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Light-sheet microscopy using an Airy beam by Vettenburg, Tom, Dalgarno, Heather I C, Nylk, Jonathan, Coll-Lladó, Clara, Ferrier, David E K, Čižmár, Tomáš, Gunn-Moore, Frank J, Dholakia, Kishan

“…Single-photon Airy beam excitation in light-sheet fluorescence microscopy combined with a simple deconvolution allows high-contrast imaging over a large field…”
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Calcisponges have a ParaHox gene and dynamic expression of dispersed NK homeobox genes by Fortunato, Sofia A. V., Adamski, Marcin, Ramos, Olivia Mendivil, Leininger, Sven, Liu, Jing, Ferrier, David E. K., Adamska, Maja

“…A study of the genomes of calcisponges shows that they contain at least one ParaHox gene, adding weight to the ‘ghost locus’ hypothesis that Hox and ParaHox…”
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Carbon Nanotube (CNT)-Based Biosensors by Ferrier, David C, Honeychurch, Kevin C

“…This review focuses on recent advances in the application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for the development of sensors and biosensors. The paper discusses various…”
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Ghost Loci Imply Hox and ParaHox Existence in the Last Common Ancestor of Animals by Mendivil Ramos, Olivia, Barker, Daniel, Ferrier, David E.K.

“…Hox genes are renowned for patterning animal development, with widespread roles in developmental gene regulation. Despite this importance, their evolutionary…”
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Sampling the fish gill microbiome: a comparison of tissue biopsies and swabs by Clinton, Morag, Wyness, Adam J, Martin, Samuel A M, Brierley, Andrew S, Ferrier, David E K

“…Understanding the influence of methodology on results is an essential consideration in experimental design. In the expanding field of fish microbiology, many…”
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Amphioxus muscle transcriptomes reveal vertebrate-like myoblast fusion genes and a highly conserved role of insulin signalling in the metabolism of muscle by Aase-Remedios, Madeleine E, Coll-Lladó, Clara, Ferrier, David E K

“…The formation and functioning of muscles are fundamental aspects of animal biology, and the evolution of 'muscle genes' is central to our understanding of this…”
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The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype by Satoh, Nori, Rokhsar, Daniel S, Putnam, Nicholas H, Butts, Thomas, Ferrier, David E. K, Furlong, Rebecca F, Hellsten, Uffe, Kawashima, Takeshi, Robinson-Rechavi, Marc, Shoguchi, Eiichi, Terry, Astrid, Yu, Jr-Kai, Benito-Gutiérrez, E lia, Dubchak, Inna, Garcia-Fernàndez, Jordi, Gibson-Brown, Jeremy J, Grigoriev, Igor V, Horton, Amy C, de Jong, Pieter J, Jurka, Jerzy, Kapitonov, Vladimir V, Kohara, Yuji, Kuroki, Yoko, Lindquist, Erika, Lucas, Susan, Osoegawa, Kazutoyo, Pennacchio, Len A, Salamov, Asaf A, Satou, Yutaka, Sauka-Spengler, Tatjana, Schmutz, Jeremy, Shin-I, Tadasu, Toyoda, Atsushi, Bronner-Fraser, Marianne, Fujiyama, Asao, Holland, Linda Z, Holland, Peter W. H

“…Lancelets (‘amphioxus’) are the modern survivors of an ancient chordate lineage, with a fossil record dating back to the Cambrian period. Here we describe the…”
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Two more Posterior Hox genes and Hox cluster dispersal in echinoderms by Szabó, Réka, Ferrier, David E K

“…Hox genes are key elements in patterning animal development. They are renowned for their, often, clustered organisation in the genome, with supposed…”
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Functionally diverse front-end desaturases are widespread in the phylum Annelida by Ramos-Llorens, Marc, Hontoria, Francisco, Navarro, Juan C., Ferrier, David E.K., Monroig, Óscar

“…Aquatic single-cell organisms have long been believed to be unique primary producers of omega-3 long-chain (≥C20) polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3 LC-PUFA)…”
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More Than One-to-Four via 2R: Evidence of an Independent Amphioxus Expansion and Two-Gene Ancestral Vertebrate State for MyoD-Related Myogenic Regulatory Factors (MRFs) by Aase-Remedios, Madeleine E, Coll-Lladó, Clara, Ferrier, David E K

“…Abstract The evolutionary transition from invertebrates to vertebrates involved extensive gene duplication, but understanding precisely how such duplications…”
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Propofol detection for monitoring of intravenous anaesthesia: a review by Ferrier, David C., Kiely, Janice, Luxton, Richard

