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  • Wang R, Pechmann M. Polar bodies serve as a landmark for anteroposterior axis formation in spiders. Dev Biol. 2026 Feb;530:265-273. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.12.006. Epub 2025 Dec 15. PMID: 41407250.

  • Munegowda C, Pechmann M, Prpic-Schäper NM, Turetzek N. Gene and Genome Duplication in Spiders. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2025 Nov;344(7):379-393. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.23304. Epub 2025 May 25. PMID: 40415410; PMCID: PMC12576392.

  • Leite DJ, Schönauer A, Blakeley G, Harper A, Garcia-Castro H, Baudouin-Gonzalez L, Wang R, Sarkis N, Nikola AG, Koka VSP, Kenny NJ, Turetzek N, Pechmann M, Solana J, McGregor AP. An atlas of spider development at single-cell resolution provides new insights into arthropod embryogenesis. Evodevo. 2024 May 10;15(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s13227-024-00224-4. PMID: 38730509; PMCID: PMC11083766.

  • Janssen R, Pechmann M. Expression of posterior Hox genes and opisthosomal appendage development in a mygalomorph spider. Dev Genes Evol. 2023 Dec;233(2):107-121. doi: 10.1007/s00427-023-00707-9. Epub 2023 Jul 27. PMID: 37495828; PMCID: PMC10746769.

  • Turetzek N, Pechmann M, Janssen R, Prpic NM. Hox genes in spiders: Their significance for development and evolution. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2024 Jan-Feb;152-153:24-34. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.11.014. Epub 2022 Dec 13. PMID: 36522242.

  • Wang R, Leite DJ, Karadas L, Schiffer PH, Pechmann M. FGF signalling is involved in cumulus migration in the common house spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. Dev Biol. 2023 Feb;494:35-45. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.11.009. Epub 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36470448.

  • Prpic NM, Pechmann M. Extraembryonic tissue in chelicerates: a review and outlook. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2022 Dec 5;377(1865):20210269. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0269. Epub 2022 Oct 17. PMID: 36252223; PMCID: PMC9574639.

  • Pechmann M, Prpic NM. The T-box gene optomotor-blind organizes proximodistal leg patterning in the beetle Tribolium castaneum by repressing dorsal Dpp pathway activity. Dev Biol. 2022 Feb;482:124-134. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.12.008. Epub 2021 Dec 20. PMID: 34942194.

  • Janssen R, Pechmann M, Turetzek N. A chelicerate Wnt gene expression atlas: novel insights into the complexity of arthropod Wnt-patterning. Evodevo. 2021 Nov 9;12(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s13227-021-00182-1. PMID: 34753512; PMCID: PMC8579682.

  • Pechmann M, Kenny NJ, Pott L, Heger P, Chen YT, Buchta T, Özüak O, Lynch J, Roth S. Striking parallels between dorsoventral patterning in Drosophila and Gryllus reveal a complex evolutionary history behind a model gene regulatory network. Elife. 2021 Mar 30;10:e68287. doi: 10.7554/eLife.68287. PMID: 33783353; PMCID: PMC8051952.

  • Pechmann M. Embryonic development and secondary axis induction in the Brazilian white knee tarantula Acanthoscurria geniculata, C. L. Koch, 1841 (Araneae; Mygalomorphae; Theraphosidae). Dev Genes Evol. 2020 Mar;230(2):75-94. doi: 10.1007/s00427-020-00653-w. Epub 2020 Feb 19. PMID: 32076811; PMCID: PMC7128004.

  • Thomas GWC, Dohmen E, Hughes DST, Murali SC, Poelchau M, Glastad K, Anstead CA, Ayoub NA, Batterham P, Bellair M, Binford GJ, Chao H, Chen YH, Childers C, Dinh H, Doddapaneni HV, Duan JJ, Dugan S, Esposito LA, Friedrich M, Garb J, Gasser RB, Goodisman MAD, Gundersen-Rindal DE, Han Y, Handler AM, Hatakeyama M, Hering L, Hunter WB, Ioannidis P, Jayaseelan JC, Kalra D, Khila A, Korhonen PK, Lee CE, Lee SL, Li Y, Lindsey ARI, Mayer G, McGregor AP, McKenna DD, Misof B, Munidasa M, Munoz-Torres M, Muzny DM, Niehuis O, Osuji-Lacy N, Palli SR, Panfilio KA, Pechmann M, Perry T, Peters RS, Poynton HC, Prpic NM, Qu J, Rotenberg D, Schal C, Schoville SD, Scully ED, Skinner E, Sloan DB, Stouthamer R, Strand MR, Szucsich NU, Wijeratne A, Young ND, Zattara EE, Benoit JB, Zdobnov EM, Pfrender ME, Hackett KJ, Werren JH, Worley KC, Gibbs RA, Chipman AD, Waterhouse RM, Bornberg-Bauer E, Hahn MW, Richards S. Gene content evolution in the arthropods. Genome Biol. 2020 Jan 23;21(1):15. doi: 10.1186/s13059-019-1925-7. PMID: 31969194; PMCID: PMC6977273.

  • Benton MA, Frey N, Nunes da Fonseca R, von Levetzow C, Stappert D, Hakeemi MS, Conrads KH, Pechmann M, Panfilio KA, Lynch JA, Roth S. Fog signaling has diverse roles in epithelial morphogenesis in insects. Elife. 2019 Oct 1;8:e47346. doi: 10.7554/eLife.47346. PMID: 31573513; PMCID: PMC6794076.

  • Pechmann M, Benton MA, Kenny NJ, Posnien N, Roth S. A novel role for Ets4 in axis specification and cell migration in the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. Elife. 2017 Aug 29;6:e27590. doi: 10.7554/eLife.27590. PMID: 28849761; PMCID: PMC5574703.

  • Schwager EE, Sharma PP, Clarke T, Leite DJ, Wierschin T, Pechmann M, Akiyama-Oda Y, Esposito L, Bechsgaard J, Bilde T, Buffry AD, Chao H, Dinh H, Doddapaneni H, Dugan S, Eibner C, Extavour CG, Funch P, Garb J, Gonzalez LB, Gonzalez VL, Griffiths-Jones S, Han Y, Hayashi C, Hilbrant M, Hughes DST, Janssen R, Lee SL, Maeso I, Murali SC, Muzny DM, Nunes da Fonseca R, Paese CLB, Qu J, Ronshaugen M, Schomburg C, Schönauer A, Stollewerk A, Torres-Oliva M, Turetzek N, Vanthournout B, Werren JH, Wolff C, Worley KC, Bucher G, Gibbs RA, Coddington J, Oda H, Stanke M, Ayoub NA, Prpic NM, Flot JF, Posnien N, Richards S, McGregor AP. The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution. BMC Biol. 2017 Jul 31;15(1):62. doi: 10.1186/s12915-017-0399-x. PMID: 28756775; PMCID: PMC5535294.

  • Pechmann M. Formation of the germ-disc in spider embryos by a condensation-like mechanism. Front Zool. 2016 Aug 11;13:35. doi: 10.1186/s12983-016-0166-9. PMID: 27525029; PMCID: PMC4982120.

  • Benton MA, Pechmann M, Frey N, Stappert D, Conrads KH, Chen YT, Stamataki E, Pavlopoulos A, Roth S. Toll Genes Have an Ancestral Role in Axis Elongation. Curr Biol. 2016 Jun 20;26(12):1609-1615. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.055. Epub 2016 May 19. PMID: 27212406.

  • Turetzek N, Pechmann M, Schomburg C, Schneider J, Prpic NM. Neofunctionalization of a Duplicate dachshund Gene Underlies the Evolution of a Novel Leg Segment in Arachnids. Mol Biol Evol. 2016 Jan;33(1):109-21. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv200. Epub 2015 Oct 6. PMID: 26443673.

  • Pechmann M, Schwager EE, Turetzek N, Prpic NM. Regressive evolution of the arthropod tritocerebral segment linked to functional divergence of the Hox gene labial. Proc Biol Sci. 2015 Sep 7;282(1814):20151162. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1162. PMID: 26311666; PMCID: PMC4571697.

  • Posnien N, Zeng V, Schwager EE, Pechmann M, Hilbrant M, Keefe JD, Damen WG, Prpic NM, McGregor AP, Extavour CG. A comprehensive reference transcriptome resource for the common house spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. PLoS One. 2014 Aug 13;9(8):e104885. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104885. PMID: 25118601; PMCID: PMC4132015.

  • Khadjeh S, Turetzek N, Pechmann M, Schwager EE, Wimmer EA, Damen WG, Prpic NM. Divergent role of the Hox gene Antennapedia in spiders is responsible for the convergent evolution of abdominal limb repression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Mar 27;109(13):4921-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1116421109. Epub 2012 Mar 15. PMID: 22421434; PMCID: PMC3323954.

  • Pechmann M, Khadjeh S, Turetzek N, McGregor AP, Damen WG, Prpic NM. Novel function of Distal-less as a gap gene during spider segmentation. PLoS Genet. 2011 Oct;7(10):e1002342. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002342. Epub 2011 Oct 20. PMID: 22028676; PMCID: PMC3197691.

  • Janssen R*, Le Gouar M*, Pechmann M*, Poulin F, Bolognesi R, Schwager EE, Hopfen C, Colbourne JK, Budd GE, Brown SJ, Prpic NM, Kosiol C, Vervoort M, Damen WG, Balavoine G, McGregor AP. Conservation, loss, and redeployment of Wnt ligands in protostomes: implications for understanding the evolution of segment formation. BMC Evol Biol. 2010 Dec 1;10:374. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-374. PMID: 21122121; PMCID: PMC3003278. *Contributed equally

  • Pechmann M, Khadjeh S, Sprenger F, Prpic NM. Patterning mechanisms and morphological diversity of spider appendages and their importance for spider evolution. Arthropod Struct Dev. 2010 Nov;39(6):453-67. doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2010.07.007. PMID: 20696272.

  • Pechmann M, Prpic NM. Appendage patterning in the South American bird spider Acanthoscurria geniculata (Araneae: Mygalomorphae). Dev Genes Evol. 2009 Apr;219(4):189-98. doi: 10.1007/s00427-009-0279-7. Epub 2009 Mar 6. PMID: 19266215.

  • Pechmann M, McGregor AP, Schwager EE, Feitosa NM, Damen WG. Dynamic gene expression is required for anterior regionalization in a spider. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Feb 3;106(5):1468-72. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0811150106. Epub 2009 Jan 15. PMID: 19147844; PMCID: PMC2635816.

  • McGregor AP*, Pechmann M*, Schwager EE, Feitosa NM, Kruck S, Aranda M, Damen WG. Wnt8 is required for growth-zone establishment and development of opisthosomal segments in a spider. Curr Biol. 2008 Oct 28;18(20):1619-23. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.045. PMID: 18926703. *Contributed equally

  • McGregor AP, Hilbrant M, Pechmann M, Schwager EE, Prpic NM, Damen WG. Cupiennius salei and Achaearanea tepidariorum: Spider models for investigating evolution and development. Bioessays. 2008 May;30(5):487-98. doi: 10.1002/bies.20744. PMID: 18404731.

  • Schwager EE, Schoppmeier M, Pechmann M, Damen WG. Duplicated Hox genes in the spider Cupiennius salei. Front Zool. 2007 Mar 13;4:10. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-4-10. PMID: 17355624; PMCID: PMC1838909.