Posterior eyespots in larval chitons have a molecular identity similar to anterior cerebral eyes in other bilaterians

Functional specialization of chordate CDK1 paralogs during oogenic meiosis

(2015) Jan Inge Øvrebø et al.   CELL CYCLE

Phototransduction in Drosophila

(2015) Roger C Hardie et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Visual phototransduction components in cephalopod chromatophores suggest dermal photoreception

(2015) A. C. N. Kingston et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Evolution of TRP channels inferred by their classification in diverse animal species

(2015) Guangda Peng et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Is the Schwabe Organ a Retained Larval Eye? Anatomical and Behavioural Studies of a Novel Sense Organ in Adult Leptochiton asellus (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) Indicate Links to Larval Photoreceptors

(2015) Lauren H. Sumner-Rooney et al.   PLoS One

Larval body patterning and apical organs are conserved in animal evolution

(2014) Heather Marlow et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Genetic regulation of vertebrate eye development

(2014) J.L. Zagozewski et al.   CLINICAL GENETICS

A new sensory organ in “primitive” molluscs (Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida), and its context in the nervous system of chitons

(2014) Julia D Sigwart et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Specification and positioning of the anterior neuroectoderm in deuterostome embryos

(2014) Ryan Range   GENESIS

Analysis of the Opsin Repertoire in the Tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini Provides Insights into the Evolution of Opsin Genes in Panarthropoda

(2014) Lars Hering et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

New functions for old genes: Pax6 and Mitf in eye pigment biogenesis

(2014) Florencia Cavodeassi et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

PNAS Plus: From the Cover: Predictable transcriptome evolution in the convergent and complex bioluminescent organs of squid

(2014) M. S. Pankey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Fox/Forkhead transcription factor family of the hemichordate Saccoglossus kowalevskii

(2014) Jens H Fritzenwanker et al.   EvoDevo

PAX6 Regulates Melanogenesis in the Retinal Pigmented Epithelium through Feed-Forward Regulatory Interactions with MITF

(2014) Shaul Raviv et al.   PLoS Genetics

Diversity of animal opsin-based pigments and their optogenetic potential

(2013) Mitsumasa Koyanagi et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

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

(2013) Guanghui Qian et al.   GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS

Expression of wnt and frizzled genes during early sea star development

(2013) Brenna S. McCauley et al.   GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS

An eye on eye development

(2013) Rebecca Sinn et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

Automated Transmission-Mode Scanning Electron Microscopy (tSEM) for Large Volume Analysis at Nanoscale Resolution

(2013) Masaaki Kuwajima et al.   PLoS One

Stable transgenesis in the marine annelid Platynereis dumerilii sheds new light on photoreceptor evolution

(2013) B. Backfisch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Integration of Canonical and Noncanonical Wnt Signaling Pathways Patterns the Neuroectoderm Along the Anterior–Posterior Axis of Sea Urchin Embryos

(2013) Ryan C. Range et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Bilaterian Head Patterning Gene six3/6 Controls Aboral Domain Development in a Cnidarian

(2013) Chiara Sinigaglia et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Regeneration and Transdetermination in Drosophila Imaginal Discs

(2012) Melanie I. Worley et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Elastic volume reconstruction from series of ultra-thin microscopy sections

(2012) Stephan Saalfeld et al.   NATURE METHODS

TrakEM2 Software for Neural Circuit Reconstruction

(2012) Albert Cardona et al.   PLoS One

Metazoan opsin evolution reveals a simple route to animal vision

(2012) R. Feuda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Eye Development and Retinogenesis

(2012) W. Heavner et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Transcriptome Analysis of the Planarian Eye Identifies ovo as a Specific Regulator of Eye Regeneration

(2012) Sylvain W. Lapan et al.   Cell Reports

Development of the larval anterior neurogenic domains of Terebratalia transversa (Brachiopoda) provides insights into the diversification of larval apical organs and the spiralian nervous system

(2012) Scott Santagata et al.   EvoDevo

Whole-body gene expression pattern registration in Platynereis larvae

(2012) Albina Asadulina et al.   EvoDevo

Antibodies against conserved amidated neuropeptide epitopes enrich the comparative neurobiology toolbox

(2012) Markus Conzelmann et al.   EvoDevo

The evolution of vision

(2012) Walter J. Gehring   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology

Retinal determination genes function along with cell-cell signals to regulate Drosophila eye development

(2011) Nicholas E. Baker et al.   BIOESSAYS

Two-color fluorescent in situ hybridization in the embryonic zebrafish brain using differential detection systems

(2011) Gilbert Lauter et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Ventralization of an indirect developing hemichordate by NiCl2 suggests a conserved mechanism of dorso-ventral (D/V) patterning in Ambulacraria (hemichordates and echinoderms)

(2011) E. Röttinger et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Genetic and developmental mechanisms underlying the formation of theDrosophilacompound eye

(2011) Maria Tsachaki et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Understanding the dermal light sense in the context of integrative photoreceptor cell biology

(2011) M. DESMOND RAMIREZ et al.   VISUAL NEUROSCIENCE

Six3 demarcates the anterior-most developing brain region in bilaterian animals

(2011) Patrick RH Steinmetz et al.   EvoDevo

dlx and sp6-9 Control Optic Cup Regeneration in a Prototypic Eye

(2011) Sylvain W. Lapan et al.   PLoS Genetics

A cascade of irx1a and irx2a controls shh expression during retinogenesis

(2010) Siu Wah Choy et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Light-avoidance-mediating photoreceptors tile the Drosophila larval body wall

(2010) Yang Xiang et al.   NATURE

Identification of Retinal Transformation Hot Spots in Developing Drosophila Epithelia

(2010) Claire L. Salzer et al.   PLoS One

High-quality draft assemblies of mammalian genomes from massively parallel sequence data

(2010) S. Gnerre et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phototransduction Motifs and Variations

(2009) King-Wai Yau et al.   CELL

Lhx2 links the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that control optic cup formation

(2009) S. Yun et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Eye evolution: common use and independent recruitment of genetic components

(2009) P. Vopalensky et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The evolution of eyes and visually guided behaviour

(2009) D.-E. Nilsson   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evidence for light perception in a bioluminescent organ

(2009) D. Tong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Eye Evolution: The Blurry Beginning

(2008) Dan-E. Nilsson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Retinal determination genes as targets and possible effectors of extracellular signals

(2008) Lucy C. Firth et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Melanopsin Ganglion Cells Use a Membrane-Associated Rhabdomeric Phototransduction Cascade

(2008) Dustin M. Graham et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Modulation of intracellular trafficking regulates cell intercalation in the Drosophila trachea

(2008) Daniel D. Shaye et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY