2021
The Evolutionary History of Siphonophore Tentilla: Novelties, Convergence, and Integration
Damian-Serrano A, Haddock S, Dunn C. The Evolutionary History of Siphonophore Tentilla: Novelties, Convergence, and Integration. Integrative Organismal Biology 2021, 3: obab019. PMID: 34355122, PMCID: PMC8331849, DOI: 10.1093/iob/obab019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolutionary historyMorphological diversityComplex evolutionary historyBroad morphological diversityEvolutionary gainPhenotypic integrationEvolutionary timeHydrozoan cnidariansMorphological convergenceFunctional diversityMorphological charactersStructured diversityCharacter correlationsFeeding habitsPrey captureUnique biological structureSiphonophore speciesNematocyst typesTentillaDiversityKinematic diversitySpeciesBiological structuresNematocyst dischargeCnidarians
2009
Assembling the spiralian tree of life
Giribet G, Dunn C, Edgecombe G, Hejnol A, Martindale M, Rouse G. Assembling the spiralian tree of life. 2009, 52-64. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549429.003.0006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhylogenomic dataClade of animalsLarge-scale sequencingRecent common ancestorKey fossil taxaNew taxonomic proposalAnimal treeCharacter state combinationsAnimal phylaMajor cladesPhylogenetic relationshipsCommon ancestorSpiral cleavageMolecular dataMorphological charactersFossil taxaCladeEnough speciesTaxonomic proposalsAnatomical disparityAnimal relationshipsPhylaSpiraliaESTsCurrent knowledge
2004
Adaptive evolution of HoxA11 and HoxA13 at the origin of the uterus in mammals
Lynch V, Roth J, Takahashi K, Dunn C, Nonaka D, Stopper G, Wagner G. Adaptive evolution of HoxA11 and HoxA13 at the origin of the uterus in mammals. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2004, 271: 2201-2207. PMID: 15539344, PMCID: PMC1691855, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdaptive evolutionTranscription factorsMolecular evolutionHoxa-11Hoxa-13Cis-regulatory evolutionAdaptive molecular evolutionEvolution of developmentMammalian female reproductive systemStrong positive selectionCis-regulatory elementsAmniote taxaDevelopmental genesStem lineageDevelopmental evolutionEvolutionary changeEutherian mammalsSpatial regulationPositive selectionMorphological charactersFemale reproductive organsGenesFemale reproductive systemReproductive organsMammals