Marine Organisms as Model Systems in Biology and Medicine

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 Marine Nemertean Worms for Studies of Oocyte Maturation and Aging  (Stephen A. Stricker)....Pages 3-14
 Sperm Nuclear Basic Proteins of Marine Invertebrates  (Anna Török, Sebastian G. Gornik)....Pages 15-32
 Fertilization in Starfish and Sea Urchin: Roles of Actin  (Jong Tai Chun, Filip Vasilev, Nunzia Limatola, Luigia Santella)....Pages 33-47
 Starfish as a Model System for Analyzing Signal Transduction During Fertilization  (Emily Wiseman, Lauren Bates, Altair Dubé, David J. Carroll)....Pages 49-67
 Toward Multiscale Modeling of Molecular and Biochemical Events Occurring at Fertilization Time in Sea Urchins  (Harold Moundoyi, Josselin Demouy, Sophie Le Panse, Julia Morales, Benoît Sarels, Patrick Cormier)....Pages 69-89
 Monosex in Aquaculture  (Tomer Ventura)....Pages 91-101
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 Medusa: A Review of an Ancient Cnidarian Body Form  (Cheryl Lewis Ames)....Pages 105-136
 Sea Urchin Larvae as a Model for Postembryonic Development  (Andreas Heyland, Nicholas Schuh, Jonathan Rast)....Pages 137-161
 The Ciona Notochord Gene Regulatory Network  (Michael Veeman)....Pages 163-184
 Model Systems for Exploring the Evolutionary Origins of the Nervous System  (Karri M. Haen Whitmer)....Pages 185-196
 Nonprotein-Coding RNAs as Regulators of Development in Tunicates  (Cristian A. Velandia-Huerto, Federico D. Brown, Adriaan Gittenberger, Peter F. Stadler, Clara I. Bermúdez-Santana)....Pages 197-225
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 Differentiation and Transdifferentiation of Sponge Cells  (Maja Adamska)....Pages 229-253
 Holothurians as a Model System to Study Regeneration  (José E. García-Arrarás, María I. Lázaro-Peña, Carlos A. Díaz-Balzac)....Pages 255-283
 Regeneration in Stellate Echinoderms: Crinoidea, Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea  (Yousra Ben Khadra, Michela Sugni, Cinzia Ferrario, Francesco Bonasoro, Paola Oliveri, Pedro Martinez et al.)....Pages 285-320
 Solitary Ascidians as Model Organisms in Regenerative Biology Studies  (Tal Gordon, Noa Shenkar)....Pages 321-336
 Whole-Body Regeneration in the Colonial Tunicate Botrylloides leachii  (Simon Blanchoud, Buki Rinkevich, Megan J. Wilson)....Pages 337-355
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 Beach to Bench to Bedside: Marine Invertebrate Biochemical Adaptations and Their Applications in Biotechnology and Biomedicine  (Aida Verdes, Mandë Holford)....Pages 359-376
 Coral Food, Feeding, Nutrition, and Secretion: A Review  (Walter M. Goldberg)....Pages 377-421
 The Suitability of Fishes as Models for Studying Appetitive Behavior in Vertebrates  (Pietro Amodeo, Enrico D’Aniello, Fanny Defranoux, Angela Marino, Livia D’Angelo, Michael T. Ghiselin et al.)....Pages 423-438
 Glycans with Antiviral Activity from Marine Organisms  (I. D. Grice, G. L. Mariottini)....Pages 439-475
 Cnidarian Jellyfish: Ecological Aspects, Nematocyst Isolation, and Treatment Methods of Sting  (N. Killi, G. L. Mariottini)....Pages 477-513
 These Colors Don’t Run: Regulation of Pigment—Biosynthesis in Echinoderms  (Cristina Calestani, Gary M. Wessel)....Pages 515-525
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 Reef-Building Corals as a Tool for Climate Change Research in the Genomics Era  (Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, Carlos Toledo-Hernandez)....Pages 529-546
 The Crown-of-Thorns Starfish: From Coral Reef Plague to Model System  (Kenneth W. Baughman)....Pages 547-568
 Structures and Composition of the Crab Carapace: An Archetypal Material in Biomimetic Mechanical Design  (Parvez Alam)....Pages 569-584
 Octopus vulgaris: An Alternative in Evolution  (Anna Di Cosmo, Valeria Maselli, Gianluca Polese)....Pages 585-598
 Vision Made Easy: Cubozoans Can Advance Our Understanding of Systems-Level Visual Information Processing  (Jan Bielecki, Anders Garm)....Pages 599-624