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Conservation demands safe gene drive by Esvelt, Kevin M, Gemmell, Neil J

“…Interest in developing gene drive systems to control invasive species is growing, with New Zealand reportedly considering the nascent technology as a way to…”
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power and promise of RNA‐seq in ecology and evolution by Todd, Erica V, Black, Michael A, Gemmell, Neil J

“…Reference is regularly made to the power of new genomic sequencing approaches. Using powerful technology, however, is not the same as having the necessary…”
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Stress and sex: does cortisol mediate sex change in fish? by Goikoetxea, Alexander, Todd, Erica V, Gemmell, Neil J

“…Cortisol is the main glucocorticoid (GC) in fish and the hormone most directly associated with stress. Recent research suggests that this hormone may act as a…”
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reveals strong discrimination among diverse marine habitats connected by water movement by Jeunen, Gert‐Jan, Knapp, Michael, Spencer, Hamish G., Lamare, Miles D., Taylor, Helen R., Stat, Michael, Bunce, Michael, Gemmell, Neil J.

“…While in recent years environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding surveys have shown great promise as an alternative monitoring method, the integration into…”
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Zebrafish preserve global germline DNA methylation while sex-linked rDNA is amplified and demethylated during feminisation by Ortega-Recalde, Oscar, Day, Robert C., Gemmell, Neil J., Hore, Timothy A.

“…The germline is the only cellular lineage capable of transferring genetic information from one generation to the next. Intergenerational transmission of…”
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The rise, fall and renaissance of microsatellites in eukaryotic genomes by Buschiazzo, Emmanuel, Gemmell, Neil J.

“…Microsatellites are among the most versatile of genetic markers, being used in an impressive number of biological applications. However, the evolutionary…”
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Underestimation of species richness in neotropical frogs revealed by mtDNA analyses by Fouquet, Antoine, Gilles, André, Vences, Miguel, Marty, Christian, Blanc, Michel, Gemmell, Neil J

“…Amphibians are rapidly vanishing. At the same time, it is most likely that the number of amphibian species is highly underestimated. Recent DNA barcoding work…”
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Sexual plasticity: A fishy tale by Liu, Hui, Todd, Erica V., Lokman, P. Mark, Lamm, Melissa S., Godwin, John R., Gemmell, Neil J.

“…SUMMARY Teleost fish exhibit remarkably diverse and plastic patterns of sexual development. One of the most fascinating modes of plasticity is functional sex…”
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Bending Genders: The Biology of Natural Sex Change in Fish by Todd, Erica V, Liu, Hui, Muncaster, Simon, Gemmell, Neil J

“…Sexual fate is no longer seen as an irreversible deterministic switch set during early embryonic development but as an ongoing battle for primacy between male…”
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Are old males still good males and can females tell the difference? by Johnson, Sheri L., Gemmell, Neil J.

“…Sperm function generally declines with male age. Paradoxically, females of many species still choose to mate with old males rather than young males. Females…”
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The Genetics and Epigenetics of Sex Change in Fish by Ortega-Recalde, Oscar, Goikoetxea, Alexander, Hore, Timothy A, Todd, Erica V, Gemmell, Neil J

“…Fish show extraordinary sexual plasticity, changing sex naturally as part of their life cycle or reversing sex because of environmental stressors. This…”
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Histological and transcriptomic effects of 17α-methyltestosterone on zebrafish gonad development by Lee, Stephanie Ling Jie, Horsfield, Julia A, Black, Michael A, Rutherford, Kim, Fisher, Amanda, Gemmell, Neil J

“…Sex hormones play important roles in teleost ovarian and testicular development. In zebrafish, ovarian differentiation appears to be dictated by an…”
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Species‐level biodiversity assessment using marine environmental DNA metabarcoding requires protocol optimization and standardization by Jeunen, Gert‐Jan, Knapp, Michael, Spencer, Hamish G., Taylor, Helen R., Lamare, Miles D., Stat, Michael, Bunce, Michael, Gemmell, Neil J.

“…DNA extraction from environmental samples (environmental DNA; eDNA) for metabarcoding‐based biodiversity studies is gaining popularity as a noninvasive,…”
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Fast, cost-effective development of species-specific microsatellite markers by genomic sequencing by Abdelkrim, Jawad, Robertson, Bruce, Stanton, Jo-Ann, Gemmell, Neil

“…Microsatellites are the genetic markers of choice for many population genetic studies, but must be isolated de novo using recombinant approaches where prior…”
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Non-invasive real-time genomic monitoring of the critically endangered kākāpō by Urban, Lara, Miller, Allison K, Eason, Daryl, Vercoe, Deidre, Shaffer, Megan, Wilkinson, Shaun P, Jeunen, Gert-Jan, Gemmell, Neil J, Digby, Andrew

“…We used non-invasive real-time genomic approaches to monitor one of the last surviving populations of the critically endangered kākāpō ( ). We first…”
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Haplotype-resolved assembly of diploid genomes without parental data by Cheng, Haoyu, Jarvis, Erich D., Fedrigo, Olivier, Koepfli, Klaus-Peter, Urban, Lara, Gemmell, Neil J., Li, Heng

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Gender differences in publication output: towards an unbiased metric of research performance by Symonds, Matthew R E, Gemmell, Neil J, Braisher, Tamsin L, Gorringe, Kylie L, Elgar, Mark A

“…We examined the publication records of a cohort of 168 life scientists in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology to assess gender differences in…”
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Uncovering the pathways underlying whole body regeneration in a chordate model, Botrylloides leachi using de novo transcriptome analysis by Zondag, Lisa E, Rutherford, Kim, Gemmell, Neil J, Wilson, Megan J

“…Regenerative capacity differs greatly between animals. In vertebrates regenerative abilities are highly limited and tissue or organ specific. However the…”
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Effects of cortisol on female-to-male sex change in a wrasse by Goikoetxea, Alexander, Todd, Erica V, Muncaster, Simon, Lokman, P. Mark, Thomas, Jodi T, Robertson, Holly A, De Farias e Moraes, Carlos E, Gemmell, Neil J

“…Sex change occurs as a usual part of the life cycle for many teleost fish and the modifications involved (behavioural, gonadal, morphological) are well…”
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The accuracy, feasibility and challenges of sequencing short tandem repeats using next-generation sequencing platforms by Zavodna, Monika, Bagshaw, Andrew, Brauning, Rudiger, Gemmell, Neil J

“…To date we have little knowledge of how accurate next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are in sequencing repetitive sequences beyond known limitations…”
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