Noriko Funayama

Two different evolutionary origins of stem cell systems and their molecular basis.

The innate immune repertoire in cnidaria--ancestral complexity and stochastic gene loss.

Toward understanding the morphogenesis of siliceous spicules in freshwater sponge: differential mRNA expression of spicule-type-specific silicatein genes in Ephydatia fluviatilis.

To be or not to be a flatworm: the acoel controversy.

[Origin and evolution of stem cell system in multicellular animals].

The stem cell system in demosponges: insights into the origin of somatic stem cells.

Piwi expression in archeocytes and choanocytes in demosponges: insights into the stem cell system in demosponges.

The active stem cell specific expression of sponge Musashi homolog EflMsiA suggests its involvement in maintaining the stem cell state.

The stem cell system in demosponges: suggested involvement of two types of cells: archeocytes (active stem cells) and choanocytes (food-entrapping flagellated cells).

How do environmental factors influence life cycles and development? An experimental framework for early-diverging metazoans.

The apoptotic initiator caspase-8: its functional ubiquity and genetic diversity during animal evolution.

Dynamic Transport and Cementation of Skeletal Elements Build Up the Pole-and-Beam Structured Skeleton of Sponges.

The ancestral gene repertoire of animal stem cells.

Conserved expression of vertebrate microvillar gene homologs in choanocytes of freshwater sponges.

[The ancestral gene repertoire of animal stem cells].

Pupal development and pigmentation process of a polka-dotted fruit fly, Drosophila guttifera (Insecta, Diptera).