Professor Bernard Degnan

Featured projects	Duration
Developing a scalable genome browser and repository for complex multi-omic datasets. Genome Innovation Hub Collaborative Project (UQ infrastructure)	2021

Borchiellini, Carole, Degnan, Sandie M., Le Goff, Emilie, Rocher, Caroline, Vernale, Amélie, Baghdiguian, Stephen, Séjourné, Nina, Marschal, Florent, Le Bivic, André, Godefroy, Nelly, Degnan, Bernard M. and Renard, Emmanuelle (2020). Staining and Tracking Methods for Studying Sponge Cell Dynamics. Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin and Other Marine Invertebrates . (pp. 81-97) edited by David J. Carroll and Stephen A. Stricker. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0974-3_5

Kocot, Kevin M., McDougal, Carmel and Degnan, Bernard M. (2017). Developing perspectives on molluscan shells, part 1: introduction and molecular biology. Physiology of molluscs: a collection of selected reviews. (pp. 1-41) edited by Saber Saleuddin and Spencer Mukai. Oakville, ON Canada: Apple Academic Press. doi: 10.1201/9781315207483

Grice, Laura F. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2015). How to build an allorecognition system: a guide for prospective multicellular Organisms. Evolutionary transitions to multicellular life. (pp. 395-424) edited by Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo and Aurora M. Nedelcu. New York, NY, United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9642-2_19

Degnan, Bernard M., Adamska, Maja, Richards, Gemma S., Larroux, Claire, Leininger, Sven, Bergum, Brith, Calcino, Andrew, Taylor, Karin, Nakanishi, Nagayasu and Degnan, Sandie M. (2015). Porifera. Evolutionary developmental biology of invertebrates 1: introduction, non-bilateria, acoelomorpha, xenoturbellida, chaetognatha. (pp. 65-106) edited by Andreas Wanninger. Vienna, Austria: Springer Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1862-7

Watson, Jabin, Degnan, Bernard, Degnan, Sandie and Krömer, Jens O. (2014). Determining the biomass composition of a sponge holobiont for flux analysis. Metabolic flux analysis: methods and protocols. (pp. 107-125) edited by Jens O. Krömer, Lars K. Nielsen and Lars M. Blank. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1170-7_7

Bernard M. Degnan, Adamska, Maja, Craigie, Alina, Degnan, Sandie M., Fahey, Bryony, Gauthier, Marie, Hooper, John N. A., Larroux, Claire, Leys, Sally P., Lovas, Erica and Richards, Gemma S. (2009). The Demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica: Reconstructing the ancestral metazoan genome and deciphering the origin of animal multicellularity. Emerging Model Organisms: A Laboratory Manual. (pp. 139-166) edited by Gann, Alexander and Crotty, David. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

Wanninger, Andreas, Koope, Demian, Moshel-Lynch, Sharon and Degnan, Bernard M. (2008). Molluscan Evolutionary Development. Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca. (pp. 427-444) edited by Winston F. Ponder and David R. Lindberg. United States: University of California Press.

Selvamani, M. J. P., Counihan, R. T., van Heumen, W. R. A., Jebreen, E. J., Preston, N. P. and Degnan, B. M. (1998). Regulation of reproduction in a tropical abalone Haliotis asinina: expression of a prohormone convertase gene in the central nervous system. Proceedings of the Australian Coral Reef Society: 75th Anniversary, Heron Island, October, 1997. (pp. 119-124) edited by J. G. Greenwood and N. J. Hall. Brisbane, Australia: School of Marine Science, The University of Queensland.

Degnan, B. M., Counihan, R. T., O'Brien, E. K., Selvamani, M. J. P. and Preston, N. P. (1998). Molecular analysis of abalone growth and reproduction: utility of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina as a model species. Agricultural Biotechnology: Laboratory, Field and Market. (pp. 248-250) edited by P. J. Larkin. Canberra, Australia: UTC Publishing.

Counihan, R. T., Preston, N. P. and Degnan, B. M. (1998). The tropical abalone Haliotis asinina as a model species to investigate the molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling growth in abalone. New Developments in Marine Biotechnology. (pp. 135-140) edited by Y. Le Gal and H. Halvorson. New York: Plenum Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4757-5983-9_29

Degnan, B. M. (1997). Molecular analysis of invertebrate development and growth: identification of developmentally-regulated genes in model and commercially important species. Molecular Approaches to the Study of the Ocean. (pp. 343-358) edited by K. E. Cooksey. London: Chapman and Hall.

Morin, Marie, Jönsson, Mathias, Wang, Conan K., Craik, David J., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2024). Seasonal tissue-specific gene expression in wild crown-of-thorns starfish reveals reproductive and stress-related transcriptional systems. PLOS Biology, 22 (5) e3002620, e3002620. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002620

Koller, David, Kocot, Kevin M., Degnan, Bernard M. and Wollesen, Tim (2024). Developmental gene expression in the eyes of the pygmy squid Xipholeptos notoides. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 342 (7), 483-498. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.23270

Xiang, Xueyan, Vilar Gomez, Arturo A., Blomberg, Simone P., Yuan, Huifang, Degnan, Bernard M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2023). Potential for host-symbiont communication via neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in an aneural animal, the marine sponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 17 ARTN 1250694, 1-12. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2023.1250694

Morin, Marie, Jönsson, Mathias, Wang, Conan K., Craik, David J., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2023). Captivity induces a sweeping and sustained genomic response in a starfish. Molecular Ecology, 32 (13), 3541-3556. doi: 10.1111/mec.16947

Da Fonseca Ferreira, Andrea, Wei, Jianqin, Zhang, Lukun, Macon, Conrad J., Degnan, Bernard, Jayaweera, Dushyantha, Hare, Joshua M., Kolber, Michael A., Bellio, Michael, Khan, Aisha, Pan, Yue, Dykxhoorn, Derek M., Wang, Liyong and Dong, Chunming (2023). HIV promotes atherosclerosis via circulating extracellular vesicle microRNAs. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24 (8) 7567, 1-24. doi: 10.3390/ijms24087567

Degnan, Bernard M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2023). How larvae and life cycles evolve. Trends in Genetics, 39 (7), 528-530. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.03.008

Jönsson, Mathias, Morin, Marie, Wang, Conan K., Craik, David J., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2022). Sex-specific expression of pheromones and other signals in gravid starfish. BMC Biology, 20 (1) 288, 1-18. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01491-0

Yuan, Huifang, Hatleberg, William L., Degnan, Bernard M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2022). Gene activation of metazoan Fox transcription factors at the onset of metamorphosis in the marine demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Development, Growth and Differentiation, 64 (8), 455-468. doi: 10.1111/dgd.12812

Xiang, Xueyan, Poli, Davide, Degnan, Bernard M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2022). Ribosomal RNA-depletion provides an efficient method for successful dual RNA-Seq expression profiling of a marine sponge holobiont. Marine Biotechnology, 24 (4), 722-732. doi: 10.1007/s10126-022-10138-8

Wong, Eunice, Anggono, Victor, Williams, Stephen R., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2022). Phototransduction in a marine sponge provides insights into the origin of animal vision. iScience, 25 (6) 104436, 104436. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104436

Cornejo-Paramo, Paola, Roper, Kathrein, Degnan, Sandie, Degnan, Bernard and Wong, Emily S (2022). Distal regulation, silencers, and a shared combinatorial syntax are hallmarks of animal embryogenesis. Genome Research, 32 (3), 474-487. doi: 10.1101/gr.275864.121

McDougall, Carmel, Aguilera, Felipe, Shokoohmand, Ali, Moase, Patrick and Degnan, Bernard M. (2021). Pearl sac gene expression profiles associated with pearl attributes in the silver-lip pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima. Frontiers in Genetics, 11 597459, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.597459

Varney, Rebecca M., Speiser, Daniel I., McDougall, Carmel, Degnan, Bernard M. and Kocot, Kevin M. (2021). The iron-responsive genome of the chiton Acanthopleura granulata. Genome Biology and Evolution, 13 (1) evaa263, 1-15. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evaa263

Wong, Emily S., Zheng, Dawei, Tan, Siew Z., Bower, Neil L., Garside, Victoria, Vanwalleghem, Gilles, Gaiti, Federico, Scott, Ethan, Hogan, Benjamin M., Kikuchi, Kazu, McGlinn, Edwina, Francois, Mathias and Degnan, Bernard M. (2020). Deep conservation of the enhancer regulatory code in animals. Science, 370 (6517) 681, 1-9. doi: 10.1126/science.aax8137

Wong, Eunice, Mölter, Jan, Anggono, Victor, Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2019). Co-expression of synaptic genes in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica uncovers ancient neural submodules. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 15781, 15781. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51282-x

de Mendoza, Alex, Hatleberg, William L., Pang, Kevin, Leininger, Sven, Bogdanovic, Ozren, Pflueger, Jahnvi, Buckberry, Sam, Technau, Ulrich, Hejnol, Andreas, Adamska, Maja, Degnan, Bernard M., Degnan, Sandie M. and Lister, Ryan (2019). Convergent evolution of a vertebrate-like methylome in a marine sponge. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3 (10), 1464-1473. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0983-2

Sogabe, Shunsuke, Hatleberg, William L., Kocot, Kevin M., Say, Tahsha E., Stoupin, Daniel, Roper, Kathrein E., Fernandez-Valverde, Selene L., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2019). Pluripotency and the origin of animal multicellularity. Nature, 570 (7762), 519-522. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1290-4

Krishnan, Arunkumar, Degnan, Bernard M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2019). The first identification of complete Eph-ephrin signalling in ctenophores and sponges reveals a role for neofunctionalization in the emergence of signalling domains. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19 (1) 96, 96. doi: 10.1186/s12862-019-1418-z

McDougall, Carmel, Hammond, Michael J., Dailey, Simon C., Somorjai, Ildiko M. L., Cummins, Scott F. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2018). The evolution of ependymin-related proteins. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18 (1) 182, 182. doi: 10.1186/s12862-018-1306-y

Calcino, Andrew D., Fernandez-Valverde, Selene L., Taft, Ryan J. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2018). Diverse RNA interference strategies in early-branching metazoans. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18 (1) 160, 160. doi: 10.1186/s12862-018-1274-2

Sebé-Pedrós, Arnau, Chomsky, Elad, Pang, Kevin, Lara-Astiaso, David, Gaiti, Federico, Mukamel, Zohar, Amit, Ido, Hejnol, Andreas, Degnan, Bernard M. and Tanay, Amos (2018). Early metazoan cell type diversity and the evolution of multicellular gene regulation. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2 (7), 1176-1188. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0575-6

McDougall, Carmel and Degnan, Bernard M. (2018). The evolution of mollusc shells. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology, 7 (3) e313, e313. doi: 10.1002/wdev.313

Gaiti, Federico, Degnan, Bernard M and Tanurdžić, Miloš (2018). Long non-coding regulatory RNAs in sponges and insights into the origin of animal multicellularity. RNA Biology, 15 (6), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/15476286.2018.1460166

Gaiti, Federico, Hatleberg, William L., Tanurdžić, Miloš and Degnan, Bernard M. (2018). Sponge Long Non-Coding RNAs Are Expressed in Specific Cell Types and Conserved Networks. Non-Coding RNA, 4 (1) 6, 6. doi: 10.3390/ncrna4010006

Jackson, Daniel J., Reim, Laurin, Randow, Clemens, Cerveau, Nicolas, Degnan, Bernard M. and Fleck, Claudia (2017). Variation in orthologous shell-forming proteins contribute to molluscan shell diversity. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 34 (11), 2959-2969. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msx232

Jindrich, Katia, Roper, Kathrein E., Lemon, Sussan, Degnan, Bernard M., Reitzel, Adam M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2017). Origin of the animal circadian clock: diurnal and light-entrained gene expression in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4 (OCT) 327. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00327

Gold, D. A., O'Reilly, S. S., Watson, J., Degnan, B. M., Degnan, S. M., Krömer, J. O. and Summons, R. E. (2017). Lipidomics of the sea sponge Amphimedon queenslandica and implication for biomarker geochemistry. Geobiology, 15 (6), 836-843. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12253

Gaiti, Federico, Calcino, Andrew D., Tanurdzic, Miloš and Degnan, Bernard M. (2017). Origin and evolution of the metazoan non-coding regulatory genome. Developmental Biology, 427 (2), 193-202. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.11.013

Watson, Jabin R., Kroemer, Jens O., Degnan, Bernard M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2017). Seasonal changes in environmental nutrient availability and biomass composition in a coral reef sponge. Marine Biology, 164 (6) 135. doi: 10.1007/s00227-017-3167-0

Grice, Laura F. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2017). Transcriptomic profiling of the allorecognition response to grafting in the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Marine Drugs, 15 (5) 136, 136. doi: 10.3390/md15050136

Sebe-Pedros, Arnau, Degnan, Bernard M. and Ruiz-Trillo, Inaki (2017). The origin of Metazoa: a unicellular perspective. Nature Reviews Genetics, 18 (8), 498-512. doi: 10.1038/nrg.2017.21

Gaiti, Federico, Jindrich, Katia, Fernandez-Valverde, Selene L., Roper, Kathrein E., Degnan, Bernard M. and Tanurdzic, Milos (2017). Landscape of histone modifications in a sponge reveals the origin of animal cis-regulatory complexity. Elife, 6 e22194. doi: 10.7554/eLife.22194

Aguilera, Felipe, McDougall, Carmel and Degnan, Bernard M. (2017). Co-option and de novo gene evolution underlie molluscan shell diversity. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 34 (4), 779-792. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msw294

Grice, Laura F., Gauthier, Marie E. A., Roper, Kathrein E., Fernàndez-Busquets, Xavier, Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2017). Origin and evolution of the sponge aggregation factor gene family. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 34 (5), 1083-1099. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msx058

Ueda, Nobuo, Richards, Gemma S., Degnan, Bernard M., Kranz, Alexandrea, Adamska, Maja, Croll, Roger P. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2016). An ancient role for nitric oxide in regulating the animal pelagobenthic life cycle: evidence from a marine sponge. Scientific Reports, 6 (37546) 37546, 37546. doi: 10.1038/srep37546

Jackson, Daniel J. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2016). The importance of evo-devo to an integrated understanding of molluscan biomineralisation. Journal of Structural Biology, 196 (2), 67-74. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2016.01.005

Gurung, Raj D., Iwata, Masaki, Hiyama, Atsuki, Taira, Wataru, Degnan, Bernard, Degnan, Sandie and Otaki, Joji M. (2016). Comparative morphological analysis of the immature stages of the grass blue butterflies Zizeeria and Zizina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zoological Science, 33 (4), 384-400. doi: 10.2108/zs150171

McDougall, Carmel, Woodcroft, Ben J. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2016). The widespread prevalence and functional significance of silk-like structural proteins in metazoan biological materials. PLoS ONE, 11 (7) e0159128, e0159128. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159128

Wang, Tianfang, Nuurai, Parinyaporn, McDougall, Carmel, York, Patrick S., Bose, Utpal, Degnan, Bernard M. and Cummins, Scott F. (2016). Identification of a female spawn-associated Kazal-type inhibitor from the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina. Journal of Peptide Science, 22 (7), 461-470. doi: 10.1002/psc.2887

Kocot, Kevin M., Aguilera, Felipe, McDougall, Carmel, Jackson, Daniel J. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2016). Sea shell diversity and rapidly evolving secretomes: insights into the evolution of biomineralization. Frontiers in Zoology, 13 (23) 23, 23. doi: 10.1186/s12983-016-0155-z

Fernandez-Valverde, Selene L. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2016). Bilaterian-like promoters in the highly compact Amphimedon queenslandica genome. Scientific Reports, 6 (Art No.: 22496) 22496, 22496. doi: 10.1038/srep22496

Sogabe, Shunsuke, Nakanishi, Nagayasu and Degnan, Bernard M. (2016). The ontogeny of choanocyte chambers during metamorphosis in the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Evodevo, 7 (6) 6, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s13227-016-0042-x

Jindrich, Katia and Degnan, Bernard M. (2016). The diversification of the basic leucine zipper family in eukaryotes correlates with the evolution of multicellularity. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16 (28) 28, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12862-016-0598-z

McDougall, Carmel, Moase, Patrick and Degnan, Bernard M. (2016). Host and donor influence on pearls produced by the silver-lip pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima. Aquaculture, 450, 313-320. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.08.008

Wollesen, Tim, Rodriguez Monje, Sonia Victoria, McDougall, Carmel, Degnan, Bernard M. and Wanninger, Andreas (2015). The ParaHox gene Gsx patterns the apical organ and central nervous system but not the foregut in scaphopod and cephalopod mollusks. EvoDevo, 6 (1) 41, 41. doi: 10.1186/s13227-015-0037-z

Wollesen, Tim, Rodriguez Monje, Sonia Victoria, Todt, Christiane, Degnan, Bernard M. and Wanninger, Andreas (2015). Ancestral role of Pax2/5/8 in molluscan brain and multimodal sensory system development. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15 (10) 231, 1-19. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0505-z

Gaiti, Federico, Fernandez-Valverde, Selene L., Nakanishi, Nagayasu, Calcino, Andrew D., Yanai, Itai, Tanurdzic, Milos and Degnan, Bernard M. (2015). Dynamic and Widespread lncRNA Expression in a Sponge and the Origin of Animal Complexity. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32 (9), 2367-2382. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv117

Fernandez-Valverde, Selene L., Calcino, Andrew D. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2015). Deep developmental transcriptome sequencing uncovers numerous new genes and enhances gene annotation in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica. BMC Genomics, 16 (1) 387, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1588-z

Grice, Laura F. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2015). The origin of the ADAR gene family and animal RNA editing. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15 (1) 4, 1-7. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0279-3

Baughman, Kenneth W., McDougall, Carmel, Cummins, Scott F., Hall, Mike, Degnan, Bernard M., Satoh, Nori and Shoguchi, Eiichi (2014). Genomic organization of Hox and ParaHox clusters in the echinoderm, Acanthaster planci. Genesis: The Journal of Genetics and Development, 53 (12), 952-958. doi: 10.1002/dvg.22840

Wollesen, Tim, McDougall, Carmel, Degnan, Bernard M. and Wanninger, Andreas (2014). POU genes are expressed during the formation of individual ganglia of the cephalopod central nervous system. EvoDevo, 5 (41) 41, 41. doi: 10.1186/2041-9139-5-41

Sellars, Melony J., Rao, Min, O'Leary, Zach, Wood, Andrew, Degnan, Bernard M. and Cowley, Jeff A. (2014). Reduced loads of pre-existing Gill-associated virus (GAV) infection in juvenile Penaeus monodon injected with single or multiple GAV-specific dsRNAs. Aquaculture, 434, 272-276. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2014.08.017

Budd, Alyssa, McDougall, Carmel, Green, Kathryn and Degnan, Bernard M. (2014). Control of shell pigmentation by secretory tubules in the abalone mantle. Frontiers in Zoology, 11 (1) 62. doi: 10.1186/s12983-014-0062-0

Nakanishi, Nagayasu, Sogabe, Shunsuke and Degnan, Bernard M. (2014). Evolutionary origin of gastrulation: Insights from sponge development. BMC Biology, 12 (26) 26, 26. doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-12-26

Anavy, Leon, Levin, Michal, Khair, Sally, Nakanishi, Nagayasu, Fernandez-Valverde, Selene L., Degnan, Bernard M. and Yanai, Itai (2014). BLIND ordering of large-scale transcriptomic developmental timecourses. Development (Cambridge), 141 (5), 1161-1166. doi: 10.1242/dev.105288

Aguilera, Felipe, McDougall, Carmel and Degnan, Bernard M. (2014). Evolution of the tyrosinase gene family in bivalve molluscs: independent expansion of the mantle gene repertoire. Acta Biomaterialia, 10 (9), 3855-3865. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.03.031

Watson, Jabin R., Brennan, Timothy C. R., Degnan, Bernard M., Degnan, Sandie M. and Kromer, Jens O. (2014). Analysis of the biomass composition of the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica on Heron Island Reef, Australia. Marine Drugs, 12 (6), 3733-3753. doi: 10.3390/md12063733

McDougall, Carmel, Aguilera, Felipe, Moase, Patrick, Lucas, John S. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2013). Pearls. Current Biology, 23 (16), R671-R673. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.042

Aguilera, Felipe, McDougall, Carmel and Degnan, Bernard M. (2013). Origin, evolution and classification of type-3 copper proteins: lineage-specific gene expansions and losses across the Metazoa. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13 (1) 96, 96.1-96.12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-96

McDougall, Carmel, Aguilera, Felipe and Degnan, Bernard M. (2013). Rapid evolution of pearl oyster shell matrix proteins with repetitive, low-complexity domains. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 10 (82) 20130041, 20130041.-20130041.10. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0041

