Sensory Flask Cells in Sponge Larvae Regulate Metamorphosis via Calcium Signaling

Evolutionary origin of gastrulation: insights from sponge development

(2014) Nagayasu Nakanishi et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems

(2014) Leonid L. Moroz et al.   NATURE

Conserved MIP receptor-ligand pair regulates Platynereis larval settlement

(2013) M. Conzelmann 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

Blue-light-receptive cryptochrome is expressed in a sponge eye lacking neurons and opsin

(2012) A. S. Rivera et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Crustose Coralline Algae and a Cnidarian Neuropeptide Trigger Larval Settlement in Two Coral Reef Sponges

(2012) Steve Whalan et al.   PLoS One

Nervous systems of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis are generated by ectoderm and endoderm and shaped by distinct mechanisms

(2011) N. Nakanishi et al.   DEVELOPMENT

No longer Demospongiae: Homoscleromorpha formal nomination as a fourth class of Porifera

(2011) Eve Gazave et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Complex neural architecture in the diploblastic larva of Clava multicornis (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria)

(2011) Stefano Piraino et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Settlement induction of Acropora palmata planulae by a GLW-amide neuropeptide

(2010) P. M. Erwin et al.   CORAL REEFS

The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity

(2010) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

The initiation of metamorphosis as an ancient polyphenic trait and its role in metazoan life-cycle evolution

(2010) S. M. Degnan et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Phylogenomics Revives Traditional Views on Deep Animal Relationships

(2009) Hervé Philippe et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Sponge Genes Provide New Insight into the Evolutionary Origin of the Neurogenic Circuit

(2008) Gemma S. Richards et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Construction of a Bioactive Peptide Database in Metazoa

(2008) Feng Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Larval vertical migration and hierarchical selectivity of settlement in a brooding marine sponge

(2008) S Whalan et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES