Publications


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Regeneration


Crustacean leg regeneration restores complex microanatomy and cell diversity


Almazan, Çevrim, Musser, Averof, Paris

Science Advances, vol. 8, 2022, pp. eabn9823


Distinct gene expression dynamics in developing and regenerating limbs


Sinigaglia, Almazan, Lebel, Sémon, Gillet, Hughes, Edsinger, Averof, Paris

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, vol. 119, 2022, pp. e2119297119


Tracking cell lineages in 3D by incremental deep learning


Sugawara, Çevrim, Averof

eLife, vol. 11, 2022, pp. e69380


The multifaceted role of nerves in animal regeneration


Sinigaglia, Averof

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, vol. 57, 2019, pp. 98–105


Live imaging reveals the progenitors and cell dynamics of limb regeneration


Alwes, Enjolras, Averof

eLife, vol. 5, 2016, pp. e19766


Old questions, new models: unraveling complex organ regeneration with new experimental approaches


Grillo, Konstantinides, Averof

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, vol. 40, 2016, pp. 23-31


A common cellular basis for muscle regeneration in arthropods and vertebrates


Konstantinides, Averof

Science, vol. 343, 2014, pp. 788-791


New tools and emerging systems


The crustacean Parhyale


Averof

Nature Methods, vol. 19, 2022, pp. 1015–1016


The crustacean model Parhyale hawaiensis


Paris, Wolff, Patel, Averof

Current Topics in Developmental Biology, vol. 147, 2022, pp. 199-230


CeLaVi: an interactive cell lineage visualisation tool


Salvador-Martinez, Grillo, Averof, Telford

Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 49, 2021, pp. W80–W85


Introduction to emerging systems


Averof, Sinigaglia

EvoDevo, vol. 11, 2020, p. 8


Clonal analysis by tunable CRISPR-mediated excision


Gilles, Schinko, Schacht, Enjolras, Averof

Development, vol. 146, 2019, pp. dev170969


Is it possible to reconstruct an accurate cell lineage using CRISPR recorders?


Salvador-Martinez, Grillo, Averof, Telford

eLife, vol. 8, 2019, pp. e40292


The genome of the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis, a model for animal development, regeneration, immunity and lignocellulose digestion


Kao, Lai, Stamataki, Rošić, Konstantinides, Jarvis, Di Donfrancesco, Pouchkina-Stancheva, Sémon, Grillo, Bruce, Kumar, Siwanowicz, Le, Lemire, Eisen, Extavour, Browne, Wolff, Averof, Patel, Sarkies, Pavlopoulos, Aboobaker

eLife, vol. 5, 2016, pp. e20062


Efficient CRISPR-mediated gene targeting and transgene replacement in the beetle Tribolium castaneum


Gilles, Schinko, Averof

Development, vol. 142, 2015, pp. 2832-2839


A versatile strategy for gene trapping and trap conversion in emerging model organisms


Kontarakis, Pavlopoulos, Kiupakis, Konstantinides, Douris, Averof

Development, vol. 138, 2011, pp. 2625-2630


Functionality of the GAL4/UAS system in Tribolium requires the use of endogenous core promoters


Schinko, Weber, Viktorinová, Kiupakis, Averof, Klingler, Wimmer, Bucher

BMC Developmental Biology, vol. 10, 2010, p. 53


Establishing genetic transformation for comparative developmental studies in the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis


Pavlopoulos, Averof

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, vol. 102, 2005, pp. 7888-7893


Efficient transformation of the beetle Tribolium castaneum using the Minos transposable element


