Knockout of a single Sox gene resurrects an ancestral cell type in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
L. S. Babonis, C. Enjolras, A. J. Reft, B. M. Foster, F. Hugosson, J. F. Ryan, M. Daly, m. q. martindale
The paper shows that knocking out NvSox2 in Nematostella vectensis converts nematocytes into spirocytes, revealing a mechanism for cnidocyte diversity.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2021Evolutionary Biology