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David Ferrier
PeerJ Editor
1,105 Points

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Editor 1,105

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Evolutionary Studies
Marine Biology
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Developmental Biology
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Population Biology
Genetics
Zoology
Taxonomy
Histology
Biodiversity
Dentistry
Computational Biology
Freshwater Biology

David E.K. Ferrier

PeerJ Editor

Summary

Senior Lecturer in Biology and Deputy director of the Scottish Oceans Institute, at the University of St Andrews.

The focus of our research is the connection between the content and organisation of genomes to the evolution of development (evo-devo). We utilize a variety of organisms in our research (including amphioxus, sea squirts, polychaetes and priapulids), chosen from key points in the phylogeny of the animals to enable reconstruction of the ancestral conditions at major nodes in the animal kingdom; the origin of bilaterians, protostomes, deuterostomes, chordates and vertebrates.

Developmental Biology Evolutionary Studies Genomics Zoology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of St Andrews

Work details

Senior Lecturer

University of St. Andrews
August 2007
Biology
Leading the Evolutionary Developmental Genomics (EDGe) research group.

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Edited 7

Academic Editor on

December 8, 2021
Dinophiliformia early neurogenesis suggests the evolution of conservative neural structures across the Annelida phylogenetic tree
Elizaveta Fofanova, Tatiana D. Mayorova, Elena E. Voronezhskaya
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12386 PubMed 34966573
October 1, 2021
A histological survey of avian post-natal skeletal ontogeny
Jessie Atterholt, Holly N. Woodward
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12160 PubMed 34703663
June 23, 2021
Identification and expression pattern analysis of miRNAs in pectoral muscle during pigeon (Columba livia) development
Xun Wang, Peiqi Yan, Siyuan Feng, Yi Luo, Jiyuan Liang, Ling Zhao, Haifeng Liu, Qianzi Tang, Keren Long, Long Jin, Jideng Ma, Anan Jiang, Surong Shuai, Mingzhou Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11438 PubMed 34221709
March 31, 2020
Patterns of gene evolution following duplications and speciations in vertebrates
Kyle T. David, Jamie R. Oaks, Kenneth M. Halanych
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8813 PubMed 32266119
July 8, 2019
An integrative approach to the anatomy of Syllis gracilis Grube, 1840 (Annelida) using micro-computed X-ray tomography
Julio Parapar, Carlos Caramelo, María Candás, Xela Cunha-Veira, Juan Moreira
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7251 PubMed 31328035
January 4, 2019
Role of the larval feeding morphology and digestive enzyme activity in the early development of the polychaete Boccardia wellingtonensis
Daniel Doherty-Weason, Fernanda X. Oyarzun, Luciano Vera, Miguel Bascur, Fabián Guzmán, Francisco Silva, Ángel Urzúa, Antonio Brante
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6151 PubMed 30631649
January 8, 2018
Ontogeny reversal and phylogenetic analysis of Turritopsis sp.5 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Oceaniidae), a possible new species endemic to Xiamen, China
Jun-yuan Li, Dong-hui Guo, Peng-cheng Wu, Li-sheng He
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4225 PubMed 29333345