Gavin R. Rice

The paper investigates the regulatory landscape of female and male genital structures in Drosophila melanogaster, finding shared transcription factors and their expression patterns in both sexes.

The paper shows that a Notch signaling center required for a new Drosophila genital structure evolved from a pre-existing role in genital disc eversion.

This study shows that co-opting the trichome genetic network in Drosophila can induce large apical projections on the phallus, demonstrating the flexibility of gene regulatory networks in evolving new morphologies.

The paper examines oviprovector scales in Drosophila species, finding they have divergent sizes and spatial arrangements and are regulated by a conserved gene network similar to trichomes.

The paper maps transcription factor expression in Drosophila melanogaster pupal terminalia using RNA-seq and in situ hybridization, revealing structured patterns and creating an online database for future research.

The paper identifies modular cis-regulatory elements that control doublesex expression in sexually dimorphic structures in Drosophila legs and genitalia.