Benjamin T. Naumann

This study reveals the cellular architecture of the ctenophore aboral organ using electron microscopy, showing synaptic and non-synaptic communication and functional convergence.

The paper examines skin development and metamorphic rearrangement in Arthroleptella villiersi, finding similarities with aquatic anurans and correlations with thyroid gland maturation.

The paper examines developmental stages of Arthroleptella villiersi, finding heterochronic shifts in developmental timing that may be linked to endotrophy and terrestrialization in frogs.

This study shows that direct-developing African squeaker frogs undergo a cryptic metamorphosis with skin repatterning linked to increased thyroid gland activity, similar to Puerto Rican coquis.