ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-970505-53
Laforest, Lynda
Email: lynda.laforest@nserc.ca
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Address: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) 350 Albert Street Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 1H5 Canada
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Phone: (613) 996-2009
Fax: (613) 992-5337
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
***no longer involved in zebrafish research***


PUBLICATIONS
Quint, E., Smith, A., Avaron, F., Laforest, L., Miles, J., Gaffield, W., and Akimenko, M.-A. (2002) Bone patterning is altered in the regenerating zebrafish caudal fin after ectopic expression of sonic hedgehog and bmp2b or exposure to cyclopamine. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99(13):8713-8718
Hoffman, L., Miles, J., Avaron, F., Laforest, L., and Akimenko, M.-A. (2002) Exogenous retinoic acid induces a stage-specific, transient and progressive extension of Sonic hedgehog expression across the pectoral fin bud of zebrafish. The International journal of developmental biology. 46(7):949-956
Poleo, G., Brown, C.W., Laforest, L., and Akimenko, M.A. (2001) Cell proliferation and movement during early fin regeneration in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 221(4):380-390
Monnot, M.J., Babin, P.J., Poleo, G., Andre, M., Laforest, L., Ballagny, C., and Akimenko, M.A. (1999) Epidermal expression of apolipoprotein E gene during fin and scale development and fin regeneration in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 214(3):207-215
Martin, C.C., Laforest, L., Akimenko, M.-A., and Ekker, M. (1999) A role for DNA methylation in gastrulation and somite patterning. Developmental Biology. 206:189-205
Laforest, L., Brown, C.W., Poleo, G., GĂ©raudie, J., Tada, M., Ekker, M., and Akimenko, M.-A. (1998) Involvement of the Sonic hedgehog, patched 1, and bmp2 genes in patterning of the zebrafish dermal fin rays. Development (Cambridge, England). 125:4175-4184

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