Postlethwait Lab
Evolutionary Genomics of Development
Postlethwait Lab Publications

 

Journal Articles / Book Chapters submitted / In Press

  • Catchen, J. M., Conery, J. S., and Postlethwait, J. H. (2007) Inferring Ancestral Gene Order. In: Methods in Molecular Biology: Bioinformatics. Editor: Jonathan Keith. Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey. In Press.

Journal Articles Published

2007

  • Shin-ichi S., Yan, Y., Satou, Y., Momoi, A., Ngo-Hazelett, P., Nozaki, M., Furutani-Seiki, M., Postlethwait, J.H., Yonehara, S. and Sakamaki, K. (2007) Conserved function of caspase-8 in apoptosis during bony fish evolution. Gene, 396 (1): 134-148
  • Cañestro, D. and Postlethwait, J. H. (2007) Development of a chordate anterior-posterior axis without classical retinoic acid signaling. Developmental Biology, 15;305(2):522-38
  • Sullivan, C., Lage, C., Millard, P., Postlethwait, J. H., and Kim, C. H. (2007) Evidence for evolving TICAM function in vertebrates. Journal of Immunology, 1;178(7):4517-27.

2006

  • Postlethwait, J. H. (2006) The zebrafish genome in context: Ohnologs gone missing. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 306B, [page range TBA].
  • Nolte, C., Rastegar, M., Amores, A., Bouchard, M., Grote, D., Maas, R., Kovacs, E., Postlethwait, J., Rambaldi, I., Rowan, S., Yan, Y.L., Zhang, F., and Featherstone, M. (2006) Stereospecificity and PAX6 function direct Hoxd4 neural enhancer activity along the antero-posterior axis. Developmental Biology, 299, 582-593.
  • Postlethwait, J. H. (2006) The zebrafish genome: A review and case study of msx genes.  Genome Dynamics, 2, 183-197.
  • Leveille, F., Ferrer, M., Medhurst, A. L., Laghmani, E. H., Rooimans, M. A., Bier, P. Steltenpool, J., Titus, T. A., Postlethwait, J. H., Hoatlin, M. E., Joenje, H., and de Winter, J. P. (2006) The nuclear accumulation of the Fanconi anemia protein FANCE depends on FANCC. DNA Repair, 5, 556-565.
  • Titus, T. A., Selvig, D. R., Quin, B., Wilson, I., Starks. A., Roe, B. A. and J. H. Postlethwait (2006) The Fanconi anemia gene network is conserved from zebrafish to human. Gene, 371, 211-223.
  • Bromee T., Venkatesh, B., Brenner, S., Postlethwait, J.H., Yan, Y.-L., and Larhammar, D. (2006) Uneven evolutionary rates of bradykinin B1 and B2 receptors in vertebrate lineages. Gene 373,100-108.
  • Cañestro, C., Postlethwait, J. H., Gonzalez-Duarte, R. and Albalat, R. (2006) Is retinoic acid genetic machinery a chordate innovation?  Evol. Development 8, 394-406.
  • Cresko, W.A., McGuigan, K.L., Phillips, P.C., Postlethwait, J.H. Studies of threespine stickleback developmental evolution: Progress and promise. (2006) Genetica. 2006 Aug 8; [Epub ahead of print]
  • Phillips, R. B., Amores, A., Morasch, M. R., Wilson, C., and Postlethwait, J. H. (2006) Assignment of zebrafish genetic linkage groups to chromosomes. Cyto. Genome Res. 114, 155-62.

2005

  • Bassham, S. and Postlethwait, J. (2005) The evolutionary history of placodes: a molecular genetic investigation of the larvacean urochordate Oikopleura dioica . Development 132:4259-72.
  • Woods, I.G., Wilson, C., Friedlander, B., Chang, P., Reyes, D.K., Nix, R., Kelly, R.D., Chu, F., Postlethwait, J.H., and Talbot, W.S. (2005) The zebrafish gene map defines ancestral vertebrate chromosomes. Genome Research. 15:1307-1314.
  • Canestro, C., Bassham, S., and Postlethwait, J. H. (2005) Development of the central nervous system in the larvacean Oikopleura dioica and the evolution of the chordate brain. Devel. Biol. 285:298-315.
  • Kuo, M-W., Lou, S-W. Postlethwait, J.H., and Chung, B-C. (2005) Chromosomal organization, evolutionary relationship, and expression of zebrafish GnRH family members. J. Biomed. Sci. 389:19-26.
  • Albertson, R.C., Payne-Ferreira, T.L., Postlethwait, J., and P.C. Yelick (2005) Zebrafish acvr2a and acvr2b exhibit distinct roles in craniofacial development. Dev. Dyn. 233:1405-18.
  • Kimmel, C., Ullmann, B., Walker, C., Wilson, C., Currey, M., Phillips, P., Bell, M. A., Postlethwait, J. H., and Cresko, W. (2005) Evolution and Development of Facial Bone Morphology in Threespine Stickleback. PNAS. 102(16):5791-6.
  • Lagerstrom, M., Fredriksson, R., Bjarnadottier, T., Fridmanis, D., Homquist, T., Andersson, J., Yan, Y., Raudsepp, T., Zoorob, R., Kukkonen, J. P., Lundib, L., Klovins, J., Chowdhary, B., and Postlethwait, J. (2005) Origin of the proclactin-releasing hormone (PRLH) receptors: Evidence of coevolution between PRLH and a redundant neuropeptide Y receptor during vertebrate evolution. Genomics. 85(6):688-703.
  • Tanaka, M., Hale, L., Amores, A., Yan, Y., Cresko, W., Suzuki, T., and Postlethwait, J. (2005) Developmental genetic basis for the evolution of pelvic fin loss in the pufferfish Takifugu rubripes. Dev Biol. 281(2):227-39.
  • Rodriguez-Mari, A., Yan, Y., BreMiller, R., Wilson, C., Canestro, C., and Postlethwait, J. (2005) Characterization and expression pattern of Zebrafish anti-Mullerian hormone (amh) relative to sox9a, sox9b, and cyp19a during gonad development. Gene ExprPatterns. 5:655-667.
  • Yan, Y. L., Willoughby, J., Liu, D., Crump, J. G., Wilson, C., Miller, C. T., Singer, A., Kimmel, C., Westerfield, M., and Postlethwait, J. H. (2005) A pair of Sox: distinct and overlapping functions of Zebrafish sox9 co-orthologs in craniofacial and pectoral fin development. Development 132(5):1069-83.
  • Kuo, M., Postlethwait, J., Lee, W., Lour, S., Chan, W., and Chung, B. (2005) Gene duplication gene loss and evolution of expression domains in the vertebrate nuclear receptor NR5A (Ftz-F1) family. Biochem J. 389:19-26.
  • Gloriam, D., Bjarnadottier, T., Yan, Y., Postlethwait, J., Schioth, H. B., and Fredriksson, R. (2005) The repertoire of trace amine G-protein coupled receptors: Large expansion in Zebrafish. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 35(2):470-82.

