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Girard MG, Davis MP, Tan HH, Wedd DJ, Chakrabarty P, Ludt WB, Summers AP, Smith WL. Phylogenetics of archerfishes (Toxotidae) and evolution of the toxotid shooting apparatus. Integr Org Biol 2022; 4:obac013. [PMID: 35814192 PMCID: PMC9259087 DOI: 10.1093/iob/obac013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Archerfishes (Toxotidae) are variously found in the fresh- and brackish-water environments of Asia Pacific and are well known for their ability to shoot water at terrestrial prey. These shots of water are intended to strike their prey and cause it to fall into the water for capture and consumption. While this behavior is well known, there are competing hypotheses (blowpipe vs. pressure tank hypothesis) of how archerfishes shoot and which oral structures are involved. Current understanding of archerfish shooting structures is largely based on two species, Toxotes chatareus and T. jaculatrix. We do not know if all archerfishes possess the same oral structures to shoot water, if anatomical variation is present within these oral structures, or how these features have evolved. Additionally, there is little information on the evolution of the Toxotidae as a whole, with all previous systematic works focusing on the interrelationships of the family. We first investigate the limits of archerfish species using new and previously published genetic data. Our analyses highlight that the current taxonomy of archerfishes does not conform to the relationships we recover. Toxotes mekongensis and T. siamensis are placed in synonymy of T. chatareus, Toxotes carpentariensis is recognized as a species and removed from synonymy of T. chatareus, and the genus Protoxotes is recognized for T. lorentzi based on the results of our analyses. We then take an integrative approach, using a combined analysis of discrete hard- and soft-tissue morphological characters with genetic data, to construct a phylogeny of the Toxotidae. Using the resulting phylogenetic hypothesis, we then characterize the evolutionary history and anatomical variation within the archerfishes. We discuss the variation in the oral structures and the evolution of the mechanism with respect to the interrelationships of archerfishes, and find that the oral structures of archerfishes support the blowpipe hypothesis but soft-tissue oral structures may also play a role in shooting. Finally, by comparing the morphology of archerfishes to their sister group, we find that the Leptobramidae has relevant shooting features in the oral cavity, suggesting that some components of the archerfish shooting mechanism are examples of co-opted or exapted traits.
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- M G Girard
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA
- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, 20560, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN, 56301, USA
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- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, 117377, SGP
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, 0810, AUS
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- Ichthyology Section, Museum of Natural Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Ichthyology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA
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- Department of Biology and SAFS, University of Washington's Friday Harbor Laboratories, Friday Harbor, WA, 98250, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA
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Ponssa ML, Abdala V. Sesamoids in Caudata and Gymnophiona (Lissamphibia): absences and evidence. PeerJ 2021; 8:e10595. [PMID: 33384907 PMCID: PMC7751427 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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An integrative definition of sesamoid bones has been recently proposed, highlighting their relationship with tendons and ligaments, their genetic origin, the influence of epigenetic stimuli on their development, and their variable tissue composition. Sesamoid bones occur mainly associated with a large number of mobile joints in vertebrates, most commonly in the postcranium. Here, we present a survey of the distribution pattern of sesamoids in 256 taxa of Caudata and Gymnophiona and 24 taxa of temnospondyls and lepospondyls, based on dissections, high-resolution X-ray computed tomography from digital databases and literature data. These groups have a pivotal role in the interpretation of the evolution of sesamoids in Lissamphibia and tetrapods in general. Our main goals were: (1) to contribute to the knowledge of the comparative anatomy of sesamoids in Lissamphibia; (2) to assess the evolutionary history of selected sesamoids. We formally studied the evolution of the observed sesamoids by optimizing them in the most accepted phylogeny of the group. We identified only three bony or cartilaginous sesamoids in Caudata: the mandibular sesamoid, which is adjacent to the jaw articulation; one located on the mandibular symphysis; and one located in the posterior end of the maxilla. We did not observe any cartilaginous or osseous sesamoid in Gymnophiona. Mapping analyses of the sesamoid dataset of urodeles onto the phylogeny revealed that the very conspicuous sesamoid in the mandibular symphysis of Necturus beyeri and Amphiuma tridactylum is an independent acquisition of these taxa. On the contrary, the sesamoid located between the maxilla and the lower jaw is a new synapomorphy that supports the node of Hydromantes platycephalus and Karsenia coreana. The absence of a mandibular sesamoid is plesiomorphic to Caudata, whereas it is convergent in seven different families. The absence of postcranial sesamoids in salamanders might reveal a paedomorphic pattern that would be visible in their limb joints.
