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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7413
Email
neil.gemmell@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor and Acting Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor
Department
Department of Anatomy
Qualifications
BSc(Hons) PhD
Research summary
Evolutionary genetics and genomics, molecular ecology, conservation biology

Research

Professor Gemmell holds the Chair for AgResearch Centre for Reproduction and Genomics

Professor Gemmell's research blends ecology, population, conservation and evolutionary biology with recent technological spin-offs from the various genome projects. A recurring theme in his research is that of reproduction, with past and current projects spanning mating systems and mate choice, sperm-egg interactions, sperm function, sex determination, sex allocation, and inter-sexual genomic conflict. Professor Gemmell also has interests in several congruent fields of research, particularly the evolution of the mitochondrial genome, the evolution of microsatellite DNA, the evolution of sex determining mechanisms and the processes that lead to speciation.

Research interests:

  • Analysis of mating systems
  • The implications of the asymmetric fitness effects of mtDNA mutations
  • The evolution of microsatellites

Publications

Scriver, M., von Ammon, U., Youngbull, C., Pochon, X., Stanton, J.-A. L., Gemmell, N. J., & Zaiko, A. (2024). Drop it all: Extraction-free detection of targeted marine species through optimized direct droplet digital PCR. PeerJ. Advance online publication. doi: 10.7717/peerj.16969

Bhattarai, U. R., Poulin, R., Gemmell, N. J., & Dowle, E. (2024). Genome assembly and annotation of the mermithid nematode Mermis nigrescens. Genes Genomes Genetics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae023

Clark, A. C., Edison, R., Esvelt, K., Kamau, S., Dutoit, L., . . ., Alexander, A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2024). A framework for identifying fertility gene targets for mammalian pest control. Molecular Ecology Resources, 24, e13901. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13901

Urban, L., Miller, A. K., Eason, D., Vercoe, D., Shaffer, M., Wilkinson, S. P., Jeunen, G.-J., Gemmell, N. J., & Digby, A. (2023). Non-invasive real-time genomic monitoring of the critically endangered kākāpō. eLIFE, 12, RP84553. doi: 10.7554/eLife.84553

Jeunen, G.-J., Lamare, M., Cummings, V., Treece, J., Ferreira, S., Massuger, J., … Gemmell, N. (2023). Unveiling the hidden diversity of marine eukaryotes in the Ross Sea: A comparative analysis of seawater and sponge eDNA surveys. Environmental DNA. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/edn3.500

Gemmell, N. J., Todd, E. V., Goikoetxea, A., Ortega-Recalde, O., & Hore, T. A. (2019). Natural sex change in fish. In Current topics in developmental biology. (pp. 71-117). Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2018.12.014

Chapter in Book - Research

Thomas, J. T., Liu, H., Todd, E. V., & Gemmell, N. J. (2018). Sex change in fish. In P. Swanson & M. K. Skinner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of reproduction (Vol.6): Comparative reproduction. (2nd ed.) (pp. 192-197). Oxford, UK: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.20555-4

Chapter in Book - Research

Sawaya, S. M., Bagshaw, A. T., Buschiazzo, E., & Gemmell, N. J. (2012). Promoter microsatellites as modulators of human gene expression. In A. J. Hannan (Ed.), Tandem repeat polymorphisms: Genetic plasticity, neural diversity and disease. (pp. 41-54). Austin, TX: Landes Bioscience.

Chapter in Book - Research

Vargas Jentzsch, I. M., Bagshaw, A., Buschiazzo, E., Merkel, A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2008). Evolution of microsatellite DNA. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0020847

Chapter in Book - Research

Bhattarai, U. R., Poulin, R., Gemmell, N. J., & Dowle, E. (2024). Genome assembly and annotation of the mermithid nematode Mermis nigrescens. Genes Genomes Genetics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae023

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Clark, A. C., Edison, R., Esvelt, K., Kamau, S., Dutoit, L., . . ., Alexander, A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2024). A framework for identifying fertility gene targets for mammalian pest control. Molecular Ecology Resources, 24, e13901. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13901

