- Mallarino R, Herrel A, Kuo W, Grant BR, Grant PR and A. Abzhanov. Two developmental modules establish 3-D beak shape variation in Darwin’s finches. Proc Natl Acad Sci, in press
- Campàs O, Mallarino R, Herrel A, Brenner MP and Abzhanov A, (2010) Scaling and shear transformations capture beak shape variation in Darwin’s finches. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 107, 3356-3360
- Abzhanov A (2010) Introduction. Darwin’s Galapagos finches in modern evolutionary biology. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 365, 1001-1007 (compiled and edited a special theme issue: Darwin's Galápagos finches in modern biology
- Abzhanov, A. (2009) Darwin's finches. Analysis of beak morphological changes during evolution. In: CSH Protocols. Emerging model organisms, Vol. 1. pp. 481-500. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Sping Harbor, New York.
- Clabaut, C., Herrel, A., Sanger, T., Smith, T. and A. Abzhanov. 2009. Development of beak polymorphism in the African seedcracker, Pyrenestes ostrinus. In press in Evolution and Development
- Fu S, Zhao H, Shi J, Abzhanov A, Crawford K, Ohno-Machado L, Zhou J, Du Y, Kuo WP, Zhang J, Jiang M, Jin JG. 2008. Peripheral arterial occlusive disease: global gene expression analyses suggest a major role for immune and inflammatory responses. BMC Genomics. 2008 Aug 1;9:369
- Abzhanov A, Extavour CG, Groover A, Hodges SA, Hoekstra HE, Kramer EM, Monteiro A. 2008. Are we there yet? Tracking the development of new model systems. Trends Genet. Jul;24(7):353-60.
- Abzhanov A, Cordero DR, Sen J, Tabin CJ, Helms JA. 2007. Cross-regulatory interactions between Fgf8 and Shh in the avian frontonasal prominence. Congenit Anom (Kyoto) Dec;47(4):136-48.
- Abzhanov A, Rodda SJ, McMahon AP, Tabin CJ. 2007. Regulation of skeletogenic differentiation in cranial dermal bone. Development Sep;134(17):3133-44. Epub 2007 Aug 1.PMID: 17670790 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Abzhanov A, Kuo WP, Hartmann C, Grant BR, Grant PR, Tabin CJ. (2006) The calmodulin pathway and evolution of elongated beak morphology in Darwin's finches. Nature 442(7102):563-7.
- Abzhanov A, Protas M, Grant BR, Grant PR, Tabin CJ. (2004) Bmp4 and morphological variation of beaks in Darwin's finches. Science 305(5689):1462-5.
- Abzhanov A, Tabin CJ. (2004) Shh and Fgf8 act synergistically to drive cartilage outgrowth during cranial development. Dev Biol. 273(1):134-48.
- Tzahor E, Kempf H, Mootoosamy RC, Poon AC, Abzhanov A, Tabin CJ, Dietrich S, Lassar AB. (2003) Antagonists of Wnt and BMP signaling promote the formation of vertebrate head muscle. Genes Dev. 17(24):3087-99.
- Abzhanov A, Tzahor E, Lassar AB, Tabin CJ. (2003) Dissimilar regulation of cell differentiation in mesencephalic (cranial) and sacral (trunk) neural crest cells in vitro. Development 130(19):4567-79.
- Abzhanov A, Holtzman S, Kaufman TC. (2001) The Drosophila proboscis is specified by two Hox genes, proboscipedia and Sex combs reduced, via repression of leg and antennal appendage genes. Development 128(14):2803-14.
- Abzhanov A, Kaufman TC. (2000) Embryonic expression patterns of the Hox genes of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Crustacea, Decapoda). Evol Dev. 2(5):271-83.
- Abzhanov A, Kaufman TC. (2000) Homologs of Drosophila appendage genes in the patterning of arthropod limbs. Dev Biol. 227(2):673-89.
- Abzhanov A, Kaufman TC. (2000) Crustacean (malacostracan) Hox genes and the evolution of the arthropod trunk. Development 127(11):2239-49.
- Abzhanov A, Popadic A, Kaufman TC. (1999) Chelicerate Hox genes and the homology of arthropod segments. Evol Dev. 1(2):77-89.
- Abzhanov A, Kaufman TC. (1999) Homeotic genes and the arthropod head: expression patterns of the labial, proboscipedia, and Deformed genes in crustaceans and insects. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 96(18):10224-9.
- Abzhanov A, Kaufman TC. (1999) Novel regulation of the homeotic gene Scr associated with a crustacean leg-to-maxilliped appendage transformation. Development 126(6):1121-8.
- Popadic A, Abzhanov A, Rusch D, Kaufman TC. (1998) Understanding the genetic basis of morphological evolution: the role of homeotic genes in the diversification of the arthropod bauplan. Int J Dev Biol. 42(3):453-61. Review.
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