2024
Evolutionary innovations in germline biology of placental mammals identified by transcriptomics of first-wave spermatogenesis in opossum
Marshall K, Stadtmauer D, Maziarz J, Wagner G, Lesch B. Evolutionary innovations in germline biology of placental mammals identified by transcriptomics of first-wave spermatogenesis in opossum. Developmental Cell 2024 PMID: 39536760, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.10.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPlacental mammalsLevel of transcriptionSingle-cell dataGene expression patternsMammalian spermatogenesisGene expression programsEpigenomic dataAdult testisEvolutionary innovationSpermatogenic cellsGene setsSpermatogenic developmentModel marsupialOpossum Monodelphis domesticaGene expressionExpression patternsGenesDevelopmental processesExpression programsSpermatogenesisMonodelphis domesticaMammalsDevelopmental timeCombination of featuresExpression
2000
Hox cluster genomics in the horn shark, Heterodontus francisci
Kim C, Amemiya C, Bailey W, Kawasaki K, Mezey J, Miller W, Minoshima S, Shimizu N, Wagner G, Ruddle F. Hox cluster genomics in the horn shark, Heterodontus francisci. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2000, 97: 1655-1660. PMID: 10677514, PMCID: PMC26491, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.030539697.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHox gene clustersHox clustersHOXA clusterGene clusterHeterodontus francisciVertebrate body planHorn sharkGene-coding sequencesDivergence timesEvolutionary historyBody planHoxD clusterEvolutionary significanceSequence motifsVertebrate phylogenyDevelopmental processesGenetic entitiesStructural similarityControl motifsSharksCluster organizationMotifPhylogenyGenomicsNoncoding
1999
A Research Programme for Testing the Biological Homology Concept
Wagner G. A Research Programme for Testing the Biological Homology Concept. Novartis Foundation Symposia 1999, 222: 125-140. PMID: 10332757, DOI: 10.1002/9780470515655.ch9.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsBiological homology conceptPutative homologuesHomology conceptMode of developmentDistribution of homologuesPhylogenetic distributionDevelopmental processesHomologuesMechanistic contextVariation patternsEnormous wealthAnatomical patternsCladeVariational tendencyOrganismsVariational differencesPatternsVariational propertiesDevelopmentWide range