Aguilar-Camacho, JM, ND Harry & C Zakas. Comparative Hox genes expression within the dimorphic annelid Streblospio benedicti reveals patterning variation during development. bioRxiv. DOI
Harry, ND & C Zakas. 2023. The role of heterochronic gene expression and regulatory architecture in early developmental divergence. eLife. 13:RP93062. DOI
Zakas, C & JM Martín-Durán. 2023 Genomics of Marine Larval Evolution and Development. Integrative & Comparative Biology. icad08. DOI
Harry, ND & C Zakas. 2023. Maternal patterns of inheritance alter transcript expression in eggs. BMC Genomics. 24:191. DOI
Ruskie, EL & C Zakas. 2023. Assortative mating and mate-choice contributes to the maintenance of a developmental dimorphism in Streblospio benedicit. Journal of Experimental Biology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 1-7 DOI
Harry, ND & C Zakas. 2023. The role of heterochronic gene expression and regulatory architecture in early developmental divergence. eLife. 13:RP93062. DOI
Zakas, C & JM Martín-Durán. 2023 Genomics of Marine Larval Evolution and Development. Integrative & Comparative Biology. icad08. DOI
Harry, ND & C Zakas. 2023. Maternal patterns of inheritance alter transcript expression in eggs. BMC Genomics. 24:191. DOI
Ruskie, EL & C Zakas. 2023. Assortative mating and mate-choice contributes to the maintenance of a developmental dimorphism in Streblospio benedicit. Journal of Experimental Biology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 1-7 DOI
COVER PHOTO: A female of the annelid Streblospio benedicti brooding a clutch of newly fertilized planktotrophic embryos in her dorsal brood pouch. These benthic, estuarine animals are ~1cm long. Photograph by C Zakas
Article from our 2023 SICB symposium Genomics of marine larval evolution and development is in Science: DOI
Zakas, C., ND Harry, EH Scholl, MV Rockman. 2022. The genome of the poecilogonous annelid Streblospio benedicti. Genome Biology and Evolution. DOI.
Zakas, C. Streblospio benedicti: A genetic model for understanding the evolution of development and life-history. 2022. Current Topics in Developmental Biology: Emerging Model Systems in Developmental Biology. Volume 147. DOI
COVER PHOTO: The polychaete Streblospio benedicti (also called the Ram’s horn worm) is a model for genetic studies of developmental evolution. Adults, like this female from Long Beach,
California, bear a pair of feeding tentacles (palps) and a pair gas-exchange structures (branchiae) on their heads. (See pages 1607–1618). Photo Credit: Matthew Rockman.
Zakas, C. & MV Rockman. 2021. Baby makes three: maternal, paternal, and zygotic genetic effects shape larval phenotypic evolution. Evolution: 75(7):1607-1618. DOI.
Blog highlight from the Molecular Ecologist
Zakas, C., JM Deutscher, AD Kay, MV Rockman. 2018. Decoupled maternal and zygotic effects shape the evolution of development. eLife. 7:e37143. DOI
Zakas, C. & MV Rockman. 2015. Gene-based polymorphisms reveal limited genomic divergence in a species with a heritable life-history dimorphism. Evolution & Development. 17:4 240-247. DOI
Zakas, C. & MV Rockman. 2014. Dimorphic development in Streblospio benedicti: genetic analysis of morphological differences between larval types. International Journal of Developmental Biology. 58: 593-599. PDF
Zakas, C., K Jones, J Wares. 2014. Homogenous nuclear background for mitochondrial cline in Northern range of Notochthamalus scabrosus. G3: Genes Genomes Genetics. 4: 225-230. PDF
Zakas, C. & J Wares. 2012. Consequences of a poecilogonous life history for genetic structure in coastal populations of the polychaete Streblospio benedicti. Molecular Ecology. 21: 5447-5460. PDF
Zakas, C., N Schult, D McHugh, K Jones, J Wares. 2012. Transcriptome analysis and SNP development can resolve population differentiation of Streblospio benedicti, a developmentally dimorphic marine annelid. PloS one. 7: e31613. PDF
Zakas, C. & D Hall. 2012. Asymmetric Dispersal can maintain larval polymorphism: A model motivated by Streblospio benedicti. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 52: 197-212. PDF
Zakas, C., J Binford, S Navarrete, J Wares. 2009. Restricted gene flow in Chilean barnacles reflects biogeographic and oceanographic transition zone. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 394:165-177. PDF
Allen, JD, C Zakas, RD Podolsky. 2006. Effects of egg size reduction and larval feeding on juvenile quality for a species with facultative-feeding development. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 331: 186-197. PDF
Zakas, C. & MV Rockman. 2015. Gene-based polymorphisms reveal limited genomic divergence in a species with a heritable life-history dimorphism. Evolution & Development. 17:4 240-247. DOI
Zakas, C. & MV Rockman. 2014. Dimorphic development in Streblospio benedicti: genetic analysis of morphological differences between larval types. International Journal of Developmental Biology. 58: 593-599. PDF
Zakas, C., K Jones, J Wares. 2014. Homogenous nuclear background for mitochondrial cline in Northern range of Notochthamalus scabrosus. G3: Genes Genomes Genetics. 4: 225-230. PDF
Zakas, C. & J Wares. 2012. Consequences of a poecilogonous life history for genetic structure in coastal populations of the polychaete Streblospio benedicti. Molecular Ecology. 21: 5447-5460. PDF
Zakas, C., N Schult, D McHugh, K Jones, J Wares. 2012. Transcriptome analysis and SNP development can resolve population differentiation of Streblospio benedicti, a developmentally dimorphic marine annelid. PloS one. 7: e31613. PDF
Zakas, C. & D Hall. 2012. Asymmetric Dispersal can maintain larval polymorphism: A model motivated by Streblospio benedicti. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 52: 197-212. PDF
Zakas, C., J Binford, S Navarrete, J Wares. 2009. Restricted gene flow in Chilean barnacles reflects biogeographic and oceanographic transition zone. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 394:165-177. PDF
Allen, JD, C Zakas, RD Podolsky. 2006. Effects of egg size reduction and larval feeding on juvenile quality for a species with facultative-feeding development. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 331: 186-197. PDF