NBAF Complete bibliography [2010] Please note that the list of publications for 2010 will only be completed in early 2011. (*= papers arising from R&D) [NBAF-B] 1. 2. Scown, T.M., Goodhead, R., Johnston, B.D., Moger, J., J.R.Lead, vanAerle, R., Iguchi, T., Tyler, C.R (2009). An assessment of cultured fish hepatocytes for screening cellular uptake and (eco)toxicity of nanoparticles. Environmental Chemistry Accepted, In Press Scown,T.M., Santos, E., Johnston, B.D.,Gaiser,B., Baalousha, M., Mitov, S., Lead, J.R., Stone, V., Fernandes, T.F., Jepson, M., van-Aerle, R., and Tyler, C.R (2010) Effects of Aqueous Exposure to Silver Nanoparticles of Different Sizes in Rainbow Trout Toxicological Sciences In final revision [NBAF-E] 1. 2. Ács, Z et al (in press). Phylogeny and DNA barcoding of inquiline oak gallwasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the Western Palaearctic. Mol Phyl Evol Nicholls JA et al (in press) Concordant phylogeography and cryptic speciation in two Western Palaearctic oak gall parasitoid species complexes. Mol. Ecol. [NBAF-L] 1. Andre J, King RA, Stürzenbaum SR, Kille P, Hodson ME Morgan AJ (in press) The evolution of Pb resistance by earthworms in a patchy polluted landscape: mimicking Ca and mutating an intracellular Ca transporter (SERCA). Environmental Pollution. 158, 883-890. 2. Craft JA, Gilbert JA, Temperton B, Dempsey KE, Ashelford K, Tiwari B, Hutchinson TH, Chipman JK (2010). Pyrosequencing of Mytilus galloprovincialis cDNAs: tissue- specific expression patterns. PLoS One. 5(1): e8875. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008875. 3. Gilbert JA, Field D, Swift P, Newbold L, Oliver A, Smyth T, Somerfield P, Huse S, Joint I (2010) Seasonal succession of microbial communities in the Western English Channel using 16S rDNA-tag pyrosequencing. Environmental Microbiology. Epub ahead of print. 4. Harris, C.,Hamilton, P.B., Runnals, T., Jobling, S., Vinciotti, V., Henshaw, A., Hodgson, D.J., Coe, T.,Tyler C.R, Sumpter, J.P (2010). Intersexuality can reduce reproductive performance in a group spawning fish. 5. Lange, A. Chatziandreou, N., Fang, Y., E. Wit, Li, W., Hughes, M.A., Williams, D.R., Tyler, C.R. and A.R.Cossins (2010). Microarray-based gender-discrimination of roach subjected to endocrine disruption. 6. Lange, A. Paull, G.C., Hamiltion, P.B., Iguchi, T. and Tyler, C.R. (2010). Breeding disruptions in roach, Rutilus rutlius, resulting from life-long exposure to treated wastewater effluent. 7. Nicholls JA et al. & Stone GN (in press) Concordant phylogeography and cryptic speciation in two Western Palaearctic oak gall parasitoid species complexes. Molecular Ecology. 8. Pountney, A., Hobbs, G., Tyler, C.R., Stevens J.R. (2010). Haplotypes inform on impact of captive breeding programmes on breeding programmes on wild English otter (Lutra lutra) populations. A case study of the River Itchen in Hampshire. 9. Santos, E.M., Coe, T.S., Hamilton, P.B.,Ball, J., Williams, T., Katsiadaki, I, Falciani, F., Viant, M.R., Chipman, J.K., Tyler, C.R. (2010). Evidence of genetic bottlenecks in stickleback populations living in polluted UK Rivers. 10. Schriml LM, Arze C, Nadendla S, Ganapathy A, Felix V, Mahurkar A, Phillippy K, Gussman A, Angiuoli S, Ghedin E, White O, Hall N. (2010) GeMInA, genomic metadata for infectious agents, a geospatial surveillance pathogen database. Nucleic Acids Research, 38, D754 - D764. 11. Yasmin, A, Kenny, JG, Shankar, J, Darby, AC, Hall, N, Edwards, C, Horsburgh, MJ. (2010) Comparative genomics and transduction potential of Enterococcus faecalis temperate bacteriophages. Journal of Bacteriology, 192, 1122 - 1130. [NBAF-S] 1. *Ball AD, Stapley J, Dawson DA, Birkhead TR, Burke T, Slate J (2010) A comparison of SNPs and microsatellites as linkage mapping markers: lessons from the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). BMC 1 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Genomics, (in press). Bourke BP, Frantz AC, Lavers CP, Davison A, Dawson DA, Burke TA (2010) Genetic signatures of population change in the British golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). Conservation Genetics (in press). Clegg SM and Phillimore AB (2010) The influence of gene flow and drift on genetic and phenotypic divergence in two species of Zosterops in Vanuatu. Phil Trans R Soc B (in press) Couvillon MJ, Hughes WOH, Perez-Sato JA, Martin SJ, Ratnieks FLW (2010) Sexual selection in honeybees: colony variation and the importance of size in male mating success. Behavioral Ecology. (in press). *Dawson DA, Horsburgh GJ, Küpper C, Stewart IRK, Ball AD, Durrant KL, Hansson B, Bacon I, Bird S, Klein Á, Lee J-W, Martín-Gálvez D, Simeoni M, Smith G, Spurgin LG, Burke T (2010) New methods to identify conserved microsatellite loci and develop primer sets of high utility – as demonstrated for birds. Molecular Ecology Resources, 10, 475–494. Dugdale HL, Nouvellet P, Pope LC, Burke T, Macdonald DW (2010) Fitness measures in selection analyses: sensitivity to the overall number of offspring produced in a lifetime. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. (in press) Durrant KL, Dawson DA, Burke T, Birkhead TR (2010) The unusual sperm morphology of the Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) is not due to the phenotypic result of genetic reduction. Auk (in press). *Frantz AC, Do Linh San E, Pope LC, Burke T (2010) Using genetic methods to investigate dispersal in two badger (Meles meles) populations with different ecological characteristics. Heredity, (in press). Frantz AC, Pope LC, Etherington TR, Wilson GJ, Burke T (2010) Using isolation-by-distance-based approaches to assess the barrier effect of linear landscape elements on badger (Meles meles) dispersal. Molecular Ecology, 19, 1663-1674. *Hansson B, Ljungqvist M, Dawson DA, Mueller JC, Olano-Marin J, Ellegren H, Nilsson J-Å (2010) Avian genome evolution: insights from a linkage map of the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus). Heredity, (in press). Hlaing T, Tun-Lin W, Somboon P, Socheat D, Setha T, Min S, Thaung S, Anyaele O, de Silva B, Chang MS, Walton C (2010) Spatial genetic structure in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in mainland Southeast Asia. Evolutionary Applications (in press). Johnson PCD, Hadfield JD, Webster LMI, Adam A, Mable BK, Keller LF (2009) Bayesian paternity analysis and mating patterns in a parasitic nematode, Trichostrongylus tenuis. Heredity, doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.139 *Lee J-W, Simeoni M, Burke T, Hatchwell BJ (2010) The consequences of winter flock demography for genetic structure and inbreeding risk in vinous-throated parrotbills, Paradoxornis webbianus. Heredity, (in press). doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.135 *Lifjeld JT, Marthinsen G, Myklebust M, Dawson DA, Johnsen A (2010) A wild Marsh Warbler × Sedge Warbler hybrid (Acrocephalus palustris × A. schoenobaenus) in Norway documented with molecular markers. Journal of Avian Biology, (In press). *Olano-Marin J, Dawson DA, Girg A, Hansson B, Ljungqvist M, Kempenaers B, Mueller JC (2010) A genome-wide set of 106 microsatellite markers for the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus). Molecular Ecology Resources, (In press). *Pillay K, Dawson DA, Horsburgh GJ, Perrin MR, Burke T, Taylor TD (2010) Twenty-two polymorphic microsatellite loci aimed at detecting illegal trade in the Cape parrot Poicephalus robustus (Psittacidae, AVES). Molecular Ecology Resources, 10, 142–149. Price TAR, Lewis Z, Smith DT, Hurst GDD, Wedell N (in press) Sex ratio drive promotes sexual conflict and sexual coevolution in the fly Drosophila pseudoobscura. Evolution. Rodríguez-Muñoz