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Recent Publications

  1. Crump, JG. Evolutionary origin of lubricated joints at the dawn of jawed vertebrates. PLoS Biol. 2025;23 (2):e3003044. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003044. PubMed PMID:40009585 PubMed Central PMC11864516.
  2. Thiruppathy, M, Teubner, L, Roberts, RR, Lasser, MC, Moscatello, A, Chen, YW et al.. Repurposing of a gill gene regulatory program for outer-ear evolution. Nature. 2025; :. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08577-5. PubMed PMID:39788155 .
  3. Shi, T, Kim, Y, Llamas, J, Wang, X, Fabian, P, Lozito, TP et al.. Long-range Atoh1 enhancers maintain competency for hair cell regeneration in the inner ear. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024;121 (51):e2418098121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2418098121. PubMed PMID:39671177 PubMed Central PMC11665905.
  4. Vasileva, E, Arata, C, Luo, Y, Burgos, R, Crump, JG, Amatruda, JF et al.. Origin of Ewing sarcoma by embryonic reprogramming of neural crest to mesoderm. bioRxiv. 2024; :. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.27.620438. PubMed PMID:39554045 PubMed Central PMC11565755.
  5. Farmer, DT, Dukov, JE, Chen, HJ, Arata, C, Hernandez-Trejo, J, Xu, P et al.. Cellular transitions during cranial suture establishment in zebrafish. Nat Commun. 2024;15 (1):6948. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50780-5. PubMed PMID:39138165 PubMed Central PMC11322166.
  6. Rees, JM, Kirk, K, Gattoni, G, Hockman, D, Sleight, VA, Ritter, DJ et al.. A pre-vertebrate endodermal origin of calcitonin-producing neuroendocrine cells. Development. 2024;151 (20):. doi: 10.1242/dev.202821. PubMed PMID:39109637 PubMed Central PMC11698069.
  7. Tseng, KC, Crump, JG. Craniofacial developmental biology in the single-cell era. Development. 2023;150 (19):. doi: 10.1242/dev.202077. PubMed PMID:37812056 PubMed Central PMC10617621.
  8. Anderson, T, Mo, J, Gagarin, E, Sherwood, D, Blumenkrantz, M, Mao, E et al.. Ligament injury in adult zebrafish triggers ECM remodeling and cell dedifferentiation for scar-free regeneration. NPJ Regen Med. 2023;8 (1):51. doi: 10.1038/s41536-023-00329-9. PubMed PMID:37726321 PubMed Central PMC10509200.
  9. Wang, X, Llamas, J, Trecek, T, Shi, T, Tao, L, Makmura, W et al.. SoxC transcription factors shape the epigenetic landscape to establish competence for sensory differentiation in the mammalian organ of Corti. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023;120 (34):e2301301120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2301301120. PubMed PMID:37585469 PubMed Central PMC10450657.
  10. Nguyen, JD, Llamas, J, Shi, T, Crump, JG, Groves, AK, Segil, N et al.. DNA methylation in the mouse cochlea promotes maturation of supporting cells and contributes to the failure of hair cell regeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023;120 (33):e2300839120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2300839120. PubMed PMID:37549271 PubMed Central PMC10438394.