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Benjamin Acosta

Boston College

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:zebrafish· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 1

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Thyroid hormone regulates proximodistal identity in the fin skeleton

Melody Harper, Yinan Hu, Joan C. Donahue, Benjamin Acosta, Flora Dievenich Braes, Stacy Nguyen, Jenny Zeng, Julianna Barbaro, Hyungwoo Lee, Hoa Bui, Sarah K. McMenamin

This study shows thyroid hormone regulates proximodistal identity in fin rays, affecting gene expression, morphogenesis, and morphology across species and developmental stages.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · May 15, 2023Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

Thyroid hormone coordinates developmental trajectories but does not underlie developmental truncation in Danionins

Yinan Hu, Angela Mauri, Joan C. Donahue, Rajendra Pal Singh, Benjamin Acosta, Sarah K. McMenamin

The paper investigates the role of thyroid hormone in developmental trajectories and paedomorphosis in Danionella and zebrafish, finding TH regulates growth patterns but not paedomorphosis.

Developmental Dynamics · Jun 22, 2019Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology