Recent Publications [see also our Full Archive]

Miura, I., Ezaz, T., Ohtani, H., Uno, Y., Nishida, C., Matsuda, Y. and Graves, J.A.M. (2009). The W Chromosome Evolution and Sex-linked Gene Expression in the Japanese Frog Rana Rugosa Sex Chromosomes: Genetics, Abnormalities, and Disorders, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY. pp.123-140.

Waters, P.D., Marshall Graves, J.A., Thompson, K., Sankovic, N. and Ezaz, T. (2008). Identifcation of Cryptic Sex Chromosomes and Isolation of X- and Y-Borne Genes In Murphy, W.J. (Ed.) Methods in Molecular Biology: Phylogenomics

Georges, A., Doody, J.S., Beggs K. and Young J.E. (2004). Thermal models of TSD under laboratory and field conditions. Pp. 79-89 in Valenzuela, N. and Lance, V. (Eds). Temperature dependent sex determination in reptiles. Smithsonian Institute, Washington.

Georges, A., Ezaz, T., Quinn, A.E. and Sarre, S.D. (2010). Are reptiles predisposed to temperature-dependent sex determination? Sexual Development 4:7-15.

Quinn, A.E., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D., Marshall Graves, J.A. and Georges, A. (2010). Isolation, conversion, and physical mapping of sex chromosome sequence in a dragon lizard. Heredity 104:410-417.

Abramyan, J., Ezaz, T., Graves, J.A.M. and Koopman, P. (2009). Z and W sex chromosomes in the cane toad (Bufo marinus). Chromosome Research 17:1015-1024.

Ezaz T, Moritz B, Waters PD, Graves JAM, Georges A and Sarre SD (2009). The ZW sex microchromosomes of an Australian dragon lizard share no homology with those of other reptiles or birds. Chromosome Research 17:965-973

Ezaz T, Sarre SD, O’Meally and Graves JAM and Georges A (2009). Sex chromosome evolution in lizards: independent origins and rapid transitions. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 127:249-260.

Ezaz, T., Quinn, T.E., Sarre, S.D., O’Meally, D., Georges, A., and Marshall Graves, J.A. (2009). Molecular marker suggests rapid changes of sex-determining mechanisms in Australian dragon lizards. Chromosome Research 17:91-98.

Janes, D.E., Ezaz, T., Graves, J.A.M. and Edwards, S.V. (2009). Recombination and nucleotide diversity in the pseudoautosomal region of minimally differentiated sex chromosomes in the Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae. Journal of Heredity 100:125-136

Quinn, A.E., Radder, R.,S., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A., Ezaz, T. and Shine, R. (2009). Isolation and development of a molecular sex marker for Bassiana duperreyi, a lizard with XX/XY sex chromosomes and temperature-induced sex reversal. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 281:665–672

Ezaz, T., O’Meally, D., Quinn, A.E., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Marshall-Graves, J.A. (2008). A simple non-invasive protocol to establish primary cell lines from tail and toe explants for cytogenetic studies in Australian dragon lizards (Squamata: Agamidae). Cytotechnology 58:135-139

Janes DE, Ezaz T, Graves JAM and Edwards SV. (2008). Characterization, chromosomal location, and genomic neighborhood of a ratite ortholog of a gene with gonadal expression in mammals. Integrative and Comparative Biology 48:505-511.

Martinez, P. A., Ezaz, T., Valenzuela, N., Georges, A. and Marshall Graves, J.A. (2008). 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. Chromosome Research 16: 815-825.

Radder, R.S., Quinn, A.E., Georges, A., Sarre, S.D. and Shine, R. (2008). Genetic evidence for the co-occurrence of chromosomal and thermal sex determining systems in a lizard. Biology Letters 4:176-178

Stiglec, R., Ezaz, T. and Graves, J.A.M. (2007). Re-assignment of chicken W chromosome sequences to the Z chromosome and chromosome 3 by fluorescence in situ hybridization Cytogenetic and Genome Research 116: 132-134.

Leaver, M.J., Ezaz M.T., Fontagne, S., Tocher, D.R., Boukouvala, E., Krey, G. (2007). Multiple peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor β subtypes from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 38: 391-400.

Quinn, A.E.., Georges, A., Sarre, S.D., Guarino, F., Ezaz, T., and Graves, J.A.M. (2007). Temperature sex reversal implies sex gene dosage in a reptile. Science 316:411, plus supplement.

Stiglec, R., Ezaz, T. and Graves, J.A.M (2007). A new look at the evolution of avian sex chromosomes. Cytogenetics and Genome Research 117:103–109.

Doody, J.S., Guarino, F., Georges, A., Corey, B., Murray, G. and Ewert, M.W. (2006). Nest site choice compensates for climate effects on sex ratios in a lizard with environmental sex determination. Evolutionary Ecology 20:307-330.

Ezaz, T., Valenzuela, N., Grützner, F., Miura, I., Burke, R., Georges, A. and Marshall-Graves, J.A. (2006). An XX/XY sex micro-chromosome system in a freshwater turtle, Chelodina longicollis (Testudines: Chelidae) with genotypic sex determination Chromosome Research 14:139-150.

Ezaz, T., Quinn, A.E., Miura, I., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Marshall-Graves, J.A. (2005). The dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps has ZZ/ZW micro-sex chromosomes. Chromosome Research 13:763-776.

Georges, A., Beggs, K., Young, J.E. and Doody, J.S. (2005). Modelling reptilian development under fluctuating temperature regimes. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78:18-30.

Sarre, S., Georges, A. and Quinn, A. (2004). The ends of a continuum: Genetic and temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles. Bioessays 26:639-645.

Georges, A., Limpus, C.J. and Stoutjesdijk, R. (1994). Proportion of development at a temperature, not daily duration of exposure, determines sex in the marine turtle Caretta caretta. Journal of Experimental Zoology 270:432-444.

Georges, A. (1989). Female turtles from hot nests: Is it amount of development or duration of incubation at high temperatures that matters? Oecologia (Berlin) 81:323-328.