Publications

 
  • Genes and genomic processes underpinning the social lives of ants
    FAVREAU E Martínez Ruiz C RODRIGUES SANTIAGO L Hammond RL WURM Y
    Current Opinion in Insect Science, Elsevier vol. 25 
    20-12-2017
  • Ash leaf metabolomes reveal differences between trees tolerant and susceptible to ash dieback disease
    Sambles CM Salmon DL Florance H Howard TP Nielsen LR Kjær ED Buggs RJA Studholme DJ
    Scientific Data, Springer Nature vol. 4 (1) 
    19-12-2017
  • Functional characterization of a second pedal peptide/orcokinin‐type neuropeptide signaling system in the starfish Asterias rubens
    Lin M Egertová M Zampronio CG Jones AM Elphick MR
    The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Wiley vol. 526 (5), 858-876.  
    18-12-2017
  • Proper rotation of the mitotic spindle requires an equatorial spindle centering mechanism in human cells.
    Zulkipli I Shrestha RL
    ASCB. vol. 28 
    15-12-2017
  • Oral microbiomes from hunter‐gatherers and traditional farmers reveal shifts in commensal balance and pathogen load linked to diet
    Lassalle F Spagnoletti M Fumagalli M Shaw L Dyble M Walker C Thomas MG Migliano AB et al.
    Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 27 (1), 182-195.  
    14-12-2017
  • Convergent evolution of bilaterian nerve cords
    Martín-Durán JM Pang K Børve A Lê HS Cannon JT
    Nature, Springer Nature vol. 553 (7686), 45-50.  
    13-12-2017
  • Creative Storytelling In Childhood Is Related To Exam Performance At Age 16
    Toivainen* T Malanchini M Oliver BR Kovas Y
    The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences (EpSBS)., 375-384.  
    13-12-2017
  • Correction to: Organic phosphorus in the terrestrial environment: a perspective on the state of the art and future priorities (Plant and Soil, (2018), 427, 1-2, (191-208), 10.1007/s11104-017-3391-x)
    George TS Giles CD Menezes-Blackburn D Condron LM Gama-Rodrigues AC Jaisi D Lang F Neal AL et al.
    Plant and Soil vol. 427 (1-2), 209-211.  
    02-12-2017
  • Hook, Line and Infection: A Guide to Culturing Parasites, Establishing Infections and Assessing Immune Responses in the Three-Spined Stickleback
    Stewart A Jackson J Barber I EIZAGUIRRE C Paterson R Van West P
    Advances in Parasitology, Elsevier vol. 98, 39-109.  
    01-12-2017
  • Recent Surveys of Bats from the Andaman Islands, India: Diversity, Distribution, and Echolocation characteristics
    Srinivasulu C Srinivasulu A Srinivasulu B Gopi A Dar TH Bates PJJ Rossiter SJ Jones G
    Acta Chiropterologica vol. 19 (2), 419-437.  
    01-12-2017
  • Transient and Permanent Reconfiguration of Chromatin and Transcription Factor Occupancy Drive Reprogramming
    Knaupp AS Buckberry S Pflueger J Lim SM Ford E Larcombe MR Rossello FJ de Mendoza A et al.
    Cell Stem Cell, Elsevier vol. 21 (6), 834-845.e6.  
    01-12-2017
  • A first assessment of Fraxinus excelsior (common ash) susceptibility to Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (ash dieback) throughout the British Isles
    Stocks JJ Buggs RJA Lee SJ
    Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 
    29-11-2017
  • RNA metabolism is the primary target of formamide in vivo
    Hoyos-Manchado R Reyes-Martín F Rallis C Gamero-Estévez E Rodríguez-Gómez P Quintero-Blanco J
    Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 
    21-11-2017
  • A high-resolution mRNA expression time course of embryonic development in zebrafish
    White RJ Collins JE Sealy IM Wali N Dooley CM Digby Z Stemple DL Murphy DN et al.
    Elife, Elife vol. 6 
    16-11-2017
  • Survival and divergence in a small group: The extraordinary genomic history of the endangered Apennine brown bear stragglers
    Benazzo A Trucchi E Cahill JA Delser PM Mona S Fumagalli M Bunnefeld L Cornetti L et al.
    Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences vol. 114 (45), e9589-e9597.  
    24-10-2017
  • Transcriptomic discovery and comparative analysis of neuropeptide precursors in sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea)
    Suwansa-ard S Chaiyamoon A Talarovicova A Tinikul R Tinikul Y Poomtong T Elphick MR Cummins SF et al.
