Selected Publications for Elaine Seaver


  • Pernet, B., Amiel, A. and Seaver, E. C. (2012). Effects of maternal investment on larvae and juveniles of the annelid Capitella teleta determined by experimental reduction of embryo energy content. Invertebrate Biology DOI: 10.111/j.1744-7410.2012.00263.x.

  • Seaver, E. C., Yamaguchi, E., Richards, G. S. and Meyer, N. P. (2012). Expression of the pair-rule gene homologues runt, Pax3/7, even-skipped-1 and even-skipped-2 during larval and juvenile development of the polychaete annelid Capitella teleta does not support a role in segmentation EvoDevo 3:8.

  • Giani, V. C. Jr., Yamaguchi, E. and Seaver, E. C. (2011). Somatic and germ line expression of piwi throughout the life cycle of the polychaete annelid Capitella teleta. EvoDevo 2:10.

  • Meyer, N. P. and Seaver, E. C. (2010). Cell lineage and fate map of the primary somatoblast of the polychaete annelid Capitella teleta. Integrative and Comparative Biology 50(5):756-67.

  • Cho, S.-J., Valles, Y., Giani, V. C., Seaver, E. C. and Weisblat, D. A. (2010). Evolutionary dynamics of the Wnt gene family: a lophotrochozoan perspective. Molecular Biology and Evolution doi:10.1093/molbev/msq052.

  • Meyer, N. P., Boyle, M. J., Martindale, M. Q. and Seaver, E. C. (2010). A comprehensive fate map by intracellular injection of identified blastomeres in the marine polychaete Capitella teleta. EvoDevo 1:8.

  • Shimeld, S. M., Boyle, M. J., Brunet, T., Luke, G. N., and Seaver, E. C. (2010) Clustered Fox genes in Iophotrochozoans and the evolution of the bilaterian Fox gene cluster. Developmental Biology 340(2):234-48.

  • Boyle, M. J. and Seaver, E. C. (2010) Expression of FoxA and GATA transcription factors correlates with regionalized gut development in two lophotrochozoan marine worms: Chaetopterus (Annelida) and Themiste Iageniformis (Sipuncula). EvoDevo 1:2.

  • Meyer, N. P. and Seaver, E. C. (2009) Neurogenesis in an annelid: characterization of neural progenitors in the polychaete Capitella sp. I. Developmental Biology 335(1): 237-52. PDF

  • Boyle, M.J. and Seaver, E.C. (2009) Evidence of a dorsal pharynx in the marine polychaete, Capitella sp. I (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). Zootaxa 2: 317-328. PDF

  • Fröbius, A.C., Matus, D.Q., and Seaver E.C. (2008) Genomic Organization and Expression Demonstrate Spatial and Temporal Hox Gene Colinearity in the Lophotrochozoan Capitella sp. I. PLoS ONE 3(12): e4004. PDF

  • Dill, K.K. and Seaver, E.C. (2008)Vasa and nanos are co-expressed in somatic and germ line tissue from early embryonic cleavage stages through adulthood in the polychaete Capitella sp. I. Development, Genes and Evolution 218(9):453-63. PDF

  • Thamm, K. and Seaver, E. C. (2008) Notch signaling during larval and juvenile segmentation in the polychaete annelid Capitella sp. I. Developmental Biology 320(1):304-318. PDF

  • Boyle, M. J. and Seaver, E. C. (2008) Developmental expression of foxA and gata genes during gut formation in the polychaete annelid, Capitella sp. I. Evolution and Development 10(1):89-105. PDF

  • Dill, K. K., Thamm, K. and Seaver, E. C. (2007) Characterization of twist and snail gene expression during mesoderm and nervous system development in the polychaete annelid Capitella sp. I. Development, Genes and Evolution 217(6):435-47. PDF

  • Fröbius, A. C. and Seaver, E. C. (2006) Capitella sp. I homeobrain-like, the first lophotrochozoan member of a novel paired-like homeobox gene family. Mechanisms of Development 6(8):985-91.PDF

  • Irvine, S. Q. and Seaver, E. C. (2006). Early Annelid Development, A Molecular Perspective. in Greg Rouse and Fredrick Pleijel, eds. Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Annelida. Pp. 93-140. Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny, v. 4. Barrie G.M. Jamieson, series ed. Science Publishers: Enfield, NH.

  • Fröbius, A. C. and Seaver, E. C. (2006) ParaHox gene expression in the polychaete annelid Capitella sp. I. Development, Genes and Evolution 216(2): 81-88. PDF

  • Seaver, E. C. and Kaneshige, L. M. 2006. Expression of 'segmentation' genes during larval and juvenile development in the polychaetes Capitella sp. I and H. elegans. Developmental Biology 289: 179-194. PDF

  • Seaver, E. C. , Thamm, K., and Hill, S. (2005) Growth patterns during segment formation in the two annelids Capitella sp. I and Hydroides elegans: comparisons at distinct life history stages. Evolution and Development 7(4): 312-326. PDF

  • Seaver, E. C. (2003) Segmentation: mono or polyphyletic? Int. J. Dev Biol. 47: 583-595. PDF

  • Seaver, E. C., Paulson, D., Irvine, S. Q. and Martindale, M. Q. (2001) The spatial and temporal expression the Ch-en, the engrailed gene in the polychaete Chaetopterus does not support a role in body axis segmentation. Developmental Biology 236: 195-209. [Abstract]

  • Shankland, M., and Seaver, E. C. (2000) Evolution of the bilaterian body plan: what have we learned from annelids? PNAS 97: 4434-4437. [PDF]