Publications

1. Fallahshahroudi A, Yousefi Taemeh S, Rodríguez-Montes L, Trost N, Frank D, Lafrenz P, Koubek J, Tellez G Jr, Ballantyne M, Idoko-Akoh A, Taylor L, Sherman A, Davey M, Ma C, Sorato E, Johnsson M, Grozou C, Xue Y, Liu L, Kramer G, Rubin CJ, Cardoso-Moreira M, McGrew MJ, Kaessmann H. A male essential miRNA is key for avian sex chromosome dosage compensation. Nature. 2025  Sep;645(8079):148-157. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09256-9. Epub 2025 Jul 16. PMID: 40670784;  PMCID: PMC12408383. 
2. Batho-Samblas C, Smith J, Keavey L, Clancy N, McTeir L, Davey MG. Characterisation of the avascular mesenchyme during digit outgrowth. Dev Biol. 2025 Apr 8;523:99-110. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.04.005. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40210155 McGrew MJ, Holmes T, Davey MG. A scientific case for revisiting the embryonic chicken model in biomedical research. Dev Biol. 2025 Jun;522:220-226. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.02.013. Epub 2025 Feb 25. PMID: 40015500 
3. Wolton M, Davey MG, Dietrich S. At early stages of heart development, the first and second heart fields are a continuum of lateral head mesoderm-derived, cardiogenic cells. Dev Biol. 2025 Apr;520:200-223. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.01.009. Epub 2025 Jan 21. PMID: 39848483 
4. Doddamani D, Carlson DF, McTeir L, Taylor L, Nandi S, Davey MG, McGrew MJ, Glover JD. PRDM14 is essential for vertebrate gastrulation and safeguards avian germ cell identity. Dev Biol. 2025 May;521:129-137. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.02.005. Epub 2025 Feb 10. PMID: 39938772 
5. Oh JDH, Freem L, Saunders DDZ, McTeir L, Gilhooley H, Jackson M, Glover JD, Smith J, Schoenebeck JJ, Lettice LA, Sang HM, Davey MG (2024). Insights into digit evolution from a fate map study of the forearm using Chameleon, a new transgenic chicken line. Development;151(13):dev202340. doi: 10.1242/dev.202340. PMID: 38828852; PMCID: PMC11234372. 

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