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Alyson Ficca

Illinois State University

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Analysis of Nematode Ventral Nerve Cords Suggests Multiple Instances of Evolutionary Addition and Loss of Neurons

Jae-Yeong Han, Alyson Ficca, Marissa Lanzatella, Kanika Leang, Matthew Barnum, Jonathan C. T. Boudreaux, Nathan E. Schroeder

The paper quantifies neuron counts in nematode ventral nerve cords to reveal evolutionary patterns, finding significant variation between Enoplea and Chromadorea and suggesting a distributed nervous system in Mononchus aquaticus.

Evolution & Development · Apr 5, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Distinct mechanoreceptor pezo-1 isoforms modulate food intake in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Kiley J. Hughes, Ashka Shah, Xiaofei Bai, Jessica M. Adams, Rosemary Bauer, Janelle Jackson, Emily Harris, Alyson Ficca, Ploy Freebairn, Shawn Mohammed, Eliana M. Fernández, Chance Bainbridge, Marcela Adriana Brocco, Wolfgang Stein, Andres Gabriel Vidal-Gadea

This study identifies distinct pezo-1 isoforms in C. elegans with tissue-specific expression and functional roles in food intake regulation.

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · Dec 15, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetics