Papers

  • Extavour, C.G. Stages of embryonic development in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus I. From embryonic rudiment formation to completion of segmentation. (MS in preparation)

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

  • Sarikaya, D.P., Belay, A.A., Ahuja, A., Green, D.A., Dorta, A. and Extavour, C.G.The roles of cell size and cell number in determining ovariole number in Drosophila. Developmental Biology Epub Dec 19 (2011) PDF PubMed

  • Zeng, V., Villanueva, K.E., Ewen-Campen, B., Alwes, F., Browne, W.E. and Extavour, C.G. De novo assembly and characterization of a maternal and developmental transcriptome for the emerging model crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis. BMC Genomics 12(1): 581 (2011) PDF PubMed

  • Kainz, F., Ewen-Campen, B., Akam, M. and Extavour, C.G. Delta/Notch signalling is not required for segment generation in the basally branching insect Gryllus bimaculatus. Development 138(22): 5015-5026 (2011) PDF PubMed

  • Alwes, F., Hinchen, B. and Extavour, C G. Patterns of cell lineage, movement, and migration from germ layer specification to gastrulation in the amphipod crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis. Developmental Biology 139(1): 110-123 (2011) PDF PubMed

  • Extavour, C G. Long-Lost Relative Claims Orphan Gene: oskar in a Wasp.PLoS Genetics 7(4): e1002045 (2011) PDF PubMed

  • Green, D.A., Sarikaya, D.P. and Extavour, C.G. Counting in oogenesis. Cell and Tissue Research 344(2): 207-212 (2011) PDF PubMed

  • Ewen-Campen, B., Shaner, N., Panfilio, K., Suzuki, Y., Roth, S. and Extavour, C.G. The maternal and early embryonic transcriptome of the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus. BMC Genomics 12(1): 61 (2011) PDF PubMed

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

  • Extavour, C.G. Oogenesis: Making the Mos of Meiosis. Current Biology 19(12): R489-R491 (2009) PDF PubMed

  • Abzhanov, A., Extavour, C.G., 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 PubMed

  • Voronina, E., Lopez, M., Juliano, C. E., Gustafson, E., Song, J. L., Extavour, C.G., 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 PubMed

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

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

  • Extavour, C.G., 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 PubMed

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

  • Extavour, C.G.  Hold the germ cells, I’m on duty (on germ cell specification and caste determination in a polyembryonic wasp)  BioEssays 26(12): 1263-1267 (2004). PDF PubMed

  • Extavour, C.G. and Akam, M.  Mechanisms of germ cell specification across the metazoans: epigenesis and preformation.  Development 130(24): 5869-5884 (2003) PDF PubMed

  • Extavour, C.G. and García-Bellido, A. Germ cell selection in genetic mosaics in Drosophila melanogaster.  P.N.A.S. 98(20): 11341-11346 (2001) PDF PubMed

Book Chapters

  • Srouji, J.R. and Extavour, C.G. Redefining stem cells and assembling germ plasm: key transitions in the evolution of the germ line. Chapter 16, pp. 360-397 in Key Transitions in Animal Evolution, R. DeSalle and B. Schierwater, eds. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group; Science Publishers (2010)

  • Extavour, C.G.  Urbilaterian Reproduction: the evolution of metazoan germ cell specification mechanisms. Chapter 17, pp. 321-342 in Evolving Pathways: Key Themes in Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Alessandro Minelli and Giuseppe Fusco, eds. Cambridge University Press (2008) [pdf]

Interviews and Features

  • Bondar, C . and Extavour, C. Nerd Corner Podcast Interview for Carin Bondar's Biology Blog (2010)

  • 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.G., CreatureCast Episode 2 about evolution and development of multicellular organisms and germ cells, Casey Dunn's CreatureCast Blog (2009) [video] Featured on National Public Radio (NPR) Science Friday, November 6 2009

  • Extavour, C.G.  Not just a tasty snack: review of Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Crustacea, ed. G. Scholtz.  BioEssays 26(11): 1256-1258 (2004) [pdf]