List of works by Denis O'Meally

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

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

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 some chromosomes particularly good at sex? Insights from amniotes

scientific article published on January 2012

Characterisation of MHC class I genes in the koala

scientific article published on July 2017

Characterisation of the immune compounds in koala milk using a combined transcriptomic and proteomic approach

scientific article published on 07 October 2016

Characterization of the antimicrobial peptide family defensins in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), and tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).

scientific article published on 12 November 2016

Comparative transcriptomics reveals striking similarities between the bovine and feline isolates of Tritrichomonas foetus: consequences for in silico drug-target identification

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Development of a SNP-based assay for measuring genetic diversity in the Tasmanian devil insurance population.

scientific article published on 14 October 2015

Differential Gamma Interferon- and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Driven Cytokine Response Distinguishes Acute Infection of a Metatherian Host with Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum.

scientific article published on 27 March 2017

Draft genome assembly of the invasive cane toad, Rhinella marina

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Evolutionary history of novel genes on the tammar wallaby Y chromosome: Implications for sex chromosome evolution

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

scientific article published on 28 September 2015

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

Landscape of DNA methylation on the marsupial X.

scientific article published on 17 November 2017

Major Histocompatibility Complex Genes Map to Two Chromosomes in an Evolutionarily Ancient Reptile, the Tuatara Sphenodon punctatus

scientific article published on 7 May 2015

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

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

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Pentastomids of wild snakes in the Australian tropics

scientific article (publication date: April 2014)

Report from the first snake genomics and integrative biology meeting

scientific article published on 24 September 2012

SNP marker discovery in koala TLR genes

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

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State-transition analysis of time-sequential gene expression identifies critical points that predict development of acute myeloid leukemia

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

The first cytogenetic map of the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus.

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The identification of immune genes in the milk transcriptome of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii).

scientific article published on 12 January 2016

The koala immunological toolkit: sequence identification and comparison of key markers of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) immune response

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Transcriptome dynamics describe and predict state transition from health to leukemia

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Transcriptome sequencing of the long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta) reveals conservation and innovation of immune genes in the marsupial order Peramelemorphia.

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Transcriptomic changes in the pre-implantation uterus highlight histotrophic nutrition of the developing marsupial embryo.

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

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

scientific article published on 6 June 2019

Widespread convergence in toxin resistance by predictable molecular evolution

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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