ZFIN Person: Westerfield, Monte

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-676

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-676

Westerfield, Monte

Email:	monte@uoneuro.uoregon.edu
URL:	https://ion.uoregon.edu/research/faculty-page/264
Affiliation:	Westerfield Lab and also: Zebrafish International Resource Center (ZIRC) ZFIN Database Team
Address:	Institute of Neuroscience 1254 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1254 USA
Country:	United States
Phone:	(541) 346-4607
Fax:	(541) 346-4548
ORCID ID:

BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

A.B., Princeton University
Ph.D., Duke University

Research Interests:

Our laboratory studies the molecular genetic basis of human diseases, particularly Usher syndrome, the leading cause of combined deafness and blindness, as well as other diseases of the eye and ear.

We use zebrafish and a combination of anatomical, physiological, molecular, and genetic techniques. The goal of our research is to identify disease-causing genes, to elucidate what goes wrong during disease, and to develop preclinical trials for new therapies.

Current research focuses on developing models of human disease. In particular, we are making and studying models of Usher syndrome.

PUBLICATIONS

Bradford, Y.M., Van Slyke, C.E., Howe, D.G., Fashena, D., Frazer, K., Martin, R., Paddock, H., Pich, C., Ramachandran, S., Ruzicka, L., Singer, A., Taylor, R., Tseng, W.C., Westerfield, M. (2023) From Multi-Allele Fish to Non-Standard Environments, How ZFIN Assigns Phenotypes, Human Disease Models, and Gene Expression Annotations to Genes. Genetics. 224(1):

Baranasic, D., Hörtenhuber, M., Balwierz, P.J., Zehnder, T., Mukarram, A.K., Nepal, C., Várnai, C., Hadzhiev, Y., Jimenez-Gonzalez, A., Li, N., Wragg, J., D'Orazio, F.M., Relic, D., Pachkov, M., Díaz, N., Hernández-Rodríguez, B., Chen, Z., Stoiber, M., Dong, M., Stevens, I., Ross, S.E., Eagle, A., Martin, R., Obasaju, O., Rastegar, S., McGarvey, A.C., Kopp, W., Chambers, E., Wang, D., Kim, H.R., Acemel, R.D., Naranjo, S., Łapiński, M., Chong, V., Mathavan, S., Peers, B., Sauka-Spengler, T., Vingron, M., Carninci, P., Ohler, U., Lacadie, S.A., Burgess, S.M., Winata, C., van Eeden, F., Vaquerizas, J.M., Gómez-Skarmeta, J.L., Onichtchouk, D., Brown, B.J., Bogdanovic, O., van Nimwegen, E., Westerfield, M., Wardle, F.C., Daub, C.O., Lenhard, B., Müller, F. (2022) Multiomic atlas with functional stratification and developmental dynamics of zebrafish cis-regulatory elements. Nature Genetics. 54(7):1037-1050

Schellens, R.T.W., Slijkerman, R.W.N., Hetterschijt, L., Peters, T., Broekman, S., Clemént, A., Westerfield, M., Phillips, J.B., Boldt, K., Kremer, H., De Vrieze, E., Van Wijk, E. (2022) Affinity purification of in vivo assembled whirlin-associated protein complexes from the zebrafish retina. Journal of proteomics. 266:104666

Alliance of Genome Resources Consortium (2022) Harmonizing model organism data in the Alliance of Genome Resources. Genetics. 220(4):

Bradford, Y.M., Van Slyke, C.E., Ruzicka, L., Singer, A., Eagle, A., Fashena, D., Howe, D.G., Frazer, K., Martin, R., Paddock, H., Pich, C., Ramachandran, S., Westerfield, M. (2022) Zebrafish Information Network, the knowledgebase for Danio rerio research. Genetics. 220(4):

Howe, D.G., Ramachandran, S., Bradford, Y.M., Fashena, D., Toro, S., Eagle, A., Frazer, K., Kalita, P., Mani, P., Martin, R., Moxon, S.T., Paddock, H., Pich, C., Ruzicka, L., Schaper, K., Shao, X., Singer, A., Van Slyke, C.E., Westerfield, M. (2020) The Zebrafish Information Network: major gene page and home page updates. Nucleic acids research. 49(D1):D1058-D1064

Blanco-Sánchez, B., Clément, A., Stednitz, S.J., Kyle, J., Peirce, J.L., McFadden, M., Wegner, J., Phillips, J.B., Macnamara, E., Huang, Y., Adams, D.R., Toro, C., Gahl, W.A., Malicdan, M.C.V., Tifft, C.J., Zink, E.M., Bloodsworth, K.J., Stratton, K.G., Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Koeller, D.M., Metz, T.O., Washbourne, P., Westerfield, M. (2020) yippee like 3 (ypel3) is a novel gene required for myelinating and perineurial glia development. PLoS Genetics. 16:e1008841

Burrage, L.C., Reynolds, J.J., Baratang, N.V., Phillips, J.B., Wegner, J., McFarquhar, A., Higgs, M.R., Christiansen, A.E., Lanza, D.G., Seavitt, J.R., Jain, M., Li, X., Parry, D.A., Raman, V., Chitayat, D., Chinn, I.K., Bertuch, A.A., Karaviti, L., Schlesinger, A.E., Earl, D., Bamshad, M., Savarirayan, R., Doddapaneni, H., Muzny, D., Jhangiani, S.N., Eng, C.M., Gibbs, R.A., Bi, W., Emrick, L., Rosenfeld, J.A., Postlethwait, J., Westerfield, M., Dickinson, M.E., Beaudet, A.L., Ranza, E., Huber, C., Cormier-Daire, V., Shen, W., Mao, R., Heaney, J.D., Orange, J.S., University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics, Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Bertola, D., Yamamoto, G.L., Baratela, W.A.R., Butler, M.G., Ali, A., Adeli, M., Cohn, D.H., Krakow, D., Jackson, A.P., Lees, M., Offiah, A.C., Carlston, C.M., Carey, J.C., Stewart, G.S., Bacino, C.A., Campeau, P.M., Lee, B. (2019) Bi-allelic Variants in TONSL Cause SPONASTRIME Dysplasia and a Spectrum of Skeletal Dysplasia Phenotypes. American journal of human genetics. 104(3):422-438

Ruzicka, L., Howe, D.G., Ramachandran, S., Toro, S., Van Slyke, C.E., Bradford, Y.M., Eagle, A., Fashena, D., Frazer, K., Kalita, P., Mani, P., Martin, R., Moxon, S.T., Paddock, H., Pich, C., Schaper, K., Shao, X., Singer, A., Westerfield, M. (2019) The Zebrafish Information Network: new support for non-coding genes, richer Gene Ontology annotations and the Alliance of Genome Resources. Nucleic acids research. 47(D1):D867-D873

Blanco-Sánchez, B., Clément, A., Fierro, J., Stednitz, S., Phillips, J.B., Wegner, J., Panlilio, J.M., Peirce, J.L., Washbourne, P., Westerfield, M. (2018) Grxcr1 Promotes Hair Bundle Development by Destabilizing the Physical Interaction between Harmonin and Sans Usher Syndrome Proteins. Cell Reports. 25:1281-1291.e4

Ferreira, C.R., Xia, Z.J., Clément, A., Parry, D.A., Davids, M., Taylan, F., Sharma, P., Turgeon, C.T., Blanco-Sánchez, B., Ng, B.G., Logan, C.V., Wolfe, L.A., Solomon, B.D., Cho, M.T., Douglas, G., Carvalho, D.R., Bratke, H., Haug, M.G., Phillips, J.B., Wegner, J., Tiemeyer, M., Aoki, K., Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Scottish Genome Partnership, Nordgren, A., Hammarsjö, A., Duker, A.L., Rohena, L., Hove, H.B., Ek, J., Adams, D., Tifft, C.J., Onyekweli, T., Weixel, T., Macnamara, E., Radtke, K., Powis, Z., Earl, D., Gabriel, M., Russi, A.H.S., Brick, L., Kozenko, M., Tham, E., Raymond, K.M., Phillips, J.A., Tiller, G.E., Wilson, W.G., Hamid, R., Malicdan, M.C.V., Nishimura, G., Grigelioniene, G., Jackson, A., Westerfield, M., Bober, M.B., Gahl, W.A., Freeze, H.H. (2018) A Recurrent De Novo Heterozygous COG4 Substitution Leads to Saul-Wilson Syndrome, Disrupted Vesicular Trafficking, and Altered Proteoglycan Glycosylation. American journal of human genetics. 103:553-567

Clément, A., Blanco-Sánchez, B., Peirce, J.L., Westerfield, M. (2018) Cog4 is required for protrusion and extension of the epithelium in the developing semicircular canals. Mechanisms of Development. 155:1-7

Dona, M., Slijkerman, R., Lerner, K., Broekman, S., Wegner, J., Howat, T., Peters, T., Hetterschijt, L., Boon, N., de Vrieze, E., Sorusch, N., Wolfrum, U., Kremer, H., Neuhauss, S., Zang, J., Kamermans, M., Westerfield, M., Phillips, J., van Wijk, E. (2018) Usherin defects lead to early-onset retinal dysfunction in zebrafish. Experimental Eye Research. 173:148-159

Matthews, J.L., Murphy, J.M., Carmichael, C., Yang, H., Tiersch, T., Westerfield, M., Varga, Z.M. (2018) Changes to Extender, Cryoprotective Medium, and In Vitro Fertilization Improve Zebrafish Sperm Cryopreservation. Zebrafish. 15(3):279-290

Postlethwait, J., Batzel, P., and Westerfield, M. (2018) Bioinformatics and Literature Analysis Gene Expression Data Submission. ZFIN Direct Data Submission.

Wangler, M.F., Yamamoto, S., Chao, H.T., Posey, J.E., Westerfield, M., Postlethwait, J., Hieter, P., Boycott, K.M., Campeau, P.M., Bellen, H.J. (2017) Model Organisms Facilitate Rare Disease Diagnosis and Therapeutic Research. Genetics. 207:9-27

Bradford, Y.M., Toro, S., Ramachandran, S., Ruzicka, L., Howe, D.G., Eagle, A., Kalita, P., Martin, R., Taylor Moxon, S.A., Schaper, K., Westerfield, M. (2017) Zebrafish Models of Human Disease: Gaining Insight into Human Disease at ZFIN. ILAR journal. 58:4-16

Howe, D.G., Bradford, Y.M., Eagle, A., Fashena, D., Frazer, K., Kalita, P., Mani, P., Martin, R., Moxon, S.T., Paddock, H., Pich, C., Ramachandran, S., Ruzicka, L., Schaper, K., Shao, X., Singer, A., Toro, S., Van Slyke, C., Westerfield, M. (2017) The Zebrafish Model Organism Database: new support for human disease models, mutation details, gene expression phenotypes and searching. Nucleic acids research. 45(D1):D758-D768

Blanco-Sánchez, B., Clément, A., Phillips, J.B., Westerfield, M. (2017) Zebrafish models of human eye and inner ear diseases. Methods in cell biology. 138:415-467

Li, T., Fan, J., Blanco-Sánchez, B., Giagtzoglou, N., Lin, G., Yamamoto, S., Jaiswal, M., Chen, K., Zhang, J., Wei, W., Lewis, M.T., Groves, A.K., Westerfield, M., Jia, J., Bellen, H.J. (2016) Ubr3, a Novel Modulator of Hh Signaling Affects the Degradation of Costal-2 and Kif7 through Poly-ubiquitination. PLoS Genetics. 12:e1006054

Edmunds, R.C., Su, B., Balhoff, J.P., Eames, B.F., Dahdul, W.M., Lapp, H., Lundberg, J.G., Vision, T.J., Dunham, R.A., Mabee, P.M., Westerfield, M. (2016) Phenoscape: Identifying candidate genes for evolutionary phenotypes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33(1):13-24

Howe, D.G., Bradford, Y.M., Eagle, A., Fashena, D., Frazer, K., Kalita, P., Mani, P., Martin, R., Moxon, S.T., Paddock, H., Pich, C., Ramachandran, S., Ruzicka, L., Schaper, K., Shao, X., Singer, A., Toro, S., Van Slyke, C., Westerfield, M. (2016) A scientist's guide for submitting data to ZFIN. Methods in cell biology. 135:451-81

Ruzicka, L., Bradford, Y.M., Frazer, K., Howe, D.G., Paddock, H., Ramachandran, S., Singer, A., Toro, S., Van Slyke, C.E., Eagle, A.E., Fashena, D., Kalita, P., Knight, J., Mani, P., Martin, R., Moxon, S.A., Pich, C., Schaper, K., Shao, X., Westerfield, M. (2015) ZFIN, the Zebrafish Model Organism Database: Updates and new directions. Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000). 53(8):498-509

Lyne, R., Sullivan, J., Butano, D., Contrino, S., Heimbach, J., Hu, F., Kalderimis, A., Lyne, M., Smith, R.N., Štěpán, R., Balakrishnan, R., Binkley, G., Harris, T., Karra, K., Moxon, S.A., Motenko, H., Neuhauser, S., Ruzicka, L., Cherry, M., Richardson, J., Stein, L., Westerfield, M., Worthey, E., Micklem, G. (2015) Cross-Organism Analysis Using InterMine. Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000). 53(8):547-60

Elsayed, S.M., Phillips, J.B., Heller, R., Thoenes, M., Elsobky, E., Nürnberg, G., Nürnberg, P., Seland, S., Ebermann, I., Altmüller, J., Thiele, H., Toliat, M., Körber, F., Hu, X., Wu, Y.D., Zaki, M.S., Abdel-Salam, G., Gleeson, J., Boltshauser, E., Westerfield, M., Bolz, H.J. (2015) Non-manifesting AHI1 truncations indicate localized loss-of-function tolerance in a severe Mendelian disease gene. Human molecular genetics. 24(9):2594-603

Beck, B.B., Phillips, J.B., Bartram, M.P., Wegner, J., Thoenes, M., Pannes, A., Sampson, J., Heller, R., Göbel, H., Koerber, F., Neugebauer, A., Hedergott, A., Nürnberg, G., Nürnberg, P., Thiele, H., Altmüller, J., Toliat, M.R., Staubach, S., Boycott, K.M., Valente, E.M., Janecke, A.R., Eisenberger, T., Bergmann, C., Tebbe, L., Wang, Y., Wu, Y., Fry, A.M., Westerfield, M., Wolfrum, U., Bolz, H.J. (2014) Mutation of POC1B in a Severe Syndromic Retinal Ciliopathy. Human Mutation. 35(10):1153-62

Phillips, J.B., Westerfield, M. (2014) Zebrafish models in translational research: tipping the scales toward advancements in human health. Disease models & mechanisms. 7:739-743

Blanco-Sánchez, B., Clément, A., Fierro, J., Washbourne, P., Westerfield, M. (2014) Complexes of Usher proteins preassemble at the endoplasmic reticulum and are required for trafficking and ER homeostasis. Disease models & mechanisms. 7:547-59

Van Slyke, C.E., Bradford, Y.M., Westerfield, M., Haendel, M.A. (2014) The zebrafish anatomy and stage ontologies: representing the anatomy and development of Danio rerio. Journal of Biomedical Semantics. 5:12

Köhler, S., Doelken, S.C., Mungall, C.J., Bauer, S., Firth, H.V., Bailleul-Forestier, I., Black, G.C., Brown, D.L., Brudno, M., Campbell, J., Fitzpatrick, D.R., Eppig, J.T., Jackson, A.P., Freson, K., Girdea, M., Helbig, I., Hurst, J.A., Jähn, J., Jackson, L.G., Kelly, A.M., Ledbetter, D.H., Mansour, S., Martin, C.L., Moss, C., Mumford, A., Ouwehand, W.H., Park, S.M., Riggs, E.R., Scott, R.H., Sisodiya, S., Vooren, S.V., Wapner, R.J., Wilkie, A.O., Wright, C.F., Vulto-van Silfhout, A.T., Leeuw, N.D., de Vries, B.B., Washingthon, N.L., Smith, C.L., Westerfield, M., Schofield, P., Ruef, B.J., Gkoutos, G.V., Haendel, M., Smedley, D., Lewis, S.E., and Robinson, P.N. (2014) The Human Phenotype Ontology project: linking molecular biology and disease through phenotype data. Nucleic acids research. 42(1):D966-74

Phillips, J.B., Västinsalo, H., Wegner, J., Clément, A., Sankila, E.M., and Westerfield, M. (2013) The cone-dominant retina and the inner ear of zebrafish express the ortholog of CLRN1, the causative gene of human Usher syndrome type 3A. Gene expression patterns : GEP. 13(8):473-81

Howe, K., Clark, M.D., Torroja, C.F., Torrance, J., Berthelot, C., Muffato, M., Collins, J.E., Humphray, S., McLaren, K., Matthews, L., McLaren, S., Sealy, I., Caccamo, M., Churcher, C., Scott, C., Barrett, J.C., Koch, R., Rauch, G.J., White, S., Chow, W., Kilian, B., Quintais, L.T., Guerra-Assunção, J.A., Zhou, Y., Gu, Y., Yen, J., Vogel, J.H., Eyre, T., Redmond, S., Banerjee, R., Chi, J., Fu, B., Langley, E., Maguire, S.F., Laird, G.K., Lloyd, D., Kenyon, E., Donaldson, S., Sehra, H., Almeida-King, J., Loveland, J., Trevanion, S., Jones, M., Quail, M., Willey, D., Hunt, A., Burton, J., Sims, S., McLay, K., Plumb, B., Davis, J., Clee, C., Oliver, K., Clark, R., Riddle, C., Eliott, D., Threadgold, G., Harden, G., Ware, D., Mortimer, B., Kerry, G., Heath, P., Phillimore, B., Tracey, A., Corby, N., Dunn, M., Johnson, C., Wood, J., Clark, S., Pelan, S., Griffiths, G., Smith, M., Glithero, R., Howden, P., Barker, N., Stevens, C., Harley, J., Holt, K., Panagiotidis, G., Lovell, J., Beasley, H., Henderson, C., Gordon, D., Auger, K., Wright, D., Collins, J., Raisen, C., Dyer, L., Leung, K., Robertson, L., Ambridge, K., Leongamornlert, D., McGuire, S., Gilderthorp, R., Griffiths, C., Manthravadi, D., Nichol, S., Barker, G., Whitehead, S., Kay, M., Brown, J., Murnane, C., Gray, E., Humphries, M., Sycamore, N., Barker, D., Saunders, D., Wallis, J., Babbage, A., Hammond, S., Mashreghi-Mohammadi, M., Barr, L., Martin, S., Wray, P., Ellington, A., Matthews, N., Ellwood, M., Woodmansey, R., Clark, G., Cooper, J., Tromans, A., Grafham, D., Skuce, C., Pandian, R., Andrews, R., Harrison, E., Kimberley, A., Garnett, J., Fosker, N., Hall, R., Garner, P., Kelly, D., Bird, C., Palmer, S., Gehring, I., Berger, A., Dooley, C.M., Ersan-Ürün, Z., Eser, C., Geiger, H., Geisler, M., Karotki, L., Kirn, A., Konantz, J., Konantz, M., Oberländer, M., Rudolph-Geiger, S., Teucke, M., Osoegawa, K., Zhu, B., Rapp, A., Widaa, S., Langford, C., Yang, F., Carter, N.P., Harrow, J., Ning, Z., Herrero, J., Searle, S.M., Enright, A., Geisler, R., Plasterk, R.H., Lee, C., Westerfield, M., de Jong, P.J., Zon, L.I., Postlethwait, J.H., Nüsslein-Volhard, C., Hubbard, T.J., Crollius, H.R., Rogers, J., and Stemple, D.L. (2013) The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome. Nature. 496:498-503

Doelken, S.C., Köhler, S., Mungall, C.J., Gkoutos, G.V., Ruef, B.J., Smith, C., Smedley, D., Bauer, S., Klopocki, E., Schofield, P.N., Westerfield, M., Robinson, P.N., and Lewis, S.E. (2013) Phenotypic overlap in the contribution of individual genes to CNV pathogenicity revealed by cross-species computational analysis of single-gene mutations in humans, mice and zebrafish. Disease models & mechanisms. 6(2):358-372

Köhler, S., Doelken, S.C., Ruef, B.J., Bauer, S., Washington, N., Westerfield, M., Gkoutos, G., Schofield, P., Smedley, D., Lewis, S.E., Robinson, P.N., and Mungall, C.J. (2013) Construction and accessibility of a cross-species phenotype ontology along with gene annotations for biomedical research. F1000 Research. 2:30

Sullivan, J., Karra, K., Moxon, S.A.T., Vallejos, A., Motenko, H., Wong, J.D., Aleksic, J., Balakrishnan, R., Binkley, G., Harris, T., Hitz, B., Jayaraman, P., Lyne, R., Neuhauser, S., Pich, C., Smith, R.N., Trinh, Q., Cherry, J.M., Richardson, J., Stein, L., Twigger, S., Westerfield, M., Worthey, E., and Micklem, G. (2013) InterMOD: integrated data and tools for the unification of model organism research. Scientific Reports. 3:1802

Howe, D.G., Bradford, Y.M., Conlin, T., Eagle, A.E., Fashena, D., Frazer, K., Knight, J., Mani, P., Martin, R., Moxon, S.A., Paddock, H., Pich, C., Ramachandran, S., Ruef, B.J., Ruzicka, L., Schaper, K., Shao, X., Singer, A., Sprunger, B., Van Slyke, C.E., and Westerfield, M. (2013) ZFIN, the Zebrafish Model Organism Database: increased support for mutants and transgenics. Nucleic acids research. 41(D1):D854-860

Mabee, P., Balhoff, J.P., Dahdul, W.M., Lapp, H., Midford, P.E., Vision, T.J., and Westerfield, M. (2012) 500,000 fish phenotypes: The new informatics landscape for evolutionary and developmental biology of the vertebrate skeleton. Zeitschrift fur angewandte Ichthyologie = Journal of applied ichthyology. 28(3):300-305

Dahdul, W.M., Balhoff, J.P., Blackburn, D.C., Diehl, A.D., Haendel, M.A., Hall, B.K., Lapp, H., Lundberg, J.G., Mungall, C.J., Ringwald, M., Segerdell, E., Van Slyke, C.E., Vickaryous, M.K., Westerfield, M., and Mabee, P.M. (2012) A unified anatomy ontology of the vertebrate skeletal system. PLoS One. 7(12):e51070

Gao, J., Zhang, C., Yang, B., Sun, L., Zhang, C., Westerfield, M., and Peng, G. (2012) Dcc Regulates Asymmetric Outgrowth of Forebrain Neurons in Zebrafish. PLoS One. 7(5):e36516

Phillips, J.B., Blanco-Sanchez, B., Lentz, J.J., Tallafuss, A., Khanobdee, K., Sampath, S., Jacobs, Z.G., Han, P.F., Mishra, M., Williams, D.S., Keats, B.J., Washbourne, P., and Westerfield, M. (2011) Harmonin (Ush1c) is required in zebrafish Muller glial cells for photoreceptor synaptic development and function. Disease models & mechanisms. 4(6):786-800

Murray, K.N., Bauer, J., Tallen, A., Matthews, J.L., Westerfield, M., and Varga, Z.M. (2011) Characterization and management of asymptomatic mycobacterium infections at the zebrafish international resource center. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS. 50(5):675-679

Murray, K.N., Dreska, M., Nasiadka, A., Rinne, M., Matthews, J.L., Carmichael, C., Bauer, J., Varga, Z.M., and Westerfield, M. (2011) Transmission, Diagnosis, and Recommendations for Control of Pseudoloma neurophilia Infections in Laboratory Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Facilities. Comparative medicine. 61(4):322-329

Bradford, Y., Conlin, T., Dunn, N., Fashena, D., Frazer, K., Howe, D.G., Knight, J., Mani, P., Martin, R., Moxon, S.A., Paddock, H., Pich, C., Ramachandran, S., Ruef, B.J., Ruzicka, L., Bauer Schaper, H., Schaper, K., Shao, X., Singer, A., Sprague, J., Sprunger, B., Van Slyke, C., and Westerfield, M. (2011) ZFIN: enhancements and updates to the zebrafish model organism database. Nucleic acids research. 39(suppl 1):D822-D829

Howe, D.G., Frazer, K., Fashena, D., Ruzicka, L., Bradford, Y., Ramachandran, S., Ruef, B.J., Van Slyke, C., Singer, A., and Westerfield, M. (2011) Data extraction, transformation, and dissemination through ZFIN. Methods in cell biology. 104:311-325

Detrich, H.W., Westerfield, M., Zon, L.I. (2010) The Zebrafish: Cellular and Developmental Biology, Part A. Methods in cell biology. 100:1-347

Zhang, C., Song, Y., Thompson, D.A., Madonna, M.A., Millhauser, G.L., Toro, S., Varga, Z., Westerfield, M., Gamse, J., Chen, W., Cone, R.D. (2010) Pineal-specific agouti protein regulates teleost background adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107(47):20164-71

Delaurier, A., Eames, B.F., Blanco-Sánchez, B., Peng, G., He, X., Swartz, M.E., Ullmann, B., Westerfield, M., and Kimmel, C.B. (2010) Zebrafish sp7:EGFP: A transgenic for studying otic vesicle formation, skeletogenesis, and bone regeneration. Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000). 48(8):505-511

Dahdul, W.M., Lundberg, J.G., Midford, P.E., Balhoff, J.P., Lapp, H., Vision, T.J., Haendel, M.A., Westerfield, M., and Mabee, P.M. (2010) The teleost anatomy ontology: anatomical representation for the genomics age. Systematic biology. 59(4):369-383

Ebermann, I., Phillips, J.B., Liebau, M.C., Koenekoop, R.K., Schermer, B., Lopez, I., Schäfer, E., Roux, A.F., Dafinger, C., Bernd, A., Zrenner, E., Claustres, M., Blanco, B., Nürnberg, G., Nürnberg, P., Ruland, R., Westerfield, M., Benzing, T., and Bolz, H.J. (2010) PDZD7 is a modifier of retinal disease and a contributor to digenic Usher syndrome. J. Clin. Invest.. 120(6):1812-1823

Dahdul, W.M., Balhoff, J.P., Engeman, J., Grande, T., Hilton, E.J., Kothari, C., Lapp, H., Lundberg, J.G., Midford, P.E., Vision, T.J., Westerfield, M., and Mabee, P.M. (2010) Evolutionary characters, phenotypes and ontologies: curating data from the systematic biology literature. PLoS One. 5(5):e10708

Ramsay, J.M., Feist, G.W., Varga, Z.M., Westerfield, M., Kent, M.L., and Schreck, C.B. (2009) Whole-body cortisol response of zebrafish to acute net handling stress. Aquaculture (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 297(1-4):157-162

Washington, N.L., Haendel, M.A., Mungall, C.J., Ashburner, M., Westerfield, M., and Lewis, S.E. (2009) Linking Human Diseases to Animal Models Using Ontology-Based Phenotype Annotation. PLoS Biology. 7(11):e1000247

Viktorin, G., Chiuchitu, C., Rissler, M., Varga, Z.M., and Westerfield, M. (2009) Emx3 is required for the differentiation of dorsal telencephalic neurons. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 238(8):1984-1998

Toro, S., Wegner, J., Muller, M., Westerfield, M., and Varga, Z.M. (2009) Identification of differentially expressed genes in the zebrafish hypothalamic-pituitary axis. Gene expression patterns : GEP. 9(4):200-208

Ochi, H., and Westerfield, M. (2009) Lbx2 regulates formation of myofibrils. BMC Developmental Biology. 9:13

Carmichael, C., Westerfield, M., and Varga, Z.M. (2009) Cryopreservation and in vitro fertilization at the zebrafish international resource center. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 546:45-65

Dutta, S., Dietrich, J.E., Westerfield, M., and Varga, Z.M. (2008) Notch signaling regulates endocrine cell specification in the zebrafish anterior pituitary. Developmental Biology. 319(2):248-257

Rotllant, J., Liu, D., Yan, Y.L., Postlethwait, J.H., Westerfield, M., and Du, S.J. (2008) Sparc (Osteonectin) functions in morphogenesis of the pharyngeal skeleton and inner ear. Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology. 27(6):561-572

Ochi, H., Hans, S., and Westerfield, M. (2008) Smarcd3 regulates the timing of zebrafish myogenesis onset. The Journal of biological chemistry. 283(6):3529-3536

Sprague, J., Bayraktaroglu, L., Bradford, Y., Conlin, T., Dunn, N., Fashena, D., Frazer, K., Haendel, M., Howe, D.G., Knight, J., Mani, P., Moxon, S.A., Pich, C., Ramachandran, S., Schaper, K., Segerdell, E., Shao, X., Singer, A., Song, P., Sprunger, B., Van Slyke, C.E., and Westerfield, M. (2008) The Zebrafish Information Network: the zebrafish model organism database provides expanded support for genotypes and phenotypes. Nucleic acids research. 36:D768-772

Mabee, P.M., Arratia, G., Coburn, M., Haendel, M., Hilton, E.J., Lundberg, J.G., Mayden, R.L., Rios, N., and Westerfield, M. (2007) Connecting evolutionary morphology to genomics using ontologies: a case study from Cypriniformes including zebrafish. Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution. 308(5):655-668

Nixon, S.J., Carter, A., Wegner, J., Ferguson, C., Floetenmeyer, M., Riches, J., Key, B., Westerfield, M., and Parton, R.G. (2007) Caveolin-1 is required for lateral line neuromast and notochord development. Journal of Cell Science. 120(13):2151-2161

Hans, S., and Westerfield, M. (2007) Changes in retinoic acid signaling alter otic patterning. Development (Cambridge, England). 134(13):2449-2458

Mabee, P.M., Ashburner, M., Cronk, Q., Gkoutos, G.V., Haendel, M., Segerdell, E., Mungall, C., and Westerfield, M. (2007) Phenotype ontologies: the bridge between genomics and evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 22(7):345-350

Schlueter, P.J., Peng, G., Westerfield, M., and Duan, C. (2007) Insulin-like growth factor signaling regulates zebrafish embryonic growth and development by promoting cell survival and cell cycle progression. Cell death and differentiation. 14(6):1095-1105

Hans, S., Christison, J., Liu, D., and Westerfield, M. (2007) Fgf-dependent otic induction requires competence provided by Foxi1 and Dlx3b. BMC Developmental Biology. 7(1):5

Chen, Y.H., Wang, Y.H., Chang, M.Y., Lin, C.Y., Weng, C.W., Westerfield, M., and Tsai, H.J. (2007) Multiple upstream modules regulate zebrafish myf5 expression. BMC Developmental Biology. 7(1):1

Westerfield, M. (2007) The Zebrafish Book. A Guide for the Laboratory Use of Zebrafish (Danio rerio), 5th Edition. University of Oregon Press, Eugene.

Ochi, H., and Westerfield, M. (2007) Signaling networks that regulate muscle development: lessons from zebrafish. Development, growth & differentiation. 49(1):1-11

Ochi, H., Pearson, B.J., Chuang, P.T., Hammerschmidt, M., and Westerfield, M. (2006) Hhip regulates zebrafish muscle development by both sequestering Hedgehog and modulating localization of Smoothened. Developmental Biology. 297(1):127-140

Ramsay, J.M., Feist, G.W., Varga, Z.M., Westerfield, M., Kent, M.L., and Schreck, C.B. (2006) Whole-body cortisol is an indicator of crowding stress in adult zebrafish, Danio rerio. Aquaculture (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 258(1-4):565-574

Peng, G., and Westerfield, M. (2006) Lhx5 promotes forebrain development and activates transcription of secreted Wnt antagonists. Development (Cambridge, England). 133(16):3191-3200

Sprague, J., Bayraktaroglu, L., Clements, D., Conlin, T., Fashena, D., Frazer, K., Haendel, M., Howe, D.G., Mani, P., Ramachandran, S., Schaper, K., Segerdell, E., Song, P., Sprunger, B., Taylor, S., Van Slyke, C.E., and Westerfield, M. (2006) The Zebrafish Information Network: the zebrafish model organism database. Nucleic acids research. 34:D581-585

Nixon, S.J., Wegner, J., Ferguson, C., Méry, P.F., Hancock, J.F., Currie, P.D., Key, B., Westerfield, M., and Parton, R.G. (2005) Zebrafish as a model for caveolin-associated muscle disease; caveolin-3 is required for myofibril organization and muscle cell patterning. Human molecular genetics. 14(13):1727-1743

Dutta, S., Dietrich, J.E., Aspock, G., Burdine, R.D., Schier, A., Westerfield, M., and Varga, Z.M. (2005) pitx3 defines an equivalence domain for lens and anterior pituitary placode. Development (Cambridge, England). 132(7):1579-1590

Yan, Y.L., Willoughby, J., Liu, D., Crump, J.G., Wilson, C., Miller, C.T., Singer, A., Kimmel, C., Westerfield, M., and Postlethwait, J.H. (2005) A pair of Sox: distinct and overlapping functions of zebrafish sox9 co-orthologs in craniofacial and pectoral fin development. Development (Cambridge, England). 132(5):1069-1083

Wang-Buhler, J.L., Lee, S.J., Chung, W.G., Stevens, J.F., Tseng, H.P., Hseu, T.H., Hu, C.H., Westerfield, M., Yang, Y.H., Miranda, C.L., and Buhler, D.R. (2005) CYP2K6 from zebrafish (Danio rerio): Cloning, mapping, developmental/tissue expression, and aflatoxin B1 activation by baculovirus expressed enzyme. Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology & pharmacology : CBP. 140(2):207-219

Detrich, H., Westerfield, M., and Zon, L., Eds. (2005) The Zebrafish: 2nd Edition Genetics, Genomics and Informatics. Methods in cell biology.

Wiellette, E., Grinblat, Y., Austen, M., Hirsinger, E., Amsterdam, A., Walker, C., Westerfield, M., and Sive, H. (2004) Combined haploid and insertional mutation screen in the zebrafish. Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000). 40(4):231-240

Hirsinger, E., Stellabotte, F., Devoto, S.H., and Westerfield, M. (2004) Hedgehog signaling is required for commitment but not initial induction of slow muscle precursors. Developmental Biology. 275(1):143-157

Hans, S., Liu, D., and Westerfield, M. (2004) Pax8 and Pax2a function synergistically in otic specification, downstream of the Foxi1 and Dlx3b transcription factors. Development (Cambridge, England). 131(20):5091-5102

Henrich, T., Ramialison, M., Segerdell, E., Westerfield, M., Furutani-Seiki, M., Wittbrodt, J., Kondoh, H. (2004) GSD: a genetic screen database. Mechanisms of Development. 121(7-8):959-963

Jensen, A.M., and Westerfield, M. (2004) Zebrafish Mosaic Eyes Is a Novel FERM Protein Required for Retinal Lamination and Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Tight Junction Formation. Current biology : CB. 14(8):711-717

Liu, D., Chu, H., Maves, L., Yan, Y.-L., Morcos, P.A., Postlethwait, J.H., and Westerfield, M. (2003) Fgf3 and Fgf8 dependent and independent transcription factors are required for otic placode specification. Development (Cambridge, England). 130(10):2213-2224

Sprague, J., Clements, D., Conlin, T., Edwards, P., Frazer, K., Schaper, K., Segerdell, E., Song, P., Sprunger, B., and Westerfield, M. (2003) The Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN): the zebrafish model organism database. Nucleic acids research. 31(1):241-243

Yan, Y.-L., Miller, C.T., Nissen, R.M., Singer, A., Liu, D., Kirn, A., Draper, B., Willoughby, J., Morcos, P.A., Amsterdam, A., Chung, B.-C., Westerfield, M., Haffter, P., Hopkins, N., Kimmel, C., and Postlethwait, J.H. (2002) A zebrafish sox9 gene required for cartilage morphogenesis. Development (Cambridge, England). 129(21):5065-5079

Hawkins, W.E., Clark, M.S., Shima, A., Walter, R.B., Winn, R.N., and Westerfield, M. (2001) Four resource centers for fishes: specifies, stocks, and services. Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.). 3:S239-S248

Varga, Z.M., Amores, A., Lewis, K.E., Yan, Y.-L., Postlethwait, J.H., Eisen, J.S., and Westerfield, M. (2001) Zebrafish smoothened functions in ventral neural tube specification and axon tract formation. Development (Cambridge, England). 128(18):3497-3509

Jensen, A.M. and Westerfield, M. (2001) Zebrafish mosaic eyes gene is required for tight junction formation in the retinal pigmented epithelium. Developmental Biology. 235(1):181 (#46)

Hirsinger, E. and Westerfield, M. (2001) Segregation of zebrafish muscle lineages: lineage relationships and cellular commitment. Developmental Biology. 235(1):180 (#40)

Sprague, J., Doerry, E., Douglas, S., Westerfield, M., and ZFIN GRP, (Conlin, T., Clements, D., Edwards, P., Frazer, K., Schaper, K., Segerdell, E.) (2001) The Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN): a resource for genetic, genomic and developmental research. Nucleic acids research. 29(1):87-90

Jensen, A.M., Walker, C., and Westerfield, M. (2001) mosaic eyes: a zebrafish gene required in pigmented epithelium for apical localization of retinal cell division and lamination. Development (Cambridge, England). 128(1):95-105

Whitlock, K.E. and Westerfield, M. (2000) The olfactory placodes of the zebrafish form by convergence of cellular fields at the edge of the neural plate. Development (Cambridge, England). 127(17):3645-3653

Westerfield, M. (2000) The Zebrafish Book. A Guide for the Laboratory Use of Zebrafish (Danio rerio), 4th Edition. University of Oregon Press, Eugene.

Varga, Z.M., Wegner, J., and Westerfield, M. (1999) Anterior movement of ventral diencephalic precursors separates the primordial eye field in the neural plate and requires cyclops. Development (Cambridge, England). 126:5533-5546

Westerfield, M., Doerry, E., and Douglas, S. (1999) Zebrafish in the net. Trends in genetics : TIG. 15(6):248-249

Fashena, D. and Westerfield, M. (1999) Secondary motoneuron axons localize DM-GRASP on their fasciculated segments. The Journal of comparative neurology. 406(3):415-424

Appel, B., Fritz, A., Westerfield, M., Grunwald, D.J., Eisen, J.S., and Riley, B.B. (1999) Delta-mediated specification of midline cell fates in zebrafish embryos. Current biology : CB. 9:247-256

Detrich, H.W. III, Westerfield, M., and Zon, L.I. (1999) Overview of the zebrafish system. In The Zebrafish: Biology. H.W. Detrich, L.I. Zon, and M. Westerfield, eds. Methods in cell biology. 59:3-10

Detrich, H.W. III, Westerfield, M., and Zon, L.I., eds. (1999) The Zebrafish: Genetics and Genomics. San Diego: Academic Press. 60:407

Westerfield, M., Doerry, E., Kirkpatrick, A.E., and Douglas, S.A. (1999) Zebrafish informatics and the ZFIN database. In The Zebrafish: Genetics and Genomics, H.W. Detrich, III, M. Westerfield, and L.I. Zon, eds., San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Methods Cell Biol.. 60:339-355

Detrich, H.W. III, Westerfield, M., and Zon, L.I., eds. (1999) The Zebrafish: Biology. San Diego: Academic Press, Methods Cell Biol.. 59:391

Doerry, E., Douglas, S.A., Kirkpatrick, A.E., and Westerfield, M. (1998) The zebrafish information network project. Interactions. 3:69

Amores, A., Force, A., Yan, Y.-L. Joly, L., Amemiya, C., Fritz, A., Ho, R., Langeland, J., Prince, V., Wang, Y.-L., Westerfield, M., Ekker, M., and Postlethwait, J.H. (1998) Zebrafish hox clusters and vertebrate genome evolution. Science (New York, N.Y.). 282:1711-1714

Whitlock, K.E. and Westerfield, M. (1998) A transient population of neurons pioneers the olfactory pathway in the zebrafish. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 18:8919-8927

Postlethwait, J.H, Yan, Y.-L., Gates, M.A., Horne, S., Amores, A., Brownlie, A., Donovan, A., Egan, E.S., Force, A., Gong, Z., Goutel, C., Fritz, A., Kelsh, R., Knapik, E., Liao, E., Paw, B., Ransom, D., Singer, A., Thomson, M., Abduljabbar, T.S., Yelick, P., Beier, D., Joly, J.-S., Larhammar, D., Rosa, F., Westerfield, M., Zon, L.I., Johnson, S.L., and Talbot, W.S. (1998) Vertebrate genome evolution and the zebrafish gene map. Nature Genetics. 18:345-349

Houart, C., M. Westerfield, and S.W. Wilson (1998) A small population of anterior cells patterns the forebrain during zebrafish gastrulation. Nature. 391:788-792

Sepich, D.S., Wegner, J., O'Shea, S., and Westerfield, M. (1998) An altered intron inhibits synthesis of the acetylcholine receptor alpha-subunit in the paralyzed zebrafish mutant nic1. Genetics. 184:361-372

Doerry, E., Kirkpatrick, A.E., Douglas, S.A., and Westerfield, M. (1997) Task-centered Navigation in a Web-accessible Data Space. AACE/WebNet97 conference on WWW, Internet, and Intranet, Toronto, Canada, Nov. 1,1997.

Melançon, E., Liu, D.W.C., Westerfield, M., and Eisen, J.S. (1997) Pathfinding by identified zebrafish motoneurons in the absence of muscle pioneers. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 17(20):7796-7804

Du, S.J., S.H. Devoto, M. Westerfield, and R.T. Moon (1997) Positive and Negative Regulation of Muscle Cell Identity by Members of the hedgehog and TGF-β Gene Families. The Journal of cell biology. 139(1):145-156

Westerfield, M., E. Doerry, A.E. Kirkpatrick, W. Driever, and S.A. Douglas (1997) An on-line database for zebrafish development and genetics research. Seminars in cell & developmental biology. 8:477-488

Ekker, M., Akimenko, M.-A., Allende, M.L., Smith, R., Drouin, G., Langille, R.M., Weinberg, E.S., and Westerfield, M. (1997) Relationships among msx gene structure and function in zebrafish and other vertebrates. Mol. Biol. Evol.. 14:1008-1022

Doerry, E., Douglas, S.A., Kirkpatrick, A.E., and Westerfield, M. (1997) Participatory design for widely-distributed scientific communities. Proc. 3rd Conf. Human Factors and the Web.

Fishman, M., D.Y. Stainier, R. Breitbart, and M. Westerfield (1997) Zebrafish: Genetic and embryological methods in a transparent vertebrate embryo. Methods in cell biology. 52:67-82

Doerry, E., Douglas, S., Kirkpatrick, T., and Westerfield, M. (1997) Moving beyond html to create a multimedia database with user-centered design: a case study of a biological database. Tech. Report CIS-TR-97-02, Computer and Information Science Department, University of Oregon.

Fritz, A., Rozowski, M., Walker, C., and Westerfield, M. (1996) Identification of selected gamma-ray induced deficiencies in zebrafish using multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Genetics. 144(4):1735-1745

Devoto, S.H., Melancon, E., Eisen, J.S., and Westerfield, M. (1996) Identification of separate slow and fast muscle precursor cells in vivo, prior to somite formation. Development (Cambridge, England). 122(11):3371-3380

Devoto, S.H., Melancon, E., Amacher, S.L., Eisen, J.S., and Westerfield, M. (1996) Influence of axial mesoderm on the development of slow muscle precursors. Developmental Biology. 175(2):386

Akimenko, M.A., Johnson, S.L., Westerfield, M., and Ekker, M. (1995) Differential induction of four msx homeobox genes during fin development and regeneration in zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 121:347-357

Westerfield, M. (1995) The Zebrafish Book. A Guide for the Laboratory Use of Zebrafish (Danio rerio), 3rd Edition. Eugene, OR, University of Oregon Press,. :385

Reinhard, E., Nedivi, E., Wegner, J., Skene, J.H.P., and Westerfield, M. (1994) Neural selective activation and temporal regulation of a mammalian GAP-43 promoter in zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 120:1767-1775

Akimenko, M.A., Ekker, M., Wegner, J., Lin, W., and Westerfield, M. (1994) Combinatorial expression of three zebrafish genes related to distal-less: part of a homeobox gene code for the head. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 14:3475-3486

Sepich, D.S., Ho, R.K., and Westerfield, M. (1994) Autonomous expression of the nic1 acetylcholine receptor mutation in zebrafish muscle cells. Developmental Biology. 161:84-90

Westerfield, M. (1993) The Zebrafish Book; A Guide for the Laboratory Use of Zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio). University of Oregon Press, Eugene,2nd edition. :300P

Westerfield, M. and Liu, D.W. (1993) Cellular interactions regulating the formation of terminal arbors by primary motoneurons in the zebrafish. In Cell-Cell Signaling in Vertebrate Development, E. Robertson, F.R. Maxfield, and H.J. Vogel, eds., Academic Press. :113-122

Westerfield, M., Stuart, G., and Wegner, J. (1993) Expression of foreign genes in zebrafish embryos. In Devel. Ind. Microbiol., Vol II, William C. Brown, ed., New York. :658-665

Westerfield, M., Akimenko, M.A., Ekker, M., and Püschel, A. (1993) Eyes, ears and homeobox genes in zebrafish embryos. In Molecular Basis of Morphogenesis, M. Bernfield, ed., New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Wiley-Liss Division. :67-75

Ekker, M., Wegner, J., Akimenko, M.A., and Westerfield, M. (1992) Coordinate embryonic expression of three zebrafish engrailed genes. Development (Cambridge, England). 116:1001-1010

Goff, D.J., Galvin, K., Katz, H., Westerfield, M., Lander, E.S., and Tabin, C.J. (1992) Identification of polymorphic simple sequence repeats in the genome of the zebrafish. Genomics. 14:200-202

Püschel, A.W., Westerfield, M., and Dressler, G.R. (1992) Comparative analysis of Pax-2 protein distributions during neurulation in mice and zebrafish. Mechanisms of Development. 38:197-208

Ekker, M., Fritz, A., and Westerfield, M. (1992) Identification of two families of satellite-like repetitive DNA sequences from the zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio). Genomics. 13:1169-1173

Ekker, M., Akimenko, M.A., BreMiller, R., and Westerfield, M. (1992) Regional expression of three homeobox transcripts in the inner ear of zebrafish embryos. Neuron. 9:27-35

Liu, D.W. and Westerfield, M. (1992) Clustering of muscle acetylcholine receptors requires motoneurons in live embryos but not in cell culture. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 12:1859-1866

Westerfield, M., Wegner, J., Jegalian, B.G., De Robertis, E.M., and Püschel, A.W. (1992) Specific activation of mammalian Hox promoters in mosaic transgenic zebrafish. Genes & Development. 6:591-598

Püschel, A.W., Gruss, P., and Westerfield, M. (1992) Sequence and expression pattern of pax-6 are highly conserved between zebrafish and mice. Development (Cambridge, England). 114:643-651

Westerfield, M. (1992) Motor axon pathfinding. Current opinion in neurobiology. 2:28-30

Westerfield, M. (1992) Zebrafish Hox and Pax genes. Neurosci. Facts. 3:3

Hatta, K., BreMiller, R.A., Westerfield, M., and Kimmel, C.B. (1991) Diversity of expression of engrailed-like antigens in zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 112:821-832

Ekker, M., Akimenko, M.A., BreMiller, R., and Westerfield, M. (1991) Characterization of four homeobox genes expressed in zebrafish neural crest. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 17:924

Westerfield, M., Wegner, J., Akimenko, M., Ekker, M., Eisen, J., and Halpern, M. (1991) A role for engrailed gene in zebrafish muscle patterning. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 17:761

Liu, D.W.C. and Westerfield, M. (1990) The formation of terminal fields in the absence of competitive interactions among primary motoneurons in the zebrafish. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 10:3947-3959

Stuart, G.W., Vielkind, J.R., McMurray, J.V., and Westerfield, M. (1990) Stable lines of transgenic zebrafish exhibit reproducible patterns of transgene expression. Development (Cambridge, England). 109:577-584

Westerfield, M., Liu, D.W., Kimmel, C.B., and Walker, C. (1990) Pathfinding and synapse formation in a zebrafish mutant lacking functional acetylcholine receptors. Neuron. 4:867-874

Felsenfeld, A.L., Walker, C., Westerfield, M., Kimmel, C., and Streisinger, G. (1990) Mutations affecting skeletal muscle myofibril structure in the zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 108:443-459

Kimmel, C.B. and Westerfield, M. (1990) Primary neurons of the zebrafish. In Signal and Sense, G.M. Edelman, W.E. Gall, and M.W. Cowan, eds., New York: Wiley-Liss. :561-588

Westerfield, M. (1990) Does the mesoderm induce Hox gene expression in the zebrafish nervous system?. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 16:302

Metcalfe, W.K. and Westerfield, M. (1990) Primary motoneurons of the zebrafish. In Systems Approaches to Developmental Neurobiology, P.A. Raymond, S.S. Easter and G.M. Innocenti, eds., NATO ASI Series A,New York: Plenum Press. 192:41-47

Akimenko, M.A., Ekker, M., and Westerfield, M. (1990) Characterization of three zebrafish genes related to Hox-7. In Developmental Patterning of the Vertebrate Limb, J.R. Hinchliffe, J. Hurle and D. Summerbell, eds., New York: Plenum Press. :61-63

Hanneman, E. and Westerfield, M. (1989) Early expression of acetylcholinesterase activity in functionally distinct neurons of the zebrafish. The Journal of comparative neurology. 284:350-361

Stuart, G.W., McMurray, J.V., and Westerfield, M. (1989) Germ-line transformation of the zebrafish. In Gene Transfer and Gene Therapy, A.L. Beaudet, R. Mulligan, and I. M. Verma, eds., New York, NY, USA: Alan R. Liss, Inc.. :19-28

Liu, D.W. and Westerfield, M. (1989) Primary motoneurons instruct muscle acetylcholine receptor placement but receptors don't instruct motoneuronal synapse placement in live zebrafish. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 15:1262

Westerfield, M. (1989) The Zebrafish Book; A Guide for the Laboratory Use of Zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio). University of Oregon Press, Eugene.

Westerfield, M. (1989) Establishment of cell-specific differences among primary motoneurons in the zebrafish. In The Assembly of the Nervous System. Landmesser, L.T., ed., New York, NY, USA: Alan R. Liss, Inc.. :189-198

Debu B., Frost, D., Westerfield M., Eisen J.S. (1989) Patterning of primary motoneuron axonal outgrowth by extracellular matrix molecules in zebrafish embryos. Soc. Dev. Biol. Mtg. Abstr.

Liu, D.W. and Westerfield, M. (1988) Function of identified motoneurones and co-ordination of primary and secondary motor systems during zebra fish swimming. The Journal of physiology. 403:73-89

Stuart, G.W., McMurray, J.V., and Westerfield, M. (1988) Replication, integration and stable germ-line transmission of foreign sequences injected into early zebrafish embryos. Development (Cambridge, England). 103:403-412

Hanneman, E., Trevarrow, B., Metcalfe, W.K., Kimmel, C.B., and Westerfield, M. (1988) Segmental pattern of development of the hindbrain and spinal cord of the zebrafish embryo. Development (Cambridge, England). 103:49-58

Grunwald, D.J., Kimmel, C.B., Westerfield, M., Walker, C., and Streisinger, G. (1988) A neural degeneration mutation that spares primary neurons in the zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 126:115-128

Bass, M.B. and Westerfield, M. (1988) Purification of neuron-specific antigens from zebrafish. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 14:1267

Westerfield, M. and Eisen, J.S. (1988) Neuromuscular specificity: pathfinding by identified motor growth cones in a vertebrate embryo. Trends in neurosciences. 11:18-22

Frost, D., Debu B., Eisen J.S., and Westerfield M. (1988) Axonal outgrowth in embryonic zebrafish is perturbed by ectopic localization of fibronectin in vivo. Soc. Dev. Biol. Mtg. Abstr.

Stuart, G.W., McMurray, J.V., and Westerfield, M. (1988) Germ-line transformation of the zebrafish Brachydanio-rerio. Journal of cellular biochemistry. (Suppl.) 12:195

Westerfield, M. (1987) Substrate interactions affecting motor growth cone guidance during development and regeneration. The Journal of experimental biology. 132:161-176

Liu, D.W. and Westerfield, M. (1987) The formation of terminal fields by identified motoneurons in the zebrafish. Animal behaviour. 35:1875-1882

Westerfield, M., Kimmel, C.B., and Walker, C. (1987) Normal pathfinding by pioneer motor growth cones in mutant zebrafish lacking functional acetylcholine receptors. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 13:5

Westerfield, M. and Eisen, J.S. (1987) Common mechanisms of growth cone guidance during axonal pathfinding. In From Message to Mind: New Directions in the Developmental Neurobiology, Sinauer Assoc.. :110-120

Westerfield, M., McMurray, J.V., and Eisen, J.S. (1986) Identified motoneurons and their innervation of axial muscles in the zebrafish. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 6:2267-2277

Myers, P.Z., Eisen, J.S., and Westerfield, M. (1986) Development and axonal outgrowth of identified motoneurons in the zebrafish. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 6:2278-2289

Eisen, J.S., Myers, P.Z., and Westerfield, M. (1986) Pathway selection by growth cones of identified motoneurones in live zebra fish embryos. Nature. 320(6059):269-271

Frost, D. and Westerfield, M. (1986) Axonal outgrowth of embryonic zebrafish neurons is promoted by laminin and inhibited by fibronectin. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 12:1114

Felsenfeld, A. and Westerfield, M. (1986) Normal pathfinding and synapse formation by motoneurons in a non-motile mutant zebrafish embryo. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 147:12

Westerfield, M., Eisen, J.S., Myers, P.Z., McMurray, J.V., and Kimmel, C.B. (1986) Early neurogenesis in the zebrafish. Proc. Int. Union Physiol. Sci.. 16:20

Liu, D. and Westerfield, M. (1986) Coactivation of two motor systems in the zebrafish. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 2:790

Westerfield, M. and Eisen, J.S. (1985) The growth of motor axons in the spinal cord of Xenopus embryos. Developmental Biology. 109:96-121

Eisen, J.S., Myers, P.Z., and Westerfield, M. (1985) Functional interactions between identified growth cones and muscles in embryonic zebrafish. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 11:586

Kimmel, C.B., Grunwald, D.J., Walker, C., Westerfield, M., and Streisinger, G. (1985) Neuronal degeneration mutations that spare primary neurons in the zebrafish. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 11:647

Westerfield, M., Myers, P.Z., and Eisen, J.S. (1984) Polyneuronal and intersegmental innervation of body muscles in the zebrafish. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 10:371

Eisen, J.S., Myers, P.Z., and Westerfield, M. (1984) Segmentally specific growth of motor axons in live zebrafish embryos. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 10:371

Hanneman, E. and Westerfield, M. (1984) Identified neurons produce acetylcholinesterase before they sprout axons in the zebrafish. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 10:1043

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Westerfield, M., and J.S. Eisen. (1985). The growth of motor axons in the spinal cord of Xenopus embryos. Devel. Biol. 109:96-121.

Powell, S.L., and M. Westerfield. (1984). The absence of specific dye coupling among frog spinal cord neurons. Brain Res. 294:9-14.

Westerfield, M., and S.L. Powell. (1983). Selective reinnervation of limb muscles by regenerating frog motor axons. Devel. Brain Res. 10:301-304.

Frank, E., and M. Westerfield. (1983). Development of sensory-motor synapses in the spinal cord of the frog. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 343:593-610.

Moore, J.W., N. Stockbridge and M. Westerfield. (1983). On the site of impulse initiation in a neurone. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 336:301-311.

Moore, J.W., and M. Westerfield. (1983). Action potential propagation and threshold parameters in inhomogeneous regions of squid axons. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 336:285-300.

Westerfield, M., and E. Frank. (1982). Specificity of electrical coupling among neurons innervating forelimb muscles of the adult bullfrog. J. Neurophysiol. 48:904-913.

Westerfield., M., and R.W. Joyner. (1982). Postsynaptic factors controlling the shape of potentials at the squid giant synapse.
Neuroscience. 7:1367-1376.

Frank, E., and M. Westerfield. (1982). The formation of appropriate central and peripheral connexions by foreign sensory neurones of the bullfrog. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 324:495-505.

Frank, E., and M. Westerfield. (1982). Synaptic organization of sensory and motor neurones innervating triceps brachii muscles in the bullfrog. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 324:479-494.

Joyner, R.W., and M. Westerfield. (1982). The effects of rectification on synaptic efficacy. Biophys. J. 38:3946.

Westerfield, M. and H.D. Lux. (1982). Calcium activated potassium conductance noise in snail neurons. J. Neurobiol. 12:507-517.

Gage, P.W., J.W. Moore and M. Westerfield. (1976) An octopus toxin,
maculotoxin, selectively blocks sodium current in squid axon.
J. Physiol. (Lond.). 259:427-443.

Joyner, R.W., M. Westerfield and J.W. Moore. (1980). The effects of cellular geometry on current flow during action potential propagation. Biophys. J. 31:183-194.

Westerfield, M., J.W. Moore, Y.S. Kim and G. Padilla. (1977). How Gymnodinium breve red tide toxin produces repetitive firing in squid axons. Amer. J. Physiol. 232:23-29.

Westerfield, M., and H.D. Lux. (1979). Two components of membrane conductance noise in snail neuronal somata. Neurosci. Lett. 11:75-80.

Westerfield, M., R.W. Joyner and J.W. Moore. (1978). Temperature sensitive conduction failure at axon branch points. J. Neurophysiol. 41:1-8.

Joyner, R.W., M. Westerfield, J.W. Moore and N. Stockbridge. (1978). A
numerical method to model excitable cells. Biophys. J. 22:155-170.

Ramon, F., J.W. Moore, R.W. Joyner and M. Westerfield (1976) Squid giant axon as a model for the neuron soma? Biophys. J. 16:953-963.

Kim, Y.S., L. Mandel, M. Westerfield, G. Padilla and J.W. Moore. (1975) Effect of Gymnodinium breve toxin(s) on frog skin and giant axon of the squid. Environ. Lett. 9:255-264.