Publications

Kao, Lai, Stamataki, Rošić, Konstantinides, Jarvis, Di Donfrancesco, Pouchkina-Stancheva, Sémon, Grillo, Bruce, Kumar, Siwanowicz, Le, Lemire, Eisen, Extavour, Browne, Wolff, Averof, Patel, Sarkies, Pavlopoulos, Aboobaker

eLife, vol. 5, 2016, pp. e20062

Efficient CRISPR-mediated gene targeting and transgene replacement in the beetle Tribolium castaneum

Gilles, Schinko, Averof

Development, vol. 142, 2015, pp. 2832-2839

Functional genetics for all: engineered nucleases, CRISPR and the gene editing revolution

Gilles, Averof

EvoDevo, vol. 5, 2014, p. 43

A versatile strategy for gene trapping and trap conversion in emerging model organisms

Kontarakis, Pavlopoulos, Kiupakis, Konstantinides, Douris, Averof

Development, vol. 138, 2011, pp. 2625-2630

Functionality of the GAL4/UAS system in Tribolium requires the use of endogenous core promoters

Schinko, Weber, Viktorinová, Kiupakis, Averof, Klingler, Wimmer, Bucher

BMC Developmental Biology, vol. 10, 2010, p. 53

Establishing genetic transformation for comparative developmental studies in the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis

Pavlopoulos, Averof

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, vol. 102, 2005, pp. 7888-7893

Efficient transformation of the beetle Tribolium castaneum using the Minos transposable element

Pavlopoulos, Berghammer, Averof, Klingler

Genetics, vol. 167, 2004, pp. 737-746

Early development, body axis formation and segmentation

MicroRNAs act as cofactors in Bicoid-mediated translational repression

Rödel, Gilles, Averof

Current Biology, vol. 23, 2013, pp. 1579-1584

A segmentation clock with two-segment periodicity in insects

Sarrazin, Peel, Averof

Science, vol. 336, 2012, pp. 338-341

EGF signaling and the origin of axial polarity among the insects

Lynch, Peel, Drechsler, Averof, Roth

Current Biology, vol. 20, 2010, pp. 1042-1047

Early asymmetries in maternal transcript distribution associated with a cortical microtubule network and a polar body in the beetle Tribolium castaneum

Peel, Averof

Developmental Dynamics, vol. 239, 2010, pp. 2875-2887

Expression of hunchback during trunk segmentation in the branchiopod crustacean Artemia franciscana

Kontarakis, Copf, Averof

Development, Genes and Evolution, vol. 216, 2006, pp. 89-93

Ancestral role of caudal genes in axis elongation and segmentation

Copf, Schröder, Averof

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, vol. 101, 2004, pp. 17711-17715

Specification of left-right asymmetry in the embryonic gut of Drosophila

Ligoxygakis, Strigini, Averof

Development, vol. 128, 2001, pp. 1171-1174

Hox genes and body plan evolution

Evolution of new appendage types by gradual changes in Hox gene expression: the case of crustacean maxillipeds

Averof, Pavlopoulos, Kontarakis

Paleodiversity, 3 suppl, 2010, pp. 141-145

Knockdown of Parhyale Ultrabithorax recapitulates evolutionary changes in crustacean appendage morphology

Liubicich, Serano, Pavlopoulos, Kontarakis, Protas, Kwan, Chatterjee, Tran, Averof, Patel

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA , vol. 106, 2009, pp. 13892-13896

Probing the evolution of appendage specialization by Hox gene mis-expression in an emerging model crustacean

Pavlopoulos, Kontarakis, Liubicich, Serano, Akam, Patel, Averof

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, vol. 106, 2009, pp. 13897-13902

Knockdown of spalt function by RNAi causes de-repression of Hox genes and homeotic transformations in the crustacean Artemia franciscana

Copf, Rabet, Averof

Developmental Biology, vol. 298, 2006, pp. 87-94

Posterior patterning genes and the identification of a unique body region in the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana

Copf, Rabet, Celniker, Averof

Development, vol. 130, 2003, pp. 5915-5927

Arthropod Hox genes: insights on the evolutionary forces that shape gene functions

Averof

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, vol. 12, 2002, pp. 386-392

Evolutionary biology: origin of the spider's head

Averof

Nature, vol. 395, 1998, pp. 436-437

Arthropod evolution: same Hox genes, different body plans

Averof

Current Biology, vol. 7, 1997, pp. R634-636

Crustacean appendage evolution associated with changes in Hox gene expression

Averof, Patel

Nature, vol. 388, 1997, pp. 682-686

Diversification of arthropod Hox genes as a paradigm for the evolution of gene functions

Averof, Dawes, Ferrier

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, vol. 4, 1996, pp. 539-551

Hox genes and the diversification of insect and crustacean body plans

Averof, Akam

Nature, vol. 376, 1995, pp. 420-423

HOM/Hox genes of Artemia: implications for the origin of insect and crustacean body plans

Averof, Akam

Current Biology, vol. 3, 1993, pp. 73-78

Origin of evolutionary novelties

Repeated co-option of a conserved gene regulatory module underpins the evolution of the crustacean carapace, insect wings and other flat outgrowths

Shiga, Kato, Aragane-Nomura, Haraguchi, Saridaki, Watanabe, Iguchi, Yamagata, Averof

bioRxiv, 2017

Development: a deep breath for endocrine organ evolution

Grillo, Casanova, Averof

Current Biology, vol. 24, 2014, pp. R38-R40

Association of tracheal placodes with leg primordia in Drosophila and implications for the origin of insect tracheal systems

Franch-Marro, Martín, Averof, Casanova

Development, vol. 133, 2006, pp. 785-790

Diverse adaptations of an ancestral gill: a common evolutionary origin for wings, breathing organs, and spinnerets

Damen, Saridaki, Averof

Current Biology, vol. 12, 2002, pp. 1711-1716

Evolutionary origin of insect wings from ancestral gills

Averof, Cohen

Nature, vol. 385, 1997, pp. 627-630

Insect-crustacean relationships: insights from comparative developmental and molecular studies

Averof, Akam

Phil Trans Roy Soc B, vol. 347, 1995, pp. 293-303

Molecular evolution

Evidence for multiple independent origins of trans-splicing in Metazoa

Douris, Telford, Averof

Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 27, 2010, pp. 684-693

Evidence for a high frequency of simultaneous double-nucleotide substitutions

Averof, Rokas, Wolfe, Sharp

Science, vol. 287, 2000, pp. 1283-1286

DNA sequence evolution: the sounds of silence

Sharp, Averof, Lloyd, Matassi, Peden

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, vol. 349, 1995, pp. 241-247