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Scriver, M., von Ammon, U., Youngbull, C., Pochon, X., Stanton, J.-A. L., Gemmell, N. J., & Zaiko, A. (2024). Drop it all: Extraction-free detection of targeted marine species through optimized direct droplet digital PCR. PeerJ. Advance online publication. doi: 10.7717/peerj.16969

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Adams, C. I. M., Hepburn, C., Jeunen, G.-J., Cross, H., Taylor, H. R., Gemmell, N. J., … Knapp, M. (2023). Environmental DNA reflects common haplotypic variation. Environmental DNA, 5, 906-919. doi: 10.1002/edn3.352

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Adams, C. I. M., Jeunen, G.-J., Cross, H., Taylor, H. R., Bagnaro, A., Currie, K., Hepburn, C., Gemmell, N. J., … Knapp, M. (2023). Environmental DNA metabarcoding describes biodiversity across marine gradients. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsad017. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsad017

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Bagshaw, A. T. M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2023). Bisulfite probing reveals DNA structural intricacies. Nucleic Acids Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad115

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Bentley, B. P., Carrasco-Valenzuela, T., Ramos, E. K. S., Pawar, H., Arantes, L. S., Alexander, A., … Gemmell, N. J., … Komoroske, L. M. (2023). Divergent sensory and immune gene evolution in sea turtles with contrasting demographic and life histories. PNAS, 120(7), e2201076120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2201076120

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Bond, D. M., Ortega-Recalde, O., Laird, M. K., Hayakawa, T., Richardson, K. S., Reese, F. C. B., Kyle, B., McIsaac-Williams, B. E., Robertson, B. C., van Heezik, Y., Adams, A. L., … Gemmell, N. J., Alexander, A., & Hore, T. A. (2023). The admixed brushtail possum genome reveals invasion history in New Zealand and novel imprinted genes. Nature Communications, 14, 6364. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41784-8

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Doherty, J.-F., Bhattarai, U. R., Ferreira, S., Poulin, R., Gemmell, N. J., & Dowle, E. J. (2023). The proof is in the poo: Non-invasive method to detect endoparasitic infection. Molecular Ecology Resources, 23(5), 990-1001. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13763

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Guhlin, J., Le Lec, M. F., Wold, J., Koot, E., Winter, D., Biggs, P. J., … Urban, L., Foster, Y., … Robertson, F. E., Robertson, B. C., Gemmell, N. J., … Dearden, P. K. (2023). Species-wide genomics of kākāpō provides tools to accelerate recovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02165-y

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Jeunen, G.-J., Cane, J. S., Ferreira, S., Strano, F., von Ammon, U., Cross, H., Day, R., … Ellis, K., Urban, L., Pearson, N., Olmedo-Rojas, P., Kardailsky, A., Gemmell, N. J., & Lamare, M. (2023). Assessing the utility of marine filter feeders for environmental DNA (eDNA) biodiversity monitoring. Molecular Ecology Resources. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13754

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Jeunen, G.-J., Dowle, E., Edgecombe, J., von Ammon, U., Gemmell, N. J., & Cross, H. (2023). CRABS: A software program to generate curated reference databases for metabarcoding sequencing data. Molecular Ecology Resources, 23, 725-738. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13741

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Jeunen, G.-J., Lamare, M., Cummings, V., Treece, J., Ferreira, S., Massuger, J., … Gemmell, N. (2023). Unveiling the hidden diversity of marine eukaryotes in the Ross Sea: A comparative analysis of seawater and sponge eDNA surveys. Environmental DNA. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/edn3.500

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Jeunen, G.-J., Lamare, M., Devine, J., Mariani, S., Mills, S., Treece, J., Ferreira, S., & Gemmell, N. J. (2023). Characterizing Antarctic fish assemblages using eDNA obtained from marine sponge bycatch specimens. Reviews in Fish Biology & Fisheries. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11160-023-09805-3

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Kamstra, K., van der Burg, C., Quertermous, H. M., Muncaster, S., Todd, E. V., Jasoni, C. L., … Gemmell, N. J. (2023). Neuroanatomy of a sex changing fish: The New Zealand spotty wrasse (Notolabrus celidotus) brain atlas. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2023.2216939

