Evolution of the Digestive System

Cell Types and Cross-talks, Development and Regeneration

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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The capability of cells to uptake and digest molecules to acquire energy is essential for all life forms. During evolution, with the emergence of multicellularity, specialized cell types and organs became responsible for acquiring food particles, breaking them down and absorbing nutrients. This had a significant impact on the evolution of animal diversity: it is due to the invention of extracellular digestion if the animal body was released from size limit constraints. The complexity and shapes of guts vary among animals, but they all form through a highly conserved mechanism in development called gastrulation. During gastrulation, germ layers are specified and a through gut forms and differentiates into a fore-, a mid- and a hind-gut, each one dedicated to specific functions in digestion. This book explores the evolutionary history of the animal digestive systems, highlighting their broad diversification and their conserved features in animals belonging to different branches of the tree of life. Gut development is explained by entraining molecular mechanisms underlying this process. An international team of contributors offer a close look at the extraordinary complexity of the gut endocrine system, dig into the gut-brain axis and the gut immune responses, and describe the function and evolution of the gut microbiome.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-11-23
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEvolutionary Cell Biology
Antal sidor224
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041000136

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Rossella Annunziata is a Researcher in the Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms - Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Napoli, Italy. She received her PhD in Molecular Biology from the Open University of London. She has authored or co-authored dozens of peer review scholarly articles and protocols.Maria I. Arnone is a Senior Scientist at the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy. She received her PhD in Biochemistry from the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli. She has authored or co-authored dozens of peer review scholarly articles and book chapters.

Chapter 1 – Evolution of Gut Patterning in Bilateria Rossella Annunziata, Pedro Martínez, and Carmen Andrikou Chapter 2 – Distribution and Evolution of Digestive Exocrine Cells & Organs Periklis Paganos, Maria Lorenza Rusciano, and Maria Ina Arnone Chapter 3 – Evolution and Development of the Gut Endocrine System Maria Lorenza Rusciano, Periklis Paganos, and Maria Ina Arnone Chapter 4 – Animals Without Through-Guts Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa Chapter 5 – Evolution of Immunity: The Gut as an Interface with the Environment Assunta Liberti and Larry J. Dishaw Chapter 6 – Comparative Study of Cell Types and Their Regeneration in Echinoderm Digestive Systems José E. García-Arrarás, Julienn Torres-Rodriguez, Evelyn Avilés□Ríos, Alejandra Beltrán-Rivera, Alexis Ruiz-Hernández, Anna Márquez-Santiago, Diego Villafañe-Ortiz, Kiara Luna-Martínez, Katherine Rivera-Bermúdez