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The sensory shark: high-quality morphological, genomic and transcriptomic data for the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula reveal the molecular bases of sensory organ evolution in jawed vertebrates. Molecular Biology and Evolution, in press, Article msae246
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae246

Rodriguez-Moldes, I. & Quintana-Urzainqui, I. & Santos-Duran, G.N. & Ferreiro-Galve, S. & Pereira-Guldris, S. & Candas, M. & Mazan, S. & Candal, E. (2022)
Identifying Amygdala-Like Territories in Scyliorhinus canicula (Chondrichthyan): Evidence for a Pallial Amygdala. Brain Behavior and Evolution, 96, 283–304
DOI: 10.1159/000519221

Santos-Duran, G.N. & Ferreiro-Galve, S. & Mazan, S. & Anadon, R. & Rodriguez-Moldes, I. & Candal, E. (2022)
Developmental genoarchitectonics as a key tool to interpret the mature anatomy of the chondrichthyan hypothalamus according to the prosomeric model. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 16, Article 901451
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2022.901451

Hernandez-Nunez, I. & Robledo, D. & Mayeur, H. & Mazan, S. & Sanchez, L. & Adrio, F. & Barreiro-Iglesias, A. & Candal, E. (2021)
Loss of Active Neurogenesis in the Adult Shark Retina. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9, Article 628721
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.628721

Mayeur, H. & Lanoizelet, M. & Quillien, A. & Menuet, A. & Michel, L. & Martin, K.J. & Dejean, S. & Blader, P. & Mazan, S. & Lagadec, R. (2021)
When Bigger Is Better: 3D RNA Profiling of the Developing Head in the Catshark Scyliorhinus canicula. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9, Article 744982
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.744982

Docampo-Seara, A. & Pereira-Guldris, S. & Sanchez-Farias, N. & Mazan, S. & Rodriguez, M.A. & Candal, E. (2020)
Characterization of neurogenic niches in the telencephalon of juvenile and adult sharks. Brain Structure & Function, 225(2), 817–839
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-020-02038-1

Sobrido-Camean, D. & Tostivint, H. & Mazan, S. & Rodicio, M.C. & Rodriguez-Moldes, I. & Candal, E. & Anadon, R. & Barreiro-Iglesias, A. (2020)
Differential expression of five prosomatostatin genes in the central nervous system of the catshark Scyliorhinus canicula. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 528(14), 2333–2360
DOI: 10.1002/cne.24898

Goncalves, O. & Freitas, R. & Ferreira, P. & Araujo, M. & Zhang, G.J. & Mazan, S. & Cohn, M.J. & Castro, L.F.C. & Wilson, J.M. (2019)
Molecular ontogeny of the stomach in the catshark Scyliorhinus canicula. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 586
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36413-0

Docampo-Seara, A. & Lanoizelet, M. & Lagadec, R. & Mazan, S. & Candal, E. & Rodriguez, M.A. (2019)
Mitral cell development in the olfactory bulb of sharks: evidences of a conserved pattern of glutamatergic neurogenesis. Brain Structure & Function, 224(7), 2325–2341
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-019-01906-9

Santos-Duran, G.N. & Ferreiro-Galve, S. & Menuet, A. & Mazan, S. & Rodriguez-Moldes, I. & Candal, E. (2018)
The Shark Basal Hypothalamus: Molecular Prosomeric Subdivisions and Evolutionary Trends. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 12, Article 17
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2018.00017

Lagadec, R. & Lanoizelet, M. & Sanchez-Farias, N. & Herard, F. & Menuet, A. & Mayeur, H. & Billoud, B. & Rodriguez-Moldes, I. & Candal, E. & Mazan, S. (2018)
Neurogenetic asymmetries in the catshark developing habenulae: mechanistic and evolutionary implications. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 4616
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22851-3

Gribouval, L. & Sourdaine, P. & Lareyre, J.J. & Bellaiche, J. & Le Gac, F. & Mazan, S. & Guiardiere, C. & Auvray, P. & Gautier, A. (2018)
The nanos1 gene was duplicated in early Vertebrates and the two paralogs show different gonadal expression profiles in a shark. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 6942
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24643-1

Gaillard, A.L. & Tay, B.H. & Sirkin, D.I.P. & Lafont, A.G. & Deflori, C. & Vissio, P.G. & Mazan, S. & Dufour, S. & Venkatesh, B. & Tostivint, H. (2018)
Characterization of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Genes From Cartilaginous Fish: Evolutionary Perspectives. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12, Article 607
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00607

Docampo-Seara, A. & Lagadec, R. & Mazan, S. & Rodríguez, M.A. & Quintana-Urzainqui, I. & Candal, E. (2018)
Study of pallial neurogenesis in shark embryos and the evolutionary origin of the subventricular zone. Brain Structure & Function, 223(8), 3593–3612
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-018-1705-2

Pose-Méndez, S. & Rodríguez-Moldes, I. & Candal, E. & Mazan, S. & Anadón, R. (2017)
A Developmental Study of the Cerebellar Nucleus in the Catshark, a Basal Gnathostome. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 89(1), 1-14
DOI: 10.1159/000453654

Tulenko, F.J. & Massey, J.L. & Holmquist, E. & Kigundu, G. & Thomas, S. & Smith, S.M.E. & Mazan, S. & Davis, M.C. (2017)
Fin-fold development in paddlefish and catshark and implications for the evolution of the autopod. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 284(1855), Article 20162718
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2780

Pose-Méndez, S. & Candal, E. & Mazan, S. & Rodríguez-Moldes, I. (2016)
Genoarchitecture of the rostral hindbrain of a shark: basis for understanding the emergence of the cerebellum at the agnathan-gnathostome transition. Brain Structure & Function, 221(3), 1321–1335
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0973-8

Pose-Méndez, S. & Candal, E. & Mazan, S. & Rodríguez-Moldes, I. (2016)
Morphogenesis of the cerebellum and cerebellum-related structures in the shark Scyliorhinus canicula: insights on the ground pattern of the cerebellar ontogeny. Brain Structure & Function, 221(3), 1691–1717
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-0998-7

Vandenplas, S. & Vandeghinste, R. & Boutet, A. & Mazan, S. & Huysseune, A. (2016)
Slow cycling cells in the continuous dental lamina of Scyliorhinus canicula new evidence for stem cells in sharks. Developmental Biology, 413(1), 39–49
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.03.004

Santos-Durán, G.N. & Ferreiro-Galve, S. & Menuet, A. & Quintana-Urzainqui, I. & Mazan, S. & Rodríguez-Moldes, I. & Candal, E. (2016)
The Shark Alar Hypothalamus: Molecular Characterization of Prosomeric Subdivisions and Evolutionary Trends. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 10, Article 113
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2016.00113

Santos-Duran, G.N. & Menuet, A. & Lagadec, R. & Mayeur, H. & Ferreiro-Galve, S. & Mazan, S. & Rodriguez-Moldes, I. & Candal, E. (2015)
Prosomeric organization of the hypothalamus in an elasmobranch, the catshark Scyliorhinus canicula. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 9, Article 37
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2015.00037

Quintana-Urzainqui, I. & Rodriguez-Moldes, I. & Mazan, S. & Candal, E. (2015)
Tangential migratory pathways of subpallial origin in the embryonic telencephalon of sharks: evolutionary implications. Brain Structure & Function, 220(5), 2905–2926
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0834-5

Falcon, J. & Coon, S.L. & Besseau, L. & Cazamea-Catalan, D. & Fuentes, M. & Magnanou, E. & Paulin, C.-H. & Boeuf, G. & Sauzet, S. & Jorgensen, E.H. & Mazan, S. & Wolf, Y.I. & Koonin, E.V. & Steinbach, P.J. & Hyodo, S. & Klein, D.C. (2014)
Drastic neofunctionalization associated with evolution of the timezyme AANAT 500 Mya. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(1), 314–319
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1312634110

Godard, B.G. & Coolen, M. & Le Panse, S. & Gombault, A. & Ferreiro-Galve, S. & Laguerre, L. & Lagadec, R. & Wincker, P. & Poulain, J. & da Silva, C. & Kuraku, S. & Carre, W. & Boutet, A. & Mazan, S. (2014)
Mechanisms of endoderm formation in a cartilaginous fish reveal ancestral and homoplastic traits in jawed vertebrates. Biology Open, 3(11), 1098–1107
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20148037

Depew, M.J. & Compagnucci, C. & Fish, J. & Debiais, M. & Coolon, M. & Bertocchini, F. & Casane, D. & Mazan, S. (2013)
Pattern and Polarity in the Development and Evolution of the Gnathostome Jaw: Both Conservation and Heterotopy in the Branchial Arches of the Shark, Scyliorhinus canicula [Abstract]. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 53(Suppl. 1): E51

Quan, F.B. & Kenigfest, N.B. & Mazan, S. & Tostivint, H. (2013)
Molecular cloning of the cDNAs encoding three somatostatin variants in the dogfish (Scylorhinus canicula). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 180, 1–6
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.10.007

Godard, B.G. & Mazan, S. (2013)
Early patterning in a chondrichthyan model, the small spotted dogfish: towards the gnathostome ancestral state. Journal of Anatomy, 222(1), 56–66
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01552.x

Compagnucci, C. & Debiais-Thibaud, M. & Coolen, M. & Fish, J. & Griffin, J.N. & Bertocchini, F. & Minoux, M. & Rijli, F.M. & Borday-Birraux, V. & Casane, D. & Mazan, S. & Depew, M.J. (2013)
Pattern and Polarity in the Development and Evolution of the Gnathostome Jaw: Both Conservation and Heterotopy in the Branchial Arches of the Shark, Scyliorhinus canicula. Developmental Biology, 377(2), 428–448
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.02.022

Tulenko, F.J. & Mccauley, D.W. & Mackenzie, E.L. & Mazan, S. & Kuratani, S. & Sugahara, F. & Kusakabe, R. & Burke, A.C. (2013)
Body wall development in lamprey and a new perspective on the origin of vertebrate paired fins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(29), 11899– 11904
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1304210110

