Deconstructing the molecular mechanisms shaping the vertebrate body plan.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2018.05.009
Abstract: The large display of body shapes and sizes observed among vertebrates ultimately represent variations of a common basic body plan. This likely results from the use of homologous developmental schemes, just differentially tinkered both in… read more here.
Keywords: deconstructing molecular; body plan; body; vertebrate body ... See more keywords
New skulls and skeletons of the Cretaceous legged snake Najash, and the evolution of the modern snake body plan
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax5833
Abstract: New fossils from the legged snake Najash reveal the evolutionary origins of key features of the modern snake skull and body. Snakes represent one of the most dramatic examples of the evolutionary versatility of the… read more here.
Keywords: snake najash; legged snake; modern snake; body plan ... See more keywords
Potential contribution of intrinsic developmental stability toward body plan conservation
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DOI: 10.1186/s12915-022-01276-5
Abstract: Background Despite the morphological diversity of animals, their basic anatomical patterns—the body plans in each animal phylum—have remained highly conserved over hundreds of millions of evolutionary years. This is attributed to conservation of the body… read more here.
Keywords: body plan; phylotypic period; period; developmental stability ... See more keywords
A single-cell RNA-seq analysis of early larval cell-types of the starfish, Patiria pectinifera: Insights into evolution of the chordate body plan.
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4137496
Abstract: Ambulacrarians (echinoderms and hemichordates) are a sister group to chordates; thus, their larval cell-types may provide clues about evolution of chordate body plans. Although most genic information accumulated to date pertains to sea urchin embryogenesis,… read more here.
Keywords: cell; cell types; body plan; chordate body ... See more keywords
The Scales That Limit: The Physical Boundaries of Evolution
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DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00242
Abstract: Organisms are subject to the laws of physics, so the process of evolution by genetic variation and natural selection is constrained by these fundamental laws. Classic and recent studies of the biophysical limits facing organisms… read more here.
Keywords: evolution; physical constraints; particular body; body plan ... See more keywords
A Transcriptomics and Comparative Genomics Analysis Reveals Gene Families with a Role in Body Plan Complexity
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DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00869
Abstract: We analyzed tissue-specific transcriptomes of Arabidopsis thaliana and identified 66 gene families with a high frequency of “gradient genes” – genes showing a significant expression gradient between tissues. Gradient gene families include many with roles… read more here.
Keywords: gene families; complexity; gradient gene; body plan ... See more keywords