Left-Right Asymmetry in the Sea Urchin Embryo: BMP and the Asymmetrical Origins of the Adult | Zendy

Jacob F. Warner | Zendy; Deirdre C. Lyons | Zendy; David R. McClay | Zendy

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Left-Right Asymmetry in the Sea Urchin Embryo: BMP and the Asymmetrical Origins of the Adult

Author(s) -

Jacob F. Warner,

Deirdre C. Lyons,

David R. McClay

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

plos biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127

H-Index - 271

eISSN - 1545-7885

pISSN - 1544-9173

DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001404

Subject(s) - biology , coelom , sea urchin , metamorphosis , anatomy , pouch , developmental biology , embryo , microbiology and biotechnology , bone morphogenetic protein , larva , strongylocentrotus purpuratus , nodal signaling , nodal , signal transduction , gastrulation , embryogenesis , genetics , ecology , gene

The entire adult sea urchin develops on the left side of the larva. This Primer discusses a new study that reports that BMP signalling activates this process while Nodal signalling inhibits it on the larva's right side.

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