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Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization and 5-Ethynyl-2'-Deoxyuridine Labeling for Stem-Like Cells in the Hydrozoan Jellyfish Cladonema pacificum
Published on: August 3, 2022
[Shape conservatism and shaping variability. The comparative analysis of Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa early development]
1Dep. Theory of Evolution, Biological Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow University, Moscow 119899, Russia. yulia_kraus@mail.ru
Abstract:
The morphogenetic pathways based on the self-organization take an important part in the early development of White Sea Cnidarians--Dynamena pumila (Hydrozoa) and Aurelia aurita (Scyphozoa). Comparative analysis of their early development revealed two patterns of embryonic spatial structure reproduced in the morphogenesis of both species in spite of the differences of morphogenetic paths. These are toroidal and bilaterally symmetrical shapes. It is possible that these shapes correspond to the equilibrium states of developing system and their stable reproduction is a result of epigenetic rather than genetic program.
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