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ReviewEvoDevo2021

The Nereid on the rise: Platynereis as a model system.

B Duygu Özpolat, Nadine Randel, Elizabeth A Williams, Luis Alberto Bezares-Calderón, Gabriele Andreatta, Guillaume Balavoine, Paola Y Bertucci, David E K Ferrier, Maria Cristina Gambi, Eve Gazave and 14 more

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Review in EvoDevo, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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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

32 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

24 authors.

B Duygu ÖzpolatEugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA. dozpolat@mbl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1900-965X
Nadine RandelDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, UK. nr479@cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7817-4137
Elizabeth A WilliamsBiosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. e.williams2@exeter.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3067-3137
Luis Alberto Bezares-CalderónLiving Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, UK. L.A.Bezares-Calderon@exeter.ac.uk.
Gabriele AndreattaMax Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/4, 1030, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8857-7282
Guillaume BalavoineInstitut Jacques Monod, University of Paris/CNRS, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75013, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0880-1331
Paola Y BertucciEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Developmental Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany.
David E K FerrierGatty Marine Laboratory, The Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, East Sands, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 8LB, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3247-6233
Maria Cristina GambiNational Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0168-776X
Eve GazaveInstitut Jacques Monod, University of Paris/CNRS, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75013, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4647-6640
Mette Handberg-ThorsagerMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstraße 108, 01307, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3908-7233
Jörg HardegeDepartment of Biological & Marine Sciences, Hull University, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU67RX, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7815-3969
Cameron HirdLiving Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-9418
Yu-Wen HsiehMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstraße 108, 01307, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4500-5724
Jerome HuiSchool of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Kevin Nzumbi MutemiEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Developmental Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6426-2363
Stephan Q SchneiderInstitute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, No. 128, Sec. 2, Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8981-7089
Oleg SimakovDepartment for Neurosciences and Developmental Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3585-4511
Hernando M VergaraSainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, Howland Street 25, London, W1T 4JG, UK.
Michel VervoortInstitut Jacques Monod, University of Paris/CNRS, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75013, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5995-2140
Gáspár JékelyLiving Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, UK. g.jekely@exeter.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8496-9836
Kristin Tessmar-RaibleMax Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/4, 1030, Vienna, Austria. kristin.tessmar@mfpl.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8038-1741
Florian RaibleMax Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/4, 1030, Vienna, Austria. florian.raible@univie.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4515-6485
Detlev ArendtEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Developmental Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany. arendt@embl.de.

Funding

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Germline RegenerationR35GM138008 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Busra Duygu Ozpolat · 2020 to 2026
$2.6M
Austrian Science Fund FWF I 2972Austrian Science Fund FWF P 28970Austrian Science Fund FWF P 30035Austrian Science Fund FWF P 32190Austrian Science Fund FWF Y 413Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/T00990X/1NIGMS NIH HHS 1R35GM138008-01NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138008Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 214337/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Nereid Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin and Milne Edwards (Annales des Sciences Naturelles 1:195-269, 1833) is a marine annelid that belongs to the Nereididae, a family of errant polychaete worms. The Nereid shows a pelago-benthic life cycle: as a general characteristic for the superphylum of Lophotrochozoa/Spiralia, it has spirally cleaving embryos developing into swimming trochophore larvae. The larvae then metamorphose into benthic worms living in self-spun tubes on macroalgae. Platynereis is used as a model for genetics, regeneration, reproduction biology, development, evolution, chronobiology, neurobiology, ecology, ecotoxicology, and most recently also for connectomics and single-cell genomics. Research on the Nereid started with studies on eye development and spiralian embryogenesis in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Transitioning into the molecular era, Platynereis research focused on posterior growth and regeneration, neuroendocrinology, circadian and lunar cycles, fertilization, and oocyte maturation. Other work covered segmentation, photoreceptors and other sensory cells, nephridia, and population dynamics. Most recently, the unique advantages of the Nereid young worm for whole-body volume electron microscopy and single-cell sequencing became apparent, enabling the tracing of all neurons in its rope-ladder-like central nervous system, and the construction of multimodal cellular atlases. Here, we provide an overview of current topics and methodologies for P. dumerilii, with the aim of stimulating further interest into our unique model and expanding the active and vibrant Platynereis community.

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AnnelidaEvo-devoIntegrative biologyMarine model speciesSpiralia

Identifiers

PMID34579780
PMCPMC8477482

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