Evolution of the Role of RA and FGF Signals in the Control of Somitogenesis in Chordates

The Nodal signaling pathway controls left-right asymmetric development in amphioxus

(2015) Vladimir Soukup et al.   EvoDevo

Retinoic acid controls body axis extension by directly repressing Fgf8 transcription

(2014) S. Kumar et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Right across the tree of life: The evolution of left-right asymmetry in the Bilateria

(2014) Erica K.O. Namigai et al.   GENESIS

Nodal signalling determines biradial asymmetry in Hydra

(2014) Hiroshi Watanabe et al.   NATURE

Signalling dynamics in vertebrate segmentation

(2014) Alexis Hubaud et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Chordate evolution and the three-phylum system

(2014) N. Satoh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Somites Without a Clock

(2014) A. S. Dias et al.   SCIENCE

Heterochrony and developmental timing mechanisms: Changing ontogenies in evolution

(2014) Anna L. Keyte et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Characterization and embryonic expression of four amphioxus Frizzled genes with important functions during early embryogenesis

(2013) Guanghui Qian et al.   GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS

Identification and expression analysis of BMP signaling inhibitors genes of the DAN family in amphioxus

(2013) Yann Le Petillon et al.   GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS

Pikaia gracilens Walcott, a stem-group chordate from the Middle Cambrian of British Columbia

(2012) Simon Conway Morris et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Antagonizing Retinoic Acid and FGF/MAPK Pathways Control Posterior Body Patterning in the Invertebrate Chordate Ciona intestinalis

(2012) Andrea Pasini et al.   PLoS One

Broken colinearity of the amphioxus Hox cluster

(2012) Juan Pascual-Anaya et al.   EvoDevo

Vertebrate Segmentation: From Cyclic Gene Networks to Scoliosis

(2011) Olivier Pourquié   CELL

Asymmetric localization of germline markers Vasa and Nanos during early development in the amphioxus Branchiostoma floridae

(2011) Hui-Ru Wu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

FGF and retinoic acid activity gradients control the timing of neural crest cell emigration in the trunk

(2011) Patricia L. Martínez-Morales et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Amphioxus FGF signaling predicts the acquisition of vertebrate morphological traits

(2011) S. Bertrand et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Opposing Nodal/Vg1 and BMP signals mediate axial patterning in embryos of the basal chordate amphioxus

(2010) Takayuki Onai et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Brachyury establishes the embryonic mesodermal progenitor niche

(2010) B. L. Martin et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Retinoic Acid Promotes Limb Induction through Effects on Body Axis Extension but Is Unnecessary for Limb Patterning

(2009) Xianling Zhao et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Stem cells, signals and vertebrate body axis extension

(2009) V. Wilson et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Expression of somite segmentation genes in amphioxus: a clock without a wavefront?

(2008) Laura Beaster-Jones et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Evidence for stasis and not genetic piracy in developmental expression patterns of Branchiostoma lanceolatum and Branchiostoma floridae, two amphioxus species that have evolved independently over the course of 200 Myr

(2008) Ildiko Somorjai et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Differential regulation of ParaHox genes by retinoic acid in the invertebrate chordate amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae)

(2008) Peter W. Osborne et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Retinoic acid controls heart anteroposterior patterning by down-regulatingIsl1 through theFgf8 pathway

(2008) Ioan Ovidiu Sirbu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Segmental patterning of the vertebrate embryonic axis

(2008) Mary-Lee Dequéant et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS