Emerging Model Systems in Developmental Biology

Bob Goldstein is the James L. Peacock III Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His laboratory uses C. elegans as a model for discovering fundamental mechanisms in cell and developmental biology, and he has developed tardigrades as emerging models for studying the evolution of development and how biological materials can survive extreme conditions. Mansi Srivastava is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and a Curator of Invertebrate Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. She developed the three-banded panther worm as a new research organism, which her laboratory uses to study the evolution of development, regeneration, and stem cells.

• 1. The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, a model for all agesJohn L. Bowman2. The wild grass Brachypodium distachyon as a developmental model system Michael T. Raissig and Daniel P. Woods3. The history of Salpingoeca rosetta as a model for reconstructinganimal origins David S. Booth and Nicole King4. Emerging models: The “development” of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis as useful experimental models Mark Q. Martindale5. Past, present and future of Clytia hemisphaerica as a laboratory jellyfish Evelyn Houliston, Lucas Leclère, Catriona Munro, Richard R. Copley, and Tsuyoshi Momose6. Studying development, regeneration, stem cells, and more in the acoel Hofstenia miamia Mansi Srivastava7. Tardigrades and their emergence as model organisms Bob Goldstein8. The crustacean model Parhyale hawaiensisMathilde Paris, Carsten Wolff, Nipam H. Patel, and Michalis Averof9. My road to the ants: A model clade for eco-evo-devoEhab Abouheif10. Cricket: The third domesticated insect Taro Mito, Yoshiyasu Ishimaru, Takahito Watanabe, Taro Nakamura, Guillem Ylla, Sumihare Noji, and Cassandra G. Extavour11. Schmidtea happens: Re-establishing the planarian as a model for studying the mechanisms of regenerationPhillip A. Newmark and Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado12. The good, the bad, and the ugly: From planarians to parasitesTania Rozario, James J. Collins III, and Phillip A. Newmark13. Slipper snail tales: How Crepidula fornicata and Crepidula atrasolea became model molluscsDeirdre C. Lyons and Jonathan Q. Henry14. Sifting through the mud: A tale of building the annelid Capitella teleta for EvoDevo studies Elaine C. Seaver15. Glossiphoniid leeches as a touchstone for studies of development in clitellate annelidsDavid A. Weisblat16. Journey beyond the embryo: The beauty of Pristina and naidine annelids for studying regeneration and agametic reproductionAlexandra E. Bely17. Streblospio benedicti: A genetic model for understanding the evolution of development and life-history Christina Zakas18. The arm of the starfish: The far-reaching applications of Patiria miniata as a model system in evolutionary, developmental, and regenerative biologyAnne Meyer and Veronica Hinman19. Saccoglossus kowalevskii: Evo-devo insights from the mud Jessica Gray, Jens H. Fritzenwanker, Doreen D. Cunningham, and Christopher J. Lowe20. The invertebrate chordate amphioxus gives clues to vertebrate origins Linda Z. Holland and Nicholas D. Holland21. Big insight from the little skate: Leucoraja erinacea as a developmental model system J. Andrew Gillis, Scott Bennett, Katharine E. Criswell, Jenaid Rees, Victoria A. Sleight, Christine Hirschberger, Dan Calzarette, Sarah Kerr, and Jeremy Dasen22. The Axolotl's journey to the modern molecular era Karen Echeverri, Jifeng Fei, and Elly M. Tanaka23. A remarkable rodent: Regeneration and reproduction in spiny mice (Acomys) Ashley W. Seifert and Peter Temple-Smith