Evolutionary BiologyThe Journal of General PhysiologyPeer-reviewed
Ctenophores and parahoxozoans independently evolved complex and functionally diverse sets of voltage-gated K+ channels
Benjamin T. Simonson, Zhaoyang Jiang, Joseph F. Ryan, Timothy J. Jegla
The paper identifies and functionally characterizes voltage-gated K+ channels in ctenophores, showing independent evolution of diverse subtypes similar to those in cnidarians and bilaterians.