A two-step process in the emergence of neurogenesis

Do jellyfish have central nervous systems?

(2011) R. A. Satterlie   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The backbone of the post-synaptic density originated in a unicellular ancestor of choanoflagellates and metazoans

(2010) Alexandre Alié et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Nematocyst discharge in Hydra vulgaris: Differential responses of desmonemes and stenoteles to mechanical and chemical stimulation

(2010) A.A. Scappaticci et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Conserved and novel roles for the Gsh2 transcription factor in primary neurogenesis

(2010) E. F. Winterbottom et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Expansion, diversification, and expression of T-box family genes in Porifera

(2010) Kay Holstien et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Hydra Peptide Project 1993-2007

(2010) Toshitaka Fujisawa   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor gene family phylogenetics and nomenclature

(2010) Michael K. Skinner et al.   DIFFERENTIATION

Cubozoan crystallins: evidence for convergent evolution of pax regulatory sequences

(2010) Zbynek Kozmik et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Evolutionary emergence of synaptic nervous systems: what can we learn from the non-synaptic, nerveless Porifera?

(2010) Michael Nickel   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

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

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

The dynamic genome of Hydra

(2010) Jarrod A. Chapman et al.   NATURE

The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity

(2010) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

Flexibly deployed Pax genes in eye development at the early evolution of animals demonstrated by studies on a hydrozoan jellyfish

(2010) H. Suga et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nematogalectin, a nematocyst protein with GlyXY and galectin domains, demonstrates nematocyte-specific alternative splicing in Hydra

(2010) J. S. Hwang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Clytia hemisphaerica: a jellyfish cousin joins the laboratory

(2010) Evelyn Houliston et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Expression and phylogenetic analysis of the zic gene family in the evolution and development of metazoans

(2010) Michael J Layden et al.   EvoDevo

Protein Evolution by Molecular Tinkering: Diversification of the Nuclear Receptor Superfamily from a Ligand-Dependent Ancestor

(2010) Jamie T. Bridgham et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Features of the ancestral bilaterian inferred from Platynereis dumerilii ParaHox genes

(2009) Jerome HL Hui et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Phylogenomics Revives Traditional Views on Deep Animal Relationships

(2009) Hervé Philippe et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Early evolution of metazoan transcription factors

(2009) Bernard M Degnan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Further characterization of the PW peptide family that inhibits neuron differentiation in Hydra

(2009) Toshio Takahashi et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Development of the rhopalial nervous system in Aurelia sp.1 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)

(2009) Nagayasu Nakanishi et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

More constraint on ParaHox than Hox gene families in early metazoan evolution

(2009) Manon Quiquand et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Origins of neurogenesis, a cnidarian view

(2009) Brigitte Galliot et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Apoptotic Cells Provide an Unexpected Source of Wnt3 Signaling to Drive Hydra Head Regeneration

(2009) Simona Chera et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

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

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

Origin of the neuro-sensory system: new and expected insights from sponges

(2009) EMMANUELLE RENARD et al.   Integrative Zoology

A muscle-specific transgenic reporter line of the sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis

(2009) E. Renfer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cnidocyst structure and the biomechanics of discharge

(2009) Suat Özbek et al.   TOXICON

The regulation of cnidocyte discharge

(2009) Peter A.V. Anderson et al.   TOXICON

Concatenated Analysis Sheds Light on Early Metazoan Evolution and Fuels a Modern “Urmetazoon” Hypothesis

(2009) Bernd Schierwater et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Evo-Devo: Variations on Ancestral Themes

(2008) E.M. De Robertis   CELL

Having it both ways: Sox protein function between conservation and innovation

(2008) S. I. E. Guth et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Eye Evolution: The Blurry Beginning

(2008) Dan-E. Nilsson 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

FGF signalling controls formation of the apical sensory organ in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis

(2008) F. Rentzsch et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Early development, pattern, and reorganization of the planula nervous system in Aurelia (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)

(2008) Nagayasu Nakanishi et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Embryonic development and metamorphosis of the scyphozoan Aurelia

(2008) David Yuan et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Control of swimming in the hydrozoan jellyfish Aequorea victoria: subumbrellar organization and local inhibition

(2008) R. A. Satterlie   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Genesis and Expansion of Metazoan Transcription Factor Gene Classes

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

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

(2008) Nicole King et al.   NATURE

EvoD/Vo: the origins of BMP signalling in the neuroectoderm

(2008) Claudia Mieko Mizutani et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

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

Evolution of complex structures: minicollagens shape the cnidarian nematocyst

(2008) Charles N. David et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

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

Ordered progression of nematogenesis from stem cells through differentiation stages in the tentacle bulb of Clytia hemisphaerica (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria)

(2007) Elsa Denker et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY