Peter Dearden

Summary

Affiliation: University of Otago
Country: New Zealand

Publications

  1. ncbi Evolutionary origin and genomic organisation of runt-domain containing genes in arthropods
    Elizabeth J Duncan
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
    BMC Genomics 9:558. 2008
  2. ncbi Evolution of the insect Sox genes
    Megan J Wilson
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
    BMC Evol Biol 8:120. 2008
  3. ncbi Vasa expression and germ-cell specification in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae
    Peter Dearden
    Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada
    Dev Genes Evol 212:599-603. 2003
  4. ncbi Germ cell development in the Honeybee (Apis mellifera); vasa and nanos expression
    Peter K Dearden
    Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
    BMC Dev Biol 6:6. 2006
  5. ncbi Patterns of conservation and change in honey bee developmental genes
    Peter K Dearden
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
    Genome Res 16:1376-84. 2006
  6. ncbi Tailless patterning functions are conserved in the honeybee even in the absence of Torso signaling
    Megan J Wilson
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Genetics Otago, National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
    Dev Biol 335:276-87. 2009
  7. ncbi Expression of pair-rule gene homologues in a chelicerate: early patterning of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae
    Peter K Dearden
    Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    Development 129:5461-72. 2002
  8. ncbi Expression of Pax group III genes in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)
    Peter W Osborne
    Laboratory for Development and Evolution, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
    Dev Genes Evol 215:499-508. 2005
  9. ncbi Evolution of a genomic regulatory domain: the role of gene co-option and gene duplication in the Enhancer of split complex
    Elizabeth J Duncan
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Genetics Otago and the National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
    Genome Res 20:917-28. 2010
  10. ncbi Germ cell specification and ovary structure in the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis
    James M Smith
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Genetics Otago and the National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
    Evodevo 1:5. 2010

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Publications13

  1. ncbi Evolutionary origin and genomic organisation of runt-domain containing genes in arthropods
    Elizabeth J Duncan
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
    BMC Genomics 9:558. 2008
    ..melanogaster...
  2. ncbi Evolution of the insect Sox genes
    Megan J Wilson
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
    BMC Evol Biol 8:120. 2008
    ..In the well-studied insect Drosophila melanogaster, eight Sox genes have been identified and are involved in processes such as neurogenesis, dorsal-ventral patterning and segmentation...
  3. ncbi Vasa expression and germ-cell specification in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae
    Peter Dearden
    Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada
    Dev Genes Evol 212:599-603. 2003
    ..The expression pattern of this spider mite vasa homologue implies a novel process acts to specify germ cells in this species and that the specification of germ cells is an evolutionarily labile process...
  4. ncbi Germ cell development in the Honeybee (Apis mellifera); vasa and nanos expression
    Peter K Dearden
    Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
    BMC Dev Biol 6:6. 2006
    ..In this study I report the cloning and expression analysis of Honeybee homologues of vasa and nanos, germ cell markers in insects and other animals...
  5. ncbi Patterns of conservation and change in honey bee developmental genes
    Peter K Dearden
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
    Genome Res 16:1376-84. 2006
    ....
  6. ncbi Tailless patterning functions are conserved in the honeybee even in the absence of Torso signaling
    Megan J Wilson
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Genetics Otago, National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
    Dev Biol 335:276-87. 2009
    ..These results provide an example of an early event in development evolving and yet still producing a conserved output for the rest of development to build upon...
  7. ncbi Expression of pair-rule gene homologues in a chelicerate: early patterning of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae
    Peter K Dearden
    Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    Development 129:5461-72. 2002
    ..The expression pattern of Tu-pax3/7 lends support to the possibility that a pair-rule patterning mechanism is active in the segmentation pathways of chelicerates...
  8. ncbi Expression of Pax group III genes in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)
    Peter W Osborne
    Laboratory for Development and Evolution, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
    Dev Genes Evol 215:499-508. 2005
    ..The expression of the other two Pax group III genes in the honeybee indicates that they also act in segmentation and nervous system development, as do these genes in other insects...
  9. ncbi Evolution of a genomic regulatory domain: the role of gene co-option and gene duplication in the Enhancer of split complex
    Elizabeth J Duncan
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Genetics Otago and the National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
    Genome Res 20:917-28. 2010
    ..We discuss the consequence of this conserved domain for the recruitment of novel genes into the Notch signaling cascade...
  10. ncbi Germ cell specification and ovary structure in the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis
    James M Smith
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Genetics Otago and the National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
    Evodevo 1:5. 2010
    ....
  11. ncbi The evolution of oocyte patterning in insects: multiple cell-signaling pathways are active during honeybee oogenesis and are likely to play a role in axis patterning
    Megan J Wilson
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Genetics Otago, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa, New Zealand
    Evol Dev 13:127-37. 2011
    ..Several of these pathways are also active in the germarium, implicating them in germ and somatic stem cell maintenance and proliferation, similar to their activities in Drosophila ovaries...
  12. ncbi Giant, Krüppel, and caudal act as gap genes with extensive roles in patterning the honeybee embryo
    Megan J Wilson
    Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Genetics Otago and National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, Aotearoa, New Zealand
    Dev Biol 339:200-11. 2010
    ..We conclude that while the fundamental function of these gap genes is conserved in the honeybee, shifts in their expression and function have occurred, perhaps due to the apparently different maternal patterning systems in this insect...
  13. ncbi Physical law not natural selection as the major determinant of biological complexity in the subcellular realm: new support for the pre-Darwinian conception of evolution by natural law
    Michael J Denton
    Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
    Biosystems 71:297-303. 2003
    ....