2004

  • Postlethwait, J. (2004). Evolution of the Zebrafish Genome. In "Fish Development and Genetic: the Zebrafish and Medaka Models" (G. Zhiyuan and V. Korzh, Eds.), pp. 688. World Scientific Publishing Company.
  • Ruuskanen, J. O., Xhaard, H., Marjamaki, A., Salaneck, E., Salminen, T., Yan, Y. L., Postlethwait, J. H., Johnson, M. S., Larhammar, D., and Scheinin, M. (2004). Identification of duplicated fourth alpha2-adrenergic receptor subtype by cloning and mapping of five receptor genes in Zebrafish. Mol Biol Evol 21:14-28.
  • Postlethwait, J., Amores, A., Cresko, W., Singer, A., and Yan, Y. L. (2004). Subfunction partitioning, the teleost radiation and the annotation of the human genome. Trends Genet 20:481-90.
  • Dodou E, Barald KF and JH Postlethwait (2004) Ventralized Zebrafish Embryo Rescue by Overexpression of Zic2a . Zebrafish 1( 3 ):239-256.
  • Postlethwait, J., Ruotti, V., Carvan, M. J., and Tonellato, P. J. (2004). Automated analysis of conserved syntenies for the Zebrafish genome. Methods Cell Biol 77:255-71
  • Papasani, M. R., Gensure, R. C., Yan, Y. L., Gunes, Y., Postlethwait, J. H., Ponugoti, B., John, M. R., Juppner, H., and Rubin, D. A. (2004). Identification and characterization of the Zebrafish and fugu genes encoding tuberoinfundibular peptide 39. Endocrinology 145:5294-304.
  • Naruse, K., Tanaka, M., Mita, K., Shima, A., Postlethwait, J., and Mitani, H. (2004). A medaka gene map: the trace of ancestral vertebrate proto-chromosomes revealed by comparative gene mapping. Genome Res 14:820-8
  • McGuigan, K., Phillips, P. C., and Postlethwait, J. H. (2004). Evolution of sarcomeric myosin heavy chain genes: evidence from fish. Mol Biol Evol 21:1042-56.
  • Fredriksson, R., Larson, E. T., Yan, Y. L., Postlethwait, J. H., and Larhammar, D. (2004). Novel neuropeptide Y Y2-like receptor subtype in Zebrafish and frogs supports early vertebrate chromosome duplications. J Mol Evol 58:106-14.
  • Flores, M. V., Tsang, V. W., Hu, W., Kalev-Zylinska, M., Postlethwait, J., Crosier, P., Crosier, K., and Fisher, S. (2004). Duplicate Zebrafish runx2 orthologues are expressed in developing skeletal elements. Gene Expr Patterns 4:573-81.
  • Cresko, W. A., Amores, A., Wilson , C., Murphy, J., Currey, M., Phillips, P., Bell , M. A., Kimmel, C. B., and Postlethwait, J. H. (2004). Parallel genetic basis for repeated evolution of armor loss in Alaskan threespine stickleback populations. PNAS U S A 101:6050-5.
  • Cao, Y., Zhao, J., Sun, Z., Zhao, Z., Postlethwait, J., and Meng, A. (2004). fgf17b, a novel member of Fgf family, helps patterning Zebrafish embryos. Dev Biol 271:130-43.
  • Amores, A., Suzuki, T., Yan, Y. L., Pomeroy, J., Singer, A., Amemiya, C., and Postlethwait, J. H. (2004). Developmental roles of pufferfish Hox clusters and genome evolution in ray-fin fish. Genome Res 14:1-10.

2003

  • Zhao, C. T., Shi, K. H., Su, Y., Liang, L. Y., Yan, Y., Postlethwait, J., and Meng, A. M. (2003). Two variants of Zebrafish p100 are expressed during embryogenesis and regulated by Nodal signaling. FEBS Lett 543:190-5.
  • Zhao, J., Cao, Y., Zhao, C., Postlethwait, J., and Meng, A. (2003). An SP1-like transcription factor Spr2 acts downstream of Fgf signaling to mediate mesoderm induction. Embo J 22:6078-88.
  • Rhinn, M., Lun, K., Amores, A., Yan, Y. L., Postlethwait, J. H., and Brand, M. (2003). Cloning, expression and relationship of Zebrafish gbx1 and gbx2 genes to Fgf signaling. Mech Dev 120:919-36.
  • Paw, B. H., Davidson, A. J., Zhou, Y., Li, R., Pratt, S. J., Lee, C., Trede, N. S., Brownlie, A., Donovan, A., Liao, E. C., Ziai, J. M., Drejer, A. H., Guo, W., Kim, C. H., Gwynn, B., Peters, L. L., Chernova, M. N., Alper, S. L., Zapata, A., Wickramasinghe, S. N., Lee, M. J., Lux, S. E., Fritz, A., Postlethwait, J. H., and Zon, L. I. (2003). Cell-specific mitotic defect and dyserythropoiesis associated with erythroid band 3 deficiency. Nat Genet 34:59-64.
  • Nolte, C., Amores, A., Nagy Kovacs, E., Postlethwait, J., and Featherstone, M. (2003). The role of a retinoic acid response element in establishing the anterior neural expression border of Hoxd4 transgenes. Mech Dev 120:325-35.
  • Masumoto, J., Zhou, W., Chen, F., Su, J., Kuwada, E., Hidaka, T., Katsuyama, J., Sagara, S., Taniguchi, P., Ngo-Hazelett, P., and Postlethwait, J. (2003). Caspy, A Zebrafish caspase activated by ASC oligomerization required for pharyngeal Arch development. J Biol Chem 4268-4276.
  • Liu, D., Chu, H., Maves, L., Yan, Y. L., Morcos, P. A., Postlethwait, J. H., and Westerfield, M. (2003). Fgf3 and Fgf8 dependent and independent transcription factors are required for otic placode specification. Development 130:2213-24.
  • Kalev-Zylinska, M. L., Horsfield, J. A., Flores, M. V., Postlethwait, J. H., Chau, J. Y., Cattin, P. M., Vitas, M. R., Crosier, P. S., and Crosier, K. E. (2003). Runx3 is required for hematopoietic development in Zebrafish. Dev Dyn 228:323-36.
  • Cresko, W., Y.-L. Yan, D. Baltrus, A. Singer, A. Rodriguez-Mari, and J.H. Postlethwait (2003) Genome duplication, subfunction partitioning, and lineage divergence: Sox9 in stickleback and zebrafish. Dev Dyn 228:480-9.
  • Fredriksson, R., E.T. Larson, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, and D. Larhammar (2003) Novel neuropeptide Y Y2-like receptor subtype in zebrafish and frogs supports early vertebrate chromosome duplications. J Mol Evol 58(1):106-14.
  • Canestro, C., S. Bassham, and J.H. Postlethwait (2003) Sequence of the Ciona genome and chordate evolution. Genome Biol. 4:208.
  • Liu, D., H. Chu, L. Maves, Y.-L. Yan, P.A. Morcos, J.H. Postlethwait and M. Westerfield (2003) Fgf3 and Fgf8 dependent and independent transcription factors are required for otic placode specification. Development 130:2213-2224.
  • Masumoto, J., W. Zhou, F.F. Chen, F. Su, J.Y. Kuwada, E. Hidaka, T. Katsuyama, J. Sagara, S. Taniguchi, P. Ngo-Hazelett, J.H. Postlethwait, G. Nunez, and N. Inohara (2002) Caspy: A Zebrafish caspase activated by ASC oligomerization required for pharyngeal Arch development. J. Biol. Chem. 278(6):4268-4276.
  • Nolte, C., A. Amores, E. Nagy Kovacs, J. Postlethwait, and M. Featherstone (2002) The role of retinoic acid response element in establishing the anterior neural expression border of Hoxd4 transgenes. Mech. Dev. 120:325-335.
  • Paw, B.H., A.J. Davidson, Y. Zhou, R. Li, S.J. Pratt, C. Lee, N.S. Trede, A. Brownlie, A. Donovan, E.C. Liao, J.M. Ziai, A.H. Drejer, W. Guo, C.H. Kim, B. Gwynn, L.L. Peters, M.N. Chernova, S.L. Alper, A. Zapata, S.N. Wickramasinghe, M.J. Lee, S.E. Lux, A. Fritz, J.H. Postlethwait, and L.I. Zon (2003) Cell-specific mitotic defect and dyserythropoiesis associated with erythroid band 3 deficiency. Nat. Genet. 34:59-64.
  • Rhinn, M., K. Lun, M. Werner, A. Amores, Y.-L. Yan, J. Postlethwait, and M. Brand (2003) Cloning, expression and relationship of zebrafish gbx1 and gbx2 genes to Fgf signaling during early brain development. Mech. Dev. 120:919-936.
  • Ruuskanen, J., H. Xhaard, A. Marjamaki, E. Salaneck, T. Salminen, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, M.S. Johnson, D. Larhammar, and M. Scheinin (2003) Identification of duplicated fourth {alpha} 2-adrenergic receptor subtype by cloning and mapping of five receptor genes in zebrafish. Mol. Biol. Evol. 10: prepublished on-line.
  • Zhao, C.T., K.H. Shi, Y. Su, L.Y. Liang, Y. Yan, J. Postlethwait, and A.M. Meng (2003) Two variants of zebrafish p100 are expressed during embryogenesis and regulated by Nodal signaling. FEBS Lett. 543:190-195.

