Maurice R Elphick

23PUBLICATIONS
38CO-AUTHORS
Proteins and peptidesAnimal developmental and reproductive biologyAnimal systematics and taxonomyEvolution of developmental systemsPhylogeny and comparative analysis
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Publications (23)

|Jun 23, 2026
The evolution and functional significance of neuropeptide cocktails: insights from SALMFamides in asteroid echinoderms.

|Feb 19, 2026
Evolution of neurohormone function revealed by actions of kisspeptin-type peptides in an echinoderm.

Tabinda Islam, Luis A Yañez-Guerra, Dean C Semmens

|Nov 21, 2025
Functional characterization of neuropeptides that act as ligands for both calcitonin-type and pigment-dispersing factor-type receptors in a deuterostome.

Xiao Cong, Huachen Liu, Lihua Liu

|Mar 28, 2025
Discovery and functional characterization of a bombesin-type neuropeptide signaling system in an invertebrate.

Weiling Huang, Xingxing Zhong, Cleidiane G Zampronio

|Feb 26, 2025
Receptor deorphanization in starfish reveals the evolution of relaxin signaling as a regulator of reproduction.

Yuling Feng, Nayeli Escudero Castelán, Mohammed Akhter Hossain

|Aug 21, 2024
A feather star is born: embryonic development and nervous system organization in the crinoid Antedon mediterranea.

Silvia Mercurio, Giacomo Gattoni, Giorgio Scarì

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Frequent Collaborators

6 joint publications

Luis Alfonso Yañez-Guerra

4 joint publications

Nayeli Escudero Castelán

3 joint publications

Ana B Tinoco

3 joint publications

Antón Barreiro-Iglesias