The developmental-genetics of canalization

B Hallgrimsson, RM Green, DC Katz, JL Fish… - Seminars in cell & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Canalization, or robustness to genetic or environmental perturbations, is fundamental to
complex organisms. While there is strong evidence for canalization as an evolved property …

[HTML][HTML] Feedback regulation of RTK signaling in development

CL Neben, M Lo, N Jura, OD Klein - Developmental biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Precise regulation of the amplitude and duration of receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) signaling
is critical for the execution of cellular programs and behaviors. Understanding these control …

Foraging-induced craniofacial plasticity is associated with an early, robust and dynamic transcriptional response

E Tetrault, B Aaronson, MC Gilbert… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of a single genotype to vary its phenotype in response to
the environment. Plasticity of the skeletal system in response to mechanical input is widely …

Genetic backgrounds and hidden trait complexity in natural populations

T Fournier, J Schacherer - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Phenotypic expression of a specific mutation can vary across individuals of the
same species.•Monogenic variants might display a continuous expressivity spectrum in …

ADAMTS9 and ADAMTS20 are differentially affected by loss of B3GLCT in mouse model of Peters plus syndrome

BC Holdener, CJ Percival, RC Grady… - Human molecular …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Peters plus syndrome (MIM# 261540 PTRPLS), characterized by defects in eye
development, prominent forehead, hypertelorism, short stature and brachydactyly, is caused …

HDAC9 structural variants disrupting TWIST1 transcriptional regulation lead to craniofacial and limb malformations

N Hirsch, I Dahan, E D'haene, M Avni… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
Structural variants (SVs) can affect protein-coding sequences as well as gene regulatory
elements. However, SVs disrupting protein-coding sequences that also function as cis …

Relating multivariate shapes to genescapes using phenotype-biological process associations for craniofacial shape

JD Aponte, DC Katz, DM Roth, M Vidal-García, W Liu… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Realistic map**s of genes to morphology are inherently multivariate on both sides of the
equation. The importance of coordinated gene effects on morphological phenotypes is clear …

Variation in phenotypes from a Bmp-Gata3 genetic pathway is modulated by Shh signaling

ME Swartz, CB Lovely, JK Eberhart - PLoS genetics, 2021 - journals.plos.org
We sought to understand how perturbation of signaling pathways and their targets
generates variable phenotypes. In humans, GATA3 associates with highly variable defects …

MusMorph, a database of standardized mouse morphology data for morphometric meta-analyses

J Devine, M Vidal-García, W Liu, A Neves… - Scientific data, 2022 - nature.com
Complex morphological traits are the product of many genes with transient or lasting
developmental effects that interact in anatomical context. Mouse models are a key resource …

Loss of Sprouty produces a ciliopathic skeletal phenotype in mice through upregulation of hedgehog Signaling

E Hruba, M Kavkova, L Dalecka… - Journal of Bone and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The Sprouty family is a highly conserved group of intracellular modulators of receptor
tyrosine kinase (RTK)‐signaling pathways, which have been recently linked to primary cilia …