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Understanding the evolution of the apical organ in the early branching metazoan, Nematostella vectensis
The apical organ is a key sensory structure in marine invertebrate larvae that is involved in sensory processing and neural coordination, thereby influencing larval locomotion, settlement, and metamorphosis. This thesis explores the evolution, development, and function of the apical organ and wider …
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Ancient origins of the chordate forebrain: Conserved patterning of the anterior neuroectoderm in amphioxus
While the general organization of the chordate central nervous system (CNS) is highly conserved and consists of a dorsal neural tube with an anterior brain, the evolutionary origin of this key aspect of the chordate body plan remains obscure. In recent years, a conserved anterior gene regulatory …