Search Results - "Georges, Arthur"

dartr: An r package to facilitate analysis of SNP data generated from reduced representation genome sequencing by Gruber, Bernd, Unmack, Peter J., Berry, Oliver F., Georges, Arthur

“…Although vast technological advances have been made and genetic software packages are growing in number, it is not a trivial task to analyse SNP data. We…”
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Microchromosomes are building blocks of bird, reptile, and mammal chromosomes by Waters, Paul D., Patel, Hardip R., Ruiz-Herrera, Aurora, Álvarez-González, Lucía, Lister, Nicholas C., Simakov, Oleg, Ezaz, Tariq, Kaur, Parwinder, Frere, Celine, Grützner, Frank, Georges, Arthur, Graves, Jennifer A. Marshall

“…Microchromosomes, once considered unimportant shreds of the chicken genome, are gene-rich elements with a high GC content and few transposable elements. Their…”
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Developmental dynamics of sex reprogramming by high incubation temperatures in a dragon lizard by Whiteley, Sarah L, Holleley, Clare E, Georges, Arthur

“…In some vertebrate species, gene-environment interactions can determine sex, driving bipotential gonads to differentiate into either ovaries or testes. In the…”
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Two transcriptionally distinct pathways drive female development in a reptile with both genetic and temperature dependent sex determination by Whiteley, Sarah L, Holleley, Clare E, Wagner, Susan, Blackburn, James, Deveson, Ira W, Marshall Graves, Jennifer A, Georges, Arthur

“…How temperature determines sex remains unknown. A recent hypothesis proposes that conserved cellular mechanisms (calcium and redox; 'CaRe' status) sense…”
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Identification of Y chromosome markers in the eastern three-lined skink (Bassiana duperreyi) using in silico whole genome subtraction by Dissanayake, Duminda Sampath Bandara, Holleley, Clare Ellen, Hill, Laura Kate, O'Meally, Denis, Deakin, Janine Eileen, Georges, Arthur

“…Homologous sex chromosomes can differentiate over time because recombination is suppressed in the region of the sex determining locus, leading to the…”
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Waking the sleeping dragon: gene expression profiling reveals adaptive strategies of the hibernating reptile Pogona vitticeps by Capraro, Alexander, O'Meally, Denis, Waters, Shafagh A, Patel, Hardip R, Georges, Arthur, Waters, Paul D

“…Hibernation is a physiological state exploited by many animals exposed to prolonged adverse environmental conditions associated with winter. Large changes in…”
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Dispersal and climate warming determine range shift in model reptile populations by Boyle, Maria, Schwanz, Lisa, Hone, Jim, Georges, Arthur

“…•Reptiles with biased sex-ratios can expand their ranges as climates warm.•Even sex ratios do not set the limits of range expansion.•A simulation model was…”
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Climate warming drives a temperate-zone lizard to its upper thermal limits, restricting activity, and increasing energetic costs by Doucette, Lisa I., Duncan, Richard P., Osborne, William S., Evans, Murray, Georges, Arthur, Gruber, Bernd, Sarre, Stephen D.

“…Lizards are considered vulnerable to climate change because many operate near their thermal maxima. Exposure to higher temperatures could reduce activity of…”
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Discovery of thermophilic Bacillales using reduced-representation genotyping for identification by Talamantes-Becerra, Berenice, Carling, Jason, Kilian, Andrzej, Georges, Arthur

“…This study demonstrates the use of reduced-representation genotyping to provide preliminary identifications for thermophilic bacterial isolates. The approach…”
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Sex Reversal in Reptiles: Reproductive Oddity or Powerful Driver of Evolutionary Change? by Holleley, Clare E, Sarre, Stephen D, O'Meally, Denis, Georges, Arthur

“…Is sex a product of genes, the environment, or both? In this review, we describe the diversity of sex-determining mechanisms in reptiles, with a focus on…”
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Effects of natural nest temperatures on sex reversal and sex ratios in an Australian alpine skink by Dissanayake, Duminda S. B., Holleley, Clare E., Georges, Arthur

“…Altered climate regimes have the capacity to affect the physiology, development, ecology and behaviour of organisms dramatically, with consequential changes in…”
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Gene expression of male pathway genes sox9 and amh during early sex differentiation in a reptile departs from the classical amniote model by Wagner, Susan, Whiteley, Sarah L, Castelli, Meghan, Patel, Hardip R, Deveson, Ira W, Blackburn, James, Holleley, Clare E, Marshall Graves, Jennifer A, Georges, Arthur

“…Sex determination is the process whereby the bipotential embryonic gonads become committed to differentiate into testes or ovaries. In genetic sex…”
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A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis by Melville, Jane, Chapple, David G, Keogh, J. Scott, Sumner, Joanna, Amey, Andrew, Bowles, Phil, Brennan, Ian G, Couper, Patrick, Donnellan, Stephen C, Doughty, Paul, Edwards, Danielle L, Ellis, Ryan J, Esquerré, Damien, Fenker, Jéssica, Gardner, Michael G, Georges, Arthur, Haines, Margaret L, Hoskin, Conrad J, Hutchinson, Mark, Moritz, Craig, Nankivell, James, Oliver, Paul, Pavón-Vázquez, Carlos J, Pepper, Mitzy, Rabosky, Daniel L, Sanders, Kate, Shea, Glenn, Singhal, Sonal, Worthington Wilmer, Jessica, Tingley, Reid

“…Global biodiversity loss is a profound consequence of human activity. Disturbingly, biodiversity loss is greater than realized because of the unknown number of…”
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Temperature Sex Reversal Implies Sex Gene Dosage in a Reptile by Quinn, Alexander E, Georges, Arthur, Sarre, Stephen D, Guarino, Fiorenzo, Ezaz, Tariq, Graves, Jennifer A. Marshall

“…Sex in reptiles is determined by genes on sex chromosomes or by incubation temperature. Previously these two modes were thought to be distinct, yet we show…”
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Anchoring genome sequence to chromosomes of the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) enables reconstruction of ancestral squamate macrochromosomes and identifies sequence content of the Z chromosome by Deakin, Janine E, Edwards, Melanie J, Patel, Hardip, O'Meally, Denis, Lian, Jinmin, Stenhouse, Rachael, Ryan, Sam, Livernois, Alexandra M, Azad, Bhumika, Holleley, Clare E, Li, Qiye, Georges, Arthur

“…Squamates (lizards and snakes) are a speciose lineage of reptiles displaying considerable karyotypic diversity, particularly among lizards. Understanding the…”
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The ends of a continuum: genetic and temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles by Sarre, Stephen D., Georges, Arthur, Quinn, Alex

“…Two prevailing paradigms explain the diversity of sex‐determining modes in reptiles. Many researchers, particularly those who study reptiles, consider genetic…”
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Developmental asynchrony and antagonism of sex determination pathways in a lizard with temperature-induced sex reversal by Whiteley, Sarah L., Weisbecker, Vera, Georges, Arthur, Gauthier, Arnault Roger Gaston, Whitehead, Darryl L., Holleley, Clare E.

“…Vertebrate sex differentiation follows a conserved suite of developmental events: the bipotential gonads differentiate and shortly thereafter sex specific…”
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omicR: A tool to facilitate BLASTn alignments for sequence data by Talamantes-Becerra, Berenice, Carling, Jason, Georges, Arthur

“…Bioinformatics tools for the analysis of sequencing data, are becoming accessible for most scientists. Beginners who are unfamiliar to these tools can be…”
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Author Correction: Genetic evidence supports three previously described species of greater glider, Petauroides volans, P. minor, and P. armillatus by McGregor, Denise C., Padovan, Amanda, Georges, Arthur, Krockenberger, Andrew, Yoon, Hwan-Jin, Youngentob, Kara N.

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Highly differentiated ZW sex microchromosomes in the Australian Varanus species evolved through rapid amplification of repetitive sequences by Matsubara, Kazumi, Sarre, Stephen D, Georges, Arthur, Matsuda, Yoichi, Marshall Graves, Jennifer A, Ezaz, Tariq

“…Transitions between sex determination systems have occurred in many lineages of squamates and it follows that novel sex chromosomes will also have arisen…”
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