The evolutionary origins of the vertebrate olfactory system

The genetic program to specify ectodermal cells in ascidian embryos

(2020) Boqi Liu et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Heterogeneous Origin of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone-1 Neurons in Mouse Embryos Detected by Islet-1/2 Expression

(2020) Yufei Shan et al.   Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron development in vertebrates

(2020) Cunming Duan et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Expression of smooth muscle-like effectors and core cardiomyocyte regulators in the contractile papillae of Ciona

(2020) Christopher J. Johnson et al.   EvoDevo

Lineage analysis reveals an endodermal contribution to the vertebrate pituitary

(2020) Peter Fabian et al.   SCIENCE

The chemosensory receptor repertoire of a true shark is dominated by a single olfactory receptor family

(2019) Kanika Sharma et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Comprehensive single-cell transcriptome lineages of a proto-vertebrate

(2019) Chen Cao et al.   NATURE

Multiple functions of non-hypophysiotropic gonadotropin releasing hormone neurons in vertebrates

(2019) Chie Umatani et al.   Zoological Letters

Nasal Placode Development, GnRH Neuronal Migration and Kallmann Syndrome

(2019) Hyun-Ju Cho et al.   Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Foxg specifies sensory neurons in the anterior neural plate border of the ascidian embryo

(2019) Boqi Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Behavioural responses of the hagfish Eptatretus stoutii to nutrient and noxious stimuli

(2019) Chris N. Glover et al.   Scientific Reports

Development and Functional Organization of the Cranial Nerves in Lampreys

(2018) Manuel A. Pombal et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates

(2018) Frédéric Delsuc et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Retinoic acid signaling and neurogenic niche regulation in the developing peripheral nervous system of the cephalochordate amphioxus

(2018) Elisabeth Zieger et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Terminal Nerve GnRH3 Neurons Mediate Slow Avoidance of Carbon Dioxide in Larval Zebrafish

(2018) Tetsuya Koide et al.   Cell Reports

Cell-type heterogeneity in the early zebrafish olfactory epithelium is generated from progenitors within preplacodal ectoderm

(2018) Raphaël Aguillon et al.   eLife

Fatty-acid derivative acts as a sea lamprey migratory pheromone

(2018) Ke Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Genes From Cartilaginous Fish: Evolutionary Perspectives

(2018) Anne-Laure Gaillard et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Papillae revisited and the nature of the adhesive secreting collocytes

(2018) Fan Zeng et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

From so simple a beginning – what amphioxus can teach us about placode evolution

(2017) Gerhard Schlosser   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Evolutionary History of Chemosensory-Related Gene Families across the Arthropoda

(2017) Seong-il Eyun et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Identification of accessory olfactory system and medial amygdala in the zebrafish

(2017) Daniela Biechl et al.   Scientific Reports

A Family of non-GPCR Chemosensors Defines an Alternative Logic for Mammalian Olfaction

(2016) Paul L. Greer et al.   CELL

The Evolving Neural and Genetic Architecture of Vertebrate Olfaction

(2016) Daniel M. Bear et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Evidence from cyclostomes for complex regionalization of the ancestral vertebrate brain

(2016) Fumiaki Sugahara et al.   NATURE

The pre-vertebrate origins of neurogenic placodes

(2015) Philip Barron Abitua et al.   NATURE

Islet is a key determinant of ascidian palp morphogenesis

(2014) E. Wagner et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Establishing the pre-placodal region and breaking it into placodes with distinct identities

(2014) Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The evolutionary history of vertebrate cranial placodes II. Evolution of ectodermal patterning

(2014) Gerhard Schlosser et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The evolutionary history of vertebrate cranial placodes – I: Cell type evolution

(2014) Cedric Patthey et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Comprehensive morphological analysis of individual peripheral neuron dendritic arbors in ascidian larvae using the photoconvertible protein kaede

(2014) Takatoshi D. Yokoyama et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Extreme expansion of the olfactory receptor gene repertoire in African elephants and evolutionary dynamics of orthologous gene groups in 13 placental mammals

(2014) Yoshihito Niimura et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

A Hox regulatory network of hindbrain segmentation is conserved to the base of vertebrates

(2014) Hugo J. Parker et al.   NATURE

A primitive fish from the Cambrian of North America

(2014) Simon Conway Morris et al.   NATURE

Kappe neurons, a novel population of olfactory sensory neurons

(2014) Gaurav Ahuja et al.   Scientific Reports

The sea lamprey has a primordial accessory olfactory system

(2013) Steven Chang et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A fate-map for cranial sensory ganglia in the sea lamprey

(2013) Melinda S. Modrell et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

At the Transition from Invertebrates to Vertebrates, a Novel GnRH-Like Peptide Emerges in Amphioxus

(2013) Graeme J. Roch et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Neuroanatomical Organization of Projection Neurons Associated with Different Olfactory Bulb Pathways in the Sea Lamprey, Petromyzon marinus

(2013) Warren W. Green et al.   PLoS One

Is the olfactory system of cartilaginous fishes a vomeronasal system?

