Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33676872›Full record

ArticleMarine genomics2021

Transcriptomic analysis of Nodal - and BMP- associated genes during development to the juvenile seastar in Parvulastra exigua (Asterinidae).

Maria Byrne, Demian Koop, Dario Strbenac, Paula Cisternas, Jean Yee Hwa Yang, Phillip L Davidson, Gregory Wray

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Marine genomics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Metameric Echinoderm.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2024
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria ByrneSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Electronic address: byrne@sydney.edu.au.
Demian KoopSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Dario StrbenacSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Paula CisternasSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Jean Yee Hwa YangSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Phillip L DavidsonDepartment of Biology and Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Gregory WrayDepartment of Biology and Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
University of Sydney · AUDuke University · US

Funding

Training Program in Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyT32HD040372 · NICHD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Terry H Lechler · 2001 to 2026
$8.9M
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD040372
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The molecular mechanisms underlying development of the pentameral body of adult echinoderms are poorly understood but are important to solve with respect to evolution of a unique body plan that contrasts with the bilateral body plan of other deuterostomes. As Nodal and BMP2/4 signalling is involved in axis formation in larvae and development of the echinoderm body plan, we used the developmental transcriptome generated for the asterinid seastar Parvulastra exigua to investigate the temporal expression patterns of Nodal and BMP2/4 genes from the embryo and across metamorphosis to the juvenile. For echinoderms, the Asteroidea represents the basal-type body architecture with a distinct (separated) ray structure. Parvulastra exigua has lecithotrophic development forming the juvenile soon after gastrulation providing ready access to the developing adult stage. We identified 39 genes associated with the Nodal and BMP2/4 network in the P. exigua developmental transcriptome. Clustering analysis of these genes resulted in 6 clusters with similar temporal expression patterns across development. A co-expression analysis revealed genes that have similar expression profiles as Nodal and BMP2/4. These results indicated genes that may have a regulatory relationship in patterning morphogenesis of the juvenile seastar. Developmental RNA-seq analyses of Parvulastra exigua show changes in Nodal and BMP2/4 signalling genes across the metamorphic transition. We provide the foundation for detailed analyses of this cascade in the evolution of the unusual pentameral echinoderm body and its deuterostome affinities.

Indexed as

StarfishTranscriptomeAnimalsEchinodermataGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAsteroideaDevelopmental transcriptomeEchinodermataMetamorphosisPentameryRadial body plan

Identifiers

PMID33676872
PMCPMC8922652
OpenAlexW3135694233

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.