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Staff, Prof. Wallace Arthur

Zoology, Room 213, Martin Ryan Institute, NUI Galway.
Phone: 00 353 91 492322
Fax: 00 353 91 494526
Email: Prof. Wallace Arthur

Research areas

Evolutionary biology, especially the evolution of development (’evo-devo’). Within this area: the origins of animal body plans; the evolutionary role of developmental bias; and the evolution of animal segmentation, using a coastal centipede as a model system.


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Evo-Devo Lab Page

Journal Editorship

Evolution & Development, Blackwell Publishing.

Some recent papers

Arthur, W. 2011. Evolution: A Developmental Approach. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.
Vedel, V., Apostolou, Z., Arthur, W., Akam, M. & Brena, C. 2010. An early temperature-sensitive period for the plasticity of segment number in the centipede Strigamia maritima. Evol. & Dev. 12: 347-352.
Vedel, V., Brena, C. & Arthur, W. 2009. Demonstration of a heritable component of the variation in segment number in the centipede Strigamia maritima. Evol. & Dev. 11: 434-440.
Arthur, W. 2008. Conflicting theories on the nature of mega-evolution. In: Evolving Pathways, eds. A. Minelli & G. Fusco. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Vedel, V., Chipman, A.D., Akam, M & Arthur, W. 2008. Temperature-dependent plasticity of segment number in an arthropod species: the centipede Strigamia maritima. Evol. & Dev. 10: 487-492.
Arthur, W. 2006. D’Arcy Thompson and the theory of transformations. Nat. Rev. Genet. 7, 401-406.
Arthur, W. & Chipman, A.D. 2005. The centipede Strigamia maritima: what it can tell us about the development and evolution of segmentation. BioEssays, 27, 653-660.
Chipman, A.D. Arhur, W. & Akam, M. 2004. A double segment periodicity underlies segment generation in centipede development. Curr. Biol. 14, 1250-1255.
Arthur, W. 2002. The emerging conceptual framework of evolutionary developmental biology. Nature, 415, 757-764.
Kettle, C. & Arthur, W. 2000. Latitudinal cline in segment number in an arthropod species, Strigamia maritima. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 267, 1393-1397.

Zoology Department
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Phone: +353 (0)91 492323, Fax: +353 91 750526
E-mail: Zoology Department
This page was last updated Monday, February 28, 2011