AUTHOR=Groh Katrin C., Vogel Heiko , Stensmyr Marcus C., Grosse-Wilde Ewald , Hansson Bill S. TITLE=The hermit crab's nose—antennal transcriptomics JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neuroscience VOLUME=7 YEAR=2014 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2013.00266 DOI=10.3389/fnins.2013.00266 ISSN=1662-453X ABSTRACT=
In the course of evolution, crustaceans adapted to a large variety of habitats. Probably the most extreme habitat shift was the transition from water to land, which occurred independently in at least five crustacean lineages. This substantial change in life style required adaptations in sensory organs, as the medium conveying stimuli changed in both chemical and physical properties. One important sensory organ in crustaceans is the first pair of antennae, housing their sense of smell. Previous studies on the crustacean transition from water to land focused on morphological, behavioral, and physiological aspects but did not analyze gene expression. Our goal was to scrutinize the molecular makeup of the crustacean antennulae, comparing the terrestrial