Héctor Escrivá

This study measures high genomic diversity in the European amphioxus and finds that long-distance larval dispersal maintains a panmictic population structure despite limited adult mobility.

The paper investigates ZGA timing across 61 animal species and finds that genome size to cytoplasm volume ratio predicts ZGA onset.

The paper constructs a single-cell RNA-seq atlas of amphioxus neurula stage to investigate the evolutionary origins of vertebrate head mesoderm.

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.

The paper investigates 5hmC and TET enzyme function in non-vertebrate deuterostomes, showing conserved 5mC removal from regulatory regions across species.

The paper shows that NO and RA pathways interact in amphioxus pharynx development through reciprocal regulation of Aldh1a.2 and Nos genes.

This paper develops a universal developmental staging system for lancelets, applicable across species, using confocal microscopy and growth curve analysis.