
Publications
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Distributed effects of biological sex define sex-typical motor behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans
Mowrey WR, Bennett JR, Portman DS.
J Neurosci. 2014 Jan 29;34(5):1579-91. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4352-13.2014.
2012

Sex differences in behavioral decision-making and the modulation of shared neural circuits
Mowrey WR, Portman DS.
Biol Sex Differ. 2012 Mar 21;3:8. doi: 10.1186/2042-6410-3-8.
2011

Multiple doublesex-related genes specify critical cell fates in a C. elegans male neural circuit
Siehr MS, Koo PK, Sherlekar AL, Bian X, Bunkers MR, Miller RM, Portman DS, Lints R.
PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e26811. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026811. Epub 2011 Nov 1.

The Wnt/beta-catenin asymmetry pathway patterns the atonal ortholog lin-32 to diversify cell fate in a Caenorhabditis elegans sensory lineage
Miller RM, Portman DS.
J Neurosci. 2011 Sep 14;31(37):13281-91. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6504-10.2011.
2010

Specific alpha- and beta-tubulin isotypes optimize the functions of sensory Cilia in Caenorhabditis elegans
Hurd DD, Miller RM, Núñez L, Portman DS.
Genetics. 2010 Jul;185(3):883-96. doi: 10.1534/genetics.110.116996. Epub 2010 Apr 26.

A latent capacity of the C. elegans polycystins to disrupt sensory transduction is repressed by the single-pass ciliary membrane protein CWP-5
Miller RM, Portman DS.
Dis Model Mech. 2010 Jul-Aug;3(7-8):441-50. doi: 10.1242/dmm.002816. Epub 2010 Mar 11.
2008

dmd-3, a doublesex-related gene regulated by tra-1, governs sex-specific morphogenesis in C. elegans
Mason DA, Rabinowitz JS, Portman DS.
Development. 2008 Aug;135(14):2373-82. doi: 10.1242/dev.017046. Epub 2008 Jun 11.
2007

Profiling C. elegans gene expression with DNA microarrays
Portman DS.
WormBook. 2006 Jan 20:1-11. doi: 10.1895/wormbook.1.104.1.

Neural sex modifies the function of a C. elegans sensory circuit
Lee K, Portman DS.
Curr Biol. 2007 Nov 6;17(21):1858-63. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.015. Epub 2007 Oct 25.

Genetic control of sex differences in C. elegans neurobiology and behavior
Portman DS.
Adv Genet. 2007;59:1-37. doi: 10.1016/S0065-2660(07)59001-2.
2004

Toward the computable transcriptome
Portman DS, Bohmann D.
Mol Cell. 2004 Jun 18;14(6):693-4. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2004.06.013.

Identification of C. elegans sensory ray genes using whole-genome expression profiling
Portman DS, Emmons SW.
Dev Biol. 2004 Jun 15;270(2):499-512. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.02.020.