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Davies BE, Gonzalez P, Sur A, Wei J, Frankish T, Montagne J, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Guynes K et al. ( 2026 ) . A chromosome-level assembly and functional genomic resources for the model annelid Capitella teleta . Genome Biology and Evolution
Sun Y, Qiu J-W, Chen C, Martín-Durán JM, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N et al. ( 2026 ) . The chromosomal genome sequence of the tubeworm, Lamellibrachia columna Southward, 1991 (Sabellida: Siboglinidae) . Wellcome Open Research vol. 11 ,
Toso A, Giangrande A, Martín-Durán JM, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C et al. ( 2026 ) . The chromosomal genome sequence of the bearded fireworm, Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) (Eunicida: Amphinomidae) . Wellcome Open Research vol. 11 ,
Coronel-Córdoba P, Sureda-Gómez M, Martín-Durán JM, Monjo F, Saló E, Abril JF, Adell T ( 2025 ) . βcatenin-1 localization and transcriptomic profiling provide insights into the early development of planarians . BMC Biology vol. 23 , ( 1 )
Liang Y, Wei J, Kang Y, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Martín-Durán JM ( 2025 ) . Cell fate specification modes shape transcriptome evolution in the highly conserved spiral cleavage . EMBO Reports vol. 26 , ( 20 ) 5088 - 5114 .
Hilali SE, Dru P, Le Moan A, Li YI, Huynen MA, Hoelz A, Robinson RC, Martín-Durán JM et al. ( 2025 ) . Chromosome-scale genome assembly and gene annotation of the hydrothermal vent annelid Alvinella pompejana yield insight into animal evolution in extreme environments . BMC Biology vol. 23 , ( 1 )
Piovani L, Gavriouchkina D, Parey E, Sarre LA, Peijnenburg KTCA, Martín-Durán JM, Rokhsar DS, Satoh N et al. ( 2025 ) . The genomic origin of the unique chaetognath body plan . Nature vol. 645 , ( 8082 ) 964 - 973 .
Sun Y, Qiu J-W, Martín-Durán JM, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C et al. ( 2025 ) . The chromosomal genome sequence of the fan worm Protula sp. (Serpulidae, Sabellida) . Wellcome Open Research vol. 10 ,
Martín-Zamora FM, Cole J, Donnellan RD, Guynes K, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Dickman MJ, Hurd PJ, Martín-Durán JM ( 2025 ) . A dynamic histone-based chromatin regulatory toolkit underpins genome and developmental evolution in an invertebrate clade . Genome Biology vol. 26 , ( 1 )
Yen EC, Gilbert JD, Balard A, Taxonera A, Fairweather K, Ford HL, Thorburn D-MJ, Rossiter SJ et al. ( 2025 ) . Chromosome-level genome assembly and methylome profile yield insights for the conservation of endangered loggerhead sea turtles . GigaScience vol. 14 ,
Goffredi SK, Appy R, Martín-Durán JM, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C et al. ( 2025 ) . The chromosomal genome sequence of the marine leech, Branchellion lobata Moore, 1952 and its associated microbial metagenome sequences . Wellcome Open Research vol. 10 ,
Martínez A, Bonaglia S, Di Domenico M, Fonseca G, Ingels J, Jörger KM, Laumer C, Leasi F et al. ( 2025 ) . Fundamental questions in meiofauna research highlight how small but ubiquitous animals can improve our understanding of Nature . Communications Biology vol. 8 , ( 1 )
Wang D, Vannier J, Martín-Durán JM ( 2025 ) . Preservation and early evolution of scalidophoran ventral nerve cord . Science Advances vol. 11 , ( 2 )
Vellutini BC, Martín-Durán JM, Hejnol A ( 2024 ) . Combinatorial Wnt signaling landscape during brachiopod anteroposterior patterning . BMC Biology vol. 22 , ( 1 ) 212 - 212 .
Yen EC, Gilbert JD, Balard A, Afonso IO, Fairweather K, Newlands D, Lopes A, Correia SM et al. ( 2024 ) . DNA Methylation Carries Signatures of Sublethal Effects Under Thermal Stress in Loggerhead Sea Turtles . Evolutionary Applications vol. 17 , ( 9 )
Guynes K, Sarre LA, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Davies BE, Xu L, Liang Y, Martín-Zamora FM, Hurd PJ et al. ( 2024 ) . Annelid methylomes reveal ancestral developmental and aging-associated epigenetic erosion across Bilateria . Genome Biology vol. 25 , ( 1 ) 204 - 204 .
McKenna V, Archibald JM, Beinart R, Dawson MN, Hentschel U, Keeling PJ, Lopez JV, Martín-Durán JM et al. ( 2024 ) . The Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project: probing the evolution of symbiosis across the Tree of Life . Wellcome Open Research vol. 6 ,
Jimenez-Guri E, Paganos P, La Vecchia C, Annona G, Caccavale F, Molina MD, Ferrández-Roldán A, Donnellan RD et al. ( 2024 ) . Developmental toxicity of pre-production plastic pellets affects a large swathe of invertebrate taxa . Chemosphere vol. 356 ,
Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Donnellan RD, Williams EA, Jékely G ( 2024 ) . The development of the adult nervous system in the annelid Owenia fusiformis . Neural Development vol. 19 , ( 1 )
Martín-Durán JM ( 2023 ) . Emerging trends in functional genomics in Spiralia . Briefings in Functional Genomics vol. 22 , ( 6 ) 485 - 486 .
Liang Y, Carrillo‐Baltodano AM, Martín‐Durán JM ( 2023 ) . Emerging trends in the study of spiralian larvae . Evolution & Development vol. 26 , ( 4 )
Martín-Zamora FM, Davies BE, Donnellan RD, Martín-Durán JM ( 2023 ) . Functional genomics in Spiralia . Briefings in Functional Genomics vol. 22 , ( 6 ) 487 - 497 .
Zakas C ( 2023 ) . Genomics of Marine Larval Evolution and Development . Integrative and Comparative Biology vol. 63 , ( 5 ) 969 - 974 .
Goffredi SK, Panossian B, Brzechffa C, Field N, King C, Moggioli G, Rouse GW, Martín-Durán JM et al. ( 2023 ) . A dynamic epibiont community associated with the bone-eating polychaete genus Osedax . mBio vol. 14 , ( 4 ) e03140 - e03122 .
Moggioli G, Panossian B, Sun Y, Thiel D, Martín-Zamora FM, Tran M, Clifford AM, Goffredi SK et al. ( 2023 ) . Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep-sea annelid worms . Nature Communications vol. 14 , ( 1 )
Gąsiorowski L, Martín-Durán JM ( 2023 ) . The Evolution of Hox Genes in Spiralia . Hox Modules in Evolution and Development , Taylor & Francis
Martín-Zamora FM, Liang Y, Guynes K, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Davies BE, Donnellan RD, Tan Y, Moggioli G et al. ( 2023 ) . Annelid functional genomics reveal the origins of bilaterian life cycles . Nature vol. 615 , ( 7950 ) 105 - 110 .
Seudre O, Martín-Zamora FM, Luqman I, Carrillo-Baltodano AM ( 2022 ) . The Fox Gene Repertoire in the Annelid Owenia fusiformis Reveals Multiple Expansions of the foxQ2 Class in Spiralia . Genome Biology and Evolution vol. 14 , ( 10 )
Seudre O, Liang Y ( 2022 ) . ERK1/2 is an ancestral organising signal in spiral cleavage . Nature Communications vol. 13 , ( 1 )
McKenna V, Archibald JM, Beinart R, Dawson MN, Hentschel U, Keeling PJ, Lopez JV, Martín-Durán JM et al. ( 2021 ) . The Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project: probing the evolution of symbiosis across the tree of life . Wellcome Open Research vol. 6 ,
Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Seudre O, Martín-Durán JM ( 2021 ) . Early embryogenesis and organogenesis in the annelid Owenia fusiformis . EvoDevo vol. 12 , ( 1 )
Martín-Durán JM, Vellutini BC, Marlétaz F, Cetrangolo V, Cvetesic N, Thiel D, Henriet S, Grau-Bové X et al. ( 2020 ) . Publisher Correction: Conservative route to genome compaction in a miniature annelid . Nature Ecology & Evolution vol. 5 , ( 2 ) 262 - 262 .
Martín-Durán JM, Vellutini BC, Marlétaz F, Cetrangolo V, Cvetesic N, Thiel D, Henriet S, Grau-Bové X et al. ( 2020 ) . Conservative route to genome compaction in a miniature annelid . Nature Ecology & Evolution vol. 5 , ( 2 ) 231 - 242 .
