Recent Publications
- 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.
- M. Srivastava. Killing two birds with one cell. Dev. Cell, 47:529-531, 2018.
- L. Ricci and M. Srivastava. Wound-induced cell proliferation during animal regeneration. 10.1002/wdev.321. WIREs Dev. Biol., 2018. | PDF
- 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
- A.R. Gehrke and Srivastava, M. Neoblasts and the evolution of whole-body regeneration. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev., 40:131–37, 2016.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.