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2025

Gamaarachchi, H., Stevanovski, I., Hammond, J.M., Reis, A.L.M., Rapadas, M., Jayasooriya, K., Russell, T., Yeow, D., Hort, Y., Mallett, A.J., Stackpoole, E., Roman, L., Silver, L.W., Hogg, C.J., Streeting, L., Bogdanovic, O., Rodrigues, R., Nascimento, L., Cardoso, A.L., Georges, A., Cheng, H., Patel, H.R., Kumar, K.R., Mallawaarachchi, A.C. and Deveson, I.W. 2025. Adaptively integrated sequencing and assembly of near-complete genomes. BioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.31.646505 [pdf]

Hanrahan, B.J., Alreja, K., Reis, A.L.M., Chang, J.K., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Edwards, R., Bertozzi, T., Hammond, J.M., O'Meally, D., Deveson, I.W., Georges A., Waters, P. and Patel, H.R. 2025. A genome assembly and annotation for the Australian alpine skink Bassiana duperreyi using long-read technologies. G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics, 15:jkaf046 [http://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaf043] [pdf]

Marín-Gual, L., Álvarez-González, L., Gonzalez-Rodelas, L., Coppen, F., Milton, A. M., O'Neill, R. J., Pask, A. J., Renfree, M. B., Georges, A., Waters, P. D., Ruiz-Herrera, A. 2025. Looping through evolution: divergent 3D genome architecture of spermatogenesis across vertebrates. [submitted, 17-7-25]

Whiteley, S., Holleley, C.E. and Georges, A. 2025. In vitro organ culture protocol for intact urogenital systems suppsorting gonadal differentiation. PLoS ONE, in press.

Wild, K., Roe, J.H., Curran, J., Pearson, P., Schwanz, l., Georges, A. and Sarre, S.D. 2025. Thermal performance curves, activity and survival in a free-ranging ectotherm. Journal of Animal Ecology Advance Online [https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70091] [pdf]

Xiong, L., Whiteley, S., Schwanz, L. and Georges, A. 2025. Establishment of adherent fibroblasts from adult P. vitticeps lung tissue Protocols.io dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.j8nlkdbj5g5r/v1

2024

Chang J.K., Alreja, K., Hanrahan, B.J., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Reis, A.L.M., Lister, N.C., Bertozzi, T., Griffith, O.W., Whittington, C.M., Patel, H.R., Deveson, I.W., Georges, A. and Waters, P.D. 2024. Skink sex chromosomes 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Chang, J.K., Alreja, K., Hanrahan, B.J., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Reis, A.L.M., Lister, N.C., Bertozzi, T., Griffith, O.W., Wittington, C.M., Patel, H.R., Deveson, I.W., Georges, A. and Waters, P.D. 2024. Identifying and Exploring Sex Chromosomes in Australian Skinks: Comparative Analysis and Synteny Mapping. 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Crowther, C., S. Bonser, and L.E. Schwanz 2024. Plasticity and the adaptive evolution of switchlike reaction norms under environmental change. Evolution Letters 8:64-75 [https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrad035] [pdf]

Dor D., Booth D.T., Schwanz L.E. 2024. Swimming through sand: using accelerometers to observe the cryptic, preemergence life-stage of sea turtle hatchlings. Proc. R. Soc. B 291: 20241702 [https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1702]

Georges, A. 2024. The AusARG Genomics experience -- challenges and learnings. PacBio Workshop, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra. July 30, 2024.

Georges, A., Alreja, K., Chang, J.K., Edwards, R.J., Bertozzi, T., Hammond, J.H., Deveson, I.W., Waters, P. and Patel, H. 2024. The AusARG Genomics Initiative 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Georges, A., Whiteley, S., Castelli, M.E., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Sarre, S.D. and Holleley, C.H. 2024. Gene-environment interactions governing sexual development and the implications for the viability and local extinction of reptile species under rapid climate change. Symposium "Navigating warmer climates: The multifaceted impact of climate change on reproduction”, Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Biology, Adelaide, 10-13-Nov-2024.

