JOURNAL ARTICLE

Introduction to the 2024 Chordate Origins, Evolution, and Development SICB Symposium.

  • Published In: Integrative & Comparative Biology, 2024, v. 64, n. 5. P. 1171 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Swalla, Billie J 3 of 3

Abstract

The article summarizes the 2024 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) symposium on "Chordate Origins, Evolution, and Development," which focused on the developmental gene regulatory networks (GRNs) underlying chordate body plan evolution within the Deuterostomia superphylum. Presentations covered comparative genomics and developmental biology across chordate subphyla—Cephalochordata (lancelets), Tunicata (tunicates), and Vertebrata—as well as related Ambulacraria groups (hemichordates and echinoderms). Key topics included neuronal and heart regeneration in tunicates, notochord development, anterior-posterior axis patterning, and self/nonself recognition in colonial ascidians. The symposium highlighted both conserved genetic mechanisms and unique evolutionary adaptations, emphasizing the need for further research to connect gene expression patterns with morphological diversity in chordates.

Additional Information

  • Source:Integrative & Comparative Biology. 2024/11, Vol. 64, Issue 5, p1171
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Biology
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:1540-7063
  • DOI:10.1093/icb/icae135
  • Accession Number:181030432
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