Richards, Gemma S. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2012). The expression of Delta ligands in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica suggests an ancient role for Notch signaling in metazoan development. EvoDevo, 3 (1) 15, 15-1-15-15. doi: 10.1186/2041-9139-3-15

Steinmetz, Patrick R. H., Kraus, Johanna E. M., Larroux, Claire, Hammel, Jorg U., Amon-Hassenzahl, Annette, Houliston, Evelyn, Worheide, Gert, Nickel, Michael, Degnan, Bernard M. and Technau, Ulrich (2012). Independent evolution of striated muscles in cnidarians and bilaterians. Nature, 487 (7406), 231-U1508. doi: 10.1038/nature11180

Fahey, Bryony and Degnan, Bernard M. (2012). Origin and Evolution of Laminin Gene Family Diversity. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 29 (7), 1823-1836. doi: 10.1093/molbev/mss060

Conaco, Cecilia, Bassett, Danielle S., Zhou, Hongjun, Arcila, Mary Luz, Degnan, Sandie M., Degnan, Bernard M. and Kosik, Kenneth S. (2012). Functionalization of a protosynaptic gene expression network. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109 (Supplement 1), 10612-10618. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1201890109

Wollesen, Tim, Nishiguchi, Michele K., Seixas, Pedro, Degnan, Bernard M. and Wanninger, Andreas (2012). The VD1/RPD2 alpha 1-neuropeptide is highly expressed in the brain of cephalopod mollusks. Cell and Tissue Research, 348 (3), 439-452. doi: 10.1007/s00441-012-1378-8

York, Patrick S., Cummins, Scott F., Degnan, Sandie M., Woodcroft, Ben J. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2012). Marked changes in neuropeptide expression accompany broadcast spawnings in the gastropod Haliotis asinina. Frontiers in Zoology, 9 (1) 9, 9.1-9.16. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-9-9

Conaco, Cecilia, Neveu, Pierre, Zhou, Hongjun, Arcila, Mary L., Degnan, Sandie M., Degnan, Bernard M. and Kosik, Kenneth S. (2012). Transcriptome profiling of the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica reveals genome-wide events that accompany major life cycle transitions. BMC Genomics, 13 (1) 209, 209.1-209.19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-209

Erpenbeck, Dirk, Schmitz, Jurgen, Churakov, Gennady, Huchon, Dorothee, Worheide, Gert and Degnan, Bernard M. (2012). First evidence of miniature transposable elements in sponges (Porifera). Hydrobiologia, 687 (1), 43-47. doi: 10.1007/s10750-011-0775-4

Rivera, Ajna S., Ozturk, Nuri, Fahey, Bryony, Plachetzki, David C., Degnan, Bernard M., Sancar, Aziz and Oakley, Todd H. (2012). Blue-light-receptive cryptochrome is expressed in a sponge eye lacking neurons and opsin. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215 (8), 1278-1286. doi: 10.1242/jeb.067140

York, Patrick S., Cummins, Scott F., Lucas, Tim, Blomberg, Simon P., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2012). Differential expression of neuropeptides correlates with growth rate in cultivated Haliotis asinina (Vetigastropoda: Mollusca). Aquaculture, 334-337, 159-168. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.12.019

Jackson, Daniel J., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2012). Variation in rates of early development in Haliotis asinina generate competent larvae of different ages. Frontiers in Zoology, 9 (1) 2, 2. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-9-2

Kuanpradit, Chitraporn, Stewart, Michael J., York, Patrick S., Degnan, Bernard M., Sobhon, Prasert, Hanna, Peter J., Chavadej, Jittipan and Cummins, Scott F. (2012). Characterization of mucus-associated proteins from abalone (Haliotis) - candidates for chemical signaling. Febs Journal, 279 (3), 437-450. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08436.x

Kerner, Pierre, Degnan, Sandie M., Marchand, Lauriane, Degnan, Bernhard M. and Vervoort, Michel (2011). Evolution of RNA-binding proteins in animals: Insights from genome-wide analysis in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28 (8), 2289-2303. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msr046

Cummins, Scott F., Tollenaere, Alina, Degnan, Bernard M. and Croll, Roger P. (2011). Molecular analysis of two FMRFamide-encoding transcripts expressed during the development of the tropical abalone haliotis asinina. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 519 (10), 2043-2059. doi: 10.1002/cne.22621

Sebe-Pedros, Arnau, de Mendoza, Alex, Lang, B. Franz, Degnan, Bernard M. and Ruiz-Trillo, Inaki (2011). Unexpected repertoire of metazoan transcription factors in the unicellular holozoan Capsaspora owczarzaki. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28 (3), 1241-1254. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msq309

Cummins, Scott F., Boal, Jean G., Buresch, Kendra C., Kuanpradit, Chitraporn, Sobhon, Prasert, Holm, Johanna B., Degnan, Bernard M., Nagle, Gregg T. and Hanlon, Roger T. (2011). Extreme aggression in male squid induced by a beta-MSP-like pheromone. Current Biology, 21 (4), 322-327. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.01.038

Adamska, Maja, Degnan, Bernard M., Green, Kathryn and Zwafink, Christin (2011). What sponges can tell us about the evolution of developmental processes. Zoology, 114 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2010.10.003

McDougall, Carmel and Degnan, Bernard M. (2011). Modularity of gene-regulatory networks revealed in sea-star development. BMC biology, 9 (1) 6, 6.1-6.3. doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-9-6

Erpenbeck, D., Voigt, O., Adamski, M., Woodcroft, B. J., Hooper, J. N. A., Worheide, G. and Degnan, B. M. (2011). NUMTs in the sponge genome reveal conserved transposition mechanisms in metazoans. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28 (1), 1-5. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msq217

Izumi, Hiroshi, Gauthier, Marie E.A., Degnan, Bernard M., Ng, Yi Kai, Hewavitharana, Amitha K., Shaw, P. Nicholas and Fuerst, John A. (2010). Diversity of Mycobacterium species from marine sponges and their sensitivity to antagonism by sponge-derived rifamycin-synthesizing actinobacteria in genus Salinispora. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 313 (1), 33-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02118.x

Jackson, Daniel J., Meyer, Neva P., Seaver, Elaine, Pang, Kevin, McDougall, Carmel, Moy, Vanessa N., Gordon, Kacy, Degnan, Bernard M., Martindale, Mark Q., Burke, Robert D. and Peterson, Kevin J. (2010). Developmental expression of COE across the Metazoa supports a conserved role in neuronal cell-type specification and mesodermal development. Development Genes and Evolution, 220 (7-8), 221-234. doi: 10.1007/s00427-010-0343-3

Marie, Benjamin, Marie, Arul, Jackson, Daniel J., Dubost, Lionel, Degnan, Bernard, Milet, Christian and Marin, Frédéric (2010). Proteomic analysis of the organic matrix of the abalone Haliotis asinina calcified shell. Proteome Science, 8 (1) 54. doi: 10.1186/1477-5956-8-54

Callaghan, Tamera R., Degnan, Bernard M. and Sellars, Melony J. (2010). Expression of sex and reproduction related genes in Marsupenaeus japonicus. Marine Biotechnology, 12 (6), 664-667. doi: 10.1007/s10126-009-9254-6

Wollesen, Tim, Degnan, Bernard M. and Wanninger, Andreas (2010). Expression of serotonin (5-HT) during CNS development of the cephalopod mollusk, Idiosepius notoides. Cell and Tissue Research, 342 (2), 161-178. doi: 10.1007/s00441-010-1051-z

Fahey, Bryony and Degnan, Bernard M. (2010). Origin of animal epithelia: Insights from the sponge genome. Evolution and Development, 12 (6), 601-617. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00445.x

Cummins, Scott F. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2010). Sensory sea slugs: Towards decoding the molecular toolkit required for a mollusc to smell. Communicative & Integrative Biology, 3 (5), 423-426. doi: 10.4161/cib.3.5.12091

Bridgham, Jamie T., Eick, Geeta N., Larroux, Claire, Deshpande, Kirti, Harms, Michael J., Gauthier, Marie E. A., Ortlund,Eric A., Degnan, Bernard M. and Thornton, Joseph W. (2010). Protein evolution by molecular tinkering: Diversification of the nuclear receptor superfamily from a ligand-dependent ancestor. PLoS Biology, 8 (10) e1000497, e1000497.1-e1000497.13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000497

Gauthier, Marie E. A., Du Pasquier, Louis and Degnan, Bernard M. (2010). The genome of the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica provides new perspectives into the origin of Toll-like and interleukin 1 receptor pathways. Evolution and Development, 12 (5), 519-533. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00436.x

Adamska, Maja, Larroux, Claire, Adamski, Marcin, Green, Kathryn, Lovas, Erica, Koop, Demian, Richards, Gemma S., Zwafink, Christin and Degnan, Bernard M. (2010). Structure and expression of conserved Wnt pathway components in the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Evolution and Development, 12 (5), 494-518. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00435.x

Degnan, Bernard M. (2010). The rise of genomics sheds light on the dawn of animals. Evolution & Development, 12 (5), 425-427. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00438.x

Taft, Ryan, Simons, Cas, Nahkuri, Satu, Oey, Harald, Korbie, Darren J., Mercer, Timothy R., Holst, Jeff, Ritchie, William, Wong, Justin J-L., Rasko, John E. J., Rokhsar, Daniel S., Degnan, Bernard M. and Mattick, John S. (2010). Nuclear-localized tiny RNAs are associated with transcription initiation and splice sites in metazoans. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 17 (8), 1030-1035. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.1841

Kranz, Alexandrea M, Tollenaere, Alina, Norris, Belinda J., Degnan, Bernard M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2010). Identifying the germline in an equally cleaving mollusc: Vasa and Nanos expression during embryonic and larval development of the vetigastropod Haliotis asinina. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 314B (4), 267-279. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.21336

Shimeld, Sebastian M., Degnan, Bernard M. and Luke, Graham N. (2010). Evolutionary genomics of the Fox genes: Origin of gene families and the ancestry of gene clusters. Genomics, 95 (5), 256-260. doi: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2009.08.002

Koene, Joris M., Sloot, Wiebe, Montagne-Wajer, Kora, Cummins, Scott F., Degnan, Bernard M., Smith, John S., Nagle, Gregg T. and ter Maat, Andries (2010). Male accessory gland protein reduces egg laying in a simultaneous hermaphrodite. PLoS One, 5 (4) e10117, e10117. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010117

Wollesen, Tim, Cummins, Scott F., Degnan, Bernard M. and Wanninger, Andreas (2010). FMRFamide gene and peptide expression during central nervous system development of the cephalopod mollusk, Idiosepius notoides. Evolution and Development, 12 (2), 113-130. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00398.x

Cummins, Scott F., Nuurai, Parinyaporn, Nagle, Gregg T. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2010). Conservation of the egg-laying hormone neuropeptide and attractin pheromone in the spotted sea hare, Aplysia dactylomela. Peptides, 31 (3), 394-401. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.10.010

Jackson, Daniel J., McDougall, Carmel, Woodcroft, Ben, Moase, Patrick, Rose, Robert A., Kube, Michael, Reinhardt, Richard, Rokhsar, Daniel S., Montagnani, Caroline, Joubert, Caroline, Piquemal, David and Degnan, Bernard M. (2010). Parallel evolution of nacre building gene sets in molluscs. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 27 (3), 591-608. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msp278

Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2010). The initiation of metamorphosis as an ancient polyphenic trait and its role in metazoan life-cycle evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, 365 (1540), 641-651. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0248

Srivastava, Mansi, Larroux, Claire, Lu, Daniel R., Mohanty, Kareshma, Chapman, Jarrod, Degnan, Bernard M. and Rokhsar, Daniel S. (2010). Early evolution of the LIM homeobox gene family. BMC Biology, 8 (1) 4, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-4

Maritz, Karin, Calcino, Andrew, Fahey, Bryony, Degnan, Bernie and Degnan, Sandie M. (2010). Remarkable consistency of larval release in the spermcast-mating demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica (Hooper and van Soest). The Open Marine Biology Journal, 4, 57-64. doi: 10.2174/1874450801004010057

Maritz, Karin, Calcino, Andrew, Fahey, Bryony, Degnan, Bernie and Degnan, Sandie M. (2010). Remarkable consistency of larval release in the spermcast-mating demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica (Hooper and van Soest). The Open Marine Biology Journal, 4 (Special Issue #001), 57-64. doi: 10.2174/1874450801004010057

Degnan, BM, Vervoort, M, Larroux, C and Richards, GS (2009). Early evolution of metazoan transcription factors. Current Opinion In Genetics & Development, 19 (6), 591-599. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2009.09.008

Gazave, Eve, Lapebie, Pascal, Richards, Gemma, Brunet, Frederic, Ereskovsky, Alexander, Degnan, Bernard M., Borchiellini, Carole, Vervoort, Michel and Renard, Emmanuelle (2009). Origin and evolution of the Notch signalling pathway: An overview from eukaryotic genomes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9 (249) 249, 249.1-249.27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-249

Tiozzo, S, Murray, M, Degnan, BM, De Tomaso, AW and Croll, RP (2009). Development of the Neuromuscular System During Asexual Propagation in an Invertebrate Chordate. Developmental Dynamics, 238 (8), 2081-2094. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.22023

Wade, Nicholas M., Tollenaere, Alina, Hall, Mike R. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2009). Evolution of a Novel Carotenoid-Binding Protein Responsible for Crustacean Shell Color. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 26 (8), 1851-1864. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msp092

Cummins, S. F., Leblanc, L., Degnan, B. M. and Nagle, G. T. (2009). Molecular identification of candidate chemoreceptor genes and signal transduction components in the sensory epithelium of Aplysia. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 (13), 2037-2044. doi: 10.1242/jeb.026427

Cummins, Scott F., Erpenbeck, Dirk, Zou, Zhihua, Claudianos, Charlies, Moroz, Leonid L., Nagle, Greg T. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2009). Candidate chemoreceptor subfamilies differentially expressed in the chemosensory organs of the mollusc Aplysia. BMC Biology, 7 (1) 28, 28-1-28-20. doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-7-28

Panasophonkul, S, Apisawetakan, S, Cummins, S, York, P, Degnan, B, Hanna, P, Saitongdee, P, Sobhon, P and Sretarugsa, P (2009). Molecular characterization and analysis of a truncated serotonin receptor gene expressed in neural and reproductive tissues of abalone. HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY, 131 (5), 629-642. doi: 10.1007/s00418-009-0555-7

Robertson, Anthony J., Larroux, Claire, Degnan, Bernard M. and Coffman, James A. (2009). The evolution of Runx genes II. The C-terminal Groucho recruitment motif is present in both eumetazoans and homoscleromorphs but absent in a haplosclerid demosponge. BMC Research Notes, 2 (59) 59, 59.1-59.9. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-59

Roper, K. E., Beamish, J., Garson, M. J., Skilleter, G. A. and Degnan, B. M. (2009). Convergent antifouling activities of structurally distinct bioactive compounds synthesized within two sympatric Haliclona Demosponges. Marine Biotechnology, 11 (2), 188-198. doi: 10.1007/s10126-008-9132-7

Williams, Elizabeth A., Degnan, Bernard M., Gunter, Helen, Jackson, Daniel J., Woodcroft, Ben J. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2009). Widespread transcriptional changes pre-empt the critical pelagic–benthic transition in the vetigastropod Haliotis asinina. Molecular Ecology, 18 (5), 1006-1025. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04078.x

Tompkins-MacDonald, GJ, Gallin, WJ, Sakarya, O, Degnan, B, Leys, SP and Boland, LM (2009). Expression of a poriferan potassium channel: insights into the evolution of ion channels in metazoans. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 (6), 761-767. doi: 10.1242/jeb.026971

Marie, Benjamin, Le Roy, Nathalie, Marie, Arul, Dubost, Lionel, Milet, Christian, Bedouet, Laurent, Becchi, Michel, Zanella-Cleon, Isabelle, Jackson, Daniel, Degnan, Bernard, Luquet, Gilles and Marin, Frédéric (2009). Nacre Evolution: A Proteomic Approach. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1187 1187-KK01-03, 1-6. doi: 10.1557/PROC-1187-KK01-03

Cummins, SF, York, PS, Hanna, PJ, Degnan, BM and Croll, RP (2009). Expression of prohormone convertase 2 and the generation of neuropeptides in the developing nervous system of the gastropod Haliotis. International Journal of Developmental Biology, 53 (7), 1081-1088. doi: 10.1387/ijdb.082791sc

Degnan, Sandie M., Craigie, Alina and Degnan, Bernard M. (2008). Genotyping individual Amphimedon embryos, larvae, and adults. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 3 (12), pdb.prot5098. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5098

Adamska, Maja and Degnan, Bernard M. (2008). Analysis of Cell Movement in Amphimedon Embryos by Injection of Fluorescent Tracers. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 3 (12), pdb.prot5097. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5097

Larroux, Claire, Fahey, Bryony, Adamska, Maja, Richards, Gemma S., Gauthier, Marie, Green, Kathryn, Lovas, Erica and Degnan, Bernard M. (2008). Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization in Amphimedon. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 3 (12), pdb.prot5096. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5096

Leys, Sally P., Larroux, Claire, Gauthier, Marie, Adamska, Maja, Fahey, Bryony, Richards, Gemma S., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2008). Isolation of Amphimedon Developmental Material. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 3 (12), pdb.prot5095. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5095

Kvennefors, E.Charlotte E., Leggat, William, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Degnan, Bernard M. and Barnes, Andrew C. (2008). An ancient and variable mannose-binding lectin from the coral Acropora millepora binds both pathogens and symbionts. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 32 (12), 1582-1592. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2008.05.010

Degnan, Bernard M., Adamska, Maja, Craigie, Alina, Degnan, Sandie M., Fahey, Bryony, Gauthier, Marie, Hooper, John N. A., Larroux, Claire, Leys, Sally P., Lovas, Erica and Richards, Gemma S. (2008). The demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica: Reconstructing the ancestral metazoan genome and deciphering the origin of animal multicellularity. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 3 (12), 1-6. doi: 10.1101/pdb.emo108

Walker, S.J., Degnan, B. M., Hooper, J.N.A. and Skilleter, G. A. (2008). Will Increased Storm Disturbance Affect the Biodiversity of Intertidal, Nonscleractinian Sessile Fauna on Coral Reefs?. Global Change Biology, 14 (11), 2755-2770. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01644.x

Exposito, Jean-Yves, Larroux, Claire, Cluzel, Caroline, Valcourt, Ulrich, Lethias, Claire and Degnan, Bernard M. (2008). Demosponge and Sea Anemone Fibrillar Collagen Diversity Reveals the Early Emergence of A/C Clades and the Maintenance of the Modular Structure of Type V/XI Collagens from Sponge to Human. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283 (42), 28226-28235. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M804573200

Grimson, A., Srivastava, M., Fahey, B., Woodcroft, B., Chiang, H.R., King, N., Degnan, B.M., Rokhsar, D.S. and Bartel, D.P. (2008). Early origins and evolution of microRNAs and Piwi-interacting RNAs in animals. Nature, 455 (7217), 1193-1197. doi: 10.1038/nature07415

Richards, Gemma S., Simionato, Elena, Perron, Muriel, Adamska, Maja, Vervoort, Michel and Degnan, Bernard M. (2008). Sponge Genes Provide New Insight into the Evolutionary Origin of the Neurogenic Circuit. Current Biology, 18 (15), 1156-1161. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.06.074

Gunter, H. and Degnan, B. M. (2008). Impact of ecologically relevant heat shocks on Hsp developmental function in the vetigastropod Haliotis asinina. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 310B (5), 450-464. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.21217

Fahey, B., Larroux, C., Woodcroft, B. and Degnan, B.M. (2008). Does the high gene density in the Sponge NK Homeobox gene cluster reflect limited regulatory capacity?. Biological Bulletin, 214 (3), 205-217. doi: 10.2307/25470664

Gostling, N. J., Thomas, C., Greenwood, J. M., Dong, X., Bengston, S., Raff, E.C., Degnan, B. M., Stampanoni, M and Donoghue, P.C.J. (2008). Deciphering the fossil record of early bilaterian embryonic development in light of experimental taphonomy. Evolution & Development, 10 (3), 339-349. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00242.x

Wade, N.M., Melville-Smith, R., Degnan, B. M. and Hall, M.R. (2008). Control of shell colour changes in the lobster, Panulirus cygnus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211 (9), 1512-1519. doi: 10.1242/jeb.012930

Jacobs, M.W., Degnan, B.M., Bishop, J.D.D. and Strathmann, R.R. (2008). Early activation of adult organ differentiation during delay of metamorphosis in solitary ascidians, and consequences for juvenile growth. Invertebrate Biology, 127 (2), 217-236. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2008.00125.x

Larroux, C., Luke, G. N., Koopman, P., Rokhsar, D. S., Shimeld, S. M. and Degnan, B. M. (2008). Genesis and expansion of metazoan transcription factor gene classes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 25 (5), 980-996. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msn047