    Peptides, Elsevier vol. 99, 231-240.  
    18-10-2017
  • PITDB: a database of translated genomic elements
    Saha S Chatzimichali EA Matthews DA
    Nucleic Acids Research, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 46 (Database issue) 
    09-10-2017
  • Organic phosphorus in the terrestrial environment: a perspective on the state of the art and future priorities
    George TS Giles CD Menezes-Blackburn D Condron LM Gama-Rodrigues AC Jaisi D Lang F Neal AL et al.
    Plant and Soil 
    06-10-2017
  • A possible structural correlate of learning performance on a colour discrimination task in the brain of the bumblebee
    Li L MaBouDi H Egertová M Elphick MR Chittka L Perry CJ
    Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 284 (1864) 
    04-10-2017
  • The dental calculus metabolome in modern and historic samples
    Velsko IM Overmyer KA Speller C Klaus L Collins MJ Loe L Frantz LAF Coon JJ et al.
    Metabolomics, Springer Nature vol. 13 (11) 
    03-10-2017
  • RNA polymerase II primes Polycomb‐repressed developmental genes throughout terminal neuronal differentiation
    Ferrai C Torlai Triglia E Risner‐Janiczek JR Rito T Rackham OJL Santiago I Kukalev A
    Molecular Systems Biology, Springer Nature vol. 13 (10), 946-946.  
    01-10-2017
  • The Global Ant Genomics Alliance (GAGA)
    Boomsma JJ Brady SG Dunn RR Gadau J Heinze J Keller L Moreau CS Sanders NJ et al.
    Myrmecological News vol. 25, 61-66.  
    01-10-2017
  • Functional Characterization of Paralogous Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Type and Corazonin-Type Neuropeptides in an Echinoderm
    Tian S Egertová M Elphick MR
    Frontiers in Endocrinology, Frontiers vol. 8 
    29-09-2017
  • A biologist’s guide to Bayesian phylogenetic analysis
    Nascimento FF Reis MD Yang Z
    Nature Ecology & Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 1 (10), 1446-1454.  
    21-09-2017
  • Decoupling brain from nerve cord development in the annelid Capitella teleta: Insights into the evolution of nervous systems
    Carrillo-Baltodano AM Meyer NP
    Developmental Biology, Elsevier vol. 431 (2), 134-144.  
    21-09-2017
  • Transcriptomics reveals tissue/organ-specific differences in gene expression in the starfish Patiria pectinifera
    Kim C-H Go H-J Oh HY Jo YH Elphick MR Park NG
    Marine Genomics, Elsevier vol. 37, 92-96.  
    09-09-2017
  • The age of heterozygous telomerase mutant parents influences the adult phenotype of their offspring irrespective of genotype in zebrafish
    Scahill CM Digby Z Sealy IM White RJ Collins JE Busch-Nentwich EM
    Wellcome Open Research, F1000research vol. 2 
    04-09-2017
  • Discovery of novel representatives of bilaterian neuropeptide families and reconstruction of neuropeptide precursor evolution in ophiuroid echinoderms
    Zandawala M Moghul I Guerra LAY Delroisse J Abylkassimova N Hugall AF O'Hara TD Elphick MR
    Open Biology, The Royal Society vol. 7 (9) 
    01-09-2017
  • Pedal peptide/orcokinin-type neuropeptide signaling in a deuterostome: The anatomy and pharmacology of starfish myorelaxant peptide in Asterias rubens
    Lin M Egertová M Zampronio CG Jones AM Elphick MR
    Journal of Comparative Neurology 
    28-08-2017
  • Fire ant social chromosomes: Differences in number, sequence and expression of odorant binding proteins
    Pracana R Levantis I Martínez-Ruiz C Stolle E Priyam A Wurm Y
    Evolution Letters vol. 1 (4), 199-210.  
    23-08-2017
  • Reconstructing Asian faunal introductions to eastern Africa from multi-proxy biomolecular and archaeological datasets
    Prendergast ME Buckley M Crowther A Frantz L Eager H Lebrasseur O Hutterer R Hulme-Beaman A et al.
    Plos One vol. 12 (8), e0182565-e0182565.  
    17-08-2017
  • Frequent lack of repressive capacity of promoter DNA methylation identified through genome-wide epigenomic manipulation
    Ford E Grimmer MR Stolzenburg S Bogdanovic O de Mendoza A
    , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 
    16-08-2017
  • Loss of the chromatin modifier Kdm2aa causes BrafV600E-independent spontaneous melanoma in zebrafish
    Scahill CM Digby Z Sealy IM Wojciechowska S White RJ Collins JE Stemple DL Bartke T et al.
    Plos Genetics, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 13 (8) 
    14-08-2017
  • Mitigating pest and pathogen impacts using resistant trees: A framework and overview to inform development and deployment in Europe and North America
    Woodcock P Cottrell JE Quine CP
    Forestry vol. 91 (1), 1-16.  
    10-08-2017
  • Assessing the Value of the Zebrafish Conditioned Place Preference Model for Predicting Human Abuse Potential
    Brock AJ Goody SMG Mead AN Sudwarts A Parker MO Brennan CH
    Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Elsevier vol. 363 (1), 66-79.  
    08-08-2017
  • The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution.
    Schwager EE, Sharma PP, Clarke T, Leite DJ, Wierschin T, Pechmann M, Akiyama-Oda Y, Esposito L, Bechsgaard J, Bilde T, Buffry AD, Chao H, Dinh H, Doddapaneni H, Dugan S, Eibner C, Extavour CG, Funch P, Garb J, Gonzalez LB, et al.
    Bmc Biol, Springer Nature vol. 15 (1), 62-62.  
    31-07-2017
  • Aurora-B kinase pathway controls the lateral to end-on conversion of kinetochore-microtubule attachments in human cells
    Shrestha RL Conti D Tamura N Braun D Cieslinski K Ries J
    Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 8 (1) 
    28-07-2017
  • Body wall structure in the starfish Asterias rubens
    Blowes LM Egertová M Liu Y Davis GR Terrill NJ Gupta HS Elphick MR
    Journal of Anatomy, Wiley vol. 231 (3), 325-341.  
    16-07-2017
  • An expanded mammal mitogenome dataset from Southeast Asia
    Salleh FM Ramos-Madrigal J Peñaloza F Liu S Mikkel-Holger SS Riddhi PP Martins R Lenz D et al.
    Gigascience, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 6 (8) 
    13-07-2017
  • Comparison of different strategies for using fossil calibrations to generate the time prior in Bayesian molecular clock dating
    Barba-Montoya J Dos Reis M Yang Z
    Mol Phylogenet Evol vol. 114, 386-400.  
    11-07-2017
  • Erratum: Corrigendum: Genetic interactions and functional analyses of the fission yeast gsk3 and amk2 single and double mutants defective in TORC1-dependent processes
    Rallis C Townsend S Bähler J
    Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 
    10-07-2017
  • Impacts of Nitrogen and Phosphorus: From Genomes to Natural Ecosystems and Agriculture
    Guignard MS Leitch AR Acquisti C Eizaguirre C Elser JJ Hessen DO Jeyasingh PD Neiman M et al.
    Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Frontiers vol. 5 
    06-07-2017
  • An evaluation of different partitioning strategies for Bayesian estimation of species divergence times
    Angelis K Álvarez-Carretero S dos Reis M Yang Z
    Systematic Biology 
    04-07-2017
  • The evolution of host-symbiont dependence
    Fisher RM Henry LM Cornwallis CK Kiers ET West SA
    Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 8 (1) 
    04-07-2017
  • Abstract 5558: Deconstruction of a human tumor microenvironment
    Balkwill FR Pearce OM Delaine-Smith R Maniati E Nichols S Wang J Bessant C Knight M
    Cancer Research. vol. 77 (13_Supplement), 5558-5558.  
    01-07-2017
  • Analysis of the genetic variation in mitochondrial DNA, Y-chromosome sequences, and MC1R sheds light on the ancestry of Nigerian indigenous pigs
    Adeola AC Oluwole OO Oladele BM Olorungbounmi TO Olaogun SC Sanke OJ Dawuda PM Omitogun OG et al.
    Genetics Selection Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 49 (1) 
    26-06-2017
  • Flipping between Polycomb repressed and active transcriptional states introduces noise in gene expression
    Kar G Kim JK Natarajan KN Torlai Triglia E Mifsud B Elderkin S Pombo A
    Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 8 (1) 
    26-06-2017
  • The evolution and nomenclature of GnRH-type and corazonin-type neuropeptide signaling systems
    Zandawala M Tian S Elphick MR
    General and Comparative Endocrinology, Elsevier vol. 264, 64-77.  
    13-06-2017
  • A Taxonomic Revision of the Kerivoula hardwickii Complex (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with the Description of a New Species
    Kuo HC Soisook P Ho YY Csorba G Wang CN Rossiter SJ
    Acta Chiropterologica vol. 19 (1), 19-39.  
    01-06-2017
  • Animal Navigation: The Eel’s Magnetic Guide to the Gulf Stream
    Baltazar-Soares M
    Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 27 (12), r604-r606.  
    01-06-2017
  • Mate choice in sticklebacks reveals that immunogenes can drive ecological speciation
    Andreou D Eizaguirre C Boehm T
    Behavioral Ecology, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 28 (4), 953-961.  
    01-06-2017
  • The neuropeptidome of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci
    Smith MK Wang T Suwansa-ard S Motti CA Elizur A Zhao M Rowe ML Hall MR et al.
    Journal of Proteomics, Elsevier vol. 165, 61-68.  
    31-05-2017
  • The deepening of Darwin's abominable mystery.
    Buggs RJA
    Nat Ecol Evol vol. 1 (6), 169-169.  
    23-05-2017
  • A high-coverage draft genome of the mycalesine butterfly Bicyclus anynana
    Nowell RW Elsworth B Oostra V Zwaan BJ Wheat CW Saastamoinen M Saccheri IJ Hof AEV et al.
    Gigascience, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 6 (7) 
    09-05-2017
  • Cleavage modification did not alter blastomere fates during bryozoan evolution
    Vellutini BC Martín-Durán JM Hejnol A
    Bmc Biology, Springer Nature vol. 15 (1) 
    28-04-2017
  • RelTime rates collapse to a strict clock when estimating the timeline of animal diversification.
    Lozano-Fernandez J dos Reis M Donoghue PCJ Pisani D
    Genome Biol Evol 
    25-04-2017
  • Active and poised promoter states drive folding of the extended HoxB locus in mouse embryonic stem cells
    Barbieri M Xie SQ Torlai Triglia E Chiariello AM Bianco S de Santiago I Branco MR Rueda D
    Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Springer Nature vol. 24 (6), 515-524.  
    24-04-2017
  • The evolution of neuropeptide signalling: insights from echinoderms
    Semmens DC Elphick MR
    Briefings in Functional Genomics, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 16 (5), 288-298.  
    21-04-2017
  • Increased taxon sampling reveals thousands of hidden orthologs in flatworms
    Martín-Durán JM Ryan JF Pang K
    Genome Research, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory vol. 27 (7), 1263-1272.  
    11-04-2017
  • Experimental evidence that parasites drive eco-evolutionary feedbacks.
    Brunner FS Anaya-Rojas JM Matthews B
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A vol. 114 (14), 3678-3683.  
    04-04-2017
  • Genomics of introgression in the Chinese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) revealed by transcriptome sequencing
    Mao X Tsagkogeorga G Bailey SE Rossiter SJ
    Biological Journal of The Linnean Society vol. 121 (3), 698-710.  
    04-04-2017
  • Open questions: Tackling Darwin’s “instincts”: the genetic basis of behavioral evolution
    Arguello JR Benton R
    Bmc Biology, Springer Nature vol. 15 (1) 
    03-04-2017
  • Diverse integrin adhesion stoichiometries caused by varied actomyosin activity
    Bulgakova NA Wellmann J
    Open Biology, The Royal Society vol. 7 (4) 
    01-04-2017
  • Reading Self-Perceived Ability, Enjoyment and Achievement: A Genetically Informative Study of Their Reciprocal Links Over Time
    Malanchini M Wang Z Voronin I Schenker VJ Plomin R Petrill SA Kovas Y
    Developmental Psychology, American Psychological Association (Apa) vol. 53 (4), 698-712.  
    01-04-2017
  • The fire ant social chromosome supergene variant Sb shows low diversity but high divergence from SB
    Pracana R Priyam A Levantis I Nichols RA Wurm Y
    Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 26 (11), 2864-2879.  
    01-04-2017
  • Comparative genomics reveals contraction in olfactory receptor genes in bats
    Tsagkogeorga G Müller S Dessimoz C Rossiter SJ
    Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 
    21-03-2017
  • A field reciprocal transplant experiment reveals asymmetric costs of migration between lake and river ecotypes of three‐spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
    Kaufmann J Lenz TL Kalbe M
    Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 30 (5), 938-950.  
    15-03-2017
  • Genetic interactions and functional analyses of the fission yeast gsk3 and amk2 single and double mutants defective in TORC1-dependent processes
    Rallis C Bähler J
    Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 
    10-03-2017
  • Effect of food-related stress conditions and loss of agr and sigB on seb promoter activity in S. aureus
    Sihto H-M Stephan R Engl C Johler S
    Food Microbiology vol. 65, 205-212.  
    07-03-2017
  • Trpc2 pseudogenization dynamics in bats reveal ancestral vomeronasal signaling, then pervasive loss
    Yohe LR Abubakar R Giordano C Dumont E Sears KE Rossiter SJ Dávalos LM
    Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 71 (4), 923-935.  
    07-03-2017
  • Evolutionary variation in neural gene expression in the developing sense organs of the crustacean Daphnia magna
    STOLLEWERK A
    Developmental Biology, Elsevier 
    24-02-2017
  • Clustered brachiopod Hox genes are not expressed collinearly and are associated with lophotrochozoan novelties
    Schiemann SM Martín-Durán JM Børve A Vellutini BC Hejnol A
    Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences vol. 114 (10), e1913-e1922.  
    22-02-2017
  • Phenotypic and genetic evidence for a unifactorial structure of spatial abilities
    Rimfeld K Shakeshaft NG Malanchini M Rodic M Selzam S Schofield K Dale PS Kovas Y et al.
    Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences vol. 114 (10), 2777-2782.  
    21-02-2017
  • Photosystem II is a Chimera of Reaction Centers
    Cardona T
    Journal of Molecular Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 84 (2-3), 149-151.  
    21-02-2017
  • The genetic and environmental aetiology of spatial, mathematics and general anxiety
    Malanchini M Rimfeld K Shakeshaft NG Rodic M Schofield K Selzam S Dale PS Petrill SA et al.
    Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 
    21-02-2017
  • KDM2A integrates DNA and histone modification signals through a CXXC/PHD module and direct interaction with HP1.
    Borgel J, Tyl M, Schiller K, Pusztai Z, Dooley CM, Deng W, Wooding C, White RJ, Warnecke T, Leonhardt H, Busch-Nentwich EM and Bartke T
    Nucleic Acids Res vol. 45 (3), 1114-1129.  
    17-02-2017
  • Molecular characterization of MHC class IIB genes of sympatric Neotropical cichlids
    Hofmann MJ Eizaguirre C
    Bmc Genomic Data, Springer Nature vol. 18 (1) 
    15-02-2017
  • Convergent recombination suppression suggests role of sexual selection in guppy sex chromosome formation
    Wright AE Darolti I Bloch NI Oostra V Sandkam B Breden F
    Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 8 (1) 
    31-01-2017
  • Transient structural variations have strong effects on quantitative traits and reproductive isolation in fission yeast
    Jeffares DC Jolly C Hoti M Speed D Shaw L Rallis C Bähler J
    Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 8 (1) 
    24-01-2017
  • Proteomics informed by transcriptomics for characterising active transposable elements and genome annotation in Aedes aegypti
    Maringer K Yousuf A Heesom KJ Lee D Bessant C
    Bmc Genomics, Springer Nature vol. 18 (1) 
    19-01-2017
  • Acknowledgements
    Bessant C
    New Developments in Mass Spectrometry vol. 2017-January (5) 
    01-01-2017
  • Genetic linkage to explain genetic variation
    Mijangos JL Holleley CE Nichols RA Towers IN Jovanoski Z Sidhu HS Watt S Adamack AT et al.
    Proceedings 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation Modsim 2017., 127-133.  
    01-01-2017
  • Outer kinetochore phosphatases-PP2A-B56 and PP1-differently contribute to the establishment of chromosome-microtubule attachments.
    Conti D Cieslinski KA Ries J
    MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL. vol. 28 
    01-01-2017
  • Stability and change in the etiology of educational achievement across school years
    Rimfeld K Malanchini M Plomin R
    BEHAVIOR GENETICS. vol. 47 (6), 657-657.  
    01-01-2017
  • Survey of Global Genetic Diversity Within the Drosophila Immune System
    Early AM Arguello JR Cardoso-Moreira M Gottipati S
    Genetics, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 205 (1), 353-366.  
    01-01-2017
  • The morphology of the bat sensory system: correlates of sight, chemosensation, and hearing in noctilionoid bats
    Dumont ER Hedrick B Davalos LM Rossiter S Sears KE Dumont E
    INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. vol. 57, E250-E250.  
    01-01-2017