The Biological Bulletin back issues from October 2007:
Endogenous green fluorescent protein (GFP) in amphioxus.(Report)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) are well known for their intensive use in cellular and molecular biology in applications that take advantage of the GFPs self-folding and built-in fluorophore characteristics as biomarker. Occurrence and function of GFPs in nature is less known. For a long ...
Exogonadal oogenesis in a temperate holothurian.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Introduction Oocytes in holothurians, as in other echinoderms, are produced in the ovary of the female; they are formed from reproductive cells called germ cells, in a process referred to as oogenesis. The very close link that exists between the germinal epithelium, the germ ...
Embryonic and larval development of the host sea anemones Entacmaea quadricolor and Heteractis crispa.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Introduction In cnidarians, fertilization may take place within the parent (i.e., brooding) or externally in the water column after the gametes are shed (i.e., broadcast spawning) (Campbell, 1974; Harrison and Jamieson, 1999; Fautin, 2002). Species that broadcast-spawn their ...
Central nervous system of Chaetoderma japonicum (Caudofoveata, aplacophora): implications for diversified ganglionic plans in early molluscan evolution.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Introduction Caudofoveata (Chaetodermomorpha) consists of small vermiform molluscs with shining aragonite spicules embedded in a chitinous cuticle (see Fig. 1A). They are one of the most primitive extant molluscan groups to have several plesiomorphic characters (Thiele, 1902; ...
Antipredator defense and phenotypic plasticity of sclerites from Renilla muelleri, a tropical sea pansy.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Introduction Sessile invertebrates may evade predators through an arsenal of chemical and physical defenses. For example, the evolutionary success of one group of sessile invertebrates--soft corals (Cnidaria, Alcyonacea)--living in areas of high predation and competition, such ...
Morphological and ecological determinants of body temperature of Geukensia demissa, the Atlantic ribbed mussel, and their effects on mussel mortality.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Introduction Quantitative prediction of the effects of global climate change on species ranges and on patterns of organismal abundance and biodiversity is an important and increasingly pressing issue. Evidence of the impacts of climate change can be seen in a variety of ...
An extraordinarily long larval duration of 4.5 years from hatching to metamorphosis for teleplanic veligers of Fusitriton oregonensis.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Introduction Teleplanic (long-lived) larvae are transported by currents across ocean basins (Hacker, 1898; Mortensen, 1898; Scheltema, 1968, 1988; Laursen, 1981) and have been reported in diverse taxa, including ranellid and architectonicid gastropods (Scheltema, 1966, 1971a, b, ...
Nitric oxide inhibits metamorphosis in larvae of Crepidula fornicata, the slippershell snail.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Introduction The larvae of marine invertebrates are competent to metamorphose either at or soon after their release into the plankton (e.g., bryozoans and ascidians: Woollacott et al., 1989; Wendt, 1996; Marshall et al., 2003; Zega et al., 2005) or they become competent to ...
Localization of glutamate-like immunoreactive neurons in the central and peripheral nervous system of the adult and developing pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Introduction Glutamate (GLU) is a major excitatory neurotransmitter, widely distributed throughout the animal kingdom in both vertebrates and invertebrates. Its role is best characterized in different brain regions of higher vertebrates (Collingridge and Lester, 1989; Dingledine ...
Crustacean social behavioral changes in response to isolation.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Introduction There is current interest in social behavior and the factors that affect interactions (e.g., Whitehouse and Lubin, 2005; Hsu et al., 2006; Komdeur, 2006; Sumpter, 2006). Decapod crustaceans are a key subject because investigations of their aggressive behavior permit ...
Water uptake via two pairs of specialized legs in Ligia exotica (Crustacea, Isopoda).
Oct 01, 2007; ... Introduction Isopods are a group of peracaridan crustaceans with representatives in almost any conceivable habitat, from the Arctic and Antarctic to the tropics, the deep sea to high mountains, lakes and streams to caves and deserts. On the basis of the diversity of ...