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Feasibility and safety of early combined cognitive and physical therapy for critically ill medical and surgical patients: the Activity and Cognitive Therapy in ICU (ACT-ICU) trial by Brummel, N. E., Girard, T. D., Ely, E. W., Pandharipande, P. P., Morandi, A., Hughes, C. G., Graves, A. J., Shintani, A., Murphy, E., Work, B., Pun, B. T., Boehm, L., Gill, T. M., Dittus, R. S., Jackson, J. C.

“…Purpose Cognitive impairment after critical illness is common and debilitating. We developed a cognitive therapy program for critically ill patients and…”
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Sex chromosome evolution in lizards: independent origins and rapid transitions by Ezaz, T, Sarre, S D, O'Meally, D, Graves, J A Marshall, Georges, A

“…Reptiles epitomize the variability of reproductive and sex determining modes and mechanisms among amniotes. These modes include gonochorism (separate sexes)…”
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Sex determination in mammals — Before and after the evolution of SRY by Wallis, M. C., Waters, P. D., Graves, J. A. M.

“… Therian mammals (marsupials and placentals) have an XX female: XY male sex chromosome system, which is homologous to autosomes in other vertebrates. The…”
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The origin and evolution of vertebrate sex chromosomes and dosage compensation by Livernois, A M, Graves, J A M, Waters, P D

“…In mammals, birds, snakes and many lizards and fish, sex is determined genetically (either male XY heterogamy or female ZW heterogamy), whereas in alligators,…”
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One Species or Two? Vicariance, Lineage Divergence and Low mtDNA Diversity in Geographically Isolated Populations of South Asian River Dolphin by Braulik, G. T., Barnett, R., Odon, V., Islas-Villanueva, V., Hoelzel, A. R., Graves, J. A.

“…Despite their endangered status, the taxonomic relationship between the two geographically isolated South Asian river dolphin populations has never been…”
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Yolk Antioxidants and Mate Attractiveness in the Zebra Finch by Williamson, K. A., Surai, P. F., Graves, J. A.

“…1. Egg laying is costly for birds, as eggs must contain all the energy and nutrients needed by the developing embryo. As nutrients are limiting, there is a…”
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Mind the gap: the ratio of yolk androgens and antioxidants varies between sons and daughters dependent on paternal attractiveness by Pariser, E.C., Gilbert, L., Hazon, N., Arnold, K. E., Graves, J. A.

“…Females are expected to partition resources between offspring in a context-dependent way to maximise total fitness returns from a reproductive attempt. Female…”
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Yolk androgens and embryo sex: Maternal effects or confounding factors? by Gilbert, L., Bulmer, E., Arnold, K.E., Graves, J.A.

“…Maternal effects occur when offspring phenotype is affected by environmental factors experienced by the mother and, in egg-laying species, are often mediated…”
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Familiarity breeds contempt in guppies by Kelley, J. L, Graves, J. A, Magurran, A. E

“…When President Coolidge famously attributed the sexual ardour of roosters on a government farm to a steady stream of new hens, he identified a strategy whereby…”
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The first cytogenetic map of the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus by O'Meally, D, Miller, H, Patel, H R, Graves, J A Marshall, Ezaz, T

“…Tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus, is the last survivor of the distinctive reptilian order Rhynchocephalia and is a species of extraordinary zoological interest,…”
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Sex determination in platypus and echidna: autosomal location of SOX3 confirms the absence of SRY from monotremes by Wallis, M. C, Waters, P. D, Delbridge, M. L, Kirby, P. J, Pask, A. J, Grützner, F, Rens, W, Ferguson-Smith, M. A, Graves, J. A. M

“…In eutherian ('placental') mammals, sex is determined by the presence or absence of the Y chromosome-borne gene SRY, which triggers testis determination…”
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Mate attractiveness and primary resource allocation in the zebra finch by Rutstein, A.N., Gilbert, L., Slater, P.J.B., Graves, J.A.

“…Since egg production is nutritionally and energetically expensive, differential allocation theory predicts that females should allocate more resources at…”
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Tuberculosis vaccine development: Shifting focus amid increasing development challenges by Graves, AJ, Hokey, DA

“…A new tuberculosis vaccine is needed to replace or enhance BCG, which induces variable protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis pulmonary infections in…”
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Maternal effects due to male attractiveness affect offspring development in the zebra finch by Gilbert, L, Williamson, K.A, Hazon, N, Graves, J.A

“… We controlled for parental genetic quality by manipulating male attractiveness using coloured leg rings and by randomly assigning mating pairs. The potential…”
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Diet quality and resource allocation in the zebra finch by Rutstein, A. N., Slater, P. J. B., Graves, J. A.

“…We investigated the effect of diet quality on resource allocation in zebra finches (…”
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Reproduction of Blue-black Grassquits in central Brazil by Carvalho, C B V, Macedo, R H F, Graves, J A

“…During the reproductive season Blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) males are found in clusters, wherein they exhibit a distinctive display that consists…”
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Undermethylation associated with retroelement activation and chromosome remodelling in an interspecific mammalian hybrid by O'Neill, Rachel J. Waugh, O'Neill, Michael J, Graves, Jennifer A. Marshall

“…Genetic models, predict that genomic rearrangement in hybrids can facilitate reproductive isolation and the formation of new species by preventing gene flow…”
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Conservation of a chromosome arm in two distantly related marsupial species by Mohammadi, A, Delbridge, M L, Waters, P D, Graves, J A Marshall

“…Marsupials, which diverged from eutherian mammals 150 million years ago (MYA), occupy a phylogenetic position that is very valuable in genome comparisons of…”
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Construction of a highly enriched marsupial Y chromosome-specific BAC sub-library using isolated Y chromosomes by Sankovic, N, Delbridge, M. L, Grützner, F, Ferguson-Smith, M. A, O'Brien, P. C. M, Marshall Graves, J. A

“…The Y chromosome is perhaps the most interesting element of the mammalian genome but comparative analysis of the Y chromosome has been impeded by the…”
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Sex and differentiation: population genetic divergence and sexual dimorphism in Mexican goodeid fish by RITCHIE, M. G., HAMILL, R. M., GRAVES, J. A., MAGURRAN, A. E., WEBB, S. A., MACÍAS GARCIA, C.

“…Genetic differentiation arises due to the interaction between natural and sexual selection, migration and genetic drift. A potential role of sexual selection…”
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