• A rapidly evolving secretome builds and patterns a sea shell 

      Jackson, Daniel J.; McDougall, Carmel; Green, Kathryn; Simpson, Fiona; Wörheide, GertORCIDiD; Degnan, Bernard M. (BMC Biology, 2006)
      Background: Instructions to fabricate mineralized structures with distinct nanoscale architectures, such as seashells and coral and vertebrate skeletons, are encoded in the genomes of a wide variety of animals. In mollusks, ...
    • A rapidly evolving secretome builds and patterns a sea shell 

      Jackson, Daniel J.; McDougall, Carmel; Green, Kathryn; Simpson, Fiona; Wörheide, GertORCIDiD; Degnan, Bernard M. (BMC biology, 2006)
      Background: Instructions to fabricate mineralized structures with distinct nanoscale architectures, such as seashells and coral and vertebrate skeletons, are encoded in the genomes of a wide variety of animals. In mollusks, ...
    • Dynamic expression of ancient and novel molluscan shell genes during ecological transitions - Research article 

      Jackson, Daniel J.; Wörheide, GertORCIDiD; Degnan, Bernard M. (BMC evolutionary biology, 2007)
      Background: The Mollusca constitute one of the most morphologically and ecologically diverse metazoan phyla, occupying a wide range of marine, terrestrial and freshwater habitats. The evolutionary success of the molluscs ...
    • Sea shell diversity and rapidly evolving secretomes: insights into the evolution of biomineralization. 

      Kocot, Kevin M.; Aguilera, Felipe; McDougall, Carmel; Jackson, Daniel J.; Degnan, Bernard M. (Frontiers in zoology, 2016)
      An external skeleton is an essential part of the body plan of many animals and is thought to be one of the key factors that enabled the great expansion in animal diversity and disparity during the Cambrian explosion. ...