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Quantitative imaging of corneal endothelial development reveals dynamic but resilient monolayer. bioRxiv. Ramarapu R, Stoehr WR, Miesen M, Amro, N, Thomasy SM, and Rogers CD. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.01.722310v1.full
A spatial and temporal atlas of tubulin isotype expression during neural crest EMT. bioRxiv. Camilo V. Echeverria Jr., Raneesh Ramarapu, Nancy Diaz Batista, Christian Torres Lopez, Joanne Mendez, Crystal D. Rogers. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.04.709627v1.full
A molecular and spatial resource defining tubulin isotype organization during corneal development. bioRxiv. Ramarapu R, Stoehr WR, Miesen M, Border, S., Thomasy SM, and Rogers CD. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.19.706651v2.full
NSAID-mediated cyclooxygenase inhibition disrupts ectodermal derivative formation in axolotl embryos. Differentiation. Marshall, Ramarapu, Leathers, Morrison-Welch, Sandberg, Kawashima, and Rogers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2025.100856
Spatiotemporal characterization of cyclooxygenase pathway enzymes during vertebrate embryonic development. Developmental Biology. Leathers, Ramarapu, and Rogers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2024.11.009
Comparative analysis of fixation techniques for signal detection in avian embryos. Developmental Biology. Echeverria, Leathers, and Rogers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2024.09.002
Pluripotency of a founding field: rebranding developmental biology.  Am Development. Crystal D. Rogers et al.,  January 2024. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.202342
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and implications for the cyclooxygenase pathway in embryonic development.  Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. Tess A. Leathers and Crystal D. Rogers. January 2023. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00430.2022
Time to go: neural crest cell epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Development. Tess A. Leathers and Crystal D. Rogers. July 2022. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.200712
The amazing and anomalous axolotls as scientific models. Developmental Dynamics. Carly J. Adamson, Nikolas Morrison-Welch, and Crystal D. Rogers. March 2022. http://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.470
Ramarapu et al., 2026
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Echeverria et al., 2026
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Ramarapu, Stoehr, et al., 2026
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Marshall et al., 2025
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Leathers et al., 2025
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Echeverria et al., 2025
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Rogers et al., 2024
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Leathers and rogers, 2023
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Leathers and Rogers, 2022
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Adamson, Morrison-Welch and Rogers., 2022
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Expression Atlas of Avian Neural Crest Proteins: Neurulation to Migration. Developmental Biology. Brigette Y. Monroy, Carly J. Adamson, Alexis Camacho-Avila, Christian N. Guerzon, Camilo V. Echeverria Jr., Crystal D. Rogers. Accepted, Dec. 2021, Vol. 483, March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.12.018
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Cadherin-11 is required for neural crest specification and survival. Frontiers in Physiology. S. Manohar, A. Camacho-Magallanes, C. Echeverria, Jr., C.D. Rogers. Oct, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.563372
Manohar et al., 2020
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Early expression of Tubulin Beta-III in avian cranial neural crest cells. Gene Exp. Patterns. J. Chacon, C.D. Rogers. Aug, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.gep.2019.119067
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Data on the effects of N-cadherin perturbation on the expression of type II cadherin proteins and major signaling pathways. Data in Brief. C.D. Rogers. Aug, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.08.029
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A catenin-dependent balance between N-cadherin and E-cadherin controls neuroectodermal cell fate choices. Mechanisms of Development. C.D. Rogers, L.K. Sorrells, M.E. Bronner. July, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.mod.2018.07.003
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Specifying neural crest cells: From chromatin to morphogens and factors in between. WIREs Developmental Biology. C.D. Rogers and Nie, S. May 3, 2018. doi: 10.1002/wdev.322
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Sip1 mediates an E-cadherin-to-N-cadherin switch during cranial neural crest EMT. JCB. C.D. Rogers, A. Saxena, M.E. Bronner. December 2, 2013. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201305050
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Elk3 is essential for the progression from progenitor to definitive neural crest cell. Dev Biol. C.D. Rogers, J.L. Phillips, M.E. Bronner. February 15, 2013. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.12.009.
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The response of early neural genes to FGF signaling or inhibition of BMP indicate the absence of a conserved neural induction module. BMC Dev Biol. C.D. Rogers, G.S. Ferzli, E.S. Casey. December 15, 2011. doi:10.1186/1471-213X-11-74.
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Neural crest specification: tissues, signals, and transcription factors. WIREs Dev Biol. C.D. Rogers, C.S. Jayasena, S. Nie, M.E. Bronner. November 17, 2011. DOI: 10.1002/wdev.8.
Neural induction and factors that stabilize a neural fate. Birth Defects Res C Embryo Today. C.D. Rogers, S.A. Moody, E.S. Casey. September 2009. DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20157.
Xenopus Sox3 activates sox2 and geminin and indirectly represses Xvent2 expression to induce neural progenitor formation at the expense of non-neural ectodermal derivatives. Mech of Dev. C.D. Rogers*, N. Harafuji*, T.C. Archer, D.D. Cunningham, E.S. Casey. January-February 2009.
Sox3 expression is maintained by FGF signaling and restricted to the neural plate by Vent proteins in the Xenopus embryo. Dev Biol. C.D. Rogers*, T.C. Archer*, D.D. Cunningham, T.C. Grammer, E.M. Silva Casey. January 2007.
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