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Post-metamorphic skeletal growth in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus and implications for body plan evolution

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An Initial Comparative Genomic Autopsy of Wasting Disease in Sea Stars

(2020) Dannise V. Ruiz‐Ramos et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Transcriptomic analysis of sea star development through metamorphosis to the highly derived pentameral body plan with a focus on neural transcription factors

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Lipid and protein utilization during lecithotrophic development in the asteroid Stegnaster inflatus, with a review of larval provisioning in lecithotrophic echinoderms

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Molecular and functional characterization of somatostatin-type signalling in a deuterostome invertebrate

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Systematic comparison of sea urchin and sea star developmental gene regulatory networks explains how novelty is incorporated in early development

(2020) Gregory A. Cary et al.   Nature Communications

Ancient role of vasopressin/oxytocin-type neuropeptides as regulators of feeding revealed in an echinoderm

(2019) Esther A. Odekunle et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Identification of neural transcription factors required for the differentiation of three neuronal subtypes in the sea urchin embryo

(2018) Leslie A. Slota et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Embryonic neurogenesis in echinoderms

(2018) Veronica F. Hinman et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology

Biochemical, Anatomical, and Pharmacological Characterization of Calcitonin-Type Neuropeptides in Starfish: Discovery of an Ancient Role as Muscle Relaxants

(2018) Weigang Cai et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Neuropeptidergic Systems in Pluteus Larvae of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus: Neurochemical Complexity in a “Simple” Nervous System

(2018) Natalie J. Wood et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

New Neuronal Subtypes With a “Pre-Pancreatic” Signature in the Sea Urchin Stongylocentrotus purpuratus

(2018) Margherita Perillo et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Embryogenesis and larval development of the seastar Astropecten armatus

(2017) Bruno Pernet et al.   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

Pedal peptide/orcokinin-type neuropeptide signaling in a deuterostome: The anatomy and pharmacology of starfish myorelaxant peptide in Asterias rubens

(2017) Ming Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

The phylogeny of extant starfish (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) including Xyloplax , based on comparative transcriptomics

(2017) Gregorio V. Linchangco et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The crown-of-thorns starfish genome as a guide for biocontrol of this coral reef pest

(2017) Michael R. Hall et al.   NATURE

Functional Characterization of Paralogous Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Type and Corazonin-Type Neuropeptides in an Echinoderm

(2017) Shi Tian et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Identification of a novel starfish neuropeptide that acts as a muscle relaxant

(2016) Chan-Hee Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Large-scale gene expression study in the ophiuroid Amphiura filiformis provides insights into evolution of gene regulatory networks

(2016) David Viktor Dylus et al.   EvoDevo

Transcriptomic identification of starfish neuropeptide precursors yields new insights into neuropeptide evolution

(2016) Dean C. Semmens et al.   Open Biology

Localization of Neuropeptide Gene Expression in Larvae of an Echinoderm, the Starfish Asterias rubens

(2016) Tatiana D. Mayorova et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

De novo assembly of the transcriptome ofAcanthaster plancitestes

(2014) Michael James Stewart et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Larval myogenesis in Echinodermata: conserved features and morphological diversity between class-specific larval forms of Echinoidae, Asteroidea, and Holothuroidea

(2013) Vyacheslav Dyachuk et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Pattern and process during sea urchin gut morphogenesis: The regulatory landscape

(2013) Rossella Annunziata et al.   GENESIS

Gene regulatory network for neurogenesis in a sea star embryo connects broad neural specification and localized patterning

(2013) K. A. Yankura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Salinity-induced morphological changes in Pisaster ochraceus (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) larvae

(2012) T. S. Pia et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Localization of the SALMFamide neuropeptides in the starfishMarthasterias glacialis

(2011) Sang-Seon Yun et al.   Animal Cells and Systems

Transphyletic conservation of developmental regulatory state in animal evolution

(2011) J. L. Royo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Direct development of neurons within foregut endoderm of sea urchin embryos

(2011) Z. Wei et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography

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Evaluation of 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine staining as a sensitive and reliable method for studying cell proliferation in the adult nervous system

(2010) Chenbo Zeng et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

On the sites of secondary podia formation in a juvenile echinoid: growth of the body types in echinoderms

(2010) Valerie B. Morris   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Binary fate decisions in differentiating neurons

(2009) David Jukam et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Cloning and developmental expression of the soxB2 genes, sox14 and sox21, during Xenopus laevis embryogenesis

(2008) Doreen D. Cunningham et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Neural architecture of the brachiolaria larva of the starfish,Asterina pectinifera

(2008) Naoyuki Murabe et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Origins of the other metazoan body plans: the evolution of larval forms

(2008) R. A Raff   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES