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Covi, JA, ES Chang, and DL Mykles (2012) Neuropeptide signaling mechanisms in crustacean and insect

molting glands. Journal of Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. 56:33- 49

Hand, SC, MA Menze, A Borcara, Y Patila, JA Covi, JA Reynold, and M Tonere (2011) Metabolic

Restructuring during Energy-Limited States: Insights from Artemia franciscana Embryos and Other

Animals. Journal of Insect Physiology. 57:584-594.

Covi, JA, BD Bader, ES Chang and DL Mykles (2010) Molt cycle regulation of protein synthesis in skeletal

muscle of the blackback land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis, and the differential expression of a

myostatin-like factor during atrophy induced by molting or unweighting. Journal of Experimental

Biology. 213:172-183.

KS MacLea, JA Covi, HW Kim, E Chao, S Medler, ES Chang, and DL Mykles (2010) Myostatin from the

American lobster, Homarus americanus: cloning and effects of molting on expression in skeletal

muscles. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A. 157:328-337.

Covi, JA, ES Chang, and DL Mykles (2009) Conserved role of cyclic nucleotides in the regulation of

ecdysteroidogenesis by the crustacean molting gland. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology

Part A. 152:470-477.

Covi, JA, A Gomez, S Chang, K Lee, E Chang, and D Mykles. (2008). Repression of Y-organ

ecdysteroidogenesis by cyclic nucleotides and agonists of NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase.

Proceedings of the 4th CPB Meeting in Africa: Mara 2008. "Molecules to migration: The pressures of

life" (Ed S. Morris & A. Vosloo). Medimond S.r.l., Bologna, Italy. pp. 37-46.

Covi, JA, HW Kim, and DL Mykles (2008) Expression of alternatively spliced transcripts for a myostatin-

like protein in the blackback land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis. Comparative Biochemistry Physiology

Part A. 150:423-430.

Covi, JA and SC Hand (2007) Energizing an invertebrate embryo: bafilomycin-dependent respiration and

the metabolic cost of proton pumping by the V-ATPase. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.

80:422-432.

Lee, KJ, HW Kim, AM Gomez, ES Chang, JA Covi, and DL Mykles (2007) Molt-inhibiting hormone from

the tropical land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis: Cloning, tissue expression, and expression of biologically

active recombinant peptide in yeast. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 150:505-513.

PRESENTATIONS

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Covi, JA and DL Mykles (2009) Novel splicing variation of a myostatin-like gene in the decapod

crustacean, Gecarcinus lateralis. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting.

Covi, JA, L Brier, L Martin, and DL Mykles (2008) Identification of inhibitory and receptor-regulated Smads

in three species of decapod crustacean: implications for the regulation of muscle mass by myostatin.

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Covi, JA, BD Bader, ES Chang and DL Mykles (2014) Fine time-scale observation of development

following cryptobiosis yields a non-conventional model for toxicology. Society for Integrative and

Comparative Biology annual meeting.

Covi, JA, BD Bader, ES Chang and DL Mykles (2013) Comparative assessment of Smad

expression in two models of muscle atrophy for the blackback land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis.

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting.