Sifting through the mud: A tale of building the annelid Capitella teleta for EvoDevo studies.

Curr Top Dev Biol

Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL, United States. Electronic address:

Published: April 2022

Over the last few decades, the annelid Capitella teleta has been used increasingly as a study system for investigations of development and regeneration. Its favorable properties include an ability to continuously maintain a laboratory culture, availability of a sequenced genome, a stereotypic cleavage program of early development, substantial regeneration abilities, and established experimental and functional genomics techniques. With this review I tell of my adventure of establishing the Capitella teleta as an emerging model and share examples of a few of the contributions our work has made to the fields of evo-devo and developmental biology. I highlight examples of conservation in developmental programs as well as surprising deviations from existing paradigms that highlight the importance of leveraging biological diversity to shift thinking in the field. The story for each study system is unique, and every animal has its own advantages and disadvantages as an experimental system. Just like most progress in science, it takes strategy, hard work and determination to develop tools and resources for a less studied animal, but luck and serendipity also play a role. I include a few narratives to personalize the science, share details of the story that are not included in typical publications, and provide perspective for investigators who are interested in developing their own study organism.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.ctdb.2021.12.018DOI Listing

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