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Bilaterian Phylogeny: A Broad Sampling of 13 Nuclear Genes Provides a New Lophotrochozoa Phylogeny and Supports a Paraphyletic Basal Acoelomorpha by Paps, Jordi, Baguñà, Jaume, Riutort, Marta

“…During the past decade, great progress has been made in clarifying the relationships among bilaterian animals. Studies based on a limited number of markers…”
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Are the Platyhelminthes a monophyletic primitive group? An assessment using 18S rDNA sequences by Carranza, S, Baguñà, J, Riutort, M

“…In most zoological textbooks, Platyhelminthes are depicted as an early-emerging clade forming the likely sister group of all the other Bilateria. Other…”
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First molecular evidence for the existence of a Tardigrada + Arthropoda clade by Giribet, G, Carranza, S, Baguñà, J, Riutort, M, Ribera, C

“…The complete 18S rDNA gene sequence of Macrobiotus group hufelandi (Tardigrada) was obtained and aligned with 18S rDNA and rRNA gene sequences of 24 metazoans…”
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Internal phylogeny of the Chilopoda (Myriapoda, Arthropoda) using complete 18S rDNA and partial 28S rDNA sequences by Giribet, Gonzalo, Carranza, Salvador, Riutort, Marta, Baguñà, Jaume, Ribera, Carles

“…The internal phylogeny of the ‘myriapod’ class Chilopoda is evaluated for 12 species belonging to the five extant centipede orders, using 18S rDNA complete…”
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Phylogeny of the Arachnid Order Opiliones (Arthropoda) Inferred from a Combined Approach of Complete 18S and Partial 28S Ribosomal DNA Sequences and Morphology by Giribet, Gonzalo, Rambla, Maria, Carranza, Salvador, Baguñà, Jaume, Riutort, Marta, Ribera, Carles

“…The phylogenetic relationships among the main evolutionary lines of the arachnid order Opiliones were investigated by means of molecular (complete 18S rDNA and…”
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Disruption of selenoprotein biosynthesis affects cell proliferation in the imaginal discs and brain of Drosophila melanogaster by Alsina, B, Corominas, M, Berry, M.J, Baguna, J, Serras, F

“…The patufet gene encodes the Drosophila melanogaster homologue of selenophosphate synthetase, an enzyme required for selenoprotein synthesis, and appears to…”
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The planarian neoblast: the rambling history of its origin and some current black boxes by Baguna, J

“…First described by Randolph in 1897, the nature and main features of planarian neoblasts have a long rambling history. While their morphologically…”
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A Phylogenetic Analysis of Myosin Heavy Chain Type II Sequences Corroborates That Acoela and Nemertodermatida Are Basal Bilaterians by Ruiz-Trillo, I., Paps, J., Loukota, M., Ribera, C., Jondelius, U., Baguñà, J., Riutort, M.

“…Bilateria are currently subdivided into three superclades: Deuterostomia, Ecdysozoa, and Lophotrochozoa. Within this new taxonomic frame, acoelomate…”
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Regeneration and pattern formation in planarians: III. Evidence that neoblasts are totipotent stem cells and the source of blastema cells by Baguñà, Jaume, Saló, Emili, Auladell, Carme

“…ABSTRACT In most regenerating systems, blastema cells arise by dedifferentiation of functional tissue cells. In planarians, though, it is still debatable…”
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GYIRFamide: A Novel FMRFAmide-Related Peptide (FaRP) from the Triclad Turbellarian, Dugesia tigrina by Johnston, R.N., Shaw, C., Halton, D.W., Verhaert, P., Baguna, J.

“…Modern phylogenetic schemes propose a free-living turbellarian-like organism as the ancestor of all Bilateria, including chordates. While neuropeptides are now…”
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Genomic organization and expression of the planarian homeobox genes Dth-1 and Dth-2 by J. Garcia-Fernandez, J. Baguna, E. Salo

“…We have characterized the genomic organization of Dth-1 and Dth-2, planarian homeobox-containing genes, previously described at the cDNA level (J…”
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Spatial Distribution and Differentiation Potential of Stem Cells in Hatchlings and Adults in the Marine Platyhelminth Macrostomum sp.: A Bromodeoxyuridine Analysis by Ladurner, Peter, Rieger, Reinhard, Baguñà, Jaume

“…Stem cells (neoblasts) in Platyhelminthes are pluripotent, and likely totipotent, undifferentiated cells which retain throughout adult life the capacity to…”
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Acoel Flatworms: Earliest Extant Bilaterian Metazoans, Not Members of Platyhelminthes by Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki, Riutort, Marta, D. Timothy J. Littlewood, Herniou, Elisabeth A., Baguñà, Jaume

“…Because of their simple organization the Acoela have been considered to be either primitive bilaterians or descendants of coelomates through secondary loss of…”
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JNK signaling pathway required for wound healing in regenerating Drosophila wing imaginal discs by Bosch, Manel, Serras, Florenci, Martín-Blanco, Enrique, Baguñà, Jaume

“…We have examined wound healing during regeneration of Drosophila wing imaginal discs fragments by confocal microscopy and assessed the role of components of…”
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Regeneration and pattern formation in planarians: II. Local origin and role of cell movements in blastema formation by Salo, E, Baguna, J

“…ABSTRACT In planarians, blastema cells do not divide, and growth of blastema is thought to result from the steady accumulation, beneath the wound epithelium,…”
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The dawn of bilaterian animals: the case of acoelomorph flatworms by Baguñà, Jaume, Riutort, Marta

“…The origin of the bilaterian metazoans from radial ancestors is one of the biggest puzzles in animal evolution. A way to solve it is to identify the nature and…”
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Synchronous and early activation of planarian Hox genes and the re-specification of body axes during regeneration in Dugesia (G.) tigrina (Turbellaria; Tricladida) by BAYASCAS, J. R, CASTILLO, E, MUNOZ-MARMOL, A. M, BAGUNA, J, SALO, E

“…Seven Hox cluster-related genes (Dthox-A to -G) have been isolated from the freshwater triclad Dugesia (G.) tigrina, their sequence compared to other Hox genes…”
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Modulation of the Ras/MAPK Signalling Pathway by the Redox Function of Selenoproteins in Drosophila melanogaster by Morey, Marta, Serras, Florenci, Baguñà, Jaume, Hafen, Ernst, Corominas, Montserrat

“…Modulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays a key role in signal transduction pathways. Selenoproteins act controlling the redox balance of the cell. We…”
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Origin and proliferation of blastema cells during regeneration of Drosophila wing imaginal discs by Bosch, Manel, Baguñà, Jaume, Serras, Florenci

“…Following a period of neglect, there has been a resurgence of interest in Drosophila imaginal discs as a model with which to analyze the relationships between…”
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Origin and evolution of paralogous rRNA gene clusters within the flatworm family Dugesiidae (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) by Carranza, S, Baguñà, J, Riutort, M

“…Analysis of the 18S rDNA sequences of five species of the family Dugesiidae (phylum Platyhelminthes, suborder Tricladida, infraorder Paludicola) and eight…”
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