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Paul Whitington

Honorary
Anatomy and Physiology
axon guidance
evolutionary development
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
animals
developmental biology
drosophila
drosophila proteins
axons
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Paul Whitington

 
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Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
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Neural Development
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The role played by cell adhesion molecules in promoting the growth of neurons toward their targets

All cells contain on their surface a class of molecules, cell adhesion molecules, that enable them to adhere to other cells in tissues. Cell..

2008 - 2010
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Cellular mechanisms controlling neural crest cell migration along the developing gut

Within the wall of the gut, there are a large number of neurons, probably more than are in the spinal cord. These enteric neurons play an es..

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High resolution cellular and molecular imaging system

Understanding where molecules are within cells, and how they interact with each other, is fundamental to significant advances being made in ..

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How do interactions between axon guidance molecules bring about directed axon growth?

This project deals with a fundamental, yet poorly understood biological problem at the cutting edge of international science - how axons nav..

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Migration and differentiation of enteric neuron precursors

There are many millions of nerve cells within the wall of the intestine, and they control many intestinal functions, including motility. Dur..

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The molecular basis for target selection in the central nervous system by sensory axons

The normal function of the brain depends upon the specific connections that nerve cells make with each other. These connections are set up i..

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Scholarly Works

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Morphological Characterization of the Entire Interneuron Population Reveals Principles of Neuromere Organization in the Ventral Nerve Cord of Drosophila

Christof Rickert, Thomas Kunz, Kerri-Lee Harris, Paul M Whitington, Gerhard M Technau

Journal article  |  2011  |  JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Decisive contributions to our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the development of the nervous system have been made by s..

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The core planar cell polarity gene prickle interacts with flamingo to promote sensory axon advance in the Drosophila embryo

Eli M Mrkusich, Dustin J Flanagan, Paul M Whitington

Journal article  |  2011  |  DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The atypical cadherin Drosophila protein Flamingo and its vertebrate homologues play widespread roles in the regulation of both de..

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When are cellular oscillators sufficient for sequential segmentation?

Rebecca H Chisholm, Barry D Hughes, Kerry A Landman, Georg Mayer, Paul M Whitington

Journal article  |  2011  |  JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Sequential segmentation during embryogenesis involves the generation of a repeated pattern along the embryo, which is concurrently..

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The origins of the arthropod nervous system: Insights from the Onychophora

Paul M Whitington, Georg Mayer

Journal article  |  2011  |  ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

A revision of evolutionary relationships of the Arthropoda has provided fresh impetus to tracing the origins of the nervous system..

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A revision of brain composition in Onychophora (velvet worms) suggests that the tritocerebrum evolved in arthropods

Georg Mayer, Paul M Whitington, Paul Sunnucks, Hans-Joachim Pflueger

Journal article  |  2010  |  BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: The composition of the arthropod head is one of the most contentious issues in animal evolution. In particular, contro..

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Netrin-guided accessory cell morphogenesis dictates the dendrite orientation and migration of a Drosophila sensory neuron

Eli M Mrkusich, Zalina B Osman, Karen E Bates, Julia M Marchingo, Molly Duman-Scheel, Paul M Whitington

Journal article  |  2010  |  DEVELOPMENT

Accessory cells, which include glia and other cell types that develop in close association with neurons, have been shown to play k..

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Neural development in Onychophora (velvet worms) suggests a step-wise evolution of segmentation in the nervous system of Panarthropoda

Georg Mayer, Paul M Whitington

Journal article  |  2009  |  DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A fundamental question in biology is how animal segmentation arose during evolution. One particular challenge is to clarify whethe..

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Velvet worm development links myriapods with chelicerates

Georg Mayer, Paul M Whitington

Journal article  |  2009  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Despite the advent of modern molecular and computational methods, the phylogeny of the four major arthropod groups (Chelicerata, M..

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The atypical cadherin Flamingo is required for sensory axon advance beyond intermediate target cells

Martin C Steinel, Paul M Whitington

Journal article  |  2009  |  DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The Drosophila atypical cadherin Flamingo plays key roles in a number of developmental processes. We have used the sensory nervous..

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The Migratory Behavior of Immature Enteric Neurons

MM Hao, RB Anderson, K Kobayashi, PM Whitington, HM Young

Journal article  |  2009  |  DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY

While they are migrating caudally along the developing gut, around 10%-20% of enteric neural crest-derived cells start to express ..

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Evolutionary Biology
Neurosciences
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Applied Mathematics
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Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Anatomy and Physiology

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

The Australian National University