Recent Publications

  1. A.R. Gehrke, E. Neverett, Y-J. Luo, A. Brandt, L. Ricci, R.E. Hulett, A. Gompers, J.G. Ruby, D.S. Rokhsar, P.W.Reddien, and M. Srivastava. Acoel genome reveals the regulatory landscape of whole-body regeneration. Science, eaau6173:10.1126/science.aau6173, 2019.
  2. M. Srivastava. Killing two birds with one cell. Dev. Cell, 47:529-531, 2018.
  3. L. Ricci and M. Srivastava. Wound-induced cell proliferation during animal regeneration. 10.1002/wdev.321. WIREs Dev. Biol., 2018. | PDF
  4. Raz, A., M. Srivastava, R. Salvenmoser, and P. W. Reddien. Acoel regeneration mechanisms indicate an ancient role for muscle in regenerative patterning. 10.1038/s41467-017-01148-5. Nat. Comm., 2017 | PDF
  5. A.R. Gehrke and Srivastava, M. Neoblasts and the evolution of whole-body regeneration. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev., 40:131–37, 2016.
  6. Lyons, D.C., M.Q. Martindale and M. Srivastava (2014). The cell's view of animal body-plan evolution. Integr. Comp. Biol. 54(4): 658-66. | PDF
  7. Srivastava, M., K. Mazza-Curll, J.C. van Wolfswinkel, and P.W. Reddien (2014). Whole-body acoel regeneration is controlled by Wnt and Bmp-Admp signaling. Curr. Biol. 24(10): 1107-13. | PDF
  8. A. Ikmi, B. Gaertner, C. Seidel, Srivastava, M., J. Zeitlinger, and M.C. Gibson. (2014) Molecular evolution of the Yap/Yorkie proto-oncogene and elucidation of its core transcriptional program. Mol. Biol. Evol. 31(6): 1375-90. | PDF
  9. M.L. Scimone, Srivastava, M., G. Bell, and P.W. Reddien (2011). A regulatory program for excretory system regeneration in planarians. Development, 138(20): 4387–98. | PDF
  10. Srivastava, M., O. Simakov, J. Chapman, B. Fahey, M.E. Gauthier, T. Mitros, G.S. Richards, C. Conaco, M. Dacre,U. Hellsten, C. Larroux, N.H. Putnam, M. Stanke, M. Adamska, A. Darling, S.M. Degnan, T.H. Oakley, D.C. Plachetzki, Y. Zhai, M. Adamski, A. Calcino, S.F. Cummins, D.M. Goodstein, C. Harris, D.J. Jackson, S.P. Leys, S. Shu, B.J.Woodcroft, M. Vervoort, K.S. Kosik, G. Manning, B.M. Degnan, and D.S. Rokhsar (2010). The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity. Nature, 466(7307): 720–726. | PDF
  11. Srivastava, M., C. Larroux, D. Lu, K. Mohanty, J. Chapman, B. Degnan, and D. Rokhsar (2010). Early evolution of the LIM homeobox gene family. BMC Biology, 8(4). | PDF
  12. H.Q. Marlow, Srivastava, M., D.Q. Matus, D. Rokhsar, and M. Q. Martindale (2009). Anatomy and development of the nervous system of Nematostella vectensis, an anthozoan cnidarian. Dev. Neurobiol., 69(4): 235–54. | PDF
  13. Srivastava, M., E. Begovic, J. Chapman, N. H. Putnam, U. Hellsten, T. Kawashima, A. Kuo, T. Mitros, M.L. Carpenter, A.Y. Signorovitch, M.A. Moreno, K. Kamm, J. Grimwood, J. Schmutz, H. Shapiro, I. V. Grigoriev, L.W. Buss, B. Schierwater, S. Dellaporta, and D. Rokhsar (2008). The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans. Nature, 454(7207): 955–960. | PDF
  14. Lyons, D.C., M.Q. Martindale and M. Srivastava (2014). The cell's view of animal body-plan evolution. Integr. Comp. Biol. 54(4): 658-66. | PDF
