Evolutionary origins of germline segregation in Metazoa: evidence for a germ stem cell lineage in the coralOrbicella faveolata(Cnidaria, Anthozoa)

More than one genotype: how common is intracolonial genetic variability in scleractinian corals?

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Evolutionary origin of gastrulation: insights from sponge development

(2014) Nagayasu Nakanishi et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Transfer of intracolonial genetic variability through gametes in Acropora hyacinthus corals

(2013) M. Schweinsberg et al.   CORAL REEFS

Maternally localized germ plasm mRNAs and germ cell/stem cell formation in the cnidarian Clytia

(2012) Lucas Leclère et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Germline stem cells and sex determination in Hydra

(2012) Chiemi Nishimiya-Fujisawa et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

2b-RAD: a simple and flexible method for genome-wide genotyping

(2012) Shi Wang et al.   NATURE METHODS

Novel polymorphic microsatellite markers for population genetics of the endangered Caribbean star coral, Montastraea faveolata

(2012) Sarah W. Davies et al.   Marine Biodiversity

The variant call format and VCFtools

(2011) P. Danecek et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Germline Stem Cells

(2011) A. Spradling et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The stem cell system in demosponges: Insights into the origin of somatic stem cells

(2010) Noriko Funayama   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Somatic stem cells express Piwi and Vasa genes in an adult ctenophore: Ancient association of “germline genes” with stemness

(2010) Alexandre Alié et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Versatile Germline Genes

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Systematic and Biogeographical Patterns in the Reproductive Biology of Scleractinian Corals

(2009) Andrew H. Baird et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Immortality and the base of multicellular life: Lessons from cnidarian stem cells

(2009) Hiroshi Watanabe et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY