Publications

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    2025

  1. Ainsworth, A., Zhao, Y., Gao, K., Gravina, N., Goldberg, Z., Pinkerton, C., Rifkin, S.A., Ernst, A., Garcia, H., and M. W. Perry. 2025. Cell fate ratios are encoded by transcriptional dynamics in the Drosophila retina. Current Biology, Jun 5:S0960-9822(25)00653-0. PMID: 40499552

    2. 2024

  2. Gao, K., Donati, A., Ainsworth, J., Wu, D., Terner, E.R., and M. W. Perry. 2024. Deep conservation complemented by novelty and innovation in the insect eye ground plan. PNAS, 122 (1), e2416562122. PMID: 39793041

    3. 2023

  3. Agarwal, D., Dash, N., Mazo, K.W., … Perry, M. W., Rho, J.M., Broyer, R., Cassidy, D.L., Weinreb, R.N., Gavrilovici, C., Oesch, N.W., Welsbie, D.S., and Wahlin, K.J.
    2023. Human retinal ganglion cell neurons generated by synchronous BMP inhibition and transcription factor mediated reprogramming. npj Regenerative Medicine, 8, Article number 55. PMID: 37773257

  4. Sieriebriennikov, B., Porter, M.L., Mlejnek, J., Short, K., Lebhardt, F., Holguera, I., Desplan, C., and M. W. Perry. 2023. Whole genome sequencing of a long-legged fly Condylostylus longicornis from Hawai’i. Frontiers in Genetics, 14, 1325213. PMID: 38146342

  5. Bui M., Dalla Benetta, E., Dong, Y., Zhao, Y., Yang, T., Li, M., Antoshechkin, I., Buchman, A., Bottino-Rojas, James, A., Perry, M.W., Dimopoulous, G., and O. Akbari. 2023. CRISPR mediated transactivation in the human disease vector Aedes aegypti. PLoS Pathogens, 19: e1010842. PMID: 36656895 

  6. Hanley J.H., Loh, L.S., Mazo-Vargas, A., Rivera-Miranda, T.S., Livraghi, L., … Ainsworth, J., Rossi, M., Papa, R., McMillan, O.W., Perry, M.W., and A. Martin. 2023. Frizzled2 receives WntA signaling during butterfly wing pattern formation. Development. PMID: 37602496 

    7. 2021

  7. Livraghi, L., Hanly, J.J., Van Bellghem, S.M., Montejo-Kovacevich, G., van der Heijden, E.S., Loh, L.S., Ren, A., Warren, I.A., Lewis, J.J., Concha, C., Hebberecht, L., Wright, C.J., Walker, J.M., Foley, J., Goldberg, Z.H., Arenas-Castro, H., Salazar, C., Perry, M.W., Papa, R., Martin, A., McMillan, W.O., and C.D. Jiggins. 2021. Cortex cis-regulatory switches establish scale colour identity and pattern diversity in Heliconius. Elife v. 10: e68549. PMID: 34280087 

  8. Buchman, A., Shriner, I., Yang, T., Liu, J., Antoshechkin, I., Marshall, J.M., Perry, M.W., and O. Akbari.
    2021. Engineered reproductively isolated species drive reversible population replacement. Nature Communications, 12: 3281. PMID: 34078888 

    9. 2019

  9. Woronik, A., Tunstrom, K., Perry, M.W., Neethiraj, R., …, and C. Wheat. 2019. A transposable element insertion is associated with an alternative life history strategy. Nature Communications, 10: 5757. PMID: 318488330 

  10. Perry, M.W., C. Desplan. 2019. Sexual Differentiation: A matter of timing
    Elife, 8: e41523.

    11. 2018

  11. Ebadi, H., Perry, M.W., Short, K., Klemm, K., Desplan, C., Stadler, P., and A. Mehta. 2018. Patterning the insect eye: from stochastic to deterministic mechanisms.
    PLoS Comp Biol, 14: e1006363. PMID: 30439954

    12. 2017

  12. Perry, M.W., Konstantinides, N., Pinto-Teixeira, F., and Desplan, C. 2017. Generation and evolution of neural cell types and circuits: insights from the Drosophila visual system. Annual Reviews of Genetics, 51: 501-527. PMID: 28961025

  13. Yan, H., Opachaloemphan, C., Mancini, G., Yang, H., Gallitto, M., Mlejnek, J., Leibholz, A., Haight, K., Ghaninia, M., Huo, L., Perry, M.W., Slone, J., Zhou, X., Traficante, M., Penick, C., Dolezal, D., Gokhale, D., Stevens, D., Fetter-Pruneda, I., Bonasio, R., Zwibel, L.J., Berger, S., Liebig, J., Reinberg, D., and Desplan, C. 2017. An engineered orco mutation produces aberrant social behavior and defective neural development in ants.
    Cell, 170: 736-747. PMID: 28802043

  14. Zhang, L., Martin, A., Perry, M.W., Burg, K., Matsuoka, Y., Monteiro, A., and R. Reed. 2017. Genetic basis of melanin pigmentation in butterfly wings.
    Genetics, 205:1537-1550. PMID: 28193726

    15. 2016

  15. Perry, M.W., Kinoshita, M., Saldi, G., Huo, L., Arikawa, K., and C. Desplan. 2016. Molecular logic behind the three-way stochastic choices that expand butterfly color vision.
    Nature, 535: 280-284. PMID: 27383790

  16. Perry, M.W., and C. Desplan.
    2016. Quick Guide: Love spots.
    Current Biology, 26: R1-R2. PMID: 27326705

    17. 2015

  17. Bothma, J.P., Garcia, H.G., Ng, S., Perry, M.W., Gregor, T., and M. Levine
    2015. Enhancer additivity and non-additivity are determined by enhancer strength in the Drosophila embryo.
    Elife, 4: e07956. PMID: 26267217

  18. Wernet, M.F, Perry, M.W., and C. Desplan.
    2015. The evolutionary diversity of insect retinal mosaics: common design principles and emerging molecular logic.
    Trends Genetics, 31(6): 316-28. PMID: 26025917

    19. 2013

  19. Perry, M.W., and C. Desplan.
    2013. Opposing feedbacks on Ras tune receptor tyrosine kinase signaling. Science Signaling, 6: 300. PMID: 24194582

    20. 2012

  20. Perry, M.W., Bothma, J., Luu, R.L., and M. Levine.
    2012. Precision of Hunchback expression in the Drosophila embryo. Current Biology, 22: 2247-2252. PMID: 23122844

    21. 2011

  21. Hilgers, V., Perry, M.W., Hendrix, D., Stark, A., Levine, M., and B. Haley. 2011. Neural-specific elongation of 3’ UTRs during Drosophila development. PNAS, 108: 15864-9. Article PMID: 21896737

  22. Perry, M.W., Boettiger, A., Levine, M.
    2011. Shadow enhancers ensure precision of gap gene expression patterns in the Drosophila embryo.
    PNAS, 108: 13570-5. PMID: 21825127

    23. 2010

  23. Perry, M.W.*, Boettiger, A.*, Bothma, J. and Levine, M.
    2010. Shadow enhancers foster robustness of Drosophila gastrulation. Current Biology, 20: 1562-1567. PMID: 20797865

    24. 2009

  24. Perry, M.W., Boettiger, A., Cande, J. and M. Levine.
    2009. Evolution of Insect Dorsoventral Patterning Mechanisms.
    Cold Spring Harb Symp on Quant Biol, 74: 275-279. PMID: 19843594

    25. 2007

  25. Parchem, R.J., Perry, M.W., and N.H. Patel.
    2007. Patterns on the insect wing.
    Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, 17: 300-308. PMID: 17627807