Chunpeng He, Tingyu Han, Xin Liao, Yuxin Zhou, Xiuqiang Wang, Rui Guan, Tian Tian, Yixin Li, Changwei Bi, Na Lü, Ziyi He, Bing Hu, Qiang Zhou, Yue Hu, Zuhong Lu, J.-Y. Chen,
The digestive methods employed by amphioxus ( Branchiostoma )—both intracellular phagocytic digestion and extracellular digestion—have been discussed since 1937. Recent studies also show that epithelial cells lining the Branchiostoma digestive tract can express many immune genes. Here, in Branchiostoma belcheri , using a special tissue fixation method, we ... the gut tube, phagocytize food particles directly, and Branchiostoma can rely on this kind of phagocytic intracellular ... of both digestive cells and phagocytes. In starved Branchiostoma , these cells accumulate endogenous digestive and hydrolytic enzymes, ...
Tópico(s): Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
2018 - Royal Society | Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
... and zinc accumulation in the suspension-feeding amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri, Aquatic Biology 16, no.22 (Jul 2012): ... Rota, Guido Perra, Silvano Focardi The European lancelet Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas) as an indicator of environmental quality ... D. Holland Embryos and Larvae of a Lancelet, Branchiostoma floridae , from Hatching through Metamorphosis: Growth in the ... Fin Boxes, Myocoels and Sclerocoels of a Lancelet, Branchiostoma floridae (Cephalochordata = Acrania), Acta Zoologica 71, no.44 ( ... the feeding and behaviour of the larva of Branchiostoma lanceolatum, Marine Biology 3, no.11 (May 1969): ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
1880 - University of Chicago Press | The American Naturalist
Jia‐Xing Yue, Nicholas D. Holland, Linda Z. Holland, Dimitri D. Deheyn,
... cnidarians and later in copepods and cephalochordates (amphioxus) ( Branchiostoma spp). Here, we looked for GFP-encoding genes ... such genes closely related to some of the Branchiostoma GFPs. Dim fluorescence was found throughout the body in adults of Asymmetron lucayanum , and, as in Branchiostoma floridae , was especially intense in the ripe ovaries. ... of the fluorescence were similar between Asymmetron and Branchiostoma . Lineage-specific expansion of GFP-encoding genes in the genus Branchiostoma was observed, largely driven by tandem duplications. Despite ...
Tópico(s): Marine Sponges and Natural Products
2016 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Reports
Changwei Bi, Na Lü, Zhen Huang, Junyuan Chen, Chunpeng He, Zuhong Lu,
... Here, we report the genome sequences of 20 Branchiostoma individuals by whole‐genome resequencing strategy. We detected over 140 million genomic variations for each Branchiostoma individual. In particular, we applied the pairwise sequentially ... in the effective population size ( N e ) of Branchiostoma population during the Pleistocene. We evaluated the threshold ... fluctuations in the long‐term population dynamics of Branchiostoma . The inferred ancestral N e of the Branchiostoma belcheri populations from Zhanjiang and Xiamen (China) seawaters ...
Tópico(s): Identification and Quantification in Food
2020 - Wiley | Ecology and Evolution
Changwei Bi, Na Lü, Tingyu Han, Zhen Huang, J.-Y. Chen, Chunpeng He, Zuhong Lu,
... the basal chordate lineage, amphioxi (including the genera Branchiostoma , Asymmetron and Epigonichthys ) play important roles in tracing ... Previous studies have reported that members of the Branchiostoma species have similar morphological phenotypic characteristics, but in ... polymorphisms in the populations. Here, we resequenced 20 Branchiostoma belcheri genomes to an average depth of approximately ... genome) were detected in each individual, confirming that Branchiostoma is one of the most genetically diverse species ...
Tópico(s): Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
2020 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | BioMed Research International
Makarena Vergara, Marcelo E. Oliva, José M. Riascos,
... studies. Out of 30 described species, only one, Branchiostoma elongatum , is known to inhabit shallow sandy bottoms ... were compared with other species within the genus Branchiostoma inhabiting distinct ecosystems. Mean abundance of B. elongatum ... comparison with the abundance of other species within Branchiostoma . Although the gametogenic activity was continuous, a clear ... ratio that are comparable to those of other Branchiostoma inhabiting highly productive ecosystems.
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2011 - Cambridge University Press | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Derek E. G. Briggs, Amanda J. Kear,
Decay experiments on the cephalochordate Branchiostoma lanceolatum ('amphioxus') demonstrate that the most decay resistant structures are the notochord sheath and the cartilaginous rods which support the gill ... 1.42% of the initial dry weight of Branchiostoma is resistant to alkali and acid hydrolysis, compared to 46% in the polychaete Nereis virens. Branchiostoma is only likely to be fossilized as a ... Permian of South Africa. □Taphonomy, decay, softparts, Cephalochordata, Branchiostoma, lancelet, Chordata, Pikaia, conodont, Conopiscius, Jamoytius, Palaeobranchiostoma.
Tópico(s): Geological formations and processes
1993 - Wiley | Lethaia
Anton Karabinoš, Dieter Riemer,
... and gene for calmodulin (CaM) from the cephalochordate Branchiostoma were isolated and characterized. The nucleotide sequence of the Branchiostoma CaM cDNA is about 80% identical to the ... acid sequences of all these CaMs are identical. Branchiostoma and Aplysia CaM genes have the same exon/ ... PCR, Northern and genomic Southern analyses showed that Branchiostoma CaM is encoded by a single copy gene, ...
Tópico(s): Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
1997 - Elsevier BV | Gene
João E. Carvalho, François Lahaye, Michael Schubert,
... environment, focusing on five species: the European amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum), the Florida amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae), the Chinese amphioxus (Branchiostoma belcheri), the Japanese amphioxus (Branchiostoma japonicum), and the Bahamas lancelet (Asymmetron lucayanum). In ... from our animal facility on the European amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum). In sum, this work summarizes the latest ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2017 - University of the Basque Country | The International Journal of Developmental Biology
Silvan Oulion, Stéphanie Bertrand, Mohamed R. Belgacem, Yann Le Pétillon, Héctor Escrivà,
... and complete genome sequence of the American species, Branchiostoma floridae. However, recent technical improvements allowing induction of ... on a daily basis with the Mediterranean species Branchiostoma lanceolatum have encouraged European Evo-Devo researchers to ... be used as the reference transcriptome for the Branchiostoma genus.
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2012 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Helgi B. Schiöth, Karl Nordström, Robert Fredriksson,
... mouse, rat, dog, chicken and the early vertebrate Branchiostoma (Branchiostoma floridae) and one of the most primitive animals, ... 12 human Adhesion GPCRs lack a chicken ortholog. Branchiostoma has rich repertoire of Adhesion GPCRs with at least 37 genes. Moreover, the Adhesion GPCRs in Branchiostoma have several novel domains their N-termini, like ...
Tópico(s): Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
2010 - Springer Nature | Advances in experimental medicine and biology
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Tania Marcia Soares Niang, André Luiz Machado Pessanha, Francisco Gerson Araújo,
... brasiliensis (Schmitt, 1935), além de Cefalochordata, representado por Branchiostoma platae (Fitzinger, 1862). Na zona de maior exposição ... de Muriqui), houve um predomínio de Mysidacea e Branchiostoma platae; na zona mais protegida (praia de Itacuruçá), ... itens de maior abundância foram Polychaeta, Mysidacea e Branchiostoma platae. Sazonalmente não ocorreu variação no uso de Mysidacea, enquanto Branchiostoma platae foi mais consumido durante o inverno, Polychaeta ...
Tópico(s): Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
2010 - Fundación Zoobotánica de Rio Grande do Sul | Iheringia Série Zoologia
Nicholas D. Holland, Linda Z. Holland,
... in Asymmetron and the better known cephalochordate genus Branchiostoma reveals similarities during the early embryonic stages but ... at the anterior end of the pharynx in Branchiostoma, never form during Asymmetron development. In Branchiostoma, these diverticula become the rostral coelom and preoral ... to account for developmental differences between Asymmetron and Branchiostoma is currently hampered by uncertainty over which genus ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2010 - Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) | Biological Bulletin
W Klootwijk, Edith C. H. Friesema, Theo J. Visser,
... for metamorphosis in many species, including the cephalochordate Branchiostoma floridae, a marine invertebrate (amphioxus) living in warmer coastal areas. Branchiostoma expresses a TH receptor, which is activated by ... TA(3)) but not by T(3). The Branchiostoma genome also contains multiple genes coding for proteins ... catalyzing the activation or inactivation of TH. Three Branchiostoma deiodinases have been cloned: two have a catalytic ...
