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The pre-vertebrate origins of neurogenic placodes

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  • Philip Barron Abitua

    (Center for Integrative Genomics, Genomics and Development, University of California
    † Present addresses: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Massachusetts 02138, USA (P.B.A.); Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, USA (T.B.G.): Lewis-Sigler Institute of Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA (M.L.).)

  • T. Blair Gainous

    (Center for Integrative Genomics, Genomics and Development, University of California
    † Present addresses: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Massachusetts 02138, USA (P.B.A.); Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, USA (T.B.G.): Lewis-Sigler Institute of Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA (M.L.).)

  • Angela N. Kaczmarczyk

    (Center for Integrative Genomics, Genomics and Development, University of California)

  • Christopher J. Winchell

    (Center for Integrative Genomics, Genomics and Development, University of California)

  • Clare Hudson

    (Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer, Observatoire Océanologique)

  • Kaori Kamata

    (Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori)

  • Masashi Nakagawa

    (Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori)

  • Motoyuki Tsuda

    (Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori)

  • Takehiro G. Kusakabe

    (Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University)

  • Michael Levine

    (Center for Integrative Genomics, Genomics and Development, University of California
    † Present addresses: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Massachusetts 02138, USA (P.B.A.); Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, USA (T.B.G.): Lewis-Sigler Institute of Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA (M.L.).)

Abstract

A study showing that tunicates possess a proto-placodal ectoderm that produces neurons with dual neurosecretory and chemosensory function, which may represent the ancestral origin of placode-derived neurons in vertebrates.

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  • Philip Barron Abitua & T. Blair Gainous & Angela N. Kaczmarczyk & Christopher J. Winchell & Clare Hudson & Kaori Kamata & Masashi Nakagawa & Motoyuki Tsuda & Takehiro G. Kusakabe & Michael Levine, 2015. "The pre-vertebrate origins of neurogenic placodes," Nature, Nature, vol. 524(7566), pages 462-465, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:524:y:2015:i:7566:d:10.1038_nature14657
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14657
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