Pavlopoulos, Berghammer, Averof, Klingler

Genetics, vol. 167, 2004, pp. 737-746


Early development, body axis formation and segmentation


MicroRNAs act as cofactors in Bicoid-mediated translational repression


Rödel, Gilles, Averof

Current Biology, vol. 23, 2013, pp. 1579-1584


A segmentation clock with two-segment periodicity in insects


Sarrazin, Peel, Averof

Science, vol. 336, 2012, pp. 338-341


EGF signaling and the origin of axial polarity among the insects


Lynch, Peel, Drechsler, Averof, Roth

Current Biology, vol. 20, 2010, pp. 1042-1047


Expression of hunchback during trunk segmentation in the branchiopod crustacean Artemia franciscana


Kontarakis, Copf, Averof

Development, Genes and Evolution, vol. 216, 2006, pp. 89-93


Ancestral role of caudal genes in axis elongation and segmentation


Copf, Schröder, Averof

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, vol. 101, 2004, pp. 17711-17715


Specification of left-right asymmetry in the embryonic gut of Drosophila


Ligoxygakis, Strigini, Averof

Development, vol. 128, 2001, pp. 1171-1174


Hox genes and body plan evolution


Evolution of new appendage types by gradual changes in Hox gene expression: the case of crustacean maxillipeds


Averof, Pavlopoulos, Kontarakis

Paleodiversity, 3 suppl, 2010, pp. 141-145


Knockdown of Parhyale Ultrabithorax recapitulates evolutionary changes in crustacean appendage morphology


Liubicich, Serano, Pavlopoulos, Kontarakis, Protas, Kwan, Chatterjee, Tran, Averof, Patel

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA , vol. 106, 2009, pp. 13892-13896


Probing the evolution of appendage specialization by Hox gene mis-expression in an emerging model crustacean


Pavlopoulos, Kontarakis, Liubicich, Serano, Akam, Patel, Averof

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, vol. 106, 2009, pp. 13897-13902


Arthropod Hox genes: insights on the evolutionary forces that shape gene functions


Averof

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, vol. 12, 2002, pp. 386-392


Evolutionary biology: origin of the spider's head


Averof

Nature, vol. 395, 1998, pp. 436-437


Arthropod evolution: same Hox genes, different body plans


Averof

Current Biology, vol. 7, 1997, pp. R634-636


Crustacean appendage evolution associated with changes in Hox gene expression


Averof, Patel

Nature, vol. 388, 1997, pp. 682-686


Diversification of arthropod Hox genes as a paradigm for the evolution of gene functions


Averof, Dawes, Ferrier

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, vol. 4, 1996, pp. 539-551


Hox genes and the diversification of insect and crustacean body plans


Averof, Akam

Nature, vol. 376, 1995, pp. 420-423



Origin of evolutionary novelties


Repeated co-option of a conserved gene regulatory module underpins the evolution of the crustacean carapace, insect wings and other flat outgrowths


Shiga, Kato, Aragane-Nomura, Haraguchi, Saridaki, Watanabe, Iguchi, Yamagata, Averof

bioRxiv, 2017


Development: a deep breath for endocrine organ evolution


Grillo, Casanova, Averof

Current Biology, vol. 24, 2014, pp. R38-R40


Association of tracheal placodes with leg primordia in Drosophila and implications for the origin of insect tracheal systems


Franch-Marro, Martín, Averof, Casanova

Development, vol. 133, 2006, pp. 785-790


Evolutionary origin of insect wings from ancestral gills


Averof, Cohen

Nature, vol. 385, 1997, pp. 627-630


Insect-crustacean relationships: insights from comparative developmental and molecular studies


Averof, Akam

Phil Trans Roy Soc B, vol. 347, 1995, pp. 293-303


Molecular evolution


Evidence for multiple independent origins of trans-splicing in Metazoa


Douris, Telford, Averof

Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 27, 2010, pp. 684-693


Evidence for a high frequency of simultaneous double-nucleotide substitutions


Averof, Rokas, Wolfe, Sharp

Science, vol. 287, 2000, pp. 1283-1286


DNA sequence evolution: the sounds of silence


Sharp, Averof, Lloyd, Matassi, Peden

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, vol. 349, 1995, pp. 241-247




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