Martín-Durán JM ( 2020 ) . Unravelling spiral cleavage . Development vol. 147 , ( 1 )
Conti D, Gul P, Islam A, Martín-Durán JM ( 2019 ) . Kinetochores attached to microtubule-ends are stabilised by Astrin bound PP1 to ensure proper chromosome segregation . eLife vol. 8 ,
Martín-Durán JM, Hejnol A ( 2019 ) . A developmental perspective on the evolution of the nervous system . Developmental Biology vol. 475 , 181 - 192 .
Drinnenberg IA, Berger F, Elsässer SJ, Andersen PR, Ausió J, Bickmore WA, Blackwell AR, Erwin DH et al. ( 2019 ) . EvoChromo: towards a synthesis of chromatin biology and evolution . Development vol. 146 , ( 19 )
Martín-Durán JM ( 2019 ) . Introduction: Young Approaches to Animal Evolution . Old Questions and Young Approaches to Animal Evolution , Springer Nature
Hogvall M, Vellutini BC, Martín-Durán JM, Hejnol A ( 2019 ) . Embryonic expression of priapulid Wnt genes . Discover Developmental Biology vol. 229 , ( 4 ) 125 - 135 .
Rozanski A, Moon H, Brandl H, Martín-Durán JM, Hüttner K, Henry I ( 2018 ) . PlanMine 3.0—improvements to a mineable resource of flatworm biology and biodiversity . Nucleic Acids Research vol. 47 , ( D1 ) d812 - d820 .
Martín-Durán JM ( 2018 ) . General Principles of Planarian Embryogenesis and Its Analysis by In Situ Hybridization and Immunohistochemistry Methods . Methods in Molecular Biology vol. 1774 , 405 - 421 .
Martín-Durán JM, Pang K, Børve A, Lê HS, Cannon JT ( 2017 ) . Convergent evolution of bilaterian nerve cords . Nature vol. 553 , ( 7686 ) 45 - 50 .
Vellutini BC, Martín-Durán JM, Hejnol A ( 2017 ) . Cleavage modification did not alter blastomere fates during bryozoan evolution . BMC Biology vol. 15 , ( 1 )
Martín-Durán JM, Ryan JF, Pang K ( 2017 ) . Increased taxon sampling reveals thousands of hidden orthologs in flatworms . Genome Research vol. 27 , ( 7 ) 1263 - 1272 .
Schiemann SM, Martín-Durán JM, Børve A, Vellutini BC, Hejnol A ( 2017 ) . Clustered brachiopod Hox genes are not expressed collinearly and are associated with lophotrochozoan novelties . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 114 , ( 10 ) e1913 - e1922 .
Martín-Durán JM, Vellutini BC ( 2016 ) . Embryonic chirality and the evolution of spiralian left–right asymmetries . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences vol. 371 , ( 1710 )
Martín-Durán JM, Passamaneck YJ, Martindale MQ ( 2016 ) . The developmental basis for the recurrent evolution of deuterostomy and protostomy . Nature Ecology & Evolution vol. 1 , ( 1 )
Sureda-Gómez M, Adell T ( 2016 ) . Localization of planarian β-CATENIN-1 reveals multiple roles during anterior-posterior regeneration and organogenesis . Development vol. 143 , ( 22 ) 4149 - 4160 .
Kerbl A, Worsaae K ( 2016 ) . Molecular regionalization in the compact brain of the meiofaunal annelid Dinophilus gyrociliatus (Dinophilidae) . EvoDevo vol. 7 , ( 1 )
Barberán S, Cebrià F ( 2016 ) . Evolution of the EGFR pathway in Metazoa and its diversification in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea . Scientific Reports vol. 6 , ( 1 )
Martín-Durán JM, Wolff GH, Strausfeld NJ ( 2016 ) . The larval nervous system of the penis worm Priapulus caudatus (Ecdysozoa) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences vol. 371 , ( 1685 )
Martín-Durán JM, Vellutini BC ( 2015 ) . Evolution and development of the adelphophagic, intracapsular Schmidt’s larva of the nemertean Lineus ruber . EvoDevo vol. 6 , ( 1 )
Hejnol A ( 2015 ) . Getting to the bottom of anal evolution . Zoologischer Anzeiger vol. 256 , 61 - 74 .
Martín-Durán JM, Hejnol A ( 2015 ) . The study of Priapulus caudatus reveals conserved molecular patterning underlying different gut morphogenesis in the Ecdysozoa . BMC Biology vol. 13 , ( 1 )
Adell T, Martín-Durán JM, Saló E ( 2015 ) . Platyhelminthes . Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 2 , Springer Nature
Martin-Duran JM, Passamaneck YJ ( 2014 ) . Evolution of protostomy in the Brachiopoda . INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY . vol. 54 , E133 - E133 .
Grande C, Martín-Durán JM, Kenny NJ, Hejnol A ( 2014 ) . Evolution, divergence and loss of the Nodal signalling pathway: new data and a synthesis across the Bilateria . The International Journal of Developmental Biology vol. 58 , ( 6-7-8 ) 521 - 532 .
Martín-Durán JM, de Mendoza A, Sebé-Pedrós A ( 2013 ) . A Broad Genomic Survey Reveals Multiple Origins and Frequent Losses in the Evolution of Respiratory Hemerythrins and Hemocyanins . Genome Biology and Evolution vol. 5 , ( 7 ) 1435 - 1442 .
Martín-Durán JM, Janssen R, Wennberg S, Budd GE ( 2012 ) . Deuterostomic Development in the Protostome Priapulus caudatus . Current Biology vol. 22 , ( 22 ) 2161 - 2166 .
Martín-Durán JM, Egger B ( 2012 ) . Developmental diversity in free-living flatworms . EvoDevo vol. 3 , ( 1 )
Martín-Durán JM, Monjo F ( 2012 ) . Morphological and molecular development of the eyes during embryogenesis of the freshwater planarian Schmidtea polychroa . Discover Developmental Biology vol. 222 , ( 1 ) 45 - 54 .
Martín-Durán JM, Monjo F, Romero R ( 2012 ) . Planarian embryology in the era of comparative developmental biology . The International Journal of Developmental Biology vol. 56 , ( 1-2-3 ) 39 - 48 .
Irimia M, Denuc A, Burguera D, Somorjai I, Martín-Durán JM, Genikhovich G, Jimenez-Delgado S, Roy SW ( 2011 ) . Stepwise assembly of the Nova-regulated alternative splicing network in the vertebrate brain . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 108 , ( 13 ) 5319 - 5324 .
Martín-Durán JM ( 2011 ) . Evolutionary implications of morphogenesis and molecular patterning of the blind gut in the planarian Schmidtea polychroa . Developmental Biology vol. 352 , ( 1 ) 164 - 176 .
Martín-Durán JM, Amaya E ( 2010 ) . Germ layer specification and axial patterning in the embryonic development of the freshwater planarian Schmidtea polychroa . Developmental Biology vol. 340 , ( 1 ) 145 - 158 .
Martín‐Durán JM, Duocastella M, Serra P ( 2008 ) . New method to deliver exogenous material into developing planarian embryos . Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution vol. 310B , ( 8 ) 668 - 681 .
Davies BE, Gonzalez P, Sur A, Wei J, Frankish T, Montagne J, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Guynes K et al. . A chromosome-level assembly and functional genomic resources for the model annelid Capitella teleta .
Goffredi S, Panossian B, Brzechffa C, Field N, King C, Moggioli G, Rouse GW, Martín-Durán JM et al. . A dynamic Campylobacterales epibiont community associated with the bone eating worm Osedax .
Goffredi S, Panossian B, Brzechffa C, Field N, King C, Moggioli G, Rouse GW, Martín-Durán JM et al. . A dynamic epibiont community associated with the bone eating worm Osedax .
Martín-Zamora FM, Cole J, Donnellan RD, Guynes K, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Dickman MJ, Hurd PJ, Martin-Duran JM . A dynamic histone-based chromatin regulatory toolkit underpins genome and developmental evolution in an invertebrate clade .
Martín-Zamora FM, Liang Y, Guynes K, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Davies BE, Donnellan RD, Moggioli G, Tran M et al. . Annelid functional genomics reveal the origins of bilaterian life cycles .
Guynes K, Sarre LA, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Davies BE, Xu L, Liang Y, Martín-Zamora FM, Hurd PJ et al. . Annelid methylomes reveal ancestral developmental and ageing-associated epigenetic erosion across Bilateria .
Schiemann SM, Martín-Durán JM, Børve A, Vellutini BC, Passamaneck YJ, Hejnol A . Brachiopods possess a split Hox cluster with signs of spatial, but not temporal collinearity .
Liang Y, Wei J, Kang Y, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Martín-Durán JM . Cell fate specification modes shape transcriptome evolution in the highly conserved spiral cleavage .
Yen EC, Gilbert JD, Balard A, Taxonera A, Fairweather K, Ford HL, Thorburn D-MJ, Rossiter SJ et al. . Chromosome-level genome assembly and methylome profile enables insights for the conservation of endangered loggerhead sea turtles .
Hilali SE, Dru P, Le Moan A, Li YI, Huynen MA, Hoelz A, Robinson RC, Martín-Durán JM et al. . Chromosome-scale genome assembly and gene annotation of the hydrothermal vent annelid Alvinella pompejana yield insight into animal evolution in extreme environments .
Vellutini BC, Martín-Durán JM, Hejnol A . Cleavage modification did not alter early blastomere fates during bryozoan evolution .
Vellutini BC, Martín-Durán JM, Børve A, Hejnol A . Combinatorial Wnt signaling landscape during brachiopod anteroposterior patterning .
Martín-Durán JM, Vellutini BC, Marlétaz F, Cetrangolo V, Cvetesic N, Thiel D, Henriet S, Grau-Bové X et al. . Conservative route to genome compaction in a miniature annelid .
Yen EC, Gilbert JD, Balard A, Afonso IO, Fairweather K, Newlands D, Lopes A, Correia SM et al. . DNA methylation carries signatures of sublethal effects under thermal stress in loggerhead sea turtles .
Yen EC, Carvajal GA, Bazely JO, Gilbert JD, Taxonera A, Fairweather K, Lopes A, Afonso IO et al. . DNA methylation reveals evolved buffering responses to climate-driven sex ratio skew in sea turtles .
Martín-Durán J, Carrillo-Baltodano A, Haillot E, Meha S, Luqman I, Pashaj A, Lee Y-J, Lu T-M et al. . Developmental system drift in dorsoventral patterning is linked to transitions to autonomous development in Annelida .
Jimenez-Guri E, Paganos P, La Vecchia C, Annona G, Caccavale F, Molina MD, Ferrández-Roldán A, Donnellan RD et al. . Developmental toxicity of pre-production plastic pellets affects a large swathe of invertebrate taxa .
Martín-Durán J, Moggioli G, Panossian B, Sun Y, Thiel D, Martin-Zamora F, Tran M, Clifford A et al. . Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep sea annelid worms .
Seudre O, Carrillo-Baltodano AM . ERK1/2 is an ancestral organising signal in spiral cleavage .
Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Seudre O, Guynes K, Martin-Duran JM . Early Embryogenesis and Organogenesis in the Annelid Owenia Fusiformis .
Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Seudre O, Guynes K . Early embryogenesis and organogenesis in the annelid Owenia fusiformis .
Martín-Durán JM, Ryan JF, Vellutini BC, Pang K, Hejnol A . Increased taxon sampling reveals thousands of hidden orthologs in flatworms .
Henry L, Cunningham P, Martín-Durán J, Oettler J, Schultner E, Halitschke R, Engl T, Kaltenpoth M . Metabolic plasticity supports a flexible nutritional symbiosis in Cardiocondyla ants .
Seudre O, Martín-Zamora FM, Rapisarda V, Martín-Durán JM . The Fox gene repertoire in the annelid Owenia fusiformis reveals multiple expansions of the foxQ2 class in Spiralia .
Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Donnellan RD, Williams EA, Jékely G, Martín-Durán JM . The development of the adult nervous system in the annelid Owenia fusiformis .
Martín-Zamora FM, Cole J, Donnellan RD, Guynes K, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Dickman MJ, Hurd PJ, Martín-Durán JM . The evolution and developmental dynamics of histone-based chromatin regulation in Annelida .
Moggioli G, Panossian B, Sun Y, Thiel D, Martín-Zamora FM, Tran M, Clifford AM, Goffredi SK et al. . The hologenome of Osedax frankpressi reveals the genetic interplay for the symbiotic digestion of vertebrate bone .
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