Christopher Cameron
Associate Professor,Université de Montréal
Département de sciences biologiques
E-mail: c.cameron@umontreal.ca
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ResearchOutils : Microscopie élecronique et optique + des techniques de développement (embryologie chirurgicale, expression de protéine) + des techniques informatiques (simulation numérique en mécanique des fluides, phylogénétique moléculaire) + SCUBA. Research in the Cameron lab aims to understand the origin and evolution of animal body plan diversity. Aquatic environments, and especially the oceans, are home to the bulk of global animal diversity, and nowhere are body plans more divergent than among the invertebrate animals. This biodiversity is largely a result of the interplay between evolution, development and the fluid environment. For this reason our research program uses a multidisciplinary approach including organismal and molecular biology, development, phylogenetics, transcriptomics, fluid mechanics and paleontology. We are broadly interesed in the origins and evolution of animal biodiversity, and the deuterostomes, that evolutionary linage that includes hemichordates, echinoderms and our own phylum, the chordates, is where we make our greatest contributions. Twitter: @InvertEvoQCBS students Elena BeliPh.D. Charles Larouche-BilodeauM.Sc.  Greta M. Ramirez GuerreroM.Sc. Previous students (since 2009)Stefan EtiennePostdoctoral fellow Karma NangluPh.D. Nidia Alvarez ArmandaM.Sc. Elena BeliM.Sc. Ariane ComeauM.Sc. Carine DelandM.Sc. Paul GonzalezM.Sc. Noura JabrM.Sc. Javier LuqueM.Sc. Maureen VoM.Sc. Relevant QCBS research themesExamples of species studiedGlossobalanus Hemichordata Enteropneusta Ptychoderidae Cephalodiscus Pterobranchia Decapoda Brachyura Raninoida Harrimaniidae Saccoglossus Aurelia Alopex lagopus Ptychodera Asterozoa Cephalochordata Florometra serratissima Balanus glandula Publications39- Biogeography and adaptations of torquaratorid acorn worms (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta) including two new species from the canadian arctic Jabr N , , Archambault P , , Cameron C B , 2018 Canadian Journal of Zoology (Date Added: 2018-11-23) 38- The fluid dynamics of Balanus glandula barnacles: Adaptations to sheltered and exposed habitats Vo M , , Mehrabian S , , Villalpando F , , Etienne S , , Pelletier D , , Cameron C B , 2018 Journal of Biomechanics (Date Added: 2018-03-09) 37- The mechanisms of filter feeding on oil droplets: Theoretical considerations Mehrabian S , , Letendre F , , Cameron C B , 2018 Marine Environmental Research (Date Added: 2018-03-09) 36- The zoogeography of extant rhabdopleurid hemichordates (Pterobranchia:Graptolithina), with a new species from the Mediterranean Sea Beli E , , Aglieri G , , Strano F , , Maggioni D , , Telford M J , , Piraino S , , Cameron C B , 2018 Invertebrate Systematics (Date Added: 2018-02-21) 35- Fossilization processes of graptolites: Insights from the experimental decay of Rhabdopleura sp. (Pterobranchia) Beli E , , Piraino S , , Cameron C B , 2017 Palaeontology (Date Added: 2017-04-19) 34- Ossicle development of the crinoid Florometra serratissima through larval stages Comeau A , , Bishop C D , , Cameron C B , 2017 Canadian Journal of Zoology (Date Added: 2017-03-25) 33- Cambrian suspension-feeding tubicolous hemichordates Nanglu, K, Caron, J-, Conway Morris, S, Cameron, CB 2016 BMC Biology (Date Added: 2016-07-11) 32- _Saccoglossus testa_from the Mazon Creek fauna (Pennsylvanian of Illinois) and the evolution of acorn worms (Enteropneusta: Hemichordata) Cameron, CB 2016 Palaeontology (Date Added: 2016-05-10) 31- Using experimental decay of modern forms to reconstruct the early evolution and morphology of fossil enteropneusts Nanglu, K, Caron, J-, Cameron, CB 2015 Paleobiology (Date Added: 2017-07-31) 30- A transcriptomic-phylogenomic analysis of the evolutionary relationships of flatworms Egger, B, Lapraz, F, Tomiczek, B, Muller, S, Dessimoz, C, Girstmair, J, Skunca, N, Rawlinson, KA, Cameron, CB, Beli, E, Todaro, MA, Gammoudi, M, Norena, C, Telford, MJ 2015 Current Biology : CB (Date Added: 2017-07-31) 29- Hemichordate genomes and deuterostome origins Simakov, O, Kawashima, T, Marletaz, F, Jenkins, J, Koyanagi, R, Mitros, T, Hisata, K, Bredeson, J, Shoguchi, E, Gyoja, F, Yue, J-, Chen, Y-, Freeman, RMJ, Sasaki, A, Hikosaka-Katayama, T, Sato, A, Fujie, M, Baughman, KW, Levine, J, Gonzalez, P, Cameron, C, Fritzenwanker, JH, Pani, AM, Goto, H, Kanda, M, Arakaki, N, Yamasaki, S, Qu, J, Cree, A, Ding, Y, Dinh, HH, Dugan, S, Holder, M, Jhangiani, SN, Kovar, CL, Lee, SL, Lewis, LR, Morton, D, Nazareth, LV, Okwuonu, G, Santibanez, J, Chen, R, Richards, S, Muzny, DM, Gillis, A, Peshkin, L, Wu, M, Humphreys, T, Su, Y-, Putnam, NH, Schmutz, J, Fujiyama, A, Yu, J-, Tagawa, K, Worley, KC, Gibbs, RA, Kirschner, MW, Lowe, CJ, Satoh, N, Rokhsar, DS, Gerhart, J 2015 Nature (Date Added: 2015-12-15) 28- Phylogenomic analysis of echinoderm class relationships supports Asterozoa Telford, MJ, Lowe, CJ, Cameron, CB, Ortega-Martinez, O, Aronowicz, J, Oliveri, P, Copley, RR 2014 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Date Added: 2014-11-04) 27- Tubicolous enteropneusts from the Cambrian period Caron, J, Morris, SC, Cameron, CB 2013 Nature (Date Added: 2013-03-21) 26- Three new species of Glossobalanus (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta: Ptychoderidae) from western North America - z03630p154f.pdf Cameron, CB, Ostiguy, A 2013 Zootaxa (Date Added: 2013-03-21) 25- Phylogeny of the tube-building Hemichordata reveals that Rhabdopleurais an extant graptolite. Mitchell, CE 2012 Lethia (Date Added: 2016-07-06) 24- Spengelidae (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta) from the Eastern Pacific including a new species, Schizocardium californicum, from California Cameron, CB, Perez, M 2012 Zootaxa (Date Added: 2012-11-30) 23- Ultrastructure of the coenecium of Cephalodiscus (Hemichordata: Pterobranchia) Gonzalez, P, Cameron, CB 2012 Canadian Journal of Zoology (Date Added: 2012-11-21) 22- Phylogenetic analysis reveals that Rhabdopleura is an extant graptolite Mitchell, CE, Melchin, MJ, Cameron, CB, Maletz, J 2012 Lethaia (Date Added: 2012-10-31) 21- The oldest frog crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Raninoida) from the Aptian of northern South America Luque, J, Feldmann, RM, Schweitzer, CE, Jaramillo, C, Cameron, CB 2012 Journal of Crustacean Biology (Date Added: 2012-10-30) 20- Biomineral ultrastructure, elemental constitution and genomic analysis of biomineralization-related proteins in hemichordates Cameron, CB, Bishop, CD 2012 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Date Added: 2012-08-02) 19- Spatial variation in food availability predicts extrapair paternity in the arctic fox Cameron, C, Berteaux, D, Dufresne, F 2011 Behavioral Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-04) 18- A taxonomic revision of the family Harrimaniidae (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta) with descriptions of seven species from the Eastern Pacific Deland, C, Cameron, CB, Rao, KP, Ritter, WE, Bullock, TH 2010 Zootaxa (Date Added: 2012-02-09) 17- A revision of the genus Saccoglossus (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta: Harrimaniidae) with taxonomic descriptions of five new species from the Eastern Pacific Cameron, CB, Deland, C, Bullock, TH 2010 Zootaxa (Date Added: 2012-02-09) 16- Aurelia Aurita's Flight: A Finite Element Model of a Jellyfish Self Propulsion Stephane Etienne, , Andre Garon, , Dominique Pelletier, , Chris Cameron, 2009 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including The New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition (Date Added: 2013-03-22) 15- The gill slits and pre-oral ciliary organ of Protoglossus (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta) are filter-feeding structures Gonzalez, P, Cameron, CB 2009 Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (Date Added: 2011-04-20) 14- Phylum Hemichordata, Class Enteropneusta Woodwick, KH, Cameron, CB 2007 The Light and Smith manual : intertidal invertebrates from central California to Oregon (Date Added: 2012-05-04) 13- Free love in the far north: Plural breeding and polyandry of arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) on Bylot Island, Nunavut Carmichael, LE, Szor, G, Berteaux, D, Giroux, MA, Cameron, C, Strobeck, C 2007 Canadian Journal of Zoology (Date Added: 2011-04-12) 11- Cephalochordata Cameron, CB 2006 Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota. (Date Added: 2012-05-04) 9- A phylogeny of the hemichordates based on morphological characters Cameron, CB 2005 Canadian Journal of Zoology (Date Added: 2011-04-20) 8- The anatomy, life habits, and later development of a new species of enteropneust, Harrimania planktophilus (Hemichordata: Harrimaniidae) from barkley sound Cameron, CB 2002 Biological Bulletin (Date Added: 2011-04-20) 7- Particle retention and flow in the pharynx of the enteropneust worm Harrimania planktophilus: The filter-feeding pharynx may have evolved before the chordates Cameron, CB 2002 Biological Bulletin (Date Added: 2011-04-20) 6- Evaluating hypotheses of deuterostome phylogeny and chordate evolution with new LSU and SSU ribosomal DNA data Winchell, CJ, Sullivan, J, Cameron, CB, Swalla, BJ, Mallatt, J 2002 Molecular Biology and Evolution (Date Added: 2011-04-20) 5- Special Feature: Evolution of the chordate body plan: New insights from phylogenetic analyses of deuterostome phyla Cameron, CB 2000 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Date Added: 2012-05-04) 4- Urochordates Are Monophyletic Within the Deuterostomes J Swalla, CBC 2000 Systematic Biology (Date Added: 2012-05-04) 3- Gonadotropin-releasing hormone in Mulberry cells of Saccoglossus and Ptychodera (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta) Cameron, CB, Mackie, GO, Powell, JFF, Lescheid, DW, Sherwood, NM 1999 General and Comparative Endocrinology (Date Added: 2011-04-20) 2- Endostyle-like features of the dorsal epibranchial ridge of an enteropneust and the hypothesis of dorsal-ventral axis inversion in chordates Ruppert, EE, Cameron, CB, Frick, JE 1999 Invertebrate Biology (Date Added: 2011-04-20) 1- Conduction pathways in the nervous system of Saccoglossus sp. (Enteropneusta) Cameron, CB, Mackie, GO 1996 Canadian Journal of Zoology (Date Added: 2011-04-20) In the mediaScience : L'Oesia, notre ancêtre qui ressemblait à un pénis 2016-07-11 Tiny, prehistoric sea worm Oesia built tube-like “houses” on ocean floor and sealed itself inside 2016-07-11 http://www.europapress.es/ciencia/ruinas-y-fosiles/noticia-conoce-oesia-gusano-prehistorico-vivia-tubos-submarinos-20160707110629.html 2016-07-11 The secret to an Oesia life: Prehistoric worm built tube-like “houses” on sea floor 2016-07-11 New fossil discovery combines two species into one 2016-07-11 Ancient tube worm was ‘underwater architect’ 2016-07-11 500-Million-Year-Old Worm Was an Undersea Architect 2016-07-11 L'Oesia, notre ancêtre qui ressemblait à un pénis 2016-07-11 500-Million-Year-Old 'Seaweed' Was Actually Home to Tiny Worms 2016-07-11 Share+ The secret of Oesia: a Burgess Shale mystery, by Karma Nanglu 2016-07-11 Penis-shaped fossils from Canadian Rockies solve century-old mystery 2016-07-11 The phallic prehistoric wormy cousins of humans built tube-like 'houses' on sea floor 500 million years ago 2016-07-11 Burgess Shale study finds prehistoric worm built tube-like 'housing' on sea floor 2016-07-11 Sea worm fossil gives clues to 'common ancestor' 2016-06-30 Unser nächster Wurm-Verwandter 2015-11-23 Secuencian dos genomas de gusanos bellota 2015-11-21 Scientists Map Acorn Worm DNA, And Learn A Lot About Humans In The Process (D'Angelo, Chris) 2015-11-20 Humans Share 70 Percent Of Their Genes With This Slimy Seabed Worm (Bhatia, Guneet) 2015-11-20 DNA Reveals Common Ancestor for Humans and Sea Worms (Newberry, Jerry) 2015-11-20 Acorn worm genome reveals gill origins of human pharynx 2015-11-19 Acorn worm genome reveals gill origins of human pharynx (Sanders, Robert) 2015-11-19 Genomas de gusano presentan a nuestros primos lejanos 2015-11-19 Humans and Acorn Worms Share Common Ancestry, Study Reveals (Mathewson, Samantha) 2015-11-19 Genome Sequencing Reveals Slimy Seabed Worms Share 70 Percent Of Human Genes (Doctor, Rina Marie) 2015-11-19 Acorn worms and humans distant cousins, genetically speaking (Nordqvist. Christian) 2015-11-19 Welcome to the family! Acorn worm is a distant human relative that shares 70% of our genes (Woollaston, Victoria) 2015-11-19 You Share 70% of Your Genes with This Slimy Marine Worm (Weisberger, Mindy) 2015-11-18 Our closest wormy cousins: About 70% of our genes trace their ancestry back to the acorn worm 2015-11-18 Genomics: Acorn worms in a nutshell (Dunn, Casey) 2015-11-18 Acorn Worm Genome Sequencing Provides Insight Into Ancestral Animal Group 2015-11-18 Unidentified species unearthed at Marble Canyon Burgess Shale site CTV News Calgary (White, Ryan) 2014-08-21 Une étrange créature qui constitue un chaînon manquant Techno-Science 2013-03-15 The strange phallus-shaped creature which scientists say provides the crucial missing link to marine evolution Daily Mail (Gayle, Damien) 2013-03-14 Burgess Shale worm provides important missing link Calgary Herald (Derworiz, Colette) 2013-03-14 Nigeria News - The strange phallus-shaped creature which scientists say provides the crucial missing link to marine evolution Nigeria News 2013-03-14 Weird worm points to Earth's biodiversity burst 2013-03-14 Ancient Penis-Headed Worm Pushes Fossil Record Back 200 Million Years oi9 2013-03-14 Strange phallus-shaped creature provides missing link between 2 marine animals Zee News 2013-03-14 Phallus-like worm linked to ancient creature unearthed in B.C. national park Global News (Ubelacker, Sheryl) 2013-03-14 Un fossile de 500 millions d'années en forme de... phallus TF1 2013-03-14 Phallus-like animal is a missing link ABC Science 2013-03-14 Burgess Shale Fossil Provides Crucial Missing Link redOrbit (Flowers, April) 2013-03-14 Discovery of Unknown Worm Fossil at Burgess Shale Hailed As Major Scientific Find Quantum Day 2013-03-14 Phallic fossils connect worm families Wired 2013-03-14 'Phallus' Worm Fossils May Be Evolutionary Missing Link, Scientists Say Huffington Post (Pappas, Stephanie) 2013-03-13 Un gusano con forma fálica de hace 500 millones de años - Ciencia - elmundo.es El Mundo 2013-03-13 “Phallus” Worm Is Evolutionary Missing Link National Geographic (Dell'Amore, Christine) 2013-03-13 Phallus-shaped acorn worms resolve fossil mystery CBC News (Chung, Emily) 2013-03-13 Penis-Shaped Worm Creature Solves Ancient Fossil Mystery : animals : Nature World News Nature World News 2013-03-13 Phallus-shaped fossils identified as new species BBC (Warwicker, Michelle) 2013-03-13 Phallus-like worm linked to ancient creature unearthed in B.C. national park Times Colonist (Ubelacker, Sheryl) 2013-03-13 Étrange créature fossile découverte dans les Rocheuses Radio-Canada 2013-03-13 Palaeontology: Tubular worms from the Burgess Shale 2013-03-13 ScienceShot: Is That a Missing Link in Your Pocket? 2013-03-13 Phallus-like worm linked to ancient creature unearthed in B.C. national park Vancouver Sun (Ubelacker, Sheryl) 2013-03-13 Strange phallus-shaped creature pushes fossil record back 200 million years Science Daily 2013-03-12 Une étrange créature évoquant un phallus constitue un chaînon manquant UdeMNouvelles (Raillant-Clark, William) 2013-03-12 Sea Creature Unchanged for 500 Million Years Discovery News (VIegas, Jennifer) 2012-09-11 Rhabdopleurids: Newer Doesn't Mean Better redOrbit 2012-09-08 Ancient, bottom-dwelling critter proves: Newer isn't always better Phys.org 2012-09-07 |