  15. Srivastava, M., K. Mazza-Curll, J.C. van Wolfswinkel, and P.W. Reddien (2014). Whole-body acoel regeneration is controlled by Wnt and Bmp-Admp signaling. Curr. Biol. 24(10): 1107-13. | PDF
  16. A. Ikmi, B. Gaertner, C. Seidel, Srivastava, M., J. Zeitlinger, and M.C. Gibson. (2014) Molecular evolution of the Yap/Yorkie proto-oncogene and elucidation of its core transcriptional program. Mol. Biol. Evol. 31(6): 1375-90. | PDF
  17. M.L. Scimone, Srivastava, M., G. Bell, and P.W. Reddien (2011). A regulatory program for excretory system regeneration in planarians. Development, 138(20): 4387–98. | PDF
  18. Srivastava, M., O. Simakov, J. Chapman, B. Fahey, M.E. Gauthier, T. Mitros, G.S. Richards, C. Conaco, M. Dacre,U. Hellsten, C. Larroux, N.H. Putnam, M. Stanke, M. Adamska, A. Darling, S.M. Degnan, T.H. Oakley, D.C. Plachetzki, Y. Zhai, M. Adamski, A. Calcino, S.F. Cummins, D.M. Goodstein, C. Harris, D.J. Jackson, S.P. Leys, S. Shu, B.J.Woodcroft, M. Vervoort, K.S. Kosik, G. Manning, B.M. Degnan, and D.S. Rokhsar (2010). The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity. Nature, 466(7307): 720–726. | PDF
  19. Srivastava, M., C. Larroux, D. Lu, K. Mohanty, J. Chapman, B. Degnan, and D. Rokhsar (2010). Early evolution of the LIM homeobox gene family. BMC Biology, 8(4). | PDF
  20. H.Q. Marlow, Srivastava, M., D.Q. Matus, D. Rokhsar, and M. Q. Martindale (2009). Anatomy and development of the nervous system of Nematostella vectensis, an anthozoan cnidarian. Dev. Neurobiol., 69(4): 235–54. | PDF
  21. Srivastava, M., E. Begovic, J. Chapman, N. H. Putnam, U. Hellsten, T. Kawashima, A. Kuo, T. Mitros, M.L. Carpenter, A.Y. Signorovitch, M.A. Moreno, K. Kamm, J. Grimwood, J. Schmutz, H. Shapiro, I. V. Grigoriev, L.W. Buss, B. Schierwater, S. Dellaporta, and D. Rokhsar (2008). The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans. Nature, 454(7207): 955–960. | PDF
  22. A. Grimson, Srivastava, M., B. Fahey, B.J. Woodcroft, H.R. Chiang, N. King, B.M. Degnan, D. Rokhsar, and D.P. Bartel (2008). Early origins and evolution of microRNAs and Piwi-interacting RNAs in animals. Nature, 455(7217): 1193–7. | PDF
  23. B. Schierwater, K. Kamm, Srivastava, M., D. Rokhsar, R. Rosengarten, and S. Dellaporta (2008). The early ANTP gene repertoire: Insights from the placozoan genome. PLoS ONE, 3(8): e2457. | PDF
  24. N. H. Putnam, Srivastava, M., U. Hellsten, B. Dirks, J. Chapman, A. Salamov, A. Terry, H. Shapiro, E. Lindquist, V. V. Kapitonov, J. Jurka, G. Genikhovich, I. V. Grigoriev, S. M. Lucas, R. E. Steele, J. R. Finnerty, U. Technau, M. Q. Martindale, and D. S. Rokhsar (2007). Sea anemone genome reveals ancestral eumetazoan gene repertoire and genomic organization. Science, 317(5834): 86–94. | PDF

Books and Book Chapters
  1. D.C. Lyons, Srivastava, M., and D.Q. Matus. Evolution of developmental mechanisms controlling cell fate. In K. Sears and R. Kliman (Eds.), Encylcopedia of Evolutionary Biology. Oxford: Academic Press. 1:409–19, 2016.
  2. Srivastava, M. A comparative genomics perspective on the origin of multicellularity and early animal evolution. In I. Ruiz-Trillo and A. Nedelcu (Eds.), Evolutionary Transitions to Multicellular Life. Springer. pages 269–99, 2015.