Evolution and Development Research Group

Department of Zoology
University of Oxford

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David E.K. Ferrier B.A. D.Phil.
Departmental Lecturer in Animal Diversity

Publications

Denes, A.S., Jékely, G., Steinmetz, P.R., Raible, F., Snyman, H., Klaus, S., 
Prud’homme, B., Ferrier, D.E.K., Balavoine, G. and Arendt, D. 
Mediolateral arrangement of neurogenic columns and of neuron types in the 
polychaete trunk central nervous system. 
Cell (2007) 129, 277-288. 
 
Hui, J., Kortchagina, N., Arendt, D., Balavoine, G. and Ferrier, D.E.K.
Duplication of the ribosomal gene cluster in the marine polychaete Platynereis
dumerilii correlates with ITS polymorphism. 
Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK (2007) 87, 443-449. 
 
McDougall, C., Chen, W-C., Shimeld, S.M. and Ferrier, D.E.K. 
The development of the larval nervous system, musculature and ciliary bands 
of Pomatoceros lamarckii (Annelida): heterochrony in trochozoans. 
Frontiers in Zoology (2006) 3, 16.
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Monteiro, A.S. and Ferrier, D.E.K.

Hox genes are not always colinear.
International Journal of Biological Sciences. (2006) 2, 95–103.

Osborne, P.W., Luke, G.N., Holland, P.W.H. and Ferrier, D.E.K. (2006) Identification and Characterisation of five novel Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Elements (MITEs) in amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae). International Journal of Biological Sciences 2: 54–60.

F. Raible, K. Tessmar-Raible, K. Osoegawa, P. Wincker, C. Jubin, G. Balavoine, D.E.K. Ferrier, V. Benes, P. de Jong, J. Weissenbach, P. Bork

and D. Arendt. Vertebrate-type intron-rich genes in the marine annelid

Platynereis dumerilii.

Science (2005) 310, 1325-1326.

Ferrier, D.E.K. Dewar, K., Cook, A., Chang, J.L., Hill-Force, A., and Amemiya, C.

The chordate ParaHox cluster.

Current Biology (2005), 15, R820-R822.

Ferrier, D.E.K. Hox genes: did the vertebrate ancestor have a Hox14?

Current Biology (2004) 14, R210-211.

Ferrier, D.E.K. and Minguillón, C. 

Evolution of the Hox/ParaHox gene clusters. 

International Journal of Developmental Biology (2003) 47, 605-611.

Ferrier, D.E.K. and Holland, P.W.H. Ciona intestinalis ParaHox genes: evolution of Hox/ParaHox cluster integrity, developmental mode, and temporal colinearity.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2002) 24, 412-417.

Minguillón, C., Ferrier, D.E.K., Cebrián, C., and Garcia-Fernàndez, J. Gene duplications in the prototypical cephalochordate amphioxus.
Gene (2002) 287, 121-128.

Ferrier, D.E.K. and Holland P.W.H. Ancient origin of the Hox gene cluster.
Nature Reviews Genetics (2001) 2, 33-38.

Ferrier, D.E.K., Brooke, N.M., Panopoulou, G. and Holland, P.W.H. The Mnx homeobox class defined by HB9, MNR2 and amphioxus AmphiMnx.
Development, Genes and Evolution (2001) 211, 103-107.

Ferrier, D.E.K. and Holland, P.W.H. Sipunculan ParaHox genes.
Evolution and Development (2001) 3, 263-270.

Ferrier, D.E.K., Minguillón, C., Cebrián, C., and Garcia-Fernàndez, J. Amphioxus Evx genes: implications for the evolution of the Midbrain-Hindbrain Boundary and the chordate tailbud.
Developmental Biology (2001) 237, 270-281.

Garcia-Fernàndez, J., Ferrier, D.E.K., Minguillón, C., and Cebrián, C. The amphioxus genome in Evo-Devo: archetype or “cul de sac”?
International Journal of Developmental Biology (2001) 45(S1), S137-S138.

Ferrier, D.E.K., Minguillón, C., Holland, P.W.H., and Garcia-Fernàndez, J. The amphioxus Hox cluster: deuterostome posterior flexibility and Hox14.
Evolution and Development (2000) 2, 284-293.

Ferrier, D.E.K. and Akam, M. Organization of the Hox gene cluster in the grasshopper, Schistocerca gregaria.
PNAS (1996) 93, 13024-13029.

Averof, M., Dawes, R. and Ferrier, D. Diversification of arthropod Hox genes as a paradigm for the evolution of gene functions.
Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology (1996) 7, 539-551.

Akam, M., Averof, M., Castelli-Gair, J., Dawes, R., Falciani, F. and Ferrier, D. The evolving roles of the Hox genes in arthropods.
Development (Supplement) (1994), 209-215.

Meeting Reports

Ferrier, D.E.K. and Shimeld, S.M. Evolution of developmental mechanisms
Genome Biology (2002) 3(7):reports4020.1 - 4020.3.

Book contributions

Ferrier, D.E.K. (2007) When is a Hox gene not a Hox gene (the importance of 
gene nomenclature)? In Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Eds. A. Minelli
and G. Fusco. Cambridge University Press (2007). In press.

Ferrier, D.E.K. Evolution of Hox gene clusters. In HOX gene expression, Ed. S.Papageorgiou. Landes Bioscience (2006).

Ferrier, D.E.K. Homeobox.
In, The Encyclopedia of Evolution, Ed. Mark Pagel, Oxford University Press. (2002)