Publications
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2024. Deep homologies in chordate caudal central nervous systems.. bioRxiv.
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2023. A single oscillating proto-hypothalamic neuron gates taxis behavior in the primitive chordate Ciona.. Curr Biol. 33(16)
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2020. Antagonistic Inhibitory Circuits Integrate Visual and Gravitactic Behaviors.. Curr Biol. 30(4):600-609.e2.
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2020. Tunicate gastrulation.. Curr Top Dev Biol. 136:219-242.
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2019. Parallel visual circuitry in a basal chordate.. Elife. 8
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2018. Cellular Processes of Notochord Formation.. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1029:165-177.
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2018. Photoreceptor specialization and the visuomotor repertoire of the primitive chordate .. J Exp Biol. 221(Pt 7)
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2015. An organismal perspective on C. intestinalis development, origins and diversification.. Elife. 4
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2015. Reciprocal and dynamic polarization of planar cell polarity core components and myosin.. Elife. 4
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2015. T-type Calcium Channel Regulation of Neural Tube Closure and EphrinA/EPHA Expression.. Cell Rep. 13(4):829-39.
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2013. A transiently expressed connexin is essential for anterior neural plate development in Ciona intestinalis.. Development. 140(1):147-55.
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2013. Whole-organ cell shape analysis reveals the developmental basis of ascidian notochord taper.. Dev Biol. 373(2):281-9.
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2011. Ciona genetics.. Methods Mol Biol. 770:401-22.
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2010. The ascidian mouth opening is derived from the anterior neuropore: reassessing the mouth/neural tube relationship in chordate evolution.. Dev Biol. 344(1):138-49.
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2010. doublesex/mab3 related-1 (dmrt1) is essential for development of anterior neural plate derivatives in Ciona.. Development. 137(13):2197-203.
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2010. Key steps in the morphogenesis of a cranial placode in an invertebrate chordate, the tunicate Ciona savignyi.. Dev Biol. 340(1):134-44.
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2009. Brachyury null mutant-induced defects in juvenile ascidian endodermal organs.. Development. 136(1):35-9.
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2009. Tube formation by complex cellular processes in Ciona intestinalis notochord.. Dev Biol. 330(2):237-49.
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2008. Ascidians and the plasticity of the chordate developmental program.. Curr Biol. 18(14):R620-31.
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2008. The C. savignyi genetic map and its integration with the reference sequence facilitates insights into chordate genome evolution.. Genome Res. 18(8):1369-79.
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2008. Chongmague reveals an essential role for laminin-mediated boundary formation in chordate convergence and extension movements.. Development. 135(1):33-41.

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