Hirschberger C, Sleight VA, Criswell KE, Clark SJ, Gillis JA (2021) Conserved and unique transcriptional features of pharyngeal arches in the skate (Leucoraja erinacea) and evolution of the jaw. Molecular Biology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab123
Sleight VA, Gillis JA (2020) Embryonic origin and serial homology of gill arches and paired fins in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea. eLife 9: e60635.
Barske L, Fabian P, Hirschberger C, Jandzik D, Square T, Xu P, Nelson N, You HV, Medeiros DM, Gillis JA, Crump JG (2020) Evolution of vertebrate gill covers via shifts in an ancient Pou3f3 enhancer. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. U.S.A. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011531117
Marconi A, Hancock-Ronemus A, Gillis JA (2020) Adult chondrogenesis and spontaneous cartilage repair in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea. eLife 9: e53414.
Gillis FI, Gillis JA (2020) Diurnal colour change in the Andaman Island stick insect, Sceptrophasma hispidulum. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 79: 95-105. (PDF)
Criswell KE, Gillis JA (2020) Resegmentation is an ancestral feature of the gnathostome vertebral skeleton. eLife 9: e51696.
Martik ML, Gandhi S, Uy BR, Gillis JA, Green SA, Simoes-Costa M, Bronner ME (2019) Evolution of the new head by gradual acquisition of neural crest regulatory circuits. Nature 574: 675-678.
Gillis JA. (2018) The development and evolution of cartilage. In: Yelon, R. and Mayor, R. (eds) Elsevier Reference Module in Life Sciences: Developmental Biology.
(for a pdf of this review, please contact me)
Gillis JA, Alsema EC, Criswell KE (2017) A trunk neural crest origin of dermal denticles in a cartilaginous fish. Proc. Nat’l Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 114: 13200-13205.
Criswell KE, Coates MI, Gillis JA (2017) Embryonic origin of the gnathostome vertebral column. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 284: 20172121.
Gillis JA, Tidswell ORA (2017) The origin of vertebrate gills. Curr. Biol. 27: 729-732.
Criswell KE, Coates MI, Gillis JA (2017) Embryonic development of the axial column in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea. J. Morphol. 278: 300-320.
Gillis JA, Hall BK (2016) A shared role for sonic hedgehog signalling in patterning chondrichthyan gill arch appendages and tetrapod limbs. Development 143: 1313-1317.
Simakov O, Kawashima T, Marlétaz F, Jenkins J, Koyanagi R, Mitros T, Hisata K, Bredeson J, Shoguchi E, Goja F, Yue J-X, Chen Y-C, Freeman RM, Sasaki A, Hikosaka-Katayama T, Sato A, Fujie M, Baughman KW, Levine J, Gonzalez P, Cameron C, Fritzenwanker JH, Pani AM, Goto H, Kanda M, Arakaki N, Yamasaki S, Qu J, Cree A, Ding Y, Dinh HH, Dugan S, Holder M, Jhangiani SN, Kovar CL, Lee SL, Lewis LR, Morton D, Nazareth LV, Okwuonu G, Santibanez J, Chen R, Richards S, Muzny DM, Gillis JA, Pushkin L, Wu M, Humphreys T, Su Y-H, Putnam NH, Schmutz J, Fujiyama A, Yu J-K, Tarawa K, Worley KC, Gibts RA, Kirchner MW, Lowe CJ, Stach N, Rokhsar DS, Gerhart J (2015) Hemichordate genomes and deuterostome origins. Nature 527: 459-465.
Gillis JA, Modrell MS, Baker CVH (2013) Developmental evidence for serial homology of the vertebrate jaw and gill arch endoskeleton. Nat. Commun. 4: 1436.
Baker CVH, Modrell MS, Gillis JA (2013) The evolution and development of vertebrate lateral line electroreceptors. J. Exp. Biol. 216: 2515-2522.
Hall BK, Gillis JA (2013) Incremental evolution of the neural crest, neural crest cells, and neural crest-derived skeletal tissues. J. Anat. 222: 19-31.
Sleight VA, Gillis JA (2020) Embryonic origin and serial homology of gill arches and paired fins in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea. eLife 9: e60635.
Barske L, Fabian P, Hirschberger C, Jandzik D, Square T, Xu P, Nelson N, You HV, Medeiros DM, Gillis JA, Crump JG (2020) Evolution of vertebrate gill covers via shifts in an ancient Pou3f3 enhancer. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. U.S.A. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011531117
Marconi A, Hancock-Ronemus A, Gillis JA (2020) Adult chondrogenesis and spontaneous cartilage repair in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea. eLife 9: e53414.
Gillis FI, Gillis JA (2020) Diurnal colour change in the Andaman Island stick insect, Sceptrophasma hispidulum. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 79: 95-105. (PDF)
Criswell KE, Gillis JA (2020) Resegmentation is an ancestral feature of the gnathostome vertebral skeleton. eLife 9: e51696.
Martik ML, Gandhi S, Uy BR, Gillis JA, Green SA, Simoes-Costa M, Bronner ME (2019) Evolution of the new head by gradual acquisition of neural crest regulatory circuits. Nature 574: 675-678.
Gillis JA. (2018) The development and evolution of cartilage. In: Yelon, R. and Mayor, R. (eds) Elsevier Reference Module in Life Sciences: Developmental Biology.
(for a pdf of this review, please contact me)
Gillis JA, Alsema EC, Criswell KE (2017) A trunk neural crest origin of dermal denticles in a cartilaginous fish. Proc. Nat’l Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 114: 13200-13205.
Criswell KE, Coates MI, Gillis JA (2017) Embryonic origin of the gnathostome vertebral column. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 284: 20172121.
Gillis JA, Tidswell ORA (2017) The origin of vertebrate gills. Curr. Biol. 27: 729-732.
Criswell KE, Coates MI, Gillis JA (2017) Embryonic development of the axial column in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea. J. Morphol. 278: 300-320.
Gillis JA, Hall BK (2016) A shared role for sonic hedgehog signalling in patterning chondrichthyan gill arch appendages and tetrapod limbs. Development 143: 1313-1317.
Simakov O, Kawashima T, Marlétaz F, Jenkins J, Koyanagi R, Mitros T, Hisata K, Bredeson J, Shoguchi E, Goja F, Yue J-X, Chen Y-C, Freeman RM, Sasaki A, Hikosaka-Katayama T, Sato A, Fujie M, Baughman KW, Levine J, Gonzalez P, Cameron C, Fritzenwanker JH, Pani AM, Goto H, Kanda M, Arakaki N, Yamasaki S, Qu J, Cree A, Ding Y, Dinh HH, Dugan S, Holder M, Jhangiani SN, Kovar CL, Lee SL, Lewis LR, Morton D, Nazareth LV, Okwuonu G, Santibanez J, Chen R, Richards S, Muzny DM, Gillis JA, Pushkin L, Wu M, Humphreys T, Su Y-H, Putnam NH, Schmutz J, Fujiyama A, Yu J-K, Tarawa K, Worley KC, Gibts RA, Kirchner MW, Lowe CJ, Stach N, Rokhsar DS, Gerhart J (2015) Hemichordate genomes and deuterostome origins. Nature 527: 459-465.
Gillis JA, Modrell MS, Baker CVH (2013) Developmental evidence for serial homology of the vertebrate jaw and gill arch endoskeleton. Nat. Commun. 4: 1436.
Baker CVH, Modrell MS, Gillis JA (2013) The evolution and development of vertebrate lateral line electroreceptors. J. Exp. Biol. 216: 2515-2522.
Hall BK, Gillis JA (2013) Incremental evolution of the neural crest, neural crest cells, and neural crest-derived skeletal tissues. J. Anat. 222: 19-31.
Gillis JA, Modrell MS, Northcutt RG, Catania KC, Luer C, Baker CVH (2012) Electrosensory ampullary organs are derived from lateral line placodes in cartilaginous fishes. Development 139: 3142-3146.
Gillis JA, Modrell MS, Baker, CVH (2012) A timeline of pharyngeal endoskeletal condensation and differentiation in the shark, Scyliorhinus canicula, and the paddlefish, Polyodon spathula. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 28: 341-345.
Gillis JA, Fritzenwanker JH, Lowe CJ (2012) A stem-deuterostome origin of the vertebrate pharyngeal arch transcriptional network. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 279:237-246.
King BL, Gillis JA, Carlisle HR, Dahn RD (2011) A naturally occurring deletion of the entire HoxC cluster in elasmobranch fishes. Science 334:1517.
Rawlinson KA, Gillis JA, Billings Jr. RE, Borneman EH (2011) Taxonomy and life history of the Acropora-eating flatworm, Amakusaplana acroporae nov. sp. (Polycladida: Prosthiostomidae). Coral Reefs 30: 693-705.
Gillis JA, Rawlinson KA, Bell J, Lyon WS, Baker CVH, Shubin NH (2011) Holocephalan embryos provide evidence for gill arch appendage reduction and opercular evolution in cartilaginous fishes. Proc. Nat’l Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108: 1507-1512.
Gillis JA, Dahn RD, Shubin NH (2009) Shared developmental mechanisms pattern the gill arch and paired fin skeletons in vertebrates. Proc. Nat’l Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106: 5720-5724.
Gillis JA, Dahn RD, Shubin NH (2009) Chondrogenesis and homology of the visceral skeleton in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). J. Morphol. 270: 628-643.
Gillis JA, Shubin NH (2009) The evolution of gnathostome development: insight from chondrichthyan embryos. Genesis 47: 825-841.
Gillis JA, Donoghue PCJ (2007) The homology and phylogeny of chondrichthyan tooth enameloid. J. Morphol. 268: 33-49.
Gillis JA, Witten PE, Hall BK (2006) Chondroid bone and secondary cartilage contribute to apical dentary growth in juvenile Atlantic salmon. J. Fish Biol. 68: 1133-1143.
Gillis JA, Fritzenwanker JH, Lowe CJ (2012) A stem-deuterostome origin of the vertebrate pharyngeal arch transcriptional network. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 279:237-246.
King BL, Gillis JA, Carlisle HR, Dahn RD (2011) A naturally occurring deletion of the entire HoxC cluster in elasmobranch fishes. Science 334:1517.
Rawlinson KA, Gillis JA, Billings Jr. RE, Borneman EH (2011) Taxonomy and life history of the Acropora-eating flatworm, Amakusaplana acroporae nov. sp. (Polycladida: Prosthiostomidae). Coral Reefs 30: 693-705.
Gillis JA, Rawlinson KA, Bell J, Lyon WS, Baker CVH, Shubin NH (2011) Holocephalan embryos provide evidence for gill arch appendage reduction and opercular evolution in cartilaginous fishes. Proc. Nat’l Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108: 1507-1512.
Gillis JA, Dahn RD, Shubin NH (2009) Shared developmental mechanisms pattern the gill arch and paired fin skeletons in vertebrates. Proc. Nat’l Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106: 5720-5724.
Gillis JA, Dahn RD, Shubin NH (2009) Chondrogenesis and homology of the visceral skeleton in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). J. Morphol. 270: 628-643.
Gillis JA, Shubin NH (2009) The evolution of gnathostome development: insight from chondrichthyan embryos. Genesis 47: 825-841.
Gillis JA, Donoghue PCJ (2007) The homology and phylogeny of chondrichthyan tooth enameloid. J. Morphol. 268: 33-49.
Gillis JA, Witten PE, Hall BK (2006) Chondroid bone and secondary cartilage contribute to apical dentary growth in juvenile Atlantic salmon. J. Fish Biol. 68: 1133-1143.
