Publications
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2019. Parallel visual circuitry in a basal chordate.. Elife. 8
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2005. Did the first chordates organize without the organizer? Trends Genet. 21(9):506-10.
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2015. An organismal perspective on C. intestinalis development, origins and diversification.. Elife. 4
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2021. Disruption of left-right axis specification in Ciona induces molecular, cellular, and functional defects in asymmetric brain structures.. BMC Biol. 19(1):141.
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2007. A conserved role for FGF signaling in chordate otic/atrial placode formation.. Dev Biol. 312(1):245-57.
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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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2024. Deep homologies in chordate caudal central nervous systems.. bioRxiv.
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2004. Noncoding regulatory sequences of Ciona exhibit strong correspondence between evolutionary constraint and functional importance.. Genome Res. 14(12):2448-56.
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2002. An ascidian engrailed gene.. Dev Genes Evol. 212(8):399-402.
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2023. A robust approach to 3D neuron shape representation for quantification and classification.. BMC Bioinformatics. 24(1):366.
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2005. Ascidian prickle regulates both mediolateral and anterior-posterior cell polarity of notochord cells.. Curr Biol. 15(1):79-85.
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2005. Self- and cross-fertilization in the solitary ascidian Ciona savignyi.. Biol Bull. 209(2):107-12.
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2005. Pigmentation in the sensory organs of the ascidian larva is essential for normal behavior.. J Exp Biol. 208(Pt 3):433-8.
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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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2004. Culture of adult ascidians and ascidian genetics.. Methods Cell Biol. 74:143-70.
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1997. Direct neural induction and selective inhibition of mesoderm and epidermis inducers by Xnr3.. Development. 124(2):483-92.
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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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2000. Primary structure requirements for Xenopus nodal-related 3 and a comparison with regions required by Xenopus nodal-related 2.. J Biol Chem. 275(19):14124-31.
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2017. A microRNA-mRNA expression network during oral siphon regeneration in Ciona. Development. 144(10)
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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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2016. ACAM, a novel member of the neural IgCAM family, mediates anterior neural tube closure in a primitive chordate.. Dev Biol. 406(1)
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2003. Generation of Ci-Brachyury-GFP stable transgenic lines in the ascidian Ciona savignyi.. Genesis. 35(4):248-59.
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2004. Frimousse--a spontaneous ascidian mutant with anterior ectodermal fate transformation.. Curr Biol. 14(11):R408-10.
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2016. CellECT: cell evolution capturing tool.. BMC Bioinformatics. 17(1):88.
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2011. AN AUTOMATIC FEATURE BASED MODEL FOR CELL SEGMENTATION FROM CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY VOLUMES.. Proc IEEE Int Symp Biomed Imaging. :199-203.

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