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Infection prevalence of Sodalis symbionts among stinkbugs

Diverse insects and other organisms are associated with microbial symbionts, which often significantly contribute to growth and survival of their hosts and/or drastically affect phenotypes of their hosts in a ...

Authors: Takahiro Hosokawa, Nahomi Kaiwa, Yu Matsuura, Yoshitomo Kikuchi and Takema Fukatsu

Citation: Zoological Letters 2015 1:5

Content type: Research article

Published on: 28 January 2015
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Evolutionary and developmental understanding of the spinal accessory nerve

The vertebrate spinal accessory nerve (SAN) innervates the cucullaris muscle, the major muscle of the neck, and is recognized as a synapomorphy that defines living jawed vertebrates. Morphologically, the cucul...

Authors: Motoki N Tada and Shigeru Kuratani

Citation: Zoological Letters 2015 1:4

Content type: Review

Published on: 13 January 2015
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Unexpected link between polyketide synthase and calcium carbonate biomineralization

Calcium carbonate biominerals participate in diverse physiological functions. Despite intensive studies, little is known about how mineralization is initiated in organisms.

Authors: Motoki Hojo, Ai Omi, Gen Hamanaka, Kazutoshi Shindo, Atsuko Shimada, Mariko Kondo, Takanori Narita, Masato Kiyomoto, Yohei Katsuyama, Yasuo Ohnishi, Naoki Irie and Hiroyuki Takeda

Citation: Zoological Letters 2015 1:3

Content type: Research article

Published on: 13 January 2015
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Evolution of the vertebrate skeleton: morphology, embryology, and development

Two major skeletal systems—the endoskeleton and exoskeleton—are recognized in vertebrate evolution. Here, we propose that these two systems are distinguished primarily by their relative positions, not by diffe...

Authors: Tatsuya Hirasawa and Shigeru Kuratani

Citation: Zoological Letters 2015 1:2

Content type: Review

Published on: 13 January 2015
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Did homeobox gene duplications contribute to the Cambrian explosion?

The Cambrian explosion describes an apparently rapid increase in the diversity of bilaterian animals around 540–515 million years ago. Bilaterian animals explore the world in three-dimensions deploying forward...

Authors: Peter W H Holland

Citation: Zoological Letters 2015 1:1

Content type: Review

Published on: 13 January 2015
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Infection prevalence of Sodalis symbionts among stinkbugs

Evolutionary and developmental understanding of the spinal accessory nerve

Unexpected link between polyketide synthase and calcium carbonate biomineralization

Evolution of the vertebrate skeleton: morphology, embryology, and development

Did homeobox gene duplications contribute to the Cambrian explosion?

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