Submitted
Lau, Emily S., Goodheart, Jessica A., Anderson, Nolan T., Liu, Vannie L., Mukherjee, Arnab, and Todd H. Oakley. Under Review. Predictable genetic recruitment for luciferin sulfation in the convergent evolution of bioluminescence. bioRxiv preprint, DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.12.536614.
Goodheart, Jessica A., Rio, Robin A., Taraporevala, Neville F., Fiorenza, Rose A., Barnes, Seth R., Morrill, Kevin, Jacob, Mark Allan C., Whitesel, Carl, Masterson, Park, Batzel, Grant O., Johnston, Hereroa T., Ramirez, M. Desmond, Katz, Paul S., and. Lyons, Deirdre C. Under Review. A chromosome-level genome for the nudibranch gastropod Berghia stephanieae helps parse clade-specific gene expression in novel and conserved phenotypes. bioRxiv preprint, DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.04.552006.
Lopez-Anido, Rebecca, Batzel, Grant O, Ramirez, Gabriela, Goodheart, Jessica A., Wang, Yiqun, Neal, Stephanie, Lyons, Deirdre C. Preprint. Spatial-temporal expression analysis of lineage-restricted shell matrix proteins reveals shell field regionalization and distinct cell populations in the slipper snail Crepidula atrasolea. bioRxiv preprint, DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.18.532128.
Lau, Emily S., Goodheart, Jessica A., Anderson, Nolan T., Liu, Vannie L., Mukherjee, Arnab, and Todd H. Oakley. Under Review. Predictable genetic recruitment for luciferin sulfation in the convergent evolution of bioluminescence. bioRxiv preprint, DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.12.536614.
Goodheart, Jessica A., Rio, Robin A., Taraporevala, Neville F., Fiorenza, Rose A., Barnes, Seth R., Morrill, Kevin, Jacob, Mark Allan C., Whitesel, Carl, Masterson, Park, Batzel, Grant O., Johnston, Hereroa T., Ramirez, M. Desmond, Katz, Paul S., and. Lyons, Deirdre C. Under Review. A chromosome-level genome for the nudibranch gastropod Berghia stephanieae helps parse clade-specific gene expression in novel and conserved phenotypes. bioRxiv preprint, DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.04.552006.
Lopez-Anido, Rebecca, Batzel, Grant O, Ramirez, Gabriela, Goodheart, Jessica A., Wang, Yiqun, Neal, Stephanie, Lyons, Deirdre C. Preprint. Spatial-temporal expression analysis of lineage-restricted shell matrix proteins reveals shell field regionalization and distinct cell populations in the slipper snail Crepidula atrasolea. bioRxiv preprint, DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.18.532128.
2023
Goodheart, Jessica A., Collins, Allen G., Cummings, Michael P., Egger Bernhard, & Rawlinson, Kate A. 2023. A phylogenomic approach to resolving interrelationships of polyclad flatworms, with implications for life-history evolution. Royal Society Open Science 10: 220939. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220939.
2022
Ellis, Emily A.**, Goodheart, Jessica A.**, Hensley, Nicholai M., González, Vanessa L., Reda, Nicholas J., Rivers, Trevor J., Morin, James G., Torres, Elizabeth, Gerrish, Gretchen A., Oakley, Todd H. 2022. Sexual signals persist over deep time: Ancient co-option of bioluminescence for courtship displays in cypridinid ostracods. Systematic Biology, syac057. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syac057.
Taraporevala, Neville F.*, Lesoway, Maryna P., Goodheart, Jessica A., Lyons, Deirdre C. 2022. Precocious sperm exchange in the simultaneous hermaphroditic nudibranch Berghia stephanieae. Integrative Organismal Biology, 4:obac030. doi: 10.1093/iob/obac034.
Goodheart, Jessica A., Barone, Vanessa, Lyons, Deirdre C. 2022. Movement and storage of nematocysts across development in the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae (Valdés, 2005). Frontiers in Zoology, 19:16. doi: 10.1186/s12983-022-00460-1.
2021
Karmeinski, Dario, Meusemann, Karen, Goodheart, Jessica A., Schrödl, Michael, Martynov, Alexander, Korshunova, Tatiana, Wägele, Heike, Donath, Alexander. 2021. Transcriptomics sheds light on the relationships of cladobranch sea slugs (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda, Mollusca) - but fails to resolve the enigmatic genus Embletonia. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21:226. doi: 10.1186/s12862-021-01944-0.
Pappalardo, Paula, Collins, Allen G., Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina M., Hanson, Kate M., Truskey, Sarit B., Jaekle, William, Strong Ellen E., Vecchione, Michael, Ames, Cheryl Lewis, Harasewych, M.G. (Jerry), Reed, Karen, Goodheart Jessica A., Bush, Stephanie L., Lin, Chan, Biancani, Leann M., Hartil, Elise, Whelpley, Jessica, Blumberg, Jamie, Matterson, Kenan, Redmond, Niamh E., Becker, Allison, Boyle, Michael J., Osborn, Karen J. 2021. The role of taxonomic expertise in interpretation of metabarcoding studies. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsab082. doi: 10.1093/ices.jms/fsab082.
DiRenzo, Graziella V., Longo, Ana V., Muletz-Wolz, Carly R., Pessier, Allan, Goodheart, Jessica A., Lips, Karen. 2021. Plethodontid salamanders show variable disease dynamics in response to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans chytridiomycosis. Biological Invasions. doi: 10.1007/s10530-021-02536-1
Commichaux, Seth, Shah, Nidhi , Ghurye, Jay, Stoppel, Alexander, Goodheart, Jessica A., Luque, Guillermo G., Cummings, Michael P., Pop, Mihai. 2021. A critical assessment of gene catalogs for metagenomic analysis. Bioinformatics, btab216. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab216.
2020
Goodheart Jessica A., Wägele Heike. 2020. Phylogenomic analysis and morphological data suggest left-right swimming behavior evolved prior to the origin of the pelagic Phylliroidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Organisms, Diversity, and Evolution, 20:657–667. doi: 10.1007/s13127-020-00458-9.
Miller, Sara E., Barrow, Lisa N., Ehlman, Sean M., Goodheart, Jessica A., Greiman, Stephen E., Lutz, Holly L., Misiewicz, Tracy M., Smith, Stephanie M., Tan, Milton, Thawley, Christopher J., Cook, Joseph A., Light, Jessica E. 2020. Building biological collections for the 21st century and beyond. BioScience, biaa069. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaa069. [OSF Project] **EDITOR'S CHOICE
Goodheart, Jessica A., Munoz J. David, Minsky, Geetanjali*, Brynjegard-Bialik, Mira*, N., Drummondm Michael S.*, Fallon, Timothy R., Schultz, Darrin T., Weng, Jing-Ke, Torres, Elizabeth, Oakley, Todd H. 2020. Laboratory culture of the California Sea Firefly Vargula tsujii (Ostracoda: Cypridinidae): Developing a model system for the evolution of marine bioluminescence. Scientific Reports, 10:10443. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-67209-w.
2018
Goodheart, Jessica A., Bleidißel, Sabrina, Schillo, Dorothee, Ayres, Daniel L., Strong, Ellen E., Collins, Allen G., Cummings, Michael P. & Wägele, Heike. 2018. Comparative morphology and evolution of the cnidosac in Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). Frontiers in Zoology, 15:43. doi: 10.1186/s12983-018-0289-2. [OSF Project]
2017
Goodheart, Jessica A., Bazinet, Adam L., Valdés, Ángel., Collins, Allen G. and Cummings, Michael P. 2017. Prey preference follows phylogeny: evolutionary dietary patterns within the marine gastropod group Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17:221. doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-1066-0. [OSF Project]
Goodheart, Jessica A. 2017. Insights into the systematics, phylogeny and evolution of Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). American Malacological Bulletin, 35:73-81. doi: 10.4003/006.035.0111.
Goodheart, Jessica A. & Bely, Alexandra E. 2017. Sequestration of nematocysts by divergent cnidarian predators: mechanism, function, and evolution. Invertebrate Biology, 136:75-91. doi: 10.1111/ivb.12154.
2016
Goodheart, Jessica A., Ellingson, Ryan A., Vital, Xochitl G., Galvão Filho, Hilton C., McCarthy, Jennifer B., Medrano, Sabrina M., Bhave, Vishal J., García-Méndez, Kimberly, Jiménez, Lina M., López, Gina, Hoover, Craig A., Awbrey, Jaymes D., De Jesus, Jessika M., Gowacki, William, Krug, Patrick J. and Valdés, Ángel. 2016. Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama. Marine Biodiversity Records, 9:56 doi: 10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z.
Goodheart, Jessica A., Collins, Allen G., Cummings, Michael P., Egger Bernhard, & Rawlinson, Kate A. 2023. A phylogenomic approach to resolving interrelationships of polyclad flatworms, with implications for life-history evolution. Royal Society Open Science 10: 220939. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220939.
2022
Ellis, Emily A.**, Goodheart, Jessica A.**, Hensley, Nicholai M., González, Vanessa L., Reda, Nicholas J., Rivers, Trevor J., Morin, James G., Torres, Elizabeth, Gerrish, Gretchen A., Oakley, Todd H. 2022. Sexual signals persist over deep time: Ancient co-option of bioluminescence for courtship displays in cypridinid ostracods. Systematic Biology, syac057. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syac057.
Taraporevala, Neville F.*, Lesoway, Maryna P., Goodheart, Jessica A., Lyons, Deirdre C. 2022. Precocious sperm exchange in the simultaneous hermaphroditic nudibranch Berghia stephanieae. Integrative Organismal Biology, 4:obac030. doi: 10.1093/iob/obac034.
Goodheart, Jessica A., Barone, Vanessa, Lyons, Deirdre C. 2022. Movement and storage of nematocysts across development in the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae (Valdés, 2005). Frontiers in Zoology, 19:16. doi: 10.1186/s12983-022-00460-1.
2021
Karmeinski, Dario, Meusemann, Karen, Goodheart, Jessica A., Schrödl, Michael, Martynov, Alexander, Korshunova, Tatiana, Wägele, Heike, Donath, Alexander. 2021. Transcriptomics sheds light on the relationships of cladobranch sea slugs (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda, Mollusca) - but fails to resolve the enigmatic genus Embletonia. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21:226. doi: 10.1186/s12862-021-01944-0.
Pappalardo, Paula, Collins, Allen G., Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina M., Hanson, Kate M., Truskey, Sarit B., Jaekle, William, Strong Ellen E., Vecchione, Michael, Ames, Cheryl Lewis, Harasewych, M.G. (Jerry), Reed, Karen, Goodheart Jessica A., Bush, Stephanie L., Lin, Chan, Biancani, Leann M., Hartil, Elise, Whelpley, Jessica, Blumberg, Jamie, Matterson, Kenan, Redmond, Niamh E., Becker, Allison, Boyle, Michael J., Osborn, Karen J. 2021. The role of taxonomic expertise in interpretation of metabarcoding studies. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsab082. doi: 10.1093/ices.jms/fsab082.
DiRenzo, Graziella V., Longo, Ana V., Muletz-Wolz, Carly R., Pessier, Allan, Goodheart, Jessica A., Lips, Karen. 2021. Plethodontid salamanders show variable disease dynamics in response to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans chytridiomycosis. Biological Invasions. doi: 10.1007/s10530-021-02536-1
Commichaux, Seth, Shah, Nidhi , Ghurye, Jay, Stoppel, Alexander, Goodheart, Jessica A., Luque, Guillermo G., Cummings, Michael P., Pop, Mihai. 2021. A critical assessment of gene catalogs for metagenomic analysis. Bioinformatics, btab216. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab216.
2020
Goodheart Jessica A., Wägele Heike. 2020. Phylogenomic analysis and morphological data suggest left-right swimming behavior evolved prior to the origin of the pelagic Phylliroidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Organisms, Diversity, and Evolution, 20:657–667. doi: 10.1007/s13127-020-00458-9.
Miller, Sara E., Barrow, Lisa N., Ehlman, Sean M., Goodheart, Jessica A., Greiman, Stephen E., Lutz, Holly L., Misiewicz, Tracy M., Smith, Stephanie M., Tan, Milton, Thawley, Christopher J., Cook, Joseph A., Light, Jessica E. 2020. Building biological collections for the 21st century and beyond. BioScience, biaa069. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaa069. [OSF Project] **EDITOR'S CHOICE
Goodheart, Jessica A., Munoz J. David, Minsky, Geetanjali*, Brynjegard-Bialik, Mira*, N., Drummondm Michael S.*, Fallon, Timothy R., Schultz, Darrin T., Weng, Jing-Ke, Torres, Elizabeth, Oakley, Todd H. 2020. Laboratory culture of the California Sea Firefly Vargula tsujii (Ostracoda: Cypridinidae): Developing a model system for the evolution of marine bioluminescence. Scientific Reports, 10:10443. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-67209-w.
2018
Goodheart, Jessica A., Bleidißel, Sabrina, Schillo, Dorothee, Ayres, Daniel L., Strong, Ellen E., Collins, Allen G., Cummings, Michael P. & Wägele, Heike. 2018. Comparative morphology and evolution of the cnidosac in Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). Frontiers in Zoology, 15:43. doi: 10.1186/s12983-018-0289-2. [OSF Project]
2017
Goodheart, Jessica A., Bazinet, Adam L., Valdés, Ángel., Collins, Allen G. and Cummings, Michael P. 2017. Prey preference follows phylogeny: evolutionary dietary patterns within the marine gastropod group Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17:221. doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-1066-0. [OSF Project]
Goodheart, Jessica A. 2017. Insights into the systematics, phylogeny and evolution of Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). American Malacological Bulletin, 35:73-81. doi: 10.4003/006.035.0111.
Goodheart, Jessica A. & Bely, Alexandra E. 2017. Sequestration of nematocysts by divergent cnidarian predators: mechanism, function, and evolution. Invertebrate Biology, 136:75-91. doi: 10.1111/ivb.12154.
2016
Goodheart, Jessica A., Ellingson, Ryan A., Vital, Xochitl G., Galvão Filho, Hilton C., McCarthy, Jennifer B., Medrano, Sabrina M., Bhave, Vishal J., García-Méndez, Kimberly, Jiménez, Lina M., López, Gina, Hoover, Craig A., Awbrey, Jaymes D., De Jesus, Jessika M., Gowacki, William, Krug, Patrick J. and Valdés, Ángel. 2016. Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama. Marine Biodiversity Records, 9:56 doi: 10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z.
2015
Goodheart, Jessica A., Bazinet, Adam L., Collins, Allen G., Cummings, Michael P. 2015. Relationships within Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) based on RNA-Seq data: An initial investigation. Royal Society Open Science, 2:150196. doi: 10.1098/rsos.150196. **COVER IMAGE [OSF Project]
Goodheart, Jessica A., Bazinet, Adam L., Collins, Allen G. and Cummings, Michael P. 2015. Phylogeny of Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia): a total evidence analysis using DNA sequence data from public databases. Digital Repository at the University of Maryland. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1903/16863.
Goodheart, Jessica, Camacho-Garcia, Yolanda, Padula, Vinicius, Schrödl, Michael, Cervera, Juan L., Gosliner, Terrence M. & Valdés, Ángel. 2015. Systematics and biogeography of Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804 sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Nudipleura: Pleurobranchidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 74:322-362. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12237.
Goodheart, Jessica A., Bazinet, Adam L., Collins, Allen G., Cummings, Michael P. 2015. Relationships within Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) based on RNA-Seq data: An initial investigation. Royal Society Open Science, 2:150196. doi: 10.1098/rsos.150196. **COVER IMAGE [OSF Project]
Goodheart, Jessica A., Bazinet, Adam L., Collins, Allen G. and Cummings, Michael P. 2015. Phylogeny of Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia): a total evidence analysis using DNA sequence data from public databases. Digital Repository at the University of Maryland. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1903/16863.
Goodheart, Jessica, Camacho-Garcia, Yolanda, Padula, Vinicius, Schrödl, Michael, Cervera, Juan L., Gosliner, Terrence M. & Valdés, Ángel. 2015. Systematics and biogeography of Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804 sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Nudipleura: Pleurobranchidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 74:322-362. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12237.
2013
Goodheart, Jessica & Valdés, Ángel. 2013. Re-evaluation of the Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) subspecies complex in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and its relationship to South African Doriopsilla miniata (Alder & Hancock, 1864) based on molecular data. Marine Biodiversity, 43:113-120. doi: 10.1007/s12526-012-0136.
* Mentored students
** Co-first authors
Goodheart, Jessica & Valdés, Ángel. 2013. Re-evaluation of the Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) subspecies complex in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and its relationship to South African Doriopsilla miniata (Alder & Hancock, 1864) based on molecular data. Marine Biodiversity, 43:113-120. doi: 10.1007/s12526-012-0136.
* Mentored students
** Co-first authors