Yu, J.-K., Peng, L.-Y., Chen, C.-Y., Lu, T.-M., Holland, N. D., & Holland, L. Z. (2024). Asymmetric Segregation of Maternal mRNAs and Germline-related Determinants in Cephalochordate Embryos: Implications for the Evolution of Early Patterning Events in Chordates. Integrative And Comparative Biology, icae012. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae012

Holland, N. D., & Holland, L. Z. (2024). The Rohde‐like cells at the posterior end of the dorsal nerve cord of amphioxus (Cephalochordata). Journal of Comparative Neurology, 532(6), e25644. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25644

Holland, N. D., & Holland, L. Z. (2024). Serial block‐face scanning electron microscopy of the tail tip of post‐metamorphic amphioxus finds novel myomeres with odd shapes and unusually prominent sclerocoels. Journal of Morphology, 285(1), e21667. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21667

Holland, N. D., & Holland, L. Z. (2023). Cephalochordate Hemocytes: First Demonstration for Asymmetron lucayanum (Bahamas Lancelet) Plus Augmented Description for Branchiostoma floridae (Florida Amphioxus). The Biological Bulletin, 000–000. https://doi.org/10.1086/726774

Holland, N. D., & Mansfield, J. H. (2023). In Amphioxus Embryos, Some Neural Tube Cells Resemble Differentiating Coronet Cells of Fishes and Tunicates. The Biological Bulletin, 000–000. https://doi.org/10.1086/724581

Holland, N. D., Holland, L. Z., & Somorjai, I. M. L. (2022). Three‐dimensional fine structure of fibroblasts and other mesodermally derived tissues in the dermis of adults of the Bahamas lancelet (Chordata, Cephalohordata), as seen by serial block‐face scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Morphology, jmor.21502. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21502

Holland, N. D., Hiley, A. S., & Rouse, G. W. (2022). A new species of deep-sea torquaratorid enteropneust (Hemichordata): A sequential hermaphrodite with exceptionally wide lips. Invertebrate Biology, 15. https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12379

Holland, L. Z., & Holland, N. D. (2022). The invertebrate chordate amphioxus gives clues to vertebrate origins. In Current Topics in Developmental Biology (Vol. 147, pp. 563–594). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.ctdb.2021.12.011

Holland, L. Z., & Holland, N. D. (2021). Cephalochordates: A window into vertebrate origins. In S. F. Gilbert (Ed.), Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Vol. 141, pp. 119–147). Elsevier Academic Press Inc.

Holland, N. D., & Somorjai, I. M. L. (2020). Epidermal changes during tail regeneration in the Bahamas lancelet, Asymmetron lucayanum (Cephalochordata). Acta Zoologica. https://doi.org/10.1111/azo.12371

Holland, N. D., & Somorjai, I. M. L. (2020). Tail regeneration in a cephalochordate, the Bahamas lancelet, Asymmetron lucayanum. Journal of Morphology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21297

Holland, N. D., & Somorjai, I. M. L. (2020). Serial blockface SEM suggests that stem cells may participate in adult notochord growth in an invertebrate chordate, the Bahamas lancelet. Evodevo, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13227-020-00167-6

Holland, N. D., & Somorjai, I. M. L. (2020). The sensory peripheral nervous system in the tail of a cephalochordate studied by serial blockface scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Comparative Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24913

Coppola, U., Caccavale, F., Scelzo, M., Holland, N. D., Ristoratore, F., & D’Aniello, S. (2018). Ran GTPase, an eukaryotic gene novelty, is involved in amphioxus mitosis. PLOS ONE, 13(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196930

Holland, N. D. (2018). Formation of the initial kidney and mouth opening in larval amphioxus studied with serial blockface scanning electron microscopy (SBSEM). Evodevo, 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13227-018-0104-3

Holland, N. D. (2017). The long and winding path to understanding kidney structure in amphioxus - a review. International Journal of Developmental Biology, 61(10–12), 683–688. https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.170196nh

Yong, L. W., Bertrand, S., Yu, J. K., Escriva, H., & Holland, N. D. (2017). Conservation of BMP2/4 expression patterns within the Glade Branchiostoma (amphioxus): Resolving interspecific discrepancies. Gene Expression Patterns, 25–26, 71–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gep.2017.06.004

Holland, N. D., & Holland, L. Z. (2017). The ups and downs of amphioxus biology: a history. International Journal of Developmental Biology, 61(10–12), 575–583. https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.160395LH

Thomsen, J., Himmerkus, N., Holland, N., Sartoris, F. J., Bleich, M., & Tresguerres, M. (2016). Ammonia excretion in mytilid mussels is facilitated by ciliary beating. Journal of Experimental Biology, 1477-9145 (Electronic). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.139550

Yue, J. X., Holland, N. D., Holland, L. Z., & Deheyn, D. D. (2016). The evolution of genes encoding for green fluorescent proteins: insights from cephalochordates (amphioxus). Scientific Reports, 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28350

Annona, G., Holland, N. D., & D’Aniello, S. (2015). Evolution of the notochord. Evodevo, 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13227-015-0025-3

Mansfield, J. H., Haller, E., Holland, N. D., & Brent, A. E. (2015). Development of somites and their derivatives in amphioxus, and implications for the evolution of vertebrate somites. Evodevo, 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13227-015-0007-5

Holland, N. D., Holland, L. Z., & Holland, P. W. H. (2015). Scenarios for the making of vertebrates. Nature, 520(7548), 450–455. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14433

Holland, N. D., Holland, L. Z., & Heimberg, A. (2015). Hybrids between the Florida amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae) and the Bahamas lancelet (Asymmetron lucayanum): Developmental morphology and chromosome counts. Biological Bulletin, 228(1), 13–24.

Holland, N. D. (2015). Nervous systems and scenarios for the invertebrate-to-vertebrate transition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 371(1685). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0047

Mansfield, J. H., & Holland, N. D. (2015). Amphioxus tails: source and fate of larval fin rays and the metamorphic transition from an ectodermal to a predominantly mesodermal tail. Acta Zoologica, 96(1), 117–125. https://doi.org/10.1111/azo.12058

Holland, N. D., Osborn, K. J., Gebruk, A. V., & Rogacheva, A. (2013). Rediscovery and augmented description of the HMS “Challenger” acorn worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta), Glandiceps abyssicola, in the equatorial Atlantic abyss. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93(8), 2197–2205. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413000684

Osborn, K. J., Gebruk, A. V., Rogacheva, A., & Holland, N. D. (2013). An externally brooding acorn worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta, Torquaratoridae) from the Russian arctic. Biological Bulletin, 225(2), 113–123.

Mallatt, J., & Holland, N. (2013). Pikaia gracilens Walcott: stem chordate, or already specialized in the Cambrian? Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 320B(4), 247–271. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22500

Holland, N. D. (2013). Digestive system. In J. M. Lawrence (Ed.), Sea urchins: biology and ecology (Third edition., Vol. 38, pp. 119–133). Elsevier.

Holland, N. D., Osborn, K. J., & Kuhnz, L. A. (2012). A new deep-sea species of harrimaniid enteropneust (Hemichordata). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 125(3), 228–240.

Holland, N. D., Kuhnz, L. A., & Osborn, K. J. (2012). Morphology of a new deep-sea acorn worm (class Enteropneusta, phylum Hemichordata): A part-time demersal drifter with externalized ovaries. Journal of Morphology, 273(7), 661–671. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20013

Osborn, K. J., Kuhnz, L. A., Priede, I. G., Urata, M., Gebruk, A. V., & Holland, N. D. (2012). Diversification of acorn worms (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) revealed in the deep sea. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 279(1733), 1646–1654. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.1916

Priede, I. G., Osborn, K. J., Gebruk, A. V., Jones, D., Shale, D., Rogacheva, A., & Holland, N. D. (2012). Observations on torquaratorid acorn worms (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) from the North Atlantic with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Invertebrate Biology, 131(3), 244–257. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2012.00266.x

Holland, N. D. (2011). Walter Garstang: a retrospective. Theory in Biosciences, 130(4), 247–258. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12064-011-0130-3

Koop, D., Holland, L. Z., Setiamarga, D., Schubert, M., & Holland, N. D. (2011). Tail regression induced by elevated retinoic acid signaling in amphioxus larvae occurs by tissue remodeling, not cell death. Evolution & Development, 13(5), 427–435. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-142X.2011.00501.x

Holland, N. D. (2011). Spawning periodicity of the lancelet, Asymmetron lucayanum (Cephalochordata), in Bimini, Bahamas. Italian Journal of Zoology, 78(4), 478–486. https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.594097

Holland, N. D., & Holland, L. Z. (2010). Laboratory spawning and development of the Bahama lancelet, Asymmetron lucayanum (Cephalochordata): fertilization through feeding larvae. Biological Bulletin, 219(2), 132–141.

Koop, D., Holland, N. D., Semon, M., Alvarez, S., de Lera, A. R., Laudet, V., Holland, L. Z., & Schubert, M. (2010). Retinoic acid signaling targets Hox genes during the amphioxus gastrula stage: Insights into early anterior-posterior patterning of the chordate body plan. Developmental Biology, 338(1), 98–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.11.016

Holland, N. D., & Wilson, N. G. (2009). Molecular identification of larvae of a tetraphyllidean tapeworm (Platyhelminthes: Eucestoda) in a razor clam as an alternative intermediate host in the life cycle of Acanthobothrium brevissime. Journal of Parasitology, 95(5), 1215–1217. https://doi.org/10.1645/ge-1946.1

Holland, N. D., Paris, M., & Koop, D. (2009). The club-shaped gland of amphioxus: export of secretion to the pharynx in pre-metamorphic larvae and apoptosis during metamorphosis. Acta Zoologica, 90(4), 372–379. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00379.x

Onai, T., Lin, H. C., Schubert, M., Koop, D., Osborne, P. W., Alvarez, S., Alvarez, R., Holland, N. D., & Holland, L. Z. (2009). Retinoic acid and Wnt/beta-catenin have complementary roles in anterior/posterior patterning embryos of the basal chordate amphioxus. Developmental Biology, 332(2), 223–233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.05.571

Holland, N. D., & Ghiselin, M. T. (2009). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has failed to distinguish between smaller gut regions and larger haemal sinuses in sea urchins (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). Bmc Biology, 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-7-39

Bajoghli, B., Aghaallaei, N., Hess, I., Rode, I., Netuschil, N., Tay, B. H., Venkatesh, B., Yu, J. K., Kaltenbach, S. L., Holland, N. D., Diekhoff, D., Happe, C., Schorpp, M., & Boehm, T. (2009). Evolution of genetic networks underlying the emergence of thymopoiesis in vertebrates. Cell, 138(1), 186–197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2009.04.017

Kaltenbach, S. L., Holland, L. Z., Holland, N. D., & Koop, D. (2009). Developmental expression of the three iroquois genes of amphioxus (BfIrxA, BfIrxB, and BfIrxC) with special attention to the gastrula organizer and anteroposterior boundaries in the central nervous system. Gene Expression Patterns, 9(5), 329–334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gep.2009.02.003

Kaltenbach, S. L., Yu, J. K., & Holland, N. D. (2009). The origin and migration of the earliest-developing sensory neurons in the peripheral nervous system of amphioxus. Evolution & Development, 11(2), 142–151. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-142X.2009.00315.x

Holland, N. D., Campbell, T. G., Garey, J. R., Holland, L. Z., & Wilson, N. G. (2009). The Florida amphioxus (Cephalochordata) hosts larvae of the tapeworm Acanthobothrium brevissime: natural history, anatomy and taxonomic identification of the parasite. Acta Zoologica, 90(1), 75–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00343.x

Holland, N. D., Jones, W. J., Ellena, J., Ruhl, H. A., & Smith, K. L. (2009). A new deep-sea species of epibenthic acorn worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta). Zoosystema, 31(2), 333–346. https://doi.org/10.5252/z2009n2a6

Holland, N. D., & Ghiselin, M. T. (2008). Siphons and siphonal grooves in the digestive systems of the Echinoidea (Echinodermata). Zoomorphology, 127(4), 259–264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-008-0071-7

Paris, M., Escriva, H., Schubert, M., Brunet, F., Brtko, J., Ciesielski, F., Roecklin, D., Vivat-Hannah, V., Jamin, E. L., Cravedi, J. P., Scanlan, T. S., Renaud, J. P., Holland, N. D., & Laudet, V. (2008). Amphioxus postembryonic development reveals the homology of chordate metamorphosis. Current Biology, 18(11), 825–830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.078