Localization of neuropeptide gene expression in larvae of an echinoderm, the starfish Asterias rubens

Localization of neuropeptide gene expression in larvae of an echinoderm, the starfish Asterias rubens

Neuropeptides are an ancient class of neuronal signaling molecules that regulate a variety of physiological and behavioral processes in animals. The life cycle of many animals includes a larval stage(s) that precedes metamorphic transition to a reproductively active adult stage but, with the excepti...

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Main Authors: Tatiana D Mayorova, Shi Tian, Weigang Cai, Dean C Semmens, Esther A Odekunle, Meet Zandawala, Yusef Badi, Matthew L Rowe, Michaela Egertova, Maurice Richard Elphick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
Echinodermata
Brachiolaria
Bipinnaria
MRNA in situ hybridization
Larval nervous system
neuropeptide precursor
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00553/full

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