Whole-body gene expression pattern registration in Platynereis larvae.

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Background

Digital anatomical atlases are increasingly used in order to depict different gene expression patterns and neuronal morphologies within a standardized reference template. In evo-devo, a discipline in which the comparison of gene expression patterns is a widely used approach, such standardized anatomical atlases would allow a more rigorous assessment of the conservation of and changes in gene expression patterns during micro- and macroevolutionary time scales. Due to its small size and invariant early development, the annelid Platynereis dumerilii is particularly well suited for such studies. Recently a reference template with registered gene expression patterns has been generated for the anterior part (episphere) of the Platynereis trochophore larva an

SUBMITTER: Asadulina A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3586958 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature