PUBLICATIONS

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Preprints

1. Warner JF, R Besemer, A Schickle, E Borbee, IV Changsut, K Sharp, LS Babonis (in review) Microinjection, gene knockdown, and CRISPR-mediated gene knock-in in the hard coral, Astrangia poculata bioRxiv 2023.11.16.567385; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.16.567385

Publications

23. Babonis, LS (2024) On the evolutionary developmental biology of the cell Trends in Genetics 40 

(10): 822-833 [Cover]

22. Vargas, AM, MB DeBiasse, LL Dykes, A Edgar, TD Hayes, DJ Groso, LS Babonis, MQ 

Martindale, JF Ryan (2024) Morphological and dietary changes encoded in the genome of Beroe 

ovata, a ctenophore-eating ctenophore. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics 6(2): lqae072

21. DeBiasse MB, A Buckenmeyer, J Macrander, LS Babonis, B Bentlage, P Cartwright, C Prada, AM 

Reitzel, SN Stampar, AG Collins, M Daly, JF Ryan (2024) Illuminating the Cnidaria tree of life with a phylogenomic backbone fitted with hundreds of 18S leaves. BSSB 3(2)

20. Rogers, CD, C Amemiya, S Arur, L Babonis, et al. (2024) Pluripotency of a founding field: 

rebranding developmental biology Development 151 (3): dev202342

19. Foster B, F Hugosson, F Scucchia, C Enjolras, LS Babonis, W Hoaen, MQ Martindale (2023) A 

novel in vivo system to study coral biomineralization in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis. iScience 27: 3, 109131 

18. McCulloch, KJ, LS Babonis, A Liu, CM Daly, MQ Martindale, KM Koenig. (2023) Nematostella vectensis exemplifies the exceptional expansion and diversity of opsins in the eyeless Hexacorallia EvoDevo 14:14

17. Ortiz J, YV Bobkov, MB DeBiasse, DG Mitchell, A Edgar, MQ Martindale, AG Moss, LS Babonis, and JF Ryan. (2023) Independent Innexin Radiation Shaped Signaling in Ctenophores. Mol Biol Evol 3;40(2):msad025

16. Babonis, LS, C Enjolras, AJ Reft, BM Foster, F Hugosson, JF Ryan, M Daly, and MQ Martindale. (2023) Single-cell atavism reveals an ancient mechanism of cell type diversification in a sea anemone  Nat Commun 14, 885 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36615-9 

15. Babonis, LS, C Enjolras, JF Ryan, and MQ Martindale. (2022) A novel regulatory gene promotes novel cell fate by suppressing ancestral fate in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 119 ( 19 ) e2113701119 

14. Babonis, LS, JF Ryan, C Enjolras, and MQ Martindale. (2019) Genomic analysis of the tryptome reveals molecular mechanisms of gland cell evolution EvoDevo 10:23

13. Babonis, LS, MB DeBiasse, WH Francis, LM Christianson, AG Moss, SHD Haddock, MQ Martindale, and JF Ryan. (2018) Integrating embryonic development and evolutionary history to characterize tentacle-specific cell types in a ctenophore. Mol Biol Evol 35(12):2940–2956

12. Babonis, LS and MQ Martindale (2017) PaxA, but not PaxC, is required for cnidocyte development in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. EvoDevo 8:14 

11. Servetnick, M, BM Steinworth, LS Babonis, DK Simmons, M Salinas-Saavedra, and MQ Martindale (2017) Cas9-mediated excision of Nematostella brachyury disrupts endomesoderm and oral-aboral patterning Development 144:2951-2960

10. Babonis, LS and MQ Martindale (2016) Phylogenetic evidence for the modular evolution of metazoan signaling pathways Proc R Soc Lond B. 372: 20150477

9. Babonis, LS, MQ Martindale, and JF Ryan (2016) Do novel genes drive novelty? A morphological and molecular investigation of the nematosomes in the model sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. BMC Evol Biol. 16(1):22

8. DuBuc, TQ, AA Dattoli, LS Babonis, M Salinas-Saavedra, E Röttinger, MQ Martindale, and M Postma (2014) In vivo imaging of Nematostella vectensis embryogenesis and late development using fluorescent probes. BMC Cell Biol. 15(1):44

7. Babonis, LS and MQ Martindale (2014) Old cell new trick? Cnidocytes as a model for the evolution of novelty. Integr Comp Biol 54(4):714-722

6. Babonis, LS and F Brischoux (2012) Perspectives on the convergent evolution of tetrapod salt glands. Integr Comp Biol 52(2):245-256

5. Babonis, LS, MC Womack†, and DH Evans (2012) Morphology and putative function of the colon and cloaca in marine and freshwater snakes. J Morph 273, 88-102

4. Babonis, LS, SN Miller†, and DH Evans (2011) Renal responses to salinity acclimation in marine and freshwater snakes. J Exp Biol 214, 2140-2156

3. Babonis, LS and DH Evans (2011) Morphological and biochemical evidence for the evolution of salt glands in snakes. Comp Biochem Physiol A 160, 400-411

2. Babonis, LS; KA Hyndman, and HB Lillywhite (2009) Immunolocalization of Na+/K+-ATPase and Na+/K+/2Cl-cotransporter in the tubular epithelia of sea snake salt glands. Comp Biochem Physiol A 154, 535-540 

1. Lillywhite, HB; LS Babonis, CM Sheehy, and MC Tu (2008) Sea snakes (Laticauda spp.) require fresh drinking water: Implication for the distribution and persistence of populations. Physiol Biochem Zool 81, 785-796 (Cover)