Richard R. Behringer, Ph.D.
Department of Genetics, Division of VP, Research
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Genetics, Division of Basic Science Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Ben F. Love Chair for Cancer Research, Department of Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Faculty Member, Professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX
Professor, Department of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Research Interests
• Mammalian developmental genetics • Reproductive biology • Evolution and development
Our research focuses on the molecular and cellular mechanisms that lead to the formation of a mammalian embryo, the genesis of tissues and organs during development, and the pathological consequences of developmental defects. In addition, we study the genetic mechanisms that result in organ morphology and physiology differences that have evolved between species. We utilize genetic, embryological and comparative approaches.The reproductive organs are essential for individuals to generate progeny and are a common source of disease. We are interested in defining the factors that cause the male and female phenotypes, including gonad and reproductive tract differentiation during embryogenesis and after birth. We are currently defining gene regulatory networks for reproductive organ development, using "-omics" profiling of developing reproductive organ tissues and generation of mutations in a variety of vertebrate species, including mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds.
We are also investigating developmental processes in diverse mammalian systems, including marsupials and chiropterans (bats). Mammalian embryogenesis and reproduction are very diverse between species, comparisons provide novel insights for reproduction, embryonic development and organogenesis. We collaborate with Marilyn Renfree (University of Melbourne) using the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) model to study sexual differentiation and limb development. Bats also offer a unique system to study the genetic mechanisms that diversify organogenesis. We have collaborated with John Rasweiler to establish the molecular embryology of the fruit bat, Carollia perspicillata. Our wallaby and bat studies are supported by field collections on Kangaroo Island, Australia and the island of Trinidad, respectively. In addition, we have a frozen archive of fibroblasts from >250 mammalian species previously collected by Drs. Tao-Chiuh (T.C.) Hsu and Sen Pathak. This "cryo zoo" serves as a rich source of genetic and cellular information.
A complete list of Dr. Behringer's publications. Follow Dr. Behringer on Twitter: @rrbehringer Visit Dr. Behringer's Lab Website.
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1986 | University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, PHD, Biology |
Postgraduate Training
| 1989-1990 | Associate, University of Washington, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle |
| 1986-1989 | Associate, University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia |
Honors & Awards
| 2019 | D. Dudley and Judy White Oldham Faculty Award, GSBS |
| 2016 | Paul E. Darlington Mentor Award |
| 2013 | Paul E. Darlington Mentor Award |
| 2011 | Pioneer in Reproduction Research Leadership Award, Frontiers in Reproduction Program, Marine Biological Laboratory |
| 2006 | Research Trust Fellow, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2003 | Faculty Achievement Award in Education, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2001 | Educator of the Month, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
| 1997 | Faculty Achievement Award in Basic Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Behringer RR, McKinnell RG, Viza D, Perantoni AO, Robertson EJ, Dunwoodie SL, Lewandoski M. The International Society of Differentiation: Past, present, and future. Differentiation 130:28-31. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36543010.
- Liu Z, Wang H, Larsen M, Gunewardana S, Cendali FI, Reisz JA, Akiyama H, Behringer RR, Ma Q, Hammoud SS, Kumar TR. The solute carrier family 7 member 11 (SLC7A11) is regulated by LH/androgen and required for cystine/glutathione homeostasis in mouse Sertoli cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol 549:111641. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35398053.
- Smith-Paredes D, Vergara-Cereghino ME, Lord A, Moses MM, Behringer RR, Bhullar BS. Embryonic muscle splitting patterns reveal homologies of amniote forelimb muscles. Nat Ecol Evol. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35314784.
- Tigano A, Khan R, Omer AD, Weisz D, Dudchenko O, Multani AS, Pathak S, Behringer RR, Aiden EL, Fisher H, MacManes MD. Chromosome size affects sequence divergence between species through the interplay of recombination and selection. Evolution. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35271737.
- Stewart CA, Stewart MD, Wang Y, Mullen RD, Kircher BK, Liang R, Liu Y, Behringer RR. Chronic Estrus Disrupts Uterine Gland Development and Homeostasis. Endocrinology 163(3), 2022. PMID: 35134138.
- Shah VV, Duncan AD, Jiang S, Stratton SA, Allton KL, Yam C, Jain A, Krause PM, Lu Y, Cai S, Tu Y, Zhou X, Zhang X, Jiang Y, Carroll CL, Kang Z, Liu B, Shen J, Gagea M, Manu SM, Huo L, Gilcrease M, Powell RT, Guo L, Stephan C, Davies PJ, Parker-Thornburg J, Lozano G, Behringer RR, Piwnica-Worms H, Chang JT, Moulder SL, Barton MC. Mammary-specific expression of Trim24 establishes a mouse model of human metaplastic breast cancer. Nat Commun 12(1):5389, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34508101.
- Hoencamp C, Dudchenko O, Elbatsh AMO, Brahmachari S, Raaijmakers JA, van Schaik T, Sedeño Cacciatore Á, Contessoto VG, van Heesbeen RGHP, van den Broek B, Mhaskar AN, Teunissen H, St Hilaire BG, Weisz D, Omer AD, Pham M, Colaric Z, Yang Z, Rao SSP, Mitra N, Lui C, Yao W, Khan R, Moroz LL, Kohn A, St Leger J, Mena A, Holcroft K, Gambetta MC, Lim F, Farley E, Stein N, Haddad A, Chauss D, Mutlu AS, Wang MC, Young ND, Hildebrandt E, Cheng HH, Knight CJ, Burnham TLU, Hovel KA, Beel AJ, Mattei PJ, Kornberg RD, Warren WC, Cary G, Gómez-Skarmeta JL, Hinman V, Lindblad-Toh K, Di Palma F, Maeshima K, Multani AS, Pathak S, Nel-Themaat L, Behringer RR, Kaur P, Medema RH, van Steensel B, de Wit E, Onuchic JN, Di Pierro M, Lieberman Aiden E, Rowland BD. 3D genomics across the tree of life reveals condensin II as a determinant of architecture type. Science 372(6545):984-989, 2021. PMID: 34045355.
- Yen ST, Trimmer KA, Aboul-Fettouh N, Mullen RD, Culver JC, Dickinson ME, Behringer RR, Eisenhoffer GT. CreLite: An optogenetically controlled Cre/loxP system using red light. Dev Dyn. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32745301.
- Vue Z, Behringer RR. Epithelial morphogenesis in the perinatal mouse uterus. Dev Dyn. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32767478.
- Kim O, Park EY, Klinkebiel DL, Pack SD, Shin YH, Abdullaev Z, Emerson RE, Coffey DM, Kwon SY, Creighton CJ, Kwon S, Chang EC, Chiang T, Yatsenko AN, Chien J, Cheon DJ, Yang-Hartwich Y, Nakshatri H, Nephew KP, Behringer RR, Fernández FM, Cho CH, Vanderhyden B, Drapkin R, Bast RC, Miller KD, Karpf AR, Kim J. In vivo modeling of metastatic human high-grade serous ovarian cancer in mice. PLoS Genet 16(6):e1008808, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32497036.
- Camacho J, Moon R, Smith SK, Lin JD, Randolph C, Rasweiler JJ, Behringer RR, Abzhanov A. Differential cellular proliferation underlies heterochronic generation of cranial diversity in phyllostomid bats. Evodevo 11:11, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32514331.
- Mattiske D, Behringer RR, Overbeek PA, Pask AJ. A novel long non-coding RNA, Leat1, causes reduced anogenital distance and fertility in female mice. Differentiation 112:1-6. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31830612.
- Mullen RD, Ontiveros AE, Moses MM, Behringer RR. AMH and AMHR2 mutations: A spectrum of reproductive phenotypes across vertebrate species. Dev Biol 455(1):1-9, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31301298.
- Nunez L, Mokkapati S, Yu C, Deng JM, Behringer RR, Matin A. Generation of a novel mouse strain with conditional, cell-type specific, expression of DND1. Genesis:e23335. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31513344.
- Moses MM, Behringer RR. A gene regulatory network for Müllerian duct regression. Environ Epigenet 5(3):dvz017, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31579527.
- Lopez EW, Vue Z, Broaddus RR, Behringer RR, Gladden AB. The ERM family member Merlin is required for endometrial gland morphogenesis. Dev Biol 2:301-314, 2018. PMID: 30118662.
- Mullen RD, Wang Y, Liu B, Moore EL, Behringer RR. Osterix functions downstream of anti-Müllerian hormone signaling to regulate Müllerian duct regression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 115(33):8382-8387, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30061417.
- SonoT, Akiyama H, Miura S, Deng JM, Shukunami C, Hiraki Y, Tsushima Y, Azuma Y, Behringer RR, Matsuda S. THRAP3 interacts with and inhibits the transcriptional activity of SOX9 during chondrogenesis. J Bone Miner Metab 36(4):410-419, 2018. PMID: 28770354.
- Vue Z, Gonzalez G, Stewart CA, Mehra S, Behringer RR. Volumetric imaging of the developing prepubertal mouse uterine epithelium using light sheet microscopy. Mol Reprod Dev 85(5):397-405, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29543367.
- Yang J, Joshi S, Wang Q, Li P, Wang H, Xiong Y, Xiao Y, Wang J, Parker-Thornburg J, Behringer RR, Yu D. 14-3-3ζ loss leads to neonatal lethality by microRNA-126 downregulation-mediated developmental defects in lung vasculature. Cell Biosci 7(58), 2017. PMID: 29118970.
- Maier, JA, Rivas-Astroza, M, Deng, J, Dowling, A, Oboikovitz, P, Cao, X, Behringer, RR, Cretekos, CJ, Rasweiler, JJ. Transcriptomic insights into the genetic basis of mammalian limb diversity. BMC Evol. Biol 17(1):86, 2017. PMID: 28335721.
- Gonzalez G, Mehra S, Wang Y, Akiyama H, Behringer RR. Sox9 overexpression in uterine epithelia induces endometrial gland hyperplasia. Differentiation 92(4):204-215, 2016. PMID: 27262401.
- Wang, CY, Tang, MC, Chang, WC, Furushima, K, Jang, CW, Behringer, RR, and Chen, C.M.. PiggyBac Transposon-Mediated Mutagenesis in Rats Reveals a Crucial Role of Bbx in Growth and Male Fertility. Biol Reprod 95(3):51, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27465138.
- Chen Q, Sinha K, Deng JM, Yasuda H, Krahe R, Behringer RR, de Crombrugghe B. Mesenchymal Deletion of Histone Demethylase NO66 in Mice Promotes Bone Formation. J Bone Miner Res 30(9):1608-17, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25736226.
- Wang, S, Burton, JC, Behringer, RR and Larina, IV. In vivo micro-scale tomography of ciliary behavior in the mammalian oviduct. Sci Rep(5):13216, 2015. PMID: 26279472.
- Sears, KE, Maier, JA, Rivas-Astroza, M, Poe, R, Zhong, S, Kosog, K, Marcot, JD, Behringer, RR, Cretekos, CJ, Rasweiler, JJ 4th and Rapti, Z. The relationship between gene network structure and expression variation among individuals and species. PLoS Genet 11(8), 2015. PMID: 26317994.
- Yoon, Y, Huang, T, Tortelote, GG, Wakamiya, M, Hadjantonakis, AK, Behringer, RR, Rivera-Pérez, JA. Extra-embryonic Wnt3 regulates the establishment of the primitive streak in mice. Dev. Biol 403(1):80-8, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25907228.
- Burton JC, Wang S, Stewart CA, Behringer RR, Larina IV. High-resolution three-dimensional in vivo imaging of mouse oviduct using optical coherence tomography. Biomed Opt Express 6(7):2713-2723, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26203393.
- Fossat, N, Ip, CK, Jones, VJ, Studdert, JB, Khoo, PL, Lewis, SL, Power, M, Tourle, K, Loebel, DA, Kwan, KM, Behringer, RR and Tam, PP. Context-specific function of the LIM homeobox 1 transcription factor in head formation of the mouse embryo. Development(142):2069-2079, 2015. PMID: 25977363.
- Vong KI, Leung CK, Behringer RR, Kwan KM. Sox9 is critical for suppression of neurogenesis but not initiation of gliogenesis in the cerebellum. Molecular Brain 8(25), 2015. PMID: 25888505.
- Yen ST, Zhang M, Deng JM, Usman SJ, Smith CN, Parker-Thornburg J, Swinton PG, Martin JF, Behringer RR. Somatic mosaicism and allele complexity induced by CRISPR/Cas9 RNA injections in mouse zygotes. Dev Biol 393(1):3-9, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24984260.
- Nolte MJ, Wang Y, Deng JM, Swinton PG, Wei C, Guindani M, Schwartz RJ, Behringer RR. Functional analysis of limb transcriptional enhancers in the mouse. Evol Dev 16(4):207-23, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24920384.
- Shirai K, Okada Y, Cheon DJ, Miyajima M, Behringer RR, Yamanaka O, Saika S. Effects of the loss of conjunctival Muc16 on corneal epithelium and stroma in mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 55(6):3626-37, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24812549.
- Huang CC, Orvis GD, Kwan KM, Behringer RR. Lhx1 is required in Müllerian duct epithelium for uterine development. Dev Biol 389(2):124-36, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24560999.
- Janovick JA, Stewart MD, Jacob D, Martin LD, Deng JM, Stewart CA, Wang Y, Cornea A, Chavali L, Lopez S, Mitalipov S, Kang E, Lee HS, Manna PR, Stocco DM, Behringer RR, Conn PM. Restoration of testis function in hypogonadotropic hypogonadal mice harboring a misfolded GnRHR mutant by pharmacoperone drug therapy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110(52):21030-5, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24324164.
- Pawar S, Starosvetsky E, Orvis GD, Behringer RR, Bagchi IC, Bagchi MK. STAT3 Regulates Uterine Epithelial Remodeling and Epithelial-Stromal Crosstalk During Implantation. Mol Endocrinol 27(12):1996-2012, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24100212.
- Laronda MM, Unno K, Ishi K, Serna VA, Butler LM, Mills AA, Orvis GD, Behringer RR, Deng C, Sinha S, Kurita T. Diethylstilbestrol induces vaginal adenosis by disrupting SMAD/RUNX1-mediated cell fate decision in the Müllerian duct epithelium. Dev Biol 381(1):5-16, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23830984.
- Stewart CA, Wang Y, Bonilla-Claudio M, Martin JF, Gonzalez G, Taketo MM, Behringer RR. CTNNB1 in mesenchyme regulates epithelial cell differentiation during Müllerian duct and postnatal uterine development. Mol Endocrinol 27(9):1442-54, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23904126.
- Kim TH, Lee DK, Cho SN, Orvis GD, Behringer RR, Lydon JP, Ku BJ, McCampbell AS, Broaddus RR, Jeong JW. Critical tumor suppressor function mediated by epithelial Mig-6 in endometrial cancer. Cancer Res 73(16):5090-9, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23811943.
- Mazahery AR, Suzuki K, Nagafuchi A, Miyajima M, Nakagata N, Orvis GD, Behringer RR, Yamada G. Functional analysis of ectodermal β-catenin during external genitalia formation. Congenit Anom (Kyoto) 53(1):34-41, 2013. PMID: 23480356.
- Imuta Y, Kiyonari H, Jang CW, Behringer RR, Sasaki H. Generation of knock-in mice that express nuclear enhanced green fluorescent protein and tamoxifen-inducible Cre recombinase in the notochord from Foxa2 and T loci. Genesis 51(3):210-8, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23359409.
- Bildsoe H, Loebel DA, Jones VJ, Hor AC, Braithwaite AW, Chen YT, Behringer RR, Tam PP. The mesenchymal architecture of the cranial mesoderm of mouse embryos is disrupted by the loss of Twist1 function. Dev Biol 374(2):295-307, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23261931.
- Sundararajan S, Wakamiya M, Behringer RR, Rivera-Pérez JA. A fast and sensitive alternative for β-galactosidase detection in mouse embryos. Development 139(23):4484-90, 2012. PMID: 23132248.
- Furushima K, Jang CW, Chen DW, Xiao N, Overbeek PA, Behringer RR. Insertional Mutagenesis by a Hybrid piggyBac and Sleeping Beauty Transposon in the Rat. Genetics 192(4):1235-48, 2012. PMID: 23023007.
- Stewart MD, Deng JM, Stewart CA, Mullen RD, Wang Y, Lopez S, Serna MK, Huang CC, Janovick JA, Pask AJ, Schwartz RJ, Conn PM, Behringer RR. Mice Harboring Gnrhr E90K, a Mutation that Causes Protein Misfolding and Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism in Humans, Exhibit Testis Size Reduction and Ovulation Failure. Mol Endocrinol 26(11):1847-56, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22918878.
- Ohta K, Yamamoto M, Lin Y, Hogg N, Akiyama H, Behringer RR, Yamazaki Y. Male differentiation of germ cells induced by embryonic age-specific Sertoli cells in mice. Biol Reprod 86(4):112, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22262692.
- Wong YL, Behringer RR, Kwan KM. Smad1/Smad5 signaling in limb ectoderm functions redundantly and is required for interdigital programmed cell death. Dev Biol 363(1):247-57, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22240098.
- Franco HL, Rubel CA, Large MJ, Wetendorf M, Fernandez-Valdivia R, Jeong JW, Spencer TE, Behringer RR, Lydon JP, Demayo FJ. Epithelial progesterone receptor exhibits pleiotropic roles in uterine development and function. FASEB J 26(3):1218-27, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22155565.
- Loebel DA, Hor AC, Bildsoe H, Jones V, Chen YT, Behringer RR, Tam PP. Regionalized Twist1 activity in the forelimb bud drives the morphogenesis of the proximal and preaxial skeleton. Dev Biol 362(2):132-40, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22178153.
- Chen YT, Tsai MS, Yang TL, Ku AT, Huang KH, Huang CY, Chou FJ, Fan HH, Hong JB, Yen ST, Wang WL, Lin CC, Hsu YC, Su KY, Su IC, Jang CW, Behringer RR, Favaro R, Nicolis SK, Chien CL, Lin SW, Yu IS. R26R-GR: A Cre-Activable Dual Fluorescent Protein Reporter Mouse. PLoS One 7(9):e46171, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23049968.
- Huang CC, Orvis GD, Wang Y, Behringer RR. Stromal-to-epithelial transition during postpartum endometrial regeneration. PLoS One 7(8):e44285, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22970108.
- Stewart CA, Behringer RR. Mouse oviduct development. Results Probl Cell Differ 55:247-62, 2012. PMID: 22918811.
- Lechowska A, Bilinski SM, Rasweiler JJ, Cretekos CJ, Behringer RR, Kloc M. Early oogenesis in the short-tailed fruit bat Carollia perspicillata: transient germ cell cysts and noncanonical intercellular bridges. Genesis 50(1):18-27, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21681920.
- Stewart CA, Fisher SJ, Wang Y, Stewart MD, Hewitt SC, Rodriguez KF, Korach KS, Behringer RR. Uterine gland formation in mice is a continuous process, requiring the ovary after puberty, but not after parturition. Biol Reprod 85(5):954-64, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21734259.
- Gonzalez G, Park S, Chen D, Armitage S, Shpall E, Behringer RR. Identification and frequency of CCR5Δ32/Δ32 HIV-resistant cord blood units from Houston area hospitals. HIV Med 12(8):481-6, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21375684.
- Kobayashi A, Stewart CA, Wang Y, Fujioka K, Thomas NC, Jamin SP, Behringer RR. ß-Catenin is essential for Müllerian duct regression during male sexual differentiation. Development 138(10):1967-75, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21490063.
- Deng JM, Satoh K, Wang H, Chang H, Zhang Z, Stewart MD, Cooney AJ, Behringer RR. Generation of viable male and female mice from two fathers. Biol Reprod 84(3):613-8, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21148107.
- Nel-Themaat L, Jang CW, Stewart MD, Akiyama H, Viger RS, Behringer RR. Sertoli cell behaviors in developing testis cords and postnatal seminiferous tubules of the mouse. Biol Reprod 84(2):342-50, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20944081.
- Hu Q, Gao F, Tian W, Ruteshouser EC, Wang Y, Lazar A, Stewart J, Strong LC, Behringer RR, Huff V. Wt1 ablation and Igf2 upregulation in mice result in Wilms tumors with elevated ERK1/2 phosphorylation. J Clin Invest 121(1):174-183, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21123950.
- Gregoire EP, Lavery R, Chassot AA, Akiyama H, Treier M, Behringer RR, Chaboissier MC. Transient development of ovotestes in XX Sox9 transgenic mice. Dev Biol 349(1):65-77, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20965161.