“…This paper presents a review of established and emerging methods for detecting and quantifying the intravenous anaesthetic propofol in solution. There is…”
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Amphioxus functional genomics and the origins of vertebrate gene regulation by Marlétaz, Ferdinand, Firbas, Panos N., Maeso, Ignacio, Tena, Juan J., Bogdanovic, Ozren, Perry, Malcolm, Wyatt, Christopher D. R., de la Calle-Mustienes, Elisa, Bertrand, Stephanie, Burguera, Demian, Acemel, Rafael D., van Heeringen, Simon J., Naranjo, Silvia, Herrera-Ubeda, Carlos, Skvortsova, Ksenia, Jimenez-Gancedo, Sandra, Aldea, Daniel, Marquez, Yamile, Buono, Lorena, Kozmikova, Iryna, Permanyer, Jon, Louis, Alexandra, Albuixech-Crespo, Beatriz, Le Petillon, Yann, Leon, Anthony, Subirana, Lucie, Balwierz, Piotr J., Duckett, Paul Edward, Farahani, Ensieh, Aury, Jean-Marc, Mangenot, Sophie, Wincker, Patrick, Albalat, Ricard, Benito-Gutiérrez, Èlia, Cañestro, Cristian, Castro, Filipe, D’Aniello, Salvatore, Ferrier, David E. K., Huang, Shengfeng, Laudet, Vincent, Marais, Gabriel A. B., Pontarotti, Pierre, Schubert, Michael, Seitz, Hervé, Somorjai, Ildiko, Takahashi, Tokiharu, Mirabeau, Olivier, Xu, Anlong, Yu, Jr-Kai, Carninci, Piero, Martinez-Morales, Juan Ramon, Crollius, Hugues Roest, Kozmik, Zbynek, Weirauch, Matthew T., Garcia-Fernàndez, Jordi, Lister, Ryan, Lenhard, Boris, Holland, Peter W. H., Escriva, Hector, Gómez-Skarmeta, Jose Luis, Irimia, Manuel

“…Vertebrates have greatly elaborated the basic chordate body plan and evolved highly distinctive genomes that have been sculpted by two whole-genome…”
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Reconstruction of ancient homeobox gene linkages inferred from a new high-quality assembly of the Hong Kong oyster (Magallana hongkongensis) genome by Li, Yiqian, Nong, Wenyan, Baril, Tobias, Yip, Ho Yin, Swale, Thomas, Hayward, Alexander, Ferrier, David E K, Hui, Jerome H L

“…Homeobox-containing genes encode crucial transcription factors involved in animal, plant and fungal development, and changes to homeobox genes have been linked…”
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The genome of the deep-sea anemone Actinernus sp. contains a mega-array of ANTP-class homeobox genes by Law, Sean Tsz Sum, Yu, Yifei, Nong, Wenyan, So, Wai Lok, Li, Yiqian, Swale, Thomas, Ferrier, David E K, Qiu, Jianwen, Qian, Peiyuan, Hui, Jerome Ho Lam

“…Members of the phylum Cnidaria include sea anemones, corals and jellyfish, and have successfully colonized both marine and freshwater habitats throughout the…”
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Impacts of jellyfish on marine cage aquaculture: an overview of existing knowledge and the challenges to finfish health by Clinton, Morag, Ferrier, David E K, Martin, Samuel A M, Brierley, Andrew S

“…Abstract Gelatinous plankton present a challenge to marine fish aquaculture that remains to be addressed. Shifting plankton distributions, suggested by some to…”
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Cytochrome P450 2B6 Amperometric Biosensor for Continuous Monitoring of Propofol by Ferrier, David C., Kiely, Janice, Luxton, Richard

“…Despite the growing evidence of improved patient outcomes and of a substantially reduced environmental impact of propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia…”
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Genes for de novo biosynthesis of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are widespread in animals by Kabeya, Naoki, Fonseca, Miguel M, Ferrier, David E K, Navarro, Juan C, Bay, Line K, Francis, David S, Tocher, Douglas R, Castro, L Filipe C, Monroig, Óscar

“…Marine ecosystems are responsible for virtually all production of omega-3 (ω3) long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), which are essential nutrients for…”
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Genome Biology: Unconventional DNA Repair in an Extreme Genome by Ferrier, David E.K., Sogabe, Shunsuke

“…DNA is under constant assault and needs to efficiently repair breaks. A tiny marine relative of vertebrates makes do with an alternative mechanism to the…”
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Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: annelids by Ferrier, David E K

“…Annelids (the segmented worms) have a long history in studies of animal developmental biology, particularly with regards to their cleavage patterns during…”
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Horizons in evolutionary genomics: an interview with David Ferrier by Ferrier, David E K

“…David Ferrier is a Reader at the University of St Andrews and Deputy Director of the Scottish Oceans Institute, where his lab studies how the diversity of form…”
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