Book Chapters
Degnan, Bernard M., Adamska, Maja, Richards, Gemma S., Larroux, Claire, Leininger, Sven, Bergum, Brith, Calcino, Andrew, Taylor, Karin, Nakanishi, Nagayasu and Degnan, Sandie M. (2015). Porifera. Evolutionary developmental biology of invertebrates 1: introduction, non-bilateria, acoelomorpha, xenoturbellida, chaetognatha. (pp. 65-106) edited by Andreas Wanninger. Vienna, Austria: Springer Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1862-7
Bernard M. Degnan, Adamska, Maja, Craigie, Alina, Degnan, Sandie M., Fahey, Bryony, Gauthier, Marie, Hooper, John N. A., Larroux, Claire, Leys, Sally P., Lovas, Erica and Richards, Gemma S. (2009). The Demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica: Reconstructing the ancestral metazoan genome and deciphering the origin of animal multicellularity. Emerging Model Organisms: A Laboratory Manual. (pp. 139-166) edited by Gann, Alexander and Crotty, David. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
Journal Articles
Steinmetz, Patrick R. H., Kraus, Johanna E. M., Larroux, Claire, Hammel, Jorg U., Amon-Hassenzahl, Annette, Houliston, Evelyn, Worheide, Gert, Nickel, Michael, Degnan, Bernard M. and Technau, Ulrich (2012). Independent evolution of striated muscles in cnidarians and bilaterians. Nature, 487 (7406), 231-U1508. doi: 10.1038/nature11180
Woerheide, G., Dohrmann, M., Erpenbeck, D., Larroux, C., Maldonado, M., Voigt, O., Borchiellini, C. and Lavrov, D. V. (2012). Deep phylogeny and evolution of sponges (phylum Porifera). Advances in Sponge Science: Phylogeny, Systematics, Ecology, 61, 1-78. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387787-1.00007-6
Larroux, Claire (2011). Le génome de l’éponge Amphimedon queenslandica nous aide à reconstruire notre ancêtre précambrien. Medecine Sciences, 27 (2), 138-141. doi: 10.1051/medsci/2011272138
Bridgham, Jamie T., Eick, Geeta N., Larroux, Claire, Deshpande, Kirti, Harms, Michael J., Gauthier, Marie E. A., Ortlund,Eric A., Degnan, Bernard M. and Thornton, Joseph W. (2010). Protein evolution by molecular tinkering: Diversification of the nuclear receptor superfamily from a ligand-dependent ancestor. PLoS Biology, 8 (10) e1000497, e1000497.1-e1000497.13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000497
Adamska, Maja, Larroux, Claire, Adamski, Marcin, Green, Kathryn, Lovas, Erica, Koop, Demian, Richards, Gemma S., Zwafink, Christin and Degnan, Bernard M. (2010). Structure and expression of conserved Wnt pathway components in the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica. Evolution and Development, 12 (5), 494-518. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00435.x
Srivastava, Mansi, Simakov, Oleg, Chapman, Jarrod, Fahey, Bryony, Gauthier, Marie E. A., Mitros, Therese, Richards, Gemma S., Conaco, Cecilia, Dacre, Michael, Hellsten, Uffe, Larroux, Claire, Putnam, Nicholas H., Stanke, Mario, Adamska, Maja, Darling, Aaron, Degnan, Sandie M., Oakley, Todd H., Plachetzki, David C., Zhai, Yufeng F., Adamski, Marcin, Calcino, Andrew, Cummins, Scott F., Goodstein, David M., Harris, Christina, Jackson, Daniel J., Leys, Sally P., Shu, Shengqiang Q., Woodcroft, Ben J., Vervoort, Michel ... Rokhsar, Daniel S. (2010). The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity. Nature, 466 (7307), 720-726. doi: 10.1038/nature09201
Srivastava, Mansi, Larroux, Claire, Lu, Daniel R., Mohanty, Kareshma, Chapman, Jarrod, Degnan, Bernard M. and Rokhsar, Daniel S. (2010). Early evolution of the LIM homeobox gene family. BMC Biology, 8 (1) 4, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-4
Degnan, BM, Vervoort, M, Larroux, C and Richards, GS (2009). Early evolution of metazoan transcription factors. Current Opinion In Genetics & Development, 19 (6), 591-599. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2009.09.008
Robertson, Anthony J., Larroux, Claire, Degnan, Bernard M. and Coffman, James A. (2009). The evolution of Runx genes II. The C-terminal Groucho recruitment motif is present in both eumetazoans and homoscleromorphs but absent in a haplosclerid demosponge. BMC Research Notes, 2 (59) 59, 59.1-59.9. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-59
