Publications (* Undergradate student contribution)

• Koyama T., Nunes C., Khong H., Suzuki Y. (2022) Adaptive Meaning of Early Life Experience in Species that Go Through Metamorphosis. In: Costantini D., Marasco V. (eds) Development Strategies and Biodiversity. Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer, Cham. 

• Ffrench J*, Tracewell J*, Suzuki Y. 2021. Conventional and organic wheat germ have distinct physiological effects in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta: Use of black mutant assay to detect environmental juvenoid activity of insect growth regulators (IGRs). Frontiers in Insect Science 1: 744847.

• Suzuki Y, Toh L*. 2021. Constraints and opportunities for the evolution of metamorphic organisms in a changing climate. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 734031. 

• Jeng ML , Suzuki Y, Chang CY, Chen TR. 2021. Do holometabolous insects molt spontaneously after adulthood? An exceptional case report in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), with discussion of its inferred endocrine regulation especially in relation to neoteny. Arthropod Structure & Development 61:101013

• He L*, Shin SH*, Wang Z*, Yuan I*, Weschler R*, Koyama T, Nijhout HF, Suzuki Y. 2020. Mechanism of threshold size assessment: metamorphosis is triggered by the TGF-beta/activin ligand myoglianin. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 126, 103452

• Suzuki Y, McKenna KZ, Nijhout HF. 2020. Regulation of phenotypic plasticity from the perspective of evolutionary developmental biology. Phenotypic Switching, 403-442.

• Xu LC1*, Nunes C1, Wang VR*, Saito A*, Chen T*, Basak P*, Chang JJ*, Koyama T, Suzuki Y. 2020. Distinct nutritional and endocrine regulation of prothoracic gland activities underlies divergent life history strategies in Manduca sexta and Drosophila melanogaster. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 119, 103335 (1 denotes co-first authors)

• Sarwar PF1*, McDonald IR1*,Wang VR, Suzuki Y. 2020. The POU factor Ventral veins lacking regulates ecdysone and juvenile hormone biosynthesis during development and reproduction of the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus Developmental Biology 459: 181-193 (1 denotes co-first authors)

• Suzuki Y, Garvey SL*, Wang VR* and Yanes KO* 2019. Evolution and regulation of limb regeneration in the arthropods. In: Tworzydlo W., Bilinski S. (eds) Evo-Devo: Non-model Species in Cell and Developmental Biology. Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, vol 68.

• Panfilio KA, Vargas Jentzsch IM, Benoit JB, Erezyilmaz D, Suzuki Y et al. 2019. Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome. Genome Biology 20: 64

• Chou J*1, Ferris AC*1, Chen T*, Seok R*, Yoon D* and Suzuki Y. 2019. Epigenetic regulation of postembryonic developmental plasticity: Roles of Polycomb group proteins Enhancer of zeste (E(z)) and Polycomb (Pc) during metamorphosis and larval leg regeneration in the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Developmental Biology 450: 34-46. (1 denotes co-first authors)

• Angelini DR, Suzuki Y. 2018. Editorial overview: Development and regulation: Mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity one hundred years since 'On Growth and Form'. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 25:viii-x. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.02.016.

• Sharma AI*, Yanes KO*, Jin L*, Garvey SL*, Taha SM*, Suzuki Y. 2016. The phenotypic plasticity of developmental modules. EvoDevo 7:15. doi: 10.1186/s13227-016-0053-7.

• Hatem NE*, Wang Z*, Nave KB*, Koyama T, and Suzuki Y. 2015. The role of juvenile hormone and insulin/TOR signaling in the growth of Manduca sexta. BMC Biology 13:44 doi:10.1186/s12915-015-0155-z

• Villarreal CM*1, Darakananda K*1, Wang VR*, Jayaprakash PM*, and Suzuki Y. 2015. Hedgehog signaling regulates imaginal cell differentiation in a basally branching holometabolous insect. Developmental Biology 404:125-135. (1 denotes co-first authors)

• Cheng C*, Ko A*, Chaieb L*, Koyama T, Sarwar P*, Mirth CK, Smith WA, and Suzuki Y. 2014. The POU factor Ventral veins lacking/Drifter directs the timing of metamorphosis through ecdysteroid and juvenile hormone signaling. PLoS Genetics 10(6): e1004425. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004425

• Nijhout HF, Riddiford LM, Mirth C, Shingleton AW, Suzuki Y, and Callier V. 2014. The developmental control of size in insects. WIREs Developmental Biology 3:113–134. doi: 10.1002/wdev.124

• Suzuki Y1, Koyama T1, Hiruma K, Riddiford LM, and Truman JW. 2013. A molt timer is involved in the metamorphic molt in larvae of Manduca sexta. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110(31): 12518–12525 (1 denotes co-first authors)

• Lee KA*1, Sze CC*1, Kim ER*, and Suzuki Y. 2013. Developmental coupling of larval and adult stages in a complex life cycle: Insights from limb regeneration in the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. EvoDevo 4:20. (1 denotes co-first authors)

• Mitten EK*, Jing D*, and Suzuki Y. 2012. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are required for wound closure and healing during larval leg regeneration in the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 42(11): 854-864.

• Kemirembe K*, Liebmann KL*, Bootes A, Smith WA, and Suzuki Y. 2012. Amino acids and TOR signaling promote prothoracic gland growth and the initiation of larval molts in the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44429.

• Namigai EKO* and Suzuki Y. 2012. Functional conservation and divergence of BMP ligands in limb development and lipid homeostasis of holometabolous insects. Evolution & Development 14(3): 296-310.

• Shah MV*, Namigai EKO* and Suzuki Y. 2011. The role of canonical Wnt signaling in leg regeneration and metamorphosis in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Mechanisms of Development 128(7-10): 342-358.

• Ewen-Campen B, Shaner N, Panfilio K, Suzuki Y, Roth S, and Extavour C. 2011. The maternal and early embryonic transcriptome of the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus. BMC Genomics 12:61.

• Suzuki Y. 2010. Invited book review: Insect Development: Morphogenesis molting and Metamorphosis. Quarterly Review of Biology 85(4): 509.

• Nijhout HF, and Suzuki Y. 2009. Environment and Genetic Accommodation. Biological Theory 3: 1-9

• Suzuki Y, Squires DC*, and Riddiford LM. 2009. Larval leg integrity is regulated by distal-less and is required for proper timing of metamorphosis in the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Developmental Biology 326(1): 60-67. 

• Suzuki Y and Nijhout HF. 2008. Constraints and developmental dissociation of phenotypic integration in a genetically accommodated trait. Evolution & Development 10(6):690-699.

• Suzuki Y, Truman JW and Riddiford LM. 2008. The role of the transcription factor broad in the development and evolution of the holometabolous insect pupa, Tribolium castaneum. Development 135(3):569-577.

• Suzuki Y and Nijhout HF. 2008. Genetic basis of adaptive evolution of a polyphenism by genetic accommodation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 57-66.

• Suzuki Y and Nijhout HF. 2006. Evolution of a color polyphenism by genetic accommodation. Science 311(5761): 650-652.

• Suzuki Y and Palopoli MF. 2001. Evolution of insect abdominal appendages: Are prolegs homologous or convergent traits? Development, Genes, and Evolution 211: 486-492.