title: Establishing a model organism: a report from the first annual Nematostella meeting.
abstract: The sea anemone Nematostella vectensis has developed into a model organism for studying genome evolution and animal development.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA. areitzel@whoi.edu
authors.forename: Adam M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Reitzel
authors.forename: Joseph F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Tarrant
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression; D023281:Genomics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012106:Research; D012615:Sea Anemones / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology