

(2012) Guofan Zhang et al.   NATURE

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Coupling Proteomics and Transcriptomics for the Identification of Novel and Variant Forms of Mollusk Shell Proteins: A Study with P. margaritifera

(2011) Sophie Berland et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Proteomic Identification of Novel Proteins from the Calcifying Shell Matrix of the Manila Clam Venerupis Philippinarum

(2011) Benjamin Marie et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Pinctada margaritifera calcifying mantle and shell: focus on biomineralization

(2010) Caroline Joubert et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Involvement of Hox genes in shell morphogenesis in the encapsulated development of a top shell gastropod (Gibbula varia L.)

(2009) Leyli Samadi et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

The role of organic intertile layer in abalone nacre

(2009) M.A. Meyers et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

SeaView Version 4: A Multiplatform Graphical User Interface for Sequence Alignment and Phylogenetic Tree Building

(2009) M. Gouy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

An Acidic Matrix Protein, Pif, Is a Key Macromolecule for Nacre Formation

(2009) M. Suzuki et al.   SCIENCE

Specialized shell-breaking crab claws in Cretaceous seas

(2008) G. P. Dietl et al.   Biology Letters

Building Developmental Integration into Functional Systems: Function-Induced Integration of Mandibular Shape

(2008) Miriam Leah Zelditch et al.   Evolutionary Biology

Simultaneous defense against shell entry and shell crushing in a snail faced with the predatory shorecrab Carcinus maenas

(2008) TC Edgell et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Nodal signalling is involved in left–right asymmetry in snails

(2008) Cristina Grande et al.   NATURE

Three-dimensional geometry of a pterosaur wing skeleton, and its implications for aerial and terrestrial locomotion

(2008) MATTHEW T. WILKINSON   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY