Indoles induce metamorphosis in a broad diversity of jellyfish, but not in a crown jelly (Coronatae).

ABSTRACT: Many animals go through one or more metamorphoses during their lives, however, the molecular underpinnings of metamorphosis across diverse species are not well understood. Medusozoa (Cnidaria) is a clade of animals with complex life cycles, these life cycles can include a polyp stage that metamorphoses into a medusa (jellyfish). Medusae are produced through a variety of different developmental mechanisms-in some species polyps bud medusae (Hydrozoa), in others medusae are formed through polyp fission (Scyphozoa), while in others medusae are formed through direct transformation of the polyp (Cubozoa). To better understand the molecular mechanisms that may coordinate these different forms of metamorphosis, we tested two compounds first identified to induce metamorphosis in the moon jellyfish

SUBMITTER: Helm RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5744923 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature