Professor Neil Gemmell

2026

Journal - Research Article

Morales, A. E., Liang, Y., Thomas, W. R., Leushkin, E. V., Castellanos, F. X., Larkin, D. M., … Gemmell, N. J., Gillum, J. E., … Pearman, W. S., … Zavodna, M., … Teeling, E. C. (2026). Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography. Nature. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41586-026-11007-3

Bhattarai, U. R., Doherty, J.-F., Poulin, R., Dowle, E., & Gemmell, N. J. (2026). Revealing the genetic mechanisms underpinning the parasite-induced water-seeking behaviour of insects through RNA-seq. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 293(2079), 20261414. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2026.1414

Miller, A. K., Heremia, L., Waller, S. J., Blanchard, S.-L., Taylor, J. T., Treece, J. M., … Gemmell, N. J., … Geoghegan, J. L. (2026). Evaluating sampling strategies for the detection of avian influenza viruses in the environment. Virology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2026.111069

Katuwal, M., Bhattarai, U. R., Phillips, C. B., Gemmell, N. J., & Dowle, E. (2026). Whole genome assembly and annotation of two invasive Sitona species. Journal of Applied Entomology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jen.70100

Moffitt, J., Massué, T., Jeunen, G.-J., Fraser, C., Gemmell, N., Peck, L., & Lamare, M. (2026). Mild in situ warming altered community structure, increased growth, and decreased survival in New Zealand subtidal encrusting ascidian and bryozoan assemblages. Marine Biology, 173, 143. doi: 10.1007/s00227-026-04872-z

Heremia, L., Langsbury, H., Treece, J., Miller, A. K., Waller, S. J., Ussher, J., … Gemmell, N. J., Geoghegan, J. L., & Stanton, J.-A. L. (2026). Rapid GeneXpert surveillance of influenza A virus in seabirds and the environment provides early warning for wildlife health in Aotearoa New Zealand. Virology, 623, 111014. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2026.111014

Jeunen, G.-J., Mills, S., Bailie, M., Mauvisseau, Q., Lamare, M., Mariani, S., Pearman, W., Zavodna, M., Treece, J., Ferreira, S., & Gemmell, N. J. (2026). Recovering historical eDNA from museum-preserved filter feeders via non-destructive metabarcoding. Molecular Ecology Resources, 26, e70132. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.70132

Massué, T., Ferreira, S., Moffitt, J., Gemmell, N. J., & Lamare, M. D. (2026). Exploring the potential of serpulid external tube morphology for rapid grouping assessment in ecological research: A case study from southern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 53, e70021. doi: 10.1002/njz2.70021

Kroos, G. C., Fernandes, K., Seddon, P., Ashcroft, T., Pearman, W. S., & Gemmell, N. J. (2026). Targeted airborne eDNA of an invasive wallaby: Effects of sampler type, distance, and environmental conditions. Environmental DNA, 8(1), e70240. doi: 10.1002/edn3.70240

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Alvarez-Costes, S., Baker, C. S., Constantine, R., Carroll, E. L., Reeves, I. M., Dutoit, L., Ferreira, S., … Gemmell, N. J., Gillum, J., … Rayment, W., … Te Aikā, B., & Alexander, A. (2026, February). From Ice Age to isolation: Historical demography and inbreeding depression in New Zealand's endemic Hector's and Māui dolphins [Invited]. Verbal presentation at the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2025

Journal - Research Article

Dowle, E., Doherty, J.-F., Gillum, J., Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Herbison, R. E. H., Poulin, R., & Gemmell, N. (2025). Genomic insights into kin selection and developmental conflict in co-occurring hairworm parasites. Royal Society Open Science, 12(12), 251698. doi: 10.1098/rsos.251698

Worp, N., Nieuwenhuijse, D. F., Izquierdo-Lara, R. W., Schapendonk, C., Brinch, C. M. E., Jensen, E. E. B., … Global Sewage Surveillance Consortium, including Jeunen, G.-J., Gemmell, N., & Chambers, S. T. (2025). Unveiling the global urban virome through wastewater metagenomics. Nature Communications, 16, 10707. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65208-x

Quertermous, H. M., Kamstra, K., van der Burg, C. A., Muncaster, S. A., Todd, E., Jasoni, C. L., … Gemmell, N. (2025). Behavioural and neural correlates of social hierarchy formation in a sex-changing fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 292(2046), 20242097. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.2097

Durán-Vinet, B., Stanton, J.-A. L., Jeunen, G.-J., von Ammon, U., Treece, J., Pochon, X., … Gemmell, N. J. (2025). CRISPR-based environmental biosurveillance assisted via artificial intelligence design of guide-RNAs. Environmental DNA, 7, e70105. doi: 10.1002/edn3.70105

Steibl, S., Wilkinson, S. P., Will, D. J., Gemmell, N. J., & Russell, J. C. (2025). Environmental DNA for invasive rat surveillance and biosecurity on islands. Conservation Science & Practice, e70044. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/csp2.70044

Alvarez-Costes, S., Baker, C. S., Constantine, R., Carroll, E. L., Guhlin, J., Dutoit, L., Ferreira, S., … Gemmell, N. J., Gillum, J., … Rayment, W., … Te Aikā, B., Urban, L., & Alexander, A. (2025). Leveraging synteny to generate reference genomes for conservation: Assembling the genomes of Hector's and Māui dolphins. Molecular Ecology Resources, e14109. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.14109

von Ammon, U., Jeunen, G.-J., Laroche, O., Pochon, X., Gemmell, N. J., Stanton, J.-A. L., & Zaiko, A. (2025). Investigating passive eDNA samplers and submergence times for marine surveillance. PeerJ, 13, e19043. doi: 10.7717/peerj.19043

Scriver, M., Zaiko, A., Pochon, X., Stanton, J.-A. L., Belonovich, O., Jeunen, G.-J., … Gemmell, N. J., & von Ammon, U. (2025). Biodiversity monitoring in remote marine environments: Advancing environmental DNA/RNA sampling workflows. Marine Environmental Research, 206, 107041. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107041

Piaggio, A. J., Robinson, S. J., Shiels, A. B., Taylor, D. R., Spock, D. R., Allira, M., … Gemmell, N. J. (2025). Evaluation of environmental DNA as a surveillance tool for invasive house mice (Mus musculus). Environmental DNA, 7, e70069. doi: 10.1002/edn3.70069

Sampson, J. M., Morrissey, K. A., Mikolajova, K. J., Zimmerly, K. M., Gemmell, N. J., Gardner, M. G., … Miller, R. D. (2025). Squamate reptiles may have compensated for the lack of γδTCR with a duplication of the TRB locus. Frontiers in Immunology, 15, 1524471. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1524471

Miller, A. K., Brosnahan, C. L., Pande, A., Baker, C. F., Geoghegan, J. L., Kitson, J., Gemmell, N. J., & Dowle, E. J. (2025). Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples help to investigate transcriptomic responses in wildlife disease. Molecular Ecology Resources, 25, e13805. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13805

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. (2025). The mycobiota of faeces from the critically endangered kākāpō and associated nest litter. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 52(2), 171-192. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2023.2170428

Journal - Research Other

Durán-Vinet, B., Stanton, J.-A. L., Jeunen, G.-J., Pochon, X., Zaiko, A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2025). CRISPR as a next-generation environmental biosurveillance tool for air, land, and water. Trends in Biotechnology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2025.11.014

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Riordan, B., Dutoit, L., King, T., Beheregaray, L., Gemmell, N., Hickey, A., & Johnson, S. (2025). Thermal resilience in the endemic triplefins of New Zealand. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

2024

Chapter in Book - Research

Kamstra, K., van der Burg, C., Quertermous, H. M., Muncaster, S., Todd, E. V., Jasoni, C. L., … Gemmell, N. J. (2024). Neuroendocrine regulation in sex-changing teleost fishes. In D. O. Norris & K. H. Lopez (Eds.), Hormones and reproduction of vertebrates (Vol. 1). (2nd ed.) (pp. 195-219). London, UK: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-443-16009-7.00013-X

Journal - Research Article

Pearman, W. S., Duffy, G. A., Smith, R. O., Currie, K. I., Gemmell, N. J., Morales, S. E., & Fraser, C. I. (2024). Host dispersal relaxes selective pressures in rafting microbiomes and triggers successional changes. Nature Communications, 15, 10759. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54954-z

Scriver, M., von Ammon, U., Pochon, X., Zirngibl, M., Audrezet, F., Leonard, K., … Stanton, J.-A. L., Gemmell, N. J., & Zaiko, A. (2024). Ebbs and flows of marine biodiversity: Navigating spatiotemporal patterns of environmental DNA in a coastal tidal ecosystem. Environmental DNA, 6, e70039. doi: 10.1002/edn3.70039

Jeunen, G.-J., Mills, S., Lamare, M., Duffy, G. A., Knapp, M., Stanton, J.-A. L., … Treece, J., Ferreira, S., Durán-Vinet, B., Zavodna, M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2024). Unlocking Antarctic molecular time-capsules: Recovering historical environmental DNA from museum-preserved sponges. Molecular Ecology Resources, 24, e14001. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.14001

Jeunen, G.-J., Mills, S., Mariani, S., Treece, J., Ferreira, S., Stanton, J.-A. L., Durán-Vinet, B., Duffy, G. A., Gemmell, N. J., & Lamare, M. (2024). Streamlining large-scale oceanic biomonitoring using passive eDNA samplers integrated into vessel's continuous pump underway seawater systems. Science of the Total Environment, 946, 174354. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174354

Pearman, W. S., Duffy, G. A., Gemmell, N. J., Morales, S. E., & Fraser, C. I. (2024). Long-distance movement dynamics shape host microbiome richness and turnover. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 100, fiae089. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiae089

Scriver, M., von Ammon, U., Pochon, X., Arranz, V., Stanton, J.-A. L., Gemmell, N. J., & Zaiko, A. (2024). Environmental DNA–RNA dynamics provide insights for effective monitoring of marine invasive species. Environmental DNA, 6, e531. doi: 10.1002/edn3.531

Pearman, W. S., Morales, S. E., Vaux, F., Gemmell, N. J., & Fraser, C. I. (2024). Host population crashes disrupt the diversity of associated marine microbiomes. Environmental Microbiology, 26, e16611. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16611

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, 12, e16969. 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, 14(4), jkae023. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae023

Clark, A. C., Edison, R., Esvelt, K., Kamau, S., Dutoit, L., Champer, J., … Alexander, A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2024). A framework for identifying fertility gene targets for mammalian pest control. Molecular Ecology Resources, 24(2), e13901. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13901

Jeunen, G.-J., Lamare, M., Devine, J., Mariani, S., Mills, S., Treece, J., Ferreira, S., & Gemmell, N. J. (2024). Characterizing Antarctic fish assemblages using eDNA obtained from marine sponge bycatch specimens. Reviews in Fish Biology & Fisheries, 34, 221-238. doi: 10.1007/s11160-023-09805-3

Pearman, W. S., Duffy, G. A., Liu, X. P., Gemmell, N. J., Morales, S. E., & Fraser, C. I. (2024). Macroalgal microbiome biogeography is shaped by environmental drivers rather than geographic distance. Annals of Botany, 133, 169-181. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcad151

Kamstra, K., van der Burg, C., Quertermous, H. M., Muncaster, S., Todd, E. V., Jasoni, C. L., … Gemmell, N. J. (2024). Neuroanatomy of a sex changing fish: The New Zealand spotty wrasse (Notolabrus celidotus) brain atlas. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 51(2), 228-239. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2023.2216939

Journal - Research Other

Piaggio, A. J., Gierus, L., Taylor, D. R., Holmes, N. D., Will, D. J., Gemmell, N. J., & Thomas, P. Q. (2024). Building an eDNA surveillance toolkit for invasive rodents on islands: Can we detect wild-type and gene drive Mus musculus? BMC Biology, 22, 261. doi: 10.1186/s12915-024-02063-0

Pearman, W. S., Arranz, V., Carvajal, J. I., Whibley, A., Liau, Y., Johnson, K., … Treece, J. M., Gemmell, N. J., … Fraser, C. I., … Green, N. J. (2024). A cry for kelp: Evidence for polyphenolic inhibition of Oxford Nanopore sequencing of brown algae. Journal of Phycology, 60, 1601-1610. doi: 10.1111/jpy.13513

Urban, L., Santure, A. W., Uddstrom, L., Digby, A., Vercoe, D., Eason, D., … Kākāpō Recovery Team, including Thompson, T., Weinzweig, N., Whittaker, M., and also Wylie, M. J., … Le Lec, M. F., Guhlin, J., … Alexander, A., Fuentes-Cross, P., Dearden, P. K., Gemmell, N. J., Azeem, F., Weyland, M., Schwefel, H. G. L., … Morales, H. E. (2024). The genetic basis of the kākāpō structural color polymorphism suggests balancing selection by an extinct apex predator. PLoS Biology, 22(9), e3002755. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002755

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Doherty, J.-F., Liu, B., Hanelt, B., Dowle, E. J., Gemmell, N. J., Poulin, R., … Matthews, B. J. (2024). Exploring the sensory landscape of hairworm-infected crickets. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Societies for Parasitology and the 7th International Conference on Anaerobic Protists: Parasites in the Pacific. (pp. 75). Retrieved from https://www.parasite.org.au/aspconference/

2023

Journal - Research Article

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, 5, 1780-1792. doi: 10.1002/edn3.500

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

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, 7, 1693-1705. doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02165-y

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

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

Bagshaw, A. T. M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2023). Bisulfite probing reveals DNA structural intricacies. Nucleic Acids Research, 51(7), 3261-3269. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad115

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, 80, 953-971. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsad017

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

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

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

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, 23, 771-786. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13754

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, 33, 281-294. doi: 10.1007/s11160-022-09755-2

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

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

Journal - Research Other

Durán-Vinet, B., Araya-Castro, K., Zaiko, A., Pochon, X., Wood, S. A., Stanton, J.-A. L., Jeunen, G.-J., … Kardailsky, A., … Gemmell, N. J. (2023). CRISPR-Cas-based biomonitoring for marine environments: Toward CRISPR RNA design optimization via deep learning. CRISPR Journal, 6(4), 316-324. doi: 10.1089/crispr.2023.0019

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Miller, A., Baker, C., Brosnahan, C., Dowle, E., Gemmell, N., Geoghegan, J., … Pande, A. (2023). Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples help to investigate potential wildlife disease. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium & Workshops. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

Hawkes, M. K. N., Dearden, P. K., Gemmell, N. J., & Kenny, N. J. (2023). Evaluating the impacts of climate change at a cellular resolution through comparative single cell sequencing of kuku (green-lipped mussels). Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium & Workshops. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

Durán-Vinet, B., Jeunen, G.-J., Stanton, J.-A. L., Zaiko, A., Pochon, X., & Gemmell, N. (2023). CORSAIR-Dx: A CRISPR-Cas13a-based approach for environmental DNA biomonitoring of invasive species from water. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium & Workshops. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

Moffitt, J., Fraser, C., Gemmell, N., Peck, L., Ashton, G., & Lamare, M. (2023). A snapshot into future warming: Insights from an in situ experiment. Proceedings of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (NZMSS) Annual Meeting. (pp. 122). [Abstract]

Kardailsky, A., Dowle, E., Matthaei, C., Gemmell, N., & Jeunen, G.-J. (2023). Biomonitoring of freshwater streams using bulk eDNA and CRISPR-Cas enrichment. Proceedings of the 1st Australian & New Zealand Environmental DNA (eDNA) Conference: Innovation & Application. Retrieved from https://ednaconference.com.au

Jeunen, G.-J., Cane, J., Lamare, M., & Gemmell, N. (2023). Biodiversity monitoring through environmental DNA obtained from filter-feeding organisms. Proceedings of the 1st Australian & New Zealand Environmental DNA (eDNA) Conference: Innovation & Application. Retrieved from https://ednaconference.com.au

Edgecombe, J., Keeler-May, G., Zaiko, A., Pochon, X., Stanton, J.-A. L., Treece, J., Rand, C., Jeunen, G.-J., Hepburn, C., & Gemmell, N. (2023). A targeted eDNA approach to detect and quantify Undaria pinnatifida. Proceedings of the 1st Australian & New Zealand Environmental DNA (eDNA) Conference: Innovation & Application. Retrieved from https://ednaconference.com.au

Moffitt, J., Jeunen, G.-J., Ferreira, S., Gemmell, N., Fraser, C., Barnes, D., … Lamare, M. (2023). A snapshot into future warming: In situ warming drives big changes in Benthic communities. Proceedings of the 1st Australian & New Zealand Environmental DNA (eDNA) Conference: Innovation & Application. Retrieved from https://ednaconference.com.au

Adams, C., Hepburn, C., Cross, H., Taylor, H., Gemmell, N., Bunce, M., Jeunen, G.-J., & Knapp, M. (2023). Environmental DNA reflects common genetic variation. Proceedings of the 1st Australian & New Zealand Environmental DNA (eDNA) Conference: Innovation & Application. Retrieved from https://ednaconference.com.au

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Kroos, G. C., Fernandes, K., Ashcroft, T., & Gemmell, N. (2023, August-September). Surveillance of wallaby pest species in New Zealand using environmental DNA. Poster session presented at the He taonga tuku iho: Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Bioprotection Aotearoa Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Clark, A. C., Messer, P. W., Alexander, A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2023, August-September). Exploring outcomes of genetic pest control in multi-species models. Verbal presentation at the He taonga tuku iho: Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Bioprotection Aotearoa Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Alvarez-Costes, S., Baker, C. S., Constantine, R., Carroll, E., Dutoit, L., Ferreira, S., … Gemmell, N., Gillum, J., … Rayment, W., … Urban, L., & Alexander, A. (2023, August). Reference genomes, genome-wide heterozygosity, and historical demography of Hector's (Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori) and Māui (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) dolphins. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Genomics Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2022

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Journal - Research Other

Cheng, H., Jarvis, E. D., Fedrigo, O., Koepfli, K.-P., Urban, L., Gemmell, N. J., & Li, H. (2022). Haplotype-resolved assembly of diploid genomes without parental data. Nature Biotechnology, 40, 1332-1335. doi: 10.1038/s41587-022-01261-x

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Edgecombe, J., Zaiko, A., Pochon, X., Stanton, J.-A. L., Jeunen, G.-J., & Gemmell, N. (2022). Point-of-need molecular detection techniques and engagement in citizen-based surveillance. In A. Finigan, R. Richards & P. Vakaoti (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XIX. (pp. 11). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/16237

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Miller, A. K., Baker, C., Kitson, J., Gillum, J., Sharif, S., Clarke, … Gemmell, N. J., & Alexander, A. (2022, August-September). Population genomics of New Zealand pouched lamprey (kanakana: Geotria australis). Poster session presented at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Kardailsky, A., Jeunen, G. J., Matthaei, C. D., Gemmell, N., & Dowel, E. (2022, August-September). Improving abundance estimates in metabarcoding analyses through CRISPR-Cas enrichment. Poster session presented at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Vallender, M., Dodds, K., Symonds, J. E., Gabrielson, R., Alexander, A., Walker, S. P., Gemmell, N. J., & Clarke, S. (2022, August). A big data, population genetics approach of low depth genotype-by-sequencing (GBS) to inform stock management of wild Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Verbal presentation at the Applied Genetics/Genomics in Breeding Technologies Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Pearman, W. S., Morales, S. E., Gemmell, N. J., & Fraser, C. I. (2022, August-September). Host density drives microbiome diversity patterns in southern bull kelp. Verbal presentation at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Bond, D. M., Ortega-Recalde, O. J., Laird, M. K., Richardson, K. S., Reese, F. C. B., Alexander, A. M., … Gemmell, N. J., & Hore, T. A. (2022, August-September). Long read sequencing and understanding the genome and biology of the New Zealand Brushtail Possum. Verbal presentation at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Jeunen, G.-J., von Ammon, U., Cross, H., Ferreira, S., Lamare, M., Day, R., Treece, J., … Gemmell, N. J., & Stanton, J.-A. L. (2022, August-September). Moving environmental DNA (eDNA) technologies from benchtop to the field using passive sampling and PDQeX extraction. Verbal presentation at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Jeunen, G.-J., Cane, J., Lamare, M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2022, August-September). Squeezing out ecological insights from contemporary and historic sponge borne eDNA. Verbal presentation at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Gemmell, N. J. (2022, August-September). Global surveillance using environmental DNA. Verbal presentation at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Martini, D., Dussex, N., Robertson, B. C., Gemmell, N. J., & Knapp, M. (2022, August-September). Is the kea really an alpine parrot? A genomic investigation into the fate of the kea in a warming world. Verbal presentation at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

2021

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Journal - Research Other

Edgecombe, J., Urban, L., Todd, E. V., & Gemmell, N. J. (2021). Might gene duplication and neofunctionalization contribute to the sexual lability observed in fish? Sexual Development, 15, 122-133. doi: 10.1159/000515425

Gemmell, N. J. (2021). Repetitive DNA: Genomic dark matter matters. Nature Reviews Genetics, 22, 342. doi: 10.1038/s41576-021-00354-8

Lamar, S. K., Gemmell, N. J., & Nelson, N. J. (2021). Genome sequencing of an archaic reptile both answers and asks questions. Zoology, 144, 125862. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2020.125862

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Gemmell, N. J. (2021). Some things fishy: Insights for reproductive biologists from fish [SRB Founders' Lecture]. Proceedings of the ESA, SRB and ANZBMS Annual Scientific Meeting. 21. Retrieved from https://www.anzbms.org.au/

Miller, A. K., Baker, C., Kitson, J., Gillum, J., Sharif, S., Clarke, S., Gemmell, N. J., & Alexander, A. (2021). Getting to know your shy neighbour: Population genomics of kanakana/piharau. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

Bond, D. M., Ortega-Recalde, O. J., Laird, M. K., Richardson, K. S., Reese, F. C. B., Alexander, A. M., Adams, A. L., van Heezik, Y., Robertson, B. C., The Vertebrate Genomes Project, Gemmell, N. J., & Hore, T. A. (2021). Sequencing the genome of the New Zealand brushtail possum: A platform for biological discovery and pest control. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

Katuwal Bhattarai, M., Gemmell, N., Dowle, E., & Phillips, C. (2021). Diving deeper: Comparing genomes and microbiomes across three pest weevils. Proceedings of the University of Otago Student Research Symposium: Te Wānaka Rakahau: Ākoka. (pp. 38). [Abstract]

Olmedo-Rojas, P., Jeunen, G.-J., McGaughran, A., Terauds, A., Lamare, M., Gemmell, N., & Fraser, C. (2021). Environmental drivers of diversity in Antarctic terrestrial plants and animals: Using genomic approaches to discover broad-scale patterns. Proceedings of the New Zealand Antarctic Science Conference: Connecting through change. (pp. 134-135). Retrieved from https://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/nzasc21

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Vallender, M., Dodds, K., Alexander, A., Gabriellsson, R., Symonds, J., Clarke, S., & Gemmell, N. (2021, February). Demographic inference for wild New Zealand chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) populations using genotype-free estimation of allele frequency spectra. Verbal presentation at the Quantitative Genetics Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Gemmell, N. (2021, February). Quantitative genetics in conservation: A search for understanding and application. Verbal presentation at the Quantitative Genetics Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2020

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Journal - Research Other

Gemmell, N. J., & Tollis, M. (2020). Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara) [Genome of the month]. Trends in Genetics, 36(12), 998-999. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2020.09.019

Price, T. A. R., Windbichler, N., Unckless, R. L., Sutter, A., Runge, J.-N., Ross, P. A., … Gemmell, N., … Lindholm, A. K. (2020). Resistance to natural and synthetic gene drive systems. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33, 1345-1360. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13693

Teem, J. L., Alphey, L., Descamps, S., Edgington, M. P., Edwards, O., Gemmell, N., … Roberts, A. (2020). Genetic biocontrol for invasive species. Frontiers in Bioengineering & Biotechnology, 8, 452. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00452

Kutschera, V. E., Poelstra, J. W., Botero-Castro, F., Dussex, N., Gemmell, N., Hunt, G. R., … Wolf, J. B. W. (2020). Purifying selection in corvids is less efficient on islands. Molecular Biology & Evolution, 37(2), 469-474. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz233

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ortega-Recalde, O., Moser, T., Todd, E. V., Gemmell, N. J., & Hore, T. A. (2020). Understanding epigenetic memory in the germline: Implications for sex determination and sex change in fish [Invited]. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Epigenetics User Group (EUG) Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go/2020-3/

Martini, D., Robertson, B., Gemmell, N., & Knapp, M. (2020). Evolution of the world's only alpine parrot: Genomic adaption or phenotypic plasticity, behaviour and ecology [Invited]. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Zoom Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go/2020-3/

Olmedo-Rojas, P., Jeunen, G.-J., McGaughran, A., Terauds, A., Lamare, M., & Gemmell, N. (2020). Environmental drivers of diversity in Antarctic terrestrial plants and animals: Using genomic approaches to discover broad-scale patterns. Proceedings of the XXXVI Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) 9th Open Science Conference: Antarctic Science: Global Connections. 398. Retrieved from https://www.scar2020.org

Ragsdale, A. K., Dutoit, L., Besson, A. A., King, T., Gemmell, N. J., Hore, T., & Johnson, S. L. (2020). Paternal hypoxia exposure primes offspring for increased hypoxia resistance. Integrative & Comparative Biology, 60(Suppl. 1), (pp. E192). doi: 10.1093/icb/icaa006

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Gemmell, N. (2020, September). The tuatara genome: New insights into a venerable survivor. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, [Online].

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Jeunen, G.-J., Urban, L., Lewis, R., Knapp, M., Lamare, M., Rayment, W., Dawson, S., & Gemmell, N. (2020). Marine environmental DNA (eDNA) for biodiversity assessments: A one-to-one comparison between eDNA and baited remote underwater video (BRUV) surveys. Authorea. doi: 10.22541/au.160278512.26241559/v1

2019

Chapter in Book - Research

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

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Journal - Research Other

Al-Jiab, R. A., Gillum, J., Alexander, A., Tompkins, D. M., Phillips, C. B., Dearden, P. K., & Gemmell, N. J. (2019). The complete mitogenome sequence of the agricultural pest, clover root weevil: The key to its own demise? [Mitogenome announcement]. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4(1), 878-879. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1561218

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lee, S., Gemmell, N., & Horsfield, J. (2019). Characterisation of zebrafish meiotic cohesin subunits and their roles in gametogenesis and fertility. Proceedings of the 16th Asian Conference on Transcription. (pp. 75). Retrieved from https://act2019.p.events4you.currinda.com/days/2019-12-02

Osborne, A., Pearson, J., Noble, A., Gemmell, N., Horwood, J., Boden, J., Hore, T., … Kennedy, M. (2019). Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis in the Christchurch Health and Development Study reveals potential for epigenetic effects of cannabis use on pathways involved neurodevelopment and neuronal signalling. Proceedings of the 16th Asian Conference on Transcription. (pp. 55). Retrieved from https://act2019.p.events4you.currinda.com/days/2019-12-02

Ragsdale, A., Dutoit, L., Besson, A., King, T., Gemmell, N., Hore, T., & Johnson, S. (2019). Paternal hypoxia exposure primes offspring for increased hypoxia resistance. Proceedings of the 16th Asian Conference on Transcription. (pp. 48-49). Retrieved from http://act2019.p.events4you.currinda.com/days/2019-12-02/

Lipinskaya, T., Jeunen, G.-J., Gajduchenko, H., Golovenchik, V., Semenchenko, V., & Gemmell, N. (2019). Environmental DNA metabarcoding enables early detection of non-indigenous aquatic invertebrates and fish in Belarussian rivers. Genome, 62(6), (pp. 399-400). doi: 10.1139/gen-2019-0083

Ashby, R. L., Hess, A., Baird, H., Brauning, R., Dodds, K., King, N., … Gemmell, N., & Clarke, S. (2019). From discovery to application: Implementing genotyping-by-sequencing for genomic breeding of New Zealand Greenshell^TM Mussel. Proceedings of the MapNet Meeting. (pp. 12). Retrieved from http://mapnet2019.nz/

Ragsdale, A., Dutoit, L., Chia, J., Gemmell, N., & Johnson, S. (2019). It's in your head: How echoes of the past shape future progeny. Proceedings of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) Conference. Retrieved from https://event.crowdcompass.com/gsa2019

Dowle, E., Day, R., Bhattarai, U., Poulin, R., Doherty, J., & Gemmell, N. (2019). Genomic hijacking: How parasitic worms manipulate their hosts. Proceedings of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) Conference. Retrieved from https://event.crowdcompass.com/gsa2019

Gemmell, N. J. (2019). Genetic tools for pest eradication: Going forward, looking back. Proceedings of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) Conference. Retrieved from https://event.crowdcompass.com/gsa2019

Olmedo Rojas, P., Lamare, M., Gemmell, N., & Fraser, C. (2019). Environmental drivers of diversity in Antarctic terrestrial plants and animals. Proceedings of the New Zealand Antarctic Science Conference: Our future in focus. (pp. 71). New Zealand Antarctic Research Institute. Retrieved from https://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/science/new-zealand-antarctic-science-conference-2019

Osborne, A., Pearson, J., Gemmell, N., Boden, J., Horwood, J., & Kennedy, M. (2019). Methylome impacts of cannabis use in the Christchurch Health and Development Study. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 29(Suppl. 3), (pp. S851). doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.08.125

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Alexander, A., Constantine, R., Roe, W., Baker, C. S., Heimeier, D., Hamner, R. M., … Jeunen, G.-J., & Gemmell, N. (2019, August-September). Hologenomics for conservation: A first test of utility using New Zealand's endemic Māui and Hector's dolphins. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Osborne, A. J., Pearson, J. F., Noble, A. J., Gemmell, N. J., Horwood, L. J., Boden, J. M., … Kennedy, M. A. (2019). Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of heavy cannabis exposure in a New Zealand longitudinal cohort. bioRxiv. Retrieved from https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/829598v2.supplementary-material

Penman, D., Scott, B., Allison, J., Buckley, T., Dearden, P., Drummond, A., … Henaghan, M., … Matisoo-Smith, L., … Robertson, S., Wilcox, P., Everett-Hincks, J., King, M., … Fineran, P., Gemmell, N., … Scott, M. (2019). Gene editing: Scenarios in pest control. Wellington, New Zealand: Royal Society Te Apārangi. [Technical/Scientific Report].

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 Preprints. doi: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.27461v1

2018

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

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Journal - Research Other

Gemmell, N. (2018). Monster hunt: Using environmental DNA to survey life in Loch Ness. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/monster-hunt-using-environmental-dna-to-survey-life-in-loch-ness-98721

Dearden, P. K., Gemmell, N. J., Mercier, O. R., Lester, P. J., Scott, M. J., Newcomb, R. D., … Penman, D. R. (2018). The potential for the use of gene drives for pest control in New Zealand: A perspective. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 48(4), 225-244. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2017.1385030

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Martini, D., Gemmell, N., Robertson, B., & Knapp, M. (2018). From genotyping-by-sequencing to aDNA, a peek into the past and future of the New Zealand Kaka. Proceedings of the Society for Conservation Biology 5th Oceania Congress: Conservation in a Changing World. (pp. 146). Retrieved from http://wellington2018.scboceania.org

Taylor, H. R., & Gemmell, N. J. (2018). Are translocated males firing blanks? Sperm biology, genetics and translocation management in threatened birds. Proceedings of the Society for Conservation Biology 5th Oceania Congress: Conservation in a Changing World. (pp. 141). Retrieved from http://wellington2018.scboceania.org

Al-Jiab, R., Gemmell, N., Dearden, P., & Tompkins, D. (2018). The "Trojan Female Technique": A novel pest control method, combined with CRISPR/Cas9 to tackle current control limitations. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the 6th Asia-Pacific Chromosome Colloquium. GSA2018_APCC61025. Retrieved from https://gsa2018.dryfta.com/en

Gemmell, N. (2018). Mitochondrial DNA, mother’s curse and me. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the 6th Asia-Pacific Chromosome Colloquium. GSA2018_APCC6261012. Retrieved from https://gsa2018.dryfta.com/en

Todd, E., Hore, T., Liu, H., Lamm, M., Ortega Recalde, O., Godwin, J., & Gemmell, N. (2018). Sex reversal in labrid fishes involves novel sex genes and developmental regression through a pluripotent-like state. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the 6th Asia-Pacific Chromosome Colloquium. GSA2018_APCC66132. Retrieved from https://gsa2018.dryfta.com/en

Martini, D., Gemmell, N., Robertson, B., & Knapp, M. (2018). A peek into the past and future of the New Zealand Kaka. Proceedings of the Birds New Zealand Conference. (pp. 22). Retrieved from https://www.osnz.org.nz/

Taylor, H. R., & Gemmell, N. J. (2018). Are translocated males firing blanks? Sperm biology, genetics and translocation management in threatened birds. Proceedings of the Birds New Zealand Conference. (pp. 9). Retrieved from https://www.osnz.org.nz/

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Dowle, E., Poulin, R., Day, R., & Gemmell, N. (2018, August). Genomic hijacking: How parasitic worms manipulate their hosts. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Laird, M. K., Gemmell, N. J., & Hore, T. A. (2018, August). Possums and primordial germ cells: A novel method of pest control. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Gemmell, N. J. (2018, August). Genetic tools for pest eradication: Opportunities and challenges. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Gemmell, N. J. (2018, August). Environmental DNA for biodiversity, biosecurity and monster hunting. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Todd, E. V., Hore, T. A., Liu, H., Lamm, M. S., Ortega-Recalde, O., Godwin, J., & Gemmell, N. J. (2018, April). Sex switching in labrid fishes involves stress, novel sex genes and developmental regression through a pluripotent-like state. Verbal presentation at the 8th International Symposium on Vertebrate Sex Determination, Kona, Hawaii.

2017

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Journal - Research Other

Esvelt, K. M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2017). Conservation demands safe gene drive. PLoS Biology, 15(11), e2003850. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2003850

Gemmell, N. (2017). The curse of the Filles du Roy. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1, 1228-1229. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0300-x

Goikoetxea, A., Todd, E. V., & Gemmell, N. J. (2017). Stress and sex: Does cortisol mediate sex change in fish? Reproduction, 154(6), R149-R160. doi: 10.1530/rep-17-0408

Gemmell, N. J., & Tompkins, D. M. (2017). Gene drives and rodent control: Response to Piaggio et al.. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 32(5), 314-315. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.03.005

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Blanchoud, S., Zondag, L., Rutherford, K., Gemmell, N., & Wilson, M. (2017). Establishing and invertebrate chordate model to study whole body regeneration. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 526. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Thomas, J. T., Todd, E. V., Liu, H., Gléonnec, F., Lamm, M. S., Rutherford, K., … Lokman, P. M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2017). Investigating early genetic regulators of sex change in labrid fish: A multispecies candidate gene approach. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 533. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Salis, A. T., Easton, L. J., Robertson, B. C., Gemmell, N., Smith, I. W., Weisler, M. I., Waters, J., & Rawlence, N. J. (2017). Myth or relict: Does ancient DNA detect the enigmatic Upland seal? Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 565. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Osborne, A., Pearson, J., Hore, T., Horwood, J., Macartney-Coxson, D., Gemmell, N., & Kennedy, M. (2017). Identifying methylome changes in response to heavy, long-term cannabis use, in a large longitudinal cohort. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 519. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Ortega-Recalde, O., Gemmell, N., & Hore, T. (2017). Germline memory: Understanding epigenetic reprogramming in vertebrates. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 684. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Liu, H., Lamm, M. S., Rutherford, K., Todd, E. V., Black, M. A., Godwin, J. R., & Gemmell, N. J. (2017). New insights into sexual plasticity in fish using RNA-Seq. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 551. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Todd, E., Liu, H., Slane-Lamm, M., Goodwin, J., & Gemmell, N. (2017). The genomic basis of sex change in fish [Invited]. Proceedings of the Evolution of Complex Traits Symposium at the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting. OW-EC4. Retrieved from https://istina.msu.ru/download/91847101/1eRf4X:E--RR90GG5vhWeNtKbBYAZtz2kw/

Goikoetxea-Pérez de Mendiola, A., Todd, E., Muncaster, S., Lokman, M., Thomas, J., Liu, H., & Gemmell, N. (2017). Sex and stress: Is cortisol a mediator of sex change in fish? Proceedings of the University of Otago Student Research Symposium: Te Wānaka Rakahau: Ākoka. (pp. 29-30). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/graduate-research/scholarships/otago643219.html

Al-Jiab, R., & Gemmell, N. (2017). Genetic engineering for pest control: Pros, cons and ethical dilemmas. Proceedings of the University of Otago Student Research Symposium: Te Wānaka Rakahau: Ākoka. (pp. 1-2). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/graduate-research/scholarships/otago643219.html

Lester, P., Gemmell, N., Tompkins, D., Jalilzadeh, A., & Dearden, P. (2017). Using population genetics and genomics as next-generation approaches for the control of invasive insects: Social wasps as a case study. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 670. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Jeunen, G.-J., Spencer, H., Lamare, M., Knapp, M., & Gemmell, N. (2017). Environmental DNA monitoring detects habitat-specific species assemblages in the marine ecosystem. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 678. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Goikoetxea Perez de Mendiola, A., Todd, E. V., Muncaster, S., Lokman, M., Thomas, J. T., Liu, H., & Gemmell, N. J. (2017). Sex and stress: Is cortisol a mediator of sex change in fish? Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 532. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Gemmell, N. (2017). The tuatara genome: Insights from the sole survivor of an ancient reptilian order. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 649. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Ashby, R., Baird, H., Brauning, R., McCulloch, A., Brown, C., Clarke, S., & Gemmell, N. (2017). Genetic hitchhikers: What species are hiding in your sequence data? Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 711. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Thomas, J. T., Todd, E. V., Liu, H., Lamm, M. S., Rutherford, K., Godwin, J. R., Lokman, P. M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2017). Investigating early genetic regulators of sex change in labrid fish. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1461), (pp. 88). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Osborne, A. J., Pearson, J. F., Horwood, J., Hore, T., Macartney-Coxson, D., Gemmell, N. J., & Kennedy, M. A. (2017, September). Cannabis use and epigenetics: EPIC insights into the human methylome. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2016

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Journal - Research Other

Todd, E. V., Liu, H., Muncaster, S., & Gemmell, N. J. (2016). Bending genders: The biology of natural sex change in fish. Sexual Development, 10(5-6), 223-241. doi: 10.1159/000449297

Taylor, H. R., & Gemmell, N. J. (2016). Emerging technologies to conserve biodiversity: Further opportunities via genomics. Response to Pimm et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 31(3), 171-172. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.01.002

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Muncaster, S., Todd, E., Lokman, M., & Gemmell, N. (2016). Gonadal sex change in the protogynous temperate spotty wrasse, Notolabrus celidotus. Proceedings of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (NZMSS) and Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) Conference: Sharing Ocean Resources: Now and in the Future. (pp. 97). Retrieved from https://innovators.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/nzmss-amsa-2016/home/Agenda

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Todd, E. V., Liu, H., Lamm, M. S., Rutherford, K., Black, M. A., Godwin, J. R., & Gemmell, N. J. (2016, November). Genomic basis of sex change in fish. Verbal presentation at the 5th Australian Sex Summit, Lancefield, Australia.

Todd, E. V., Liu, H., Lamm, M. S., Godwin, J., & Gemmell, N. (2016, July). Whole-transcriptome profiling in a model sex-changing fish identifies genes that maintain flexible sexual phenotypes. Verbal presentation at the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting, Gold Coast, Australia.

Ashby, R., Baird, H., Brauning, R., van Stijn, T., Anderson, R., Dodds, K., Rutherford, K., Brown, C., … Gemmell, N., & Clarke, S. (2016, August-September). Making a splash: Using genomics to aid the New Zealand aquaculture industry. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Nelson, New Zealand.

Todd, E. V., Liu, H., Slane-Lamm, M., Godwin, J., & Gemmell, N. J. (2016, August-September). Whole-transcriptome profiling of flexible sexual phenotypes in a model sex-changing fish, the bluehead wrasse. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Nelson, New Zealand.

Taylor, H. R., Briskie, J. V., Rutherford, K. M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2016, August-September). Assembling the South Island robin genome to understand inbreeding depression: The pitfalls of de novo assembly faced by ecological geneticists. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Nelson, New Zealand.

Gemmell, N. J., Todd, E. V., Liu, H., Lee, S., Lamm, M. S., Rutherford, K., Horsfield, J. A., Black, M. A., & Godwin, J. R. (2016, August-September). Fishing for answers with RNA-seq. Keynote presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Nelson, New Zealand.

Bartlett, M. J., Grassl, J., Baer, B., Steeves, T. E., Gemmell, N. J., Montgomerie, R., & Rosengrave, P. (2016, August-September). Rapid adjustment of ejaculate quality in response to sperm competition risk. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Nelson, New Zealand.

Todd, E. V., Liu, H., Slane-Lamm, M., Godwin, J., & Gemmell, N. J. (2016, August-September). Whole-transcriptome profiling of flexible sexual phenotypes in a model sex-changing fish, the bluehead wrasse [Illumina™ Emerging Researcher Award]. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Nelson, New Zealand.

