Publications

  1. Watson WH III, Bourque KMF, Sullivan JR, Miller M, Buell A, Kallins MG, Curtis NE, Pierce SK, Blackman E, Urato S, Newcomb JM (in press) The digestive diverticula in the carnivorous nudibranch, Melibe leonina, do not contain photosynthetic symbionts. Integrative Organismal Biology.

  2. Watson WH III, Nash A, Lee C, Patz MD, Newcomb JM (2020) The distribution and possible roles of small cardioactive peptide in the nudibranch Melibe leonina. Integrative Organismal Biology 2(1):obaa016. https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaa016.

  3. Duback VE, Thomas RI, Huyck TL, Mbarani IM, Bernier KR, Cook GM, Pankey MS, O’Dowd CA, Newcomb JM, Watson WH III (2018) Localization and expression of putative circadian clock transcripts in the brain of the nudibranch Melibe leonina. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 223: 52-59. PMCID: PMC5995673. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.05.002

  4. Cook GM, Gruen AE, Morris J, Pankey MS, Senatore A, Katz PS, Watson WH III, Newcomb JM (2018) Circadian clock proteins in the nudibranch mollusks Hermissenda crassicornis, Melibe leonina, and Tritonia diomedea. Biological Bulletin 234: 207-218. PMCID: PMC6180908. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/698467

  5. Fromm B, Billip T, Peck LE, Johansen M, Tarver J, King B, Newcomb JM, Sempere LF, Flatmark K, Hovig E, Peterson KJ (2015) A uniform system for the annotation of human microRNA genes and the evolution of the human microRNAome. Annual Review of Genetics 49: 213-242. doi:10.1146/annurev-genet-120213-092023. PMCID: PMC4743252. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-120213-092023

  6. Sevigny JL, Kirouac LE, Thomas WK, Ramsdell JS, Lawlor KE, Sharifi O, Grewal S, Baysdorfer C, Curr K, Naimie AA, Okamoto K, Murray JA, Newcomb JM (2015) The mitochondrial genomes of the nudibranch mollusks, Melibe leonina and Tritonia diomedea, and their impact on gastropod phylogeny. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0127519. PMCID: PMC4440745. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0127519

  7. Newcomb JM, Kirouac LE, Naimie AA, Bixby KA, Lee C, Malanga S, Raubach M, Watson WH III (2014) Circadian rhythms of crawling and swimming in the nudibranch mollusk Melibe leonina. Biological Bulletin 227: 263-273. PMCID: PMC4479187. DOI: 10.1086/bblv227n3p263

  8. Newcomb JM, Sakurai A, Lillvis JL, Gunaratne C, Katz PS (2012) Homology and homoplasy of swimming behaviors and neural circuits in Nudipleura (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 109: 10669-10676. PMCID: PMC3386871. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1201877109

  9. Lewis SL, Lyons DE, Meekins TL, Newcomb JM (2011) Serotonin influences locomotion in the nudibranch mollusc Melibe leonina. Biological Bulletin 220: 155-160. PMCID: PMC4479179. doi: 10.1086/BBLv220n3p155

  10. Sakurai A, Newcomb JM, Lillvis JL, Katz PS (2011) Different roles for homologous interneurons in species exhibiting similar rhythmic behaviors. Current Biology 21: 1036-1043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.04.040.

  11. Newcomb JM, Katz PS (2009) Different functions for homologous serotonergic interneurons and serotonin in species-specific rhythmic behaviors. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276(1654):99-108. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0683 [This paper was selected and recommended in “Faculty of 1000 Biology”.]

  12. Newcomb JM (2008) Melibe. Scholarpedia. 3(5): 3965. http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Melibe

  13. Newcomb JM, Katz PS (2007) Homologues of serotonergic central pattern generator neurons in related nudibranch molluscs with divergent behaviors. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 193: 425-443. http://www.springerlink.com/content/rng7105468003855/ [This paper was selected and recommended in “Faculty of 1000 Biology”.]

  14. Newcomb JM, Fickbohm DJ, Katz PS (2006) Comparative mapping of serotonin-immunoreactive neurons in the central nervous systems of nudibranch molluscs. Journal of Comparative Neurology 499: 485-505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cne.21111

  15. Newcomb JM, Lawrence KA, Watson WH, III. (2004) The influence of light on locomotion in the gastropod Melibe leonina. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 37: 253-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/10236240400016629

  16. Watson WH, III, Newcomb JM, Thompson S. (2002) Neural correlates of swimming behavior in Melibe leonina. Biological Bulletin 203: 152-160. https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1543384

  17. Newcomb JM, Watson WH, III. (2002) Modulation of swimming in the gastropod Melibe leonina by nitric oxide. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 397-403. http://jeb.biologists.org/content/205/3/397.long

  18. Watson WH, III, Lawrence KA, Newcomb JM. (2001) Neuroethology of Melibe leonina swimming behavior. American Zoologist 41: 1026-1035. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/41.4.1026

  19. Dufort C, Jury S, Newcomb JM, O’Grady DF, Watson WH, III. (2001) Detection of salinity by the lobster, Homarus americanus. Biological Bulletin 201: 424-434. DOI: 10.2307/1543620

  20. Newcomb JM, Watson WH, III. (2001) Identifiable nitrergic neurons in the central nervous system of the nudibranch Melibe leonina, localized with NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry and nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity. Journal of Comparative Neurology 437: 70-78. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.1270