2024
Physalia gonodendra are not yet sexually mature when released
Oguchi K, Yamamoto G, Kohtsuka H, Dunn C. Physalia gonodendra are not yet sexually mature when released. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 23011. PMID: 39362967, PMCID: PMC11450099, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-73611-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGerm cell maturationGene expression analysisGerm cell markersReproductive ecologySexual reproductionHaploid cellsGerm cellsReproductive biologyGonophoresExpression analysisRelated genesLife cycleGenesCell maturationGermConsistent with other studiesFlow cytometryPhysalia utriculusExpressionCnidariaCell markersCellsPhysaliaSpermHydrozoaGiants among Cnidaria: Large Nuclear Genomes and Rearranged Mitochondrial Genomes in Siphonophores
Ahuja N, Cao X, Schultz D, Picciani N, Lord A, Shao S, Jia K, Burdick D, Haddock S, Li Y, Dunn C. Giants among Cnidaria: Large Nuclear Genomes and Rearranged Mitochondrial Genomes in Siphonophores. Genome Biology And Evolution 2024, 16: evae048. PMID: 38502059, PMCID: PMC10980510, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsK-mer spectraMitochondrial genomeGenomic diversityK-mersNuclear genomeEstimate nuclear genome sizesMitochondrial gene orderNuclear genome sizeGenome assembly projectsRearranged mitochondrial genomesK-mer countingGenome skimmingGene orderGenome sizeRead coverageSequencing depthPhylogenetic samplingIllumina sequencingCnidarian speciesGenomeAssembly projectsSiphonophoresZooplankton communityAbundant predatorsSpecies
2018
Description of Tottonophyes enigmatica gen. nov., sp. nov. (Hydrozoa, Siphonophora, Calycophorae), with a reappraisal of the function and homology of nectophoral canals
PUGH P, DUNN C, HADDOCK S. Description of Tottonophyes enigmatica gen. nov., sp. nov. (Hydrozoa, Siphonophora, Calycophorae), with a reappraisal of the function and homology of nectophoral canals. Zootaxa 2018, 4415: 452-472. PMID: 30313611, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.3.3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Molecular Phylogenetics of the Siphonophora (Cnidaria), with Implications for the Evolution of Functional Specialization
Dunn C, Pugh P, Haddock S. Molecular Phylogenetics of the Siphonophora (Cnidaria), with Implications for the Evolution of Functional Specialization. Systematic Biology 2005, 54: 916-935. PMID: 16338764, DOI: 10.1080/10635150500354837.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRibosomal RNA genesRNA genesNuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA geneLarge subunit ribosomal RNA geneFunctional specializationSmall subunit ribosomal RNA geneMitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA geneFree-living animalsMolecular phylogeneticsOutgroup taxaColonial hydrozoansParsimony reconstructionsMolecular dataBudding processMorphological dataTaxaFunctional typesSiphonophoresMajor groupsPhylogenyDeep seaMedusaeGenesLiving animalsScuba divingBioluminescent and Red-Fluorescent Lures in a Deep-Sea Siphonophore
Haddock S, Dunn C, Pugh P, Schnitzler C. Bioluminescent and Red-Fluorescent Lures in a Deep-Sea Siphonophore. Science 2005, 309: 263-263. PMID: 16002609, DOI: 10.1126/science.1110441.Peer-Reviewed Original Research