Pre-bilaterian origin of the blastoporal axial organizer

Yulia Kraus; Andy Aman; Ulrich Technau; Grigory Genikhovich

doi:10.1038/ncomms11694

Nature Communications (May 2016)

Pre-bilaterian origin of the blastoporal axial organizer

Yulia Kraus,
Andy Aman,
Ulrich Technau,
Grigory Genikhovich

Affiliations

Yulia Kraus: Department for Molecular Evolution and Development, Centre of Organismal Systems Biology, University of Vienna
Andy Aman: Department for Molecular Evolution and Development, Centre of Organismal Systems Biology, University of Vienna
Ulrich Technau: Department for Molecular Evolution and Development, Centre of Organismal Systems Biology, University of Vienna
Grigory Genikhovich: Department for Molecular Evolution and Development, Centre of Organismal Systems Biology, University of Vienna

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11694
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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In vertebrate embryos, Wnt/β-catenin signaling induces an organizer area guiding the formation of body axes and inducing extra axes upon transplantation. Here, Kraus et al. show that Wnt ligands also induce an organizer in a sea anemone, indicating that the organizer dates back over 600 million years.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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