Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title
2023 Multisensory integration by polymodal sensory neurons dictates larval settlement in a brainless cnidarian larva.Molecular Ecology.  32:3892-3907. 2023
2023 Epidermal threads reveal the origin of hagfish slime.eLife.  12:e81405. 2023
2022 Cophylogeny and convergence shape holobiont evolution in sponge-microbe symbioses.Nature Ecology and Evolution.  6:750-762. 2022
2021 Evolution of a remarkable intracellular polymer and extreme cell allometry in hagfishesCurrent Biology.  31:5062-5068.e4. 2021
2021 Signal, bias, and the role of transcriptome assembly quality in phylogenomic inference.BMC Ecol Evol.  21:43. 2021
2020 The Genome of the Softshell Clam Mya arenaria and the Evolution of Apoptosis.Genome Biology and Evolution.  12:1681-1693. 2020
2020 Signal, bias, and the role of transcriptome assembly quality in phylogenomic inference 2020
2019 The N termini of the inhibitory γ-subunits of phosphodiesterase-6 (PDE6) from rod and cone photoreceptors differentially regulate transducin-mediated PDE6 activation.Journal of Biological Chemistry.  294:8351-8360. 2019
2018 A mosaic of independent innovations involving eyes shut are critical for the evolutionary transition from fused to open rhabdoms.Developmental Biology.  443:188-202. 2018
2018 Cloning and characterization of a second lamprey pituitary glycoprotein hormone, thyrostimulin (GpA2/GpB5).General and Comparative Endocrinology.  264:16-27. 2018
2018 Phylogenomics provides a robust topology of the major cnidarian lineages and insights on the origins of key organismal traitsBMC Evolutionary Biology.  18:68. 2018
2017 Comparative Genomics of Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Beetle-Vectored Fungi in the Genus Geosmithia.Genome Biology and Evolution.  9:3312-3327. 2017
2017 Adaptation to heat stress reduces phenotypic and transcriptional plasticity in a marine copepodFunctional Ecology.  31:398-406. 2017
2016 Ancient origins of metazoan gonadotropin-releasing hormone and their receptors revealed by phylogenomic analyses.General and Comparative Endocrinology.  234:10-19. 2016
2016 Recruitment of Rod Photoreceptors from Short-Wavelength-Sensitive Cones during the Evolution of Nocturnal Vision in Mammals.Developmental Cell.  37:520-532. 2016
2016 Comparative genomics of beetle-vectored fungal pathogens reveals a reduction in genome size and independent evolution of pathogenicity of two tree pathogens 2016
2015 Extracting phylogenetic signal and accounting for bias in whole-genome data sets supports the Ctenophora as sister to remaining Metazoa.BMC Genomics.  16:987. 2015
2014 A critical appraisal of the use of microRNA data in phylogenetics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA.  111:E3659-E3668. 2014
2014 Comparative validation of the D. melanogaster modENCODE transcriptome annotation.Genome Research.  24:1209-1223. 2014
2014 Gene co-expression modules underlying polymorphic and monomorphic zooids in the colonial hydrozoan, Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus.Integrative and Comparative Biology.  54:276-283. 2014
2014 Pan-metazoan phylogeny of the DMRT gene family: a framework for functional studies.Development, Genes and Evolution.  224:175-181. 2014
2013 The importance of tissue specificity for RNA-seq: highlighting the errors of composite structure extractions.BMC Genomics.  14:586. 2013
2013 The utility of shallow RNA-Seq for documenting differential gene expression in genes with high and low levels of expression.PLoS ONE.  8:e84160. 2013
2012 Blue-light-receptive cryptochrome is expressed in a sponge eye lacking neurons and opsin.The Journal of Experimental Biology.  215:1278-1286. 2012
2012 Cnidocyte discharge is regulated by light and opsin-mediated phototransduction.BMC Biology.  10:17. 2012
2010 The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity.Nature.  466:720-726. 2010
2010 The evolution of phototransduction from an ancestral cyclic nucleotide gated pathway.Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.  277:1963-1969. 2010
2010 Gene duplication and the origins of morphological complexity in pancrustacean eyes, a genomic approach.BMC Evolutionary Biology.  10:123. 2010
2008 Isolation and expression of Pax6 and atonal homologues in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus.Developmental Dynamics.  237:2209-2219. 2008
2007 Furcation, field-splitting, and the evolutionary origins of novelty in arthropod photoreceptors.Arthropod Structure and Development.  36:386-400. 2007
2007 Key transitions during the evolution of animal phototransduction: novelty, "tree-thinking," co-option, and co-duplication.Integrative and Comparative Biology.  47:759-769. 2007
2007 The origins of novel protein interactions during animal opsin evolution.PLoS ONE.  2:e1054. 2007
2005 New insights into the evolutionary history of photoreceptor cells.Trends in Ecology and Evolution.  20:465-467. 2005
2004 NOVOcan: a molecular link among selected glial cellsBiophysical Chemistry.  108:245-258. 2004
2004 NOVOcan: a molecular link among selected glial cells.Biophysical Chemistry.  108:245-258. 2004
2002 Oligodendrocytes express an alpha/beta-interferon-susceptible Mx gene: molecular characterization of the encoded protein.Glia.  37:183-189. 2002
2001 Oligodendrocyte transmembrane protein: a novel member of the glutamate-binding protein subfamily.Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  283:900-907. 2001

Chapter

Year Title
2011 Key Transitions During Animal Phototransduction Evolution: Co-duplication as a Null Hypothesis for the Evolutionary Origins of Novel Traits.  217-237. 2011

Teaching Activities

  • Comparative Genomics Taught course 2023
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  • Doctoral Thesis Taught course 2023
  • Honors Senior Thesis Taught course 2023
  • Honors/Principles of Genetics Taught course 2023
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  • Doctoral Thesis Taught course 2022
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  • Honors/Principles of Genetics Taught course 2022
  • Molecular Evolution Taught course 2022
  • Principles of Genetics Taught course 2022
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  • Doctoral Thesis Taught course 2021
  • Comparative Genomics Taught course 2021
  • Doctoral Thesis Taught course 2021
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  • Doctoral Thesis Taught course 2020
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  • Molecular Evolution Taught course 2020
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  • Adv Rsrch Exp/MCBS Taught course 2019
  • Doctoral Thesis Taught course 2019
  • Comparative Genomics Taught course 2019
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  • Principles of Genetics Taught course 2019
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  • Rsrch Exp/MCBS Taught course 2019
  • Undergrad Teaching Experience Taught course 2019
  • Doctoral Thesis Taught course 2018
  • Marine Ecological Genomics Taught course 2018
  • Marine Ecological Genomics Taught course 2018
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2018
  • Honors Senior Thesis Taught course 2018
  • Honors Senior Thesis Taught course 2018
  • Molecular Evolution Taught course 2018
  • Molecular Evolution Taught course 2018
  • Molecular Evolution Taught course 2018
  • Rsrch Exp/MCBS Taught course 2018
  • Honors Senior Thesis Taught course 2017
  • Principles of Genetics Taught course 2017
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  • Principles of Genetics/Honors Taught course 2017
  • Comparative Genomics Taught course 2017
  • Comparative Genomics Taught course 2017
  • Contemp Top Molec/Cell/Biomed Taught course 2017
  • Investigations Taught course 2017
  • Adv Rsrch Exp/MCBS Taught course 2016
  • Contemp Top Molec/Cell/Biomed Taught course 2016
  • Investigations Taught course 2016
  • Principles of Genetics Taught course 2016
  • Undergrad Teaching Experience Taught course 2016
  • Comparative Genomics Taught course 2016
  • Comparative Genomics Taught course 2016
  • Contemp Top Molec/Cell/Biomed Taught course 2016
  • Investigations Taught course 2016
  • Investigations Taught course 2016
  • Rsrch Exp/MCBS Taught course 2016
  • Adv Rsrch Exp/MCBS Taught course 2015
  • Field Experience Taught course 2015
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  • Investigations Taught course 2015
  • Principles of Genetics Taught course 2015
  • Principles of Genetics Taught course 2015
  • Rsrch Exp/MCBS Taught course 2015
  • Comparative Genomics Taught course 2015
  • Comparative Genomics Taught course 2015
  • Senior Honors Thesis Taught course 2015
  • Adv Rsrch Exp/MCBS Taught course 2014
  • Principles of Genetics Taught course 2014
  • Senior Honors Thesis Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

  • B.S. Biology, Northern Michigan Univ
  • M.S. Biology, Northern Michigan Univ
  • Ph.D. Ecology and Marine Biology, University of California - Santa Barbara
  • Full Name

  • David Plachetzki