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Email: d.parker@bangor.ac.uk

Twitter: @DarrenJParker

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2024

• PublishedGenome Assembly of the Dyeing Poison Frog Provides Insights into the Dynamics of Transposable Element and Genome-Size Evolution
  Dittrich, C., Hoelzl, F., Smith, S., Fouilloux, C. A., Parker, D. J., O'Connell, L. A., Knowles, L. S., Hughes, M., Fewings, A., Morgan, R., Rojas, B. & Comeault, A. A., 5 Jun 2024, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. 16, 6
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• PublishedBehavioural individuality determines infection risk in clonal ant colonies
  Li, Z., Bhat, B., Frank, E. T., Oliveira-Honorato, T., Azuma, F., Bachmann, V., Parker, D. J., Schmitt, T., Economo, E. P. & Ulrich, Y., 26 Aug 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 5233.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvidence for cryptic sex in parthenogenetic stick insects of the genus Timema
  Freitas, S., Parker, D. J., Labédan, M., Dumas, Z. & Schwander, T., 27 Sept 2023, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 290, 2007, 11 p., 20230404.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFacultative parthenogenesis: a transient state in transitions between sex and obligate asexuality in stick insects?
  Larose, C., Lavanchy, G., Freitas, S., Parker, D. & Schwander, T., 2023, In: Peer Community Journal. 3, e60.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedConvergent consequences of parthenogenesis on stick insect genomes
  Jaron, K. S., Parker, D. J., Anselmetti, Y., Tran Van, P., Bast, J., Dumas, Z., Figuet, E., François, C. M., Hayward, K., Rossier, V., Simion, P., Robinson-Rechavi, M., Galtier, N. & Schwander, T., 23 Feb 2022, In: Science Advances. 8, 8, eabg3842.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDynamics of sex-biased gene expression during development in the stick insect Timema californicum
  Djordjevic, J., Dumas, Z., Robinson-Rechavi, M., Schwander, T. & Parker, D. J., Aug 2022, In: Heredity. 129, 2, p. 113-122 10 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedX chromosomes show relaxed selection and complete somatic dosage compensation across Timema stick insect species
  Parker, D., Jaron, K. S., Dumas, Z., Robinson-Rechavi, M. & Schwander, T., 7 Aug 2022, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedA genome-wide investigation of adaptive signatures in protein-coding genes related to tool behaviour in New Caledonian and Hawaiian crows
  Dussex, N., Kutschera, V. E., Wiberg, R. A. W., Parker, D. J., Hunt, G. R., Gray, R. D., Rutherford, K., Abe, H., Fleischer, R. C., Ritchie, M. G., Rutz, C., Wolf, J. B. W. & Gemmell, N. J., 1 Feb 2021, In: Molecular Ecology. 30, 4, p. 973-986 14 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFirst annotated draft genomes of nonmarine ostracods (Ostracoda, Crustacea) with different reproductive modes
  Tran Van, P., Anselmetti, Y., Bast, J., Dumas, Z., Galtier, N., Jaron, K. S., Martens, K., Parker, D. J., Robinson-Rechavi, M., Schwander, T., Simion, P. & Schön, I., 15 Apr 2021, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 11, 4
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHaplotype divergence supports long-term asexuality in the oribatid mite Oppiella nova
  Brandt, A., Tran Van, P., Bluhm, C., Anselmetti, Y., Dumas, Z., Figuet, E., François, C. M., Galtier, N., Heimburger, B., Jaron, K. S., Labédan, M., Maraun, M., Parker, D. J., Robinson-Rechavi, M., Schaefer, I., Simion, P., Scheu, S., Schwander, T. & Bast, J., 21 Sept 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 38
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSex-specific responses to cold in a very cold-tolerant, northern Drosophila species
  Parker, D. J., Envall, T., Ritchie, M. G. & Kankare, M., 1 Apr 2021, In: Heredity. 126, 4, p. 695-705 11 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedOlfactory Proteins in Timema Stick Insects
  Parker, D. J., Djordjevic, J. & Schwander, T., 5 Apr 2019, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRepeated Evolution of Asexuality Involves Convergent Gene Expression Changes
  Parker, D. J., Bast, J., Jalvingh, K., Dumas, Z., Robinson-Rechavi, M. & Schwander, T., 1 Feb 2019, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36, 2, p. 350-364 15 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSex-biased gene expression is repeatedly masculinized in asexual females
  Parker, D. J., Bast, J., Jalvingh, K., Dumas, Z., Robinson-Rechavi, M. & Schwander, T., 11 Oct 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 1, p. 4638
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedValidating the Demethylating Effects of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine in Insects Requires a Whole-Genome Approach
  Cook, N., Parker, D. J., Tauber, E., Pannebakker, B. A. & Shuker, D. M., Sept 2019, In: American Naturalist. 194, 3, p. 432-438 7 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedConsequences of Asexuality in Natural Populations: Insights from Stick Insects
  Bast, J., Parker, D. J., Dumas, Z., Jalvingh, K. M., Tran Van, P., Jaron, K. S., Figuet, E., Brandt, A., Galtier, N. & Schwander, T., 1 Jul 2018, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 35, 7, p. 1668-1677 10 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvolutionary and developmental dynamics of sex-biased gene expression in common frogs with proto-Y chromosomes
  Ma, W.-J., Veltsos, P., Sermier, R., Parker, D. J. & Perrin, N., 5 Oct 2018, In: Genome biology. 19, 1, p. 156
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFundamental and realized feeding niche breadths of sexual and asexual stick insects
  Larose, C., Parker, D. J. & Schwander, T., 5 Dec 2018, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285, 1892
