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Evolution of limb development in cephalopod mollusks

Oscar A. Tarazona, Davys H. Lopez, Leslie A. Slota, View ORCID ProfileMartin J. Cohn
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/379735
Oscar A. Tarazona
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA.Department of Biology, UF Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA.
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Davys H. Lopez
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA.
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Leslie A. Slota
Department of Biology, UF Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA.
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Martin J. Cohn
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA.Department of Biology, UF Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA.
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Abstract

Cephalopod mollusks evolved numerous anatomical innovations, including specialized arms and tentacles, but little is known about the developmental mechanisms underlying the evolution of cephalopod limbs. Here we show that all three axes of cuttlefish limbs are patterned by the same signaling networks that act in vertebrates and arthropods, although they evolved limbs independently. In cuttlefish limb buds, Hedgehog is expressed anteriorly. Posterior transplantation of Hedgehog-expressing cells induced mirror-image limb duplications. Bmp and Wnt signaling, which establishes dorsoventral polarity in vertebrate and arthropod limbs, is similarly polarized in cuttlefish. Inhibition of the dorsal Bmp signal caused ectopic expression of Notum, a ventral sucker field marker, and development of ectopic suckers. Cuttlefish limbs also show proximodistally regionalized expression of Htx, Exd, Dll, Dac, Sp8, and Wnt genes, which delineate arm and tentacle sucker fields. These results suggest that cephalopod limbs evolved by parallel activation of an ancient developmental genetic program that was present in the bilaterian common ancestor.

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Evolution of limb development in cephalopod mollusks
Oscar A. Tarazona, Davys H. Lopez, Leslie A. Slota, Martin J. Cohn
bioRxiv 379735; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/379735
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Evolution of limb development in cephalopod mollusks
Oscar A. Tarazona, Davys H. Lopez, Leslie A. Slota, Martin J. Cohn
bioRxiv 379735; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/379735

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