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The placozoan Trichoplax

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After having been largely neglected for more than a century, the tiny marine animal Trichoplax adhaerens is enjoying a revival and is now poised to become a mainstream model organism for the study of epithelial evolution, diversification and specialization.

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Fig. 1: Trichoplax morphology.
Fig. 2: Features of Trichoplax epithelia.

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We thank members of the Le Bivic lab and other colleagues at the IBDM for discussions, help and support. Special thanks to M. M. Prünster and R. Kelly for comments, criticisms and suggestions on the manuscript and to G. Mika for providing the bright-field image in Fig. 1. The project leading to this publication has received funding from the French National Research Agency (ANR-EvolAj); from the CNRS (Diversity of Biological Mechanisms-2022); from France 2030, the French Government program managed by the French National Research Agency (ANR-16-CONV-0001); and from Excellence Initiative of Aix-Marseille University (A*MIDEX).

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    Marvin Leria, Magali Requin, André Le Bivic & Andrea Pasini

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M.L., M.R. and A.P. designed, performed and analyzed the experiments. M.L., M.R. and A.P. prepared the figures. A.L.B. provided support and funding. A.P. provided funding. A.P. wrote and edited the manuscript.

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Leria, M., Requin, M., Le Bivic, A. et al. The placozoan Trichoplax. Nat Methods 21, 543–545 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-024-02228-3

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