RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Research papers
Amemiya, Y., and J. H. Youson. 2004. Primary structure of stanniocalcin in two basal Actinopterygii. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol 135: 250-257.

Wilkie, M.P., S. Turnbull, J. Bird, Y.S. Wang, J.F. Claude, and J. H. Youson. 2004. Lamprey parasitism of sharks and teleosts: high capacity urea excretion and ornithine urea cycle activity in an extant vertebrate relic. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 138A: 485-492.

Khalap A., B. Bagrosky, S. Lecaude, J. Youson, P. Danielson, and R.M. Dores. 2005. Trends in the evolution of the proenkephalin and prodynorphin genes in gnathostomes. Proceedings of the New York Academy of Science 1040: 22-37.

Montpetit, C. J., V. Chatalov, J. Yuk, I. Rasaratnam, and J. H. Youson. 2005. Expression of neuropeptide Y family peptides in the brain and gut during stages of the life cycle of a parasitic lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) and a nonparasitic lamprey (Ichthyomyzon gagei). Proceedings of the New York Academy of Science 1040: 140-149.

Youson, J. H., J. A. Heinig, S. F. Khanam, S. A. Sower, H. Kawauchi, and F. W. Keeley. 2006. Patterns of proopiomelanotropin (POM) and proopiocortin (POC) gene expression and of immunohistochemistry for gonadotropin-releasing hormones (lGnRH-I and III) during the life cycle of a nonparasitic lamprey: relationship to this adult life history type. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 148: 54-71.

Youson, J. H., A. A. Al-Mahrouki, Y. Amemiya, L. C. Graham, C. J. Montpetit, and D. M. Irwin. 2006. The fish endocrine pancreas: review, new data, and future directions in ontogeny and phylogeny.  Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 148: 105-115.

Wilkie, M. P., J. F. Claude, A. Cockshutt, J. A. Holmes, Y. S. Wang, J. H. Youson, and P. J. Walsh. 2006.  Shifting patterns of nitrogen excretion and amino acid catabolism capacity during the life cycle of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Physiol. Biochem. Zool., 79: 885-898.

Amemiya, Y., D. M. Irwin, and J. H. Youson. 2006. Cloning of stanniocalcin (STC) cDNAs of divergent teleost species: Monomeric STC supports monophyly of the ancient teleosts, the osteoglossomorphs.  Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 149: 100-107.

Symposium/ Review/Book Chapter Articles
Docker, M. F., S. A. Sower, J. H. Youson, F. W. H. Beamish. 2003. Future sea lamprey control through regulation of metamorphosis and reproduction: A report from the SLIS II New Science and Control Workgroup. J. Great Lakes Res. 29 (Supplement 1): 801-807.

Youson, J. H. 2003. The biology of metamorphosis in sea lampreys: endocrine, environmental and physiological cues and events and their potential application to lamprey control. (Symposium address at the Sea Lamprey International Symposium II, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, August 13-18, 2000.) J. Great Lakes Res. 29 (Supplement 1): 26-49.

Youson, J.H. 2004. The impact of environmental and hormonal cues on the evolution of fish metamorphosis. In Environment, Development and Evolution, Edited by B. K. Hall, R.D. Pearson, and G.B. Muller, MIT Press, Cambridge, pp. 239-277.