Publications
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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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2024. Whole Nervous System Expression of Glutamate Receptors Reveals Distinct Receptor Roles in Sensorimotor Circuits.. eNeuro. 11(9)
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2023. A whole nervous system atlas of glutamate receptors reveals distinct receptor roles in sensorimotor circuits. bioRxiv. 2023.04.18.537384
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2020. Tunicate gastrulation.. Curr Top Dev Biol. 136:219-242.
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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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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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1999. TGF beta inhibitors. New and unexpected requirements in vertebrate development.. Trends Genet. 15(1):3-5.
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1999. Spatial and temporal properties of ventral blood island induction in Xenopus laevis.. Development. 126(23):5327-37.
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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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2005. Self- and cross-fertilization in the solitary ascidian Ciona savignyi.. Biol Bull. 209(2):107-12.
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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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2002. Revisions to the Xenopus gastrula fate map: implications for mesoderm induction and patterning.. Dev Dyn. 225(4):409-21.
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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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2002. Pitx genes in Tunicates provide new molecular insight into the evolutionary origin of pituitary.. Gene. 287(1-2):107-13.
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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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2018. Photoreceptor specialization and the visuomotor repertoire of the primitive chordate .. J Exp Biol. 221(Pt 7)
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2019. Parallel visual circuitry in a basal chordate.. Elife. 8
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1999. The origins of primitive blood in Xenopus: implications for axial patterning.. Development. 126(3):423-34.
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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. The nodal target gene Xmenf is a component of an FGF-independent pathway of ventral mesoderm induction in Xenopus.. Mech Dev. 118(1-2):45-56.
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1999. Mutations affecting tail and notochord development in the ascidian Ciona savignyi.. Development. 126(15):3293-301.

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