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- Title
Gene expression in bryozoan larvae suggest a fundamental importance of pre-patterned blastemic cells in the bryozoan life-cycle.
- Authors
Fuchs, Judith; Martindale, Mark Q; Hejnol, Andreas
- Abstract
Bryozoa is a clade of aquatic protostomes. The bryozoan life cycle typically comprises a larval stage, which metamorphoses into a sessile adult that proliferates by asexual budding to form colonies. The homology of bryozoan larvae with other protostome larvae is enigmatic. Bryozoan larvae exhibit blastemic tissues that contribute to build the adult during morphogenesis. However, it remains unclear if the cells of these tissues are pre-determined according to their future fate or if the cells are undifferentiated, pluripotent stem cells. Gene expression studies can help to identify molecular patterning of larval and adult tissues and enlighten the evolution of bryozoan life cycle stages.
- Publication
EvoDevo, 2011, Vol 2, Issue 1, p13
- ISSN
2041-9139
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/2041-9139-2-13