Cummins, S. F., Degnan, B. M. and Nagle, G. T. (2008). Characterization of Aplysia Alb-1, a candidate water-borne protein pheromone released during egg laying. Peptides, 29 (2), 152-161. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.07.031

Gauthier, M. and Degnan, B.M. (2008). The transcription factor NF-κB in the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica : insights on the evolutionary origin of the Rel homology domain. Development Genes and Evolution, 218 (1), 23-32. doi: 10.1007/s00427-007-0197-5

Gauthier, Marie and Degnan, Bernard M. (2008). Partitioning of genetically distinct cell populations in chimeric juveniles of the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 32 (11), 1270-1280. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2008.04.002

Koop, Demian, Richards, Gemma S., Wanninger, Andreas, Gunter, Helen M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2007). The role of MAPK signaling in patterning and establishing axial symmetry in the gastropod Haliotis asinina. Developmental Biology, 311 (1), 200-212. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.08.035

Plachetzki, David C., Degnan, Bernard M. and Oakley, Todd H. (2007). The origins of novel protein interactions during animal opsin evolution. PLoS One, 2 (10) e1054, e1054.1-e1054.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001054

Cummins, Scott F., Xie, Fang, de Vries, Melissa R., Annangudi, Suresh P., Misra, Milind, Degnan, Bernard M., Sweedler, Jonathan V., Nagle, Gregg T. and Schein, Catherine H. (2007). Aplysia temptin - the ' glue ' in the water-borne attractin pheromone complex. The FEBS Journal, 274 (20), 5425-5437. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06070.x

Jackson, Daniel J., Macis, Luciana, Reitner, Joachim, Degnan, Bernard M. and Worheide, Gert (2007). Sponge Paleogenomics Reveals an Ancient Role for Carbonic Anhydrase in Skeletogenesis. Science, 316 (5833), 1893-1895. doi: 10.1126/science.1141560

Sellars, M. J., Lyons, R. E., Grewe, P. M., Vuocolo, T., Leeton, L., Coman, G. J., Degnan, B. M. and Preston, N. P. (2007). A PL10 vasa-like gene in the Kuruma shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus (Bate) is expressed during development in the adult gonad. Marine Biotechnology, 9 (3), 377-387. doi: 10.1007/s10126-007-6118-9

Adamska, Maja, Degnan, Sandie M., Green, Kathryn M., Adamski, Marcin, Craigie, Alina, Larroux, Claire and Degnan, Bernard M. (2007). Wnt and TGF-b expression in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica and the origin of metazoan embryonic patterning. PLoS One, 2 (10) e1031, 1-6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001031

Sakarya, O., Armstrong, K. A., Adamska, M. A., Adamski, M. R., Wang, I-F., Tidor, B., Degnan, B. M., Oakley, T. H. and Kosik, K. S. (2007). A post-synaptic scaffold at the origin of the animal kingdom. PLoS ONE, 2 (6) e506, 1-9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000506

Erpenbeck, Dirk, Hooper, John N. A., List-Armitage, Sue E., Degnan, Bernard M., Wörheide, Gert and van Soest, Rob W. M. (2007). Affinities of the family Sollasellidae (Porifera, Demospongiae). II. Molecular evidence. Contributions to Zoology, 76 (2), 95-102. doi: 10.1163/18759866-07602003

Jackson, D. J., Worheide, G. and Degnan, B. M. (2007). Dynamic expression of ancient and novel molluscan shell genes during ecological transitions. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7 (160) 160, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-160

Simionato, E., Ledent, V., Richards, G., Thomas-Chollier, M., Kerner, P., Coornaert, D., Degnan, B. M. and Vervoort, M. (2007). Origin and diversification of the basic helix-loop-helix gene family in metazoans: Insights from comparative genomics. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7 (33) 33, 1-18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-33

Erpenbeck, D., List-Armitage, S., Alvarez, B., Degnan, B. M., Worheide, G. and Hooper, J. N. A. (2007). The systematics of Raspailiidae (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Microcionina) re-analysed with a ribosomal marker. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 87 (6), 1571-1576. doi: 10.1017/S0025315407058201

Erpenbeck, D., Cleary, D. F. R., Voigt, O., Nichols, S. A., Degnan, B. M., Hooper, J. N. A. and Worheide, G. (2007). Analysis of evolutionary, biogeographical and taxonomic patterns of nucleotide composition in demosponge rRNA. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 87 (6), 1607-1614. doi: 10.1017/S0025315407058183

de la Vega, E., Hall, M. R., Wilson, K. J., Reverter, A., Woods, R. G. and Degnan, B. M. (2007). Stress-induced gene expression profiling in the black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon. Physiological Genomics, 31 (1), 126-138. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00068.2007

Adamska, M., Matus, D. Q., Adamski, M., Green, K., Rokhsar, D. S., Martindale, M. Q. and Degnan, B. M. (2007). The evolutionary origin of hedgehog proteins. Current Biology, 17 (19), R836-R837. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.010

de la Vega, E., Degnan, B. M., Hall, M. R. and Wilson, K. J. (2007). Differential expression of immune-related genes and transposable elements in black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) exposed to a range of environmental stressors. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 23 (5), 1072-1088. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2007.05.001

Gunter, H. M. and Degnan, B. M. (2007). Developmental expression of Hsp90, Hsp70 and HSF during morphogenesis in the vetigastropod Haliotis asinina. Development Genes and Evolution, 217 (8), 603-612. doi: 10.1007/s00427-007-0171-2

Sellars, M. J., Vuocolo, T., Leeton, L. A., Coman, G. J., Degnan, B. M. and Preston, N. P. (2007). Real-time RT-PCR quantification of Kuruma shrimp transcripts: A comparison of relative and absolute quantification procedures. Journal of Biotechnology, 129 (3), 391-399. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2007.01.029

Erpenbeck, D., Nichols, S. A., Voigt, O., Dohrmann, M., Degnan, B. M., Hooper, J. N. A. and Worheide, G. (2007). Phylogenetic analyses under secondary structure-specific substitution models outperform traditional approaches: Case studies with diploblast LSU. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 64 (5), 543-557. doi: 10.1007/s00239-006-0146-3

Larroux, C., Fahey, B., Degnan, S. M., Adamski, M., Rokhsar, D. S. and Degnan, B. M. (2007). The NK homeobox gene cluster predates the origin of Hox genes. Current Biology, 17 (8), 706-710. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.008

Sellars, Melony J., Coman, Greg J., Callaghan, Tamera R., Arnold, Stuart J., Wakeling, Jan, Degnan, Bernard M. and Preston, Nigel P. (2007). The effect of ionizing irradiation of post-larvae on subsequent survival and reproductive performance in the Kuruma shrimp, Penaeus (Marmpenaeus) japonicus (Bate). Aquaculture, 264 (1-4), 309-322. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.01.009

Imron, Jeffrey, Bernadine, Hale, Peter, Degnan, Bernard M. and Degnan, Sandie M. (2007). Pleistocene isolation and recent gene flow in Haliotis asinina, an Indo-Pacific vetigastropod with limited dispersal capacity. Molecular Ecology, 16 (2), 289-304. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03141.x

Erpenbeck, D., Voigt, O., Adamski, M., Adamska, M., Hooper, J. N. A., Worheide, G. and Degnan, B. M. (2007). Mitochondrial diversity of early-branching metazoa is revealed by the complete mt genome of a Haplosclerid Demosponge. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 24 (1), 19-22. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msl154

Jacobs, Molly, Degnan, Sandie M., Woods, Rick, Williams, Elizabeth, Roper, Kathrein E., Green, Kathryn and Degnan, Bernard M. (2006). The effect of larval age on morphology and gene expression during ascidian metamorphosis. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 46 (6), 760-776. doi: 10.1093/icb/icl015

Degnan, Sandie M., Imron, Geiger, Daniel L. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2006). Evolution in temperate and tropical seas: Disparate patterns in southern hemisphere abalone (Mollusca : Vetigastropoda : Haliotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution, 41 (1), 249-256. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.06.023

Sellars, M. J., Coman, F. E., Degnan, B. M. and Preston, N. P. (2006). The effectiveness of heat, cold and 6-dimethylaminopurine shocks for inducing tetraploidy in the Kuruma shrimp, Marsupenaeus japonicus (Bate). Journal of Shellfish Research, 25 (2), 631-637. doi: 10.2983/0730-8000(2006)25[631:TEOHCA]2.0.CO;2

Jackson, Daniel J. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2006). Expressed sequence tag analysis of genes expressed during development of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina. Journal of Shellfish Research, 25 (1), 225-231. doi: 10.2983/0730-8000(2006)25[225:ESTAOG]2.0.CO;2

Jackson, Daniel J., McDougall, Carmel, Green, Kathryn, Simpson, Fiona, Worheide, Gert and Degnan, Bernard M. (2006). A rapidly evolving secretome builds and patterns a sea shell. BMC Biology, 4 (40) 40, 40-49. doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-4-40

Degnan, S. M. and Degnan, B. M. (2006). The origin of the pelagobenthic metazoan life cycle: what's sex got to do with it?. Integrative And Comparative Biology, 46 (6), 683-690. doi: 10.1093/icb/icl028

de la Vega, E., Hall, M. R., Degnan, B. M. and Wilson, K. J. (2006). Short-term hyperthermic treatment of Penaeus monodon increases expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) and reduces replication of gill associated virus (GAV). Aquaculture, 253 (1-4), 82-90. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.07.041

Sellars, M. J., Degnan, B. M. and Preston, N. P. (2006). Production of triploid Kuruma shrimp, Marsupenaeus (Penaeus) japonicus (Bate) nauplii through inhibition of polar body I, or polar body I and II extrusion using 6-dimethylaminopurine. Aquaculture, 256 (1-4), 337-345. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.02.052

Larroux, Claire, Fahey, Bryony, Liubicich, Danielle, Hinman, Veronica F., Gauthier, Marie, Gongora, Milena, Green,Kathryn, Worheide, Gert, Leys, Sally P. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2006). Developmental expression of transcription factor genes in a demosponge: insights into the origin of metazoan multicellularity. Evolution & Development, 8 (2), 150-173. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2006.00086.x

Lucas, T., Macbeth, M., Degnan, S. M., Knibb, W. and Degnan, B. M. (2006). Heritability estimates for growth in the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina using microsatellites to assign parentage. Aquaculture, 259 (1-4), 146-152. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.05.039

Rice, T., McGraw, E, OBrien, E. K., Reverter, A., Jackson, D. J. and Degnan, B. M. (2006). Parasitic castration by the digenian trematode Allopodocotyle sp alters gene expression in the brain of the host mollusc Haliotis asinina. Febs Letters, 580 (15), 3769-3774. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.05.068

