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List of works by Darren J. Obbard

A Magnesium Transport Protein Related to Mammalian SLC41 and Bacterial MgtE Contributes to Circadian Timekeeping in a Unicellular Green Alga

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A new lineage of segmented RNA viruses infecting animals

scientific article published on 17 January 2020

Alternative splicing of the Anopheles gambiae Dscam gene in diverse Plasmodium falciparum infections

scientific article published on June 8, 2011

Are arthropods at the heart of virus evolution?

scientific article published on 9 March 2015

Correction: Metagenomic sequencing suggests a diversity of RNA interference-like responses to viruses across multicellular eukaryotes

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Drosophila Evolution over Space and Time (DEST): A New Population Genomics Resource

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Duplication and Diversification of Dipteran Argonaute Genes, and the Evolutionary Divergence of Piwi and Aubergine

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Estimating divergence dates and substitution rates in the Drosophila phylogeny

scientific article (publication date: November 2012)

Expansion of the metazoan virosphere: progress, pitfalls, and prospects

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Fighting strategies in two species of fig wasp

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Genetic variation and sexual system evolution in the annual mercuries

doctoral thesis by Darren J. Obbard

Genomic analysis of European Drosophila melanogaster populations reveals longitudinal structure, continent-wide selection, and previously unknown DNA viruses

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Genomic analysis of European Drosophila populations reveals longitudinal structure and continent-wide selection

scientific article published on 3 May 2018

Host evolutionary history predicts virus prevalence across bumblebee species: All supplementary materials

Host phylogeny determines viral persistence and replication in novel hosts

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Host-switching by a vertically transmitted rhabdovirus in Drosophila

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Hybridization and pre-zygotic reproductive barriers in Plasmodium

scientific article published in May 2015

Hybridization, polyploidy, and the evolution of sexual systems in Mercurialis (Euphorbiaceae).

scientific article published in September 2006

Immune genes undergo more adaptive evolution than non-immune system genes in Daphnia pulex

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Induction and suppression of NF-κB signalling by a DNA virus of

scientific article published on 17 January 2019

Induction and suppression of tick cell antiviral RNAi responses by tick-borne flaviviruses

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Inferring selection in the Anopheles gambiae species complex: an example from immune-related serine protease inhibitors

scientific article published on 04 June 2009

Isolation of a natural DNA virus of Drosophila melanogaster, and characterisation of host resistance and immune responses.

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Male morphology and dishonest signalling in a fig wasp

Mercurialis canariensis (Euphorbiaceae), a New Endemic to the Canary Islands

scientific article published in 2006

Metagenomic sequencing suggests a diversity of RNA interference-like responses to viruses across multicellular eukaryotes

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Metagenomic sequencing suggests a diversity of RNA interference-like responses to viruses across multicellular eukaryotes

Mitogenome phylogeographic analysis of a planktonic crustacean

scientific article published on 18 June 2018

Molecular evolution and phylogenetics of rodent malaria parasites

scientific article (publication date: 14 November 2012)

Natural selection drives extremely rapid evolution in antiviral RNAi genes.

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Novel Drosophila viruses encode host-specific suppressors of RNAi

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Parasitism and breeding system variation in North American populations of Daphnia pulex

scientific article published in 2007

Population genetics of Plasmodium resistance genes in Anopheles gambiae: no evidence for strong selection

scientific article published in August 2007

Population-Genomic Analysis Identifies a Low Rate of Global Adaptive Fixation in the Proteins of the Cyclical Parthenogen <i>Daphnia magna</i>

scientific article published in March 2022

Quantifying adaptive evolution in the Drosophila immune system

scientific article published on 23 October 2009

RNA Interference Pathways Display High Rates of Adaptive Protein Evolution in Multiple Invertebrates

scientific article published in February 2018

RNA interference: endogenous siRNAs derived from transposable elements

scientific article published in July 2008

Recent and recurrent selective sweeps of the antiviral RNAi gene Argonaute-2 in three species of Drosophila

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Recent insights into the evolution of innate viral sensing in animals

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Repeated Duplication of Argonaute2 Is Associated with Strong Selection and Testis Specialization in Drosophila.

scientific article published on 17 August 2016

Rhabdoviruses in Two Species of Drosophila: Vertical Transmission and a Recent Sweep

scientific article published on February 21, 2011

Sexual systems and population genetic structure in an annual plant: testing the metapopulation model

scientific article published on 14 February 2006

Sigma viruses from three species of Drosophila form a major new clade in the rhabdovirus phylogeny

scientific article published on 7 October 2009

Simple allelic-phenotype diversity and differentiation statistics for allopolyploids

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Suppressors of RNAi from plant viruses are subject to episodic positive selection.

scientific article published on 26 June 2013

Symptoms of population range expansion: lessons from phenotypic and genetic differentiation in hexaploidMercurialis annua

scientific article published in 2010

The age and evolution of an antiviral resistance mutation in Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article (publication date: 22 August 2007)

The discovery, distribution and evolution of viruses associated with Drosophila melanogaster

The discovery, distribution, and diversity of DNA viruses associated with in Europe

The discovery, distribution, and evolution of viruses associated with drosophila melanogaster

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The evolution of RNAi as a defence against viruses and transposable elements

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The evolution of TEP1, an exceptionally polymorphic immunity gene in Anopheles gambiae

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The evolution, diversity, and host associations of rhabdoviruses

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The genetics of host-virus coevolution in invertebrates

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The recent spread of a vertically transmitted virus through populations of Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article published on 23 August 2007

The virome of Drosophila suzukii, an invasive pest of soft fruit

scientific article published in January 2018

Twenty-Five New Viruses Associated with the Drosophilidae (Diptera)

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Variation and Evolution in the Glutamine-Rich Repeat Region of Drosophila Argonaute-2.

scientific article published on 17 June 2016

Vertically transmitted rhabdoviruses are found across three insect families and have dynamic interactions with their hosts.

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Widespread gene duplication and adaptive evolution in the RNA interference pathways of the Drosophila obscura group

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Widespread gene duplication and adaptive evolution in the RNA interference pathways of the Drosophila obscura group