Exposure to low pH induces molecular level changes in the marine worm, Platynereis dumerilii.

Exposure to low pH induces molecular level changes in the marine 2 worm , Platynereis dumerilii

Genetic and Genomic Tools for the Marine Annelid Platynereis dumerilii

The bristle worm Platynereis dumerilii displays many interesting biological characteristics. These include its reproductive timing, which is synchronized to the moon phase, its regenerative capacity that is hormonally controlled, and a slow rate of evolution, which permits analyses of ancestral genes and cell types. As a marine annelid, Platynereis is also representative of the marine ecosystem...

2D tracking of Platynereis dumerilii worms during spawning

Platynereis dumerilii are marine worms that reproduce by external fertilisation and exhibit particular swimming behaviours during spawning. In this paper we propose a novel worm tracking approach that enables the 2D tracking and feature extraction during the spawning process of these worms. The gathered data will be used in the future to characterise and compare male and female spawning behavio...

Linking micro- and macro-evolution at the cell type level: a view from the lophotrochozoan Platynereis dumerilii.

Ever since the origin of the first metazoans over 600 million years ago, cell type diversification has been driven by micro-evolutionary processes at population level, leading to macro-evolution changes above species level. In this review, we introduce the marine annelid Platynereis dumerilii, a member of the lophotrochozoan clade (a key yet most understudied superphylum of bilaterians), as a s...

TALENs Mediate Efficient and Heritable Mutation of Endogenous Genes in the Marine Annelid Platynereis dumerilii

Platynereis dumerilii is a marine polychaete and an established model system for studies of evolution and development. Platynereis is also a re-emerging model for studying the molecular basis of circalunar reproductive timing: a biological phenomenon observed in many marine species. While gene expression studies have provided new insight into patterns of gene regulation, a lack of reverse genet...