Oliver Griffith

Novel tissue interactions support the evolution of placentation.

Oliver W Griffith

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Morphology

Organ development occurs through the coordinated interaction of distinct tissue types. So, a question at the core of understanding..

Evolution of embryo implantation was enabled by the origin of decidual stromal cells in eutherian mammals.

Arun R Chavan, Oliver W Griffith, Daniel Stadtmauer, Jamie Maziarz, Mihaela Pavlicev, Ruth Fishman, Lee Koren, Roberto Romero, Günter P Wagner

Journal article  |  2020  |  Molecular Biology and Evolution

Mammalian pregnancy evolved in the therian stem lineage, that is, before the common ancestor of marsupials and eutherian (placenta..

Endometrial recognition of pregnancy occurs in the grey short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica)

Oliver W Griffith, Arun R Chavan, Mihaela Pavlicev, Stella Protopapas, Ryan Callahan, Jamie Maziarz, Gunter P Wagner

Journal article  |  2019  |  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Are there general laws for digit evolution in squamates? The loss and re-evolution of digits in a clade of fossorial lizards (Brachymeles, Scincinae)

Gunter P Wagner, Oliver W Griffith, Philip J Bergmann, Gaelle Bello-Hellegouarch, Tiana Kohlsdorf, Anjan Bhullars, Cameron D Siler

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Morphology

The mammalian decidual cell evolved from a cellular stress response

Eric M Erkenbrack, Jamie D Maziarz, Oliver W Griffith, Cong Liang, Arun R Chavan, Mauris C Nnamani, Gunter P Wagner

Journal article  |  2018  |  PLOS Biology

Mechanisms of reproductive allocation as drivers of developmental plasticity in reptiles

James U Van Dyke, Oliver W Griffith

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology

Candidate genes involved in the evolution of viviparity: a RAD sequencing experiment in the lizard Zootoca vivipara (Squamata: Lacertidae)

Luca Cornetti, Oliver W Griffith, Andrea Benazzo, Alex Panziera, Camilla M Whittington, Michael B Thompson, Cristiano Vernesi, Giorgio Bertorelle

Journal article  |  2018  |  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

The mammalian decidual cell evolved from a cellular stress response

Eric Erkenbrack, Jamie Maziarz, Oliver Griffith, Cong Liang, Arun Chavan, Günter Wagner

Journal article  |  2018

Abstract Among animal species, cell types vary greatly in terms of number and kind. The broad range of number of cell types among ..

REPLY TO LIU: Inflammation before implantation both in evolution and development

Oliver W Griffith, Arun R Chavan, Stella Protopapas, Jamie Maziarz, Roberto Romero, Gunter P Wagner

Journal article  |  2018  |  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The inflammation paradox in the evolution of mammalian pregnancy: turning a foe into a friend

Arun Rajendra Chavan, Oliver William Griffith, Gunter Paul Wagner

Journal article  |  2017  |  Current Opinion in Genetics & Development