Leys, S. P., Rohksar, D. S. and Degnan, B. M. (2005). Sponges. Current Biology, 15 (4), R114-R115. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.02.005

Skilleter, Greg A., Russell, Bayden D., Degnan, Bernard M. and Garson, Mary J. (2005). Living in a potentially toxic environment: comparisons of endofauna in two congeneric sponges from the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 304, 67-75. doi: 10.3354/meps304067

Sellars, M. J., Degnan, B. M., Carrington, L. E. and Preston, N. P. (2005). The effects of ionizing radiation on the reproductive capacity of adult Penaeus (Marsupenaeus) japonicus (Bate). Aquaculture, 250 (1-2), 194-200. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.04.036

Wanninger, A., Koop, D. and Degnan, B. M. (2005). Immunocytochemistry and metamorphic fate of the larval nervous system of Triphyllozoon mucronatum (Ectoprocta : Gymnolaemata : Cheilostomata). Zoomorphology, 124 (4), 161-170. doi: 10.1007/s00435-005-0004-7

Wade, N., Goulter, K. C., Wilson, K. J., Hall, M. R. and Degnan, B. M. (2005). Esterified astaxanthin levels in lobster epithelia correlate with shell colour intensity: Potential role in crustacean shell colour formation. Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology B-biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 141 (3), 307-313. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.04.004

Streit, K., Jackson, D. J., Degnan, B. M. and Lieb, B. (2005). Developmental expression of two Haliotis asinina hemocyanin isoforms. Differentiation, 73 (7), 341-349. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2005.00035.x

Wanninger, A., Koop, D., Bromham, L., Noonan, E. and Degnan, B. M. (2005). Nervous and muscle system development in Phascolion strombus (Sipuncula). Development, Genes And Evolution, 215 (10), 509-518. doi: 10.1007/s00427-005-0012-0

Jackson, D. J., Ellemor, N. and Degnan, B. M. (2005). Correlating gene expression with larval competence and the effect of age and parentage on metamorphosis in the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina. Marine Biology, 147 (3), 681-697. doi: 10.1007/s00227-005-1603-z

Degnan, Bernard M., Leys, Sally P. and Larroux, Claire (2005). Sponge Development and Antiquity of Animal Pattern Formation. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 45 (2), 335-341. doi: 10.1093/icb/45.2.335

Jacobs, M. W. and Degnan, B. M. (2005). Delay of metamorphosis in solitary ascidians: Genetics, morphology, and ecology. Integrative And Comparative Biology, 45 (6), 1020-1020.

Degnan, B. M. and Adamska, M. (2005). Pre-mesoderm: The expression of Wnts during sponge gastrulation and their ancestral role in metazoan development. Integrative And Comparative Biology, 45 (6), 986-986.

Lucas, T., O'Brien, E. K., Cribb, T. and Degnan, B. M. (2005). Digenean trematodes infecting the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina have species-specific cercarial emergence patterns that follow daily or semilunar spawning cycles. Marine Biology, 148 (2), 285-292. doi: 10.1007/s00227-005-0077-3

Woods, R. G., Roper, K. E., Gauthier, M., Bebell, L. M., Sung, K., Degnan, B. M. and Lavin, M. F. (2004). Gene expression during early ascidian metamorphosis requires signaling by Hemps, an EGF-like protein. Development, 131 (12), 2921-2933. doi: 10.1242/dev.01120

de la Vega, Enrique, Degnan, Bernard M., Hall, Michael R., Cowley, Jeff A. and Wilson, Kate J. (2004). Quantitative real-time RT-PCR Assay for GAV demonstrates that handling stress leads to rapid increases in viral titre in Penaeus monodon. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 59 (3), 195-203. doi: 10.3354/dao059195

Campbell, RK, Satoh, N and Degnan, BM (2004). Piecing together evolution of the vertebrate endocrine system. Trends In Genetics, 20 (8), 359-366. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.06.005

Degnan, B (2004). Larval settlement and metamorphosis: Marine ecology meets developmental biology. Zoological Science, 21 (12), 1232-1233.

Gunter, H. M. and Degnan, B. M. (2004). Developmental and heat shock response roles of Hsp90 in Haliotis asinina larvae. Integrative And Comparative Biology, 44 (6), 703-703.

O’Brien, Elizabeth K. and Degan, Bernard M. (2003). Expression of Pax258 in the gastropod statocyst: insights into the antiquity of metazoan geosensory organs. Evolution & Development, 5 (6), 572-578. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-142X.2003.03062.x

Hinman, Veronica F., O'Brien, Elizabeth K., Richards, Gemma S. and Degnan, Bernard M (2003). Expression of anterior Hox genes during larval development of the gastropod Haliotis asinina. Evolution and Development, 5 (5), 508-521. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-142X.2003.03056.x

Yagi, Kasumi, Satou, Yutaka, Mazet, Francoise, Shimeld, Sebastian M., Degnan, Bernard, Rokhsar, Daniel, Levine, Michael, Kohara, Yuji and Satoh, Nori (2003). A genomewide survey of developmental genes in Ciona intestinalis: III. Genes for Fox, ETS, nuclear receptors and NF- kB. Development Genes and Evolution, 213 (5-6), 235-244. doi: 10.1007/s00427-003-0322-z

Russell, B. D., Degnan, B. M, Garson, M. J. and Skilleter, G. A. (2003). Distribution of a nematocyst-bearing sponge in relation to potential coral donors. Coral Reefs, 22 (1), 11-16. doi: 10.1007/s00338-002-0271-4

Satou, Y., Sasakura, Y., Yamada, L., Imai, K. S., Satoh, N. and Degnan, B. (2003). A genomewide survey of developmentally relevant genes in Ciona intestinalis - V. Genes for receptor tyrosine kinase pathway and Notch signaling pathway. Development Genes And Evolution, 213 (5-6), 254-263. doi: 10.1007/s00427-003-0317-9

Yamada, L., Kobayashi, K., Degnan, B., Satoh, N. and Satou, Y. (2003). A genomewide survey of developmentally relevant genes in Ciona intestinalis - IV. Genes for HMG transcriptional regulators, bZip and GATA/Gli/Zic/Snail. Development Genes And Evolution, 213 (5-6), 245-253. doi: 10.1007/s00427-003-0316-x

Wang, Sizhong, Duncan, Peter F., Knibb, Wayne and Degnan, Bernard M. (2002). Byssal attachment and movement of Amusium balloti (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) spat. Journal of Shellfish Research, 21 (2), 563-569.

Wörheide, Gert, Hooper, John N. A. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2002). Phylogeography of western Pacific Leucetta 'chagosensis' (Porifera: Calcarea) from ribosomal DNA sequences: implications for population history and conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia). Molecular Ecology, 11 (9), 1753-1768. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01570.x

O’Brien, Elizabeth K. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2002). Pleiotropic developmental expression of HasPOUIII, a class III POU gene, in the gastropod Haliotis asinina. Mechanisms of Development, 114 (1-2), 129-132. doi: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00037-0

Leys, S. P., Cronin, T. W., Degnan, B. M. and Marshall, J. N. (2002). Spectral sensitivity in a sponge larva. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 188 (3), 199-202. doi: 10.1007/s00359-002-0293-y

Hinman, V. F. and Degnan, B. M. (2002). Mox homeobox expression in muscle lineage of the gastropod Haliotis asinina: evidence for a conserved role in bilaterian myogenesis. Development Genes and Evolution, 212 (3), 141-144. doi: 10.1007/s00427-002-0223-6

Green, K. M., Russell, B. D., Clark, R. J., Jones, M. K ., Garson, M. J., Skilleter, G. A. and Degnan, B. M. (2002). A sponge allelochemical induces ascidian settlement but inhibits metamorphosis. Marine Biology, 140 (2), 355-363. doi: 10.1007/s002270100698

Dehal, P., Satou, Y., Campbell, R. K., Chapman, J., Degnan, B., De Tomaso, A., Davidson, B., Di Gregorio, A., Gelpke, M., Goodstein, D. M., Harafuji, N., Hastings, K. E. M., Ho, I., Hotta, K. and Huang, W. (2002). The draft genome of Ciona intestinalis: Insights into chordate and vertebrate origins. Science, 298 (5601), 2157-2167. doi: 10.1126/science.1080049

Devine, Christine, Hinman, Veronica F. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2002). Evolution and developmental expression of nuclear receptor genes in the ascidian Herdmania. International Journal of Developmental Biology, 46 (4), 687-692.

Leys, SP and Degnan, BM (2002). Embryogenesis and metamorphosis in a haplosclerid demosponge: gastrulation and transdifferentiation of larval ciliated cells to choanocytes. Invertebrate Biology, 121 (3), 171-189. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2002.tb00058.x

Jackson, Daniel J., Leys, Sally P., Hinman, Veronica F., Woods, Rick F. G., Lavin, Martin F. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2002). Ecological regulation of development: Induction of marine invertebrate metamorphosis. International Journal of Developmental Biology, 46 (4), 679-686.

O'Brien, E. K. and Degnan, B. M. (2002). Developmental expression of a class IV POU gene in the gastropod Haliotis asinina supports a conserved role in sensory cell development in bilaterians. Development Genes and Evolution, 212 (8), 394-398. doi: 10.1007/s00427-002-0256-x

Devine, C., Hinman, V. F. and Degnan, B. M (2002). Evolution and developmental expression of nuclear receptor genes in the ascidian Herdmania. The International Journal of Developmental Biology, 46 (4), 687-692.

Leys, Sally P. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2001). Cytological basis of photoresponsive behavior in a sponge larva. Biological Bulletin, 201 (3), 323-338. doi: 10.2307/1543611

Selvamani, Maria John P., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2001). Microsatellite genotyping of individual abalone larvae: parentage assignment in aquaculture. Marine Biotechnology, 3 (5), 478-485. doi: 10.1007/s1012601-0062-X

Hinman, Veronica F. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2001). Homeobox genes, retinoic acid and the development and evolution of dual body plans in the ascidian Herdmania curvata. American Zoologist, 41 (3), 664-675. doi: 10.1668/0003-1569(2001)041[0664:HGRAAT]2.0.CO;2

Counihan, Regina T., McNamara, David C., Souter, Duncan C., Jebreen, Edward J., Preston, Nigel P., Johnson, Craig R. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2001). Pattern, synchrony and predictability of spawning of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina from Heron Reef, Australia. Marine Ecology: Progress Series, 213, 193-202. doi: 10.3354/meps213193

Jackson, D., Williams, K. and Degnan, B. M. (2001). Suitability of Australian formulated diets for the aquaculture of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina Linneus. Journal of Shellfish Research, 20 (2), 627-636.

Pasuinelli, Amy E., Reinhart, Brenda J., Slack, Frank, Martindale, Mark Q., Kuroda, Mitzi I., Maller, Betsy, Hayward, David C., Ball, Eldon E., Degnan, Bernard, Muller, Peter, Spring, Jürg, Srinivasan, Ashok, Fishman, Mark, Finnerty, John, Corbo, Joseph, Levine, Michael, Leahy, Patrick, Davidson, Eric and Ruvkun, Gary (2000). Conservation of the sequence and temporal expression of let-7 heterochronic regulatory RNA. Nature, 408 (6808), 86-89. doi: 10.1038/35040556

O'Brien, Elizabeth K. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2000). Expression of POU, Sox, and Pax genes in the brain ganglia of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinia. Marine Biotechnology, 2 (6), 545-557. doi: 10.1007/s101260000039

OBrien, EK and Degnan, BM (2000). Expression of POU, Sox, and Pax genes in the brain ganglia of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina. Marine Biotechnology, 2 (6), 545-557. doi: 10.1007/s101260000039

Selvamani, M. J. P., Degnan, S. M., Paetkau, D. and Degnan, B. M. (2000). Highly polymorphic microsatellite loci in the Heron Reef population of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina. Molecular Ecology, 9 (8), 1184-1186. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00954-9.x

Giusti, A. F., Hinman, V. F., Degnan, S. M., Degnan, B. M and Morse, D. E. (2000). Expression of a Scr/Hox5 gene in the larval central nervous system of the gastropod Haliotis, a non-segmented spiralian lophotrochozoan. Evolution and Development, 2 (5), 294-302. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-142x.2000.00071.x

Hinman, VF, Becker, E and Degnan, BM (2000). Neuroectodermal and endodermal expression of the ascidian Cdx gene is separated by metamorphosis. Development, Genes and Evolution, 210 (4), 212-216. doi: 10.1007/s004270050306

Hinman, VF and Degnan, BM (2000). Retinoic acid perturbs Otx gene expression in the ascidian pharynx. Development, Genes and Evolution, 210 (3), 129-139. doi: 10.1007/s004270050019

Tan, SH, Degnan, BM and Lehnert, SA (2000). The Penaeus monodon Chitinase 1 Gene is differentially expressed in the hepatopancreas during the molt cycle. Marine Biotechnology, 2 (2), 126-135. doi: 10.1007/s101269900016

Jebreen, E. J., Counihan, R. T., Fielder, D. R. and Degnan, B. M. (2000). Synchronous oogenesis during the semilunar spawning cycle of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina. Journal of Shellfish Research, 19 (2), 845-851.

Eri, Rajaraman, Arnold, Jeremy M., Hinman, Veronica F., Green, Kathryn M., Jones, Malcolm K., Degnan, Bernard M. and Lavin, Martin F. (1999). Hemps, a novel EGF-like protein, plays a central role in ascidian metamorphosis. Development, 126 (24), 5809-5818.

Hinman, V and Degnan, B (1999). Homeobox genes in ascidian development: Evolution through heterochrony.. American Zoologist, 39 (5), 89A-89A.

Leys, SP, Hinman, VF and Degnan, BM (1999). Which way up? Phototaxis and polarity in a sponge.. American Zoologist, 39 (5), 38A-38A.

Bromham, LD and Degnan, BM (1999). Hemichordates and deuterostome evolution: robust molecular phylogenetic support for a hemichordate plus echinoderm clade. Evolution & Development, 1 (3), 166-171. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-142x.1999.99026.x

Degnan, B. M. and Johnson, C. R. (1999). Inhibition of settlement and metamorphosis of the ascidian Herdmania curvata by non-geniculate coralline algae. Biological Bulletin, 197 (3), 332-340. doi: 10.2307/1542787

Bromham, L. and Degnan, B. M. (1999). Hemichordates and deuterostome evolution: robust molecular phylogenetic support for a hemichordate + echinoderm clade. Evloution and Development, 1 (3), 166-171.

Degnan, Bernard M., Yan, Jun and Lavin, Martin F. (1998). Evidence of multiple transcription initiation and termination sites within the rDNA intergenic spacer and rRNA readthrough transcription in the urochordate Herdmania curvata. Molecular Marine Biology And Biotechnology, 7 (4), 294-302.

Hinman, VF and Degnan, BM (1998). Retinoic acid disrupts anterior ectodermal and endodermal development in ascidian larvae and postlarvae. Development Genes And Evolution, 208 (6), 336-345. doi: 10.1007/s004270050189

Eri, R, Arnold, J, Degnan, B and Lavin, M (1998). The role of a novel EGF-like molecule in metamorphosis in ascidians. Developmental Biology, 198 (1), 198-198.

Arnold, JM, Kennett, C, Degnan, BM and Lavin, MF (1997). Transient expression of a novel serine protease in the ectoderm of the ascidian Herdmania momus during development. Development Genes And Evolution, 206 (7), 455-463. doi: 10.1007/s004270050075

Arnold, JM, Eri, R, Degnan, BM and Lavin, MF (1997). Novel gene containing multiple epidermal growth factor-like motifs transiently expressed in the papillae of the ascidian tadpole larvae. Developmental Dynamics, 210 (3), 264-273. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199711)210:3<264::AID-AJA7>3.0.CO;2-E

Arnold, JM, Kennett, C, Degnan, BM and Lavin, MF (1997). Characterisation of novel epidermis-specific genes transiently expressed during ascidian development. Developmental Biology, 186 (2), A129-A129.

Degnan, BM, Souter, D, Degnan, SM and Long, SC (1997). Induction of metamorphosis with potassium ions requires development of competence and an anterior signalling centre in the ascidian Herdmania momus. Development Genes And Evolution, 206 (6), 370-376. doi: 10.1007/s004270050066

Degnan, BM, Degnan, SM, Fentenany, G and Morse, DE (1997). A Mox homeobox gene in the gastropod mollusc Haliotis rufescens is differentially expressed during larval morphogenesis and metamorphosis. Febs Letters, 411 (1), 119-122. doi: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00571-1

Hinman, VF and Degnan, BM (1997). Retinoic acid disrupts anterior ectodermal and endodermal development in ascidian embryos and postlarvae: Implications for the changing role of retinoic acid during chordate evolution. Developmental Biology, 186 (2), A19-A19.

Degnan, BM and Hinman, VF (1997). Changes in homeobox gene expression precede the transformation of the ascidian body plan at metamorphosis. Developmental Biology, 186 (2), A3-A3.

Degnan, BM, Degnan, SM and Morse, DE (1997). Muscle-specific regulation of tropomyosin gene expression and myofibrillogenesis differs among muscle systems examined at metamorphosis of the gastropod Haliotis rufescens. Development Genes And Evolution, 206 (7), 464-471. doi: 10.1007/s004270050076

Degnan, B. M., Rohde, P. R. and Lavin, M. F. (1996). Normal development and embryonic gene activity of the ascidian Herdmania momus. Marine & Freshwater Research, 47 (3), 543-551. doi: 10.1071/MF9960543

Degnan, B. M. and Lavin, M. F. (1995). Highly repetitive DNA sequences provide evidence for a lack of gene flow between morphological forms of Herdmania momus (Ascidiacea: Stolidobranchia).. Marine Biology, 124 (2), 293-299. doi: 10.1007/BF00347133

Degnan, B. M. and Morse, D. E. (1995). Developmental and morphogenetic gene regulation in Haliotis rufescens larvae at metamorphosis. American Zoologist, 35 (4), 391-398. doi: 10.1093/icb/35.4.391

Degnan, B. M., Groppe, J. C. and Morse, D. E. (1995). Chymotrypsin mRNA expression in digestive gland amoebocytes: cell specification occurs prior to metamorphosis and gut morphogenesis in the gastropod Haliotis rufescens. Development Genes and Evolution, 205 (1-2), 97-101. doi: 10.1007/BF00188848

Degnan, B. M., Degnan, S. M., Giusti, A. and Morse, D. E. (1995). A Hox/HOM homeobox gene in sponges.. Gene, 155 (2), 175-178. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)00908-B

Naganuma, T, Degnan, B M, Horikoshi, K and Morse, D E (1994). Myogenesis in primary cell cultures from larvae of the abalone, Haliotis rufescens. Molecular marine biology and biotechnology, 3 (3), 131-40.

Naganuma, T., Degnan, B. M., Horikoshi, K. and Morse, D. E. (1994). Myogenesis in primary cell cultures from larvae of the abalone Haliotis rufescens. Molecular Marine Biology And Biotechnology, 3, 131-140.

Degnan, B. M., Degnan, S. M., Naganuma, T. and Morse, D. E. (1993). The ets multigene family is conserved throughout the Metazoa. Nucleic Acids Research., 21 (15), 3479-3484. doi: 10.1093/nar/21.15.3479

Degnan, B. M. and Morse, D. E. (1993). Identification of eight homeobox-containing transcripts expressed during larval development and at metamorphosis in the gastropod mollusc Haliotis rufescens. Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology, 2 (1), 1-9.

Degnan, B. M. and Lavin, M. F. (1991). Identification of cis-regulatory sequences in ascidian ribosomal DNA using a rapid filter binding assay.. Gene, 109 (2), 249-253. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(91)90616-J

Degnan, B. M., Yan, J., Hawkins, C. J. and Lavin, M. F. (1990). rRNA genes from the lower chordate Herdmania momus; structural similarity with higher eukaryotes.. Nucleic Acids Research, 18 (23), 7063-7070. doi: 10.1093/nar/18.23.7063

Degnan, B. M., Hawkins, C. J., Lavin, M. F., McCaffrey, E. J., Parry, D. L., van den Brenk, A. L. and Watters, D. J. (1989). New cyclic peptides with cytotoxic activity from the ascidian Lissoclinum patella.. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 32 (6), 1349-1354. doi: 10.1021/jm00126a034

Degnan, B. M., Hawkins, C. J., Lavin, M. F., McCaffrey, E. J., Parry, D. L. and Watters, D. J. (1989). Novel cytotoxic compounds from the ascidian Lissoclinum bistratum. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 32 (6), 1354-1359. doi: 10.1021/jm00126a035

Kumar, S., Degnan, B. M., Ross, I. L., Hawkins, C. J. and Lavin, M. F. (1988). Isolation of DNA and RNA from ascidians. Marine Biology, 98 (1), 95-100. doi: 10.1007/BF00392663

Kumar, S., Degnan, B. M. and Lavin, M. F. (1988). Cloning of a major repeat DNA sequence from Pyura stolonifera. DNA, 7 (6), 433-439. doi: 10.1089/dna.1.1988.7.433

Fernandez-Valverde, Selence L. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2018). Early evolution of gene regulatory networks in metazoan development. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), San Francisco, CA, United States, 3-7 January 2018. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icy001

Hatleberg, W. L., Degnan, S. M. and Degnan, B. M. (2016). One genome, two body plans: how do larval and adult gene expression profiles differ in the sponge WAmphimedon queenslandica?. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB), Portland, OR, United States, 3-7 January 2016. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Nakanishi, Nagayasu, Stoupin, Daniel, Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2015). Sensory flask cells in sponge larvae regulate metamorphosis via calcium signaling. Annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, 3-7 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv014

Nakanishi, N., Degnan, S. M. and Degnan, B. M. (2015). Sensory biology of sponge settlement and metamorphosis: towards defining the baseline for nervous system evolution. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), West Palm Beach Fl, 3-7 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

Nakanishi, N., Sogabe, S. and Degnan, B. (2013). Metamorphosis in the Demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), San Francisco Ca, 03-07 January 2013. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

McDougall, Carmel, Green, Kathryn, Jackson, Daniel J. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2011). Ultrastructure of the mantle of the gastropod Haliotis asinina and mechanisms of shell regionalization. Switzerland: S. Karger AG. doi: 10.1159/000324213

Kuanpradit, Chitraporn, Cummins, Scott F., Degnan, Bernard M., Sretarugsa, Prapee, Hanna, Peter J., Sobhon, Prasert and Chavadej, Jittipan (2010). Identification of an attractin-like pheromone in the mucus-secreting hypobranchial gland of the abalone haliotis asinina linnaeus. Hanover, PA, United States: National Shellfisheries Association. doi: 10.2983/035.029.0321

York, Patrick S., Cummins, Scott F., Degnan, Sandie M., Woodcroft, Ben J. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2010). Identification of genes differentially expressed in the ganglia of growing haliotis asinina. 7th International Symposium on Abalone Biology, Fisheries and Culture, Pattaya, Thailand, 19-24 July 2009. Hanover, PA, United States: National Shellfisheries Association. doi: 10.2983/035.029.0328

Marie, Benjamin, Le Roy, Nathalie, Marie, Arul, Dubost, Lionel, Milet, Christian, Bedouet, Laurent, Becchi, Michel, Zanella-Cleon, Isabelle, Jackson, Daniel, Degnan, Bernard, Luquet, Gilles and Marin, Frédéric (2009). Nacre evolution: A proteomic aproach. 2009 MRS Spring Meeting, , , April 14, 2009-April 17, 2009.

Richards, G. S. and Degnan, B. M. (2009). The dawn of developmental signaling in the metazoa. 74th Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, New York, 27 May-1 June 2009. Woodbury, NY United States: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. doi: 10.1101/sqb.2009.74.028

Sellars, M. J., Lyons, R. E., Grewe, P. M., Degnan, B. M. and Preston, N. P. (2007). Isolation of a vasa-like gene from the Kuruma shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus and its differential expression pattern during embryonic, larval and post larval development. 9th International Symposium on Genetics in Aquaculture, Montpellier France, Jun 26-30, 2006. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.07.182

Degnan, S. M. and Degnan, B. M. (2006). The origin of the metazoan biphasic life cycle: New insights from an ancient phylum. SICB Annual Meeting 2006, Orlando, FL, January 4-8, 2006. McLean. VA: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. doi: 10.1093/icb/45.6.955

Adamska, M., Larroux, C., Adamski, M., Fahey, B., Lindquist, E., Richardson, P., Lucas, S., Detter, C., Rokhsar, D. and Degnan, B. (2005). Origin of the animal developmental toolkit: signaling pathways and transcription factors in a sponge. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV.

Roper, K. E., Woods, R., Garson, M. J., Lavin, M. F. and Degnan, B. M. (2004). Microarrays without a backbone: using a boutique ascidian chip in an ecological functional genomics context. Lorne Genome Conference, Melbourne, February 2004.

Skilleter, G. A., Walker, S. J., Garson, M. J. and Degnan, B. M. (2004). Haliclona alkaloids, sponge mimics, and the role of allelochemicals in the field. 11th International Symposium on Marine Natural Products, Sorrento, Sept, 2004.

Wade, N. M., Degnan, B. M., Wilson, K., Hall, M. A. and Melville-Smith, R. (2003). Crustacean shell colour formation and the "white" phase of the Western Rock Lobster, Panulirus cygnus. Marine Biocomplexity: The 2003 Annual Conference of the Australian Marine Sciences Association, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 - 11 July 2003. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Marine Sciences Association.

Walker, S. J., Skilleter, G. A., Garson, M. J. and Degnan, B. M. (2003). The effect of sponge allelochemicals on endofaunal communities: a field test using sponge mimics. Marine Biocomplexity: The 2003 Annual Conference of the Australian Marine Sciences Association, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 - 11 July 2003. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Marine Sciences Association.

De La Vega, E., Degnan, B. M., Hall, M.A., Cowley, J. A. and Wilson, K. (2003). Application of quantitative real-time RT-PCR to measure the effect of stress on gill-associated virus (GAV) infection levels in Penaeus monodon. Marine Biocomplexity: The 2003 Annual Conference of the Australian Marine Sciences Association, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 - 11 July 2003. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Marine Sciences Association.

Roper, K. E., Woods, R., Garson, M. J., Lavin, M. F. and Degnan, B. M. (2003). Using a model system and microarrays to identify conserved molecular targets of marine allelochemicals. Marine Biocomplexity: The 2003 Annual Conference of the Australian Marine Sciences Association, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 - 11 July 2003. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Marine Sciences Association.

Moss, H. M. and Degnan, B. M. (2003). Temperature, development and biogeography of Haliotis asinina. Marine Biocomplexity: The 2003 Annual Conference of the Australian Marine Sciences Association, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 - 11 July 2003. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Marine Sciences Association.

McDougall, C. L., Jackson, D. J. and Degnan, B. M. (2003). Genetic construction and patterning of abalone shells. Marine Biocomplexity: The 2003 Annual Conference of the Australian Marine Sciences Association, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 - 11 July 2003. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Marine Sciences Association.

Lucas, T., Selvamani, J.P. and Degnan, B. M. (2003). Microsatellites in the tropical abalone: tracking fertilization success and family lines in aquaculture. Marine Biocomplexity: The 2003 Annual Conference of the Australian Marine Sciences Association, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 - 11 July 2003. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Marine Sciences Association.

Gauthier, M. M., Degnan, B. M. and Ross, I. L. (2003). Antifouling effects of the bryozoan Sinupetraliella litoralis on larvae of the ascidian Herdmania curvata. Marine Biocomplexity: The 2003 Annual Conference of the Australian Marine Sciences Association, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 - 11 July 2003. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Marine Sciences Association.

Degnan, B. M., Woods, R. F. G., Bebell, L., Roper, K. E. and Lavin, M. F. (2003). Molecular basis of larval development and early metamorphosis in the ascidian Herdmania curvata. Marine Biocomplexity: The 2003 Annual Conference of the Australian Marine Sciences Association, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 - 11 July 2003. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Marine Sciences Association.

Degnan, B. M., Leys, S. P., Larroux, C., Liubicich and Hinman, V. F. (2003). Developmental genes in sponges and the antiquity of animal development. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, New Orleans, LA, 5th - 9th January, 2004. McLean, VA: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.

Rice, T., O'Brien, E. K. and Degnan, B. M. (2003). Analysis of differential gene expression during the semi-lunar reproductive cycle of Haliotis asinina. Marine Biocomplexity: The 2003 Annual Conference of the Australian Marine Sciences Association, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 - 11 July 2003. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Marine Sciences Association.

Worheide, G., Degnan, B. M., Hopper, J. L. and Reitner, J. (2002). Phylogeography and taxonomy of the Indo-Pacific reef cave dwelling coralline demosponge Astrosclera 'willeyana': new data from nuclear internal transcribed spacer sequences. Ninth International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali, Indonesia, 23 - 27 October 2000. Indonesia: Ministry of Environment, Indonesian Insitute of Sciences, Ins.

Green, K., Russell, B. D., Clark, R., Jones, M. K., Skilleter, G. A., Garson, M. J. and Degnan, B. M. (2002). Sponge allelochemical induces ascidian development but inhibits metamorphosis. 23rd International Conference on Natural Products, Italy, July, 2002.

Green, K., Russell, B. D., Clark, R. J., Jones, M. K., Skilleter, G. A., Garson, M. J. and Degnan, B. M. (2001). Sponge alleleochemical induces ascidian settlement but inhibits metamorphosis. 3rd IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity, Turkey, 2001. Antalya, Turkey:

Clark, R. J., Degnan, B. M., Garson, M. J., Green, K. M., Jones, M. K., Russell, B. D. and Skilleter, G. A. (2001). Sponge allelochemical induces ascidian development but inhibits metamorphosis. The World Chemistry Congress 2001, Brisbane, Australia, 106 July 2001.

Degnan, B. M. (2001). Settlement and metamorphosis of the tropical ascidian Herdmania curvata. The First International Symposium on the Biology of Ascidians, Sapporo, Japan, 26-30 June, 2000. Tokyo: Springer-Verlag.

Garson, M. J., Blunt, J. W., Clark, R., Degnan, B. M., Green, K. M., Munro, M. H., Simpson, J. and Skilleter, G. A. (2000). Marine ecology: The natural approach to finding bioactives. Australasian Biotechnological Association Conference, Brisbane, 2-6 July, 2000.

Green, K. M., Russell, B. D., Clark, R., Jones, M. K., Skilleter, G. A., Garson, M. J. and Degnan, B. M. (2000). Sponge allelochemical induces ascidian development but inhibits metamorphosis. Pacifichem 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 14-19 December, 2000.

Johnson, C. R., Lewis, T. E., Nichols, D. S. and Degnan, B. M. (1997). Bacterial induction of settlement and metamorphosis in marine invertebrates. 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, California, June 24-29, 1996. Panama: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

Degnan, Bernard, Degnan, Sandra, Fernandez Valverde, Selene and Gauthier, Marie (2013). Marine Genomics: Sea Sponge and Other Invertebrate Genomic Resources for the Great Barrier Reef. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/9e2e4bc

Professor Bernard Degnan

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