Tópico(s): Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research
2011 - Oxford University Press | Endocrinology
Qunshan Xu, Fei Ma, Yiquan Wang,
... living in Xiamen waters have been regarded as Branchiostoma belcheri without any suspicion. However, a study based on Cyt b gene sequence comparisons of Branchiostoma belcheri (Oucuo in Xiamen waters) and Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense (Japanese waters) showed unexpected high divergence ... becoming B. tsingtauense. Therefore, two species of genus Branchiostoma are living in Xiamen waters. One is the ...
Tópico(s): Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
2005 - Wiley | Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution
M. Dale Stokes, Nicholas D. Holland,
The reproductive biology of the Florida lancelet (Branchiostoma floridae) is described from over 21,000 animals collected from early summer 1991 through late summer 1995. Collections were made daily during summer ... reviewed in Wickstead 1975) concerns temperate populations of Branchiostoma lanceolatum in Europe and B. belcheri in China. ... study is to describe the reproductive biology of Branchiostoma floridae HUBBS 1922. In contrast to lancelets previously ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
1996 - Wiley | Invertebrate Biology
Jeffrey L. Boore, L. L. Daehler, Wesley M. Brown,
... of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of the lancelet Branchiostoma floridae (Chordata: Cephalochordata). As is typical in metazoans, ... gene positions. Three of these are unique to Branchiostoma, but the fourth is in a position that ... vertebrates (the related codon AGG was not found). Branchiostoma mtDNA lacks a vertebrate-like control region; its ...
Tópico(s): Genetic diversity and population structure
1999 - Oxford University Press | Molecular Biology and Evolution
Rie Kusakabe, Noriyuki Satoh, Linda Z. Holland, Takehiro Kusakabe,
... and expression patterns of actin genes from amphioxus Branchiostoma floridae (Kusakabe, R., Kusakabe, T., Satoh, N., Holland, ... for actin genes from a closely related species, Branchiostoma belcheri, and the exon–intron organization of B. ...
Tópico(s): Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
1999 - Elsevier BV | Gene
Simon C. Dailey, Iryna Kozmiková, Ildikó Somorjai,
... and urochordates. We confirm the SP complement of Branchiostoma belcheri and Branchiostoma lanceolatum, as well as their genomic arrangement, protein ... its response to pharmacologically increased β-catenin signalling. Branchiostoma possesses three Sp genes, located on the same ... is consistent with expression seen in other bilaterians. Branchiostoma SP5 shows a dynamic response to Wnt/β- ...
Tópico(s): Kruppel-like factors research
2017 - University of the Basque Country | The International Journal of Developmental Biology
Jie Ji, David Ramos-Vicente, Enrique Navas-Pérez, Carlos Herrera-Úbeda, José M. Lizcano, Jordi García‐Fernàndez, Héctor Escrivà, Àlex Bayés, Nerea Roher,
... vertebrates. The genomic research on TLR genes in Branchiostoma floridae and Branchiostoma belcheri reveals the expansion of TLRs in amphioxus. However, the repertoire of TLRs in Branchiostoma lanceolatum has not been studied and the functionality ...
Tópico(s): Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
2018 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Immunology
Yongshuang Xiao, Yan Zhang, Tianxiang Gao, Mamoru Yabe, Yasunori Sakurai,
It is commonly accepted that the Branchiostoma lancelets in South and North China belong to Branchiostoma belcheri (Gray, 1847) and Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense (Tchang and Koo, 1934), respectively. Three ... were sequenced to analyze phylogenetic relationships of the Branchiostoma lancelets from South (Xiamen) and North (Qingdao and ... respectively. Above all, our results indicate that the Branchiostoma lancelets in South and North China should belong ... and most Japanese waters should be revised to Branchiostoma japonicus. The divergence time between B. belcheri and ...
