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- Title
Polymorphism in the symmetries of gastric pouch arrangements in the sea anemone D. lineata.
- Authors
Sarper, Safiye E.; Hirai, Tamami; Matsuyama, Take; Kuratani, Shigeru; Fujimoto, Koichi
- Abstract
Symmetry in the arrangement of body parts is a distinctive phylogenetic feature of animals. Cnidarians show both bilateral and radial symmetries in their internal organs, such as gastric pouches and muscles. However, how different symmetries appear during the developmental process remains unknown. Here, we report intraspecific variations in the symmetric arrangement of gastric pouches, muscles, and siphonoglyphs, the Anthozoan-specific organ that drives water into the organism, in D. lineata (Diadumenidae, Actiniaria). We found that the positional arrangement of the internal organs was apparently constrained to either biradial or bilateral symmetries depending on the number of siphonoglyphs. Based on the morphological observations, a mathematical model of internal organ positioning was employed to predict the developmental backgrounds responsible for the biradial and bilateral symmetries. In the model, we assumed that the specification of gastric pouches is orchestrated by lateral inhibition and activation, which results in different symmetries depending on the number of siphonoglyphs. Thus, we propose that a common developmental program can generate either bilateral or biradial symmetries depending on the number of siphonoglyphs formed in the early developmental stages.
- Subjects
SEA anemones; SYMMETRY; DEVELOPMENTAL programs; PHENOTYPIC plasticity; MATHEMATICAL models
- Publication
Zoological Letters, 2021, Vol 7, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2056-306X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40851-021-00180-0