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Hayakawa, Shiho and Takaku, Yasuharu and Hwang, Jung Shan and Horiguchi, Takeo and Suga, Hiroshi and Gehring, Walter and Ikeo, Kazuho and Gojobori, Takashi. (2015) Function and evolutionary origin of unicellular camera-type eye structure. PLoS one, Vol. 10, H. 3 , e0118415.

Gehring, W. J.. (2014) The evolution of vision. WIREs Developmental Biology, Vol. 3, no. 1 , S. 1–40.

Gehring, W. J.. (2012) The animal body plan, the prototypic body segment, and eye evolution. Evolution & development, Vol. 14, H. 1. pp. 34-46.

Graziussi, D. F. and Suga, H. and Schmid, V. and Gehring, W. J.. (2012) The "eyes absent" (eya) gene in the eye-bearing hydrozoan jellyfish Cladonema radiatum : conservation of the retinal determination network. Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution, Vol. 318, H. 4. pp. 257-267.

Papadopoulos, D. K. and Skouloudaki, K. and Adachi, Y. and Samakovlis, C. and Gehring, W. J.. (2012) Dimer formation via the homeodomain is required for function and specificity of Sex combs reduced in Drosophila. Developmental biology, Vol. 367, H. 1. pp. 78-89.

Gehring, W. J.. (2012) Charles Darwin : unfreiwilliger Revolutionär und Ordensmitglied. In: Alexander von Humboldt und Charles Darwin : zwei Revolutionäre wider Willen. Göttingen, pp. 167-180.

Papadopoulos, D. K. and Vukojevic, V. and Adachi, Y. and Terenius, L. and Rigler, R. and Gehring, W. J.. (2010) Function and specificity of synthetic Hox transcription factors in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 107, H. 9. pp. 4087-4092.

Vukojevic, V. and Papadopoulos, D. K. and Terenius, L. and Gehring, W. J. and Rigler, R.. (2010) Quantitative study of synthetic Hox transcription factor-DNA interactions in live cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 107, H. 9. pp. 4093-4098.

Suga, Hiroshi and Tschopp, Patrick and Graziussi, Daria F. and Stierwald, Michael and Schmid, Volker and Gehring, Walter J.. (2010) Flexibly deployed Pax genes in eye development at the early evolution of animals demonstrated by studies on a hydrozoan jellyfish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 107, H. 32. pp. 14263-14268.

Gehring, Walter J. and Seimiya, Makiko. (2010) Eye evolution and the origin of Darwin's eye prototype. Italian Journal of Zoology, 77 (2). pp. 124-136.

Blanco, Jorge and Seimiya, Makiko and Pauli, Tobias and Reichert, Heinrich and Gehring, Walter J.. (2009) Wingless and Hedgehog signaling pathways regulate orthodenticle and eyes absent during ocelli development in Drosophila. Developmental biology, Vol. 329, H. 1. pp. 104-115.

Grieder, N. C. and Morata, G. and Affolter, M. and Gehring, W. J.. (2009) Spalt major controls the development of the notum and of wing hinge primordia of the Drosophila melanogaster wing imaginal disc. Developmental biology, Vol. 329, H. 2. pp. 315-326.

Walter J. Gehring, . (2009) Neue Perspektiven über die Entwicklung und Evolution der Augen. Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Basel, Vol. 11. pp. 215-230.

Gehring, Walter J. and Kloter, Urs and Suga, Hiroshi. (2009) Evolution of the Hox gene complex from an evolutionary ground state. Current topics in developmental biology, vol. 88. pp. 35-61.

Blanco, J. and Gehring, W. J.. (2008) Analysis of twin of eyeless regulation during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. Gene Expression Patterns, Vol. 8, H. 7-8. pp. 523-527.