- O'Hara WA, Azar WJ, Behringer RR, Renfree MB, Pask AJ. Desert hedgehog is a mammal-specific gene expressed during testicular and ovarian development in a marsupial. BMC Dev Biol 11(1):72, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22132805.
- Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K, He X, Otsuki B, Kim Y, Murao H, Soeda T, Tsumaki N, Deng JM, Zhang Z, Behringer RR, Crombrugghe B, Postlethwait JH, Warman ML, Nakamura T, Akiyama H. Wwp2 is essential for palatogenesis mediated by the interaction between Sox9 and mediator subunit 25. Nat Commun 2:251, 2011. PMID: 21427722.
- Nolte MJ, Hockman D, Cretekos CJ, Behringer RR, Rasweiler JJ. Embryonic staging system for the Black Mastiff Bat, Molossus rufus (Molossidae), correlated with structure-function relationships in the adult. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 292(2):155-68, spc 1, 2009. PMID: 19089888.
- Cheon DJ, Wang Y, Deng JM, Lu Z, Xiao L, Chen CM, Bast RC, Behringer RR. CA125/Muc16 is dispensable for mouse development and reproduction. PLoS One 4(3):e4675, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19262696.
- Orvis GD, Jamin SP, Kwan KM, Mishina Y, Kaartinen VM, Huang S, Roberts AB, Umans L, Huylebroeck D, Zwijsen A, Wang D, Martin JF, Behringer RR. Functional redundancy of TGF-beta family type I receptors and receptor-Smads in mediating anti-Mullerian hormone-induced Mullerian duct regression in the mouse. Biol Reprod 78(6):994-1001, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18322278.
- Chang H, Gao F, Guillou F, Taketo MM, Huff V, Behringer RR. Wt1 negatively regulates beta-catenin signaling during testis development. Development 135(1875-1885):1875-85, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18403409.
- Cretekos CJ, Wang Y, Green ED, Martin JF, Rasweiler JJ, Behringer RR. Regulatory divergence modifies limb length between mammals. Genes Dev 22(2):141-51, 2008. PMID: 18198333.
- Pask AJ, Behringer RR, Renfree MB. Resurrection of DNA function in vivo from an extinct genome. PLoS One 3(5):e2240, 2008. PMID: 18493600.
- Jamin SP, Arango NA, Mishina Y, Hanks MC, Behringer RR. Requirement of BMPR-1A for Mullerian duct regression during male sexual development. Nat Genet 32(3):408-410, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12368913.
- Arango NA, Lovell-Badge R, Behringer RR. Targeted mutagenesis of the endogenous mouse Mullerian inhibiting substance gene promoter, In vivo definition of genetic pathways of vertebrate sexual development. Cell 99(4):409-419, 1999. PMID: 10571183.
- Liu P, Wakamiya M, Shea MJ, Albrecht U, Behringer RR, Bradley A. Requirement for Wnt3 in vertebrate axis formation. Nat Genet 22(4):361-5, 1999. PMID: 10431240.
- Li Y, Behringer RR. Esx1 is an X-chromosome-imprinted regulator of placental development and fetal growth. Nat Genet 20(3):309-311, 1998. PMID: 9806555.
- Mishina Y, Suzuki A, Ueno N, Behringer RR. Bmpr encodes a type I bone morphogenetic protein receptor that is essential for gastrulation during mouse embryogenesis. Genes Dev 9(24):3027-3037, 1995. PMID: 8543149.
- Chen ZF, Behringer RR. Twist is required in head mesenchyme for cranial neural tube morphogenesis. Genes Dev 9(6):686-699, 1995. PMID: 7729687.
- Shawlot W, Behringer RR. Requirement for Lim1 in head-organizer function. Nature 374(6521):425-430, 1995. PMID: 7700351.
- Behringer RR, Dewey MJ. Cellular site and mode of Fv-2 gene action. Cell 40(2):441-447, 1985. PMID: 3855388.
Book Chapters
- Vue, Z, Mullen, RD, Yen, ST, Ontiveros, AE, Stewart, CA, Behringer, RR. Fetal and postnatal female tract development. In: Encyclopedia of Reproduction, 261-268, 2018.