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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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

• Amphibians and reptiles

  Pusey, B., Cook, B. & Georges, A., 2011, Aquatic Biodiversity in Northern Australia: Patterns, threats and future. Pusey, B. (ed.). Darwin, Australia: Charles Darwin University Press, p. 93-110 18 p.

  Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter

  • reptile
  • amphibian
  • biodiversity
  • rainfall
  • habitat

• Amphibians on the brink

  Bower, D. S., Lips, K. R., Schwarzkopf, L., Georges, A. & Clulow, S., 4 Aug 2017, In: Science. 357, 6350, p. 454-455 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
  21 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)

• 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.

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

  Open Access

  • precautionary principle
  • turtle
  • river
  • regulatory framework
  • conservation status
  12 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.

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

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

  21 Downloads (Pure)

• Australian marsupial species identification

  Wilson-Wilde, L., Norman, J., Robertson, J., Sarre, S. & Georges, A., 2011, Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. Netherlands: Elsevier, Vol. 3. p. 543-544 2 p. (Genetics supplement series; vol. 3, no. 1).

  Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Conference contribution › peer-review

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  • Diprotodontia
  • Metatheria
  • species identification
  • forensic sciences
  • Burramyidae
  1 Citation (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.

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

  Open Access

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

• 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)

• Connections: Brazil and Australia

  Gates, M., Mow, K., Georges, A. & Pinherio-Penna, M., 2011

  Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

  • Brazil

• 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.

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

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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

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

• Contemporary genetic structure reflects historical drainage isolation in an Australian snapping turtle, Elseya albagula

  Todd, E. V., Blair, D., Farrington, L., FitzSimmons, N., GEORGES, A., Limpus, C. J. & Jerry, D. R., 2013, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169, p. 200-214 15 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Chelydridae
  • historic sites
  • genetic structure
  • turtle
  • drainage
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• 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.

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

  • 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.

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

  Open Access
  46 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• 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.

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

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

• 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)

• For reptiles with temperature-dependent sex determination, thermal variability may be as important as thermal averages

  GEORGES, A., 2013, In: Animal Conservation. 16, 5, p. 493-494 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  • sex determination
  • sex ratio
  • reptile
  • nest site
  • climate change
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• 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
  95 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.

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

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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.

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

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

  10 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)

• 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)

• Karyotypic analysis and FISH mapping of microsatellite motifs reveal highly differentiated XX/XY sex chromosomes in the pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella, Pygopodidae, Squamata)

  MATSUBARA, K., SARRE, S., GEORGES, A. & EZAZ, T., 2013, In: Molecular Cytogenetics. 6:60, p. 1-7 7 p.

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

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  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Lizards
  • Y Chromosome
  • Chromosomes
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  28 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• 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.

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

  Open Access

  File
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  21 Downloads (Pure)

• Molecular cytogenetic map of the central bearded dragon, Pogona vitticeps (Squamata: Agamidae)

  O'Meally, D., Sarre, S., Georges, A. & Ezaz, T., 2013, In: Chromosome Research. 21, p. 361-374 14 p.

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

  • Cytogenetics
  • Nucleolus Organizer Region
  • Reptiles
  • Chickens
  • Chromosomes
  41 Citations (Scopus)

• 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.

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

  Open Access

  • Reptiles
  • Molecular Evolution
  • sex reversal
  • Reptilia
  • gender
  13 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.

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

  Open Access

• 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.

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

  Open Access

• 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)

• Novel evolutionary pathways of sex-determining mechanisms

  Schwanz, L., EZAZ, T., GRUBER, B. & GEORGES, A., 2013, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26, 12, p. 2544-2557 14 p.

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

  • sex determination
  • gender
  • sex reversal
  • transition
  • temperature
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• 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.

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

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

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Phylogenetic Uncertainty and Taxonomic Re-revisions: An Example from the Australian Short-necked Turtles (Testudines: Chelidae)

  Spinks, P., GEORGES, A. & Shaffer, H., 1 Sep 2015, In: Copeia. 103, 3, p. 536-540 5 p.

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

  • Chelidae
  • Testudines
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • uncertainty
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Phylogeography and species delimitation of Cherax destructor (Decapoda Parastacidae) using genome-wide SNPs

  Unmack, P. J., Young, M. J., Gruber, B., White, D., Kilian, A., Zhang, X. & Georges, A., 2019, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 70, 6, p. 857-869 13 p.

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

  • Cherax destructor
  • Parastacidae
  • phylogeography
  • polymorphism
  • Decapoda
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Phylogeography of the Australian freshwater turtle Chelodina expansa reveals complex relationships among inland and coastal bioregions

  Donnellan, S. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111, 4, p. 789-805 17 p.

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

  • Chelodina
  • phylogeography
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • biogeographical region
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Reptile bycatch in a pest-exclusion fence established for wildlife reintroductions

  Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Journal for Nature Conservation. 22, 6, p. 577-585 9 p.

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

  • reintroduction
  • pest
  • bycatch
  • reptile
  • turtle
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Resolution of the enigmatic phylogenetic relationship of the critically endangered Western Swamp Tortoise Pseudemydura umbrina (Pleurodira: Chelidae) using a complete mitochondrial genome

  ZHANG, X., Unmack, P. J., Kuchling, G., Wang, Y. & Georges, A., 1 Oct 2017, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 115, p. 58-61 4 p.

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

  • Pseudemydura umbrina
  • Chelidae
  • Wetlands
  • tortoise
  • Turtles
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Resolving the phylogenetic history of the short-necked turtles, genera Elseya and Myuchelys (Testudines: Chelidae) from Australia and New Guinea

  Le, M., Reid, B. N., McCord, W., Naro-Maciel, E., Raxworthy, C., Amato, G. & GEORGES, A., 2013, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68, p. 251-258 8 p.

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

  • New Guinea
  • Chelidae
  • Testudines
  • Turtles
  • turtle
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Resource partitioning among five sympatric species of freshwater turtles from the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia

  Welsh, M. A., Doody, J. S. & Georges, A., 2017, In: Wildlife Research. 44, 3, p. 219-229 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Responses of an Australian freshwater turtle to drought-flood cycles along a natural to urban gradient

  Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., 2017, In: Austral Ecology. Online, p. 1-14 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Responses of freshwater turtles to drought: The past, present and implications for future climate change in Australia

  Roe, J. & Georges, A., 1 Apr 2011, Turtles: Anatomy, Ecology and Conservation. Cosgrove, M. J. & Roe, S. A. (eds.). United States: Nova Science Publishers Inc, p. 169-189 21 p.

  Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review

  • Droughts
  • Climate Change
  • Turtles
  • Fresh Water
  • Global Warming

• Salinity of incubation media influences embryonic development of a freshwater turtle

  BOWER, D. & GEORGES, A., 2013, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology Series B. 183, p. 235-241 7 p.

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

  • Salinity
  • Turtles
  • embryonic development
  • Fresh Water
  • turtle
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Salinity of the coastal nesting environment and its association with body size in the estuarine pig-nosed turtle

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M., Yaru, B. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Journal of Zoology. 295, 1, p. 65-74 10 p.

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

  • Carettochelys insculpta
  • turtle
  • body size
  • pig
  • sandbank
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Sequence and gene content of a large fragment of a lizard sex chromosome and evaluation of candidate sex differentiating gene R-spondin 1

  EZAZ, T., O'Meally, D., MATSUBARA, K., Edwards, M., HOLLELEY, C., DEAKIN, J., Graves, J., GEORGES, A., Edwards, S. V. & SARRE, S., 2013, In: BMC Genomics. 14:899, p. 1-13 13 p.

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

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  • vpr Genes
  • Lizards
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Reptiles
  • Genes
  29 Citations (Scopus)

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• Sex determination mode does not affect body or genital development of the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)

  Whiteley, S. L., Holleley, C. E., Ruscoe, W. A., Castelli, M., Whitehead, D. L., Lei, J., Georges, A. & Weisbecker, V., 4 Dec 2017, In: EvoDevo. 8, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 25.

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  • Pogona vitticeps
  • sex determination
  • genitalia
  • Genitalia
  • Sex Determination Processes
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  23 Downloads (Pure)