Hongshi Yu

Transcriptomic Analysis of MAP3K1 and MAP3K4 in the Developing Marsupial Gonad

Monika Paranjpe, Hongshi Yu, Stephen Frankenberg, Andrew J Pask, Geoff Shaw, Marilyn B Renfree

Journal article  |  2020  |  SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT

MAPKs affect gonadal differentiation in mice and humans, but whether this applies to all mammals is as yet unknown. Thus, we inves..

Androgen and Oestrogen Affect the Expression of Long Non-Coding RNAs During Phallus Development in a Marsupial

Yu Chen, Yoko Kuroki, Geoff Shaw, Andrew J Pask, Hongshi Yu, Atsushi Toyoda, Asao Fujiyama, Marilyn B Renfree

Journal article  |  2019  |  NON-CODING RNA

There is increasing evidence that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are important for normal reproductive development, yet very few l..

Effects of androgen and oestrogen on IGF pathways controlling phallus growth

Yu Chen, Hongshi Yu, Andrew Pask, Asao Fujiyama, Yutaka Suzuki, Sumio Sugano, Geoff Shaw, Marilyn B Renfree

Journal article  |  2019  |  REPRODUCTION

The development of the mammalian phallus involves hormone-dependent mesenchymal-epithelial signalling mechanisms that contribute t..

Hormone-responsive genes in the SHH and WNT/beta-catenin signaling pathways influence urethral closure and phallus growth

Yu Chen, Hongshi Yu, Andrew J Pask, Asao Fujiyama, Yutaka Suzuki, Sumio Sugano, Geoff Shaw, Marilyn B Renfree

Journal article  |  2018  |  BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Environmental endocrine disruptors (EEDs) that affect androgen or estrogen activity may disrupt gene regulation during phallus dev..

Expression of STRA8 is conserved in therian mammals but expression of CYP26B1 differs between marsupials and mice

Danielle E Hickford, Siew Fen Lisa Wong, Stephen R Frankenberg, Geoff Shaw, Hongshi Yu, Keng Yih Chew, Marilyn B Renfree

Journal article  |  2017  |  BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

The first sign of mammalian germ cell sexual differentiation is the initiation of meiosis in females and of mitotic arrest in male..

Prostaglandin D-2 Regulates SOX9 Nuclear Translocation during Gonadal Sex Determination in Tammar Wallaby, Macropus eugenii

Yu Chen, Hongshi Yu, Andrew J Pask, Geoff Shaw, Marilyn B Renfree

Journal article  |  2017  |  Sexual Development

Sex determination and sexual differentiation pathways are highly conserved between marsupials and eutherians. There are 2 differen..

Observation and Quantification of Mating Behavior in the Pinewood Nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Najie Zhu, Liqun Bai, Stefan Schuetz, Baojun Liu, Zhenyu Liu, Xingyao Zhang, Hongshi Yu, Jiafu Hu

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS

A method for observing and quantifying the mating behavior of the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, was established u..

Efficacy of Four Nematicides Against the Reproduction and Development of Pinewood Nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Zhenzhen Bi, Yanting Gong, Xiaojuan Huang, Hongshi Yu, Liqun Bai, Jiafu Hu

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF NEMATOLOGY

To understand the efficacy of emamectin benzoate, avermectin, milbemectin, and thiacloprid on the reproduction and development of ..

ARX/Arx is expressed in germ cells during spermatogenesis in both marsupial and mouse

Hongshi Yu, Andrew J Pask, Yanqiu Hu, Geoff Shaw, Marilyn B Renfree

Journal article  |  2014  |  REPRODUCTION

The X-linked aristaless gene, ARX, is essential for the development of the gonads, forebrain, olfactory bulb, pancreas, and skelet..

Heterochrony in the Regulation of the Developing Marsupial Limb

Keng Yih Chew, Geoffrey Shaw, Hongshi Yu, Andrew J Pask, Marilyn B Renfree

Journal article  |  2014  |  DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

BACKGROUND: At birth, marsupial neonates have precociously developed forelimbs. The development of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eu..