Establishing a model organism: a report from the first annual Nematostella meeting

Bioessays. 2012 Feb;34(2):158-61. doi: 10.1002/bies.201100145. Epub 2011 Nov 18.

Authors

Adam M Reitzel¹, Joseph F Ryan, Ann M Tarrant

Affiliation

¹ Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA. areitzel@whoi.edu

PMID: 22102371
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100145

Abstract

The sea anemone Nematostella vectensis has developed into a model organism for studying genome evolution and animal development.

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Publication types

Congress

MeSH terms

Animals
Evolution, Molecular
Gene Expression
Genomics*
Phylogeny
Research*
Sea Anemones* / genetics
Sea Anemones* / physiology