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: Received: 31 May 2021 / Approved: 1 June 2021 / Online: 1 June 2021 (10:37:04 CEST)
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Paris, M.; Wolff, C.; Patel, N.; Averof, M. The Crustacean Model Parhyale hawaiensis. Preprints.org2021, 2021060018. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202106.0018.v1.
Paris, M.; Wolff, C.; Patel, N.; Averof, M. The Crustacean Model Parhyale hawaiensis. Preprints.org 2021, 2021060018. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202106.0018.v1.
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Paris, M.; Wolff, C.; Patel, N.; Averof, M. The Crustacean Model Parhyale hawaiensis. Preprints.org2021, 2021060018. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202106.0018.v1.
Paris, M.; Wolff, C.; Patel, N.; Averof, M. The Crustacean Model Parhyale hawaiensis. Preprints.org 2021, 2021060018. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202106.0018.v1.
Abstract
Arthropods are the most abundant and diverse animals on earth. Among them, pancrustaceans are an ancient and morphologically diverse group, comprising a wide range of aquatic and semi-aquatic crustaceans as well as the insects, which emerged from crustacean ancestors to colonise most terrestrial habitats. Within insects, Drosophila stands out as one of the most powerful animal models, making major contributions to our understanding of development, physiology and behaviour. Given these attributes, crustaceans provide a fertile ground for exploring biological diversity through comparative studies. However, beyond insects, few crustaceans are developed sufficiently as experimental models to enable such studies. The marine amphipod Parhyale hawaiensis is currently the best established crustacean system, offering year-round accessibility to developmental stages, transgenic tools, genomic resources, and established genetics and imaging approaches. The Parhyale research community is small but diverse, investigating the evolution of development, regeneration, aspects of sensory biology, chronobiology, bioprocessing and ecotoxicology.
Keywords
emerging model organism; evo-devo; development; evolution; regeneration; genetic tools; live imaging
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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