Publications

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Taraporevala, NF*, Lesoway MP, Goodheart JA, Lyons DC. 2022. Precocious sperm exchange in the simultaneously hermaphroditic nudibranch, Berghia stephanieae. Integrative Organismal Biology. 4(1): obac030. https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obac034

* Undergraduate mentee

Graphical abstract for Lesoway and Henry 2021: Retinoids promote penis development in sequentially hermaphroditic snails.

Lesoway, MP, and Henry JQ. 2021. Retinoids promote penis development in sequentially hermaphroditic snails. Developmental Biology. 478:122 – 132. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.06.013

Collin R, Shishido CM, Cornejo AJ, and Lesoway MP. 2021. Ancestral form and function of larval feeding structures are retained during development of non-planktotrophic gastropods. International Journal of Developmental Biology. 65: 413 – 425. doi: 10.1387/ijdb.200154rc

Henry JQ, Lesoway, MP, and Perry KJ. 2020. An automated aquatic rack system for rearing marine invertebrates. BMC Biology. 18:46. doi: 10.1186/s12915-020-00772-w

Armisén D, Rajakumar R, Friedrich M, Benoit JB, Robertson HM, Panfilio KA, Ahn S-J, Poelchau MF, Chao H, Dinh H, Doddapaneni HV, Dugan S, Gibbs RA, Hughes DST, Han Y, Lee SL, Murali SC, Muzny DM, Qu J, Worley KC, Munoz-Torres M, Abouheif E, Bonneton F, Chen T, Chiang L-M, Childers CP, Cridge AG, Crumière AJJ, Decaras A, Didion EM, Duncan EJ, Elpidina EN, Favé M-J, Finet C, Jacobs CGC, Cheatle Jarvela AM, Jennings EC, Jones JW, Lesoway MP, Lovegrove MR, Martynov A, Oppert B, Lillico-Ouachour A, Rajakumar A, Refki PN, Rosendale AJ, Santos ME, Toubiana W, van der Zee M, Vargas Jentzsch IM, Lowman AV, Viala S, Richards S, Khila A. 2018. The genome of the water strider Gerris buenoi reveals expansions of gene repertoires associated with adaptations to life on the water. BMC Genomics. 19: 832. doi:10.1186/s12864-018-5163-2

Henry JQ, Lesoway MP, Perry KJ, Osborne CC, Shankland M, and Lyons DC. 2017. Beyond the S ea: Crepidula atrasolea as a spiralian model system. International Journal of Developmental Biology. 61: 479 – 493. doi: 10.1387/ijdb.170110jh

Catra_ijdb_mini_cover — Cover Image: International Journal of Developmental Biology. Henry et al 2017: Beyond the Sea.
The cover shows the ventral view of a mature male and larger female black-footed slipper snails (*Crepidula atrasolea*). These snails are presented as a new laboratory model for studying development in a spiralian (lophotrochozoan) animal.

Lesoway MP, Collin R, and Abouheif E. 2017. Early activation of MAPK and apoptosis in nutritive embryos of calyptraeid gastropods. Journal of Experimental Zoology B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22745

Lesoway_MAPK_graphab — Graphical abstract for Lesoway et al. 2017: Early activation of MAPK and apoptosis in nutritive embryos of calyptraeid gastropods.

Lesoway MP, Abouheif E, and Collin R. 2016. Comparative transcriptomics of alternative developmental phenotypes in a marine gastropod. Journal of Experimental Zoology B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 326:151-167. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22674

JEZB Cover Image: 27 May 2016 issue
Lesoway et al. 2016: Comparative transcriptomics of alternative developmental phenotypes in a marine gastropod.

Lesoway MP. 2016. The Future of Evo-Devo: The Inaugural Meeting of the Pan American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Evolution & Development. 18 :71-77. doi: 10.1111/ede.12181

Lesoway MP, Abouheif E., and Collin R. 2014. The development of viable and nutritive embryos in the direct developing gastropod Crepidula navicella. International Journal of Developmental Biology. 58: 601-611. doi: 10.1387/ijdb.140136rc

McDonald KA, Collin R and Lesoway MP. 2014. Poecilogony in the caenogastropod Calyptraea lichen. Invertebrate Biology. 133: 213–220. doi: 10.1111/ivb.12057

Abouheif E, Favé MJ, Ibarrarán-Viniegra AS, Lesoway MP, Rafiqi AM, and Rajakumar R. 2014. Eco-evo-devo: The time has come. In: Ecological Genomics: Ecology and the Evolution of Genes and Genomes. C. Landry and N. Aubin-Horth (eds.). Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-7347-9_6

Lyons DC, Perry KJ, Lesoway MP, Henry JQ. 2012. Cleavage pattern and fate map of the mesentoblast, 4d, in the gastropod Crepidula: a hallmark of spiralian development. EvoDevo. 3: 21. 19 September 2012. doi:10.1186/2041-9139-3-21

Lesoway MP and Page LR. 2008. Growth and differentiation during delayed metamorphosis of feeding gastropod larvae: signatures of ancestry and innovation. Marine Biology. 153(4): 723–734. doi:10.1007/s00227-007-0849-z

Invited Reviews

Lesoway, MP and Henry, JQ. 2019. Sex determination and sex change in slipper snails. In: EvoDevo: Non-Model Species in Cell and Developmental Biology. Eds: W Tworzydlo and S Bilinski. Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation. 68:155-182. Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-23459-1_7

Lesoway MP and Henry JQ. 2019. Twisted shells, spiral cells, and asymmetries: Evo-Devo lessons learned from gastropods. In: Evolutionary Developmental Biology: A Reference Guide. Eds: GB Müller and L Nuño de la Rosa. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-33038-9_179-1

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

Lesoway, MP. 2021. In the Spotlight — Postdoc. Journal of Experimental Zoology B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 336: 5– 6. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22991

Pre-Prints

Taraporevala, NF*, Lesoway MP, Goodheart JA, Lyons DC. 2022. Precocious sperm exchange in the simultaneously hermaphroditic nudibranch, Berghia stephanieae.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.02.482740v1
* Undergraduate mentee

Publications in Preparation

Lesoway MP, Lopez-Anido R, Fischer A, Lyons DC. In Prep. Opening a can of snails: Predicting developmental regulatory networks in the Atlantic slipper snail, Crepidula fornicata.