Most research on mechanisms of aging is being conducted in a very limited number of
classical model species, ie, laboratory mouse (Mus musculus), rat (Rattus norvegicus …

Rfam is a database of RNA families where each of the 3444 families is represented by a
multiple sequence alignment of known RNA sequences and a covariance model that can be …

Mollusca is the second most species-rich phylum within the metazoans, displaying critical
economic, ecological and scientific importance. Yet, they are still largely underrepresented …

Mollusca represents the second largest animal phylum but remains poorly explored from a
genomic perspective. While the recent increase in genomic resources holds great promise …

Nautilus is the sole surviving externally shelled cephalopod from the Palaeozoic. It is unique
within cephalopod genealogy and critical to understanding the evolutionary novelties of …

Coleoid cephalopods (octopuses, squids and cuttlefishes) are the only branch of the animal
kingdom outside of vertebrates to have evolved both a large brain and camera-type eyes …

Although the camera-type eyes of cephalopods and vertebrates are a canonical example of
convergent morphological evolution, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this …

The common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, is an active marine predator known for the richness
and plasticity of its behavioral repertoire, and remarkable learning and memory capabilities …

ABSTRACT Background The giant squid (Architeuthis dux; Steenstrup, 1857) is an
enigmatic giant mollusc with a circumglobal distribution in the deep ocean, except in the …

The common octopus is a cephalopod species subject to active fisheries, with great potential
in the aquaculture and food industry, and which serves as a model species for biomedical …