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Paulyn Cartwright
Alma materYale University
Scientific career
ThesisCharacterization of a Hox gene, Cnox-2, and the evolution of coloniality in the hydrozoa (Phylum Cnidaria) (1998)

Paulyn Cartwright is the Baumgartner Professor of Biology at the University of Kansas. She is known for her research on the evolution and development of jellyfish.

Education and career

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Cartwright received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1990. She earned a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1997.[1]

Research

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Cartwright is known for her research on the evolution of jellyfish, particularly cnidarians. Her early work examined Hox genes in the horseshoe crab[2] and in hydroids.[3] Her subsequent research examined myxozoa, or aquatic parasites related to cnidarians,[4][5] and the evolution of cnidarians.[6][7] In 2007, Cartwright led a research project that found fossils of jellyfish that date to the Middle Cambrian period.[8]

Photograph of a Middle Cambrian cnidarian jellyfish from Cartwright et al. (2007) published manuscript.

Selected publications

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  • {{cite journal | last1=Cartwright | first1=Paulyn | last2=Bowsher | first2=Julia | last3=Buss | first3=Leo W. | title=Expression of a Hox gene, Cnox-2, and the division of labor in a colonial hydroid | journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume=96 | issue=5 | date=1999-03-02 | issn=0027-8424
  • Cartwright, Paulyn; Halgedahl, Susan L.; Hendricks, Jonathan R.; Jarrard, Richard D.; Marques, Antonio C.; Collins, Allen G.; Lieberman, Bruce S. (2007-10-31). "Exceptionally Preserved Jellyfishes from the Middle Cambrian". PLoS ONE. 2 (10): e1121. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001121. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 2040521. PMID 17971881.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  • Daly, Marymegan; Brugler, Mercer R.; Cartwright, Paulyn; Collins, Allen G.; Dawson, Michael N.; Fautin, Daphne G.; France, Scott C.; Mcfadden, Catherine S.; Opresko, Dennis M.; Rodriguez, Estefania; Romano, Sandra L.; Stake, Joel L. (2007-12-21). "The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus*". Zootaxa. 1668 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.11. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
  • Cartwright, Paulyn; Evans, Nathaniel M.; Dunn, Casey W.; Marques, Antonio C.; Miglietta, Maria Pia; Schuchert, Peter; Collins, Allen G. (2008). "Phylogenetics of Hydroidolina (Hydrozoa: Cnidaria)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88 (8): 1663–1672. doi:10.1017/S0025315408002257. ISSN 0025-3154. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
  • Cartwright, Paulyn; Nawrocki, Annalise M. (2010). "Character Evolution in Hydrozoa (phylum Cnidaria)". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 50 (3): 456–472. doi:10.1093/icb/icq089. ISSN 1557-7023. Retrieved 2026-08-23.

Honors and awards

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In 2025 Cartwright was named a Whitman Fellow by the Marine Biological Laboratory.[9]

References

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  1. ↑ "Paulyn Cartwright". University of Kansas. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
  2. ↑ Cartwright, Paulyn; Dick, Matthew; Buss, Leo W. (1993-09-01). "HOM/Hox Type Homeoboxes in the Chelicerate Limulus polyphemus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2 (3): 185–192. doi:10.1006/mpev.1993.1019. ISSN 1055-7903.
  3. ↑ Cartwright, Paulyn; Bowsher, Julia; Buss, Leo W. (1999-03-02). "Expression of a Hox gene, Cnox-2, and the division of labor in a colonial hydroid". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96 (5): 2183–2186. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.5.2183. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 26757. PMID 10051615.
  4. ↑ "Parasite may have been a jellyfish". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 2015-11-18. p. 44. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
  5. ↑ Chang, E. Sally; Neuhof, Moran; Rubinstein, Nimrod D.; Diamant, Arik; Philippe, Hervé; Huchon, Dorothée; Cartwright, Paulyn (2015). "Genomic insights into the evolutionary origin of Myxozoa within Cnidaria". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (48): 14912–14917. doi:10.1073/pnas.1511468112. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 4672818. PMID 26627241.
  6. ↑ Cartwright, Paulyn; Evans, Nathaniel M.; Dunn, Casey W.; Marques, Antonio C.; Miglietta, Maria Pia; Schuchert, Peter; Collins, Allen G. (2008). "Phylogenetics of Hydroidolina (Hydrozoa: Cnidaria)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88 (8): 1663–1672. doi:10.1017/S0025315408002257. ISSN 0025-3154.
  7. ↑ Bentlage, Bastian; Cartwright, Paulyn; Yanagihara, Angel A.; Lewis, Cheryl; Richards, Gemma S.; Collins, Allen G. (2009-11-18). "Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277 (1680): 493–501. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1707. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 2842657. PMID 19923131.
  8. ↑ Fountain, Henry (2007-11-06). "500 Million Years Ago, Jellyfish Left Their Mark in Fine Sea Sediments". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
  9. ↑ "MBL Awards Whitman Center Fellowships to 24 Outstanding Investigators". Marine Biological Laboratory. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
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