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Sebastian Shimeld
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Faculty Member: Developmental Biology > Developmental Evolution [ since 7 January 2004 ]
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Adaptive evolution of pelvic reduction in sticklebacks by recurrent deletion of a Pitx1 enhancer.
Chan YF, Marks ME, …, Bell MA, Kingsley DM
Science 2010 Jan 15 327(5963):302-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Artyom Kopp / Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 21 Jan 2010

Experimental determination of the evolvability of a transcription factor.
Maerkl SJ, Quake SR
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 Nov 3 106(44):18650-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 16 Nov 2009

A developmental perspective: changes in the position of the blastopore during bilaterian evolution.
Martindale MQ, Hejnol A
Dev Cell 2009 Aug 17(2):162-74 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Douglas Erwin / Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 23 Sep 2009

Dual nature of the adaptive immune system in lampreys.
Guo P, Hirano M, …, Sadlonova A, Cooper MD
Nature 2009 Jun 11 459(7248):796-801 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld / Caetano Reis e Sousa / Avinash Bhandoola
Evaluated 16 Jun 2009


Ion channel clustering at the axon initial segment and node of ranvier evolved sequentially in early chordates.
Hill AS, Nishino A, …, Okamura Y, Cooper EC
PLoS Genet 2008 Dec 4(12):e1000317 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 20 Mar 2009

An ancient gene network is co-opted for teeth on old and new jaws.
Fraser GJ, Hulsey CD, …, Manley NR, Streelman JT
PLoS Biol 2009 Feb 10 7(2):e31 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 19 Mar 2009

Nodal signalling is involved in left-right asymmetry in snails.
Grande C, Patel NH
Nature 2008 Dec 21 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 13 Jan 2009

The dynein regulatory complex is required for ciliary motility and otolith biogenesis in the inner ear.
Colantonio JR, Vermot J, …, Chen JN, Hill KL
Nature 2009 Jan 8 457(7226):205-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 13 Jan 2009

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype.
Putnam NH, Butts T, …, Satoh N, Rokhsar DS
Nature 2008 Jun 19 453(7198):1064-71 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 24 Jun 2008

Mechanism of self-sterility in a hermaphroditic chordate.
Harada Y, Takagaki Y, …, Shoguchi E, Sawada H
Science 2008 Apr 25 320(5875):548-50 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tony De Tomaso / Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 29 Apr 2008

Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life.
Dunn CW, Hejnol A, …, Martindale MQ, Giribet G
Nature 2008 Apr 10 452(7188):745-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld / Rafael Zardoya
Dissenters | Arcady Mushegian
Evaluated 11 Mar 2008


MicroRNAs and the advent of vertebrate morphological complexity.
Heimberg AM, Sempere LF, …, Donoghue PC, Peterson KJ
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Feb 26 105(8):2946-50 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 11 Mar 2008

The adaptive significance of temperature-dependent sex determination in a reptile.
Warner DA, Shine R
Nature 2008 Jan 31 451(7178):566-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 6 Feb 2008

Widespread RNA segregation in a spiralian embryo.
Kingsley EP, Chan XY, Duan Y, Lambert JD
Evol Dev 2007 Nov-Dec 9(6):527-39 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Bob Goldstein / Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 11 Dec 2007

Natural history and evolutionary principles of gene duplication in fungi.
Wapinski I, Pfeffer A, Friedman N, Regev A
Nature 2007 Sep 6 449(7158):54-61 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld / Arcady Mushegian / Audrey Gasch
Evaluated 11 Sep 2007

Canalization of segmentation and its evolution in Drosophila.
Lott SE, Kreitman M, …, Alekseeva E, Ludwig MZ
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Jun 26 104(26):10926-31 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 4 Jul 2007

Localized PEM mRNA and protein are involved in cleavage-plane orientation and unequal cell divisions in ascidians.
Negishi T, Takada T, Kawai N, Nishida H
Curr Biol 2007 Jun 19 17(12):1014-25 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 25 Jun 2007

The NK homeobox gene cluster predates the origin of Hox genes.
Larroux C, Fahey B, …, Rokhsar DS, Degnan BM
Curr Biol 2007 Apr 17 17(8):706-10 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld / Peter Reddien
Evaluated 18 Apr 2007

