PUBLICATIONS
COVER ART
Grohganz M, Leyhr J, Johanson Z, Haitina T, Sanchez S, Dollman K, Stundl J, Bronner M, Fraser GJ, and Donoghue P. 2025. Investigating the morphogenesis and replacement of lamprey toothlets using synchrotron imaging. Journal of Morphology. 286: e70094. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70094.
Cohen KE, Coates MI and Fraser GJ. 2025. Teeth Outside the Jaw: Evolution and Development of the Toothed Head Clasper in Chimaeras. Proceedings of the National. Academy of Sciences USA. 122 (37) e2508054122. LINK
Paluh, DJ, Brinkman M, Gilliam-Beale K, Salcedo-Recio D, Szafranski J, Hanken J, and Fraser GJ. 2025. The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole keratinized mouthparts to adult teeth. Royal Society Open Science. 12: 251196. LINK
Mehdi Q, Sinkway TD, Blackman LE, Iorfida AL, Pittman AM, Sutterer C, Hinchliffe HL, Zautcke KA, Morrow ME, Shah N, Chambrier-Athias IA, Cohen KE, Fraser GJ, Adams DH, Bowden JA. 2025. Occurrence and Maternal Transfer of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Pregnant Sharks from Florida Coastal Waters. Environmental Science and Technology. 59 (29), 14981-14992.
Cohen KE, Hall KC, Crow KD and Fraser GJ. 2025. A potential nursery site for Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) in the San Juan Channel, Friday Harbor Washington. Accepted for Publication. Northwestern Naturalist.
Rubin LD, Fraser GJ, Gabler-Smith MK, Lauder GV, Ribeiro WV, Vaz DFB, Wallis-Mauro N and Sibert EC. 2025. Quantifying the denticle multiverse: a standardized coding system to capture three dimensional morphological variation for quantitative evolutionary and ecological studies of elasmobranch denticles. Integrative Organismal Biology. obaf021.
Nicklin EF, Cohen KE, Cooper RL, Mitchell G, and Fraser GJ. 2024. Evolution, development, and regeneration of tooth-like epithelial appendages in sharks. Developmental Biology. 516. Pages 221-236. pdf
Cohen KE, Coates MI and Fraser GJ. 2025. Teeth Outside the Jaw: Evolution and Development of the Toothed Head Clasper in Chimaeras. Proceedings of the National. Academy of Sciences USA. 122 (37) e2508054122. LINK
Paluh, DJ, Brinkman M, Gilliam-Beale K, Salcedo-Recio D, Szafranski J, Hanken J, and Fraser GJ. 2025. The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole keratinized mouthparts to adult teeth. Royal Society Open Science. 12: 251196. LINK
Mehdi Q, Sinkway TD, Blackman LE, Iorfida AL, Pittman AM, Sutterer C, Hinchliffe HL, Zautcke KA, Morrow ME, Shah N, Chambrier-Athias IA, Cohen KE, Fraser GJ, Adams DH, Bowden JA. 2025. Occurrence and Maternal Transfer of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Pregnant Sharks from Florida Coastal Waters. Environmental Science and Technology. 59 (29), 14981-14992.
Cohen KE, Hall KC, Crow KD and Fraser GJ. 2025. A potential nursery site for Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) in the San Juan Channel, Friday Harbor Washington. Accepted for Publication. Northwestern Naturalist.
Rubin LD, Fraser GJ, Gabler-Smith MK, Lauder GV, Ribeiro WV, Vaz DFB, Wallis-Mauro N and Sibert EC. 2025. Quantifying the denticle multiverse: a standardized coding system to capture three dimensional morphological variation for quantitative evolutionary and ecological studies of elasmobranch denticles. Integrative Organismal Biology. obaf021.
Nicklin EF, Cohen KE, Cooper RL, Mitchell G, and Fraser GJ. 2024. Evolution, development, and regeneration of tooth-like epithelial appendages in sharks. Developmental Biology. 516. Pages 221-236. pdf
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Byrum SR, Frazier BS, Grubbs RD, Naylor GJP, Fraser GJ. 2024. Embryonic development in the bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), a viviparous hammerhead shark. Developmental Dynamics.
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Cooper RL, Nicklin EF, Rasch LJ, Fraser GJ. 2023. Teeth outside the mouth: the evolution and development of shark denticles. Evolution and Development. 25. 54– 72. pdf
Thiery AP, Standing ASI, Cooper RL, and Fraser GJ. 2022. An epithelial signalling centre in sharks supports homology of tooth morphogenesis in vertebrates. eLife. 11:e73173. pdf
Paluh DJ, Dillard WA, Stanley E, Fraser GJ, and Blackburn DC. 2021. Re-evaluating the morphological evidence for the re-evolution of lost mandibular teeth in frogs. Evolution. 75 (12): 3203-3212. pdf
Rasch LJ, Cooper RL, Underwood C, Dillard WA, Thiery AP, and Fraser GJ. 2020. Development and regeneration of the crushing dentition in skates (Rajidae). Developmental Biology. 466 (1-2); 59-72. pdf
Fraser GJ, Standing A, Underwood C, and Thiery AP. 2020. The dental lamina: An essential structure for perpetual tooth regeneration in sharks. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60 (3); 644-655. (Editor's Choice).
Fraser GJ, and Hulsey CD. 2020. Biology at the cusp: teeth as a model phenotype for integrating developmental genomics, biomechanics, and Ecology. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60 (3); 559-562.
Hulsey CD, Cohen KE, Johanson Z, Karagic N, Meyer A, Miller CT, Sadier A, Summers AP, and Fraser GJ. 2020. Grand challenges in comparative tooth biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60 (3); 563-580.,
Fraser GJ, Hamed S, Martin KJ, and Hunter K. 2019. Shark tooth regeneration reveals common stem cell characters in both human rested lamina and ameloblastoma. Scientific Reports. 9: 15956. pdf
Fraser, GJ. & Thiery, AP. 2019. Evolution, Development and Regeneration of Fish Dentitions. In Z. Johanson, C. Underwood, & M. Richter (Eds.), Evolution and Development of Fishes (pp. 160-171). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316832172.010 PDF
Bloomquist RB, Fowler TE, An Z, Yu T, Abdilleh K, Fraser GJ, Sharpe P, and Streelman JT. 2019. Developmental plasticity of epithelial stem cells in tooth and taste bud renewal. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 116 (36) 17858-17866. pdf
Cooper RL, Lloyd VJ, Di-Poï N, Fletcher AG, Barrett P, and Fraser GJ. 2019. Conserved gene signalling and a derived patterning mechanism underlie the development of avian footpad scales. EvoDevo. 10 (19). pdf
Shono T, Thiery AP, Cooper RL, Kurokawa D, Britz R, Okabe M, and Fraser GJ. 2019. Evolution and developmental diversity of skin spines in pufferfishes. iScience. 19. 1244-1255. pdf
Johanson Z, Martin KJ, Fraser GJ, James K. 2019. The synarcual of the Little Skate, Leucoraja erinacea: Novel development among the vertebrates. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7: 12. pdf
Cooper RL, Thiery AP, Fletcher AG, Delbarre DJ, Rasch LJ, and Fraser GJ. 2018. An ancient Turing-like patterning mechanism regulates skin denticle development in sharks. Science Advances. Vol. 4, no. 11, eaau5484. pdf
Seppala M, Fraser GJ, Ahmadi Birjandi A, Guilherme X, and Cobourne MT. 2017. Sonic hedgehog signaling and development of the dentition. Journal of Developmental Biology. 5 (2): 6. pdf
Thiery AP, Shono T, Kurokawa D, Britz R, Johanson Z, and Fraser GJ. 2017. Spatially restricted dental regeneration drives pufferfish beak development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 114 (22): E4425-4434. pdf
Cooper RL, Martin KJ, Rasch LJ, and Fraser GJ. 2017. Developing an ancient epithelial appendage: FGF signalling regulates early tail denticle formation in sharks. EvoDevo. 8:8. pdf
Smith MM, Underwood C, and Fraser GJ. 2017. How teeth are organised into functional dentitions. infocus Magazine; Royal Microscopical Society. Issue 45: 4-11. pdf
Gallego V, Yoshida M, Kurokawa D, Asturiano JF, and Fraser GJ. 2017. Embryonic development of the grass pufferfish (Takifugu niphobles): From egg to larvae. Theriogenology. 90: 191-196. doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2016.12.005. pdf
Martin KJ, Rasch LJ, Cooper RL, Metscher BD, Johanson Z, Fraser GJ. 2016. Sox2+ progenitors in sharks link taste development with the evolution of regenerative teeth from denticles. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 113 (51); 14769-14774. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1612354113. pdf - Featured 'In this Issue'.
Cooper RL, Lloyd VJ, Di-Poï N, Fletcher AG, Barrett P, and Fraser GJ. 2019. Conserved gene signalling and a derived patterning mechanism underlie the development of avian footpad scales. EvoDevo. 10 (19). pdf
Shono T, Thiery AP, Cooper RL, Kurokawa D, Britz R, Okabe M, and Fraser GJ. 2019. Evolution and developmental diversity of skin spines in pufferfishes. iScience. 19. 1244-1255. pdf
Johanson Z, Martin KJ, Fraser GJ, James K. 2019. The synarcual of the Little Skate, Leucoraja erinacea: Novel development among the vertebrates. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7: 12. pdf
Cooper RL, Thiery AP, Fletcher AG, Delbarre DJ, Rasch LJ, and Fraser GJ. 2018. An ancient Turing-like patterning mechanism regulates skin denticle development in sharks. Science Advances. Vol. 4, no. 11, eaau5484. pdf
Seppala M, Fraser GJ, Ahmadi Birjandi A, Guilherme X, and Cobourne MT. 2017. Sonic hedgehog signaling and development of the dentition. Journal of Developmental Biology. 5 (2): 6. pdf
Thiery AP, Shono T, Kurokawa D, Britz R, Johanson Z, and Fraser GJ. 2017. Spatially restricted dental regeneration drives pufferfish beak development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 114 (22): E4425-4434. pdf
Cooper RL, Martin KJ, Rasch LJ, and Fraser GJ. 2017. Developing an ancient epithelial appendage: FGF signalling regulates early tail denticle formation in sharks. EvoDevo. 8:8. pdf
Smith MM, Underwood C, and Fraser GJ. 2017. How teeth are organised into functional dentitions. infocus Magazine; Royal Microscopical Society. Issue 45: 4-11. pdf
Gallego V, Yoshida M, Kurokawa D, Asturiano JF, and Fraser GJ. 2017. Embryonic development of the grass pufferfish (Takifugu niphobles): From egg to larvae. Theriogenology. 90: 191-196. doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2016.12.005. pdf
Martin KJ, Rasch LJ, Cooper RL, Metscher BD, Johanson Z, Fraser GJ. 2016. Sox2+ progenitors in sharks link taste development with the evolution of regenerative teeth from denticles. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 113 (51); 14769-14774. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1612354113. pdf - Featured 'In this Issue'.
Cichlid pharyngeal teeth included in the cover image
Atkinson CJL, Martin KJ, Fraser GJ, Collin SP. 2016. Morphology and distribution of taste papillae and oral denticles in the developing oropharyngeal cavity of the bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum. Biology Open. 5: 1759-1769. doi: 10.1242/bio.022327 pdf
Hulsey CD, Fraser GJ, and Meyer A. 2016. Biting into the genome to phenome map: Developmental genetic modularity of cichlid fish dentitions. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 56 (3): 373-388. doi: 10.1093/icb/icw059 pdf
Smith MM, Fraser GJ, and Johanson Z. 2016. Origin of teeth in jawed vertebrates. infocus Magazine; Royal Microscopical Society. Issue 42. June 2016. pdf
Rasch LJ, Martin KJ, Cooper RL, Metscher BD, Underwood CJ, and Fraser GJ. 2016. An ancient dental gene set governs development and continuous regeneration of teeth in sharks. Developmental Biology. 415(2): 347-370. OA LINK - Runner-up 'DB outstanding paper of the year' award 2016.
Hulsey CD, Fraser GJ, and Meyer A. 2016. Biting into the genome to phenome map: Developmental genetic modularity of cichlid fish dentitions. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 56 (3): 373-388. doi: 10.1093/icb/icw059 pdf
Smith MM, Fraser GJ, and Johanson Z. 2016. Origin of teeth in jawed vertebrates. infocus Magazine; Royal Microscopical Society. Issue 42. June 2016. pdf
Rasch LJ, Martin KJ, Cooper RL, Metscher BD, Underwood CJ, and Fraser GJ. 2016. An ancient dental gene set governs development and continuous regeneration of teeth in sharks. Developmental Biology. 415(2): 347-370. OA LINK - Runner-up 'DB outstanding paper of the year' award 2016.
Cover Image PNAS May 22, 2012
Smith MM, Riley A, Fraser GJ, Underwood C, Welten M, Kriwet J, Pfaff C, and Johanson Z. 2015. Early development in rostrum saw-teeth of fossil ray tests classical theories of the evolution of vertebrate dentitions. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, B. 20151628. pdf
Underwood C, Johanson Z, Welten M, Rasch LJ, Fraser GJ, and Smith MM. 2015. Development and evolution of dentition pattern and tooth order in the skates and rays (Batoidea; Chondrichthyes). PLOS ONE. 10(4): e0122553. pdf
Smith MM, Johanson Z, Butts T, Ericsson R, Modrell M, Tulenko F, Davis M, and Fraser GJ. 2015. Making teeth to order: conserved genes reveal an ancient molecular pattern in Paddlefish (Actinopterygii). Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B. 282: 20142700. pdf
Tucker AS and Fraser GJ. 2014. Evolution and developmental diversity of tooth regeneration. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 25-26: 71-80. pdf
Fraser GJ, Bloomquist RF and Streelman JT. 2013. Common developmental pathways link tooth shape to regeneration. Dev. Biol. 377 (2): 399-414. pdf
Fraser GJ, Britz R, Johanson Z, Hall A, and Smith MM. 2012. Replacing the first generation dentition in pufferfish with a unique beak. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 109 (21): 8179-8184. pdf (Cover Image)
Rasher DB, Engel S, Bonito V, Fraser GJ, Montoya J, and Hay M. 2012. Effects of Herbivory, Nutrient Enrichment, and Reef Protection on Algal Proliferation and Coral Growth on a Tropical Reef. Oecologia. 169(1): 187-198. pdf
Fraser GJ and Smith MM. 2011. Evolution of Developmental Pattern for Vertebrate Dentitions: an Oro-pharyngeal Specific Mechanism. Journal of Experimental Zoology B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 316B: 99–112. pdf
Fraser GJ, Cerny R, Soukup V, Bronner-Fraser M, and Streelman JT. 2010. The Odontode Explosion: The origin of tooth-like structures in vertebrates. BioEssays. 32(9): 808–817. pdf
Sylvester JB, Rich CA, Loh YH, van Staaden MJ, Fraser GJ, and Streelman JT. 2010. Brain diversity evolves via differences in patterning. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 107(21): 9718-23. pdf
Ohazama A, Blackburn J, Porntaveetus T, Ota MS, Choi HY, Johnson EB, Myers P, Oommen S, Eto K, Kessler JA, Kondo T, Fraser GJ, Streelman JT, Pardiñas UF, Tucker AS, Ortiz PE, Charles C, Viriot L, Herz J, and Sharpe PT. 2010. A role for suppressed incisor cuspal morphogenesis in the evolution of mammalian heterodont dentition. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 107(1): 92-7. pdf
Underwood C, Johanson Z, Welten M, Rasch LJ, Fraser GJ, and Smith MM. 2015. Development and evolution of dentition pattern and tooth order in the skates and rays (Batoidea; Chondrichthyes). PLOS ONE. 10(4): e0122553. pdf
Smith MM, Johanson Z, Butts T, Ericsson R, Modrell M, Tulenko F, Davis M, and Fraser GJ. 2015. Making teeth to order: conserved genes reveal an ancient molecular pattern in Paddlefish (Actinopterygii). Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B. 282: 20142700. pdf
Tucker AS and Fraser GJ. 2014. Evolution and developmental diversity of tooth regeneration. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 25-26: 71-80. pdf
Fraser GJ, Bloomquist RF and Streelman JT. 2013. Common developmental pathways link tooth shape to regeneration. Dev. Biol. 377 (2): 399-414. pdf
Fraser GJ, Britz R, Johanson Z, Hall A, and Smith MM. 2012. Replacing the first generation dentition in pufferfish with a unique beak. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 109 (21): 8179-8184. pdf (Cover Image)
Rasher DB, Engel S, Bonito V, Fraser GJ, Montoya J, and Hay M. 2012. Effects of Herbivory, Nutrient Enrichment, and Reef Protection on Algal Proliferation and Coral Growth on a Tropical Reef. Oecologia. 169(1): 187-198. pdf
Fraser GJ and Smith MM. 2011. Evolution of Developmental Pattern for Vertebrate Dentitions: an Oro-pharyngeal Specific Mechanism. Journal of Experimental Zoology B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 316B: 99–112. pdf
Fraser GJ, Cerny R, Soukup V, Bronner-Fraser M, and Streelman JT. 2010. The Odontode Explosion: The origin of tooth-like structures in vertebrates. BioEssays. 32(9): 808–817. pdf
Sylvester JB, Rich CA, Loh YH, van Staaden MJ, Fraser GJ, and Streelman JT. 2010. Brain diversity evolves via differences in patterning. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 107(21): 9718-23. pdf
Ohazama A, Blackburn J, Porntaveetus T, Ota MS, Choi HY, Johnson EB, Myers P, Oommen S, Eto K, Kessler JA, Kondo T, Fraser GJ, Streelman JT, Pardiñas UF, Tucker AS, Ortiz PE, Charles C, Viriot L, Herz J, and Sharpe PT. 2010. A role for suppressed incisor cuspal morphogenesis in the evolution of mammalian heterodont dentition. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 107(1): 92-7. pdf
Cover image PLOS BIOLOGY Feb. 2009
Fraser GJ, Hulsey CD, Uyesugi K, Bloomquist RF, Manley NR, and Streelman JT. 2009. An Ancient gene network is co-opted for teeth on old and new jaws. PLOS Biology. 7(2): e1000031. pdf
Cover JEZ 2006
Smith MM, Fraser GJ, Chaplin N, Hobs C, and Graham A. 2009. Reiterative pattern of sonic hedgehog expression in the catshark dentition reveals a phylogenetic template for jawed vertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B. 276; 1225-1233. pdf
Smith MM, Fraser GJ, and Mitsiadis T. 2009. Dental lamina as source of odontogenic stem cells: evolutionary origins and developmental control of tooth generation in gnathostomes. Journal of Experimental Zoology: B; Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 312B; 260–280. pdf
Fraser GJ, Bloomquist RF, and Streelman JT. 2008. A periodic pattern generator for dental diversity. BMC Biology, 6: (32). pdf
Fraser GJ, Graham A, and Smith MM. 2006. Developmental and evolutionary origins of the vertebrate dentition: molecular controls for spatio-temporal organisation of tooth sites in osteichthyans. Journal of Experimental Zoology: B; Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 306 (3): 183-203. pdf
Fraser GJ, Berkovitz BK, Graham A, and Smith MM. 2006. Gene deployment for tooth replacement in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): a developmental model for evolution of the osteichthyan dentition. Evolution and Development. 8 (5): 446-57. pdf
Hulsey CD, Fraser GJ, and Streelman JT. 2005. Evolution and development of complex biomechanical systems: 300 million years of fish jaws. Zebrafish 2: 243-257. pdf
Fraser GJ, Graham A, and Smith MM. 2004. Conserved deployment of genes during odontogenesis across osteichthyans. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Series B. 271; 2311-2317. pdf