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Fig. 9 | BMC Ecology and Evolution

Fig. 9

From: Evolution of mechanisms controlling epithelial morphogenesis across animals: new insights from dissociation-reaggregation experiments in the sponge Oscarella lobularis

Fig. 9

Gene expression of epithelial genes during the dissociation-reaggregation in Oscarella lobularis. Schematic representation of a bilaterian epithelial cell (Fig. 1A) with the expression of the sponge genes during the dissociation-reaggregation experiment. All the candidate genes have an expression profile consistent with a possible function in epithelial adhesion and maintenance as in bilaterians even though only Afadin, Rap, Crumbs, Par3 and Integrin β2 are differentially expressed at 4hD, 3hR, 4hD, 4hD and 4hD respectively. No orthologs were found for the Nectin and the Integrin αvβ3. See Additional file 15: Table S11 for Standardized TPM and Log2FC values. See Fig. 8 for epithelial gene expression dynamics during the dissociation and reaggregation process

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