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List of works by Arthur Georges

A biogeographical history and timeline for the evolution of Australian snapping turtles (Elseya: Chelidae) in Australia and New Guinea

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A complete mitochondrial genome sequence for the Australian turtle, Chelodina longicollis, obtained using 454-pyrosequencing

article by Xiuwen Zhang et al published 19 April 2014 in Conservation Genetics Resources

A male-specific sex marker for the endangered western sawshelled turtle (Myuchelys bellii) using in silico whole-genome subtraction

scientific article published in 2022

A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea

Revision of the genus Elseya, focussed on New Guinea

A new species of freshwater turtle of the genus Elseya (Testudinata: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from the Northern Territory of Australia

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A simple non-invasive protocol to establish primary cell lines from tail and toe explants for cytogenetic studies in Australian dragon lizards (Squamata: Agamidae).

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Adaptation and conservation insights from the koala genome

scientific article published on 02 July 2018

Amphibians on the brink.

scientific article published in August 2017

Amplification of microsatellite repeat motifs is associated with the evolutionary differentiation and heterochromatinization of sex chromosomes in Sauropsida

scientific article published on 21 July 2015

An XX/XY heteromorphic sex chromosome system in the Australian chelid turtle Emydura macquarii: a new piece in the puzzle of sex chromosome evolution in turtles

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An XX/XY sex microchromosome system in a freshwater turtle, Chelodina longicollis (Testudines: Chelidae) with genetic sex determination

scientific article published on 17 March 2006

Anchoring genome sequence to chromosomes of the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) enables reconstruction of ancestral squamate macrochromosomes and identifies sequence content of the Z chromosome.

scientific article published on 10 June 2016

Are reptiles predisposed to temperature-dependent sex determination?

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Are some chromosomes particularly good at sex? Insights from amniotes

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Assessing biodiversity and endemism using phylogenetic methods across multiple taxonomic groups

scientific article published in 2015

Australian marsupial species identification

article published in 2011

Cellular calcium and redox regulation: the mediator of vertebrate environmental sex determination?

scientific article published on 06 February 2020

Climate warming drives a temperate-zone lizard to its upper thermal limits, restricting activity, and increasing energetic costs

scientific article published on 13 June 2023

Comparing and combining distance-based and character-based approaches for barcoding turtles

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Conservation implications of turtle declines in Australia's Murray River system

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Contemporary genetic structure reflects historical drainage isolation in an Australian snapping turtle,Elseya albagula

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Corticosterone does not have a role in temperature sex reversal in the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)

scientific article published on 07 January 2021

Cross-Species BAC Mapping Highlights Conservation of Chromosome Synteny across Dragon Lizards (Squamata: Agamidae)

scientific article published on 25 June 2020

Current issues in species identification for forensic science and the validity of using the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene

scientific article published on 20 June 2010

DNA detective: a review of molecular approaches to wildlife forensics

scientific article published on 16 December 2009

Demographic response of snake-necked turtles correlates with indigenous harvest and feral pig predation in tropical northern Australia

scientific article published on November 2007

Development of microsatellite markers in the Australasian snake-necked turtle Chelodina rugusa and cross-species amplification

scientific article published in January 2009

Developmental asynchrony and antagonism of sex determination pathways in a lizard with temperature-induced sex reversal

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Did Lizards Follow Unique Pathways in Sex Chromosome Evolution?

