2022
Leite, D. J., Schönauer, A., Blakeley, G., Harper, A., Garcia-Castro, H., Baudouin-Gonzalez, L., Wang, R., Sarkis, N., Nikola, Ventaka, A. G., Koka, V. S. P., Kenny, N. J., Turetzek, N., Pechmann, M., Solana, J. and McGregor, A. P. (2022). An atlas of spider development at single-cell resolution provides new insights into arthropod embryogenesis, bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.09.495456
Buffry, A. D. and McGregor, A. P. (2022). Micromanagement of Drosophila post-embryonic development by Hox genes. J. Dev. Biol. 10, https://doi.org/10.3390/jdb10010013
Baudouin-Gonzalez, L., Harper, A., McGregor, A. P. and Sumner-Rooney, L. (2022). Regulation of eye determination and regionalization in the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. Cells 11, 631.
Buffry, A. D., Kittelmann, S. and McGregor, A. P. (2022). Characterisation of the role and regulation of Ultrabithorax in sculpting fine-scale leg morphology. bioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.17.152918.
2021
Torres-Oliva, M., Buchberger, B., Buffry, A. D., Kittelmann, M., Sumner-Rooney, L., Gaspar, P., Bullinger, G.C., Guerrero, G., Casares, F., Arif, S., Posnien, N., Nunes, M. D. S., McGregor, A. P. and Almudi, I. (2021). Differences in orthodenticle expression promote ommatidial size variation between Drosophila species. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.17.435774.
Kittelmann, S., Preger-Noon, E., McGregor A. P. and Frankel N. (2021). A complex gene regulatory architecture underlies the development and evolution of cuticle morphology in Drosophila. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 69, 21-27.
Harper, A., Baudouin-Gonzalez, L., Schönauer, A., Seiter, M., Holzem, M., Arif, S., McGregor, A. P. and Sumner-Rooney, L. (2021). Widespread retention of ohnologs in key developmental gene families following whole genome duplication in arachnopulmonates. G3 11, jkab299.
Baudouin-Gonzalez, L., Schoenauer, A., Harper, A., Blakeley, G., Seiter, M., Arif, S., Sumner-Rooney, L., Russell, S., Sharma, P. P. and McGregor, A. P. (2021). The evolution of Sox gene repertoires and regulation of segmentation in arachnids. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38, 3153–3169.
Hagen, J. F. D., Mendes, C. C., R. Booth, S., Figueras Jimenez, J., Tanaka, K. M., Franke, F. A., Baudouin-Gonzalez, L., Ridgway, A. M., Arif, S., Nunes, M. D. S. and McGregor, A. P. (2021). Unravelling the genetic basis for the rapid diversification of male genitalia between Drosophila species. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msaa232, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaa232.
2020
Baudouin-Gonzalez, L*., Schoenauer, A*., Harper, A., Blakeley, G., Seiter, M., Arif, S., Sumner-Rooney, L., Russell, S., Sharma, P. P. and McGregor, A. P. (2020). The evolution of Sox gene repertoires and regulation of segmentation in arachnids bioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.04.133389.
Casares, F. and McGregor, A. P. (2020). The evolution and development of eye size in flies. Wires Developmental Biology e380, doi: 10.1002/wdev.380.
Holzem, M., Franke, F. A., Mendes, C. C. and McGregor, A. P. (2020). Wnt gene regulation and function during maxillary palp development in Drosophila melanogaster. Developmental Biology 462, 66-73.
Gaspar, P., Arif, S., Sumner-Rooney, L., Kittelmann, M., Bodey, A. J., Stern, D. L., Nunes, M. D. S. and McGregor, A. P. (2020). Characterization of the genetic architecture underlying eye size variation within Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans. G3 10, 1005-1018. doi: 10.1534/g3.119.400877.
Thomas, G. W. C. et al., (2020). Gene content evolution in arthropods. Genome Biology 21, 15, doi: 10.1186/s13059-019-1925-7.
2019
Almudi, I. and McGregor, A. P. (2019). Sensory organ size evolution: a view from Drosophila. Developmental Cell 50, 673-674.
Holzem, M., Braak, N., Brattstroem, O., McGregor, A. P. and Breuker, C. J. (2019). Wnt gene expression during early embryogenesis in the nymphalid butterfly Bicyclus anynana. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 468.
Hagen, J. F. D., Mendes, C. C., Tanaka, K. M., Gaspar, P., Kittelmann, M., McGregor, A. P. and Nunes, M. D. S. (2018). underlies the evolution of male genital morphology. PNAS USA 116, 19025-19030.