2002

  • Canfield, V.A., B. Loppin, B. Thisse, C. Thisse, J.H. Postlethwait, M.-A.P.K. Mohideen, S.J.R. Rajarao, and R. Levenson (2002) Na,K-ATPase α and β subunit genes exhibit unique expression patterns during zebrafish embryogenesis. Mech. Dev. 116:51-59.
  • Dunr, T., J.M. Conlon, J. Kukkonen, K.E.O. Akerman, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, and D. Larhammar (2002) Cloning, structural characterization and functional expression of a zebrafish bradykinin B2-related receptor, Biochem. J. 364:817-824.
  • Force, A., A. Amores, and J.H. Postlethwait (2002) Hox cluster organization in the jawless vertebrate, Petromyzon marinus, and the evolution of the vertebrate Hox clusters. Mol. Dev. Evol. 294:30-46.
  • Housworth, E.A. and J. Postlethwait (2002) Measures of synteny conservation between species pairs. Genetics 162:441-448.
  • Kalev-Zylinska, M.L., J.A. Horsfield, M.V.C. Flores, J.H. Postlethwait, M.R. Vitas, A.M. Baas, P.S. Crosier, and K.E. Crosier (2002) Runx1 is required for zebrafish blood and vessel development, and expression of a human RUNX1-CBF2T1 transgene advances a model for studies of leukemogenesis. Development 129:2015-2030.
  • Postlethwait, J.H., A. Amores,Y.-L. Yan, and C. Austin (2002) Duplication of a portion of human chromosome 20q containing topoisomerase (top1) and snail genes provides evidence on genome expansion and the radiation of teleost fish. In Aquatic Genomics. N. Shimizu, T. Aoiki, I. Hirono, and F. Takashima, eds. Tokyo: Springer.
  • Pratt, S.J., Drejer, A., Foott, H., Barut, B., Brownlie, A., Postlethwait, J., Kato, Y., Yamamoto, M., and Zon, L.I. (2002) Isolation and characterization of zebrafish NFE2. Physiol. Gen. 11:91-98.
  • Rajarao, J.R., V.A. Canfield, B. Loppin, B. Thisse, C. Thisse, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, and R. Levenson (2002) Two Na,K-ATPase beta2 subunit isoforms are differentially expressed within the central nervous system and sensory organs during zebrafish embryogenesis. Dev. Dyn. 223:254-261.
  • Ringholm, A., R. Fredriksson, N. Poliakova, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, D. Larhammar, and H.B. Schioth (2002) One melanocortin 4 and two melanocortin 5 receptors from zebrafish show remarkable conservation in structure and pharmacology. J. Neurochem. 82:6-18.
  • Singer, A., H. Perlman, Y.-L. Yan, C. Walker, G. Corley-Smith, B. Brandhorst, and J.H. Postlethwait (2002) Sex-specific recombination rates in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Genetics 160:649-657.
  • Udovic, D., D. Morris, A. Dickman, J. Postlethwait, and P. Wetherwax (2002) Workshop Biology: Demonstrating the effectiveness of active learning in an introductory biology course. BioScience 52:272-281.
  • Willot, V., Mathieu, J., Lu, Y., Schmid, B., Sidi, S., Yan, Y.-L., Postlethwait, J.H., Mullins, M., Rosa, F., and Peyriras, N. (2002) Cooperative action of ADMP- and BMP-mediated pathways in regulating cell fates in the zebrafish gastrula. Dev. Biol. 241:59-78.
  • Yan, Y.-L., C.T. Miller, R. Nissen, A. Singer, D. Liu, A. Kim, B. Draper, J. Willoughby, P. Morcos, A. Amsterdam, B.C. Chung, M. Westerfield, P. Haffter, N. Hopkins, C. Kimmel, and J.H. Postlethwait (2002) A zebrafish sox9 gene required for cartilage morphogenesis. Development 129:5065-5079.

2001

  • Amemiya, C., A. Amores, T. Ota, G. Mueller, D. Garraty, J. Postlethwait, G. Litman (2001) Generation of a P1 artificial chromosome library of the Southern pufferfish. Gene 272:283-289.
  • Bertrand, C., X. Cousin, C. Takke, Y.-L. Yan, J. Postlethwait, J.-P. Toutant, and A. Chatonnet. (2001) Zebrafish acetylcholinesterase is encoded by a single gene localised distal of linkage group 7. Gene structure and polymorphism; Molecular forms and expression pattern during development.J. Biol. Chem. 276(1):464-474.
  • Chiang, E.F.-L, Pai, C.-I, Wyatt, M., Yan, Y.-L, Postlethwait, J.H., and Chung, B.-C. (2001) Two Sox9 genes on duplicated zebrafish chromosomes: expression of similar transcription activators in distinct sites. Dev. Biol. 231:149-163.
  • Chiang, E.F.-L., Y.-L. Yan, Y. Guiguen , J. Postlethwait, and B.-C. Chung (2001) Two Cyp19 (P450 aromatase) genes on duplicated zebrafish chromosomes are expressed in ovary or brain. Mol. Biol. Evol. 18:542-550.
  • Chiang, E.F.-L., Y.-L. Yan, S.-K. Tong, P.-H. Hsiao, Y. Guiguen, J. Postlethwait, and B.-C. Chung (2001) Characterization of duplicated zebrafish cyp19 genes. J. Exp. Zool. 290:709-714.
  • Crosier, P.S., A. Bardsley, J.A. Horsfield, A.K. Krassowska, E.R. Lavallie, L.A. Collins-Racie, J.H. Postlethwait, Y.-L. Yan, J.M. McCoy, and K.E. Crosier (2001) In situ hybridization screen in zebrafish for the selection of genes encoding secreted proteins. Dev. Dyn. 222:637-644.
  • Henry, C.A., B.D. Crawford, Y.-L. Yan, J. Postlethwait, M.S. Cooper, and M.B. Hille (2001) Roles for zebrafish focal adhesion kinase in notochord and somite morphogenesis. Dev. Biol. 240:474-487.
  • Oates, A.C., S.J. Pratt, B. Vail, Y. Yan, R.K. Ho, S.L. Johnson, J.H. Postlethwait, and L.I. Zon (2001) The zebrafish kruppel-like factor (klf) gene family. Blood 98:1792-1801.
  • Payne, T.L., J.H. Postlethwait, and P.C. Yelick (2001) Functional characterization and genetic mapping of alk8. Mech. Dev. 100:275-289.
  • Rajarao, S.J.,V.A. Canfield, M.A. Mohideen, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, K.C. Cheng, and R. Levenson (2001) The repertoire of Na,K-ATPase alpha and beta subunit genes expressed in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Genome Res. 11:1211-1220.
  • Topczewski, J., D.S. Sepich, D.C. Myers, C. Walker, A. Amores, Z. Lele, M. Hammerschmidt, J. Postlethwait, and L. Solnica-Krezel (2001) The zebrafish glypican Knypek controls cell polarity during gastrulation movements of convergent extension. Dev. Cell 1:251-264.
  • Varga, Z.M., A. Amores, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, J.S. Eisen, and M. Westerfield (2001) Zebrafish smoothened functions in ventral neural tube specification and axon tract formation. Development 128:3497-3509.

2000 and before

  • Bassham, S. and J.H. Postlethwait (2000) Brachyury (T) expression in embryos of a larvacean urochordate, Oikopleura dioica, and the ancestral
    role of T. Dev. Biol. 220:322-332.
  • de Martino, S., Y.-L.Yan, T. Jowett, J.H. Postlethwait, Z.M Varga, A. Ashworth, and C.A. Austin (2000) Expression of sox11 gene duplicates in zebrafish suggests the reciprocal loss of ancestral gene expression patterns in development. Dev. Dyn. 217:279-292.
  • Kelly, P.D., F. Chu, I.G. Woods, P. Ngo-Hazelett, T. Cardozo, H. Huang, F. Kimm, L. Liao, Y.-L. Yan, Y. Zhou, S.L. Johnson, R. Abagyan, A.F. Schier, J.H. Postlethwait, and W.S. Talbot (2000) Genetic linkage mapping of zebrafish genes and ESTs. Genome Res.10:558-567.
  • Liao, W., C.Y. Ho, Y.-L. Yan, J. Postlethwait, and D.Y.R. Stainier (2000) Hhex and Scl function in parallel to regulate early endothelial and blood differentiation in zebrafish. Development 127:4303-4313.
  • Postlethwait, J.H., I.G. Woods, P. Ngo-Hazelett, Y.-L. Yan, P.D. Kelly, F. Chu, H. Huang, A. Hill-Force, and W.S. Talbot (2000) Zebrafish comparative genomics and the origins of vertebrate chromosomes. Genome Res. 10:1890-1902.
  • Soderberg, C., A. Wraith, M. Ringvall, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, L. Brodin, and D. Larhammar (2000) Zebrafish genes for neuropeptide Y and peptide YY reveal origin by chromosome duplication from an ancestral gene linked to the homeobox cluster. J. Neurochem. 75(3):908-918.
  • Woods, I.G., P.D. Kelly, F. Chue, P. Ngo-Hazelett, Y.-L. Yan, H. Huang, J.H. Postlethwait, and W.S. Talbot (2000) A comparative map of the zebrafish genome. Genome Res. 10:1903-1914.
  • Amores, A. and J.H. Postlethwait (1999) Banded chromosomes and the zebrafish karyotype. In The Zebrafish: Biology, H.W. Detrich, L.I. Zon, and M. Westerfield, eds., San Diego, CA: Academic Press. Meth. Cell Biol. 60:323-338.
  • Corley-Smith, G.E., B.P. Brandhorst, C. Walker, and J.H. Postlethwait (1999) Production of haploid and diploid androgenetic zebrafish (including methology for delayed in vitro fertilization). In The Zebrafish: Biology, H.W. Detrich, L.I. Zon, and M. Westerfield, eds., San Diego, CA: Academic Press. Meth. Cell Biol. 59:45-60.
  • Davidson, A.J., J. Postlethwait, Y.-L. Yan, D.R. Beier, C. van Doren, D. Foernzler, A.J. Celeste, K.E. Crosier, and P.S. Crosier (1999) Isolation of zebrafish gdf7 and comparative genetic mapping of genes belonging to the growth/differentiation factor 5, 6, 7 subgroup of the tgf superfamily. Genome Res. 9:121-129.
  • Delot, E., H. Kataoka, C. Goutel, Y.-L. Yan, J. Postlethwait, J. Wittbrodt, and F.M. Rosa (1999) The BMP-related protein Radar: a maintenance factor for dorsal neuroectoderm cells? Mech. Dev. 85:15-25.
  • Force, A., M. Lynch, F.B. Pickett, A. Amores, Y.-L. Yan, and J. Postlethwait (1999) The preservation of duplicate genes by complementary degenerative mutations. Genetics 151:1531-1545.
  • Hukriede, N., L. Joly, M. Tsang, J. Miles, P. Tellis, J. Epstein, W. Barbazuk, F. Li, B. Paw, J. Postlethwait, T. Hudson, L. Zon, J. McPherson, M. Chevrette, I. Dawid, S. Johnson, and M. Ekker (1999) Radiation hybrid mapping of the zebrafish genome. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.,USA 96:9745-9750.
  • Konig, C., Y.-L. Yan, J. Postlethwait, S. Wendler, and J.A. Campos-Ortega (1999) A recessive mutation leading to vertebral ankylosis in zebrafish is associated with amino acid alterations in the homologue of the human membrane-associated guanylate kinase DLG3. Mech. Dev. 86:17-28.
  • Oates, A.C., A. Brownlie, S.J. Pratt, D.V. Irvine, E.C. Liao, B.H. Paw, K.J. Dorian, S.L. Johnson, J.H. Postlethwait, L.I. Zon, and A.F. Wilks (1999) Gene duplication of zebrafish JAK2 homologs is accompanied by divergent embryonic expression patterns; only jak2a is expressed during erythropoiesis. Blood 94:2622-2636.
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  • Starback, P., I. Lundell, R. Fredriksson, M.M. Berglund, Y.-L. Yan, A. Wraith, C. Soderberg, J.H. Postlethwait, and D. Larhammar (1999) Neuropeptide Y receptor subtype with unique properties cloned in the zebrafish: the zYa receptor. Mol. Brain Res. 70:242-252.
  • Amores, A., A. Force, Y.-L. Yan, L. Joly, C. Amemiya, A. Fritz, R.K. Ho, J. Langeland, V. Prince, Y.-L. Wang, M. Westerfield, M. Ekker, and J.H. Postlethwait (1998) Zebrafish hox clusters and vertebrate genome evolution. Science 282:1711-1714.
  • Fornzler, D., H. Her, E.W. Knapik, M. Clark, H. Lehrach, J.H. Postlethwait, L.I. Zon, and D.R. Beier (1998) Gene mapping in zebrafish using single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis. Genomics 51:216-222.
  • Lee K.-H., J.J. Marden, M.S. Thompson, H. MacLennan, Y. Kishimoto, S.J. Pratt, S. Schulte-Merker, M. Hammerschmidt, S.L. Johnson, J.H. Postlethwait, D.C. Baier, and L.I. Zon (1998) Cloning and genetic mapping of zebrafish BMP-2. Dev. Genet. 23:97-103.
  • Liao E.C., B.H. Paw, A.C. Oates, S.J. Pratt, J.H. Postlethwait, and L.I. Zon (1998) SCL/tal-1 transcription factor acts downstream of cloche to specify hematopoietic and vascular progenitors in zebrafish. Genes Dev. 12:621-626.
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  • Risinger, C., E. Salaneck, C. Soderbert, M. Gates, J. Postlethwait, and D. Larhammar (1998) Cloning of two loci for synapse protein Snap25 in zebrafish: localization in paralogous linkage groups suggests loss of one locus in the mammalian lineage. J. Neurosci. Res. 54:563-573.
  • Talbot, W.S., E.S. Egan, M.A. Gates, C. Walker, B. Ullmann, S.C. Neuhauss, C.B. Kimmel, and J.H. Postlethwait (1998) Genetic analysis of chromosomal rearrangements in the cyclops region of the zebrafish genome. Genetics 148:373-380.
  • Thompson, M.A., D.G. Ransom, S.J. Pratt, H. MacLennan, M.W. Kieran, H.W. Detrich III, B. Vail, T.L. Huber, B. Paw, A.J. Brownlie, A.C. Oates, A. Fritz, M.A. Gates, A. Amores, N. Bahary, W.S. Talbot, H. Her, D.R. Beier, J.H. Postlethwait, and L.I. Zon (1998) The cloche and spadetail genes differentially affect hematopoiesis and vasculogenesis. Dev. Biol. 197:248-269.
  • Yan, Y.L., T. Jowett, and J.H. Postlethwait (1998) Ectopic expression of hoxb2 after retinoic acid treatment of mRNA injection: disruption of hindbrain and craniofacial morphogenesis in zebrafish embryos. Dev. Dyn. 213:370-385.
  • Yan, Y.-L., W.S. Talbot, E.S. Egan, and J.H. Postlethwait (1998) Mutant rescue by BAC clone injection in zebrafish. Genomics 50:287-289.
