Publications

  • Malagon, J., Ho, E., Ahuja, A., Singh, R., Rice, G., Larsen, E. (2018). Rotation of sex comb in Drosophila melanogaster requires precise and coordinated spatio-temporal dynamics from forces generated by epithelial cells PLOS Computational Biology. 14, Vol 10: e1006455. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006455 (Discussed in the NODE)

 Malagon, J., Ahuja, A., Sivapatham, G., Hung, J., Lee, J., Muñoz, S., Atallah, J., Singh, R., and Larsen, E. (2014). Evolution of Drosophila sex comb length illustrates the inextricable interplay between selection and variation. PNAS. 30, vol. 111 no. 39, pp. E4103–E4109. To read more about it 

 

  • Ma, X., Lu, J., Dong, Y., Li Daming., Malagon, J. & Xu, T. 2017. PP6 Disruption Synergizes with Oncogenic Ras to Promote JNK- dependent Tumor Growth and Invasion. Cell reports. 19, pp. 2657–2664. To read more about it

 

  • Malagon, J. and Larsen, E. (2015). Chapter Four–Heredity and Self-Organization: Partners in the Generation and Evolution of Phenotypes. International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology. vol. 315, pp.153–181. To read more about it

 

  • Malagon, J. & Larsen, E. (2016). E. Signs of complexity in epithelial morphogenesis. Acta Biológica Colombiana. vol. 21, no. 3, pp.495-500. To read more about it

 

  • Malagon, J. & Waleed, K. (2016). Evolution of allometric changes in fruit fly legs: a developmentally entrenched story. Acta Biológica Colombiana. vol.21 no. 3, pp.509-519. To read more about it

 

  • Malagon, J. (2006). In pursuit of evolutionary variation laws: Scale-free Networks. Acta Biológica Colombiana. vol. 11 no. 1

 

  • Betancourt, A., Maldonado, A., Maldonado, R., A., Camargo, A., Guzman, A., Annicchiarico, I., Arroyave, J., Malagon, J., Pardo L., Perez H., Ruiz A., Eljach, L., Camacho, M. (2002). Image Inversion Effect on Faces. Acta Biológica. vol.7 no. 2. To read more about it

 

Publications as supervisor of undergraduate research projects

  • Kahn, T., Zhang, L., Malagon, J. (2013). Sex comb rotation in Drosophila melanogaster: changes in tissue length and cell extrusion. Journal of Undergraduate Life Science. vol. 7, pp. 20-26.

 

  • Long, Y., Zhang, L., Malagon, J. (2013). Changes in apical cell area and shape during sex comb rotation in Drosophila melanogaster Journal of Undergraduate Life Science. vol. 7, pp. 26-35. To read more about it

 

  • Wang, M., Tan, J., Malagon, J. (2012). Cellular dynamics involved in the narrowing of the first tarsal segment of the first leg of Drosophila melanogaster females used as a control for male sex comb rearrangements. Journal of Undergraduate Life Science. vol. 6, pp. 42-46.

 

  • Lee, J., Malagon J., and Larsen, E. (2011). The Case of Fly Sex Combs: Using a Model Organism to Infer Mechanisms of Morphological Evolution. Journal of Undergraduate Life Science. vol. 5, pp. 28-31

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Future publications

  • Malagon, J., Ho, E., Long, Y., Atallah, J., Singh, R., Rice, G., Kopp, A., Fernandez, R.; Larsen, E. (In preparation). Cellular basis of sex combs rotation in Drosophila melanogaster