Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Feeding-dependent tentacle development in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

  • Aissam Ikmi,
  • Petrus J. Steenbergen,
  • Marie Anzo,
  • Mason R. McMullen,
  • Anniek Stokkermans,
  • Lacey R. Ellington,
  • Matthew C. Gibson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18133-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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How the developmental capacity of long-lived animals copes with fluctuations in the food supply is unclear. Here, the authors show using the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis that the crosstalk between Target of Rapamycin and fibroblast growth factor signalling in ring muscles links postembryonic tentacle patterning with food availability.