Orús-Alcalde A, Lu TM, Børve A and Hejnol A (2021) The evolution of the metazoan Toll receptor family and its expression during protostome development. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21:208.
Yong LW, Lu TM, Tung CH, Chiou RJ, Li KL and Yu JK (2021) Somite Compartments in amphioxus and its implications on the evolution of the vertebrate skeletal tissues. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 9:607057.
Lu TM, Furuya H and Satoh N (2019) Gene expression profiles of dicyemid life-cycle stages may explain how dispersing larvae locate new hosts. Zoological Letters 5:32.
Lu TM, Kanda M, Furuya H and Satoh N (2019) Dicyemid mesozoans: a unique parasitic lifestyle with reduced genome. Genome Biology and Evolution 11: 2232-2243.
Guzman C, Shinzato C, Lu TM and Conaco C (2018) Transcriptome analysis of the reef-building octocoral, Heliopora coerulea. Scientific Reports 8: 8397.
Hu H, Uesaka M, Guo S, Shimai K, Lu TM, Li F, Fujimoto S, Ishikawa M, Liu S, Sasagawa Y, Zhang G, Kuratani S, Yu JK, Kusakabe TG, Khaitovich P, Irie N and EXPANDE Consortium (2017) Constrained vertebrate evolution by pleiotropic genes. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1: 1722-1730.
Lu TM, Kanda M, Satoh N and Furuya H (2017) The phylogenetic position of dicyemid mesozoans offers insights into spiralian evolution. Zoological Letters 3:6.
Soukup V, Yong LW, Lu TM, Huang SW, Kozmik Z and Yu JK (2015) The Nodal signaling pathway controls left-right asymmetric development in amphioxus. EvoDevo 6:5.
Li KL, Lu TM and Yu JK (2014) Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the bHLH-PAS genes in the amphioxus Branchiostoma floridae reveal both conserved and diverged expression patterns between cephalochordates and vertebrates. EvoDevo 5:20.
Lu TM, Luo YJ and Yu JK (2012) BMP and Delta/Notch signaling control the development of amphioxus epidermal sensory neurons: insights into the evolution of the peripheral sensory system. Development 139: 2020-2030.