(2013) Sara Ferrando et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

BMP and Delta/Notch signaling control the development of amphioxus epidermal sensory neurons: insights into the evolution of the peripheral sensory system

(2012) T.-M. Lu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Immunohistochemical study of the nervous system of the tunicate Thalia democratica (Forsskal, 1775)

(2012) R. Pennati et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HISTOCHEMISTRY

Craniofacial development of hagfishes and the evolution of vertebrates

(2012) Yasuhiro Oisi et al.   NATURE

A Conserved Non-Reproductive GnRH System in Chordates

(2012) Takehiro G. Kusakabe et al.   PLoS One

Mutual influences between the main olfactory and vomeronasal systems in development and evolution

(2012) Rodrigo Suárez et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Three-Dimensional Structure of the Nasal Passageway of a Hagfish and its Implications for Olfaction

(2011) William M. Holmes et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Shared and Unique G Alpha Proteins in the Zebrafish Versus Mammalian Senses of Taste and Smell

(2011) Yuichiro Oka et al.   CHEMICAL SENSES

Specification of GnRH-1 neurons by antagonistic FGF and retinoic acid signaling

(2011) Virginie Sabado et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Variability in behaviour of four fish species attracted to baited underwater cameras in the North Sea

(2011) Iñigo Martinez et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Neural Crest and Ectodermal Cells Intermix in the Nasal Placode to Give Rise to GnRH-1 Neurons, Sensory Neurons, and Olfactory Ensheathing Cells

(2011) P. E. Forni et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Fossil jawless fish from China foreshadows early jawed vertebrate anatomy

(2011) Zhikun Gai et al.   NATURE

Cladistic Analysis of Olfactory and Vomeronasal Systems

(2011) Isabel Ubeda-Bañon et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

The dual origin of the peripheral olfactory system: placode and neural crest

(2011) Hiroyuki Katoh et al.   Molecular Brain

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neuron migration: Initiation, maintenance and cessation as critical steps to ensure normal reproductive function

(2010) Margaret E. Wierman et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The Antiquity of Chordate Odorant Receptors Is Revealed by the Discovery of Orthologs in the Cnidarian Nematostella vectensis

(2010) Allison M. Churcher et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

G protein alpha subunits in the olfactory epithelium of the holocephalan fish Chimaera monstrosa

(2010) Sara Ferrando et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Neural crest origin of olfactory ensheathing glia

(2010) P. Barraud et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Novel Neural Substrate for the Transformation of Olfactory Inputs into Motor Output

(2010) Dominique Derjean et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae) has orthologs of vertebrate odorant receptors

(2009) Allison M Churcher et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus genome reveals the early origin of several chemosensory receptor families in the vertebrate lineage

(2009) Scot Libants et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Patterns and consequences of vertebrateEmxgene duplications

(2009) Elizabeth M. Tank et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

On the Origin and Evolution of Vertebrate Olfactory Receptor Genes: Comparative Genome Analysis Among 23 Chordate Species

(2009) Yoshihito Niimura   Genome Biology and Evolution

Projections from the accessory olfactory organ into the medial region of the olfactory bulb in the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus): A novel vertebrate sensory structure?

(2009) Xiang Ren et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Differentiation of papillae and rostral sensory neurons in the larva of the ascidianBotryllus schlosseri(Tunicata)

(2009) Federico Caicci et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Formyl peptide receptor-like proteins are a novel family of vomeronasal chemosensors

(2009) Stéphane Rivière et al.   NATURE

The Role of the Terminal Nerve and GnRH in Olfactory System Neuromodulation

(2009) Takafumi Kawai et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

The amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae) genome contains a highly diversified set of G protein-coupled receptors

(2008) Karl JV Nordström et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The repertoire of G protein-coupled receptors in the sea squirt Ciona intestinalis

(2008) N Kamesh et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY