Krithika Venkataraman, Nadav Shai ... Leslie B Vosshall
Two novel, tightly linked, and rapidly evolving genes encoding small secreted proteins are necessary for female mosquitoes to protect their retained eggs during extended periods of drought.
Hypotheses on brain homologies between insects and vertebrates are tested by comparing gene expression patterns from flies and beetles with those from vertebrates at early neuroectoderm stages.
Sven Schenk, Stephanie C Bannister ... Kristin Tessmar-Raible
A molecular profiling approach to quantify transcripts and proteins from identical samples allows study of molecular effects of maturation, sexual differentiation and the endogenous circalunar clock in a marine worm.
Sylvie Remaud, Fernando C Ortiz ... Barbara Demeneix
Production of remyelinating subventricular zone oligodendrocyte progenitors is stimulated by transient abrogation of thyroid hormone signalling in the adult neural stem cell niche.
Volume-EM reconstruction of a whole-body desmosomal connectome including all muscles and their desmosomal partners in a Platynereis larva provides a detailed view of the organisation of the entire locomotor system in an animal.
Matthew J Kourakis, Cezar Borba ... William C Smith
The ascidian Ciona integrates visual information from two photoreceptor types through convergent excitatory and disinhibitory circuits, thereby evoking swim behaviors.