Degnan, Bernard M., Adamska, Maja, Craigie, Alina, Degnan, Sandie M., Fahey, Bryony, Gauthier, Marie, Hooper, John N. A., Larroux, Claire, Leys, Sally P., Lovas, Erica and Richards, Gemma S. (2008). The demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica: Reconstructing the ancestral metazoan genome and deciphering the origin of animal multicellularity. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 3 (12), 1-6. doi: 10.1101/pdb.emo108
Leys, Sally P., Larroux, Claire, Gauthier, Marie, Adamska, Maja, Fahey, Bryony, Richards, Gemma S., Degnan, Sandie M. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2008). Isolation of Amphimedon Developmental Material. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 3 (12), pdb.prot5095. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5095
Larroux, Claire, Fahey, Bryony, Adamska, Maja, Richards, Gemma S., Gauthier, Marie, Green, Kathryn, Lovas, Erica and Degnan, Bernard M. (2008). Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization in Amphimedon. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 3 (12), pdb.prot5096. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5096
Exposito, Jean-Yves, Larroux, Claire, Cluzel, Caroline, Valcourt, Ulrich, Lethias, Claire and Degnan, Bernard M. (2008). Demosponge and Sea Anemone Fibrillar Collagen Diversity Reveals the Early Emergence of A/C Clades and the Maintenance of the Modular Structure of Type V/XI Collagens from Sponge to Human. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283 (42), 28226-28235. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M804573200
Fahey, B., Larroux, C., Woodcroft, B. and Degnan, B.M. (2008). Does the high gene density in the Sponge NK Homeobox gene cluster reflect limited regulatory capacity?. Biological Bulletin, 214 (3), 205-217. doi: 10.2307/25470664
Larroux, C., Luke, G. N., Koopman, P., Rokhsar, D. S., Shimeld, S. M. and Degnan, B. M. (2008). Genesis and expansion of metazoan transcription factor gene classes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 25 (5), 980-996. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msn047
Adamska, Maja, Degnan, Sandie M., Green, Kathryn M., Adamski, Marcin, Craigie, Alina, Larroux, Claire and Degnan, Bernard M. (2007). Wnt and TGF-b expression in the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica and the origin of metazoan embryonic patterning. PLoS One, 2 (10) e1031, 1-6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001031
Larroux, C., Fahey, B., Degnan, S. M., Adamski, M., Rokhsar, D. S. and Degnan, B. M. (2007). The NK homeobox gene cluster predates the origin of Hox genes. Current Biology, 17 (8), 706-710. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.008
Larroux, Claire, Fahey, Bryony, Liubicich, Danielle, Hinman, Veronica F., Gauthier, Marie, Gongora, Milena, Green,Kathryn, Worheide, Gert, Leys, Sally P. and Degnan, Bernard M. (2006). Developmental expression of transcription factor genes in a demosponge: insights into the origin of metazoan multicellularity. Evolution & Development, 8 (2), 150-173. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2006.00086.x
Degnan, Bernard M., Leys, Sally P. and Larroux, Claire (2005). Sponge Development and Antiquity of Animal Pattern Formation. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 45 (2), 335-341. doi: 10.1093/icb/45.2.335
Conference Papers
Adamska, M., Larroux, C., Adamski, M., Fahey, B., Lindquist, E., Richardson, P., Lucas, S., Detter, C., Rokhsar, D. and Degnan, B. (2005). Origin of the animal developmental toolkit: signaling pathways and transcription factors in a sponge. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV.
Degnan, B. M., Leys, S. P., Larroux, C., Liubicich and Hinman, V. F. (2003). Developmental genes in sponges and the antiquity of animal development. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, New Orleans, LA, 5th - 9th January, 2004. McLean, VA: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.