How was the notochord born?

Evolutionary changes in the notochord genetic toolkit: a comparative analysis of notochord genes in the ascidian Ciona and the larvacean Oikopleura

(2011) Jamie E Kugler et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

 -Catenin specifies the endomesoderm and defines the posterior organizer of the hemichordate Saccoglossus kowalevskii

(2011) S. Darras et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The maternal genes Ci-p53/p73-a and Ci-p53/p73-b regulate zygotic ZicL expression and notochord differentiation in Ciona intestinalis embryos

(2011) Takeshi Noda   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Evolutionary implications of morphogenesis and molecular patterning of the blind gut in the planarian Schmidtea polychroa

(2011) José María Martín-Durán et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The postanal tail of the enteropneust Saccoglossus kowalevskii is a ciliary creeping organ without distinct similarities to the chordate tail

(2010) Thomas Stach et al.   ACTA ZOOLOGICA

no tail integrates two modes of mesoderm induction

(2010) S. A. Harvey et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Genomic cis-regulatory networks in the early Ciona intestinalis embryo

(2010) A. Kubo et al.   DEVELOPMENT

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

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

Opposing Nodal/Vg1 and BMP signals mediate axial patterning in embryos of the basal chordate amphioxus

(2010) Takayuki Onai et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Brachyury-downstream gene sets in a chordate, Ciona intestinalis: integrating notochord specification, morphogenesis and chordate evolution

(2010) Kohji Hotta et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

An oligochaete homologue of the Brachyury gene is expressed transiently in the third quartette of micromeres

(2010) Tomohito Kitakoshi et al.   GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS

The ANISEED database: Digital representation, formalization, and elucidation of a chordate developmental program

(2010) O. Tassy et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

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

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

The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity

(2010) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

Ancestral Regulatory Circuits Governing Ectoderm Patterning Downstream of Nodal and BMP2/4 Revealed by Gene Regulatory Network Analysis in an Echinoderm

(2010) Alexandra Saudemont et al.   PLoS Genetics

Early evolution of metazoan transcription factors

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

Evolutionary origins of blastoporal expression and organizer activity of the vertebrate gastrula organizer gene lhx1 and its ancient metazoan paralog lhx3

(2009) Y. Yasuoka et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Retinoic acid and Wnt/β-catenin have complementary roles in anterior/posterior patterning embryos of the basal chordate amphioxus

(2009) Takayuki Onai et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Highly conserved functions of the Brachyury gene on morphogenetic movements: Insight from the early-diverging phylum Ctenophora

(2009) Atsuko Yamada et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Domain shuffling and the evolution of vertebrates

(2009) T. Kawashima et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

T (brachyury) gene duplication confers major susceptibility to familial chordoma

(2009) Xiaohong R Yang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

A gene regulatory network directed by zebrafish No tail accounts for its roles in mesoderm formation

(2009) R. H. Morley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

More than just orphans: are taxonomically-restricted genes important in evolution?

(2009) Konstantin Khalturin et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

An Advanced Filter-Feeder Hypothesis for Urochordate Evolution

(2009) Nori Satoh   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

brachyury null mutant-induced defects in juvenile ascidian endodermal organs

(2008) S. Chiba et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Expression, function and regulation of Brachyenteron in the short germband insect Tribolium castaneum

(2008) Nicola Berns et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Regulation of Canonical Wnt Signaling by Brachyury Is Essential for Posterior Mesoderm Formation

(2008) Benjamin L. Martin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Conservation of notochord gene expression across chordates: Insights from theLeprecangene family

(2008) Terence D. Capellini et al.   GENESIS

An aboral-dorsalization hypothesis for chordate origin

(2008) Nori Satoh   GENESIS

Man is but a worm: Chordate origins

(2008) Federico D. Brown et al.   GENESIS

Evolutionary conservation of vertebrate notochord genes in the ascidianCiona intestinalis

(2008) Jamie E. Kugler et al.   GENESIS

Insights from the amphioxus genome on the origin of vertebrate neural crest

(2008) J.-K. Yu et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Activator-to-Repressor Conversion of T-Box Transcription Factors by the Ripply Family of Groucho/TLE-Associated Mediators

(2008) A. Kawamura et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Genesis and Expansion of Metazoan Transcription Factor Gene Classes

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

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

(2008) Nicholas H. Putnam et al.   NATURE

Acoel development indicates the independent evolution of the bilaterian mouth and anus

(2008) Andreas Hejnol et al.   NATURE

The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans

(2008) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

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

(2008) Nicole King et al.   NATURE

Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life

(2008) Casey W. Dunn et al.   NATURE

Deciphering deuterostome phylogeny: molecular, morphological and palaeontological perspectives

(2008) B. J Swalla et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Multigene Phylogeny of Choanozoa and the Origin of Animals

(2008) Kamran Shalchian-Tabrizi et al.   PLoS One