2015

Journal - Research Article

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

Liu, H., Lamm, M. S., Rutherford, K., Black, M. A., Godwin, J. R., & Gemmell, N. J. (2015). Large-scale transcriptome sequencing reveals novel expression patterns for key sex-related genes in a sex-changing fish. Biology of Sex Differences, 6, 26. doi: 10.1186/s13293-015-0044-8

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

Will, M., McCowan, T., & Gemmell, N. J. (2015). Broad-scale genetic patterns of New Zealand abalone, Haliotis iris, across a distribution spanning 13° latitude and major oceanic water masses. Genetica, 143, 487-500. doi: 10.1007/s10709-015-9847-0

Osborne, A. J., Pearson, J., Chilvers, B. L., Kennedy, M. A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2015). Examining the role of components of Slc11a1 (Nramp1) in the susceptibility of New Zealand sea lions (Phocarctos hookeri) to disease. PLoS ONE, 10(4), e0122703. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122703

Sawaya, S., Boocock, J., Black, M. A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2015). Exploring possible DNA structures in real-time polymerase kinetics using Pacific Biosciences sequencer data. BMC Bioinformatics, 16, 21. doi: 10.1186/s12859-014-0449-0

Osborne, A. J., Pearson, J., Negro, S. S., Chilvers, B. L., Kennedy, M. A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2015). Heterozygote advantage at MHC DRB may influence response to infectious disease epizootics. Molecular Ecology, 24, 1419-1432. doi: 10.1111/mec.13128

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

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

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

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Lamm, M. S., Liu, H., Gemmell, N. J., & Godwin, J. R. (2015). The need for speed: Neuroendocrine regulation of socially-controlled sex change. Integrative & Comparative Biology, 55(2), 307, (pp. 322). doi: 10.1093/icb/icv041

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Gemmell, N. J. (2015). Why are males dying younger? Evolutionary and functional aspects of maternal mitochondrial inheritance and mitochondria in ageing. Human Reproduction, 30(Suppl. 1), (pp. i38). [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Todd, E. V., Black, M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2015, August-September). Designing powerful RNA-seq experiments. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Ashby, R., Brauning, R., Rutherford, K., van Stijn, T., Baird, H., Brown, C., Gemmell, N., & Clarke, S. (2015, August-September). Utilisation of genomic tools and techniques to further understand the genetics of the New Zealand Greenshell^TM mussel, Perna canaliculus. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Ashby, R., Brauning, R., van Stijn, T., Baird, H., Brown, C., Gemmell, N., & Clarke, S. (2015, August). Developing a pipeline for the Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) of the New Zealand Greenshell™ Mussel. Verbal presentation at the 7th Annual New Zealand Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Conference, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

2014

Journal - Research Article

Janes, D. E., Organ, C. L., Stiglec, R., O'Meally, D., Sarre, S. D., Georges, A., … Rutherford, K., Gemmell, N., … Ezaz, T. (2014). Molecular evolution of Dmrt1 accompanies change of sex-determining mechanisms in reptilia. Biology Letters, 10, 20140809. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0809

Zavodna, M., Bagshaw, A., Brauning, R., & Gemmell, N. J. (2014). The accuracy, feasibility and challenges of sequencing short tandem repeats using next-generation sequencing platforms. PLoS ONE, 9(12), e113862. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113862

Abe, H., & Gemmell, N. J. (2014). Abundance, arrangement, and function of sequence motifs in the chicken promoters. BMC Genomics, 15, 900. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-900

Gillum, J. E., Jimenez, L., White, D. J., Goldstien, S. J., & Gemmell, N. J. (2014). Development and application of a quantitative real-time PCR assay for the globally invasive tunicate Styela clava. Management of Biological Invasions, 5(2), 133-142. doi: 10.3391/mbi.2014.5.2.06

McRae, K. M., McEwan, J. C., Dodds, K. G., & Gemmell, N. J. (2014). Signature of selection in sheep bred for resistance or susceptibility to gastrointestinal nematodes. BMC Genomics, 15, 637. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-637

Johnson, S. L., Villarroel, M., Rosengrave, P., Carne, A., Kleffmann, T., Lokman, P. M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2014). Proteomic analysis of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) ovarian fluid. PLoS ONE, 9(8), e104155. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104155

Nussey, D. H., Baird, D., Barrett, E., Boner, W., Fairlie, J., Gemmell, N., … Monaghan, P. (2014). Measuring telomere length and telomere dynamics in evolutionary biology and ecology. Methods in Ecology & Evolution, 5(4), 299-310. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12161

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Gemmell, N. (2014, August). Mitochondrial mutations, sperm function and male fertility. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2013

Journal - Research Article

Wyatt, A. K., Zavodna, M., Viljoen, J. L., Stanton, J.-A. L., Gemmell, N. J., & Jasoni, C. L. (2013). Changes in methylation patterns of Kiss1 and Kiss1r gene promoters across puberty. Genetics & Epigenetics, 5, 51-62.

Horan, M. P., Gemmell, N. J., & Wolff, J. N. (2013). From evolutionary bystander to master manipulator: The emerging roles for the mitochondrial genome as a modulator of nuclear gene expression. European Journal of Human Genetics, 21(12), 1335-1337. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.75

Gemmell, N. J., Jalilzadeh, A., Didham, R. K., Soboleva, T., & Tompkins, D. M. (2013). The Trojan female technique: A novel, effective and humane approach for pest population control. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280(1773), 20132549. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2047

Evans, J. P., Rosengrave, P., Gasparini, C., & Gemmell, N. J. (2013). Delineating the roles of males and females in sperm competition. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280(1772), 20132047. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2047

Lundquist, D., Gemmell, N. J., Würsig, B., & Markowitz, T. (2013). Dusky dolphin movement patterns: Short-term effects of tourism. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 47(4), 430-449. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2013.778301

Goldstien, S. J., Inglis, G. J., Schiel, D. R., & Gemmell, N. J. (2013). Using temporal sampling to improve attribution of source populations for invasive species. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e65656. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065656

White, D. J., Bryant, D. J., & Gemmell, N. J. (2013). How good are indirect tests at detecting recombination in human mtDNA? Genes Genomes Genetics, 3(7), 1095-1104. doi: 10.1534/g3.113.006510

Zavodna, M., Grueber, C. E., & Gemmell, N. J. (2013). Parallel tagged next-generation sequencing on pooled samples: A new approach for population genetics in ecology and conservation. PLoS ONE, 8(4), e61471. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061471

Osborne, A. J., Zavodna, M., Chilvers, B. L., Robertson, B. C., Negro, S. S., Kennedy, M. A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2013). Extensive variation at MHC DRBin the New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) provides evidence for balancing selection. Heredity, 111, 44-56. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2013.18

Sawaya, S., Bagshaw, A., Buschiazzo, E., Kumar, P., Chowdhury, S., Black, M. A., & Gemmell, N. (2013). Microsatellite tandem repeats are abundant in human promoters and are associated with regulatory elements. PLoS ONE, 8(2), e54710. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054710

Cui, X., Lu, Z., Kurosawa, A., Klemm, L., Bagshaw, A., Tsai, A. G., Gemmell, N., … Lieber, M. R. (2013). Both CpG methylation and activation-induced deaminase are required for the fragility of the human bcl-2 major breakpoint region: Implications for the timing of the breaks in the t(14;18) translocation. Molecular & Cellular Biology, 33(5), 947-957. doi: 10.1128/MCB.01436-12

Wolff, J. N., & Gemmell, N. J. (2013). Mitochondria, maternal inheritance, and asymmetric fitness: Why males die younger. BioEssays, 35(2), 93-99. doi: 10.1002/bies.201200141

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Goodwin, J., Slane, M. A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2013). Neuroendocrine regulation of sexual plasticity in fishes. Integrative & Comparative Biology, 53(Suppl. 1), (pp. e79). [Abstract]

2012

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.

Journal - Research Article

Lundquist, D., Gemmell, N. J., & Würsig, B. (2012). Behavioural responses of dusky dolphin groups (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) to tour vessels off Kaikoura, New Zealand. PLoS ONE, 7(7), e41969. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041969

Fouquet, A., Noonan, B. P., Rodrigues, M. T., Pech, N., Gilles, A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2012). Multiple quaternary refugia in the eastern Guiana Shield revealed by comparative phylogeography of 12 frog species. Systematic Biology, 61(3), 461-489. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syr130

Abdelkrim, J., Hunt, G. R., Gray, R. D., & Gemmell, N. J. (2012). Population genetic structure and colonisation history of the tool-using New Caledonian crow. PLoS ONE, 7(5), e36608. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036608

Sawaya, S. M., Lennon, D., Buschiazzo, E., Gemmell, N., & Minin, V. N. (2012). Measuring microsatellite conservation in mammalian evolution with a phylogenetic birth-death model. Genome Biology & Evolution, 4(6), 636-647. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evs050

Johnson, S. L., & Gemmell, N. J. (2012). Are old males still good males and can females tell the difference?: Do hidden advantages of mating with old males off-set costs related to fertility, or are we missing something else? BioEssays, 34(7), 609-619. doi: 10.1002/bies.201100157

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Osborne, A. J., Brauning, R., Schultz, J. K., Kennedy, M. A., Slate, J., & Gemmell, N. J. (2012). Development of a predicted physical map of microsatellite locus positions for pinnipeds, with wider applicability to the Carnivora. Proceedings of the Centre for Reproduction and Genomics 4th Annual Research Colloquium. (pp. 13). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/crg/news/colloquium/

2011

Journal - Research Article

Buschiazzo, E., Beck, J. S., & Gemmell, N. J. (2011). Design and implementation of degenerate microsatellite primers for the mammalian clade. PLoS ONE, 6(12), e29582. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029582

Wolff, J. N., White, D. J., Woodhams, M., White, H. E., & Gemmell, N. J. (2011). The strength and timing of the mitochondrial bottleneck in salmon suggests a conserved mechanism in vertebrates. PLoS ONE, 6(5), e20522. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020522

Will, M., Hale, M. L., Schiel, D. R., & Gemmell, N. J. (2011). Low to moderate levels of genetic differentiation detected across the distribution of the New Zealand abalone, Haliotis iris. Marine Biology, 158(6), 1417-1429. doi: 10.1007/s00227-011-1659-x

Osborne, A. J., Brauning, R., Schultz, J. K., Kennedy, M. A., Slate, J., & Gemmell, N. J. (2011). Development of a predicted physical map of microsatellite locus positions for pinnipeds, with wider applicability to the Carnivora. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11(3), 503-513. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02962.x

Goldstien, S. J., Dupont, L., Viard, F., Hallas, P. J., Nishikawa, T., Schiel, D. R., Gemmell, N. J., & Bishop, J. D. D. (2011). Global phylogeography of the widely introduced North West Pacific Ascidian Styela clava. PLoS ONE, 6(2), e16755. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016755

Horn, T., Robertson, B. C., Will, M., Eason, D. K., Elliott, G. P., & Gemmell, N. J. (2011). Inheritance of telomere length in a bird. PLoS ONE, 6(2), e17199. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017199

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Zavodna, M., Brauning, R., Bagshaw, A. T. M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2011). Parallel multi-amplicon sequencing using 454 GS FLX: A study of microsatellite evolution. Proceedings of the 3rd Next Generation Sequencing Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nzconferences.org.nz/NGS%20Conferences/NGS2011/abstracts.html

McCowan, T., Hepburn, C., Prendeville, G., & Gemmell, N. (2011). Genetic approaches to reseeding in New Zealand's Blackfoot pāua (Haliotis iris). Proceedings of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (NZMSS) Conference: Understanding, Managing, and Conserving our Marine Environment. (pp. 18). Retrieved from http://nzmss.org/assets/Conference/NZMSS2011AbstractsOralPresentations.pdf

Lundquist, D., Gemmell, N., & Würsig, B. (2011). Dusky dolphin behaviour and movement patterns: Effects of tourism off Kaikoura, New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (NZMSS) Conference: Understanding, Managing, and Conserving our Marine Environment. (pp. 16). Retrieved from http://nzmss.org/assets/Conference/NZMSS2011AbstractsOralPresentations.pdf

2010

Journal - Research Article

Buschiazzo, E., & Gemmell, N. J. (2010). Conservation of human microsatellites across 450 million years of evolution. Genome Biology & Evolution, 2, 153-165. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evq007

Steeves, T. E., Maloney, R. F., Hale, M. L., Tylianakis, J. M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2010). Genetic analyses reveal hybridization but no hybrid swarm in one of the world's rarest birds. Molecular Ecology, 19(23), 5090-5100. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04895.x

Horn, T., Robertson, B. C., & Gemmell, N. J. (2010). The use of telomere length in ecology and evolutionary biology. Heredity, 105(6), 497-506. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2010.113

Negro, S. S., Caudron, A. K., Dubois, M., Delahaut, P., & Gemmell, N. J. (2010). Correlation between male social status, testosterone levels, and parasitism in a dimorphic polygynous mammal. PLoS ONE, 5(9), e12507. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012507

Abdelkrim, J., Byrom, A. E., & Gemmell, N. J. (2010). Fine-scale genetic structure of mainland invasive Rattus rattus populations: Implications for restoration of forested conservation areas in New Zealand. Conservation Genetics, 11(5), 1953-1964. doi: 10.1007/s10592-010-0085-9

Fouquet, A., Green, D. M., Waldman, B., Bowsher, J. H., McBride, K. P., & Gemmell, N. J. (2010). Phylogeography of Leiopelma hochstetteri reveals strong genetic structure and suggests new conservation priorities. Conservation Genetics, 11(3), 907-919. doi: 10.1007/s10592-009-9935-8

Fouquet, A., Ficetola, G. F., Haigh, A., & Gemmell, N. (2010). Using ecological niche modelling to infer past, present and future environmental suitability for Leiopelma hochstetteri, an endangered New Zealand native frog. Biological Conservation, 143, 1375-1384. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.012

Clay, C., Gleeson, D., Howitt, R., Lawrence, H., Abdelkrim, J., & Gemmell, N. (2010). Characterisation of microsatellite markers for the primitive New Zealand frog, Leiopelma hochstetteri. Conservation Genetics Resources, 2(1), 301-303. doi: 10.1007/s12686-010-9211-8

Goldstien, S. J., Schiel, D. R., & Gemmell, N. J. (2010). Regional connectivity and coastal expansion: Differentiating pre-border and post-border vectors for the invasive tunicate Styela clava. Molecular Ecology, 19(5), 874-885. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04527.x

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Marshall, A. J., Negro, S. S., Robertson, B. C., Chilvers, B. L., Kennedy, M. A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2010, September). Can human health research hold the key to New Zealand sea lion survival? Poster session presented at the Fourth Annual Division of Health Sciences Research Forum, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2009

Journal - Research Article

Caudron, A. K., Negro, S. S., Fowler, M., Boren, L., Poncin, P., Robertson, B. C., & Gemmell, N. J. (2009). Alternative mating tactics in the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri): When non-territorial males are successful too. Australian Journal of Zoology, 57(6), 409-421. doi: 10.1071/ZO09024

Rosengrave, P., Montgomerie, R., Metcalf, V. J., McBride, K., & Gemmell, N. J. (2009). Sperm traits in Chinook salmon depend upon activation medium: Implications for studies of sperm competition in fishes. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 87(10), 920-927. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddp442

Buschiazzo, E., & Gemmell, N. J. (2009). Evolutionary and phylogenetic significance of platypus microsatellites conserved in mammalian and other vertebrate genomes. Australian Journal of Zoology, 57(3-4), 175-184. doi: 10.1071/zo09038

Vanpé, C., Buschiazzo, E., Abdelkrim, J., Morrow, G., Nicol, S. C., & Gemmell, N. J. (2009). Development of microsatellite markers for the short-beaked echidna using three different approaches. Australian Journal of Zoology, 57(3-4), 219-224. doi: 10.1071/zo09033

Goldstien, S. J., Gemmell, N. J., & Schiel, D. R. (2009). Colonisation and connectivity by intertidal limpets among New Zealand, Chatham and Sub-Antarctic Islands. I. Genetic connections. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 388, 111-119. doi: 10.3354/meps08046

Rosengrave, P., Taylor, H., Montgomerie, R., Metcalf, V., McBride, K., & Gemmell, N. J. (2009). Chemical composition of seminal and ovarian fluids of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawtscha) and their effects on sperm motility traits. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology Part A, 152, 123-129. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.09.009

White, D. J., & Gemmell, N. J. (2009). Can indirect tests detect a known recombination event in human mtDNA? Molecular Biology & Evolution, 26(7), 1435-1439. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msp073

Abdelkrim, J., Robertson, B. C., Stanton, J.-A. L., & Gemmell, N. J. (2009). Fast, cost-effective development of species-specific microsatellite markers by genomic sequencing. Biotechniques, 46(3), 185-192. doi: 10.2144/000113084

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Gleeson, D., Gemmell, N., Haigh, A., & Clay, C. (2009). Genetic management of a New Zealand frog: A total evidence approach. Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Wildlife Management Society (AWMS) Annual Conference. (pp. 62). Retrieved from http://www.awms.org.nz

McRae, K. M., Gemmell, N. J., & McEwan, J. C. (2009). Selective sweep signatures in parasite selection flocks. Proceedings of the ComBio2009 Conference. [CD-ROM] [Abstract]

Tecofsky, R. T. J., Gemmell, N. J., Johnson, P. L., & McEwan, J. C. (2009). Searching for genetic markers for yellow fat in New Zealand sheep. Proceedings of the ComBio2009 Conference. [CD-ROM] [Abstract]

Marshall, A. J., Negro, S. S., Robertson, B. C., Chilvers, B. L., Kennedy, M. A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2009). Assessing genomic variability in species of high conservation priority. Proceedings of the ComBio2009 Conference. [CD-ROM] [Abstract]

Goldstien, S., Chiswell, S., Gemmell, N., & Schiel, D. R. (2009). Southern connections: Population connectivity assessed with molecular and oceanographic tools. In S. O'Shea, M. J. Costello & K. O'Connell (Eds.), Proceedings of the Joint New Zealand Marine Sciences and Meteorological Societies Conference. (pp. 82). Retrieved from http://nzmss.rsnz.org

Other Research Output

Gemmell, N. (2009, October). A journey through the narrow roads to the super highways of gene land. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].

2008

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

Journal - Research Article

Boren, L. J., Gemmell, N., & Barton, K. (2008). The role and presence of a guide: Preliminary findings from swim with seal programs and land-based seal viewing in New Zealand. Tourism in Marine Environments, 5(2-3), 187-199. doi: 10.3727/154427308787716776

Boren, L., Morrissey, M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2008). Motor vehicle collisions and the New Zealand fur seal in the Kaikoura region. Marine Mammal Science, 24(1), 235-238. doi: 10.1111/J.1748-7692.2007.00172.x

Steeves, T. E., Hale, M. L., & Gemmell, N. J. (2008). Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the New Zealand black stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae) and cross-amplification in the pied stilt (Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus). Molecular Ecology Resources, 8(5), 1105-1107. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02170.x

Bagshaw, A. T. M., Pitt, J. P. W., & Gemmell, N. J. (2008). High frequency of microsatellites in S. cerevisiae meiotic recombination hotspots. BMC Genomics, 8, 49. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-49

Wolff, J. N., Gandre, S., Kalinin, A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2008). Delimiting the frequency of paternal leakage of mitochondrial DNA in Chinook Salmon. Genetics, 179, 1029-1032. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.085274

Merkel, A., & Gemmell, N. J. (2008). Detecting microsatellites in genome data: Variance in definitions and bioinformatic approaches cause systematic bias. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4, 1-6. Retrieved from http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?iid=175066

Wolff, J. N., & Gemmell, N. J. (2008). Lost in the zygote: The dilution of paternal mtDNA upon fertilization. Heredity, 101, 429-434. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2008.74

Warren, W. C., Hillier, L. W., Marshall Graves, J. A., Birney, E., Ponting, C. P., Grützner, F., … Gemmell, N. J., … Wilson, R. K. (2008). Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution. Nature, 453, 175-184. doi: 10.1038/nature06936

Wolff, J. N., & Gemmell, N. J. (2008). Combining allele-specific fluorescent probes and restriction assay in real-time PCR to achieve SNP scoring beyond allele ratios of 1:1000. Biotechniques, 44(2), 193-199. doi: 10.2144/000112719

Dowell, S. A., Boren, L. J., Negro, S. S., Muller, C. G., Caudron, A. K., & Gemmell, N. J. (2008). Rearing two New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) pups to weaning. Australian Journal of Zoology, 56, 33-39. doi: 10.1071/ZO07063

Vörös, J., Mitchell, A., Waldman, B., Goldstien, S., & Gemmell, N. J. (2008). Crossing the Tasman Sea: Inferring the introduction history of Litoria aurea and Litoria raniformis (Anura: Hylidae) from Australia into New Zealand. Austral Ecology, 33, 623-629. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01828.x

Brandström, M., Bagshaw, A. T., Gemmell, N. J., & Ellegren, H. (2008). The relationship between microsatellite polymorphism and recombination hot spots in the human genome. Molecular Biology & Evolution, 25(12), 2579-2587. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msn201

Horn, T., Gemmell, N. J., Robertson, B. C., & Bridges, C. R. (2008). Telomere length change in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Australian Journal of Zoology, 56(3), 207-210. doi: 10.1071/ZO08046

Rosengrave, P., Gemmell, N. J., Metcalf, V., McBride, K., & Montgomerie, R. (2008). A mechanism for cryptic female choice in chinook salmon. Behavioral Ecology, 19(6), 1179-1185. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arn089

Merkel, A., & Gemmell, N. (2008). Detecting short tandem repeats from genome data: Opening the software black box. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 9(5), 355-366. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbn028

Journal - Research Other

White, D. J., Wolff, J. N., Pierson, M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2008). Revealing the hidden complexities of mtDNA inheritance. Molecular Ecology, 17(23), 4925-4942. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03982.x

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ellis, K. L., Pilbrow, A. P., Skelton, L., Frampton, C. M., Yandle, T. G., Palmer, B. R., Gemmell, N. J., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2008). Prognostic neurohormone levels in acute coronary syndromes patients of New Zealand European, Maori and Pacific ancestry. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1271). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1271/2990/content.pdf

2007

Journal - Research Article

French, N. P., Gemmell, N. J., & Buddle, B. M. (2007). Advances in biosecurity to 2010 and beyond: Towards integrated detection, analysis and response to exotic pest invasions. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 55(6), 255-263.

Fouquet, A., Gilles, A., Vences, M., Marty, C., Blanc, M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2007). Underestimation of species richness in neotropical frogs revealed by mtDNA analyses. PLoS ONE, 2(10), e1109. Retrieved from http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0001109

Caudron, A. K., Negro, S. S., Muller, C. G., Boren, L. J., & Gemmell, N. J. (2007). Hair sampling and genotyping from hair follicles: A minimally-invasive alternative for genetics studies in small, mobile pinnipeds and other mammals. Marine Mammal Science, 23(1), 184-192.

Hunt, G. R., Abdelkrim, J., Anderson, M. G., Holzhaider, J. C., Marshall, A. J., Gemmell, N. J., & Gray, R. D. (2007). Innovative pandanus-tool folding by New Caledonian crows. Australian Journal of Zoology, 55, 291-298.

Robertson, B. C., Steeves, T. E., McBride, K. P., Goldstien, S. J., Williams, M., & Gemmell, N. J. (2007). Phylogeography of the New Zealand blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos): Implications for translocation and species recovery. Conservation Genetics, 8, 1431-1440. doi: 10.1007/s10592-007-9294-2

Didham, R. K., Tylianakis, J. M., Gemmell, N. J., Rand, T. A., & Ewers, R. M. (2007). Interactive effects of habitat modification and species invasion on native species decline. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 22(9), 489-496.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ellis, K. L., Pilbrow, A. P., Skelton, L. Z., Frampton, C. M., Yandle, T. G., Palmer, B. R., Gemmell, N. J., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2007). Prognostic neurohormone levels in acute coronary syndromes patients of New Zealand European, Maori and Pacific ancestry. European Heart Journal. 28(Abstract Suppl.), (pp. 771). [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Ellis, K. L., Pilbrow, A. P., Skelton, L. Z., Frampton, C. M., Yandle, T. G., Palmer, B. R., Gemmell, N. J., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2007, September). Prognostic neurohormone levels in acute coronary syndromes patients of New Zealand European, Maori and Pacific ancestry. Verbal presentation at the European Society of Cardiology Congress, Vienna, Austria.

Ellis, K. L., Pilbrow, A. P., Skelton, L., Frampton, C. M., Yandle, T. G., Palmer, B. R., Gemmell, N. J., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2007, August). Prognostic neurohormone levels in acute coronary syndromes patients of New Zealand European, Maori and Pacific ancestry. Verbal presentation at the Canterbury Health Research Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2006

Journal - Research Article

Robertson, B. C., & Gemmell, N. J. (2006). PCR-based sexing in conservation biology: Wrong answers from an accurate methodology? Conservation Genetics, 7(2), 267-271. doi: 10.1007/s10592-005-9105-6

Robertson, B. C., Elliott, G. P., Eason, D. K., Clout, M. N., & Gemmell, N. J. (2006). Sex allocation theory aids species conservation. Biology Letters, 2(2), 229-231. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0430

Robertson, B. C., Chilvers, B. L., Duignan, P. J., Wilkinson, I. S., & Gemmell, N. J. (2006). Dispersal of breeding, adult male Phocarctos hookeri: Implications for disease transmission, population management and species recovery. Biological Conservation, 127(2), 227-236. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.08.011

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