Starfish

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Covering Ground: Movement Patterns and Random Walk Behavior in Aquilonastra anomala Sea Stars. 
  • Evidence that myosin does not contribute to force production in chromosome movement. 
  • Identification of asteroid genera with species capable of larval cloning. 
  • Studies on the in vivo sensitivity of spindle microtubules to calcium ions and evidence for a vesicular calcium-sequestering system. 
  • The phylogeny of extant starfish (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) including Xyloplax, based on comparative transcriptomics. 
  • Transcriptomic analysis of Nodal - and BMP- associated genes during development to the juvenile seastar in Parvulastra exigua (Asterinidae). 
  • Transcriptomic analysis of sea star development through metamorphosis to the highly derived pentameral body plan with a focus on neural transcription factors.