Cassandra G. Extavour

Publications

• BMP Signaling is Required for the Generation of Primordial Germ Cells in an Insect
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Mar, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24591634
• Insulin Signalling Underlies Both Plasticity and Divergence of a Reproductive Trait in Drosophila
  Proceedings. Biological Sciences / The Royal Society. Mar, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24500165
• Patterns of Molecular Evolution of the Germ Line Specification Gene Oskar Suggest That a Novel Domain May Contribute to Functional Divergence in Drosophila
  Development Genes and Evolution. Mar, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24407548
• Subdivision of Arthropod Cap-n-collar Expression Domains is Restricted to Mandibulata
  EvoDevo. 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24405788
• Identification of a Putative Germ Plasm in the Amphipod Parhyale Hawaiensis
  EvoDevo. 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24314239
• Distal-less and Dachshund Pattern Both Plesiomorphic and Apomorphic Structures in Chelicerates: RNA Interference in the Harvestman Phalangium Opilio (Opiliones)
  Evolution & Development. Jul-Aug, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23809698
• Live Long and Prosper: Germline Stem Cell Maintenance Revisited (retrospective on DOI: 10.1002/bies.201000085)
  BioEssays : News and Reviews in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. Sep, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23801082
• Evidence Against a Germ Plasm in the Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus Fasciatus, a Hemimetabolous Insect
  Biology Open. Jun, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23789106
• Developmental Gene Discovery in a Hemimetabolous Insect: De Novo Assembly and Annotation of a Transcriptome for the Cricket Gryllus Bimaculatus
  PloS One. 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23671567
• Germ Cell Specification Requires Zygotic Mechanisms Rather Than Germ Plasm in a Basally Branching Insect
  Current Biology : CB. May, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23623552
• ASGARD: an Open-access Database of Annotated Transcriptomes for Emerging Model Arthropod Species
  Database : the Journal of Biological Databases and Curation. 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23180770
• Evolution of the Chelicera: a Dachshund Domain is Retained in the Deutocerebral Appendage of Opiliones (Arthropoda, Chelicerata)
  Evolution & Development. Nov-Dec, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23134210
• Oskar Predates the Evolution of Germ Plasm in Insects
  Current Biology : CB. Dec, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23122849
• Convergent Evolution of a Reproductive Trait Through Distinct Developmental Mechanisms in Drosophila
  Developmental Biology. Dec, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23022298
• Hox Gene Expression in the Harvestman Phalangium Opilio Reveals Divergent Patterning of the Chelicerate Opisthosoma
  Evolution & Development. Sep, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22947318
• The Roles of Cell Size and Cell Number in Determining Ovariole Number in Drosophila
  Developmental Biology. Mar, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22200592
• De Novo Assembly and Characterization of a Maternal and Developmental Transcriptome for the Emerging Model Crustacean Parhyale Hawaiensis
  BMC Genomics. 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 22118449
• Notch/Delta Signalling is Not Required for Segment Generation in the Basally Branching Insect Gryllus Bimaculatus
  Development (Cambridge, England). Nov, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 22028033
• Patterns of Cell Lineage, Movement, and Migration from Germ Layer Specification to Gastrulation in the Amphipod Crustacean Parhyale Hawaiensis
  Developmental Biology. Nov, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21827744
• Long-lost Relative Claims Orphan Gene: Oskar in a Wasp
  PLoS Genetics. Apr, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21552332
• Counting in Oogenesis
  Cell and Tissue Research. May, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21384182
• The Maternal and Early Embryonic Transcriptome of the Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus Fasciatus
  BMC Genomics. 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21266083
• The Molecular Machinery of Germ Line Specification
  Molecular Reproduction and Development. Jan, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 19790240
• Are We There Yet? Tracking the Development of New Model Systems
  Trends in Genetics : TIG. Jul, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18514356
• Gray Anatomy: Phylogenetic Patterns of Somatic Gonad Structures and Reproductive Strategies Across the Bilateria
  Integrative and Comparative Biology. Sep, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 21672850
• Evolution of the Bilaterian Germ Line: Lineage Origin and Modulation of Specification Mechanisms
  Integrative and Comparative Biology. Nov, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 21669758
• Vasa and Nanos Expression Patterns in a Sea Anemone and the Evolution of Bilaterian Germ Cell Specification Mechanisms
  Evolution & Development. May-Jun, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15876193
• The Fate of Isolated Blastomeres with Respect to Germ Cell Formation in the Amphipod Crustacean Parhyale Hawaiensis
  Developmental Biology. Jan, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15617682
• Hold the Germ Cells, I'm on Duty
  BioEssays : News and Reviews in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. Dec, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15551270
• Mechanisms of Germ Cell Specification Across the Metazoans: Epigenesis and Preformation
  Development (Cambridge, England). Dec, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 14597570