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Miller, A. K., Brosnahan, C. L., Pande, A., Baker, C. F., Geoghegan, J. L., Kitson, J., Gemmell, N. J., & Dowle, E. J. (2023). Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples help to investigate transcriptomic responses in wildlife disease. Molecular Ecology Resources. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13805

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Muncaster, S., Goikoetxea, A., Lokman, P. M., De Farias e Moraes, C. E., Damsteegt, E. L., Edgecombe, J., Gemmell, N. J., & Todd, E. V. (2023). Genes involved in sex differentiation, epigenetic reprogramming, and cell fate regulate sex change in a wrasse. Reviews in Fish Biology & Fisheries. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11160-022-09755-2

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Munk, P., Brinch, B., Møller, F. D., Petersen, T. N., Hendriksen, R. S., Seyfarth, A. M., … Global Sewage Surveillance Consortium, including Jeunen, G.-J., Gemmell, N., Chambers, S. T., … Aarestrup, F. M. (2023). Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance. Nature Communications, 14(1), 7251. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34312-7

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Olmedo-Rojas, P., Jeunen, G.-J., Lamare, M., Turnbull, J., Terauds, A., Gemmell, N., & Fraser, C. I. (2023). Soil environmental DNA metabarcoding in low-biomass regions requires protocol optimization: A case study in Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 35(1), 15-30. doi: 10.1017/S0954102022000384

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Pearman, W. S., Duffy, G. A., Liu, X. P., Gemmell, N. J., Morales, S. E., & Fraser, C. I. (2023). Macroalgal microbiome biogeography is shaped by environmental drivers rather than geographic distance. Annals of Botany. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcad151

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Timoshevskaya, N., Eşkut, K. I., Timoshevskiy, V. A., Robb, S. M. C., Holt, C., Hess, J. E., … Miller, A. K., … Gemmell, N. J., … Smith, J. J. (2023). An improved germline genome assembly for the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus illuminates the evolution of germline-specific chromosomes. Cell Reports, 42, 112263. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112263

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Urban, L., Miller, A. K., Eason, D., Vercoe, D., Shaffer, M., Wilkinson, S. P., Jeunen, G.-J., Gemmell, N. J., & Digby, A. (2023). Non-invasive real-time genomic monitoring of the critically endangered kākāpō. eLIFE, 12, RP84553. doi: 10.7554/eLife.84553

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West, A. G., Digby, A., Kākāpō Recovery Team, Kākāpō Aspergillosis Research Consortium, including Dearden, P. K., Gemmell, N. J., Guhlin, J., Le Lec, M., Quinones Mateu, M., and Taylor, M. D. (2023). The mycobiota of faeces from the critically endangered kākāpō and associated nest litter. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2023.2170428

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Bhattarai, U. R., Katuwal, M., Poulin, R., Gemmell, N. J., & Dowle, E. (2022). Genome assembly and annotation of the European earwig Forficula auricularia (subspecies B). Genes Genomes Genetics, 12(10), jkac199. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac199

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Goikoetxea, A., Todd, E. V., Muncaster, S., Lokman, P. M., Thomas, J. T., Robertson, H. A., … Gemmell, N. J. (2022). Effects of cortisol on female-to-male sex change in a wrasse. PLoS ONE, 17(9), e0273779. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273779

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Holtmann, B., Lara, C. E., Santos, E. S. A., Gillum, J. E., Gemmell, N. J., & Nakagawa, S. (2022). The association between personalities, alternative breeding strategies, and reproductive success in dunnocks. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 35, 539-551. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13906

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Jeunen, G.-J., Lipinskaya, T., Gajduchenko, H., Golovenchik, V., Moroz, M., Rizevsky, V., … Gemmell, N. J. (2022). Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding surveys show evidence of non-indigenous freshwater species invasion to new parts of Eastern Europe. Metabarcoding & Metagenomics, 6, 171-186. doi: 10.3897/mbmg.6.e68575