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInter and Intraspecific Genomic Divergence in Drosophila montana Shows Evidence for Cold Adaptation
  Parker, D. J., Wiberg, R. A. W., Trivedi, U., Tyukmaeva, V. I., Gharbi, K., Butlin, R. K., Hoikkala, A., Kankare, M. & Ritchie, M. G., 1 Aug 2018, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. 10, 8, p. 2086-2101 16 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPhotosensitive Alternative Splicing of the Circadian Clock Gene timeless Is Population Specific in a Cold-Adapted Fly, Drosophila montana
  Tapanainen, R., Parker, D. J. & Kankare, M., 1 Apr 2018, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 8, 4, p. 1291-1297 7 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedPaternity analysis of wild-caught females shows that sperm package size and placement influence fertilization success in the bushcricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
  Parker, D. J., Zaborowska, J., Ritchie, M. G. & Vahed, K., 1 Jun 2017, In: Molecular Ecology. 26, 11, p. 3050-3061 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedInducing Cold-Sensitivity in the Frigophilic Fly Drosophila montana by RNAi
  Vigoder, F. M., Parker, D. J., Cook, N., Tournière, O., Sneddon, T. & Ritchie, M. G., 10 Nov 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 11, e0165724.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPreparing for Winter: The Transcriptomic Response Associated with Different Day Lengths in Drosophila montana
  Parker, D. J., Ritchie, M. G. & Kankare, M., 3 May 2016, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 6, 5, p. 1373-81 9 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTranscriptional Differences between Diapausing and Non-Diapausing D. montana Females Reared under the Same Photoperiod and Temperature
  Kankare, M., Parker, D. J., Merisalo, M., Salminen, T. S. & Hoikkala, A., 29 Aug 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 8, p. e0161852
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedHow consistent are the transcriptome changes associated with cold acclimation in two species of the Drosophila virilis group?
  Parker, D. J., Vesala, L., Ritchie, M. G., Laiho, A., Hoikkala, A. & Kankare, M., 1 Jul 2015, In: Heredity. 115, 1, p. 13-21
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Genome and Methylome of a Beetle with Complex Social Behavior, Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae)
  Cunningham, C. B., Ji, L., Wiberg, R. A. W., Shelton, J., McKinney, E. C., Parker, D. J., Meagher, R. B., Benowitz, K. M., Roy-Zokan, E. M., Ritchie, M. G., Brown, S. J., Schmitz, R. J. & Moore, A. J., 9 Oct 2015, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. 7, 12, p. 3383-96 14 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe evolution, diversity, and host associations of rhabdoviruses
  Longdon, B., Murray, G. G. R., Palmer, W. J., Day, J. P., Parker, D. J., Welch, J. J., Obbard, D. J. & Jiggins, F. M., 1 Mar 2015, In: Virus Evolution. 1, 1, vev014.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTranscriptomes of parents identify parenting strategies and sexual conflict in a subsocial beetle
  Parker, D. J., Cunningham, C. B., Walling, C. A., Stamper, C. E., Head, M. L., Roy-Zokan, E. M., McKinney, E. C., Ritchie, M. G. & Moore, A. J., 29 Sept 2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, p. 8449
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedMale-specific fruitless isoforms target neurodevelopmental genes to specify a sexually dimorphic nervous system
  Neville, M. C., Nojima, T., Ashley, E., Parker, D. J., Walker, J., Southall, T., Van de Sande, B., Marques, A. C., Fischer, B., Brand, A. H., Russell, S., Ritchie, M. G., Aerts, S. & Goodwin, S. F., 3 Feb 2014, In: Current Biology. 24, 3, p. 229-41 13 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe evolution of novelty in conserved genes; evidence of positive selection in the Drosophila fruitless gene is localised to alternatively spliced exons
  Parker, D. J., Gardiner, A., Neville, M. C., Ritchie, M. G. & Goodwin, S. F., 1 Mar 2014, In: Heredity. 112, 3, p. 300-306
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedCodon usage bias and effective population sizes on the X chromosome versus the autosomes in Drosophila melanogaster
  Campos, J. L., Zeng, K., Parker, D. J., Charlesworth, B. & Haddrill, P. R., 1 Apr 2013, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 30, 4, p. 811-23 13 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedThe Evolution of Large Testes: Sperm Competition or Male Mating Rate?
  Vahed, K. & Parker, D. J., 1 Feb 2012, In: Ethology. 118, 2, p. 107-117
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
• PublishedThe prediction of adaptive evolution: empirical application of the secondary theorem of selection and comparison to the breeder's equation
  Morrissey, M. B., Parker, D. J., Korsten, P., Pemberton, J. M., Kruuk, L. E. B. & Wilson, A. J., 1 Aug 2012, In: Evolution. 66, 8, p. 2399-410 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• PublishedLarger testes are associated with a higher level of polyandry, but a smaller ejaculate volume, across bushcricket species (Tettigoniidae)
  Vahed, K., Parker, D. J. & Gilbert, J. D. J., 23 Apr 2011, In: Biology letters. 7, 2, p. 261-4 4 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedThe intensity of pre- and post-copulatory mate guarding in relation to spermatophore transfer in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
  Parker, D. J. & Vahed, K., 1 May 2010, In: Journal of Ethology. 28, 2, p. 245-249
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedPre- and post-copulatory mate choice in Platygryllus primiformis: cryptic female choice and sexual conflict
  Parker, D. J., 10 Apr 2009, In: Bioscience Horizons. p. 164-171
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review