Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Kumar, Suman"
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The development of early pioneer neurons in the annelid Malacoceros fuliginosus
Hausen, Harald; Kumar, Suman; Tumu, Sharat Chandra; Helm, Conrad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Nervous system development is an interplay of many processes: the formation of individual neurons, which depends on whole-body and local patterning processes, and the coordinated growth of neurites and synapse ... -
Evolutionary and developmental perspective on annelid eye and nervous system: Insights from Malacoceros fuliginosus
Kumar, Suman (Doctoral thesis, 2019-11-25)Eye evolution is far from resolved and despite the considerable interest and decades of study, many questions remain on the evolutionary scenarios of eyes and photoreceptor cells. While examining their ultrastructure has ... -
The visual pigment xenopsin is widespread in protostome eyes and impacts the view on eye evolution
Hausen, Harald; Döring, Clemens; Kumar, Suman; Tumu, Sharat Chandra; Kourtesis, Ioannis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Photoreceptor cells in the eyes of Bilateria are often classified into microvillar cells with rhabdomeric opsin and ciliary cells with ciliary opsin, each type having specialized molecular components and physiology. First ...