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Differential intron retention in Jumonji chromatin modifier genes is implicated in reptile temperature-dependent sex determination

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Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species

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Do male and female heterogamety really differ in expression regulation? Lack of global dosage balance in pygopodid geckos

scientific article published in 2021

Ecological and physiological impacts of salinisation on freshwater turtles of the lower Murray River

Effects of natural nest temperatures on sex reversal and sex ratios in an Australian alpine skink

scientific article published on 11 October 2021

Energy and water flux during terrestrial estivation and overland movement in a freshwater turtle

scientific article published in September 2008

Evolutionary transitions between mechanisms of sex determination in vertebrates

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Experimental evidence for density-dependent responses to mortality of snake-necked turtles

scientific article published on 27 November 2008

Extension, single-locus conversion and physical mapping of sex chromosome sequences identify the Z microchromosome and pseudo-autosomal region in a dragon lizard, Pogona vitticeps.

scientific article published on 7 October 2009

Female turtles from hot nests: is it duration of incubation or proportion of development at high temperatures that matters?

scientific article published in November 1989

Feral pig predation threatens the indigenous harvest and local persistence of snake-necked turtles in northern Australia

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Freshwater turtles of the Top End

scientific article published in 1989

Genetic evidence for co-occurrence of chromosomal and thermal sex-determining systems in a lizard

scientific article published on April 2008

Genetics in conservation and wildlife management: a revolution since Caughley

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Genomewide SNP markers breathe new life into phylogeography and species delimitation for the problematic short‐necked turtles (Chelidae: Emydura ) of eastern Australia

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Global biodiversity assessment and hyper-cryptic species complexes: more than one species of elephant in the room?

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High elevation increases the risk of Y chromosome loss in Alpine skink populations with sex reversal

scientific article published on 01 February 2021

High-coverage sequencing and annotated assembly of the genome of the Australian dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps

scientific article published on 28 September 2015

Highly differentiated ZW sex microchromosomes in the Australian Varanus species evolved through rapid amplification of repetitive sequences

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How do climate-linked sex ratios and dispersal limit range boundaries?

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How does temperature determine sex?

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Identification of Y chromosome markers in the eastern three-lined skink (Bassiana duperreyi) using in silico whole genome subtraction

scientific article published on 29 September 2020

Identification of bacterial isolates from a public hospital in Australia using complexity-reduced genotyping

scientific article published on 17 March 2019

Identification of interleukin genes in Pogona vitticeps using a de novo transcriptome assembly from RNA-seq data

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Indigenous harvest, exotic pig predation and local persistence of a long-lived vertebrate: managing a tropical freshwater turtle for sustainability and conservation

scientific article published in 2007

Initiation of a Species Recovery Plan for the Critically Endangered Endemic Roti Snake-Neck Turtle (Chelodina mccordi Rhodin, 1994), Roti Island, Indonesia. Phase 1.

grant proposal

Introduction to the special issue-Developmental plasticity in reptiles: Physiological mechanisms and ecological consequences

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Island of opportunity: can New Guinea protect amphibians from a globally emerging pathogen?

scientific article published in 2019

Isolation and development of a molecular sex marker for Bassiana duperreyi, a lizard with XX/XY sex chromosomes and temperature-induced sex reversal

scientific article published on 11 March 2009

Karyotypic analysis and FISH mapping of microsatellite motifs reveal highly differentiated XX/XY sex chromosomes in the pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella, Pygopodidae, Squamata)

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Lineage diversity within a widespread endemic Australian skink to better inform conservation in response to regional-scale disturbance

scientific article published on 14 March 2022

Maintenance of variable responses for coping with wetland drying in freshwater turtles

scientific article published on February 2008

Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression

scientific article published on 09 April 2019

Modelling development of reptile embryos under fluctuating temperature regimes

scientific article published in January 2005

Molecular cytogenetic map of the central bearded dragon, Pogona vitticeps (Squamata: Agamidae).

scientific article published on 24 May 2013

Molecular evolution of Dmrt1 accompanies change of sex-determining mechanisms in reptilia

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Molecular marker suggests rapid changes of sex-determining mechanisms in Australian dragon lizards

scientific article published on 27 January 2009

Movement and habitat use of Australia's largest snake-necked turtle: implications for water management

Movement patterns and activity of the Brazilian snake-necked turtle Hydromedusa maximiliani (Testudines: Chelidae) in southeastern Brazil

scientific article published in 2016

Non-homologous sex chromosomes in two geckos (Gekkonidae: Gekkota) with female heterogamety.

