Sleight, Victoria2023-11-272023-11-272023-11Sleight, V 2023, 'Cell Type and Gene Regulatory Network Approaches in the Evolution of Spiralian Biomineralisation', Briefings in Functional Genomics, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 509-516. https://doi.org/10.1093/bfgp/elad0332041-2649ORCID: /0000-0003-0550-8500/work/139168870https://hdl.handle.net/2164/22275Thanks to Kara Layton for expert advice on nudibranch biology, ecology and spicules, and to Namitha Paul for sea lemon collection and histology. Thanks to all members of the Sleight Lab and colleagues who joined our biomineralisation workshop at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole in March 2023 for constructive discussion on the topics raised in this review. Thanks to Maryna P. Lesoway for inspiring conversations on spiralian evo-devo that contributed to some of the early ideas in this review. Thanks to Jessica A. Goodheart, Carmel McDougall, Molly Rivers and Danielle Jordan for critical reading of an early version of the manuscript. Thanks to two anonymous reviewers whose comments improved the final version of this manuscript. FUNDING V.A.S. is supported by research funds from the UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/X511973/1), the Royal Society (RGS\R1\211204) and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.8966400engbiomineralisationevolutioncell typegene regulatory networksSpiraliaGene Regulatory NetworksQL ZoologyBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)BB/X511973/1QLJournal article10.1093/bfgp/elad033226