model organisms

[Richard M Kliman]

In article <3353AA16.10D9 at york.ac.uk>, Peter Ashton  <pda100 at york.ac.uk> wrote:
>French A. Lewis wrote:
>> 
>> Does any one know of any invertebrate organisms that are less primitive
>> than C. elegans, and more primitive than Drosophila that are currently
>> being studied for neurobiology?
>> 
>> We are attempting to clone a C. elegans homologue of a human gene, and are
>> looking for an intermediate organism to jump to.   Any information would
>> be appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> French Lewis
>> CSI/IBR Center for Developmental Neuroscience
>
>Isn't Schistosoma mansoni a model organism as well? It might be just
>what you need :-)
>
>There is quite a lot about the neurobiology of S. mansoni, but I don't
>have any references to hand...but Rollinson and Simpson, The biology of
>Schistosomes might be a good place to start....
>
>Pete

Aplysia comes to mind.  I don't know how much genetics has been done on 
this one, but it's a great model organism for neurobiology.

Rich Kliman
Dept. of Biology
Radford University