Bosseboeuf, A. & Gautier, A. & Auvray, P. & Mazan, S. & Sourdaine, P. (2013)
Characterization of spermatogonial markers in the mature testis of the dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula L.). Reproduction, 147(1), 125–139
DOI: 10.1530/REP-13-0316

Quintana-Urzainqui, I. & Sueiro, C. & Carrera, I. & Ferreiro-Galve, S. & Santos-Durán, G. & Pose-Méndez, S. & Mazan, S. & Candal, E. & Rodríguez-Moldes, I. (2012)
Contributions of Developmental Studies in the Dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula to the Brain Anatomy of Elasmobranchs: Insights on the Basal Ganglia. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 80(2), 127–141
DOI: 10.1159/000339871

Oulion, S. & Borday-Birraux, V. & Debiais-Thibaud, M. & Mazan, S. & Laurenti, P. & Casane, D. (2011)
Evolution of repeated structures along the body axis of jawed vertebrates, insights from the Scyliorhinus canicula Hox code. Evolution & Development, 13(3), 247–259
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2011.00477.x

Rodriguez-Moldes, I. & Carrera, I. & Pose-Mendez, S. & Quintana-Urzainqui, I. & Candal, E. & Anadon, R. & Mazan, S. & Ferreiro-Galve, S. (2011)
Regionalization of the shark hindbrain: a survey of an ancestral organization. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 5, Article 16
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00016

Redon, E. & Bosseboeuf, A. & Rocancourt, C. & da Silva, C. & Wincker, P. & Mazan, S. & Sourdaine, P. (2010)
Stage-specific gene expression during spermatogenesis in the dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula). Reproduction, 140(1), 57–71
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0021

Oulion, S. & Debiais-Thibaud, M. & d'Aubenton-Carafa, Y. & Thermes, C. & da Silva, C. & Bernard-Samain, S. & Gavory, F. & Wincker, P. & Mazan, S. & Casane, D. (2010)
Evolution of Hox gene clusters in gnathostomes: insights from a survey of a shark (Scyliorhinus canicula) transcriptome. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 27(12), 2829–2838
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq172

Coolen, M. & Menuet, A. & Mazan, S. (2009)
Towards a synthetic view of axis specification mechanisms in vertebrates: insights from the dogfish. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 332(2), 210–218
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2008.07.008

Ferreiro-Galve, S. & Carrera, I. & Candal, E. & Villar-Cheda, B. & Anadón, R. & Mazan, S. & Rodriguez-Moldes, I. (2008)
The segmental organization of the developing shark brain based on neurochemical markers, with special attention to the. Brain Research Bulletin, 75(2–4), 236–240
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.048

Rodríguez-Moldes, I. & Ferreiro-Galve, S. & Carrera, I. & Sueiro, C. & Candal, E. & Mazan, S. & Anadón, R. (2008)
Development of the cerebellar body in sharks: Spatiotemporal relations of Pax6 expression, cell proliferation and differentiation. Neuroscience Letters, 432(2), 105–110
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.11.059

Coolen, M. & Menuet, A. & Chassoux, D. & Compagnucci, C. & Henry, S. & Lévèque, L. & da Silva, Co. & Gavory, F. & Samain, S. & Wincker, P. & Thermes, C. & d'Aubenton-Carafa, Y. & Rodriguez-Moldes, I. & Naylor, G.J.P. & Depew, M.J. & Sourdaine, P. & Mazan, S. (2008)
The Dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula: A Reference in Jawed Vertebrates. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 13, 431–446
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.emo111

Coolen, M. & Sauka-Spengler, T. & Nicolle, D. & Le-Mentec, C. & Lallemand, Y. & da Silva, C. & Plouhinec, J.-L. & Robert, B. & Wincker, P. & Shi, D.-L. & Mazan, S. (2007)
Evolution of axis specification mechanisms in jawed vertebrates: insights from a chondrichthyan. PLoS ONE, 2(4), Article e374
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000374

Sauka-Spengler, T. & Baratte, B. & Lepage, M. & Mazan, S. (2003)
Characterization of Brachyury genes in the dogfish S. canicula and the lamprey L. fluviatilis. Insights into gastrulation in a chondrichthyan. Developmental Biology, 263(2), 296–307
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.07.009

Derobert, Y. & Baratte, B. & Lepage, M. & Mazan, S. (2002)
Pax6 expression patterns in Lampetra fluviatilis and Scyliorhinus canicula embryos suggest highly conserved roles in the early regionalization of the vertebrate brain. Brain Research Bulletin, 57(3–4), 277–280
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(01)00695-5

Derobert, Y. & Plouhinec, J.L. & Sauka-Spengler, T. & Le Mentec, C. & Baratte, B. & Jaillard, D. & Mazan, S. (2002)
Structure and expression of three Emx genes in the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula: functional and evolutionary implications. Developmental Biology, 247(2), 390–404
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0700

Sauka-Spengler, T. & Baratte, B. & Shi, L. & Mazan, S. (2001)
Structure and expression of an Otx5-related gene in the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula: evidence for a conserved role of Otx5 and Crxgenes in the specification of photoreceptors. Development Genes and Evolution, 211(11), 533–544
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-001-0191-2