An ever-growing roster of model organisms is a hallmark of 21st century Developmental Biology. Emerging model organisms are well suited to asking some fascinating and important questions that cannot be addressed using established model systems. And new methods are increasingly facilitating the adoption of new research organisms in laboratories. This volume is written by some of the scientists who have played pivotal roles in developing new models or in significantly advancing tools in emerging systems.
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Table of Contents
1. The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, a model for all agesJohn L. Bowman
2. The wild grass Brachypodium distachyon as a developmental model system
Michael T. Raissig and Daniel P. Woods
3. The history of Salpingoeca rosetta as a model for reconstructinganimal origins
David S. Booth and Nicole King
4. Emerging models: The "development� of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis as useful experimental models
Mark Q. Martindale
5. Past, present and future of Clytia hemisphaerica as a laboratory jellyfish
Evelyn Houliston, Lucas Lecl�re, Catriona Munro, Richard R. Copley, and Tsuyoshi Momose
6. Studying development, regeneration, stem cells, and more in the acoel Hofstenia miamia
Mansi Srivastava
7. Tardigrades and their emergence as model organisms
Bob Goldstein
8. The crustacean model Parhyale hawaiensis
Mathilde Paris, Carsten Wolff, Nipam H. Patel, and Michalis Averof
9. My road to the ants: A model clade for eco-evo-devo
Ehab Abouheif
10. Cricket: The third domesticated insect
Taro Mito, Yoshiyasu Ishimaru, Takahito Watanabe, Taro Nakamura, Guillem Ylla, Sumihare Noji, and Cassandra G. Extavour
11. Schmidtea happens: Re-establishing the planarian as a model for studying the mechanisms of regeneration
Phillip A. Newmark and Alejandro S�nchez Alvarado
12. The good, the bad, and the ugly: From planarians to parasites
Tania Rozario, James J. Collins III, and Phillip A. Newmark
13. Slipper snail tales: How Crepidula fornicata and Crepidula atrasolea became model molluscs
Deirdre C. Lyons and Jonathan Q. Henry
14. Sifting through the mud: A tale of building the annelid Capitella teleta for EvoDevo studies
Elaine C. Seaver
15. Glossiphoniid leeches as a touchstone for studies of development in clitellate annelids
David A. Weisblat
16. Journey beyond the embryo: The beauty of Pristina and naidine annelids for studying regeneration and agametic reproduction
Alexandra E. Bely
17. Streblospio benedicti: A genetic model for understanding the evolution of development and life-history
Christina Zakas
18. The arm of the starfish: The far-reaching applications of Patiria miniata as a model system in evolutionary, developmental, and regenerative biology
Anne Meyer and Veronica Hinman
19. Saccoglossus kowalevskii: Evo-devo insights from the mud
Jessica Gray, Jens H. Fritzenwanker, Doreen D. Cunningham, and Christopher J. Lowe
20. The invertebrate chordate amphioxus gives clues to vertebrate origins
Linda Z. Holland and Nicholas D. Holland
21. 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 Dasen
22. The Axolotl's journey to the modern molecular era
Karen Echeverri, Jifeng Fei, and Elly M. Tanaka
23. A remarkable rodent: Regeneration and reproduction in spiny mice (Acomys)
Ashley W. Seifert and Peter Temple-Smith
