Alexandra Bely
Alexandra Bely
Biology Profesor
Director of Biology Honors Program
Graduate Program Affiliations
- Biological Sciences (BISI): Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (BEES)
- Biological Sciences (BISI): Molecular and Cell Biology (MOCB)
Research Interests
Evolution of regeneration and asexual reproduction; invertebrate biology; freshwater biology.
Education
- B.S., University of Maryland, College Park, 1991 (General Biology)
- Ph.D., State University of New York-Stony Brook, Department of Ecology and Evolution, 1999 (Advisor: Gregory Wray)
- Postdoc, University of California–Berkeley, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 1999-2002 (Advisor: David A. Weisblat)
All Publications
BISI Concentration Areas
Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsMolecular and Cellular Biology
Latest Papers
Regeneration physiology of invertebrates
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Journal of Experimental Biology
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely
Integrative biology of injury in animals
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Biological Reviews
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely
Journey beyond the embryo: The beauty of Pristina and naidine annelids for studying regeneration and agametic reproduction
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Current Topics in Developmental Biology
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely
A phylum-wide survey reveals multiple independent gains of head regeneration in nemertea
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely, Jon Norenburg
Sequestration of nematocysts by divergent cnidarian predators: mechanism, function, and evolution
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Invertebrate Biology
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely
Plasticity and regeneration of gonads in the annelid Pristina leidyi
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EvoDevo
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely
