Background Explaining the emergence of the hallmarks of bilaterians is a central focus of evolutionary developmental biology—evodevo—and evolutionary genomics. For this …
K de Pao Mendonca, B Angeletti, A Dufour… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The biomonitoring of metallic contamination in marine ecosystems is often focused on animal species of commercial interest and in lesser extent on non-model marine …
A Vernale, MM Prünster, F Marchianò, H Debost… - BMC Ecology and …, 2021 - Springer
Background The ancestral presence of epithelia in Metazoa is no longer debated. Porifera seem to be one of the best candidates to be the sister group to all other Metazoa. This …
K Dominko, A Talajić, M Radić, NŠ Vidaček… - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
The determination of the protein's intracellular localization is essential for understanding its biological function. Protein localization studies are mainly performed on primary and …
K de Pao Mendonca, P Chaurand, A Campos… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Vanadium (V) concentrations in organisms are usually very low. To date, among animals, only some urochordate and annelid species contain very high levels of V in their tissues. A …
E Renard, C Rocher, A Ereskovsky… - Handbook of Marine …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
The last 20 years have shown a growing interest in developing non-conventional models for evo-devo purposes. In particular, the study of non-bilaterian metazoans offers the invaluable …
To better understand the origin of animal cell types, body plans, and other morphological features, further biological knowledge and understanding are needed from non-bilaterian …
E Lanna, A Riesgo, V Koutsouveli… - Frontiers in Invertebrate …, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
Sponges (Porifera) are one of the most ancient animals present on the planet. They are aquatic, filter-feeding sessile metazoans that rely on asexual and sexual reproduction …
L Fierro-Constaín, C Rocher, F Marschal… - … Biology of the Sea …, 2021 - Springer
The Porifera are one of the best candidates as the sister group to all other metazoans. Studies on this phylum are therefore expected to shed light on the origin and early evolution …