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• 2011

  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

• 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)

• 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

  Open Access

  • 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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

  Open Access

  • Vertebrates
  • vertebrates
  • Temperature
  • gender
  • Sex Determination Processes
  60 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

• Suburbs: Dangers or Drought Refugia for Freshwater Turtle Populations?

  Roe, J. & Georges, A., 2011, In: The Journal of Wildlife Management. 75, 7, p. 1544-1552 9 p.

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

  • suburban areas
  • refugium
  • refuge habitats
  • suburb
  • turtle
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Transitions Between Sex-Determining Systems in Reptiles and Amphibians

  Sarre, S., Ezaz, T. & Georges, A., 2011, In: Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. 12, p. 391-406 16 p.

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

  • Reptiles
  • Amphibians
  • Temperature
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Chromosome Mapping
  75 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  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)

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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

  Open Access

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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.

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

  Open Access

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

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• The risk of inter-specific competition in Australian short-necked turtles

  Spencer, R-J., GEORGES, A., Lim, D. & Reid, A., Jul 2014, In: Ecological Research. 29, 4, p. 767-777 11 p.

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

  • interspecific competition
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • diet
  • rivers
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Under what conditions do climate-driven sex ratios enhance versus diminish population persistence?

  Boyle, M., HONE, J., Schwanz, L. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Ecology and Evolution. 4, 23, p. 4522-4533 12 p.

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

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  • sex ratio
  • climate conditions
  • persistence
  • climate
  • sex determination
  22 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  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)

• 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

  Open Access

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

  19 Downloads (Pure)

• 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

• 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)

• 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

  Open Access

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

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

• Sex reversal triggers the rapid transition from genetic to temperature-dependent sex

  HOLLELEY, C., OMEALLY, D., SARRE, S., Graves, J., EZAZ, T., MATSUBARA, K. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Nature. 523, 7558, p. 79-82 4 p.

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

  • Temperature
  • Animals
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Climate change
  • Fish
  129 Citations (Scopus)

• Significant genetic structure despite high vagility revealed through mitochondrial phylogeography of an Australian freshwater turtle (Chelodina longicollis)

  Donnellan, S. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 66, 11, p. 1045-1056 12 p.

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

  • Chelodina
  • phylogeography
  • genetic structure
  • turtle
  • turtles
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Spatial and temporal patterns of harvesting of the Vulnerable pig-nosed turtle Carettochelys insculpta in the Kikori region, Papua New Guinea

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M., Yaru, B. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Oryx. 49, 4, p. 659-668 10 p.

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

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

• The Genome 10K Project: A Way Forward

  Koepfli, K-P., Paten, B., Antunes, A., Belov, K., Bustamante, C., Castoe, T., Clawson, H., Crawford, A., Diekhans, M., Distel, D., Durbin, R., Earl, D., Fujita, M., Gamble, T., GEORGES, A., Gemmell, N., Gilbert, T., Marshall Graves, J., Green, R., Hickey, G. & 25 others, Jarvis, E., Johnson, W., Komissarov, A., Korf, I., Kuhn, R., Larkin, D., Lewin, H., Lopez, J., Ma, J., Marques-Bonet, T., Miller, W., Murphy, R., Pevzner, P., Shapiro, B., Steiner, C., Tamazian, G., Venkatesh, B., Wang, J., Wayne, R., Wiley, E., Yang, H., Zhang, G., Haussler, D., Ryder, O. & O’Brien, S., 2015, In: Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. 3, 1, p. 57-111 55 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Genome
  • genome
  • Vertebrates
  • vertebrates
  • Gift Giving
  156 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  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

  Open Access

  • Chromosomes
  • Genome
  • Lizards
  • Cytogenetics
  • Sex Chromosomes
  20 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)

• 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.

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

  Open Access

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

  11 Downloads (Pure)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• Salinity tolerances of two Australian freshwater turtles, Chelodina expansa and Emydura macquarii (Testudinata: Chelidae)

  Bower, D. S., Scheltinga, D. M., Clulow, S., Clulow, J., Franklin, C. E. & Georges, A., 2016, In: Conservation Physiology. 4, 1, p. 1-9 9 p., cow042.

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

  Open Access

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  • Salt Tolerance
  • salinity tolerance
  • Turtles
  • Fresh Water
  • turtle
  15 Citations (Scopus)

  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Sex Reversal in Reptiles: Reproductive Oddity or Powerful Driver of Evolutionary Change?

  HOLLELEY, C., SARRE, S., O'Meally, D. & GEORGES, A., 2016, In: Sexual Development. 10, 5-6, p. 279-287 9 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Reptiles
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Sex Determination Processes
  • Gene-Environment Interaction
  • Vertebrates
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• The behavioural consequences of sex reversal in dragons

  Li, H., HOLLELEY, C., Elphick, M., GEORGES, A. & Shine, R., 2016, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283, 1832, p. 1-7 7 p.

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

  Open Access

  • sex reversal
  • Physiology
  • gender
  • Pogona vitticeps
  • Genes
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Thyroid hormone modulates offspring sex ratio in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination

  Sun, B. J., Li, T., Mu, Y., McGlashan, J., GEORGES, A., Shine, R. & Du, W-G., 26 Oct 2016, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283, 1841, p. 1-8 8 p., 20161206.

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

  • sex determination
  • Turtles
  • sex ratio
  • Sex Ratio
  • turtle
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Urban hazards: spatial ecology and survivorship of a turtle in an expanding suburban environment

  Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., 2016, In: Urban Ecosystems. 19, 1, p. 415-428 14 p.

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

  • nature reserve
  • survivorship
  • turtle
  • ecology
  • hazard
  9 Citations (Scopus)