Coexistence of phasmid sensory neurons and caudal glands offers a new perspective on cell type evolution in nematodes
Yim, H.; Nguyen, K. C.; Geiger, L. T.; Hall, D. H.; Schroeder, N.; Hobert, O.
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The highly conserved body plan of nematodes makes members of this phylum excellent models to study cell type evolution. Early branching nematode lineages, mostly occupying aquatic habitats, usually contain caudal glands deployed for underwater attachment to a substrate, but have been thought to lack phasmid sensory organs, resulting in their historical classification as "Aphasmidia". With the transition to a terrestrial environment, nematodes lost caudal glands and gained phasmid sensory neurons. The supposed mutually exclusive existence of caudal glands and phasmids has led to the suggestion that phasmid neurons may have evolved from caudal glands. Here, we rule out this possibility through light and electron microscopical analysis of Mononchus aquaticus, a member of the early branching Dorylaimia lineage, showing that phasmid sensory neurons and caudal glands do coexist. This observation not only argues against a proposed cell type evolution scenario accompanying aquatic-to-terrestrial transitions but also indicates that the presence of phasmid sensory organs may have been an ancestral trait of the nematode phylum.
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