Polychaete trunk neuroectoderm converges and extends by mediolateral cell intercalation.
Steinmetz PR, Zelada-Gonzáles F, …, Wittbrodt J, Arendt D
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Feb 20 104(8):2727-32 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 28 Feb 2007

Dorsoventral patterning in hemichordates: insights into early chordate evolution.
Lowe CJ, Terasaki M, …, Kirschner M, Gerhart J
PLoS Biol 2006 Sep 4(9):e291 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Siegfried Roth / Sebastian Shimeld / Artyom Kopp
Evaluated 23 Oct 2006

Precraniate origin of cranial motoneurons.
Dufour HD, Chettouh Z, …, Joly JS, Brunet JF
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Jun 6 103(23):8727-32 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld / Anthony Graham
Evaluated 12 Jun 2006

Tunicates and not cephalochordates are the closest living relatives of vertebrates.
Delsuc F, Brinkmann H, Chourrout D, Philippe H
Nature 2006 Feb 23 439(7079):965-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld / Simon Hughes / Ivor Mason / Mark Bothwell / M Angela Nieto / Max Telford
Evaluated 24 Feb 2006

The importance of sequence diversity in the aggregation and evolution of proteins.
Wright CF, Teichmann SA, Clarke J, Dobson CM
Nature 2005 Dec 8 438(7069):878-81 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Patrick Phillips / Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 21 Dec 2005

Integration and evolution of the cichlid mandible: the molecular basis of alternate feeding strategies.
Albertson RC, Streelman JT, Kocher TD, Yelick PC
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Nov 8 102(45):16287-92 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld / John Jaenike / Anthony Zera
Evaluated 11 Nov 2005

Left-right asymmetry in the sea urchin embryo is regulated by nodal signaling on the right side.
Duboc V, Röttinger E, …, Besnardeau L, Lepage T
Dev Cell 2005 Jul 9(1):147-58 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | David Kimelman / Claudio Stern / Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 1 Aug 2005

Conservation of regulatory sequences and gene expression patterns in the disintegrating Drosophila Hox gene complex.
Negre B, Casillas S, …, de Jong P, Ruiz A
Genome Res 2005 May 15(5):692-700 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 4 Jul 2005

Kupffer's vesicle is a ciliated organ of asymmetry in the zebrafish embryo that initiates left-right development of the brain, heart and gut.
Essner JJ, Amack JD, …, Harris EB, Yost HJ
Development 2005 Mar 132(6):1247-60 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 23 Mar 2005

Highly conserved upstream sequences for transcription factor genes and implications for the regulatory network.
Iwama H, Gojobori T
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 Dec 7 101(49):17156-61 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 13 Dec 2004

Gene-regulatory interactions in neural crest evolution and development.
Meulemans D, Bronner-Fraser M
Dev Cell 2004 Sep 7(3):291-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 1 Oct 2004

Somatic diversification of variable lymphocyte receptors in the agnathan sea lamprey.
Pancer Z, Amemiya CT, …, Gartland GL, Cooper MD
Nature 2004 Jul 8 430(6996):174-80 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | David Schatz / Stephan Beck / Sebastian Shimeld / Ken Smith / Emanuela Handman
Evaluated 19 Jul 2004

Coordinate enhancers share common organizational features in the Drosophila genome.
Erives A, Levine M
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 Mar 16 101(11):3851-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 4 May 2004

Proof and evolutionary analysis of ancient genome duplication in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Kellis M, Birren BW, Lander ES
Nature 2004 Apr 8 428(6983):617-24 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Mark Rose / Sebastian Shimeld / Magnus Nordborg / David Levin
Evaluated 4 May 2004

Organization of genetic variation in individuals of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Pawlowska TE, Taylor JW
Nature 2004 Feb 19 427(6976):733-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 4 Mar 2004

A functional cellulose synthase from ascidian epidermis.
Matthysse AG, Deschet K, …, White AR, Smith WC
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 Jan 27 101(4):986-91 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Simon McQueen-Mason / Sebastian Shimeld
Evaluated 2 Feb 2004

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