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Jeunen, G.-J., von Ammon, U., Cross, H., Ferreira, S., Lamare, M., Day, R., Treece, J., … Gemmell, N. J., & Stanton, J.-A. L. (2022). Moving environmental DNA (eDNA) technologies from benchtop to the field using passive sampling and PDQeX extraction. Environmental DNA, 4, 1420-1433. doi: 10.1002/edn3.356

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Miller, A. K., Timoshevskaya, N., Smith, J. J., Gillum, J., Sharif, S., Clarke, S., … Gemmell, N. J., & Alexander, A. (2022). Population genomics of New Zealand pouched lamprey (kanakana; piharau; Geotria australis). Journal of Heredity, 113, 380-397. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esac014

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Morrissey, K. A., Sampson, J. R., Rivera, M., Bu, L., Hansen, V. L., Gemmell, N. J., … Miller, R. D. (2022). Comparison of reptilian genomes reveals deletions associated with the natural loss of γδ T cells in squamates. Journal of Immunology, 208(8), 1960-1967. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2101158

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Ragsdale, A., Ortega-Recalde, O., Dutoit, L., Besson, A. A., Chia, J. H. Z., King, T., Nakagawa, S., Hickey, A., Gemmell, N. J., Hore, T., & Johnson, S. L. (2022). Paternal hypoxia exposure primes offspring for increased hypoxia resistance. BMC Biology, 20, 185. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01389-x

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Bhattarai, U. R., Doherty, J.-F., Dowle, E., & Gemmell, N. J. (2021). The adaptiveness of host behavioural manipulation assessed using Tinbergen's four questions. Trends in Parasitology, 37(7), 597-609. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.01.006

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Bowers, H. A., Pochon, X., von Ammon, U., Gemmell, N., Stanton, J.-A. L., Jeunen, G. J., … Zaiko, A. (2021). Towards the optimization of eDNA/eRNA sampling technologies for marine biosecurity surveillance. Water, 13(8), 1113. doi: 10.3390/w13081113

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Dussex, N., van der Valk, T., Morales, H. E., Wheat, C. W., Díez-del-Molino, D., von Seth, J., Foster, Y., … Le Lec, M. F., Dearden, P. K., … Knapp, M., Gemmell, N. J., Robertson, F., … Robertson, B. C., & Dalén, L. (2021). Population genomics of the critically endangered kākāpō. Cell Genomics, 1, 100002. doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2021.100002

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Goikoetxea, A., Muncaster, S., Todd, E. V., Lokman, P. M., Robertson, H. A., De Farias e Moraes, C. E., Damsteegt, E. L., & Gemmell, N. J. (2021). A new experimental model for the investigation of sequential hermaphroditism. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 22881. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-02063-y

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Macey, J. R., Pabinger, S., Barbieri, C. G., Buring, E. S., Gonzalez, V. L., Mulcahy, D. G., … Urban, L., … Prost, S., … Gemmell, N. J. (2021). Evidence of two deeply divergent co-existing mitochondrial genomes in the Tuatara reveals an extremely complex genomic organization. Communications Biology, 4, 116. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01639-0

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Martini, D., Dussex, N., Robertson, B. C., Gemmell, N. J., & Knapp, M. (2021). Evolution of the world's only alpine parrot: Genomic adaptation or phenotypic plasticity, behaviour and ecology? Molecular Ecology, 30, 6370-6386. doi: 10.1111/mec.15978

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Miller, A. K., Baker, C., Kitson, J. C., Yick, J. L., Manquel, P. E. I., Alexander, A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2021). The Southern Hemisphere lampreys (Geotriidae and Mordaciidae). Reviews in Fish Biology & Fisheries, 31, 201-232. doi: 10.1007/s11160-021-09639-x

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Miller, A. K., Mifsud, J. C. O., Costa, V. A., Grimwood, R. M., Kitson, J., Baker, C., … Gemmell, N. J., & Geoghegan, J. L. (2021). Slippery when wet: Cross-species transmission of divergent coronaviruses in bony and jawless fish and the evolutionary history of the Coronaviridae. Virus Evolution, 7(2), veab050. doi: 10.1093/ve/veab050