  • Bingulac-Popovic, J., F. Figueroa, A. Sato, W.S. Talbot, S.L. Johnson, M. Gates, J.H. Postlethwait, and J. Klein (1997) Mapping of Mhc class I and class II regions to different linkage groups in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Immunogenetics 46:129-134.
  • Halpern, M.E., K. Hatta, S.L. Amacher, W.S. Talbot, Y.-L. Yan, B. Thisse, C. Thisse, J.H. Postlethwait, and C.B. Kimmel (1997) Genetic interactions in zebrafish midline development. Dev. Biol. 187:154-170.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and W.S. Talbot (1997) Zebrafish genomics: from mutants to genes. Trends Genet. 13:183-190.
  • Schofield, R.M.S., J.H. Postlethwait, and H.W. Lefevre (1997) MeV-ion microprobe analyses of whole Drosophila suggest that zinc and copper accumulation is regulated storage not deposit excretion. J. Exp. Biol. 200:3235-3243.
  • Johnson, S.L., M.A. Gates, M. Johnson, W.S. Talbot, S. Horne, K. Baik, S. Rude, J.R. Wong, and J.H. Postlethwait (1996) Centromere-linkage analysis and the consolidation of the zebrafish genetic map. Genetics 142:1277-1288.
  • Halpern, M.E., C. Thisse, R.K. Ho, B. Thisse, R. Riggleman, B. Trevarrow, E. Weinberg, J.H. Postlethwait, and C.B. Kimmel (1995) Cell-autonomous shift from axial to paraxial mesodermal development in zebrafish floating head mutants. Development 121:4256-4264.
  • Johnson, S., D. Africa, S. Horne, and J. Postlethwait (1995) Half-tetrad analysis in zebrafish: Mapping the ros mutation and the centromere of linkage group I. Genetics 139:1727-1735.
  • Talbot, W.S., W. Trevarrow, M.E. Halpern, A.E. Melby, G. Farr, J.H. Postlethwait, T. Jowett, C.B. Kimmel, and D. Kimelman (1995) A homeobox gene essential for zebrafish notochord development. Nature 378:150-157.
  • Thisse, C., B. Thisse, and J.H. Postlethwait (1995) Expression of snail2, a second member of the zebrafish snail family, in cephalic mesendoderm and in presumptive neural crest of wild type and spadetail mutant embryos. Dev. Biol. 172:86-99.
  • Yan, Y.-L., K. Hatta, B. Riggleman, and J.H. Postlethwait (1995) Expression of a type II collagen gene in the zebrafish embryonic axis. Dev. Dyn. 203:363-376. pdf
  • Johnson, S.L., C.N. Midson, E.W. Ballinger, and J.H. Postlethwait (1994) Identification of RAPD primers that reveal extensive polymorphisms between laboratory strains of zebrafish. Genomics 19:152-156.
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  • Thisse, C., B. Thisse, M.E. Halpern, and J.H. Postlethwait (1994) goosecoid expression in neurectoderm and mesendoderm is disrupted in zebrafish cyclops gastrulas. Dev. Biol. 164:420-429.
  • Thisse, C., B. Thisse, T. Schilling, and J. Postlethwait (1993) Structure of the zebrafish snail1 gene and its expression in wild type spadetail and no tail mutant embryos. Development 119:1203-1213.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and J. Hopson (1992) The Nature of Life. McGraw-Hill: New York, 700 pp. (An introductory biology textbook for non-biology majors).
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  • Yan, Y.-L. and J.H. Postlethwait (1990) Vitellogenesis in Drosophila: Sequestration of a yolk polypeptide/invertase fusion protein into developing oocytes. Dev. Biol. 140:281-290.
  • Postlethwait, J.H., S. Saul, and J.A. Postlethwait (1988) The antibacterial immune response of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Certatitis capitata). J. Insect Physiol. 34:91-96.
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  • Postlethwait, J.H. (1987) Hormone and sex-specific gene regulation in Drosophila. In Proceedings of the 1st Congress of the Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology, Nagoya, Japan. 2:11-14.
  • Postlethwait, J.H., S. Saul, M. Robertson, D. Grace, K. Abrams, and E. Brandenburg (1987) Mechanisms of Immunity in Drosophila and Mediterranean Fruit Flies. ACS Symposium Series. In Biotechnology in Crop Protection, ACS Publications, Washington D.C., pp. 186-198.
  • Giorgi, F., P. Andolfi, I. Spinetti, M. Masetti, and J.H. Postlethwait (1986) In Vivo uptake of haemolymph from a female sterile mutant into wild-type ovaries of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Insect Physiol. 32:59-70.
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  • Robertson, M., and J.H. Postlethwait (1986) The humoral antibacterial response of Drosophila adults. Devel. Compar. Immunol. 10:167-179.
  • Yan, Y.-L., C. Kunert, and J.H. Postlethwait (1986) Sequence homologies among the Three Yolk Polypeptide (Yp) genes in Drosophila melanogaster. Nucl. Acids Res. 15:67-85.
  • Giorgi, F., and J.H. Postlethwait (1985) Development of gap junctions in normal and mutant ovaries of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Morphol. 185:115-129.
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  • Johns, M.A., and J.H. Postlethwait (1985) Naturally occurring quantitative variants of acid phosphatase-1 in Drosophila melanogaster. Biochem. Genet. 23:468-482.
  • Minoo, P., and J.H. Postlethwait (1985) Biosynthesis of Drosophila yolk polypeptides. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 2:7-27.
  • Minoo, P., and J.H. Postlethwait (1985) Processing and secretion of a mutant yolk polypeptide in Drosophila. Biochem. Genet. 23:913-932.
  • Postlethwait, J.H., and F. Giorgi (1985) Vitellogenesis: Insects. In Developmental Biology: A Comprehensive Synthesis. L.W. Browder, ed., Plenum Publ.
  • Tamura, T., C. Kunert, and J.H. Postlethwait (1985) Sex and cell-specific regulation of two yolk polypeptide genes introduced into Drosophila by P-element-mediated gene transfer. P.N.A.S. 82:7000-7004.
  • Zhai, Q.H., J.H. Postlethwait, and J.W. Bodley (1984) Vitellogenin synthesis in the lady beetle Coccinella septempunctata. Insect Biochem. 14:299-305.
  • Shirk, P.D., P. Minoo, and J.H. Postlethwait (1983) 20-hydroxyecdysone stimulates the acumulation of translatable yolk polypeptide gene transcript in adult male Drosophila melanogaster. Proc. Natl. Acad, Sci. USA 82:7000-7004.
  • Jowett, T., J.H. Postlethwait, and D.B. Roberts (1982) Hormonal regulation of a larval haemolymph protein in Drosophila. Embryonic Development, Part A: Genetic Aspects. pp. 373-380. Alan R. Liss, New York.
  • Jowett, T., and J.H. Postlethwait (1981) Hormonal regulation of synthesis of yolk proteins and a larval serum protein (LsP2) in Drosophila. Nature 292:633-635.
