NAI
David Jacobs
University of California, Los Angeles
Current Projects
- Environmental Evolution and Complex Life — 2016 NAI
- Early Animals: Sensory Systems and Combinatorial Codes — 2015 NAI
- Early Animals: Modeling the Biotic-Abiotic Interface in the Early Evolution of Multicellular Form — 2015 NAI
- Early Animals: Sensory Systems and Combinatorial Codes — 2014 NAI
- Early Animals: Modeling the Biotic-Abiotic Interface in the Early Evolution of Multicellular Form — 2014 NAI
- Early Animals: What Made “fronds” Grow in Neoproterozoic Deep Seas? — 2013 NAI
- Early Animals: Sensory Systems and Combinatorial Codes — 2013 NAI
- Biomechanics of Rangeomorph Fauna — 2012 NAI
- The Development of Sensory and Nervous Systems in the Basal Branches of the Animal Tree — 2012 NAI
- Evolution and Development of Sensory and Nervous Systems in the Basal Branches of the Animal Tree — 2011 NAI
- Biomechanics of the Rangeomorph Fauna — 2011 NAI
- Evolution and Development of Sensory and Nervous Systems in the Basal Branches of the Animal Tree — 2010 NAI
- Paleoecology of the Mistaken Point Biota — 2010 NAI
- Biomechanics of the Rangeomorph Fauna — 2010 NAI
- Evolution and Development of Sensory and Nervous Systems in the Basal Branches of the Animal Tree — 2009 NAI
- Requirements for the Development and Maintenance of Complex Life — 2008 NAI
- Evolution of Sensory and Neural Systems in Basal Animals — 2004 NAI
- Genomic Evolution and the Tree of Life — 2003 NAI
- Genomic Evolution and the Tree of Life — 2002 NAI
- Astrobiology at UCLA: An Intergrated Multidisciplinary Approach to Research and Education — 2001 NAI
- Astrobiology at UCLA: An Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach to Research and Education — 2000 NAI
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Publications
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Gold, D. A., & Jacobs, D. K. (2012). Stem cell dynamics in Cnidaria: are there unifying principles?. Dev Genes Evol, 223(1-2), 53–66. doi:10.1007/s00427-012-0429-1
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Marshall, C. R., & Jacobs, D. K. (2009). Flourishing After the End-Permian Mass Extinction. Science, 325(5944), 1079–1080. doi:10.1126/science.1178325
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Nakanishi, N., Hartenstein, V., & Jacobs, D. K. (2009). Development of the rhopalial nervous system in Aurelia sp.1 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). Dev Genes Evol, 219(6), 301–317. doi:10.1007/s00427-009-0291-y
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Nakanishi, N., Yuan, D., Hartenstein, V., & Jacobs, D. K. (2010). Evolutionary origin of rhopalia: insights from cellular-level analyses of Otx and POU expression patterns in the developing rhopalial nervous system. Evolution & Development, 12(4), 404–415. doi:10.1111/j.1525-142×.2010.00427.x
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Nakanishi, N., Yuan, D., Jacobs, D. K., & Hartenstein, V. (2008). Early development, pattern, and reorganization of the planula nervous system in Aurelia (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). Dev Genes Evol, 218(10), 511–524. doi:10.1007/s00427-008-0239-7
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Winchell, C. J., & Jacobs, D. K. (2013). Expression of the Lhx genes apterous and lim1 in an errant polychaete: implications for bilaterian appendage evolution, neural development, and muscle diversification. EvoDevo, 4(1), 4. doi:10.1186/2041-9139-4-4
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Winchell, C. J., Valencia, J. E., & Jacobs, D. K. (2010). Confocal analysis of nervous system architecture in direct-developing juveniles of Neanthes arenaceodentata (Annelida, Nereididae). Frontiers in Zoology, 7(1), 17. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-7-17
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Winchell, C. J., Valencia, J. E., & Jacobs, D. K. (2010). Expression of Distal-less, dachshund, and optomotor blind in Neanthes arenaceodentata (Annelida, Nereididae) does not support homology of appendage-forming mechanisms across the Bilateria. Dev Genes Evol, 220(9-10), 275–295. doi:10.1007/s00427-010-0346-0
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Yuan, D., Nakanishi, N., Jacobs, D. K., & Hartenstein, V. (2008). Embryonic development and metamorphosis of the scyphozoan Aurelia. Dev Genes Evol, 218(10), 525–539. doi:10.1007/s00427-008-0254-8
See Project - Davis, G.K., Dietrich, M.R. & Jacobs, D.K. (2009). HOMEOTIC MUTANTS AND THE ASSIMILATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS INTO THE EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS, 1915-1952. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 99: 133-154. See Project
- Ghisalberti, M., Jacobs, D.K., Gold, D.A., Laflamme, M., Clapham, M.E., Narbonne, G., Johnston, D.T. & Summons, R. (2011). Canopy Flow Models Identify A Scaling Advantage For Large Size In The Mistaken Point Rangeomorphs, The Worlds Oldest Community Of Multicellular Eukaryotes. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Minneapolis MN. See Project
- Gold, D.A., Laflamme, M., Johnston, D.T., Summons, R.E. & Jacobs, D.K. (2010). Constraints on the Evolution of the Ediacara with Special Consideration of the Mistaken Point Rangeomorph Fauna. Astrobiology Science Conference 2010: Evolution and Life: Surviving Catastrophes and Extremes on Earth and Beyond. League City, Texas. See Project
- Jacobs, D.K., Gold, D.A., Nakanishi, N., Yuan, D., Camara, A., Nichols, S.A. & Hartenstein, V. (2010). Basal Metazoan Sensory Evolution. In: Desalle, B.S.a.R. (Eds.). Key Transitions in Animal Evolution. CRC Press. See Project
- Winchell, C.J. & Jacobs, D.K. (In Preparation). Expression of the LIM homeobox genes apterous and lim1 during post-embryonic development in the nereidid polychaete Neanthes arenaceodentata. Evolution & Development. See Project
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