Microplastic particles have been observed in the environment and routinely detected in the
stomachs and intestines of aquatic organisms over the last 50 yr. In the present review …

Resorption and remodelling of skeletal tissues is required for development and growth,
mechanical adaptation, repair, and mineral homeostasis of the vertebrate skeleton. Here we …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

The maturation of single-cell transcriptomic technologies has facilitated the generation of
comprehensive cellular atlases from whole embryos,,–. A majority of these data, however …

Marine organisms are constituted by materials with a vast range of properties and
characteristics that may justify their potential application within the biomedical field …

Systematics has developed rapidly during the past two decades. A multitude of new
methods and contributions from a diversity of biological fields including molecular genetics …

Although often overlooked, the integument of many tetrapods is reinforced by a
morphologically and structurally diverse assemblage of skeletal elements. These elements …

The dermal skeleton (= exoskeleton) has long been recognized as a major determinant of
vertebrate morphology. Until recently however, details of tissue development and diversity …

Marine organisms have developed a wide variety of protective strategies to thrive in their
native environments. These biological materials, although formed from simple biopolymer …

Embryonic development is remarkably robust, but temperature stress can degrade its ability
to generate animals with invariant anatomy. Phenotypes associated with environmental …