I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in Karen Sears lab at UCLA. My research is broadly related to mammalian evo-devo with a special focus on bats as a hyperdiverse model group. In particular, I am interested in how the inherent structure of developmental mechanisms facilitate or constrain organ and shape evolution, and as a result, species evolution in response to environmental pressures. In addition, I am involved in other collaborations such as bat sensory systems evolution, the loss of tusks in elephants or limb evolution.
The developmental basis for scaling of mammalian tooth size
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Alexa Sadier
Hidden limbs in the “limbless skink” Brachymeles lukbani: developmental observations
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Alexa Sadier
Six new reference-quality bat genomes illuminate the molecular basis and evolution of bat adaptations
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Alexa Sadier, Alexa Sadier
Reconstructing the transcriptional ontogeny of maize and sorghum supports an inverse hourglass model of inflorescence development
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Alexa Sadier
The visual system of the genetically tractable crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis: diversification of eyes and visual circuits associated with low-resolution vision
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Alexa Sadier
Symmetry breaking in the embryonic skin triggers a directional and sequential front of competence during plumage patterning
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Alexa Sadier