R, Bretman A, Slate J, Walling CA, Tregenza T (2010) Natural and Sexual Selection in a wild insect population. Science, 328, 1269. Thaxter CB, Wanless S, Daunt F, Harris MP, Benvenuti S, Watanuki Y, Gremillet D, Hamer KC (2010) Influence of wing loading on trade-off between pursuit-diving and flight in common guillemots and razorbills. Journal of Experimental Biology, in press. OTHER Lewis G. Spurgin, prize-winning poster “How Pathogens Drive Genetic Diversity in Wild Populations”, Popgroup January 2010, Liverpool. THESES Pagarete (due March 2010) NBAF-L 117 2 [2009] 96 (2 + 14 + 36 + 20 + 5 + 19) [Joint] 1. 2. Allen M, Cossins A, Hall N, Blaxter M, Burke T, Field D (2009) Use of microarrays to study environmentally relevant organisms: a UK perspective. Environmental Research Journal, 3, 465-480. [NBAF Edinburgh, Liverpool and Sheffield nodes]. Gilbert JA, Thomas S, Cooley NA, Kulakova A, Field D, Booth T, McGrath JW, Quinn JP, Joint I (2009) Potential for phosphonoacetate utilisation by marine bacteria in temperate coastal waters. Environmental microbiology, 11, 111-25. [NBAF Edinburgh and Liverpool nodes]. [NBAF-L] 14 1. Bontell I, Hall N, Ashelford KE, Dubey JP, Boyle JP, Lindh J, Smith JE (2009) Whole genome sequencing of a natural recombinant Toxoplasma gondii strain reveals chromosome sorting and local allelic variants. Genome Biology, 10, r53. doi:10.1186/gb-2009-10-5-r53 2. Filatov DA (2009) Processing and population genetic analysis of multigenic datasets with ProSeq3 software. Bioinformatics, 25, 3189-3190. 3. Li W, Gracey AY, Mello LV, Brass A, Cossins AR (2009) ExprAlign - the identification of ESTs in nonmodel species by alignment of cDNA microarray expression profiles. BMC Genomics, 10, 560. 4. Mello, LV, O'Meara, H, Rigden, DJ and Paterson, S (2009) Identification of novel aspartic proteases from Strongyloides ratti and characterisation of their evolutionary relationships, stage-specific expression and molecular structure. BMC Genomics, 10, 611. dx.doi.org/doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-611. 5. Millard A, Zwirglmaier K, Downey MJ, Mann NH, Scanlan DJ (2009) Comparative genomics of marine cyanomyoviruses reveals the widespread occurrence of Synechococcus host genes localized to a hyperplastic region: implications for mechanisms of cyanophage evolution. Environmental Microbiology, 11, 2370-2387. 6. Olohan, LA, Li W, Wulff, T, Jarmer H, Gracey AY, Cossins, AR (2009) Detection of anoxia-responsive genes in cultured cells of the rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), using an optimized, genome-wide oligoarray. Journal of Fish Biology, 76, 2170–2186. 7. Popesku JT, Martyniuk CJ, Mennigen J, Xiong HL, Zhang DP, Xia XH, Cossins AR, and Trudeau VL. (2009) The goldfish (Carassius auratus) as a model for neuroendocrine signalling. The goldfish as a model in neuroendocrine signalling. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 293, 43-56. 8. Quince C, Lanzén A, Curtis TP, Davenport RJ, Hall N, Head IM, Read LF, Sloan WT (2009) Accurate determination of microbial diversity from 454 pyrosequencing data. Nature Methods, 6, 639–641. 9. Reilly SC, Kipar A, Hughes DJ, Quinn JP, Cossins AR and Sneddon LU (2009) Investigation of Van Goghlike 2 mRNA regulation and localisation in response to nociception in the brain of adult common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Neuroscience Letters, 465, 290-294. 10. Reilly, SC, Quinn JP, Cossins AR and Sneddon LU (2009) Behavioural analysis of a nociceptive event in fish: Comparisons between three species demonstrate specific responses. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 114, 248-259. 11. Temperton, B, Field, D, Oliver, A, Tiwari, B, Muhling, M, Joint, I, Gilbert, JA (2009) Bias in assessments of marine microbial biodiversity in fosmid libraries as evaluated by pyrosequencing. ISME Journal, 3, 792-796. 12. Weynberg KD, Allen MJ, Ashelford K, Scanlan DJ, Wilson WH (2009) From small hosts come big viruses: the complete genome of a second Ostreococcus tauri virus, OtV-1. Environmental Microbiology, 11, 2821-2839. 13. Williams DR, Li W, Hughes MA, Gonzalez SF, Vernon C, Vidal MC, Jeney ZJ, Jeney G, Dixon P, McAndrew B, Bartfai R, Orban L, Trudeau V, Rogers J, Matthews L, Fraser EJ, Gracey AY, Cossins AR (2009) Genomic resources and microarrays for the common carp Cyprinus carpio L. Journal of Fish Biology, 72, 2095–2117. 14. Zhang D, Xiong H, Mennigen JA, Popesku JT, Marlatt VL, Martyniuk CJ, Crump K, Cossins AR, Xia X, Trudeau VL (2009) Defining global neuroendocrine gene expression patterns associated with reproductive seasonality in fish. PLoS One, 4, e5816. [NBAF-S] 36 1. Ahmed S, Hart T, Dawson DA, Horsburgh GJ, Trathan PN, Rogers AD (2009) Isolation and characterization of macaroni penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus microsatellite loci and their utility in other penguin species. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 1530-1535. 2. Ahmed S, Compton SG, Butlin RK, Gilmartin PM (2009) Wind-borne insects mediate directional pollen transfer between desert fig trees 160 kilometers apart. PNAS, 106, 20342-20347. 3. Bataille A, Cunningham AA, Virna Cedeñod Leandro Patiño, Constantinou A, Kramer LD, Goodman SJ (2009) Natural colonisation and adaptation of a mosquito species in Galápagos: implications for disease threats to endemic wildlife. PNAS, 106, 10230-10235. 3 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Bataille A, Horsburgh GJ, Dawson DA, Cunningham AA, Goodman SJ (2009) Microsatellite markers characterized in the mosquito Aedes taeniorhynchus (Diptera, Culicidae), a disease vector and major pest on the American coast and the Galápagos Islands. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 9, 971-975. Bataille A, Cunningham AA, Cedeño V, Cruz M, Eastwood G, Fonseca DM, Causton CE, Azuero R, Loayza J, Martinez JD, Goodman SJ (2009) Evidence for regular ongoing introductions of mosquito disease vectors into the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 276, 3769-3775. Brekke P, Dawson DA, Horsburgh GJ, Ewen J (2009) Characterization of microsatellite loci in the hihi (Stitchbird) Notiomystis cincta (Notiomystidae (Meliphagidae), AVES) Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 1255-1258. Bretman A, Newcombe D, Tregenza T (2009) Promiscuous females avoid inbreeding by controlling sperm storage. Molecular Ecology, 18, 3340-3345. Craul M, Chikhi L, Olivieri G, Rabesandratana A, Zimmermann E and Radespiel U (2009) Influence of forest fragmentation on an endangered large-bodied lemur in northwestern Madagascar - Implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, 142, 2862-2871. Craul M, Dawson DA, Radespiel U, Zimmermann E, Bruford MW (2009) Isolation of sixteen autosomal loci and a sex-linked polymorphic microsatellite locus from the Milne-Edwards’ sportive lemur. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 333–335. *Evans KL, Gaston KJ, Frantz AC, Simeoni M, Sharp SP, McGowan A, Dawson DA, Walasz K, Partecke J, Burke T, Hatchwell BJ (2009) Independent colonisation of multiple urban centres by a formerly forest bird species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 276, 2403-2410. *Evans KL, Gaston KJ, Sharp SP, McGowan A, Simeoni M, Hatchwell BJ (2009) Effects of urbanisation on disease prevalence and age structure in blackbird Turdus merula populations. Oikos, 118, 774-782. Ewen JG, Thorogood R, Brekke P, Cassey P, Karadas F, Armstrong DP (2009) Maternally invested carotenoids compensate costly ectoparasitism in the hihi. PNAS, 106, 12798–12802. Flanders J, Jones G, Benda P, Dietx C, Zhang S, Li G, Sharifi M and Rossiter SJ (2009) Phylogeography of the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum: contrasting results from mitochondrial and microsatellite data. Molecular Ecology, 18, 306-318. *Frantz AC, Proess R, Burke T, Schley L (2009) A genetic assessment of the two remnant populations of the natterjack toad (Bufo calamita) in Luxembourg. Herpetological Journal, 19, 53-59. *Frantz AC, Cellina S, Krier A, Schley L, Burke T (2009) Using spatial Bayesian methods to determine the genetic structure of a continuously distributed population: clusters or isolation by distance? Journal of Applied Ecology, 46, 493-505. Griffiths AM, Bright D, Stevens JR (2009) Comparison of patterns of genetic variability in wild and supportively bred stocks of brown trout, Salmo trutta. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 16, 514–519. Griffiths AM, Koizumi I, Bright D, Stevens JR (2009) A case of isolation by distance and short-term temporal stability of population structure in brown trout (Salmo trutta) within the River Dart, southwest England. Evolutionary Applications, 2, 537–554. Groombridge JJ, Dawson DA, Burke T, Prys-Jones R, Brooke M de L, Shah N (2009) Evaluating the demographic history of the Seychelles kestrel (Falco araea): Genetic evidence for recovery from a population bottleneck following minimal conservation management. Biological Conservation, 142, 2250-2257. *Guillot G, Leblois R, Coulon A, Frantz AC (2009) Statistical methods in spatial genetics. Molecular Ecology, 18, 4734-4756. Hewitt S, Macdonald DW & Dugdale HL (2009) Context-dependent linear dominance hierarchies in social groups of European badgers, Meles meles. Animal Behaviour, 77, 161–169. *Johanet A, Picard D, Garner TWJ, Dawson DA, Morales-Hojas R, Jehle R, Peltier D, Lemaire C (2009) Characterization of microsatellite loci in two closely related Lissotriton newt species. Conservation Genetics, 18, 54-63. Johnson JA, Tingay RE, Culver M, Hailer F, Clarke ML, Mindell DP (2009) Long-term survival despite low genetic diversity in the critically endangered Madagascar fish-eagle. Molecular Ecology, 18, 54-63. *Klein A, Horsburgh GJ, Küpper C, Major A, Lee PLM, Hoffmann G, Mátics R, Dawson DA (2009) Microsatellite markers characterized in the barn owl (Tyto alba) and of high utility in other owls (Strigiformes: AVES). Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 1512-1519. Kosztolányi A, Javed S, Küpper C, Cuthill IC, Al Shamsi A, Székely T (2009) Breeding ecology of Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus in an extremely hot environment. Bird Study, 56, 244-252. Küpper C, Augustin J, Kosztolányi A, Burke T, Figuerola J, Székely T (2009) Kentish versus snowy plover: Phenotypic and genetic analyses of Charadrius alexandrinus reveal divergence of Eurasian and American subspecies. Auk, 126, 839-852. *Lee JW, Jang BS, Dawson DA, Burke T, Hatchwell BJ (2009) Fine-scale genetic structure and its consequence in breeding aggregations of a passerine bird. Molecular Ecology, 18, 2728–2739. *Lee J-W, Kim M-S, Burke T, Hatchwell BJ (2009) Extrapair paternity in a flock-living passerine, the vinousthroated parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus. Journal of Avian Biology, 40, 469-474. Lucas ER, Horsburgh GJ, Dawson DA, Field J (2009) Characterization of microsatellite loci isolated from the wasp Microstigmus nigrophthalmus (Hymenoptera). Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 1492-1497. 4 29. *Martin-Galvez D, Dawson DA, Horburgh GJ, Burke T (2009) Isolation, characterization and chromosome locations of polymorphic black-billed magpie Pica pica (Corvidae, AVES) microsatellite loci. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 1506-1512. 30. *Meares K, Dawson DA, Horsburgh GJ, Glenn TC, Jones KL, Braun MJ, Perrin MR, Taylor TD (2009) Microsatellite loci characterized in three African crane species (Gruidae, AVES). Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 308-311. 31. Phillips RA, Bearhop S, Mcgill RAR, Dawson DA (2009) Stable isotopes reveal individual variation in migration strategies and habitat preferences in a suite of seabirds during the nonbreeding period. Oecologia, 160. 795–806. 32. Raisin C, Dawson DA, Greenwood AG, Jones CG, Groombridge J (2009) Characterization of Mauritius parakeet (Psittacula eques) microsatellite loci and their cross-utility in other parrots (Psittacidae, AVES). Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 1231-1235. 33. Silvertown J, Biss PM & Freeland J (2009) Community genetics: resource addition has opposing effects on genetic and species diversity in a 150-year experiment. Ecology Letters, 12, 165-170. 34. Simeoni M, Dawson DA, Gentle L, Coiffait L, Wolff K, Evans KL, Gaston K, Hatchwell BJ (2009) Characterization of 38 microsatellite loci in the blackbird Turdus merula (Turdidae, AVES). Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 1520-1526. 35. Thaxter CB, Daunt F, Hamer KC, Watanuki Y, Harris MP, Gremillet D, Peters G, Wanless S (2009) Sex-specific food provisioning in a monomorphic seabird: nest defence, foraging efficiency or parental effort? Journal of Avian Biology, 40, 75-84. 36. Wright JA, Barker RJ, Schofield MR, Frantz AC, Byrom AE, Gleeson DM (2009) Incorporating genotype uncertainty into mark-recapture-type models for estimating abundance using DNA samples. Biometrics, 65, 833840. [NBAF-E] 20 1. Amin SA, Green DH, Hart MC, Küpper FC, Sunda WG, Carrano CJ (2009) Photolysis of iron-siderophore chelates promotes bacterial-algal mutualism. PNAS, 106, 17071-17076. 2. Casewell NR, Harrison RA, Wuester W, Wagstaff SC (2009) Comparative venom gland transcriptome surveys of the saw-scaled vipers (Viperidae: Echis) reveal substantial intra-family gene diversity and novel venom transcripts. BMC Genomics. 10, 564. 3. Gachon CMM, Strittmatter M, Müller DG, Kleinteich J, Küpper FC, (2009) Detection of differential host susceptibility to the marine oomycete pathogen Eurychasma dicksonii detected by real time PCR: not all algae are equal. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75, 322-8. 4. Hegarty MJ, Barker GL, Brennan AC, Edwards KJ, Abbott RJ, Hiscock SJ (2009) Extreme changes to gene expression associated with homoploid hybrid speciation. Molecular Ecology, 18, 877-889. 5. Johnston IA, Lee HT, Macqueen DJ, Paranthaman K, Kawashima C, Anwar A, Kinghorn JR, Dalmay T (2009) Embryonic temperature affects muscle fibre recruitment in adult zebrafish: genomewide changes in gene and microRNA expression associated with the transition from hyperplastic to hypertrophic growth phenotypes. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 212,1781-1793. 6. Kalujnaia S, Powell B, Osborne CJ, Martinez A-S, Cutler CP, Cramb G (2009) Intestinal expression of Aquaporins in the European eel Anguilla Anguilla: effects of SW acclimation on isoform expression. Glasgow, 2009. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A3.4, S78. 7. Kalujnaia S, Osborne CJ, Cramb G (2009) Osmolytes and osmoregulation in the euryhaline European eel, Anguilla anguilla. SEB, Glasgow, 2009. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A3.14, S81. 8. Kalujnaia S, Cramb G (2009) Regulation of expression of the myo-inositol mono-phosphatase 1 (IMPA1) gene in osmoregulatory tissues of the European eel Anguilla anguilla after sea water acclimation. Ann. N.Y. Acad Sci, 1163, 433-436. 9. Kalujnaia S, Wilson GD, Feilen AL, Cramb G (2009) Guanylin-like peptides, guanylate cyclase and osmoregulation in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 161, 103-114. 10. Keightley PD, Trivedi U, Thomson M, Oliver F, Kumar S, Blaxter ML (2009) Analysis of the genome sequences of three Drosophila melanogaster spontaneous mutation accumulation lines. Genome Research, 19, 1195-201. 11. Last KS, Bailhachet T, Kramer C, Kyriacou CP, Rosato E, Olive PJW (2009) Tidal, daily, and lunar-day activity cycles in the marine polychaete Nereis virens. Chronobiology International, 26, 167-183. 12. Lepère C, Vaulot D, Scanlan DJ (2009). Photosynthetic picoeukaryote community structure in the South East Paciļ¬c Ocean encompassing the most oligotrophic waters on Earth. Environmental Microbiology, 11, 31053117. 13. Marsden CD, Mable BK, Woodroffe R, Rasmussen GSA, Cleaveland S, McNutt JW, Thomas R, Kennedy LJ (2009) Highly endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) lack variation at the Major Histocompatibility Complex. Journal of Heredity, 100, Suppl 1, S54-S65. 14. McTaggart SJ, Conlon C, Colbourne JK, Blaxter ML, Little TJ (2009) The components of the Daphnia pulex immune system as revealed by complete genome sequencing. BMC Genomics, 10, 175. 5 15. Osuna-Jimenez I, Williams TD, Prieto-Alamo MJ, Abril N, Chipman JK, Pueyo C (2009) Immune- and stressrelated transcriptomic responses of Solea senegalensis stimulated with lipopolysaccharide and copper sulphate using heterologous cDNA microarrays. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 26, 699-706. 16. Quicke DLJ, Laurenne NM, Fitton MG, Broad GR (2009) A thousand and one wasps: a 28S rDNA and morphological phylogeny of the Ichneumonidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) with an investigation into alignment parameter space and elision. Journal of Natural History, 43, 1305-1421. 17. Stone GN, Hernandez-Lopez A, Nicholls JA, di Pierro E, Pujade-Villar J, Melika G, Cook JM (2009) Extreme host plant conservatism during at least 20 million years of host plant pursuit by oak gallwasps. Evolution, 63, 854-869. 18. Sturzenbaum SR, Andre J; Kille P, et al (2009) Earthworm genomes, genes and proteins: the (re)discovery of Darwin's worms. PRSB, 276, 789-797. 19. Weinert LA, Werren JH, Aebi A, Stone GN, Jiggins FM (2009) Evolution and diversity of Rickettsia bacteria. BMC Biology, 7, 6. 20. Williams TD, Wu Huifeng, Santos EM, Ball J, Katsiadaki I, Brown MM, Baker P, Ortega F, Falciani F, Craft JA, Tyler CR, Chipman JK, Viant MR (2009) Hepatic transcriptomic and metabolomic responses in the stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) exposed to environmentally-relevant concentrations of dibenzanthracene. Environmental Science Technology, 43, 6341–6348. CHAP / BOOK (1) 1. Li W, Olohan L, Williams D, Hughes MA, Gracey AY and Cossins, AR Application of ESTs in Microarray Analysis in Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs): Generation and Analysis. Methods in Molecular Biology: Methods and Protocols, vol 533 (Edited by Parkinson J). Humana Press, Boca Raton. OTHER (4) 2. Kalujnaia S, Cramb G (2009) Myo-Inositol monophosphatase, inositol production and osmoregulation in the euryhaline European eel, Anguilla Anguilla. FASEB journal, 23, 629.6 [Refereed but non ISI – NBAF-E]. 3. Kapralov MV, Stift M and Filatov DA (2009) Evolution of genome size in Hawaiian endemic genus Schiedea. Tropical Plant Biology, 2, 77-83. [Refereed but non ISI – NBAF-L]. 4. Marsden, C (2009) ‘Hair of the dog.’ Planet Earth, May 2009. [NBAF-E] 5. Viant, M (2009) ‘The fat of the land’. Planet Earth, Spring 2009. [NBAF-B] THESES (19) 1. Bataille A. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds/ Institute of Zoology of London). Population genetics and disease ecology of mosquito spp. in Galapagos. [NBAF-S] 2. Bontell EI. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds) Genetic and Biological characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii in Uganda. . [NBAF-E/L] 3. Brekke P. (2009) PhD Thesis (Imperial College, University of London) Conservation genetics of an Island endemic bird, the hihi (Notiomystis cincta). [NBAF-S] 4. Craul M. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Cardiff / Leibniz Universitaet Hanover, Germany) Molecular phylogenetics and conservation genetics of sportive lemurs (Lepilemur edwardsi) in northwestern Madagascar. [NBAF-S] 5. Ferguson L. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Cambridge) The genetic basis of wing patterning in the mimetic butterfly, Heliconius melpomene. [NBAF-L] 6. Hlaing T. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of Manchester) Genetic population structure and gene flow in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Southeast Asia. [NBAF-S] 7. Hutchings K. (2009) PhD Thesis (University of East Anglia) Gastrointestinal parasites, MHC genes and fitness in a wild avian population. 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Frantz A.C. (2004) PhD Thesis (University of Sussex) Non-invasive genetic typing in the study of badger (Meles meles) ecology. *Furmankiewicz J. (2004) PhD Thesis (University of Wroclaw, Poland. [in Polish] with time spent in Leeds) Mating behaviour of brown long-eared bat Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758). *Paszkiewicz R. (2004) PhD Thesis (Wroclaw University, Poland - with time spent at Sunderland University) Genetical structure and population biology of the mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis). Pedro P.M. (2004) PhD Thesis (University of Leeds) Impact of habitat fragmentation on species of Sabethes mosquitoes. [2003] *Berg PR, Dawson DA, Pandhal J, Kirdendall LR, Burke T (2003) Isolation of microsatellite loci from two inbreeding bark beetle species (Coccotrypes). 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(2001) PhD Thesis (University of Durham) Determinants of habitat and site use by turnstones and purple sandpipers in N.E. England, and possible effects of the removal of coastal nutrients. Madden J.R. (2001) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield) Sex, costs and bowerbird tastes. [2000] Cunningham EJA & Russell AK (2000) Egg investment is influenced by male attractiveness in the mallard. Nature, 404, 74-77. *Dawson DA, Hanotte O, Greig C, Stewart IRK, Burke T (2000) Polymorphic microsatellites in the blue tit Parus caeruleus and their cross-species utility in 20 songbird families. Molecular Ecology, 9, 1941-1944. Foster KR & Ratnieks FLW (2000) Facultative worker policing in a social wasp. Nature, 407, 692-693. *Richardson DS, Jury FL, Dawson DA, Salgueiro P, Komdeur J, Burke T (2000) Fifty Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis) microsatellite loci polymorphic in Sylviidae species and their cross-species amplification in other passerine birds. Molecular Ecology, 9, 2226-2231. THESES Foster K. (2000) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield) Kin selection and reproductive conflict in the vespine wasps. Marshall R. (2000) PhD Thesis (University of London) Song, microsatellite DNA and paternity in the sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus. Nicholls H. (2000) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield) Male adaptations to sperm competition in the sand martin, Riparia riparia. Wilson MW. (2000) PhD Thesis (University of Sheffield) Reproductive strategies and paternal care in the willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus. [1999] *Griffith SC, Stewart IRK, Dawson DA, Owens IPF, Burke T (1999) Contrasting levels of extra-pair paternity in mainland and island populations of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus): is there an 'island effect'? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 68, 303-316. *McConnell SKJ, Dawson DA, Wardle A, Burke T (1999) The isolation and mapping of 19 tetranucleotide microsatellite markers in the chicken. 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