Prince, F. and Katsuyama, T. and Oshima, Y. and Plaza, S. and Resendez-Perez, D. and Berry, M. and Kurata, S. and Gehring, W. J.. (2008) The YPWM motif links Antennapedia to the basal transcriptional machinery. Development, Vol. 135, H. 9. pp. 1669-1679.

Suga, H. and Schmid, V. and Gehring, W. J.. (2008) Evolution and functional diversity of jellyfish opsins. Current biology, Vol. 18, H. 1. pp. 51-55.

Plaza, Serge and Prince, Frederic and Adachi, Yoshitsugu and Punzo, Claudio and Cribbs, David L. and Gehring, Walter J.. (2008) Cross-regulatory protein-protein interactions between Hox and Pax transcription factors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 105, H. 36. pp. 13439-13444.

Clements, Jason and Lu, Zhiyuan and Gehring, Walter J. and Meinertzhagen, Ian A. and Callaerts, Patrick. (2008) Central projections of photoreceptor axons originating from ectopic eyes in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 105, H. 26. pp. 8968-8973.

Vuilleumier, R. and Boeuf, G. and Fuentes, M. and Gehring, W. J. and Falcon, J.. (2007) Cloning and early expression pattern of two melatonin biosynthesis enzymes in the turbot (Scophthalmus maximus). The European journal of neuroscience, Vol. 25, H. 10. pp. 3047-3057.

Grieder, N. C. and Charlafti, I. and Kloter, U. and Jackle, H. and Schafer, U. and Gehring, W. J.. (2007) Misexpression screen in Drosophila melanogaster aiming to reveal novel factors involved in formation of body parts. Genetics, 175 (4). pp. 1707-1718.

Grieder, N. C. and Kloter, U. and Gehring, W. J.. (2005) Expression of COPI components during development of Drosophila melanogaster. Gene Expression Patterns, Vol. 6, H. 1. pp. 11-21.

Pauli, T. and Seimiya, M. and Blanco, J. and Gehring, W. J.. (2005) Identification of functional sine oculis motifs in the autoregulatory element of its own gene, in the eyeless enhancer and in the signalling gene hedgehog. Development, Vol. 132, H. 12. pp. 2771-2782.

Blanco, J. and Girard, F. and Kamachi, Y. and Kondoh, H. and Gehring, W. J.. (2005) Functional analysis of the chicken delta1-crystallin enhancer activity in Drosophila reveals remarkable evolutionary conservation between chicken and fly. Development, Vol. 132, H. 8. pp. 1895-1905.

Gehring, W. J.. (2005) New perspectives on eye development and the evolution of eyes and photoreceptors. Journal of Heredity, Vol. 96, H. 3. pp. 171-184.

Punzo, C. and Plaza, S. and Seimiya, M. and Schnupf, P. and Kurata, S. and Jaeger, J. and Gehring, W. J.. (2004) Functional divergence between eyeless and twin of eyeless in Drosophila melanogaster. Development, Vol. 131, H. 16. pp. 3943-3953.

Gehring, W. J.. (2004) Precis of Edwin G. Conklin's JEZ article, "Mosaic Development in Ascidian Eggs". Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Comparative Experimental Biology, Vol. 301, no. 6. pp. 461-463.

Gehring, Walter J.. (2004) Historical perspective on the development and evolution of eyes and photoreceptors. The International Journal of Developmental Biology, Vol. 48, H. 8-9. pp. 707-717.

Plaza, S. and De Jong, D. M. and Gehring, W. J. and Miller, D. J.. (2003) DNA-binding characteristics of cnidarian Pax-C and Pax-B proteins in vivo and in vitro : no simple relationship with the Pax-6 and Pax-2/5/8 classes. Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution, Vol. 299, H. 1. pp. 26-35.

Michaut, L. and Flister, S. and Neeb, M. and White, K. P. and Certa, U. and Gehring, W. J.. (2003) Analysis of the eye developmental pathway in Drosophila using DNA microarrays. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 100, No. 7. pp. 4024-4029.

Punzo, C. and Seimiya, M. and Flister, S. and Gehring, W. J. and Plaza, S.. (2002) Differential interactions of eyeless and twin of eyeless with the sine oculis enhancer. Development, Vol. 129, H. 3. pp. 625-634.

Niimi, T. and Clements, J. and Gehring, W. J. and Callaerts, P.. (2002) Dominant-negative form of the Pax6 homolog eyeless for tissue-specific loss-of-function studies in the developing eye and brain in drosophila. Genesis, Vol. 34, H. 1-2. pp. 74-75.

Gehring, Walter J.. (2002) The genetic control of eye development and its implications for the evolution of the various eye-types. The International Journal of Developmental Biology, Vol. 46, H. 1. pp. 65-73.

Punzo, C. and Kurata, S. and Gehring, W. J.. (2001) The eyeless homeodomain is dispensable for eye development in Drosophila. Genes & development, Vol. 15, H. 13. pp. 1716-1723.

Gehring, W. J.. (2001) The genetic control of eye development and its implications for the evolution of the various eye-types. Zoology, Vol. 104, H. 3/4. pp. 171-183.

Plaza, S. and Prince, F. and Jaeger, J. and Kloter, U. and Flister, S. and Benassayag, C. and Cribbs, D. and Gehring, W. J.. (2001) Molecular basis for the inhibition of Drosophila eye development by Antennapedia. The EMBO journal, Vol. 20, H. 4. pp. 802-811.

Seimiya, M. and Gehring, W. J.. (2000) The Drosophila homeobox gene optix is capable of inducing ectopic eyes by an eyeless-independent mechanism. Development, Vol. 127, H. 9. pp. 1879-1886.

Niimi, T. and Seimiya, M. and Kloter, U. and Flister, S. and Gehring, W. J.. (1999) Direct regulatory interaction of the eyeless protein with an eye-specific enhancer in the sine oculis gene during eye induction in Drosophila. Development, Vol. 126, H. 10. pp. 2253-2260.

Janssens, H. and Gehring, W. J.. (1999) Isolation and characterization of drosocrystallin, a lens crystallin gene of Drosophila melanogaster. Developmental biology, Vol. 207, H. 1. pp. 204-214.

Callaerts, P. and Munoz-Marmol, A. M. and Glardon, S. and Castillo, E. and Sun, H. and Li, W. H. and Gehring, W. J. and Salo, E.. (1999) Isolation and expression of a Pax-6 gene in the regenerating and intact Planarian Dugesia(G)tigrina. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 96, H. 2. pp. 558-563.

Gehring, W. J. and Ikeo, K.. (1999) Pax 6 : mastering eye morphogenesis and eye evolution. Trends in genetics, Vol. 15, H. 9. pp. 371-377.

Bello, B. and Resendez-Perez, D. and Gehring, W. J.. (1998) Spatial and temporal targeting of gene expression in Drosophila by means of a tetracycline-dependent transactivator system. Development, Vol. 125, H. 12. pp. 2193-2202.

Halder, G. and Callaerts, P. and Flister, S. and Walldorf, U. and Kloter, U. and Gehring, W. J.. (1998) Eyeless initiates the expression of both sine oculis and eyes absent during Drosophila compound eye development. Development, Vol. 125, H. 12. pp. 2181-2191.

Glardon, S. and Holland, L. Z. and Gehring, W. J. and Holland, N. D.. (1998) Isolation and developmental expression of the amphioxus Pax-6 gene (AmphiPax-6) : insights into eye and photoreceptor evolution. Development, Vol. 125, H. 14. pp. 2701-2710.

Girard, F. and Bello, B. and Laemmli, U. K. and Gehring, W. J.. (1998) In vivo analysis of scaffold-associated regions in Drosophila : a synthetic high-affinity SAR binding protein suppresses position effect variegation. The EMBO journal, Vol. 17, H. 7. pp. 2079-2085.

Yamamoto, Y. and Girard, F. and Bello, B. and Affolter, M. and Gehring, W. J.. (1997) The cramped gene of Drosophila is a member of the Polycomb-group, and interacts with mus209, the gene encoding Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen. Development, Vol. 124, H. 17. pp. 3385-3394.

Keegan, L. P. and Haerry, T. E. and Crotty, D. A. and Packer, A. I. and Wolgemuth, D. J. and Gehring, W. J.. (1997) A sequence conserved in vertebrate Hox gene introns functions as an enhancer regulated by posterior homeotic genes in Drosophila imaginal discs. Mechanisms of Development, Vol. 63, H. 2. pp. 145-157.

Glardon, S. and Callaerts, P. and Halder, G. and Gehring, W. J.. (1997) Conservation of Pax-6 in a lower chordate, the ascidian Phallusia mammillata. Development, Vol. 124, H. 4. pp. 817-825.

Callaerts, P. and Halder, G. and Gehring, W. J.. (1997) PAX-6 in development and evolution. Annual Review of Neuroscience, Vol. 20. pp. 483-532.

Haerry, T. E. and Gehring, W. J.. (1997) A conserved cluster of homeodomain binding sites in the mouse Hoxa-4 intron functions in Drosophila embryos as an enhancer that is directly regulated by Ultrabithorax. Developmental biology, Vol. 186, H. 1. pp. 1-15.

Haerry, T. E. and Gehring, W. J.. (1996) Intron of the mouse Hoxa-7 gene contains conserved homeodomain binding sites that can function as an enhancer element in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 93, H. 24. pp. 13884-13889.

Montagne, J. and Groppe, J. and Guillemin, K. and Krasnow, M. A. and Gehring, W. J. and Affolter, M.. (1996) The Drosophila Serum Response Factor gene is required for the formation of intervein tissue of the wing and is allelic to blistered. Development, Vol. 122, H. 9. pp. 2589-2597.

Loosli, F. and Kmita-Cunisse, M. and Gehring, W. J.. (1996) Isolation of a Pax-6 homolog from the ribbonworm Lineus sanguineus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 93, H. 7. pp. 2658-2663.

Gehring, W. J.. (1996) The master control gene for morphogenesis and evolution of the eye. Genes to cells, Vol. 1, H. 1. pp. 11-15.

Gehring, W. J. and Wehner, R.. (1995) Heat shock protein synthesis and thermotolerance in Cataglyphis, an ant from the Sahara desert. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 92, H. 7. pp. 2994-2998.

Halder, G. and Callaerts, P. and Gehring, W. J.. (1995) Induction of ectopic eyes by targeted expression of the eyeless gene in Drosophila. Science, Vol. 267, no. 5205. pp. 1788-1792.

Affolter, M. and Montagne, J. and Walldorf, U. and Groppe, J. and Kloter, U. and LaRosa, M. and Gehring, W. J.. (1994) The Drosophila SRF homolog is expressed in a subset of tracheal cells and maps within a genomic region required for tracheal development. Development, Vol. 120, H. 4. pp. 743-753.

Gehring, W. J. and Qian, Y. Q. and Billeter, M. and Furukubo-Tokunaga, K. and Schier, A. F. and Resendez-Perez, D. and Affolter, M. and Otting, G. and Wuthrich, K.. (1994) Homeodomain-DNA recognition. Cell, Vol. 78, H. 2. pp. 211-223.

Cadigan, K. M. and Grossniklaus, U. and Gehring, W. J.. (1994) Functional redundancy : the respective roles of the two sloppy paired genes in Drosophila segmentation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 91, H. 14. pp. 6324-6328.

Cadigan, K. M. and Grossniklaus, U. and Gehring, W. J.. (1994) Localized expression of sloppy paired protein maintains the polarity of Drosophila parasegments. Genes & development, Vol. 8, H. 8. pp. 899-913.

Gehring, W. J. and Affolter, M. and Burglin, T.. (1994) Homeodomain proteins. Annual review of biochemistry, Vol. 63. pp. 487-526.

Affolter, M. and Walldorf, U. and Kloter, U. and Schier, A. F. and Gehring, W. J.. (1993) Regional repression of a Drosophila POU box gene in the endoderm involves inductive interactions between germ layers. Development, Vol. 117, H. 4. pp. 1199-1210.

Gehring, W. J.. (1993) Exploring the homeobox. Gene, Vol. 135, H. 1/2. pp. 215-221.

Furukubo-Tokunaga, K. and Flister, S. and Gehring, W. J.. (1993) Functional specificity of the Antennapedia homeodomain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 90, H. 13. pp. 6360-6364.

Schier, A. F. and Gehring, W. J.. (1993) Analysis of a fushi tarazu autoregulatory element : multiple sequence elements contribute to enhancer activity. The EMBO journal, Vol. 12, H. 3. pp. 1111-1119.

Schier, A. F. and Gehring, W. J.. (1993) Functional specificity of the homeodomain protein fushi tarazu : the role of DNA-binding specificity in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 90, H. 4. pp. 1450-1454.

Grossniklaus, U. and Pearson, R. K. and Gehring, W. J.. (1992) The Drosophila sloppy paired locus encodes two proteins involved in segmentation that show homology to mammalian transcription factors. Genes & development, Vol. 6, H. 6. pp. 1030-1051.

Schier, A. F. and Gehring, W. J.. (1992) Direct homeodomain-DNA interaction in the autoregulation of the fushi tarazu gene. Nature, Vol. 356. pp. 804-807.

Gehring, W. J.. (1992) The homeobox in perspective. Trends in biochemical sciences, Vol. 17, H. 8. pp. 277-280.

Wagner-Bernholz, J. T. and Wilson, C. and Gibson, G. and Schuh, R. and Gehring, W. J.. (1991) Identification of target genes of the homeotic gene Antennapedia by enhancer detection. Genes & development, Vol. 5, H. 12b. pp. 2467-2480.

Mlodzik, M. and Gibson, G. and Gehring, W. J.. (1990) Effects of ectopic expression of caudal during Drosophila development. Development, Vol. 109, H. 2. pp. 271-277.

Gibson, G. and Schier, A. and LeMotte, P. and Gehring, W. J.. (1990) The specificities of Sex combs reduced and Antennapedia are defined by a distinct portion of each protein that includes the homeodomain. Cell, Vol. 62, H. 6. pp. 1087-1103.

Affolter, M. and Percival-Smith, A. and Muller, M. and Leupin, W. and Gehring, W. J.. (1990) DNA binding properties of the purified Antennapedia homeodomain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 87, H. 11. pp. 4093-4097.

Bellen, H. J. and Wilson, C. and Gibson, G. and Grossniklaus, U. and Pearson, R. K. and O'Kane, C. and Gehring, W. J.. (1990) P-element-mediated enhancer detection allows rapid identification of developmentally regulated genes and cell specific markers in Drosophila. Journal de Physiologie, Vol. 84, H. 1. pp. 33-41.

Bellen, H. J. and O'Kane, C. J. and Wilson, C. and Grossniklaus, U. and Pearson, R. K. and Gehring, W. J.. (1989) P-element-mediated enhancer detection : a versatile method to study development in Drosophila. Genes & Development, Vol. 3, H. 9. pp. 1288-1300.

Wilson, C. and Pearson, R. K. and Bellen, H. J. and O'Kane, C. J. and Grossniklaus, U. and Gehring, W. J.. (1989) P-element-mediated enhancer detection : an efficient method for isolating and characterizing developmentally regulated genes in Drosophila. Genes & development, Vol. 3, H. 9. pp. 1301-1313.

Shepherd, J. C. and Walldorf, U. and Hug, P. and Gehring, W. J.. (1989) Fruit flies with additional expression of the elongation factor EF-1 alpha live longer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 86, H. 19. pp. 7520-7521.

Krause, H. M. and Gehring, W. J.. (1989) Stage-specific phosphorylation of the fushi tarazu protein during Drosophila development. The EMBO journal, Vol. 8, H. 4. pp. 1197-1204.

LeMotte, P. K. and Kuroiwa, A. and Fessler, L. I. and Gehring, W. J.. (1989) The homeotic gene Sex Combs Reduced of Drosophila: gene structure and embryonic expression. The EMBO journal, Vol. 8, H. 1. pp. 219-227.

Mlodzik, M. and Fjose, A. and Gehring, W. J.. (1988) Molecular structure and spatial expression of a homeobox gene from the labial region of the Antennapedia-complex. The EMBO journal, Vol. 7, H. 8. pp. 2569-2578.

Muller, M. and Affolter, M. and Leupin, W. and Otting, G. and Wuthrich, K. and Gehring, W. J.. (1988) Isolation and sequence-specific DNA binding of the Antennapedia homeodomain. The EMBO journal, Vol. 7, H. 13. pp. 4299-4304.

Schneuwly, S. and Kuroiwa, A. and Gehring, W. J.. (1987) Molecular analysis of the dominant homeotic Antennapedia phenotype. The EMBO journal, Vol. 6, H. 1. pp. 201-206.

Wirz, J. and Fessler, L. I. and Gehring, W. J.. (1986) Localization of the Antennapedia protein in Drosophila embryos and imaginal discs. The EMBO journal, Vol. 5, H. 12. pp. 3327-3334.

Schneuwly, S. and Kuroiwa, A. and Baumgartner, P. and Gehring, W. J.. (1986) Structural organization and sequence of the homeotic gene Antennapedia of Drosophila melanogaster. The EMBO journal, Vol. 5, H. 4. pp. 733-739.

Kuroiwa, A. and Kloter, U. and Baumgartner, P. and Gehring, W. J.. (1985) Cloning of the homeotic Sex combs reduced gene in Drosophila and in situ localization of its transcripts. The EMBO journal, Vol. 4, H. 13b. pp. 3757-3764.

Mlodzik, M. and Fjose, A. and Gehring, W. J.. (1985) Isolation of caudal, a Drosophila homeo box-containing gene with maternal expression, whose transcripts form a concentration gradient at the pre-blastoderm stage. The EMBO journal, Vol. 4, H. 11. pp. 2961-2969.

Fjose, A. and Polito, L. C. and Weber, U. and Gehring, W. J.. (1984) Developmental expression of the white locus of Drosophila melanogaster. The EMBO journal, Vol. 3, H. 9. pp. 2087-2094.

Gehring, W. J. and Klemenz, R. and Weber, U. and Kloter, U.. (1984) Functional analysis of the white gene of Drosophila by P-factor-mediated transformation. The EMBO journal, Vol. 3, H. 9. pp. 2077-2085.

Hafen, E. and Levine, M. and Garber, R. L. and Gehring, W. J.. (1983) An improved in situ hybridization method for the detection of cellular RNAs in Drosophila tissue sections and its application for localizing transcripts of the homeotic Antennapedia gene complex. The EMBO journal, Vol. 2, H. 4. pp. 617-623.

Paro, R. and Goldberg, M. L. and Gehring, W. J.. (1983) Molecular analysis of large transposable elements carrying the white locus of Drosophila melanogaster. The EMBO journal, Vol. 2, H. 6. pp. 853-860.

Goldberg, M. L. and Paro, R. and Gehring, W. J.. (1982) Molecular cloning of the white locus region of Drosophila melanogaster using a large transposable element. The EMBO journal, Vol. 1, H. 1. pp. 93-98.