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M. A. Nikitin

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Evolutionary Biology· 3 Paleontology· 1 Zoology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 5 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Assay:electrophysiology· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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D. Y. Romanova· 3 shared L. L. Moroz· 3 shared A. B. Kohn· 2 shared D. Fasshauer· 2 shared F. Varoqueaux· 2 shared A. Borman· 1 shared A. D. Finoshin· 1 shared A. Malyshev· 1 shared

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2020-2023 · peak 3/yr

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D. Y. Romanova

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Lack of early animal fossils: insights from taphonomic experiments on placozoans and their traces

E. Naimark, Y. V. Lyupina, M. A. Nikitin, A. D. Finoshin

This paper shows that Trichoplax, a simple animal, is unlikely to fossilize due to rapid post-mortem disintegration, but their traces may leave ichnofossils.

bioRxiv · Aug 2, 2023 · PreprintPaleontology

Demise of Marimermithida refines primary routes of transition to parasitism in roundworms

A. V. Tchesunov, O. V. Nikolaeva, L. Y. Rusin, N. P. Sanamyan, E. G. Panina, D. M. Miljutin, D. I. Gorelysheva, A. N. Pegova, M. R. Khromova, M. V. Mardashova, K. V. Mikhailov, V. V. Yushin, N. B. Petrov, V. A. Lyubetsky, M. A. Nikitin, V. V. Aleoshin

The paper re-evaluates the evolutionary routes to parasitism in nematodes by dismissing Marimermithida and showing independent emergence of marine parasitism in free-living lineages.

bioRxiv · Feb 15, 2022 · PreprintZoology

Hidden cell diversity in Placozoa: Ultrastructural Insights from Hoilungia hongkongensis

D. Y. Romanova, F. Varoqueaux, J. Daraspe, M. A. Nikitin, M. Eitel, D. Fasshauer, L. L. Moroz

This paper identifies previously unknown cell types in Hoilungia hongkongensis, revealing greater cell diversity in placozoans than previously thought.

bioRxiv · Nov 13, 2020Evolutionary Biology

Action Potentials and Na+ voltage-gated ion channels in Placozoa

D. Y. Romanova, I. V. Smirnov, M. A. Nikitin, A. B. Kohn, A. Borman, A. Malyshev, P. M. Balaban, L. L. Moroz

This study identifies sodium-dependent action potentials and diverse voltage-gated sodium channels in placozoans, suggesting complex behavioral integration in nerveless animals.

bioRxiv · Aug 9, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Nitric oxide (NO) signaling in Trichoplax and related species: Microchemical characterization and the lineage-specific diversification

L. L. Moroz, D. Y. Romanova, M. A. Nikitin, D. Sohn, A. B. Kohn, E. Neveu, F. Varoqueaux, D. Fasshauer

This study characterizes nitric oxide signaling in placozoans, revealing lineage-specific diversification of NOS genes and NO receptors.

bioRxiv · Apr 10, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology