Nematostella vectensis exemplifies the exceptional expansion and diversity of opsins in the eyeless Hexacorallia

The genome sequence of the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis (Stephenson, 1935)

(2023) Chris Fletcher et al.   Wellcome Open Research

Rethinking opsins

(2022) Roberto Feuda et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The diversity of invertebrate visual opsins spanning Protostomia, Deuterostomia, and Cnidaria

(2022) Natalie S. Roberts et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A stony coral cell atlas illuminates the molecular and cellular basis of coral symbiosis, calcification, and immunity

(2021) Shani Levy et al.   CELL

Light modulated cnidocyte discharge predates the origins of eyes in Cnidaria

(2021) Natasha Picciani et al.   Ecology and Evolution

BUSCO Update: Novel and Streamlined Workflows along with Broader and Deeper Phylogenetic Coverage for Scoring of Eukaryotic, Prokaryotic, and Viral Genomes

(2021) Mosè Manni et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

IQ-TREE 2: New Models and Efficient Methods for Phylogenetic Inference in the Genomic Era

(2020) Bui Quang Minh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Decoupling behavioral and transcriptional responses to color in an eyeless cnidarian

(2020) Whitney B. Leach et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Functions of Opsins in Drosophila Taste

(2020) Nicole Y. Leung et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Hedgehog signaling is required for endomesodermal patterning and germ cell development in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

(2020) Cheng-Yi Chen et al.   eLife

The visual pigment xenopsin is widespread in protostome eyes and impacts the view on eye evolution

(2020) Clemens Christoph Döring et al.   eLife

Photoreceptor Diversification Accompanies the Evolution of Anthozoa

(2020) Sebastian G Gornik et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Genome-wide association study reveals novel loci associated with body size and carcass yields in Pekin ducks

(2019) Meng-Ting Deng et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The genome of the jellyfish Clytia hemisphaerica and the evolution of the cnidarian life-cycle

(2019) Lucas Leclère et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Photo-movement in the sea anemone Aiptasia influenced by light quality and symbiotic association

(2019) Shawna A. Foo et al.   CORAL REEFS

Environmental entrainment demonstrates natural circadian rhythmicity in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis

(2019) Ann M. Tarrant et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Phylogenomics provides a robust topology of the major cnidarian lineages and insights on the origins of key organismal traits

(2018) Ehsan Kayal et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Prolific Origination of Eyes in Cnidaria with Co-option of Non-visual Opsins

(2018) Natasha Picciani et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

NvERTx: a gene expression database to compare embryogenesis and regeneration in the sea anemoneNematostella vectensis

(2018) Jacob F. Warner et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Proprioceptive Opsin Functions in Drosophila Larval Locomotion

(2018) Damiano Zanini et al.   NEURON

Convergent evolution of tertiary structure in rhodopsin visual proteins from vertebrates and box jellyfish

(2018) Elliot Gerrard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A gonad-expressed opsin mediates light-induced spawning in the jellyfish Clytia

(2018) Gonzalo Quiroga Artigas et al.   eLife

Differential analysis of RNA-seq incorporating quantification uncertainty

(2017) Harold Pimentel et al.   NATURE METHODS

Co-expression of xenopsin and rhabdomeric opsin in photoreceptors bearing microvilli and cilia

(2017) Oliver Vöcking et al.   eLife

Whole-Genome Comparative Analysis of Two Carbapenem-Resistant ST-258Klebsiella pneumoniaeStrains Isolated during a North-Eastern Ohio Outbreak: Differences within the High Heterogeneity Zones

(2016) María Soledad Ramirez et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Near-optimal probabilistic RNA-seq quantification

(2016) Nicolas L Bray et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

A comparative study of rhodopsin function in the great bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis): Spectral tuning and light-activated kinetics

(2016) Ilke van Hazel et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

A Switch in Thermal Preference in Drosophila Larvae Depends on Multiple Rhodopsins

(2016) Takaaki Sokabe et al.   Cell Reports

The rise of the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis as a model system to investigate development and regeneration

(2016) Michael J. Layden et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology

How Complexity Originates: The Evolution of Animal Eyes

(2015) Todd H. Oakley et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Spectral Tuning of Phototaxis by a Go-Opsin in the Rhabdomeric Eyes of Platynereis

(2015) Martin Gühmann et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Spectral Tuning of Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Rhodopsin: Evidence for Positive Selection and Functional Adaptation in a Cetacean Visual Pigment

(2015) Sarah Z. Dungan et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Cubozoan genome illuminates functional diversification of opsins and photoreceptor evolution

(2015) Michaela Liegertová et al.   Scientific Reports

Signaling cascades and the importance of moonlight in coral broadcast mass spawning

(2015) Paulina Kaniewska et al.   eLife

Rcorrector: efficient and accurate error correction for Illumina RNA-seq reads

(2015) Li Song et al.   GigaScience

The Comb Jelly Opsins and the Origins of Animal Phototransduction

(2014) Roberto Feuda et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Characterizing the spatiotemporal expression of RNAs and proteins in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis

(2013) Francis S Wolenski et al.   Nature Protocols

Cnidocyte discharge is regulated by light and opsin-mediated phototransduction

(2012) David C Plachetzki et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2

(2012) Ben Langmead et al.   NATURE METHODS

Characterization of Circadian Behavior in the Starlet Sea Anemone, Nematostella vectensis

(2012) William D. Hendricks et al.   PLoS One

Evidence for Multiple Phototransduction Pathways in a Reef-Building Coral

(2012) Benjamin Mason et al.   PLoS One

Metazoan opsin evolution reveals a simple route to animal vision

(2012) R. Feuda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Shedding new light on opsin evolution

(2011) M. L. Porter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sea urchin tube feet are photosensory organs that express a rhabdomeric-like opsin and PAX6

(2011) M. P. Lesser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Phototransduction and the Evolution of Photoreceptors

(2010) Gordon L. Fain et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Opn5 is a UV-sensitive bistable pigment that couples with Gi subtype of G protein

(2010) T. Yamashita et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The evolution of phototransduction from an ancestral cyclic nucleotide gated pathway

(2010) D. C. Plachetzki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolution of opsins and phototransduction

(2009) Y. Shichida et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolution and spectral tuning of visual pigments in birds and mammals

(2009) D. M. Hunt et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Drosophila Photoreceptors and Signaling Mechanisms

(2009) Ben Katz   Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Assembly of the cnidarian camera-type eye from vertebrate-like components

(2008) Zbynek Kozmik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Jellyfish vision starts with cAMP signaling mediated by opsin-Gs cascade

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

The role of Pax genes in eye evolution

(2007) Zbynek Kozmik   BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN

Evolution and Functional Diversity of Jellyfish Opsins

(2007) Hiroshi Suga et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY