The origin of the Hox/ParaHox genes, the Ghost Locus hypothesis and the complexity of the first animal

Early evolutionary history and genomic features of gene duplicates in the human genome

(2015) Lijing Bu et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Deep developmental transcriptome sequencing uncovers numerous new genes and enhances gene annotation in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica

(2015) Selene L Fernandez-Valverde et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Phylogenomic Insights into Animal Evolution

(2015) Maximilian J. Telford et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Comparative analyses of developmental transcription factor repertoires in sponges reveal unexpected complexity of the earliest animals

(2015) Sofia A.V. Fortunato et al.   Marine Genomics

Dynamic and Widespread lncRNA Expression in a Sponge and the Origin of Animal Complexity

(2015) Federico Gaiti et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Reconstructing the reproductive mode of an Ediacaran macro-organism

(2015) Emily G. Mitchell et al.   NATURE

The advent of animals: The view from the Ediacaran

(2015) Mary L. Droser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Error, signal, and the placement of Ctenophora sister to all other animals

(2015) Nathan V. Whelan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The hidden biology of sponges and ctenophores

(2015) Casey W. Dunn et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Remodelling of a homeobox gene cluster by multiple independent gene reunions in Drosophila

(2015) Carolus Chan et al.   Nature Communications

The phylogenetic position of ctenophores and the origin(s) of nervous systems

(2015) Gáspár Jákely et al.   EvoDevo

A vanished history of skeletonization in Cambrian comb jellies

(2015) Q. Ou et al.   Science Advances

Evolution: Ctenophore Genomes and the Origin of Neurons

(2014) Heather Marlow et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Canopy Flow Analysis Reveals the Advantage of Size in the Oldest Communities of Multicellular Eukaryotes

(2014) Marco Ghisalberti et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Choanoflagellate and choanocyte collar-flagellar systems and the assumption of homology

(2014) Jasmine L. Mah et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

A genome-wide survey of bHLH transcription factors in the Placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens reveals the ancient repertoire of this gene family in metazoan

(2014) Fuki Gyoja   GENE

The Analysis of Eight Transcriptomes from All Poriferan Classes Reveals Surprising Genetic Complexity in Sponges

(2014) Ana Riesgo et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems

(2014) Leonid L. Moroz et al.   NATURE

Calcisponges have a ParaHox gene and dynamic expression of dispersed NK homeobox genes

(2014) Sofia A. V. Fortunato et al.   NATURE

Fractal branching organizations of Ediacaran rangeomorph fronds reveal a lost Proterozoic body plan

(2014) J. F. Hoyal Cuthill et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Did the ctenophore nervous system evolve independently?

(2014) Joseph F. Ryan   ZOOLOGY

TALEN and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in the early-branching metazoan Nematostella vectensis

(2014) Aissam Ikmi et al.   Nature Communications

Segmental folding of chromosomes: A basis for structural and regulatory chromosomal neighborhoods?

(2013) Elphège P. Nora et al.   BIOESSAYS

To the beat of a different drum: determinants implicated in the asymmetric sequence divergence of Caenorhabditis elegans paralogs

(2013) Vaishali Katju   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Novel Scenarios of Early Animal Evolution--Is It Time to Rewrite Textbooks?

(2013) M. Dohrmann et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Accelerated Evolution after Gene Duplication: A Time-Dependent Process Affecting Just One Copy

(2013) Cinta Pegueroles et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Primate genome architecture influences structural variation mechanisms and functional consequences

(2013) O. Gokcumen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Genome of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and Its Implications for Cell Type Evolution

(2013) J. F. Ryan et al.   SCIENCE

The Capsaspora genome reveals a complex unicellular prehistory of animals

(2013) Hiroshi Suga et al.   Nature Communications

Ghost Loci Imply Hox and ParaHox Existence in the Last Common Ancestor of Animals

(2012) Olivia Mendivil Ramos et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Serial translocation by means of circular intermediates underlies colour sidedness in cattle

(2012) Keith Durkin et al.   NATURE

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

(2012) Sabine Milde et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Eoandromeda and the origin of Ctenophora

(2011) Feng Tang et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Observation and prediction of recurrent human translocations mediated by NAHR between nonhomologous chromosomes

(2011) Z. Ou et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Extensive Chordate and Annelid Macrosynteny Reveals Ancestral Homeobox Gene Organization

(2011) J. H. L. Hui et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Circular DNA Intermediate in the Duplication of Nile Tilapia vasa Genes

(2011) Koji Fujimura et al.   PLoS One

Resolving Difficult Phylogenetic Questions: Why More Sequences Are Not Enough

(2011) Hervé Philippe et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Do cnidarians have a ParaHox cluster? Analysis of synteny around a Nematostella homeobox gene cluster

(2010) Jerome H. L. Hui et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Wonderful Ediacarans, wonderful cnidarians?

(2010) Douglas H. Erwin   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Unexpected Repertoire of Metazoan Transcription Factors in the Unicellular Holozoan Capsaspora owczarzaki

(2010) A. Sebe-Pedros et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity

(2010) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

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

(2010) Sylvain Forêt et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

The homeodomain complement of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi suggests that Ctenophora and Porifera diverged prior to the ParaHoxozoa

(2010) Joseph F Ryan et al.   EvoDevo

An EST screen from the annelid Pomatoceros lamarckii reveals patterns of gene loss and gain in animals

(2009) Tokiharu Takahashi et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phylogenomics Revives Traditional Views on Deep Animal Relationships

(2009) Hervé Philippe et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

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

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

(2009) Konstantin Khalturin et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Evo-Devo: Variations on Ancestral Themes

(2008) E.M. De Robertis   CELL

Modeling Hox gene regulation in digits: reverse collinearity and the molecular origin of thumbness

(2008) T. Montavon et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Genesis and Expansion of Metazoan Transcription Factor Gene Classes

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

The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans

(2008) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

The genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis and the origin of metazoans

(2008) Nicole King et al.   NATURE

Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life

(2008) Casey W. Dunn et al.   NATURE

The Early ANTP Gene Repertoire: Insights from the Placozoan Genome

(2008) Bernd Schierwater et al.   PLoS One

The maternal-effect, selfish genetic element Medea is associated with a composite Tc1 transposon

(2008) M. D. Lorenzen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Statistical Tests between Competing Hypotheses of Hox Cluster Evolution

(2008) Robert Lanfear et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

On the eve of animal radiation: phylogeny, ecology and evolution of the Ediacara biota

(2008) Shuhai Xiao et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION