V. Hinman

New hypotheses of cell type diversity and novelty from comparative single cell and nuclei transcriptomics in echinoderms

This paper develops a gene expression atlas of the bat star using snRNA-seq and compares it to sea urchin embryos to reinterpret the evolution of cell types.

Developmental transcriptomes of the sea star, Patiria miniata, illuminate the relationship between conservation of gene expression and morphological conservation

This paper compares developmental transcriptomes of sea stars and sea urchins to show that gene expression conservation decreases with evolutionary distance, supporting the hourglass model of phylotypic stage conservation.