Papers

  • Modrell, M. S., Price, A. L., Havemann, J., Extavour, C., Gerberding, M. and Patel, N. H. Germline replacement following ablation of the primordial germ cells in Parhyale hawaiensis. Science (submitted) (2010).

  • Ewen-Campen, B., Schwager, E.E., Extavour, C. The molecular machinery of germ line specification. Molecular Reproduction and Development 77(1): 3-18 (2010). [pdf]

  • Extavour, C. Oogenesis: Making the Mos of Meiosis. Current Biology. 19(12): R489-R491 (2009) [pdf]

  • Abzhanov, A., Extavour, C., Groover, A., Hodges, S., Hoekstra, H., Kramer, E. M., Monteiro, A. Are We There Yet? Tracking the Development of New Model Systems. Trends in Genetics 24(7): 353-360 (2008) [pdf]

  • Voronina, E., Lopez, M., Juliano, C. E., Gustafson, E., Song, J. L., Extavour, C., George, S., Oliveri, P., McClay, D., and Wessel, G. Vasa protein expression is restricted to the small micromeres of the sea urchin, but is inducible in other lineages early in development. Developmental Biology 314(2):276-286 (2008) [pdf]

  • Extavour, C.  Evolution of the bilaterian germ line: lineage origin and modulation of specification mechanisms.  Integrative and Comparative Biology.47(5): 770-785 (2007) [pdf]

  • Extavour, C.  Gray Anatomy: phylogenetic patterns of somatic gonad structures and reproductive strategies across the Bilateria.  Integrative and Comparative Biology 47(3): 420-426 (2007) [pdf]

  • Extavour, C., Pang, K., Matus, D. Q. & Martindale, M. Q.  vasa and nanos expression patterns in a sea anemone and the evolution of bilaterian germ cell specification mechanisms Evolution and Development 7(3): 201-215 (2005) [pdf]

  • Extavour, C.  The fate of isolated blastomeres and formation of germ cells in the amphipod crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis. Developmental Biology 277(2): 387-402 (2005) [pdf]

  • Extavour, C.  Hold the germ cells, I’m on duty (on germ cell specification and caste determination in a polyembryonic waspBioEssays 26(12): 1263-1267 (2004). (invited review) [pdf]

  • Extavour, C. and Akam, M.  Mechanisms of germ cell specification across the metazoans: epigenesis and preformation.  Development 130(24): 5869-5884 (2003) (invited review) [pdf]

  • Extavour, C. and García-Bellido, A. Germ cell selection in genetic mosaics in Drosophila melanogasterP.N.A.S. 98(20): 11341-11346 (2001) [pdf]


Book Chapters

  • Srouji, J. R. and Extavour, C. Redefining stem cells and assembling germ plasm: key transitions in the evolution of the germ line. In Key Innovations in Animal Evolution, ed. R. DeSalle and B. Schierwater. Science Publishers (2010) (in press)
  • Extavour, C.  Urbilaterian Reproduction: the evolution of metazoan germ cell specification mechanisms. Chapter 17, pp. 321-342 in Evolving Pathways: Key Themes in Evolutionary Developmental Biology. AlessandroMinelli and Giuseppe Fusco, eds. Cambridge University Press (2008) [pdf]

Interviews and Features

  • Schaffer, L. Shooting Stars: Check out these faculty ballers! The Harvard Crimson Fifteen Minutes Magazine, April 30 (2009)

  • Dolgin, E. Management for Beginners: So you’re a principal investigator – now what?  The Scientist 22(7): 75-77 (2008)

  • Bjorn, G. Ready, Set, Hire.  Nature 451: 740-741 (2008) [pdf]

  • DeSalle, R. and Schierwater, B.  Key transitions in animal evolution.  Integrative and Comparative Biology 47(5): 667-669 (2007) [pdf]

  • Travis, J. A Close Look at Urbisexuality.  Science 316: 391-391 (2007) [pdf]

  • Hines, P. J. and Kadereit, S. Topic of the Month: Asymmetric Cell Division.  International Society for Stem Cell Research January 2004: 1-3 (2004) [pdf]


Miscellaneous

  • Tintori, S. and Extavour, C., CreatureCast Episode 2 about evolution and development of multicellular organisms and germ cells, CreatureCast Blog (2009) [video]
  • Extavour, C.  Not just a tasty snack: review of Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Crustacea, ed. G. Scholtz.  BioEssays 26(11): 1256-1258 (2004) (invited review) [pdf]