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List of works by David C Plachetzki

A critical appraisal of the use of microRNA data in phylogenetics

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A mosaic of independent innovations involving eyes shut are critical for the evolutionary transition from fused to open rhabdoms

scientific article published on 19 September 2018

Ancient origins of metazoan gonadotropin-releasing hormone and their receptors revealed by phylogenomic analyses

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

Blue-light-receptive cryptochrome is expressed in a sponge eye lacking neurons and opsin

scientific article (publication date: 15 April 2012)

Cloning and Characterization of a Second Lamprey Pituitary Glycoprotein Hormone, Thyrostimulin (GpA2/GpB5).

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Cnidocyte discharge is regulated by light and opsin-mediated phototransduction

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Comparative genomics of pathogenic and non-pathogenic beetle-vectored fungi in the genus Geosmithia

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Comparative validation of the D. melanogaster modENCODE transcriptome annotation.

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Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses resolve cnidarian relationships and the origins of key organismal traits

article published in 2017

Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses resolve cnidarian relationships and the origins of key organismal traits

Distinct expression patterns of glycoprotein hormone subunits in the lophotrochozoan Aplysia: implications for the evolution of neuroendocrine systems in animals.

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Estimating Phylogeny from microRNA Data: A Critical Appraisal

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Extracting phylogenetic signal and accounting for bias in whole-genome data sets supports the Ctenophora as sister to remaining Metazoa

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Furcation, field-splitting, and the evolutionary origins of novelty in arthropod photoreceptors.

scientific article published on 11 September 2007

Gene co-expression modules underlying polymorphic and monomorphic zooids in the colonial hydrozoan, Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus

scientific article published on 15 June 2014

Gene duplication and the origins of morphological complexity in pancrustacean eyes, a genomic approach

scientific article (publication date: 30 April 2010)

Isolation and expression of Pax6 and atonal homologues in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus

scientific article (publication date: August 2008)

Key transitions during the evolution of animal phototransduction: novelty, "tree-thinking," co-option, and co-duplication

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NOVOcan: a molecular link among selected glial cells.

scientific article published in March 2004

New insights into the evolutionary history of photoreceptor cells

scientific article published on 18 July 2005

Oligodendrocytes express an α/β‐interferon‐susceptible Mx gene: Molecular characterization of the encoded protein

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

Pan-metazoan phylogeny of the DMRT gene family: a framework for functional studies

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

Phylogenomics provides a robust topology of the major cnidarian lineages and insights on the origins of key organismal traits.

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Review of the hagfishes (Myxinidae) from the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of four new species and their phylogenetic relationships

scholarly article published in 2021

The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity

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The N termini of the inhibitory γ-subunits of phosphodiesterase-6 (PDE6) from rod and cone photoreceptors differentially regulate transducin-mediated PDE6 activation

scientific article published on 08 April 2019

The evolution of phototransduction from an ancestral cyclic nucleotide gated pathway

scientific article published on 10 March 2010

The genome of the softshell clam Mya arenaria and the evolution of apoptosis

scientific article published on 11 July 2020

The importance of tissue specificity for RNA-seq: highlighting the errors of composite structure extractions

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The origins of novel protein interactions during animal opsin evolution

scientific article (publication date: 17 October 2007)

The utility of shallow RNA-Seq for documenting differential gene expression in genes with high and low levels of expression

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Unraveling inter-species differences in hagfish slime skein deployment

scientific article published on 12 December 2018