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- María Laura Ponssa
- Área Herpetología, Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (UEL), CONICET-Fundación Miguel Lillo, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical (IBN), UNT-CONICET. Cátedra de Biología General, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, UNT, Yerba Buena, Tucuman, Argentina
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Girard MG, Davis MP, Smith WL. The Phylogeny of Carangiform Fishes: Morphological and Genomic Investigations of a New Fish Clade. COPEIA 2020. [DOI: 10.1643/ci-19-320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Matthew G. Girard
- Biodiversity Institute, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045; (MGG) . Send reprint requests to MGG
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- Department of Biological Sciences, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301
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- Biodiversity Institute, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045; (MGG) . Send reprint requests to MGG
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Martin RP, Davis MP. The evolution of specialized dentition in the deep-sea lanternfishes (Myctophiformes). J Morphol 2020; 281:536-555. [PMID: 32239773 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The evolution of heterodonty, the possession of varied tooth morphologies on the jaws of animals, has been relatively unexplored in ray-finned fishes compared to terrestrial vertebrates, and to an even lesser degree in deep-sea fish lineages. Lanternfishes (Myctophiformes) are an abundant and species-rich group endemic to deep-sea pelagic habitats. In this study, we document the presence of heterodonty on the oral jaws of lanternfishes, identifying differing anatomical and positional variations of dentition. We survey the anatomical variation in tooth morphology on the oral jaws of 114 lanternfish species across 37 genera and integrate our findings with a hypothesis of evolutionary relationships of lanternfishes to infer the number of times heterodonty evolved in this lineage. Our results indicate that heterodonty evolved at least six separate times on the oral jaws of lanternfishes, occurring as variable tooth morphologies in combination with villiform teeth. These combinations of tooth types include villiform plus hooked teeth, villiform plus hooked and recurved teeth, villiform plus spade, tricuspid, and hooked teeth, and villiform plus caniniform teeth. The reoccurring evolution of hooked teeth on the premaxilla and dentary in lanternfishes suggests heterodonty may serve an important functional role in their pelagic deep-sea environment. Hooked teeth could aid in securing and retaining prey in the oral cavity and allow for species to specialize on differing food resources, vital attributes for organisms living in open-ocean habitats.
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- Rene P Martin
- Department of Biological Sciences, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
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Pan S, Yin J, Yu L, Zhang C, Zhu Y, Gao Y, Chen Y. 2D MXene-Integrated 3D-Printing Scaffolds for Augmented Osteosarcoma Phototherapy and Accelerated Tissue Reconstruction. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:1901511. [PMID: 31993282 PMCID: PMC6974945 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201901511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The residual of malignant tumor cells and lack of bone-tissue integration are the two critical concerns of bone-tumor recurrence and surgical failure. In this work, the rational integration of 2D Ti3C2 MXene is reported with 3D-printing bioactive glass (BG) scaffolds for achieving concurrent bone-tumor killing by photonic hyperthermia and bone-tissue regeneration by bioactive scaffolds. The designed composite scaffolds take the unique feature of high photothermal conversion of integrated 2D Ti3C2 MXene for inducing bone-tumor ablation by near infrared-triggered photothermal hyperthermia, which has achieved the complete tumor eradication on in vivo bone-tumor xenografts. Importantly, the rational integration of 2D Ti3C2 MXene is demonstrated to efficiently accelerate the in vivo growth of newborn bone tissue of the composite BG scaffolds. The dual functionality of bone-tumor killing and bone-tissue regeneration makes these Ti3C2 MXene-integrated composite scaffolds highly promising for the treatment of bone tumors, which also substantially broadens the biomedical applications of 2D MXenes in tissue engineering, especially on the treatment of bone tumors.
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- Shanshan Pan
- State Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine MicrostructureShanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai200050P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyShanghai200093P. R. China
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- Department of Orthopedic SurgeryShanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's HospitalShanghai200233P. R. China
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- State Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine MicrostructureShanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai200050P. R. China
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- Department of Orthopedic SurgeryShanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's HospitalShanghai200233P. R. China
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- State Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine MicrostructureShanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai200050P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyShanghai200093P. R. China
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- Department of Orthopedic SurgeryShanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's HospitalShanghai200233P. R. China
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- State Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine MicrostructureShanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai200050P. R. China
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Peng XY, Hu M, Liao F, Yang F, Ke QF, Guo YP, Zhu ZH. La-Doped mesoporous calcium silicate/chitosan scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Biomater Sci 2019; 7:1565-1573. [PMID: 30688345 DOI: 10.1039/c8bm01498a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Trace rare earth elements such as lanthanum (La) regulated effectively bone tissue performances; however, the underlying mechanism remains unknown. In order to accelerate bone defects especially in patients with osteoporosis or other metabolic diseases, we firstly constructed lanthanum-doped mesoporous calcium silicate/chitosan (La-MCS/CTS) scaffolds by freeze-drying technology. During the freeze-drying procedure, three-dimensional macropores were produced within the La-MCS/CTS scaffolds by using ice crystals as templates, and the La-MCS nanoparticles were distributed on the macropore walls. The hierarchically porous structures and biocompatible components contributed to the adhesion, spreading and proliferation of rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (rBMSCs), and accelerated the in-growth of new bone tissues. Particularly, the La3+ ions in the bone scaffolds remarkably induced the osteogenic differentiation of rBMSCs via the activation of the TGF signal pathway. A critical-sized calvarial-defect rat model further revealed that the La-MCS/CTS scaffolds significantly promoted new bone regeneration as compared with pure MCS/CTS scaffolds. In conclusion, the La-MCS/CTS scaffold showed the prominent ability in osteogenesis and bone regeneration, which showed its application potential for bone defect therapy.
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- Xiao-Yuan Peng
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, P. R. China.
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