Vertebrates

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Logical Model of Homology for Comparative Biology. 
  • A comparative study of crosslinked and noncrosslinked fibrin from the major classes of vertebrates. 
  • A distal enhancer and an ultraconserved exon are derived from a novel retroposon. 
  • A multidimensional approach for detecting species patterns in Malagasy vertebrates. 
  • A novel method for comparative analysis of retinal specialization traits from topographic maps. 
  • A refined model of the genomic basis for phenotypic variation in vertebrate hemostasis. 
  • A unified anatomy ontology of the vertebrate skeletal system. 
  • A unified theory for the energy cost of legged locomotion. 
  • An Adaptable Spectrin/Ankyrin-Based Mechanism for Long-Range Organization of Plasma Membranes in Vertebrate Tissues. 
  • Apical-basal polarity, Wnt signaling and vertebrate organogenesis. 
  • Are neuromotor systems conserved in evolution? 
  • Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution. 
  • Biological deamidation of nicotinamide in vertebrates. 
  • Blurring the edges in vertebrate sex determination. 
  • Bone morphogenetic proteins: multifunctional regulators of vertebrate development. 
  • Brain evolution across the Puerto Rican anole radiation. 
  • Calcium binding is required for calmodulin function in Aspergillus nidulans. 
  • California serogroup virus infections in Ohio: an 18-year retrospective summary. 
  • Cell invasion through basement membrane: the anchor cell breaches the barrier. 
  • Cholecystokinin and its receptors in vertebrates and invertebrates. 
  • Coordinated genome-wide modifications within proximal promoter cis-regulatory elements during vertebrate evolution. 
  • DNA replication checkpoint control of Wee1 stability by vertebrate Hsl7. 
  • Deconstructing the genesis of animal form. 
  • Detailed computational study of p53 and p16: using evolutionary sequence analysis and disease-associated mutations to predict the functional consequences of allelic variants. 
  • Developmental modification of synaptic NMDAR composition and maturation of glutamatergic synapses: matching postsynaptic slots with receptor pegs. 
  • Distinction between cholecystokinin-like and gastrin-like biological activities extracted from gastrointestinal tissues of some lower vertebrates. 
  • Dynamic Glycosylation Governs the Vertebrate COPII Protein Trafficking Pathway. 
  • Effect of alternating passage on adaptation of sindbis virus to vertebrate and invertebrate cells. 
  • Effective limb length and the scaling of locomotor cost in terrestrial animals. 
  • Evidence for a single loss of mineralized teeth in the common avian ancestor. 
  • Evolution of the tenascin family--implications for function of the C-terminal fibrinogen-like domain. 
  • Evolution. CNCing is believing. 
  • Evolutionary genomics and adaptive evolution of the Hedgehog gene family (Shh, Ihh and Dhh) in vertebrates. 
  • Expanding the diversity of DNA base modifications with N⁶-methyldeoxyadenosine. 
  • Fluorescence as a means of colour signal enhancement. 
  • Forward to the special issue on sex determination. 
  • Global patterns of terrestrial vertebrate diversity and conservation. 
  • Gonad morphogenesis in vertebrates: divergent means to a convergent end. 
  • Have gene knockouts caused evolutionary reversals in the mammalian first arch? 
  • Identification of Drosophila cytoskeletal proteins by induction of abnormal cell shape in fission yeast. 
  • Identifying Regulators of Morphogenesis Common to Vertebrate Neural Tube Closure and Caenorhabditis elegans Gastrulation. 
  • Infectious disease and group size: more than just a numbers game. 
  • Interferon-Inducible GTPases in Host Resistance, Inflammation and Disease. 
  • Intracellular Neural Recording with Pure Carbon Nanotube Probes. 
  • Joint effects of nutrient addition and enemy exclusion on exotic plant success. 
  • Kainic acid: neurophysiological and neurotoxic actions. 
  • Late onset N-acetylglutamate synthase deficiency caused by hypomorphic alleles. 
  • Mechanistic insights into Bardet-Biedl syndrome, a model ciliopathy. 
  • Molecular phylogeny of the kinesin family of microtubule motor proteins. 
  • Neurodevelopmental mutation of giant ankyrin-G disrupts a core mechanism for axon initial segment assembly. 
  • New regulators of vertebrate appendage regeneration. 
  • Nitric oxide is required for tactile learning in Octopus vulgaris. 
  • Onset of feedback reactions underlying vertebrate rod photoreceptor light adaptation. 
  • Optimal hematocrit: a Procrustean bed for maximum oxygen transport rate? 
  • Paralogy mapping: identification of a region in the human MHC triplicated onto human chromosomes 1 and 9 allows the prediction and isolation of novel PBX and NOTCH loci. 
  • Perspectives from the Avian Phylogenomics Project: Questions that Can Be Answered with Sequencing All Genomes of a Vertebrate Class. 
  • Phylogenetic analysis of vertebrate lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) multigene families. 
  • Planar cell polarity and vertebrate organogenesis. 
  • Plant species' origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands. 
  • RTK and TGF-beta signaling pathways genes in the sea urchin genome. 
  • Reaper-induced apoptosis in a vertebrate system. 
  • SMRTER, a Drosophila nuclear receptor coregulator, reveals that EcR-mediated repression is critical for development. 
  • Seed predation and climate impacts on reproductive variation in temperate forests of the southeastern USA. 
  • Selective conservation of GAP-43 structure in vertebrate evolution. 
  • Sex and the circuitry: progress toward a systems-level understanding of vertebrate sex determination. 
  • Sex reversal. 
  • Somatic hypermutation in B cells: an optimal control treatment. 
  • Structural analysis of neural circuits using the theory of directed graphs. 
  • Structural characterization of the neural circuit responsible for control of cardiovascular functions in higher vertebrates. 
  • Studies on the functional organization of the vertebrate retina. 
  • Temperature alters food web body-size structure. 
  • The GTPase activating factor for transducin in rod photoreceptors is the complex between RGS9 and type 5 G protein beta subunit. 
  • The Genome 10K Project: a way forward. 
  • The actin gene from Cryptococcus neoformans: structure and phylogenetic analysis. 
  • The changing view of neural specificity. 
  • The emerging complexity of the vertebrate cilium: new functional roles for an ancient organelle. 
  • The mammalian HSF4 gene generates both an activator and a repressor of heat shock genes by alternative splicing. 
  • The origin and evolution of animal appendages. 
  • The origin of helping: the role of variability in reproductive potential. 
  • The population ecology and social behaviour of taxonomists. 
  • The primary cilium: a signalling centre during vertebrate development. 
  • The retinitis pigmentosa protein RP2 interacts with polycystin 2 and regulates cilia-mediated vertebrate development. 
  • The role of arrestins in development. 
  • The role of metals in mammalian olfaction of low molecular weight organosulfur compounds. 
  • The vertebrate primary cilium in development, homeostasis, and disease. 
  • Three periods of regulatory innovation during vertebrate evolution. 
  • Tree recruitment in an empty forest. 
  • Vertebrate Reproduction. 
  • Vertebrate herbivory impacts seedling recruitment more than niche partitioning or density-dependent mortality. 
  • Vertebrate sex determination: evolutionary plasticity of a fundamental switch. 
  • Waiting times to appearance and dominance of advantageous mutants: estimation based on the likelihood. 
  • Wingless signaling generates pattern through two distinct mechanisms. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Hogan, Brigid L. M., George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Immunology, Cell Biology
  • Wray, Gregory Allan, Professor of Biology, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship