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  A biogeographical history and timeline for the evolution of Australian snapping turtles (Elseya: Chelidae) in Australia and New Guinea

  Todd, E. V., Blair, D., GEORGES, A., Lukoschek, V. & Jerry, D. R., May 2014, In: Journal of Biogeography. 41, 5, p. 905-918 14 p.

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  • Chelidae
  • Chelydridae
  • New Guinea
  • turtle
  • aridification
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• A complete mitochondrial genome sequence for the Australian turtle, Chelodina longicollis, obtained using 454-pyrosequencing

  GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Conservation Genetics Resources. 6, 3, p. 555-557 3 p.

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  • Chelodina
  • Turtles
  • Mitochondrial Genome
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • turtle
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Amplification of microsatellite repeat motifs is associated with the evolutionary differentiation and heterochromatinization of sex chromosomes in Sauropsida

  MATSUBARA, K., GEORGES, A., SARRE, S., Graves, J., Matsuda, Y. & EZAZ, T., 2016, In: Chromosoma. 125, 1, p. 111-123 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Chromosomes
  • 2-acetamido-3-O-(3-acetamido-3,6-dideoxy-beta-glucopyranosyl)-2-deoxy-galactopyranose
  • XY female 46
  38 Citations (Scopus)

• 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

  DEAKIN, J., Edwards, M., Patel, H., O'Meally, D., Lian, J., Rachael, S., Ryan, S., LIVERNOIS, A., Azad, B., HOLLELEY, C., Li, Q. & GEORGES, A., 2016, In: BMC Genomics. 17, 1, p. 447-461 15 p., 447.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Chromosomes
  • Genome
  • Lizards
  • Cytogenetics
  • Sex Chromosomes
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea

  Thomson, S., Anamiato, J. & GEORGES, A., 21 Aug 2015, In: Zootaxa. 4006, 1, p. 59-82 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelidae
  • Testudines
  • new subgenus
  • New Guinea
  • turtle
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• A new species of freshwater turtle of the genus Elseya (Testudinata: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from the Northern Territory of Australia

  Thomson, S. & GEORGES, A., 5 Jan 2016, In: Zootaxa. 4061, 1, p. 18-28 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Testudinata
  • Chelidae
  • Northern Territory
  • turtle
  • turtles
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Application of the precautionary principle to taxa of uncertain status - the case of the Bellinger River Turtle.

  Georges, A., Spencer, R-J., Welsh, M., Shaffer, B., Walsh, R. & ZHANG, X., 2011, In: Endangered Species Research. 14, 2, p. 127-134 8 p.

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  • precautionary principle
  • turtle
  • river
  • regulatory framework
  • conservation status
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Are some chromosomes particularly good at sex? Insights from amniotes

  O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Georges, A., Sarre, S. & Marshall-Graves, J., 2012, In: Chromosome Research. 20, 1, p. 7-19 13 p.

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  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Lizards
  • Chromosomes
  • Mammals
  • Gene Order
  62 Citations (Scopus)

• Assessing biodiversity and endemism using phylogenetic methods across multiple taxonomic groups

  GONZALEZ-OROZCO, C., Mishler, B., Miller, J., Laffan, S., Knerr, N., UNMACK, P., GEORGES, A., Thornhill, A., Rosauer, D. & GRUBER, B., 2015, In: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 22, p. 5177-5192 16 p.

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  • endemism
  • indigenous species
  • phylogenetics
  • biodiversity
  • phylogeny
  17 Citations (Scopus)

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• Cellular calcium and redox regulation: the mediator of vertebrate environmental sex determination?

  Castelli, M. A., Whiteley, S. L., Georges, A. & Holleley, C. E., 6 Feb 2020, In: Biological Reviews. p. 1-16 16 p.

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  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Genetic Epigenesis
  • Vertebrates
  • Cues
  • vertebrates
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Chelodina burrungandjii Thomson, Kenneth and Georges 2000-Sandstone Snake-Necked Turtle

  THOMSON, S., Kennett, R., FitzSimmons, N., Featherston, P., Alacs, E. & Georges, A., 2011, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. 5, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelodina
  • Rhinella marina
  • sandstone
  • turtles
  • snakes

• Chelodina oblonga Gray 1841: Northern Snake-Necked Turtle

  Kennett, R., Fordham, D., Alacs, E., Corey, B. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. 5, p. 1-13 13 p.

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  • Chelodina
  • turtles
  • snakes
  • dry season
  • wet season

• Climate change, sex reversal and lability of sex determining systems

  Schwanz, L. E., Georges, A., Holleley, C. E. & Sarre, S. D., Mar 2020, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33, 3, p. 270-281 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • sex reversal
  • chromosome
  • sex chromosomes
  • climate change
  • chromosome elimination
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Comparing and combining distance-based and character-based approaches for barcoding turtles

  Reid, B., Le, M., McCord, W., Iverson, J., Georges, A., Bergmann, T., Amato, G., DeSalle, R. & Naro-Maciel, E., 2011, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 11, p. 956-967 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Turtles
  • barcoding
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • wildlife
  59 Citations (Scopus)

• Conservation implications of turtle declines in Australia's Murray River system

  Van Dyke, J. U., Spencer, R. -J., Thompson, M. B., Chessman, B., Howard, K. & Georges, A., 1 Dec 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, p. 1-12 12 p., 1998.

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  8 Citations (Scopus)

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• Contemporary genetic structure of an endemic freshwater turtle reflects Miocene orogenesis of New Guinea

  GEORGES, A., UNMACK, P., Reid, B. N., Le, M. & McCord, W., 2014, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111, 1, p. 192-208 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • New Guinea
  • genetic structure
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • orogeny
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Contemporary genetic structure of an endemic freshwater turtle reflects Miocene orogenesis of New Guinea (vol 111, pg 192, 2014)

  Georges, A., Zhang, X., Unmack, P., Reid, B. N., Le, M. & Mccord, W. P., 2014, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111, p. 192-208

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• Cross-species bac mapping highlights conservation of chromosome synteny across dragon lizards (Squamata Agamidae)

  Alam, S. M. I., Altmanová, M., Prasongmaneerut, T., Georges, A., Sarre, S. D., Nielsen, S. V., Gamble, T., Srikulnath, K., Rovatsos, M., Kratochvíl, L. & Ezaz, T., Jun 2020, In: Genes. 11, 6, p. 1-12 12 p., 698.

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  • Synteny
  • Lizards
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Chromosomes
  • Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes
  1 Citation (Scopus)

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• Defining priority areas through social and biological data for the pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) conservation program in the Kikori Region, Papua New Guinea

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Journal for Nature Conservation. 28, p. 19-25 7 p.

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  • turtle
  • pig
  • protected area
  • sandbank
  • program

• Demonstrating decline of an iconic species under sustained indigenous harvest -- the pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) in Papua New Guinea.

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M., Yaru, B. & Georges, A., 2011, In: Biological Conservation. 144, 9, p. 2282-2288 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Carettochelys insculpta
  • Papua New Guinea
  • turtle
  • pig
  • harvest
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Differential intron retention in Jumonji chromatin modifier genes is implicated in reptile temperature-dependent sex determination

  Deveson, I. W., Holleley, C. E., Blackburn, J., Graves, J. A. M., Mattick, J. S., Waters, P. D. & Georges, A., Jun 2017, In: Science Advances. 3, 6, p. 1-9 9 p., e1700731.

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  46 Citations (Scopus)

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• Discovery of thermophilic Bacillales using reduced-representation genotyping for identification

  Talamantes-Becerra, B., Carling, J., Kilian, A. & Georges, A., 13 May 2020, In: BMC Microbiology. 20, 1, p. 1-16 16 p., 114.

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  • Bacillales
  • Whole Genome Sequencing
  • Bacterial Genomes
  • Genome
  • rRNA Genes

• Dispersal and climate warming determine range shift in model reptile populations

  Boyle, M., Schwanz, L., HONE, J. & GEORGES, A., 2016, In: Ecological Modelling. 328, p. 34-43 10 p.

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  • sex determination
  • reptile
  • warming
  • climate
  • species extinction
  5 Citations (Scopus)

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• Ecological and physiological impacts of salinisation on freshwater turtles of the lower Murray River

  Bower, D., Death, C. & Georges, A., 2012, In: Wildlife Research. 39, 8, p. 705-710 6 p.

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  • salinization
  • ecological impact
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • rivers
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Evolutionary transitions between mechanisms of sex determination in vertebrates

  Quinn, A., Sarre, S., Ezaz, T., Marshall Graves, J. & Georges, A., 2011, In: Biology Letters. 7, 3, p. 443-448 6 p.

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  • Vertebrates
  • vertebrates
  • Temperature
  • gender
  • Sex Determination Processes
  60 Citations (Scopus)

• Evolving thermal thresholds explain the distribution of temperature sex reversal in an Australian dragon lizard

  Castelli, M. A., Georges, A., Cherryh, C., Rosauer, D. F., Sarre, S. D., Contador-Kelsall, I. & Holleley, C. E., 27 Nov 2020, In: Diversity and Distributions. p. 1-12 12 p.

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  • sex reversal
  • lizard
  • Pogona vitticeps
  • incubation
  • heat

• First record of hatchling overwintering inside the natal nest of a chelid turtle

  Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Australian Journal of Zoology. 63, 4, p. 287-291 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • overwintering
  • nest
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • nests
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Genetic evidence supports three previously described species of greater glider, Petauroides volans, P. minor, and P. armillatus

  McGregor, D. C., Padovan, A., Georges, A., Krockenberger, A., Yoon, H. J. & Youngentob, K. N., 1 Dec 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, p. 1-11 11 p., 19284.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Wildfires
  • Marsupialia
  • Climate Change
  • Genetic Structures
  • Ecosystem

• Genetic structure and diversity of Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) from the Kimberley, Western Australia

  Cao, R., Somaweera, R., Brittain, K., FitzSimmons, N. N., Georges, A. & Gongora, J., 2020, In: Conservation Genetics. p. 1-9 9 p.

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• Global Biodiversity Assessment and Hyper-Cryptic Species Complexes: More Than One Species of Elephant in the Room?

  Adams, M., Raadik, T., Burridge, C. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Systematic Biology. 63, 4, p. 518-533 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biodiversity
  • species complex
  • cryptic species
  • Galaxias olidus
  • biodiversity
  94 Citations (Scopus)

• High-coverage sequencing and annotated assembly of the genome of the Australian dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps

  GEORGES, A., Li, Q., Lian, J., O'Meally, D., DEAKIN, J., Wang, Z., Zhang, P., Fujita, M., Patel, H., Zhou, Y., MATSUBARA, K., Waters, P., Graves, J., SARRE, S. & Zhang, G., 2015, In: Giga Science. 4, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., 45.

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  • Lizards
  • Genes
  • Genome
  • Reptiles
  • Scaffolds
  50 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Highly Differentiated ZW Sex Microchromosomes in the Australian Varanus Species Evolved through Rapid Amplification of Repetitive Sequences

  MATSUBARA, K., SARRE, S., GEORGES, A., Matsuda, Y., Graves, J. & EZAZ, T., 2014, In: PLoS One. 9, 4, p. 1-9 9 p.

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  • Varanus
  • W chromosome
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Nucleic Acid Repetitive Sequences
  • repetitive sequences
  26 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• How do climate-linked sex ratios and dispersal limit range boundaries?

  Boyle, M., Schwanz, L., HONE, J. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: BMC Ecology. 14, p. 1-10 10 p., 19.

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  • sex ratio
  • sex determination
  • climate
  • gender
  • persistence
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Identification of bacterial isolates from a public hospital in Australia using complexity-reduced genotyping

  Talamantes-Becerra, B., Carling, J., Kennedy, K., Gahan, M. E. & Georges, A., May 2019, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 160, p. 11-19 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bacterial Genomes
  • Public Hospitals
  • Microbiology
  • CTGCAG-specific type II deoxyribonucleases
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Identification of interleukin genes in Pogona vitticeps using a de novo transcriptome assembly from RNA-seq data

  LIVERNOIS, A., HARDY, K., DOMASCHENZ, R., Papanicolaou, A., GEORGES, A., SARRE, S., RAO, S., EZAZ, T. & DEAKIN, J., 2016, In: Immunogenetics. 68, 9, p. 719-731 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Interleukins
  • Lizards
  • RNA
  • Reptiles
  • Cytokines
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Identification of Y chromosome markers in the eastern three-lined skink (Bassiana duperreyi) using in silico whole genome subtraction

  Dissanayake, D. S. B., Holleley, C. E., Hill, L. K., O'Meally, D., Deakin, J. E. & Georges, A., 29 Sep 2020, In: BMC Genomics. 21, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., 667.

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  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Y Chromosome
  • Genetic Markers
  • Computer Simulation
  • Genome

• Island of opportunity: can New Guinea protect amphibians from a globally emerging pathogen?

  Bower, D. S., Lips, K. R., Amepou, Y., Richards, S., Dahl, C., Nagombi, E., Supuma, M., Dabek, L., Alford, R. A., Schwarzkopf, L., Ziembicki, M., Noro, J. N., Hamidy, A., Gillespie, G. R., Berger, L., Eisemberg, C., Li, Y., Liu, X., Jennings, C. K., Tjaturadi, B. & 10 others, Peters, A., Krockenberger, A. K., Nason, D., Kusrini, M. D., Webb, R. J., Skerratt, L. F., Banks, C., Mack, A. L., Georges, A. & Clulow, S., Jun 2019, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 17, 6, p. 348-354 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • New Guinea
  • amphibian
  • pathogen
  • amphibians
  • fungus
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Isolation and characterisation of novel microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA markers for the Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii)

  Frère, C. H., Prentis, P. J., Ezaz, T. & Georges, A., 2012, In: Conservation Genetics Resources. 4, 1, p. 113-116 4 p.

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  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Isotopic niche in the eastern long-necked turtle, Chelodina longicollis (Testudines: Chelidae), along a natural-urban gradient in southeastern Australia

  DE OLIVEIRA FERRONATO, B., Marques, T., Lara, N., Martinelli, L., Verdade, L., Camargo, P., Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., Oct 2016, In: Herpetological Journal. 26, 4, p. 297-304 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelodina
  • Chelidae
  • Testudines
  • turtle
  • turtles
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• MicroRNA dynamics during hibernation of the Australian central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)

  Capraro, A., O‘Meally, D., Waters, S. A., Patel, H. R., Georges, A. & Waters, P. D., 1 Dec 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, p. 1-11 11 p., 17854.

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  • Pogona vitticeps
  • hibernation
  • microRNA
  • brain
  • skeletal muscle
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• Mitochondrial variation among Australian freshwater turtles (genus Myuchelys), with special reference to the Endangered M. bellii

  Fielder, D., Vernes, K., Alacs, E. & Georges, A., 2012, In: Endangered Species Research. 17, 1, p. 63-71 9 p.

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  • mitochondrial DNA
  • turtle
  • divergence
  • isolated population
  • biodiversity loss
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression

  Kehlmaier, C., Zhang, X., Georges, A., Campbell, P. D., Thomson, S. & Fritz, U., 9 Apr 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., 5841.

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  File
  12 Citations (Scopus)

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• Molecular evolution of Dmrt1 accompanies change of sex-determining mechanisms in reptilia

  Janes, D., Organ, C., O'Meally, D., SARRE, S., GEORGES, A., Graves, J., Valenzuela, N., Literman, R., Rutherford, K., Gemmell, N., Iverson, J., Tamplin, J., Edwards, S. V. & EZAZ, T., Dec 2014, In: Biology Letters. 10, 12, p. 1-4 4 p., 20140809.

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  • Reptiles
  • Molecular Evolution
  • sex reversal
  • Reptilia
  • gender
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Movement and habitat use of Australia's largest snake-necked turtle: implications for water management

  Bower, D., Hutchinson, M. & Georges, A., 2012, In: Journal of Zoology. 287, 1, p. 76-80 5 p.

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  • snake
  • water management
  • habitat use
  • turtle
  • turtles
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Movement patterns and activity of the Brazilian snake-necked turtle Hydromedusa maximiliani (Testudines: Chelidae) in southeastern Brazil

  Souza, F., GEORGES, A. & Bertoluci, J., 2016, In: Amphibia Reptilia. 37, 2, p. 215-228 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hydromedusa (Chelidae)
  • Chelidae
  • Testudines
  • snake
  • turtle
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Myuchelys bellii (Gray 1844) – Western Saw-shelled Turtle, Bell’s Turtle

  Fielder, D., Chessman, B. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. Online, p. 1-7 7 p.

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• Myuchelys georgesi (Cann 1997) – Bellinger River Turtle

  Cann, J., Spencer, R., Welsh, M. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. Online, p. 1-9 9 p.

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• Non-Homologous Sex Chromosomes in Two Geckos (Gekkonidae: Gekkota) with Female Heterogamety

  MATSUBARA, K., Gamble, T., Matsuda, Y., Zarkower, D., SARRE, S., GEORGES, A., Graves, J. & EZAZ, T., 2014, In: Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 143, 4, p. 251-258 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Lizards
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Chromosomes
  • Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X
  • Chromosomes, Human, 21-22 and Y
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• On a razor's edge: Status and prospects of the critically endangered Bellinger River snapping turtle, Myuchelys georgesi

  Chessman, B. C., McGilvray, G., Ruming, S., Jones, H. A., Petrov, K., Fielder, D. P., Spencer, R. J. & Georges, A., Mar 2020, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 30, 3, p. 586-600 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelydridae
  • turtle
  • body condition
  • rivers
  • turtles

• Perspectives on the clonal persistence of presumed ‘ghost’ genomes in unisexual or allopolyploid taxa arising via hybridization

  Unmack, P. J., Adams, M., Bylemans, J., Hardy, C. M., Hammer, M. P. & Georges, A., 18 Mar 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., 4730.

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  • Clone Cells
  • Genome
  • Polyploidy
  • Diploidy
  • Mitochondrial DNA
  2 Citations (Scopus)

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