Georges, A., Whiteley, S., Castelli, M.E., Dissanayake, D.S.D, and Holleley, C.E. 2024. Gene-environment interactions governing sexual development and the implications for the viability and local extinction of reptile species under rapid climate change. Proceedings of the ESA-SRB-ANZBMS conference, Adelaide 10-13 November 2024.

Graves, JAM and Georges, A. 2024. Why do humans have near-equal numbers of male and female babies, unlike many other animals? A new genetic study looks for clues. The Conversation October 17, 2024 [pdf]

Hanrahan, B.J., Alreja, K., Reis, A.L.M., Chang, J.K., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Edwards, R.J., Bertozzi, T., Hammond, J.H., O'Meally, D., Deveson, I.W., Georges, A., Waters, P. and Patel, H. 2024. A genome assembly and annotation for the Australian alpine skink Bassiana duperreyi with emphasis on the sex chromosomes. 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Hanrahan, B.J., Chang J.K., Milton, A., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Reis, A.L.M., Lister, N.C., Patel, H.R., Deveson, I.W., Graves, J.A.M., Georges, A. and Waters, P.D. 2024. 2024. Sex chromosome dosage compensation in a skink with sex reversal. 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Hanrahan, B.J., Chang, J King, Milton, A.M., Lister, N.C., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Hammond, J.M., Reis, A.L.M., Deveson, I.W., Ruiz-Herrera, A., Patel, H.R., Graves, J.A.M., Georges, A., and Waters, P.D. 2024. Partial sex chromosome dosage compensation in a sex reversing skink. [submitted]

Holleley, C. 2024. Exploiting the power of hindsight: can historical epigenetics establish essential baselines for reproduction-related traits in vertebrates? Proceedings of the ESA-SRB-ANZBMS conference, Adelaide 10-13 November 2024.

Lister NC, Milton AM, Patel HP, Waters SA, Hanrahan BJ, McIntyre KL, Livernois AM, Horspool WB, Wee LK, Ringel AR, Mundlos S, Robson MI, Shearwin-Whyatt L, Grützner F, Graves JAM, Ruiz-Herrera A, and Waters PD. 2024. Incomplete transcriptional dosage compensation of chicken and platypus sex chromosomes is balanced by post-transcriptional compensation. PNAS

Luckenbach, J.A., Yamamoto, Y., Miura, I. and Georges, A. 2024. Genetic & Environmental Sex Determination in Cold-Blooded Vertebrates: Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles. In: M.K. Skinner (ed), Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Third Edition), Academic Press. doi:10.1016/B978-0-443-21477-6.00193-0 1 [pdf]

McIntyre KL, Waters SA, Zhong L, Hart‑Smith G, Raftery M, Chew ZA, Patel HR, Graves JAM and Waters PD. 2024. Identification of the RSX interactome in a marsupial shows functional coherence with the Xist interactome during X inactivation. Genome Biology 25:134 [https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-024-03280-0]

Milton AM, Laia Marín-Gual L, Lister NC, McIntyre KL, Grady PGS, Laird MK, Bond DM, Hore TA, O’Neill RJ, Pask AJ, Renfree MB, Ruiz-Herrera A and Waters, PD. 2024. Imprinted X chromosome inactivation in marsupials: The paternal X arrives at the egg with a silent DNA methylation profile. PNAS 121(36):e2412185121 [https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2412185121]

Powell, D., Jackson, N, Kaur, P., Dudchenko, O., Aiden, E.L., Georges, A. and Frère, C.H. 2024. Genome of the eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), an agamid model for urban adaptation. 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Powell, D., Jackson, N., Kaur, P., Dudchenko, O., Erez Lieberman Aiden, E.L., Georges, A. and Frère, C.H. 2024. The genome of the Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), an agamid model for urban adaptation Journal of Heredity, esae054, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esae054 [pdf]

Song, Y., