Which genes and gene signaling pathways mediate regenerative processes? In recent
years, multiple studies, using a variety of animal models, have aimed to answer this …

The phylogenetic position of echinoderms is well suited to revealing shared features of
deuterostomes that distinguish them from other bilaterians. Although echinoderm …

The crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS, the Acanthaster planci species group) is a highly fecund
predator of reef-building corals throughout the Indo-Pacific region. COTS population …

Deuterostomes are a monophyletic group of animals that includes Hemichordata,
Echinodermata (together called Ambulacraria), and Chordata. The diversity of deuterostome …

Echinoderms exhibit several fascinating evolutionary innovations that are rarely seen in the
animal kingdom, but how these animals attained such features is not well understood. Here …

Echinobase, a web accessible information system of diverse genomics and biological data
for the echinoderm clade, grew out of SpBase, the first echinoderm genome project for sea …

Lytechinus variegatus is a camarodont sea urchin found widely throughout the western
Atlantic Ocean in a variety of shallow-water marine habitats. Its distribution, abundance, and …

Background Sex determination mechanisms are complicated and diverse across taxonomic
categories. Sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus is a benthic echinoderm, which is the …

The highly recognizable animals within the phylum Echinodermata encompass an
enormous disparity of adult and larval body plans. The extensive knowledge of sea urchin …

The echinoderms are a phylum of invertebrate deuterostome animals that constitute
important research models for a number of biological disciplines. EchinoBase (www …