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+[[!meta title="Deuterostome Genomics: Lineage-Specific Protein Expansions That Enabled Chordate Muscle Evolution."]]
+[[!tag Oikopleura muscle]]
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+Inoue J, Satoh N.
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+Mol Biol Evol. 2018 Apr 1;35(4):914-924. doi:10.1093/molbev/msy002
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+Deuterostome Genomics: Lineage-Specific Protein Expansions That Enabled Chordate Muscle Evolution.
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+[[!pmid 29319812 desc="Duplication of some muscle genes in the stem Oikopleura lineage, perhaps reflecting the importance of tail movement during larval and adult stages."]]
([[Yadetie et al, 2012|biblio/22300585]]).
- _O. dioica_, like other deuterostomes, has acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs).
They are expressed in the nervous system ([[Lynagh et al., 2018|biblio/30061402]]).
+ - Some muscle genes were duplicated in the _Oikopleura_ stem lineage
+ ([[Inoue & Satoh|biblio/29319812]]), prehaps reflecting the importance of
+ tail movements at larval and adult stages.
+
Transcriptome
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