Evo-Devo: Non-model Species in Cell and Developmental Biology

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Evolutionary developmental biology or evo-devo is a field of biological research that compares the underlying mechanisms of developmental processes in different organisms to infer the ancestral condition of these processes and elucidate how they have evolved. It addresses questions about the developmental bases of evolutionary changes and evolution of developmental processes. The book’s content is divided into three parts, the first of which discusses the theoretical background of evo-devo. The second part highlights new and emerging model organisms in the evo-devo field, while the third and last part explores the evo-devo approach in a broad comparative context. To the best of our knowledge, no other book combines these three evo-devo aspects: theoretical considerations, a comprehensive list of emerging model species, and comparative analyses of developmental processes. Given its scope, the book will offer readers a new perspective on the natural diversity of processes at work in cells and during the development of various animal groups, and expand the horizons of seasoned and young researchers alike. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Reflections on Model Organisms in Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Alan C. Love, Yoshinari Yoshida)....Pages 3-20 Hourglass or Twisted Ribbon? (Peter K. Dearden)....Pages 21-29 Ambulacrarians and the Ancestry of Deuterostome Nervous Systems (Laurent Formery, Michael Schubert, Jenifer C. Croce)....Pages 31-59 Front Matter ....Pages 61-61 Oikopleura dioica: An Emergent Chordate Model to Study the Impact of Gene Loss on the Evolution of the Mechanisms of Development (Alfonso Ferrández-Roldán, Josep Martí-Solans, Cristian Cañestro, Ricard Albalat)....Pages 63-105 Neuropeptides, Peptide Hormones, and Their Receptors of a Tunicate, Ciona intestinalis (Honoo Satake, Shin Matsubara, Akira Shiraishi, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Tomohiro Osugi, Tsubasa Sakai et al.)....Pages 107-125 Emergence of Embryo Shape During Cleavage Divisions (Alex McDougall, Janet Chenevert, Benoit G. Godard, Remi Dumollard)....Pages 127-154 Sex Determination, Sexual Development, and Sex Change in Slipper Snails (Maryna P. Lesoway, Jonathan Q. Henry)....Pages 155-182 The Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus: Techniques for Quantitative and Functional Genetic Analyses of Cricket Biology (Arpita Kulkarni, Cassandra G. Extavour)....Pages 183-216 The Rove Beetle Creophilus maxillosus as a Model System to Study Asymmetric Division, Oocyte Specification, and the Germ-Somatic Cell Signaling (Malgorzata Kloc)....Pages 217-230 Cell Biology of the Tardigrades: Current Knowledge and Perspectives (K. Ingemar Jönsson, Ingvar Holm, Helena Tassidis)....Pages 231-249 Development of Xenoturbellida (Hiroaki Nakano)....Pages 251-258 Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Hydra Regeneration (Puli Chandramouli Reddy, Akhila Gungi, Manu Unni)....Pages 259-290 Paramecium Biology (Judith Van Houten)....Pages 291-318 Front Matter ....Pages 319-319 Insights into Germline Development and Differentiation in Molluscs and Reptiles: The Use of Molecular Markers in the Study of Non-model Animals (Liliana Milani, Maria Gabriella Maurizii)....Pages 321-353 Molecular Markers in the Study of Non-model Vertebrates: Their Significant Contributions to the Current Knowledge of Tetrapod Glial Cells and Fish Olfactory Neurons (Simone Bettini, Maurizio Lazzari, Valeria Franceschini)....Pages 355-377 Embryogenesis of Marsupial Frogs (Hemiphractidae), and the Changes that Accompany Terrestrial Development in Frogs (Eugenia M. del Pino)....Pages 379-418 Evolution and Regulation of Limb Regeneration in Arthropods (Yuichiro Suzuki, Jacquelyn Chou, Sarah L. Garvey, Victoria R. Wang, Katherine O. Yanes)....Pages 419-454 Viviparity in Two Closely Related Epizoic Dermapterans Relies on Disparate Modifications of Reproductive Systems and Embryogenesis (Szczepan M. Bilinski, Mariusz K. Jaglarz, Waclaw Tworzydlo)....Pages 455-475 Morphology of Ovaries and Oogenesis in Chelicerates (Izabela Jędrzejowska)....Pages 477-494 Reproduction, Gonad Structure, and Oogenesis in Tardigrades (Izabela Poprawa, Kamil Janelt)....Pages 495-513 Architecture and Life History of Female Germ-Line Cysts in Clitellate Annelids (Piotr Świątek, Anna Z. Urbisz)....Pages 515-551