Cells containing aragonite crystals mediate responses to gravity in Trichoplax adhaerens (Placozoa), an animal lacking neurons and synapses

• Tatiana D. Mayorova ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mayorova@wsbs-msu.ru, tatiana.mayorova@nih.gov

  Affiliations Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4132-0222

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• Carolyn L. Smith,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Katherine Hammar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation Central Microscopy Facility, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United States of America

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• Christine A. Winters,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Natalia B. Pivovarova,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Maria A. Aronova,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Imaging and Macromolecular Biophysics, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Richard D. Leapman,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Imaging and Macromolecular Biophysics, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Thomas S. Reese

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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