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Still Enigmatic: Innate #Immunity in the #Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi

by Traylor-Knowles, Vandepas, & Browne

https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz116

#metazoans #pathogens #science #sciences #ecology #womeninstemm

On the surface, this looks like #cladistic nitpicking, but in reality it is a revolution in the tree of life. Because they lack neuromuscular cells, sponges were classically presented as the sister group to all metazoans. But the sister group could well be the ctenophores, which leads to two scenarios: either several independent evolutions of neuromuscular cells, or a deletion in the sponges.

#Biology #Evolution #Phylogeny #Ctenophore

📄 Schultz et al (2023) Nature http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05936-6

May the #ctenophore be with you. 😉 #maythe4thbewith #maythe4th

@DudinLab For anyone without subscription access to this fascinating research @ScienceMagazine, a preprint (not final version) is #OpenAccess at https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.14.503905v1 (edited for better link). H/T @ct_bergstrom
#ctenophore #CombJelly #MarineInvertebrate #MarineBiology #NervousSystem #neuroscience #syncytium

@ct_bergstrom The wonderful #CoverImage @ScienceMagazine -
"ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi (in the cydippid stage) with part of its internal nerve net shown in yellow and orange. Three-dimensional analysis reveals that neurons of the internal nerve net form a continuous membrane network rather than connecting through synaptic junctions... llustration: C.Bickel" https://www.science.org/cms/asset/d89d03c4-64aa-4b02-b93e-b1c21eba17de/science.2023.380.issue-6642.largecover.jpg
#ctenophore #CombJelly #MarineInvertebrate #MarineBiology #NervousSystem #neuroscience #syncytium
H/T @DudinLab

🙏 @DudinLab for highlighting this glorious #CoverImage! Description from @ScienceMagazine:
"ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi (in the cydippid stage) with part of its internal nerve net shown in yellow and orange. Three-dimensional analysis reveals that neurons of the internal nerve net form a continuous membrane network rather than connecting through synaptic junctions... llustration: C.Bickel"
#ctenophore #CombJelly #MarineInvertebrate #MarineBiology #NervousSystem #neuroscience #syncytium

#Ctenophore #CombJelly #Beroe #Ocean #MarineBiology #MarineScience #Plankton #MarineInvertebrate #MigratedPost

photo migrated from twitter
posted 12/19/2020

bloodbelly comb jelly...

Brilliant and seemingly glowing, the bloodybelly comb jelly comes in different shades of red but always has a blood-red stomach. The sparkling display on the outside comes from light diffracting from tiny transparent, hair-like cilia. These beat continuously, propelling the jelly through the water.

#glowing #bloodybellycombjelly #ctenophore #bioluminescence #sealife #animatedgif