All Outputs (6)

Mobilising molluscan models and genomes in biology (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Davison, A., & Neiman, M. Mobilising molluscan models and genomes in biology

Molluscs are amongst the most ancient, diverse, and important of all animal taxa. Even so, no individual mollusc species has emerged as a broadly applied model system in biology. We here make the case that both perceptual and methodological barriers... Read More about Mobilising molluscan models and genomes in biology.

Internet 'shellebrity' reflects on origin of rare mirror-image snails: Origins of rare mirror-image snails (2020)
Journal Article
Davison, A., & Thomas, P. (2020). Internet 'shellebrity' reflects on origin of rare mirror-image snails: Origins of rare mirror-image snails. Biology Letters, 16(6), Article 20200110. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0110

© 2020 The Author(s). While animal bodies are typically bilaterally symmetric on the outside, the internal organs nearly always show an invariant left-right (LR) asymmetry. In comparison, snails are both internally and externally LR asymmetric, outwa... Read More about Internet 'shellebrity' reflects on origin of rare mirror-image snails: Origins of rare mirror-image snails.

Internet 'shellebrity' reflects on origin of rare mirror-image snails (2020)
Journal Article
Davison, A., Thomas, P., & ‘Jeremy the snail’ citizen scientists. (2020). Internet 'shellebrity' reflects on origin of rare mirror-image snails. Biology Letters, 16(6), Article 20200110. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0110

While animal bodies are typically bilaterally symmetric on the outside, the internal organs nearly always show an invariant left-right (LR) asymmetry. In comparison, snails are both internally and externally LR asymmetric, outwardly obvious in the sh... Read More about Internet 'shellebrity' reflects on origin of rare mirror-image snails.

Molecular phylogeny of freshwater snails and limpets (Panpulmonata: Hygrophila) (2020)
Journal Article
SAADI, A. J., DAVISON, A., & WADE, C. M. (2020). Molecular phylogeny of freshwater snails and limpets (Panpulmonata: Hygrophila). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 190(2), 518-531. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz177

© 2020 The Linnean Society of London. We have undertaken a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Hygrophila based on 3112 sites of the large subunit and 5.8S ribosomal RNA genes. A clear basal division between Chilinoidea and Lymnaeoid... Read More about Molecular phylogeny of freshwater snails and limpets (Panpulmonata: Hygrophila).

Flipping Shells! Unwinding LR Asymmetry in Mirror-Image Molluscs (2020)
Journal Article
Davison, A. (2020). Flipping Shells! Unwinding LR Asymmetry in Mirror-Image Molluscs. Trends in Genetics, 36(3), 189-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2019.12.003

© 2019 In seeking to understand the establishment of left–right (LR) asymmetry, a limiting factor is that most animals are ordinarily invariant in their asymmetry, except when manipulated or mutated. It is therefore surprising that the wider scientif... Read More about Flipping Shells! Unwinding LR Asymmetry in Mirror-Image Molluscs.

Formin, an opinion (2020)
Journal Article
Davison, A., McDowell, G. S., Holden, J. M., Johnson, H. F., Wade, C. M., Chiba, S., Jackson, D. J., Levin, M., & Blaxter, M. L. (2020). Formin, an opinion. Development, 147(1), Article dev187427. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.187427