Tópico(s): Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
2008 - Academic Journals | AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
We analyzed the draft genome of the cephalochordate Branchiostoma floridae (B. floridae) for genes encoding intermediate filament ( ... new IF genes belong to the previously established Branchiostoma IF group A, four to the Branchiostoma IF group B, one is homologous to the ... readily classified in any of the previously established Branchiostoma IF groups. All eleven identified A and B2- ... seems to share a common ancestry with the Branchiostoma keratins D1 and two keratin-related genes C. ...
Tópico(s): Head and Neck Anomalies
2013 - Elsevier BV | European Journal of Cell Biology
... A. S. 1903 Das periphere Nervensystem des Amphioxius (Branchiostoma lanceolatus). Anat. Hefte, 21: 147–213. Franz, V. ... on the innervation of the integument of Amphioxus, Branchiostoma lanceolatum. Quart. J. micr. Sci., 99: 421–449. ... le systéme nerveux et sur l'histologie du Branchiostoma ou Amphioxus. Ann Sci. Nat. Zool., Ser. B. ...
Tópico(s): Barrier Structure and Function Studies
1963 - Wiley | The Journal of Comparative Neurology
B. Baccetti, A. G. Burrini, Romano Dallai,
Abstract Under the electron microscope, the spermatozoon of Branchiostoma lanceolatum shows a spherical nucleus deeply grooved along ... symmetry axis of the nucleus. The sperm of Branchiostoma shares the overall features of that of the ...
Tópico(s): Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
1972 - Wiley | Journal of Morphology
... North West African continental shelf, abundant stocks of Branchiostoma were found off Spanish Sahara (23° N‐25° ... N‐13° N). The lancelets were identified as Branchiostoma senegalense (WEBB, 1955) by means of statistical analyses. ...
Tópico(s): Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
1975 - Wiley | Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie
Ulrich Welsch, Udo Schumacher,
... basement membranes of Saccoglossus horsti (Enteropneusta, Hemichordata) and Branchiostoma lanceolatum have been studied with Aldehyde Fuchsin, the ... B 4 (GS I B4). In Saccoglossus and Branchiostoma , both the PAS‐reaction and Alcian blue give ... binding proved less intensive in Saccoglossus than in Branchiostoma , in which FITC‐Con A, FITC‐GSA and ...
Tópico(s): Vector-borne infectious diseases
1984 - Wiley | Acta Zoologica
Naohito Takatori, Hidetoshi Saiga,
... this issue, we searched the genome of amphioxus, Branchiostoma floridae, a lower chordate, for CUT class homeobox ... phylogenetic analyses. We found that the genome of Branchiostoma floridae encodes each single orthologue of CUX/CASP, ...
Tópico(s): Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
2008 - University of the Basque Country | The International Journal of Developmental Biology
Diana P. Baumann, Malcolm Cook, Limei Ma, Arcady Mushegian, Erik Sanders, Joel Schwartz, C. Ron Yu,
... from Pontellidae , has been isolated from the lancelet Branchiostoma floridae , a cephalochordate (Deheyn et al ., Biol Bull , ... report that the nearly-completely sequenced genome of Branchiostoma floridae encodes at least 12 GFP-like proteins. ...
Tópico(s): Vibrio bacteria research studies
2008 - BioMed Central | Biology Direct
José A. Vargas, Harlan K. Dean,
... the lancelets, of which species of the genus Branchiostoma are the best known. In recent years, these ... Costa Rica, yielded 265 specimens of the lancelet Branchiostoma californiense. A total of 48 specimens was also ...
Tópico(s): Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
2010 - Vicerractoría Investigación | Revista de Biología Tropical
... ortholog (BfCBR) has been identified in the cephalochordate Branchiostoma floridae. BfCBR is encoded by a single exon ... the expression and functions of these proteins in Branchiostoma and Ciona, respectively, providing an insight into the ...
Tópico(s): Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
2007 - Elsevier BV | Gene