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Noble, A. J., Pearson, J. F., Boden, J. M., Horwood, L. J., Gemmell, N. J., Kennedy, M. A., & Osborne, A. J. (2021). A validation of Illumina EPIC array system with bisulfite-based amplicon sequencing. PeerJ, 9, e10762. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10762

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Dussex, N., Kutschera, V. E., Wiberg, R. A. W., Parker, D. J., Hunt, G. R., Gray, R. D., … Gemmell, N. J. (2020). A genome-wide investigation of adaptive signatures in protein-coding genes related to tool behaviour in New Caledonian and Hawaiian crows. Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.15775

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Feng, S., Stiller, J., Deng, Y., Armstrong, J., Fang, Q., Reeve, A. H., … Robertson, B. C., … Jamieson, I. G., … Rutherford, K. M., Gemmell, N. J., Dussex, N., … Zhang, G. (2020). Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics. Nature, 587, 252-257. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2873-9

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Ferreira, S., Ashby, R., Jeunen, G.-J., Rutherford, K., Collins, C., Todd, E. V., & Gemmell, N. J. (2020). DNA from mollusc shell: A valuable and underutilised substrate for genetic analyses. PeerJ, 8, e9420. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9420

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Gemmell, N. J., Rutherford, K., Prost, S., Tollis, M., Winter, D., Macey, J. R., … Gardner, P. P., … Hore, T. A., … Dussex, N., Taylor, H., Abe, H., Bond, D. M., … Ngatiwai Trust Board. (2020). The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution. Nature, 584, 403-409. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2561-9

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Goikoetxea, A., Damsteegt, E. L., Todd, E. V., McNaughton, A., Gemmell, N. J., & Lokman, P. M. (2020). An in vitro ovarian explant culture system to examine sex change in a hermaphroditic fish. PeerJ, 8, e10323. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10323

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Jeunen, G.-J., Lamare, M. D., Knapp, M., Spencer, H. G., Taylor, H. R., Stat, M., … Gemmell, N. J. (2020). Water stratification in the marine biome restricts vertical environmental DNA (eDNA) signal dispersal. Environmental DNA, 2(1), 99-111. doi: 10.1002/edn3.49

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Johnson, S. L., Borziak, K., Kleffmann, T., Rosengrave, P., Dorus, S., & Gemmell, N. J. (2020). Ovarian fluid proteome variation associates with sperm swimming speed in an externally fertilising fish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33, 1783-1794. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13717

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Karelitz, S., Lamare, M., Patel, F., Gemmell, N., & Uthicke, S. (2020). Parental acclimation to future ocean conditions increases development rates but decreases survival in sea urchin larvae. Marine Biology, 167, 2. doi: 10.1007/s00227-019-3610-5

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Ortega-Recalde, O., Goikoetxea, A., Hore, T. A., Todd, E. V., & Gemmell, N. J. (2020). The genetics and epigenetics of sex change in fish. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 8, 47-69. doi: 10.1146/annurev-animal-021419-083634

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Osborne, A. J., Pearson, J. F., Noble, A. J., Gemmell, N. J., Horwood, L. J., Boden, J. M., … Kennedy, M. A. (2020). Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of heavy cannabis exposure in a New Zealand longitudinal cohort. Translational Psychiatry, 10, 114. doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-0800-3

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Peart, C. R., Tusso, S., Pophaly, S. D., Botero-Castro, F., Wu, C.-C., Aurioles-Gamboa, D., … Gemmell, N. J., … Wolf, J. B. W. (2020). Determinants of genetic variation across eco-evolutionary scales in pinnipeds. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4, 1095-1104. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1215-5

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Adams, C. I. M., Knapp, M., Gemmell, N. J., Jeunen, G.-J., Bunce, M., Lamare, M. D., & Taylor, H. R. (2019). Beyond biodiversity: Can environmental DNA (eDNA) cut it as a population genetics tool? Gene, 10(3), 192. doi: 10.3390/genes10030192

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Dobelmann, J., Alexander, A., Baty, J. W., Gemmell, N. J., Gruber, M. A. M., Quinn, O., … Lester, P. J. (2019). The association between mitochondrial genetic variation and reduced colony fitness in an invasive wasp. Molecular Ecology, 28, 3324-3338. doi: 10.1111/mec.15159

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Hendriksen, R. S., Munk, P., Njage, P., van Bunnik, B., McNally, L., Lukjancenko, O., … The Global Sewage Surveillance project consortium, including Jeunen, G.-J., Gemmell, N., … Aarestrup, F. M. (2019). Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage. Nature Communications, 10(1), 1124. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08853-3

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Jeunen, G.-J., Knapp, M., Spencer, H. G., Lamare, M. D., Taylor, H. R., Stat, M., … Gemmell, N. J. (2019). Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reveals strong discrimination among diverse marine habitats connected by water movement. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19, 426-438. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12982

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Jeunen, G.-J., Knapp, M., Spencer, H. G., Taylor, H. R., Lamare, M. D., Stat, M., … Gemmell, N. J. (2019). Species‐level biodiversity assessment using marine environmental DNA metabarcoding requires protocol optimization and standardization. Ecology & Evolution, 9, 1323-1335. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4843

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Ortega-Recalde, O., Day, R. C., Gemmell, N. J., & Hore, T. A. (2019). Zebrafish preserve global germline DNA methylation while sex-linked rDNA is amplified and demethylated during feminisation. Nature Communications, 10, 3053. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10894-7

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Parry, D. A. D., Bruce Fraser, R. D., Alibardi, L., Rutherford, K. M., & Gemmell, N. (2019). Molecular structure of sauropsid β-keratins from tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Journal of Structural Biology, 207, 21-28. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2019.04.008

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Thomas, J. T., Todd, E. V., Muncaster, S., Lokman, P. M., Damsteegt, E. L., Liu, H., … Gemmell, N. J. (2019). Conservation and diversity in expression of candidate genes regulating socially-induced female-male sex change in wrasses. PeerJ, 7, e7032. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7032

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Todd, E. V., Ortega-Recalde, O., Liu, H., Lamm, M. S., Rutherford, K. M., Cross, H., Black, M. A., Kardailsky, O., … Hore, T. A., … Gemmell, N. J. (2019). Stress, novel sex genes, and epigenetic reprogramming orchestrate socially controlled sex change. Science Advances, 5(7), eaaw7006. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw7006

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Blanchoud, S., Rutherford, K., Zondag, L., Gemmell, N. J., & Wilson, M. J. (2018). De novo draft assembly of the Botrylloides leachii genome provides further insight into tunicate evolution. Scientific Reports, 8, 5518. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23749-w

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Dussex, N., Taylor, H. R., Stovall, W. R., Rutherford, K., Dodds, K. G., Clarke, S. M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2018). Reduced representation sequencing detects only subtle regional structure in a heavily exploited and rapidly recolonizing marine mammal species. Ecology & Evolution, 8, 8736-8749. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4411

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Johnson, S. L., Zellhuber-McMillan, S., Gillum, J., Dunleavy, J., Evans, J., Nakagawa, S., & Gemmell, N. J. (2018). Evidence that fertility trades off with early offspring fitness as males age. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285(1871), 20172174. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2174

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Lee, S. L. J., Horsfield, J. A., Black, M. A., Rutherford, K., & Gemmell, N. J. (2018). Identification of sex differences in zebrafish (Danio rerio) brains during early sexual differentiation and masculinisation using 17α-methyltestoterone. Biology of Reproduction, 99(2), 446-460. doi: 10.1093/biolre/iox175

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Martinez, B., Khudyakov, J., Rutherford, K., Crocker, D. E., Gemmell, N., & Ortiz, R. M. (2018). Adipose transcriptome analysis provides novel insights into molecular regulation of prolonged fasting in northern elephant seal pups. Physiological Genomics, 50(7), 495-503. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00002.2018

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Renart, J., San Mauro, D., Agorreta, A., Rutherford, K., Gemmell, N. J., & Quintanilla, M. (2018). Evolutionary history of the podoplanin gene. Gene Reports, 13, 28-37. doi: 10.1016/j.genrep.2018.08.005