scientific article published on 06 September 2014

Non-homologous sex chromosomes of birds and snakes share repetitive sequences

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Novel evolutionary pathways of sex-determining mechanisms

scientific article published on 11 October 2013

Opportunities for research and conservation of freshwater turtles in Australia

scientific article published in 2023

Optimal conditions for egg storage, incubation and post-hatching growth for the freshwater turtle, Chelodina rugosa: Science in support of an indigenous enterprise

article by Damien A. Fordham et al published September 2007 in Aquaculture

Optimising the hatching success of artificially incubated eggs for use in a conservation program for the western saw-shelled turtle (

scientific article published in 2022

Perspectives on the clonal persistence of presumed 'ghost' genomes in unisexual or allopolyploid taxa arising via hybridization

scientific article published on 18 March 2019

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Reproductive phenotype predicts adult bite-force performance in sex-reversed dragons (Pogona vitticeps)

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

Resolution of the enigmatic phylogenetic relationship of the critically endangered Western Swamp Tortoise Pseudemydura umbrina (Pleurodira: Chelidae) using a complete mitochondrial genome

scientific article published on 25 July 2017

Resolving the phylogenetic history of the short-necked turtles, genera Elseya and Myuchelys (Testudines: Chelidae) from Australia and New Guinea

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Salinity of incubation media influences embryonic development of a freshwater turtle

scientific article published on 2 August 2012

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

scientific article published on 15 October 2016

Sequence and gene content of a large fragment of a lizard sex chromosome and evaluation of candidate sex differentiating gene R-spondin 1.

scientific article published on 17 December 2013

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

scientific article published on 29 October 2016

Sex chromosome evolution in lizards: independent origins and rapid transitions.

scientific article published on January 2009

Sex determination mode does not affect body or genital development of the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps).

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

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Short-read fastA files dataset from complexity-reduced genotyping by sequencing data of bacterial isolates from a public hospital in Australia

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Some observations on the Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) in northern Australia

scientific article published in 1989

Suburbs: dangers or drought refugia for freshwater turtle populations?

scientific article published in 2011

Temperature sex reversal implies sex gene dosage in a reptile

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Temporal and spatial variation in landscape connectivity for a freshwater turtle in a temporally dynamic wetland system

scientific article published on July 2009

The Australian gulf snapping turtle Elseya lavarackorum (Testudines: Chelidae) revisited—Is the late Pleistocene fossil species extant?

scientific article published on 17 March 2023

The ZW sex microchromosomes of an Australian dragon lizard share no homology with those of other reptiles or birds

scientific article published on 5 December 2009

The conservation status of the world’s reptiles

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The dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps has ZZ/ZW micro-sex chromosomes

scientific article published on 8 December 2005

The ends of a continuum: genetic and temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles

scientific article published on June 2004

The identity of Chelodina oblonga Gray 1841 (Testudines: Chelidae) reassessed

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The rate of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene evolution is similar in freshwater turtles and marsupials

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

scientific article published in October 2016

Transitions Between Sex-Determining Systems in Reptiles and Amphibians

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Truncated <i>jarid2</i> and <i>kdm6b</i> transcripts are associated with temperature-induced sex reversal during development in a dragon lizard

scientific article published on 20 April 2022

Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.)

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

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Variation in Energy Metabolism and Water Flux of Free‐Ranging Male Lace Monitors, Varanus varius (Squamata: Varanidae)

scientific article published in 2002

Waking the sleeping dragon: gene expression profiling reveals adaptive strategies of the hibernating reptile Pogona vitticeps.

scientific article published on 6 June 2019

ZW Sex Chromosomes in Australian Dragon Lizards (Agamidae) Originated from a Combination of Duplication and Translocation in the Nucleolar Organising Region

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

dartR: an R package to facilitate analysis of SNP data generated from reduced representation genome sequencing

scientific article published on 20 December 2017