Nanos Is Expressed in Somatic and Germline Tissue during Larval and Post-Larval Development of the Annelid Alitta virens.

ABSTRACT: Nanos is a translational regulator that is involved in germline development in a number of diverse animals and is also involved in somatic patterning in several model organisms, including insects. Neither germline development nor somatic stem cell lines/undifferentiated multipotent cells have been characterized in the development of the annelid Alitta virens, nor is the mechanism of germ/stem-line specification generally well-understood in annelids. Here, I have cloned an Avi-nanos ortholog from A. virens and determined the spatial and temporal expression of Nanos. The results revealed that transcripts of nanos are expressed during differentiation of multiple tissues, including those that are derived from the 2d and 4d cells. In late embryonic stages and during

SUBMITTER: Kostyuchenko RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8871563 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature