All Publications

Grmai L.Jimenez E.Baxter E., Van Doren M. (2023). Steroid signaling controls sex-specific development in an invertebrate. bioRxiv. DOI: 573099

Pozmanter C., Van Doren M. (2023). Germline sex determination: How males and females tame transposons in their own ways. Current Biology, 33, R442-R444. DOI: 04001

Pozmanter C., Kelly SE., Curnutte H., Van Doren M. (2022). Tudor domain containing protein 5-like (Tdrd5l) identifies a novel germline granule that regulates maternal RNAs. bioRxiv. DOI: 502436

Bhaskar P., Southard S., Baxter K., Van Doren M. (2022). Germline Sex Determination regulates sex-specific signaling between germline stem cells and their niche. Cell Reports, 39, 110620. PMID: 35385723

Grmai L., Pozmanter C., Van Doren M. (2022). The Regulation of Germline Sex Determination in Drosophila by Sex lethal. Sexual Development, 1-6. PMID: 35259743

Zhou H., Whitworth C., Pozmanter C., Neville M.C., Van Doren M. (2021). Doublesex regulates fruitless expression to promote sexual dimorphism of the gonad stem cell niche. PLoS Genetics, 17, e1009468. PMID: 33788836

Goyal R., Baxter E., Van Doren M. (2020). sisterless A is required for the activation of Sex lethal in the germline. bioRxiv. DOI: 880070

Primus S., Pozmanter C., Baxter K., Van Doren M. (2019). Tudor-domain containing protein 5-like promotes male sexual identity in the Drosophila germline and is repressed in females by Sex lethal. PLoS Genetics. 15, e1007617. PMID: 31329582

Camara N., Whitworth C., Dove A., Van Doren M. (2019). Doublesex controls specification and maintenance of the gonad stem cell niches in Drosophila. Development. 146, dev170001. PMID: 31043421

Yang SY., Chang YC., Wan YH., Whitworth C., Baxter EM., Primus S., Pi H., Van Doren M. (2017). Control of a Novel Spermatocyte-Promoting Factor by the Male Germline Sex Determination Factor PHF7 of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 206, 1939-1949. PMID: 28588035

Clough E., Jimenez E., Kim Y.A., Whitworth C., Neville M.C., Hempel L.U., Pavlou H.J., Chen Z.X., Sturgill D., Dale R.K., Smith H.E., Przytycka T.M., Goodwin S.F., Van Doren M., Oliver B. (2014). Sex- and tissue-specific functions of Drosophila doublesex transcription factor target genes. Developmental Cell31, 761-773. PMID: 25535918

Arbeitman M.N., Kopp A., Siegal M.L., Van Doren, M. (2014). The genetics of sex: exploring differences. Genetics. 197, 527-529. PMID: 24939993

Whitworth C., Jimenez E., Van Doren M. (2012). Development of sexual dimorphism in the Drosophila testis. Spermatogenesis2, 129-136. PMID: 23087832

Yang S.Y., Baxter E.M. Van Doren M. (2012). Phf7 controls male sex determination in the Drosophila germline. Developmental Cell. 22, 1041-1051. PMID: 22595675

Jemc J.C., Milutinovich A.B., Weyers J.J., Takeda Y. and Van Doren M. (2012). raw Functions through JNK signaling and cadherin-based adhesion to regulate Drosophila gonad morphogenesis. Developmental Biology. 367, 114-125. PMID: 22575490

Van Doren, M. (2011). Development: Determining Sexual Identity (perspective). Science333, 829-830. PMID: 21836003

Casper A.L. and Van Doren M. (2011). no child left behind encodes a novel chromatin factor required for germline stem cell maintenance in males but not females. Development138, 3357-3366. PMID: 21752937

Weyers, J.J., Milutinovich, A.B., Takeda, Y., Jemc, J.C. and Van Doren, M. (2011). A genetic screen for mutations affecting gonad formation in Drosophila reveals a role for the slit/robo pathway. Developmental Biology353, 217-228. PMID: 21377458

Van Doren, M. (2010). The cell biology of the germ cell life cycle. Current Opinion in Cell Biology22, 707-708. PMID: 21093242

Murray, S., Yang, S. and Van Doren, M. (2010). Germline Sex Determination: a collaboration between soma and germline. Current Opinion in Cell Biology22, 722-729. PMID: 21030233

Arbeitman, M.N., Kopp, A., Siegal, M.L. and Van Doren, M. (2010). Everything you always wanted to know about sex…in flies. Sexual Development4, 315-320. PMID: 20926851

Casper A.L. and Van Doren M. (2009). The establishment of sexual identity in the Drosophila germline. Development136, 3821-3830. PMID: 19855024

Sheng X.R., Posenau T., Gumulak-Smith J.J., Matunis E., Van Doren M., Wawersik M. (2009). Jak-STAT regulation of male germline stem cell establishment during Drosophila embryogenesis. Developmental Biology334, 335-344. PMID: 19643104

Nanda S., DeFalco T.J., Loh S.H., Phochanukul N., Camara N., Van Doren M., Russell S. (2009). Sox100B, a Drosophila group E Sox-domain gene, is required for somatic testis differentiation. Sexual Development3, 26-37. PMID: 19339815

Camara N., Whitworth C., Van Doren, M. (2008). The creation of sexual dimorphism in the Drosophila soma. Current Topics in Developmental Biology83, 65-107. PMID: 19118664

Van Doren M. (2008). Sex determination and sexual development. Preface. Current Topics in Developmental Biology. 83, xi-xii. PMID: 19118661

DeFalco T.J., Camara N., Le Bras S., Van Doren, M. (2008). Non-autonomous sex determination controls sexually dimorphic development of the Drosophila gonad. Developmental Cell14, 285-286. PMID: 18267095

Van Doren M. (2007). Much HUBbub about stem-cell niches. Nature Cell Biology19, 1344-1245. PMID: 18059357

Casper A., Van Doren M. (2006). The control of sexual identity in the Drosophila germline. Development133, 2783-2791. PMID: 16835435

LeBras S., Van Doren M. (2006). Development of the male germline stem cell niche in Drosophila. Developmental Biology294, 92-103. PMID: 16566915

Mathews W.R., Ong D., Milutinovich A.J., Van Doren M. (2006). Zinc transport activity of Fear of Intimacy is essential for proper gonad morphogenesis and DE-cadherin expression. Development133, 1143-1153. PMID: 16481356

Wawersik M., Milutinovich A.B., Matunis E., Williams B., Van Doren M. (2005). Somatic control of germline sexual development is mediated by the JAK/STAT pathway. Nature436, 563-567. PMID: 16049490

Wawersik M., Van Doren M. (2005). nanos is required for formation of the spectrosome, a germ cell-specific organelle. Developmental Dynamics234, 22-27. PMID: 16028275

Mathews W.R., Wang F., Eide D.J., Van Doren M. (2005). Drosophila fear of intimacy encodes a Zrt/IRT-like protein (ZIP) family zinc transporter functionally related to mammalian ZIP proteins. J. Biological Chemistry280, 787-795. PMID: 15509557

DeFalco T.J., Le Bras S., Van Doren M. (2004). Abdominal-B is essential for proper sexually dimorphic development of the Drosophila gonad. Mechanisms of Development121, 1323-1333. PMID: 15454263

DeFalco T., Verney G., Jenkins A., McCaffery J.M., Russell S., Van Doren M. (2003). Sex-specific apoptosis regulates sexual dimorphism in the Drosophila embryonic gonad. Developmental Cell5, 205-16. PMID: 12919673

Jenkins A., McCaffery M., Van Doren M. (2003). Drosophila E-cadherin is essential for proper germ cell-soma interaction during gonad morphogenesis. Development130, 4417-26. PMID: 12900457

Van Doren M., Mathews W., Samuels M., Broihier H.T., Moore L.A., Lehmann, R. (2003). Fear of Intimacy encodes a conserved cell surface protein required for morphogenesis of the Drosophila gonad. Development130, 2355-2364. PMID: 12702650

(These papers have been featured in a Current Biology Dispatch article by D. Godt and U. Tepass. Current Biology. 13, R683-685)

Van Doren M., Moore L.A., Broihier H.T., Lehmann R. (1998). HMG-CoA reductase guides migrating primordial germ cells. Nature396, 466-469. PMID: 9853754

Van Doren M., Williamson A.L., Lehmann R. (1998). Regulation of zygotic gene expression in Drosophila primordial germ cells. Current Biology. 8, 243-246. PMID: 9501989

Van Doren M., Moore L.A., Broihier H.T., Lunsford L., Lehmann R. (1998). Identification of genes controlling germ cell migration and embryonic gonad formation in Drosophila. Development125, 667-678. PMID: 9435287