Biography and Research Interest

Publications

Non-Zebrafish Publications

Owens, G.L., Rennison, D.J., Allison, W.T., Taylor, J.S. (2012) Distinct spatial expression domains of opsins in the retina of the four-eyed fish, an exaggeration of patterns found in surface-dwelling species. Biology Letters. 8:86-9.

Rennison, D.J., Owens, G.L., Allison, W.T., Taylor, J.S. (2011) Intra-retinal variation of opsin gene expression in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Journal of Experimental Biology. 214:3248-54.

Allison, W.T., Dann, S.G., Veldhoen, K.M. and Hawryshyn, C.W. (2006) Degeneration and regeneration of ultraviolet cone photoreceptors during development in rainbow trout. Journal of Comparative Neurology 499: 702-715.

Allison, W.T., Veldhoen, K.M. and Hawryshyn, C.W. (2006) Proteomic analysis of opsins and thyroid hormone-induced retinal development using isotope-coded affinity tags (ICAT) and mass spectrometry." Molecular Vision 12:655-672.

Allison, W.T., Hallows, T.E., Johnson, T., Hawryshyn, C.W. and Allen, D.M. (2006) Photic history modifies susceptibility to retinal damage in albino trout. Visual Neuroscience 23:25-34.

Veldhoen, K., Allison, W.T., Veldhoen, N., Anholt, B.R., Helbing, C.C. and Hawryshyn, C.W. (2006) Spatio-temporal characterization of retinal opsin gene expression during thyroid hormone-induced and natural development of rainbow trout." Visual Neuroscience 23:169�179.

Dann, S.G., Allison, W.T., Levin, D.B., Taylor, J.S. & Hawryshyn, C.W. (2004). Salmonid opsin sequences undergo positive selection and indicate an alternate evolutionary relationship in Oncorhynchus. Journal of Molecular Evolution 58, 400-412.

Dann, S.G., Allison, W.T., Veldhoen, K., Johnson, T. & Hawryshyn, C.W. (2004). Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay on the rainbow trout opsin proximal promoters illustrates binding of NF-kB and c-jun to the SWS1 promoter in the retina. Experimental Eye Research 78, 1015-1024.

Allison, W.T., Dann, S.G., Helvik, J.V., Bradley, C., Moyer, H.D. & Hawryshyn, C.W. (2003). Ontogeny of ultraviolet-sensitive cones in the retina of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of Comparative Neurology 461, 294-306.

Dann, S.G., Allison, W.T., Levin, D.B. & Hawryshyn, C.W. (2003). Identification of a unique transcript down-regulated in the retina of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) at smoltification. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 849-860.

Hawryshyn, C.W., Martens, G., Allison, W.T. & Anholt, B.R. (2003). Regeneration of ultraviolet-sensitive cones in the retinal cone mosaic of thyroxin-challenged post-juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 2665-2673.

Hawryshyn, C.W., Moyer, H.D., Allison, W.T., Haimberger, T.J. & McFarland, W.N. (2003). Multidimensional polarization sensitivity in damselfishes. Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 189, 213-220.

Plate, E.M., Adams, B.A., Allison, W.T., Martens, G., Hawryshyn, C.W. & Eales, J.G. (2002). The effects of thyroxine or a GnRH analogue on thyroid hormone deiodination in the olfactory epithelium and retina of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, and sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. General and Comparative Endocrinology 127, 59-65.