The evolution of gene expression in mammalian organ development remains largely
uncharacterized. Here we report the transcriptomes of seven organs (cerebrum, cerebellum …

Adult mitotic tissues like the intestine, skin, and blood undergo constant turnover throughout
the life of an organism. Knowing the identity of the stem cell is crucial to understanding …

Animals are grouped into~ 35 'phyla'based upon the notion of distinct body plans,,,.
Morphological and molecular analyses have revealed that a stage in the middle of …

Evolutionary developmental biology has grown historically from the capacity to relate
patterns of evolution in anatomy to patterns of evolution of expression of specific genes …

Entropy as a measure of variability and stemness in single-cell transcriptomics -
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The concept of germ layers has been one of the foremost organizing principles in
developmental biology, classification, systematics and evolution for 150 years (refs,,). Of the …

Transcriptomic data is often affected by uncontrolled variation among samples that can
obscure and confound the effects of interest. This variation is frequently due to unintended …

Abstract Background The demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica is amongst the few
early-branching metazoans with an assembled and annotated draft genome, making it an …

Amphimedon queenslandica is a coral reef demosponge that houses a low complexity and
low abundance microbiota dominated by a proteobacterial duo for which draft genomes are …

Vertical transmission of bacterial symbionts, which is known in many species of sponge
(Porifera), is expected to promote strong fidelity between the partners. Combining 16S rRNA …