Publications

    2025

  • Grohganz M, Leyhr J, Johanson Z, Haitina T, Sanchez S, Dollman K, Stundl J, Bronner ME, Fraser GJ, Donoghue PCJ. (2025). Investigating the Morphogenesis and Replacement of Lamprey Toothlets Using Synchrotron Imaging. Journal of Morphology

    Lamprey toothlets

  • Stundl J, Rajan ARD, Urrutia HA, Leyhr J, Stundlova J, Solovieva T, Haitina T, Sanchez S, Musilova Z, Martik ML, Bronner ME. (2025). Acquisition of neural crest promoted thyroid evolution from chordate endostyle. Science Advances

    Lamprey endostyle

  • Ford C, De Sena-Tomás C, Wun TTR, Aleman AG, Rangaswamy U, Leyhr J, Nuñez MI, Gao CZ, Nim HT, See M, Coppola U, Waxman JS, Ramialison M, Haitina T, Smeeton J, Sanges R, Targoff KL. (2025). Nkx2.7 is a conserved regulator of craniofacial development. Nature Communications

    Synteny analysis of NK3 family genes

    • 2024

  • Catshark Sensory Organs

    Mayeur H, Leyhr J, Mulley J, Leurs N, Michel L, Sharma K, Lagadec R, Aury JM, Osborne OG, Mulhair P, Poulain J, Mangenot S, Mead D, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Dolucan J, Dudchenko O, Omer AD, Weisz D, Lieberman-Aiden E, McCarthy S, Sims Y, Torrance J, Tracey A, Howe K, Baril T, Hayward A, Martinand-Mari C, Sanchez S, Haitina T, Martin K, Korsching SI, Mazan S, Debiais-Thibaud M. (2024). The sensory shark: high-quality morphological, genomic and transcriptomic data for the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula reveal the molecular bases of sensory organ evolution in jawed vertebrates. Molecular Biology and Evolution

  • Weberian Graphic Abstract

    Leyhr J, Haitina T, Bird NC. (2024). Hidden in plain sight: does the first intercostal ligament help to stabilize the Weberian apparatus? Journal of Anatomy

  • Stained Tardigrade

    Harry CJ, Hibshman JD, Damatac A, Davidson PL, Estermann MA, Flores-Flores M, Holmes CM, Lázaro J, Legere EA, Leyhr J, Thendral SB, Vincent BA, Goldstein B. (2024). Protocol for fluorescent live-cell staining of tardigrades. STAR Protocols

    • 2023

  • Leyhr J, Sanchez S, Dollman KN, Tafforeau P, Haitina T. (2023). Enhanced contrast synchrotron X-ray microtomography for describing skeleton-associated soft tissue defects in zebrafish mutants. Frontiers in Endocrinology

    DICE SRµCT panels

    • 2022

  • JRS1 graphic abstract

    Leyhr J*, Waldmann L*, Filipek-Górniok B, Zhang H, Allalou A, Haitina T. (2022). A novel cis-regulatory element drives early expression of Nkx3.2 in the gnathostome primary jaw joint. eLife

  • Developmental Dynamics Cover

    Waldmann L*, Leyhr J*, Zhang H, Allalou A, Öhman-Mägi C, Haitina T. (2022). The Role of Gdf5 in the Development of the Zebrafish Fin Endoskeleton. Developmental Dynamics

    • 2021

  • Waldmann L*, Leyhr J*, Zhang H, Öhman-Mägi C, Allalou A, Haitina T. (2021). The Broad Role of Nkx3.2 in the Development of the Zebrafish Axial Skeleton. PLoS ONE

    Developmental Dynamics Cover

    • 2018

  • SoxN in situs

    Janssen R, Andersson E, Betnér E, Bijl S, Fowler W, Höök L, Leyhr J, Landström E, Mannelqvist A, Panara V, Smith K, Tiemann S. (2018). Embryonic expression patterns and phylogenetic analysis of panarthropod sox genes: Insight into nervous system development, segmentation and gonadogenesis. BMC Evolutionary Biology

(* indicates equal contribution)