Rice ,G., David, J. R., Kamimura, Y., Masly, J. P., McGregor, A. P., Nagy, O., Noselli, S., Nunes, M. D. S., O'Grady, P., Sánchez-Herrero, E., Siegal, M. L., Toda, M. J., Rebeiz, M., Courtier-Orgogozo, V. and Yassin, A. (2019). A standardized nomenclature and atlas of the male terminalia of Drosophila melanogaster. Fly 13, 51-64.
Kittelmann, S. and McGregor, A. P. (2019). Modulation and evolution of animal development through microRNA regulation of gene expression. Genes 10, 10.3390/genes10040321.
Gaspar, P., Almudi, I., Nunes, M. D. S. and McGregor, A. P. (2018). Human eye conditions: insights from the fly eye. Human Genetics 138, 973-991.
2018
Paese, C. L. B., Leite, D. J., Schoenauer, A., McGregor, A. P. and Russell, S. (2018). Duplication and expression of Sox genes in spiders. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18, 205.
Leite, D. J., Baudouin-Gonzalez, L., Iwasaki-Yokozawa, S., Lozano-Fernandez, J., Turetzek, N., Akiyama-Oda, Y., Prpic, N. M., Pisani, D., Oda, H., Sharma, P. P., McGregor, A. P. (2018). Homeobox gene duplication and divergence in arachnids. Molecular Biology and Evolution, doi: 10.1093/molbev/msy125.
Paese, C. L. B., Leite, D. J., Schoenauer, A., Russell, S. and McGregor, A. P. (2018). A SoxB gene acts as an anterior gap gene and regulates posterior segment addition in the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. eLife e37567.
Kittelmann, S., Buffry, A. D., Franke, F. A., Almudi, I., Yoth, M., Sabaris, G., Couso, J. P., Nunes, M. D. S. Frankel, N., Gomez-Skarmeta, J. L., Pueyo-Marques, J., Arif, S. and McGregor, A. P. (2018). Gene regulatory network architecture in different developmental contexts influences the genetic basis of morphological evolution. PLoS Genetics 14, e1007375.
2017
Schwager, E. E., Sharma, P. P., Thomas Clarke, T., Leite, D. J., Wierschin, T., Pechmann, M., Akiyama-Oda, Y., Esposito, L., Bechsgaard, J., Bilde, T., Buffry, A. D., Chao, H., Dinh, H., Doddapaneni, H., Dugan, S., Eibner, C., Extavour, C. G., Funch. P., Garb, J., Gonzalez, V. L., Griffiths-Jones, S., Han, Y., Hayashi, C., Hilbrant, M., Hughes, D. S. T., Janssen, R., Lee, S. L., Maeso, I., Murali, S. C., Muzny, D. M., Nunes da Fonseca, R., Qu, J., Ronshaugen, M., Schomburg, C., Schönauer, A., Stollewerk, A., Torres-Oliva, M., Turetzek, N., Vanthournout, B., Werren, J. H., Wolff, C., Worley, K. C., Bucher, G., Gibbs, R. A., Coddington, J., Oda, H., Stanke, M., Ayoub, N. A., Prpic, N-M., Flot, J-F., Posnien, N., Richards, S. and McGregor, A. P. (2017). The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution. BMC Biology 15, 62.
Feitosa, N. M., Pechmann, M., Schwager, E. E., McGregor A. P., Damen, W. G. and Nunes da Fonseca, R. (2017). Molecular control of gut formation in the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. Genesis, doi: 10.1002/dvg.23033
2016
Schönauer, A., Paese, C. L., Hilbrant, M., Leite, D. J., Schwager, E. E., Feitosa, N. M., Eibner, C., Damen, W. G. and McGregor A. P. (2016). The Wnt and Delta-Notch signalling pathways interact to direct pair-rule gene expression via caudal during segment addition in the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. Development 143, 2455-63.
Leite, D. J., Ninova, M., Hilbrant, M., Arif, S., Griffiths-Jones S., Ronshaugen M., and McGregor, A. P. (2016). Pervasive microRNA duplication in chelicerates: insights from the embryonic microRNA repertoire of the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. Genome Biology and Evolution 8, 2133–2144.
Leite, D. J. and McGregor, A. P. (2016). Arthropod evolution and development: recent insights from chelicerates and myriapods. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 39 93-100.
Torres-Oliva, M., Almudi, I., McGregor, A. P. and Posnien, N. (2016). A robust (re-)annotation approach to generate unbiased mapping references for RNA-seq-based analyses of differential expression across closely related species. BMC Genomics 17, 392.
Buffry, A. D., Mendes, C. C. and McGregor, A. P. (2016). The functionality and evolution of eukaryotic transcriptional enhancers. Advances in Genetics 96.
2015
Janssen, R.,* Schönauer, A.,* Weber, M., Turetzek, N., Hogvall, M., Goss, G. E., Patel, N. H., McGregor, A. P. and Hilbrant, M. (2015). The evolution and expression of panarthropod frizzled genes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3, 96. *Contributed equally.
Tanaka, K. M., Hopfen, C., Herbert, M. R., Schlötterer, C., Stern, D. L., Masly, J. P., McGregor, A. P. and Nunes, M. D. S. (2015). Genetic architecture and functional characterization of genes underlying the rapid diversification of male external genitalia between Drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana. Genetics 200, 357-369.
Crocker, J., Abe, N., Rinaldi, L., McGregor, A. P., Frankel, N., Wang, S., Alsawadi, A., Valenti, P., Plaza, S., Payre, F., Mann, R. S. and Stern, D. L. (2015). Low affinity binding site clusters confer hox specificity and regulatory robustness. Cell 160, 191-203.
Schwager, E. E., Schönauer, A., Leite, D. J., Sharma, P. P. and McGregor, A. P. (2015). Chelicerata. In: Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates, Ed Wanninger, A. (Springer, Berlin).
Arif, S.,* Kittelmann, S.* and McGregor, A. P. (2015). From shavenbaby to the naked valley: trichome formation as a model for evolutionary developmental biology. Evolution and Development 17, 120-126. *Contributed equally.
2014
Hilbrant, M., Almudi, I., Leite, D. J., Kuncheria, L., Posnien, N., Nunes, M. D. S. and McGregor, A. P. (2014). Sexual dimorphism and natural variation within and among species in the Drosophila retinal mosaic. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14, 240.
Posnien, N., Zeng, V., Schwager, E. E., Pechmann, M., Hilbrant, M., Keefe, J. D., Damen, W. G. M., Prpic-Schäper, N., McGregor, A. P., and Extavour, C. G. (2014). A comprehensive reference transcriptome resource for the common house spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. PLoS ONE 9, e104885.
Hogvall, M., Schönauer, A., Budd, G. E., McGregor, A. P., Posnien, N. and Janssen, R. (2014). Analysis of the Wnt gene repertoire in an onychophoran provides new insights into the evolution of segmentation. EvoDevo 5, 14.
2013
Nunes, M. D. S., Arif, S., Schlötterer, C. and McGregor, A. P. (2013). A Perspective on Micro-Evo-Devo: Progress and Potential. Genetics 195, 625-634.
Arif, S.*, Murat, S.*, Almudi, I., Nunes, M. D. S., Bortolamiol-Becet, D., McGregor, N. S., Currie, J. M. S., Hughes, H., Ronshaugen, M., Sucena, E., Lai, E. C., Schlötterer, C. and McGregor, A. P. (2013). Evolution of mir-92a underlies natural morphological variation in Drosophila melanogaster. Current Biology 23, 523-528.
Arif, S.*, Hilbrant, M.*, Hopfen, C.*, Almudi, I., Nunes, M. D. S., Posnien, N., Kuncheria, L., Tanaka, K., Mitteröcker, P., Schlötterer, C. and McGregor, A. P. Genetic analysis of differences in eye and face morphology between Drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana. Evolution and Development 15, 257-267.
2012
Hilbrant, M., Damen, W. G. M. and McGregor, A. P. (2012). Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. Development 139, 2655-2662.
Posnien, N.*, Hopfen, C.*, Hilbrant, M., Ramos-Womack, M., Murat, S., Schönauer, A., Herbert, S. L., Nunes, M. D. S., Arif, S., Breuker, C. J., Schlötterer, C., Mitteroecker, P. and McGregor, A. P. (2012). Evolution of eye morphology and rhodopsin expression in the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup. PLoS One 7, e37346. *Contributed equally.
2011
Pechmann, M., Khadjeh, S., Turetzek, N., McGregor, A.P., Damen, W.G.M. and Prpic, N-M. (2011). Novel Function of distal-less as a gap gene during spider segmentation. PLoS Genetics 7, e1002342
Frankel, N., Erezyilmaz, D.F., McGregor, A.P., Wang, S., Payre, F. and Stern, D.L. (2011). Multiple small-effect mutations underlie evolutionary divergence of a modular enhancer. Nature 474, 598-603.
2010
Janssen, R., Le Gouar, M., Pechmann, M., Poulin, F., Bolognesi, R., Schwager, E. E., Hopfen, C., Colbourne, J. K., Budd, G. E., Brown, S. J., Prpic, N. M., Kosiol, C., Vervoort, M., Damen, W. G. M., Balavoine, G. and McGregor, A. P. (2010). Conservation, loss, and redeployment of Wnt ligands in protostomes: implications for understanding the evolution of segment formation. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10, 374.
Murat, S., Hopfen, C. and McGregor, A. P. (2010). The function and evolution of Wnt genes in arthropods. Arthropod Structure and Development 39, 446-452.
The International Aphid Genomics Consortium (2010). Genome sequence of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. PLoS Biology 23, 8.
Shigenobu, S., Bickel, R. D., Brisson, J. A., Butts, T., Chang, C., Christiaens, O., Davis, G. K., Duncan, E. J., Ferrier, D. E. K., Iga, M., Janssen, R., Lin, G., Lu, H., McGregor, A. P., Miura, T., Smagghe, G., Smith, J. M., van der Zee, M., Velarde, R., Wilson, M. J., Dearden, P. K. and Stern, D. L. (2010). Comprehensive survey of developmental genes in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum: frequent lineage-specific duplications and losses of developmental genes. Insect Molecular Biology 19, 47-62.
2009
Schwager, E. E., Pechmann, M., Feitosa, N. M., McGregor, A. P. and Damen, W. G. M. (2009). hunchback functions as a segmentation gene in the spider Achaearanea tepidariorum. Current Biology 19, 1333-1340.
McGregor, A. P., Pechmann, M., Schwager, E. E. and Damen. W. G. M. (2009). An ancestral regulatory network for posterior development in arthropods. Communicative and Integrative Biology 2, 174-176.
Pechmann, M., McGregor. A. P., Schwager, E. E., Feitosa, N. M. and Damen. W. G. M. (2009). Dynamic gene expression is required for anterior regionalization in a spider. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106, 1468-1472.
2008
McGregor, A. P., Pechmann, M., Schwager, E. E., Feitosa, N. M., Kruck, S., Aranda, M. and Damen, W. G. M. (2008). Wnt8 is required for establishment of the growth zone and development of opisthosomal segments in a spider. Current Biology 18, 1619-1623.
Hermisson, J. and McGregor, A. P. (2008). Pleiotropic scaling and QTL data. Nature 456, E3-E4.
Gregor, T., McGregor, A. P. and Wieschaus, E. F. (2008). Shape and function of the Bicoid morphogen gradient in dipteran species with different sized embryos. Developmental Biology 316, 350-358.
McGregor, A. P., Hilbrant, M., Pechmann, M., Schwager, E. E., Prpic, N. M. and Damen, W. G. (2008). Cupiennius salei and Achaearanea tepidariorum: Spider models for investigating evolution and development. Bioessays 30, 487-498.
2007
Gregor, T., Wieschaus, E. F., McGregor, A. P., Bialek, W. and Tank, D. W. (2007). Stability and nuclear dynamics of the Bicoid morphogen gradient. Cell 130, 141-152.
McGregor, A. P., Orgogozo, V., Delon, I., Zanet, J., Srinivasan, D. G., Payre, F. and Stern, D. L. (2007). Morphological evolution through multiple cis-regulatory mutations at a single gene. Nature 448, 587-590.
2006
McGregor, A. P. (2006). Wasps, beetles and the beginning of the ends. Bioessays 28, 683-686.
Wratten, N. S., McGregor, A. P., Shaw, P. J. and Dover, G. A. (2006). Evolutionary and functional analysis of the tailless enhancer in Musca domestica and Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution and Development 8, 6-15. 1Contributed equally.
2005
McGregor, A. P. (2005). How to get ahead: the origin, evolution and function of bicoid. Bioessays 27, 904-913.
2002
Shaw, P. J., Wratten, N. S., McGregor, A. P. and Dover, G. A. (2002). Co-evolution in bicoid- dependent promoters and the inception of regulatory incompatibilities among species of higher Diptera. Evolution and Development 4, 265-277.
2001
McGregor, A. P., Shaw, P. J. and Dover, G. A. (2001). Sequence and expression of the hunchback gene in Lucilia sericata: a comparison with other Dipterans. Development, Genes and Evolution 211, 315-318.
McGregor, A. P., Shaw, P. J., Hancock, J. M., Bopp, D., Hediger, M., Wratten, N. S. and Dover, G. A. (2001). Rapid restructuring of bicoid-dependent hunchback promoters within and between Dipteran species: implications for molecular co-evolution. Evolution and Development 3, 397-407.
Shaw, P. J., Salameh, A., McGregor, A. P., Bala, S. and Dover, G. A. (2001). Divergent structure and function of the bicoid gene in Muscoidea fly species. Evolution and Development 3, 251-262.