  • Postlethwait, J.H., and T. Jowett (1981) Regulation of vitellogenesis in Drosophila. Scientific Papers of the Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry of Wroclas Technical University, No. 22 Conference 7, pp. 591-627.
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  • Postlethwait, J.H., G. Lauge, and A.M. Handler (1980) Yolk protein synthesis in ovariectomized and genetically agametic (X87) Drosophila melanogaster. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 40:385-390.
  • Postlethwait, J.H., M. Bownes, and T. Jowett (1980) Sexual phenotype and vitellogenin synthesis in Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 79:379-387.
  • Jowett, T., and J.H. Postlethwait (1980) The regulation of yolk polypeptide synthesis in Drosophila ovaries and fat body by 20-hydroxecdysone and a juvenile hormone analogue. Dev. Biol. 80:225-234.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. (1980) Genetic analysis of Drosophila vitellogenesis: A molecular weight varient of yolk polypeptide-2 in Drosophila simulans. Molec. Gen. Genet. 178:253-260.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and T. Jowett (1980) Genetic analysis of the hormonally regulated yolk polypeptide genes in D. melanogaster. Cell 20:671-678.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. (1979) Clonal analysis of Drosophila cuticular patterns. In Genetics and Biology of Drosophila, Vol. 2C, Ashburner and Wright, eds., Academic Press: London, pp. 359-442.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and A.M. Handler (1979) The roles of juvenile hormone and ecdysterone during vitellogenesis in isolated abdomens of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Insect Physiol. 25:455-460.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and G.J. Jones (1978) Endocrine control of larval fat body histolysis in normal and mutant Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Zool. 203:207-214.
  • Handler, A.M. and J.H. Postlethwait (1978) Regulation of vitellogenin synthesis in Drosophila by ecdysterone and juvenile hormone. J. Exp. Zool. 206:247-254.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. (1978) Development of cuticular patterns in legs of a cell lethal mutant of Drosophila melanogaster. Wilhelm Roux's Archiv. 185:37-57.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and R. Kaschnitz (1978) The synthesis of Drosophila melanogaster vitellogenins in vivo, in culture and in a cell-free translation system. FEBS Lett. 95:247-251.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and A.M. Handler (1978) Nonvitellogenic female sterile mutants and the regulation of vitellogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 67:202-213.
  • Handler, A.M. and J.H. Postlethwait (1977) Endocrine control of vitellogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster: Effects of the brain and corpus allatum. J. Exp. Zool. 202:389-401.
  • Postlethwait, J.H., A.M. Handler, and P.W. Gray (1976) A genetic approach to the study of juvenile hormone control of vitellogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. In The Juvenile Hormones, Gilbert, L., ed., Plenum Press: New York, pp. 449-469.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. (1975) Pattern formation in the wing and haltere imaginal discs after irradiation of Drosophila melanogaster first instar larvae. Wilhelm Roux's Arch. 178:29-50.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and P. Gray (1975) Regulation of acid phosphatase activity in the ovary of Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 47:196-205.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. (1974) Development of the temperature-sensitive homoeotic mutant Ophthalmoptera of Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 36:212-217.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and J.R. Girton (1974) Development in genetic mosaics of Aristapedia, a homoeotic mutant of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 76:767-774.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. (1974) Juvenile hormone and the adult development of Drosophila. Biol. Bull. 147:119-135.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and H.A. Schneiderman (1973) Pattern formation in imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster after irradiation of embryos and young larvae. Dev. Biol. 32:345-360.
  • Guerra, M., J.H. Postlethwait, and H.A. Schneiderman (1973) The development of the imaginal abdomen of Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 32:361-372.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and K. Weiser (1973) Vitellogenesis induced by juvenile hormone in the female sterile mutant ap4 of Drosophila melanogaster. Nature New Biol. 244:284-285.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and H.A. Schneiderman (1973) Developmental genetics of Drosophila imaginal discs. Ann. Rev. Genet. 7:381-483.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. (1973) A quantitative juvenile hormone assay on Drosophila. DIS 50:135-138.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. (1973) Effects of juvenile endocrine organs and juvenile hormone on the metamorphosis of Drosophila. DIS 50:174-176.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. (1973) Molting of Drosophila first instar cuticle induced by a metamorphosing host. DIS 50:186-187.
  • Postlethwait, J.H., P.J. Bryant, and G. Schubiger (1972) The homoeotic effect of "Tumorous Head" in Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 29:337-342.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and H.A. Schneiderman (1971) A clonal analysis of development in Drosophila melanogaster: Morphogenesis, determination and growth in the wild-type antenna. Dev. Biol. 24:477-519.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and H.A. Schneiderman (1971) Pattern formation and determination in the antenna of the homoeotic mutant, Antennapedia of Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 25:606-640.
  • Postlethwait, J.H., C.A. Poodry, and H.A. Schneiderman (1971) Cellular dynamics of pattern duplication in imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster cultured in vivo. Dev. Biol. 26:125-132.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and H.A. Schneiderman (1970) Induction of metamorphosis by ecdysone analogues: Drosophila imaginal discs cultured in vivo. Biol. Bull. 138:47-55.
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