Mass coral bleaching is one of the clearest threats of climate change to the persistence of
marine biodiversity. Despite the negative impacts of bleaching on coral health and survival …

There is currently little information about the evolution of gene clusters, genome
architectures and karyotypes in early branching animals. Slowly evolving anthozoan …

Hydractinia, a genus of colonial marine cnidarians, has been used as a model organism for
developmental biology and comparative immunology for over a century. It was this animal …

Reef-building corals are keystone species that are threatened by anthropogenic stresses
including climate change. To investigate corals' responses to stress and other aspects of …

Clonal animals do not sequester a germ line during embryogenesis. Instead, they have adult
stem cells that contribute to somatic tissues or gametes. How germ fate is induced in these …

Neurogenesis is the generation of neurons from stem cells, a process that is regulated by
SoxB transcription factors (TFs) in many animals. Although the roles of these TFs are well …

Draft genome sequences of non-bilaterian species have provided important insights into the
evolution of the metazoan gene repertoire. However, there is little information about the …

The evolutionary transition from diffusion-mediated cell-cell communication to faster,
targeted synaptic signaling in animal nervous systems is still unclear. Genome sequencing …

The cnidarian Nematostella vectensis has developed into a powerful model system to study
the mechanisms underlying animal development, regeneration, and evolution. However …

For ages, regeneration has intrigued countless biologists, clinicians, and biomedical
engineers. In recent years, significant progress made in identification and characterization of …