Gordon, R. Brodland, GW. The cytoskeletal mechanics of brain morphogenesis: cell state splitters cause primary neural induction. Gell Biophys. 11: 177-238. (1987) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02797122
Brodland, GW” Gordon, R, Scott MJ, Bjorklund NK, Luchka KB, Martin, CC, Matuga, C., Globus, M., Vethamany-Globus S. and Shu, D. Furrowing surface contraction wave coincident with primary neural induction in amphibian embryos. J Morphol. 219: 131-142. 1994 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.1052190203/abstract
Martin, C.C. & R. Gordon. Ultrastructural analysis of the cell state splitter in ectoderm cells differentiating to neural plate and epidermis during gastrulation in embryos of the axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum. Russian J. Dev. Biol. 28(2), 71-80 1997 /wiki/Ectoderm
Björklund, N.K. & R. Gordon (1994). Surface contraction and expansion waves correlated with differentiation in axolotl embryos. I. Prolegomenon and differentiation during the plunge through the blastopore, as shown by the fate map. Computers & Chemistry 18(3), 333- 345 [Appendix VI].
Björklund, N.K. & R. Gordon. [Nuclear state splitting: a working model for the mechanochemical coupling of differentiation "waves" with the controlling genes (master genes)] [Russian]. Ontogenez 24(2), 5-23 1993
Gordon, R., Björklund, N, Nieuwkoop, PD, International Review of Cytology, Appendix: Dialogue on Embryonic Induction and Differentiation Waves, Vol 150 1994/02/01, Pg 373-420 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0074769608615454
Gordon, N. Gordon, R.Embryogenesis Explained World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 2016 http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/8152
Gordon, NK, Gordon R The organelle of differentiation in embryos: the cell state splitter Theor Biol Med Model (2016) 13: 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12976-016-0037-2 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12976-016-0037-2
Björklund NK, Gordon R A hypothesis linking low folate intake to neural tube defects due to failure of post-translation methylations of the cytoskeleton Int. J. Dev. Biol. 50: 135 - 141 2006 http://www.ijdb.ehu.es/web/paper.php?doi=052102nb