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Marine invertebrates

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Hydrologic controls on basin- scale distribution of benthic invertebrates

Andrea Rinaldo, Tom Ian Battin, Enrico Bertuzzo, Serena Ceola

Streamflow variability is a major determinant of basin-scale distributions of benthic invertebrates. Here we present a novel procedure based on a probabilistic approach aiming at a spatially explicit quantitative assessment of benthic invertebrate abundanc ...

American Geophysical Union2014

Evolving Hox Activity Profiles Govern Diversity in Locomotor Systems

Denis Duboule

The emergence of limb-driven locomotor behaviors was a key event in the evolution of vertebrates and fostered the transition from aquatic to terrestrial life. We show that the generation of limb-projecting lateral motor column (LMC) neurons in mice relies ...

Elsevier2014

Methods to study Drosophila immunity

Bruno Lemaitre, Olivier Binggeli, Andrew Jonathan Bretscher

Innate immune mechanisms are well conserved throughout evolution, and many theoretical concepts, molecular pathways and gene networks are applicable to invertebrate model organisms as much as vertebrate ones. Drosophila immunity research benefits from an e ...

Elsevier2014

Micro- to nanostructure and geochemistry of extant crinoidal echinoderm skeletons

Anders Meibom, Jaroslaw Hubert Stolarski

This paper reports the results of micro- to nanostructural and geochemical analyses of calcitic skeletons from extant deep-sea stalked crinoids. Fine-scale (SEM, FESEM, AFM) observations show that the crinoid skeleton is composed of carbonate nanograins, a ...

Wiley-Blackwell2013

A switch between topological domains underlies HoxD genes collinearity in mouse limbs

Didier Trono, Denis Duboule, Marion Leleu, Daniël Noordermeer, Guillaume Andrey

Hox genes are major determinants of the animal body plan, where they organize structures along both the trunk and appendicular axes. During mouse limb development, Hoxd genes are transcribed in two waves: early on, when the arm and forearm are specified, a ...

Amer Assoc Advancement Science2013

The Present and Future of Biologically Inspired Adhesive Interfaces and Materials

Carrie Ellen Brubaker

The natural world provides many examples of robust, permanent adhesive platforms. Synthetic adhesive interfaces and materials inspired by mussels of genus Mytulis have been extensively applied, and it is expected that characterization and adaptation of sev ...

2012

The role of turbulence in the hydraulic environment of benthic invertebrates

Koen Blanckaert, Ana Margarida Da Costa Ricardo

The role of turbulence in the dislodgment of benthic stream invertebrates from the riverbed was investigated experimentally in a laboratory flume. For the first time, technological advances allowed measuring the spatio-temporal patterns of turbulent flow a ...

Wiley-Blackwell2012

Stable carbon and oxygen isotope compositions of extant crinoidal echinoderm skeletons

Anders Meibom, Jaroslaw Hubert Stolarski

The variability of delta C-13 and delta O-18 was determined within the columnal facet of individual ossicles, within different regions of skeletons and within bulk skeletons of extant stalked crinoids. Isotopic compositions of individual ossicles may vary ...

2012

The segmentation clock: Inherited trait or universal design principle?

Andrew Charles Oates

Metamerism is a widespread feature of multicellular body plans; however, our understanding of the underlying mechanisms that generate these patterns is currently based on only a few model organisms. In particular, vertebrate embryos use a segmentation cloc ...

2012

Comparative bioaccumulation of trace elements between Nautilus pompilius and Nautilus macromphalus (Cephalopoda: Nautiloidea) from Vanuatu and New Caledonia

Julien Boucher

The concentrations of 16 trace elements were investigated and compared for the first time in the digestive and excreting tissues of two Nautilus species (Cephalopoda: Nautiloidea) from two geologically contrasted areas: (1) N. macromphalus from New Caledon ...

2009

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