Rees, J.M. & Palmer, M.A. & Gillis, J.A. (2024)
Fgf signalling is required for gill slit formation in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea. Developmental Biology, 506, 85–94
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.11.008
Rees, J.M. & Sleight, V.A. & Clark, S.J. & Nakamura, T. & Gillis, J.A. & Davey, M.G. (2023)
Ectodermal Wnt signaling, cell fate determination, and polarity of the skate gill arch skeleton. Elife, 12, Article e79964
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.79964
Hirschberger, C. & Sleight, V.A. & Criswell, K.E. & Clark, S.J. & Gillis, J.A. (2021)
Conserved and unique transcriptional features of pharyngeal arches in the skate (Leucoraja erinacea) and evolution of the jaw. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38, 4187–4204
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab123
Criswell, K.E. & Roberts, L.E. & Koo, E.T. & Head, J.J. & Gillis, J.A. (2021)
hox gene expression predicts tetrapod-like axial regionalization in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(51), Article e2114563118
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2114563118
Criswell, K.E. & Gillis, J.A. (2020)
Resegmentation is an ancestral feature of the gnathostome vertebral skeleton. eLife, 9, Article e51696
DOI: 10.7554/elife.51696
Marconi, A. & Hancock-Ronemus, A. & Gillis, J.A. (2020)
Adult chondrogenesis and spontaneous cartilage repair in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea. eLife, 9, Article e53414
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.53414
Sleight, V.A. & Gillis, J.A. (2020)
Embryonic origin and serial homology of gill arches and paired fins in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea. eLife, 9, Article e60635
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.60635
Criswell, K.E. & Coates, M.I. & Gillis, J.A. (2017)
Embryonic development of the axial column in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea. Journal of Morphology, 278(3), 300–320
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20637
Gillis, J.A. & Tidswell, O.R. (2017)
The Origin of Vertebrate Gills. Current Biology, 27(5), 729-732
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.022
Gillis, J.A. & Alsema, E.C. & Criswell, K.E. (2017)
Trunk neural crest origin of dermal denticles in a cartilaginous fish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(50), 13200–13205
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713827114
Gillis, J.A. & Hall, B.K. (2016)
A shared role for sonic hedgehog signalling in patterning chondrichthyan gill arch appendages and tetrapod limbs. Development, 143(8), 1313–1317
DOI: 10.1242/dev.133884
Webb, J.F. & Gillis, J.A. (2013)
Lateral Line Morphogenesis in Chondrichthyan vs. Osteichthyan Fishes: New Perspectives on an Old Problem [Abstract]. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 53(Suppl. 1): E223
Gillis, J.A. & Modrell, M.S. & Baker, C.V.H. (2013)
Developmental evidence for serial homology of the vertebrate jaw and gill arch skeleton. Nature Communications, 4, Article 1436
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2429
Baker, C.V.H. & Modrell, M.S. & Gillis, J.A. (2013)
The evolution and development of vertebrate lateral line electroreceptors. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216(14), 2515–2522
DOI: 10.1242/​jeb.082362
Gillis, J.A. & Modrell, M.S. & Baker, C.V.H. (2012)
A timeline of pharyngeal endoskeletal condensation and differentiation in the shark, Scyliorhinus canicula, and the paddlefish, Polyodon spathula. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 28(3), 341–345
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.01976.x
Gillis, J.A. & Modrell, M.S. & Northcutt, R.G. & Catania, K.C. & Luer, C.A. & Baker, C.V.H. (2012)
Electrosensory ampullary organs are derived from lateral line placodes in cartilaginous fishes. Development, 139, 3142–3146
DOI: 10.1242/dev.084046
King, B.L. & Gillis, J.A. & Carlisle, H.R. & Dahn, R.D. (2011)
A Natural Deletion of the HoxC Cluster in Elasmobranch Fishes. Science, 334(6062), 1517
DOI: 10.1126/science.1210912
Gillis, J.A. & Rawlinson, K.A. & Bell, J. & Lyon, W.S. & Baker, C.V.H. & Shubin, N.H. (2011)
Holocephalan embryos provide evidence for gill arch appendage reduction and opercular evolution in cartilaginous fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(4), 1507–1512
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1012968108
Gillis, J.A. & Dahn, R.D. & Shubin, N.H. (2009)
Chondrogenesis and homology of the visceral skeleton in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Journal of Morphology, 270(5), 628–643
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10710
Gillis, J.A. & Dahn, R.D. & Shubin, N.H. (2009)
Shared developmental mechanisms pattern the vertebrate gill arch and paired fin skeletons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(14), 5720–5724
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810959106
Gillis, J.A. & Shubin, N.H. (2009)
The Evolution of Gnathostome Development: Insight From Chondrichthyan Embryology. Genesis, 47(12), 825–841
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20567
Gillis, J.A. & Donoghue, P.C.J. (2007)
The Homology and Phylogeny of Chondrichthyan Tooth Enameloid. Journal of Morphology, 268(1), 33–49
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10501