Excited to share our latest preprint, “Molecular and cellular architecture of the larval sensory organ in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis” https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.10.443235v1">https://www.biorxiv.org/content/1... !Together with @cajteeling @ElejaneMBO @Siffreya @CyanoEvo. # @thembauk @MbaCell
We characterised the cellular identity of the apical domain by integrating larval single-cell data with the apical transcriptome. We discovered that the apical domain comprises a minimum of 6 distinct cell types.
It turns out that previously uncharacterised larval-specific neurons were concentrated around apical tuft cells (like a crown!). Further, we revealed that the apical domain was enriched with unique sensory secretory cells distributed around the apical organ along with neurons.