Ciliary photoreceptors in sea urchin larvae indicate pan-deuterostome cell type conservation
Jonathan E. Valencia, Roberto Feuda, Dan O Mellott, Robert D. Burke, Isabelle S. Peter
The paper identifies ciliary photoreceptors in sea urchin larvae and shows they share transcription factor expression with vertebrate photoreceptors, suggesting evolutionary conservation within deuterostomes.
BMC Biology · Dec 1, 2021Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology