Researcher interests: The evolution of developmental processes. Using comparative embryology as a tool for understanding evolutionary processes. Early stages in patterning the arthropod embryo and the evolution of the segmented body plan.Evolution of the arthropod head and the processes differentiating head from trunk. Genomics of novel model systems. Historical biogeography of Israel, using the national invertebrate collection.
FACULTY / SCHOOL: Faculty of Science
Selected Publications
molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the hemiptera anchored by the milkweed bug genome (2019)|
Genome Biology|
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developing an integrated understanding of the evolution of arthropod segmentation using fossils and evo devo (2019)|
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences|
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growth zone segmentation in the milkweed bug oncopeltus fasciatus sheds light on the evolution of insect segmentation (2018)|
BMC Evolutionary Biology|
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the genomic basis of arthropod diversity (2018)|
bioRxiv|
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growth zone segmentation in the milkweed bug oncopeltus fasciatus sheds light on the evolution of insect segmentation (2018)|
bioRxiv|
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elongation during segmentation shows axial variability low mitotic rates and synchronized cell cycle domains in the crustacean thamnocephalus platyurus (2018)|
bioRxiv|
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the serengeti rules the quest to discover how life works and why it matters (2017)|
The European Legacy|
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molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the hemiptera anchored by the milkweed bug genome (2017)|
bioRxiv|
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the evolution of arthropod body plans integrating phylogeny fossils and development an introduction to the symposium (2017)|
Integrative and Comparative Biology|
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the evolution of gene regulatory networks that define arthropod body plans (2017)|
Integrative and Comparative Biology|
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