Allison Edgar

I am an organismal biologist who integrates development, evolution, and ecology to study the life histories of invertebrate animals. I am interested in the strategies that animals use to develop, grow, mature, reproduce, and (sometimes) regenerate. I am particularly interested in how some of the earliest-branching animals’ ability to reproduce and regenerate are influenced by environmental factors, and how their gene expression is regulated to produce these outcomes.

Ph.D.; Duke University; Biology; 2019

B.A.; Reed College; Biology; 2008

https://lifehistorylab.com/

BIOL 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

BIOL 342 - DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

BIOL 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH

BIOL 790D - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH

BIOL 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

BIOL 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

BIOL 790B - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH

BIOL 492 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY

BIOL 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

BIOL 790C - DOCTORAL DISSERTN & RESRCH

BIOL 790E - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

BIOL 792C - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

BIOL 491 - SENIOR PROJECT

BIOL 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

BIOL 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

Mitchell, Dorothy G., & Edgar, Allison, & Mateu, Júlia Ramon, & Ryan, Joseph F., & Martindale, Mark Q. (2024). The ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi deploys a rapid injury response dating back to the last common animal ancestor. Communications Biology, 7(1),

Vargas, Alexandra M., & Debiasse, Melissa B., & Dykes, Lana L., & Edgar, Allison, & Hayes, T. Danielle, & Groso, Daniel J., & Babonis, Leslie S., & Martindale, Mark Q., & Ryan, Joseph F. (2024). Morphological and dietary changes encoded in the genome of Beroe ovata, a ctenophore-eating ctenophore. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 6(2),

Rouhana, Labib, & Edgar, Allison, & Hugosson, Fredrik, & Dountcheva, Valeria, & Martindale, Mark Q., & Ryan, Joseph F. (2023). Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation Is an Ancestral Hallmark of Early Development in Animals. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 40(6),

Ortiz, Jennifer, & Bobkov, Yuriy V., & Debiasse, Melissa B., & Mitchell, Dorothy G., & Edgar, Allison, & Martindale, Mark Q., & Moss, Anthony G., & Babonis, Leslie S., & Ryan, Joseph F. (2023). Independent Innexin Radiation Shaped Signaling in Ctenophores. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 40(2),

Davidson, Phillip L., & Guo, Haobing, & Swart, Jane S., & Massri, Abdull J., & Edgar, Allison, & Wang, Lingyu, & Berrio, Alejandro, & Devens, Hannah R., & Koop, Demian, & Cisternas, Paula, & Zhang, He, & Zhang, Yaolei, & Byrne, Maria, & Fan, Guangyi, & Wray, Gregory A. (2022). Recent reconfiguration of an ancient developmental gene regulatory network in Heliocidaris sea urchins. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6(12), 1907-1920.

Reply to Soto-Angel et al.: Is “larva” a natural kind? Phylogenetic thinking provides clarity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023

Studying Ctenophora WBR Using Mnemiopsis leidyi
January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022

Whole-body regeneration in the lobate ctenophore mnemiopsis leidyi
Genes, June 2021