Lab Publications

2023

• Kidd, T., and Evans, T.. 2023. Analysis of Axon Guidance in the Drosophila Embryo. Cold Spring Harb Protoc : doi:10.1101/pdb.top108109
• Kidd, T., and Evans, T.. 2023. Collection, Fixation, and Antibody Staining of Drosophila Embryos. Cold Spring Harb Protoc : doi:10.1101/pdb.prot108116
• Kidd, T., and Evans, T.. 2023. Ventral Nerve Cord Dissection and Microscopy of Drosophila Embryos. Cold Spring Harb Protoc : doi:10.1101/pdb.prot108117
• Farfán-Pira, K.J., Martínez-Cuevas T.I., Reyes R., Evans, T.A., Nahmad, M.. 2023. A cis-regulatory sequence of the wing selector gene, vestigial, drives the evolution of scaling relationships in Drosophila species. J. Exp. Biol. 226(10):jeb244692

2022

• Hauptman G, Reichert MC, Abdal Rhida M, Evans TA. 2022. Characterization of enhancer fragments in Drosophila robo2. Fly 16(1):312-346
• Farfán-Pira KJ, Martínez-Cuevas TI, Reyes R, Evans TA, Nahmad M. 2022. The vestigial Quadrant Enhancer is dispensable for pattern formation and development of the Drosophila wing. microPublication Biology 2022:000585

2021

• Howard LJ, Reichert MC, Evans TA. 2021. The Slit-binding Ig1 domain is required for multiple axon guidance activities of Drosophila Robo2. Genesis 2021:e23443
• Daiber T, VanderZwan-Butler CJ, Bashaw GJ, Evans TA. 2021. Conserved and divergent aspects of Robo receptor signaling and regulation between Drosophila Robo1 and C. elegans SAX-3. Genetics 217:iyab018 PMC8045725

2020

• Brown, HE and Evans, TA. 2020. Minimal structural elements required for midline repulsive signaling and regulation of Drosophila Robo1. PLOS ONE 15:e0241150 PMC7580999

2019

• Howard LJ, Brown HE, Wadsworth BC, Evans TA. 2019. Midline axon guidance in the Drosophila embryonic CNS. Semin. Cell Dev. Biol. 85:13-25 PMC5966317
• Evans TA. 2019. Axon guidance: Signaling pathways old and new across a variety of developmental contexts. Semin. Cell Dev. Biol. 85:1-2

2018

• Brown HE, Reichert MC, Evans TA. 2018. In vivo functional analysis of Drosophila Robo1 fibronectin type III repeats. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics 8(2):621-630 PMC5919748

2017

• Evans TA. 2017. CRISPR-based gene replacement reveals evolutionarily conserved axon guidance functions of Drosophila Robo3 and Tribolium Robo2/3. EvoDevo 8:10 PMC5455095

2016

• Evans TA. 2016. Embryonic axon guidance: insights from Drosophila and other insects. Curr. Opin. Insect Sci. 18:11-16
• Reichert MC, Brown HE, Evans TA. 2016. In vivo functional analysis of Drosophila Robo1 immunoglobulin-like domains. Neural Dev. 11:15 PMC4991095

2015

• Brown HE, Reichert MC, Evans TA. 2015. Slit binding via the Ig1 domain is essential for midline repulsion by Drosophila Robo1 but dispensable for receptor expression, localization, and regulation in vivo. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics 5(11):2429-2439 PMC4632062
• Evans TA, Santiago C, Arbeille E, Bashaw GJ. 2015. Robo2 acts in trans to inhibit Slit-Robo1 repulsion in pre-crossing commissural axons. eLife 4:e08407 PMC4505356

2012

• Evans TA, Bashaw GJ. 2012. Slit/Robo-mediated axon guidance in Tribolium and Drosophila: divergent genetic programs build insect nervous systems. Dev. Biol. 363(1):266-78 (PMC4128232)

2010

• Evans TA, Bashaw GJ. 2010. Functional diversity of Robo receptor immunoglobulin domains promotes distinct axon guidance decisions. Curr. Biol. 20(6):567-72 (PMC4078746)
• Evans TA, Bashaw GJ. 2010. Axon guidance at the midline: of mice and flies. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 20(1):79-85 (PMC4128228)

2009

• Evans TA, Haridas H, Duffy JB. 2009. Kekkon5 is an extracellular regulator of BMP signaling. Dev. Biol. 326(1):36-46

2006

• Alvarado D, Evans TA, Sharma R, Lemmon MA, Duffy JB. 2006. Argos mutants define an affinity threshold for spitz inhibition in vivo. J. Biol. Chem. 281(39):28993-9001

2004

• MacLaren CM, Evans TA, Alvarado D, Duffy JB. 2004. Comparative analysis of the Kekkon molecules, related members of the LIG superfamily. Dev. Genes Evol. 214(7):360-6