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Dr. Gerhard Schlosser

Room 217, Martin Ryan Institute, NUI Galway
Phone: 00353-91-495978
Fax: 00353-91-494526
E-mail: gerhard.schlossernuigalway.ie

Research Interests

My research areas are developmental neurobiology, evolutionary developmental biology and theoretical biology. Recent research in my group focuses on development and evolution of the vertebrate peripheral nervous system and sense organs. Our developmental studies concentrate mostly on amphibians, in particular the clawed toad Xenopus laevis.

Selected Publications

Schlosser, G. (2008): Do vertebrate neural crest and cranial placodes have a common evolutionary origin? Bioessays 30, 659-672.

Schlosser, G. (2008): Development of the retinotectal system in the direct-developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui in comparison with other anurans. Frontiers Zool. 5:9.

Schlosser, G., T. Awtry, S.A. Brugmann, E.D. Jensen, K. Neilson, G. Ruan, A. Stammler, D. Voelker, B. Yan, C. Zhang, M.W. Klymkowsky, and S.A. Moody (2008): Eya1 and Six1 promote neurogenesis in the cranial placodes in a SoxB1-dependent fashion. Dev. Biol. 320, 199-214.

Schlosser, G. and G.P. Wagner (2008): A simple model of co-evolutionary dynamics caused by epistatic selection. J. Theor. Biol. 250, 48-65.

Schlosser, G. (2007): How old genes make a new head: Redeployment of Six and Eya genes during the evolution of vertebrate cranial placodes. Integr. Comp. Biol. 47, 343-359.

Schlosser, G. (2006): Induction and specification of cranial placodes. Dev. Biol. 294: 303-351.

Ahrens, K. and G. Schlosser (2005): Tissues and signals involved in the induction of placodal Six1 expression in Xenopus laevis. Dev. Biol. 288: 40-59.

Schlosser, G. (2005): Evolutionary origins of vertebrate placodes: Insights from developmental studies and from comparisons with other deuterostomes. J. Exp. Zool. Part B Mol. Dev. Evol. 304: 347-399.

Wullimann, M.F., E. Rink, P. Vernier and G. Schlosser (2005): Secondary neurogenesis in the brain of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, as revealed by PCNA, Delta-1, Neurogenin-related-1 and NeuroD expression. J. Comp. Neurol. 489: 387-402.

Schlosser, G. and G.P. Wagner (Eds.) (2004): Modularity in development and evolution. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 600 p.

Schlosser, G. and K. Ahrens (2004): Molecular anatomy of placode development in Xenopus laevis. Dev. Biol. 271: 439-466.

Schlosser, G. (2003): Hypobranchial placodes in Xenopus laevis give rise to hypobranchial ganglia, a novel type of cranial ganglia. Cell Tissue Res. 312: 21-29.

Schlosser,G. (2003): Mosaic evolution of neural development in anurans: Acceleration of spinal cord development in the direct developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui. Anat. Embryol. 206: 215-227.

Schlosser, G.. N. Koyano-Nakagawa and C. Kintner (2002): Thyroid hormone promotes neurogenesis in the Xenopus spinal cord. Dev. Dyn. 225, 485-498.

Schlosser, G. (2002): Modularity and the units of evolution. Theory Biosci. 121, 1-80.

Schlosser, G. (2002): Development and evolution of lateral line placodes in amphibians. I. Development. Zoology 105, 119-146.

Schlosser, G. (2002): Development and evolution of lateral line placodes in amphibians. II. Evolutionary diversification. Zoology 105, 177-193.

David, R., K. Ahrens, D. Wedlich and G. Schlosser (2001): Xenopus Eya1 demarcates all neurogenic placodes as well as migrating hypaxial muscle precursors. Mech. Dev. 103, 189-192.

Schlosser, G. (2001): Using heterochrony plots to detect the dissociated coevolution of characters. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 291, 282-304.

Schlosser, G. and R. G. Northcutt (2001): Lateral line placodes are induced during neurulation in the axolotl. Dev. Biol. 234, 55-71.

Schlosser, G. and R. G. Northcutt (2000): Development of neurogenic placodes in Xenopus laevis. J. Comp. Neurol. 418, 121-146.

Schlosser, G., C. Kintner and R. G. Northcutt (1999): Loss of ectodermal competence for lateral line placode formation in the direct developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui. Dev. Biol. 213, 354-369.

Schlosser, G. (1998): Self-re-production and functionality - a systems-theoretical approach to teleological explanation. Synthese 116, 303-354.

Schlosser, G. and G. Roth (1997): Evolution of nerve development in frogs. I. The development of the peripheral nervous system in Discoglossus pictus (Discoglossidae). Brain Behav. Evol. 50, 61-93.

Schlosser, G. and G. Roth (1997): Evolution of nerve development in frogs. II. Modified development of the peripheral nervous system in the direct-developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui (Leptodactylidae). Brain Behav. Evol. 50, 94-128.

Schlosser, G. and G. Roth (1997): Development of the retina is altered in the directly developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui (Leptodactylidae). Neurosci. Lett. 224, 153-156.

Schlosser, G. and G. Roth (1995): Distribution of cranial and rostral spinal nerves in tadpoles of the frog Discoglossus pictus (Discoglossidae). J. Morphol. 226, 189-212.

Zoology Department
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Phone: +353 (0)91 492323, Fax: +353 91 750526
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