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Stoffel, M. A., Humble, E., Paijmans, A. J., Acevedo-Whitehouse, K., Chilvers, B. L., Dickerson, B., … Gemmell, N. J., … Robertson, B. C., … Hoffmann, J. I. (2018). Demographic histories and genetic diversity across pinnipeds are shaped by human exploitation, ecology and life-history. Nature Communications, 9(1), 4836. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06695-z

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Stovall, W. R., Taylor, H. R., Black, M., Grosser, S., Rutherford, K., & Gemmell, N. J. (2018). Genetic sex assignment in wild populations using genotyping‐by‐sequencing data: A statistical threshold approach. Molecular Ecology Resources, 18(2), 179-190. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12767

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Todd, E. V., Liu, H., Lamm, M. S., Thomas, J. T., Rutherford, K., Thompson, K. C., … Gemmell, N. J. (2018). Female mimicry by sneaker males has a transcriptomic signature in both the brain and gonad in a sex-changing fish. Molecular Biology & Evolution, 35(1), 225-241. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msx293

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Zavodna, M., Bagshaw, A., Brauning, R., & Gemmell, N. J. (2018). The effects of transcription and recombination on mutational dynamics of short tandem repeats. Nucleic Acids Research, 46(3), 1321-1330. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx1253

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Bagshaw, A. T. M., Horwood, L. J., Fergusson, D. M., Gemmell, N. J., & Kennedy, M. A. (2017). Microsatellite polymorphisms associated with human behavioural and psychological phenotypes including a gene-environment interaction. BMC Medical Genetics, 18, 12. doi: 10.1186/s12881-017-0374-y

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Bartlett, M. J., Steeves, T. E., Gemmell, N. J., & Rosengrave, P. C. (2017). Sperm competition risk drives rapid ejaculate adjustments mediated by seminal fluid. eLIFE, 6, e28811. doi: 10.7554/eLife.28811

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Geßner, C., Nakagawa, S., Zavodna, M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2017). Sexual selection for genetic compatibility: The role of the major histocompatibility complex on cryptic female choice in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Heredity, 118, 442-452. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2016.116

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Gessner, C., Johnson, S. L., Fisher, P., Clarke, S., Rutherford, K., Symonds, J., & Gemmell, N. J. (2017). Male-female relatedness at specific SNP-linkage groups influences cryptic female choice in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284(1859), 20170853. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0853

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Grosser, S., Abdelkrim, J., Wing, J., Robertson, B. C., & Gemmell, N. J. (2017). Strong isolation by distance argues for separate population management of endangered blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos). Conservation Genetics, 18(2), 327-341. doi: 10.1007/s10592-016-0908-4

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Lee, S. L. J., Horsfield, J. A., Black, M. A., Rutherford, K., Fisher, A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2017). Histological and transcriptomic effects of 17α-methyltestosterone on zebrafish gonad development. BMC Genomics, 18, 557. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-3915-z

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Liu, H., Todd, E. V., Lokman, M. P., Lamm, M. S., Godwin, J. R., & Gemmell, N. J. (2017). Sexual plasticity: A fishy tale. Molecular Reproduction & Development, 84(2), 171-194. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22691

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Nyegaard, M., Sawai, E., Gemmell, N., Gillum, J., Loneragan, N. R., Yamanoue, Y., & Stewart, A. L. (2017). Hiding in broad daylight: Molecular and morphological data reveal a new ocean sunfish species (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) that has eluded recognition. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 182(3), 631-658. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx040

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Tourmente, M., Hirose, M., Ibrahim, S., Dowling, D., Tompkins, D. M., Roldan, E. R. S., & Gemmell, N. J. (2017). mtDNA polymorphism and metabolic inhibition affect sperm performance in conplastic mice. Reproduction, 154(4), 341-354. doi: 10.1530/rep-17-0206

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Wolff, J. N., Gemmell, N. J., Tompkins, D. M., & Dowling, D. K. (2017). Introduction of a male-harming mitochondrial haplotype via 'Trojan Females' achieves population suppression in fruit flies. eLIFE, 6, e23551. doi: 10.7554/eLife.23551

