title: Genetic and genomic tools for the marine annelid Platynereis dumerilii.
abstract: The bristle worm Platynereis dumerilii displays many interesting biological characteristics. These include its reproductive timing, which is synchronized to the moon phase, its regenerative capacity that is hormonally controlled, and a slow rate of evolution, which permits analyses of ancestral genes and cell types. As a marine annelid, Platynereis is also representative of the marine ecosystem, as well as one of the three large animal subphyla, the Lophotrochozoa. Here, we provide an overview of the molecular resources, functional techniques, and behavioral assays that have recently been established for the bristle worm. This combination of tools now places Platynereis in an excellent position to advance research at the frontiers of neurobiology, chronobiology, evo-devo, and marine biology.
authors.affiliation: Max F. Perutz Laboratories.
authors.forename: Juliane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zantke
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bannister
authors.forename: Vinoth Babu Veedin
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Rajan
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raible
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tessmar-Raible
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011077:Polychaeta / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics*