Naslov
How do environmental factors influence life cycles and development? An experimental framework for early-diverging metazoans

Autori
C. G. Bosch, Thomas ; Adamska, Maja ; Augustin, René ; Domazet- Lošo, Tomislav ; Foret, Sylvain ; Fraune, Sebastian ; Funayama, Noriko ; Grasis, Juris ; Hamada, Mayuko ; Hatta, Masayuki ; Hobmayer, Bert ; Kawai, Kotoe ; Klimovich, Alexander ; Manuel, Michael ; Shinzato, Chuya ; Technau, Uli, Yum, Seungshic ; J. Miller, David

Izvornik
Bioessays (0265-9247) 36 (2014), 12; 1185-1194

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Cnidaria ; corals ; environmental genomics ; holobiont ; hydra ; sponges ; symbiosis

Sažetak
Ecological developmental biology (eco-devo) explores the mechanistic relationships between the processes of individual development and environmental factors. Recent studies imply that some of these relationships have deep evolutionary origins, and may even pre-date the divergences of the simplest extant animals, including cnidarians and sponges. Development of these early diverging metazoans is often sensitive to environmental factors, and these interactions occur in the context of conserved signaling pathways and mechanisms of tissue homeostasis whose detailed molecular logic remain elusive. Efficient methods for transgenesis in cnidarians together with the ease of experimental manipulation in cnidarians and sponges make them ideal models for understanding causal relationships between environmental factors and developmental mechanisms. Here, we identify major questions at the interface between animal evolution and development and outline a road map for research aimed at identifying the mechanisms that link environmental factors to developmental mechanisms in early diverging metazoans.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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