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Regionalization and morphological integration in the vertebral column of Eurasian small-bodied newts (Salamandridae: Lissotriton) 欧亚小体蝾螈脊柱的区域化和形态整合(蝾螈科:蝾螈目)

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Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution Pub Date : 2023-06-05 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23205

Aleksandar Urošević, Maja Ajduković, Tijana Vučić, Stefan J. Scholtes, Jan W. Arntzen, Ana Ivanović

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Assortative mating and mate-choice contributes to the maintenance of a developmental dimorphism in Streblospio benedicti 组合交配和配偶选择有助于维持本笃花的发育二型性。

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Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution Pub Date : 2023-05-09 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23196

Erika L. Ruskie, Christina Zakas

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Molecular evolution of patristacin genes in teleosts based on the genome survey 基于基因组调查的硬骨鱼帕斯塔星基因的分子进化

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Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution Pub Date : 2023-04-24 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23195

Yuko Nakano, Tatsuki Nagasawa, Yohei Okazawa, Naoya Mashiko, Shigeki Yasumasu, Mari Kawaguchi

{"title":"Molecular evolution of patristacin genes in teleosts based on the genome survey","authors":"Yuko Nakano, Tatsuki Nagasawa, Yohei Okazawa, Naoya Mashiko, Shigeki Yasumasu, Mari Kawaguchi","doi":"10.1002/jez.b.23195","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jez.b.23195","url":null,"abstract":"During the evolution of astacin metalloprotease family genes, gene duplication occurred, especially in the lineage of teleosts, in which several types of astacins containing six conserved cysteines (c6ast) emerged. One of them is patristacin, originally found in syngnathid fishes, such as pipefishes and seahorses. Patristacin is expressed in the brood pouch and is present on the same chromosome as other c6ast (pactacin and nephrosin) genes. We first surveyed all the genes from 33 teleost species using a genome database, and characterized the genes by phylogenetic analysis. Pactacin and nephrosin gene homologs were found from all the examined species with only few exceptions, while patristacin gene homologs were found from only several lineages. The patristacin gene homologs were found as multicopy genes in most species of Percomorpha, one of the diverged groups in teleosts. Further diversification of the gene occurred during the evolution of Atherinomorphae, one of the groups in Percomorpha. Fishes of Atherinomorphae possess two types of patristacin, belonging to subclades 1 and 2. Among the Atherinomorpha, we chose the southern platyfish to examine the patristacin gene expression. Platyfish possess eight patristacin gene homologs, called XmPastn1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, and 11. Of these genes, only XmPastn2 belongs to subclade 1, while the other seven belong to subclade 2. Only XmPastn2 showed strong expression in several organs of adult platyfish, as observed in reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction of RNA extracts. Cells expressing XmPastn2 were predominantly mucus-secreting cells found in epidermis around the jaw, as revealed by in-situ hybridization. This result suggests that XmPastn2 is secreted and may contribute to mucus formation or secretion.","PeriodicalId":15682,"journal":{"name":"Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution","volume":"340 6","pages":"414-423"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10026632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Chicken HOXC8 and HOXC10 genes may play a role in the altered skull morphology associated with the Crest phenotype 鸡HOXC8和HOXC10基因可能在与Crest表型相关的颅骨形态改变中发挥作用

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Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution Pub Date : 2023-04-11 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23194

Dien-Yu Tsai, Jiun-Jie Chen, Pei-Chi Su, I-Ming Liu, Skye Hsin-Hsien Yeh, Chih-Kuan Chen, Hsu-Chen Cheng, Chih-Feng Chen, Wen-Hsiung Li, Chen Siang Ng

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Nuchal organs in the trochophore of Siboglinum fiordicum (Annelida, Siboglinidae) 菲氏跳珠（环节动物门，跳珠科）柄柄中的Nuchal器官。

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Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23192

Elena Temereva, Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova

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Characterization of eyes, photoreceptors, and opsins in developmental stages of the arrow worm Spadella cephaloptera (Chaetognatha) 箭虫头翅Spadella cephaloptera发育阶段的眼睛、光感受器和视蛋白的特征

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Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution Pub Date : 2023-02-28 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23193

Tim Wollesen, Sonia V. Rodriguez Monje, Adam P. Oel, Detlev Arendt

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In the Spotlight—Established Researcher 聚焦--知名研究人员。

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Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution Pub Date : 2023-02-15 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23191

Cliff Tabin

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In the Spotlight—Established researcher 聚光灯下的知名研究员。

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Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution Pub Date : 2023-01-29 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23190

Marianne Bronner

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JEZB special issue on animal gene regulatory network evolution JEZB动物基因调控网络进化特刊

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Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution Pub Date : 2023-01-08 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23186

Thomas M. Williams, Mark Rebeiz

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Transcriptomic exploration of the Coleopteran wings reveals insight into the evolution of novel structures associated with the beetle elytron 对鞘翅类翅膀的转录组学研究揭示了与甲虫鞘翅相关的新结构的进化

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Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution Pub Date : 2023-01-08 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23188

David M. Linz, Yuichiro Hara, Kevin D. Deem, Shigehiro Kuraku, Shigeo Hayashi, Yoshinori Tomoyasu

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