Frank J. Tulenko

The paper presents a 3-D developmental atlas of the epaulette shark using micro-CT imaging and integrates it with the genome to support comparative studies.

This study shows that dorso-ventral patterning genes in paired fins are conserved in median fins, supporting an ancient origin of the DV regulatory module that was redeployed during paired fin evolution.

The paper investigates the evolution of tissue-specific gene expression across vertebrates and insects, finding that nearly half of ancestral genes have been recruited into tissue-specific transcriptomes.