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Wu, C., Jordan, M. D., Newcomb, R. D., Gemmell, N. J., Bank, S., Meusemann, K., Dearden, P. K., … Grosser, S., … Buckley, T. R. (2017). Analysis of the genome of the New Zealand giant collembolan (Holacanthella duospinosa) sheds light on hexapod evolution. BMC Genomics, 18, 795. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-4197-1

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Abe, H., & Gemmell, N. J. (2016). Evolutionary footprints of short tandem repeats in avian promoters. Scientific Reports, 6, 19421. doi: 10.1038/srep19421

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Dussex, N., Robertson, B. C., Salis, A. T., Kalinin, A., Best, H., & Gemmell, N. J. (2016). Low spatial genetic differentiation associated with rapid recolonization in the New Zealand fur seal Arctocephalus forsteri. Journal of Heredity, 107(7), 581-592. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esw056

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Flynn, T., Signal, B., Johnson, S. L., & Gemmell, N. J. (2016). Mitochondrial genome diversity among six laboratory zebrafish (Danio rerio) strains. Mitochondrial DNA, 27(6), 4364-4371. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1089536

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Osborne, A. J., Negro, S. S., Chilvers, B. L., Robertson, B. C., Kennedy, M. A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2016). Genetic evidence of a population bottleneck and inbreeding in the endangered New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri. Journal of Heredity, 107(5), 392-402. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esw015

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Rosengrave, P., Montgomerie, R., & Gemmell, N. (2016). Cryptic female choice enhances fertilization success and embryo survival in Chinook salmon. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283(1827), 20160001. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0001

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Salis, A. T., Easton, L. J., Robertson, B. C., Gemmell, N., Smith, I. W. G., Weisler, M. I., Waters, J. M., & Rawlence, N. J. (2016). Myth or relict: Does ancient DNA detect the enigmatic Upland seal? Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 97, 101-106. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.12.012

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Smith, L. M., Parr-Brownlie, L. C., Duncan, E. J., Black, M. A., Gemmell, N. J., Dearden, P. K., & Reynolds, J. N. J. (2016). Striatal mRNA expression patterns underlying peak dose L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in the 6-OHDA hemiparkinsonian rat. Neuroscience, 324, 238-251. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.012

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Todd, E. V., Black, M. A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2016). The power and promise of RNA-seq in ecology and evolution. Molecular Ecology, 25(6), 1224-1241. doi: 10.1111/mec.13526

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Wolff, J. N., Tompkins, D. M., Gemmell, N. J., & Dowling, D. K. (2016). Mitonuclear interactions, mtDNA-mediated thermal plasticity, and implications for the Trojan Female Technique for pest control. Scientific Reports, 6, 30016. doi: 10.1038/srep30016

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Zondag, L. E., Rutherford, K., Gemmell, N. J., & Wilson, M. J. (2016). Uncovering the pathways underlying whole body regeneration in a chordate model, Botrylloides leachi using de novo transcriptome analysis. BMC Genomics, 17, 114. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2435-6

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Carr, L. M., McLenachan, P. A., Waddell, P. J., Gemmell, N. J., & Penny, D. (2015). Analyses of the mitochondrial genome of Leiopelma hochstetteri argues against the full drowning of New Zealand. Journal of Biogeography, 42(6), 1066-1076. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12482

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Dowling, D., Tompkins, D. M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2015). The Trojan Female Technique for pest control: A candidate mitochondrial mutation confers low male fertility across diverse nuclear backgrounds in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolutionary Applications, 8(9), 871-880. doi: 10.1111/eva.12297

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Gemmell, N., & Wolff, J. N. (2015). Mitochondrial replacement therapy: Cautiously replace the master manipulator [Commentary]. BioEssays, 37(6), 584-585. doi: 10.1002/bies.201500008

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Johnson, S. L., Dunleavy, J., Gemmell, N. J., & Nakagawa, S. (2015). Consistent age-dependent declines in human semen quality: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Ageing Research Reviews, 19, 22-33. doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2014.10.007

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Koepfli, K.-P., Paten, B., the Genome 10K Community of Scientists, O'Brien, S. J., also, & Gemmell, N. (2015). The Genome 10K Project: A way forward. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 3, 57-111. doi: 10.1146/annurev-animal-090414-014900

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