The people behind the papers - Matthew Kourakis and William Smith.

IF 3.7 2区生物学 Q1 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Development Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-13 DOI:10.1242/dev.204736

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Abstract

The caudal nerve cord of the tunicate Ciona has similar anatomical features to the vertebrate spinal cord, but it is reported to lack motor neurons or to contain ill-defined neurons. In a new study, William Smith and colleagues looked at a later developmental stage than previous studies and identified functional motor neurons in the Ciona larval tail, suggesting homology between the Ciona caudal nerve cord and the vertebrate spinal cord. To find out more about the work, we caught up with first author Matthew Kourakis and corresponding author William Smith, Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

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这些文件背后的人——马修·库拉基斯和威廉·史密斯。

被囊动物的尾神经索与脊椎动物的脊髓具有相似的解剖特征，但据报道其缺乏运动神经元或包含不明确的神经元。在一项新的研究中，威廉·史密斯和他的同事们观察了比以前的研究更晚的发育阶段，并在乔纳幼虫的尾巴上发现了功能性运动神经元，这表明乔纳尾神经索和脊椎动物的脊髓具有同源性。为了进一步了解这项工作，我们采访了第一作者Matthew Kourakis和通讯作者William Smith，他是美国加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的教授。

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Development 生物-发育生物学

CiteScore

6.70

自引率

4.30%

发文量

433

审稿时长

3 months

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