Evolutionary loss of melanogenesis in the tunicate Molgula occulta

Agriculture & Biology

• Molgula 100%
• Molgula oculata 94%
• melanogenesis 75%
• Urochordata 70%
• melanocytes 35%
• pseudogenes 32%
• sense organs 23%
• pigments 21%
• embryo (animal) 19%
• Molgulidae 18%
• larvae 16%
• vertebrates 13%
• Ciona 13%
• genes 12%
• alleles 12%
• neural crest 12%
• interspersed repetitive sequences 12%
• cells 11%
• regulatory sequences 10%
• gene duplication 9%
• nervous system 9%
• reporter genes 9%
• pigmentation 9%
• in situ hybridization 8%
• biochemical pathways 7%
• mutation 6%
• proteins 6%
• loci 5%
• habitats 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• gene 42%
• loss 29%
• embryo 28%
• family 26%
• pigment 26%
• larva 26%
• organ 25%
• cell 22%
• allele 20%
• ecological adaptation 13%
• metazoan 11%
• nervous system 10%
• mutation 9%
• phylogenetics 7%
• habitat 5%
• in situ 5%
• history 5%
• analysis 2%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Urochordata 78%
• Monophenol Monooxygenase 70%
• Pseudogenes 16%
• Melanocytes 14%
• Larva 13%
• Ciona intestinalis 13%
• Embryonic Structures 10%
• Vertebrates 7%
• Genes 6%
• Alleles 6%
• Interspersed Repetitive Sequences 5%
• Gene Duplication 5%
• Biosynthetic Pathways 5%
• Neural Crest 4%
• Pigmentation 4%
• Ecosystem 4%
• Reporter Genes 4%
• Sequence Analysis 3%
• In Situ Hybridization 3%
• Nervous System 3%
• Proteins 3%
• Light 3%
• Mutation 2%
• Population 1%