June Feliciano F. Ordoñez

Early nervous system development in the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera exhibits conserved bilaterian patterning features

This study maps early neurogenesis in the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera, revealing conserved and lineage-specific patterning features of neurogenic territories across Spiralia.

The anti-neural role of BMP signaling is a side effect of its global function in dorsoventral patterning

The paper shows BMP signaling promotes neurogenesis in cnidarians and suggests its 'anti-neural' role in vertebrates is a side effect of its ancestral function in dorsoventral patterning.

Chaetognaths exhibit the most extensive repertoire of Hox genes among protostomes.

The paper examines Hox gene expression in chaetognaths, revealing an extensive repertoire among protostomes and a conserved AP patterning profile similar to the last common bilaterian ancestor.

Insights into adhesive and neuronal cell populations of the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera using a single-nuclei transcriptomic atlas and genomic resources

This study uses single-nuclei transcriptomics and a newly sequenced genome to identify cell types and transcriptomic profiles related to adhesion and neurons in Spadella cephaloptera hatchlings.

Transcriptome analysis of growth variation in early juvenile stage of sandfish Holothuria scabra

This study identifies genes and markers associated with growth variation in juvenile sandfish using transcriptome analysis of fast- and slow-growing individuals.