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| Title |
Evolutionary origins of sensation in metazoans: functional evidence for a new sensory organ in sponges
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-14-3 |
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| Authors |
Danielle A Ludeman, Nathan Farrar, Ana Riesgo, Jordi Paps, Sally P Leys |
| Abstract |
One of the hallmarks of multicellular organisms is the ability of their cells to trigger responses to the environment in a coordinated manner. In recent years primary cilia have been shown to be present as 'antennae' on almost all animal cells, and are involved in cell-to-cell signaling in development and tissue homeostasis; how this sophisticated sensory system arose has been little-studied and its evolution is key to understanding how sensation arose in the Animal Kingdom. Sponges (Porifera), one of the earliest evolving phyla, lack conventional muscles and nerves and yet sense and respond to changes in their fluid environment. Here we demonstrate the presence of non-motile cilia in sponges and studied their role as flow sensors. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 38 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 11% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 5% |
| Brazil | 2 | 5% |
| Germany | 2 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 19 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 25 | 66% |
| Scientists | 10 | 26% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 194 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 2% |
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Brazil | 2 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 180 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 50 | 26% |
| Researcher | 32 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 10% |
| Other | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 27 | 14% |
| Unknown | 23 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 103 | 53% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 27 | 14% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 4% |
| Engineering | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 4% |
| Unknown | 29 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 115. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 October 2022.
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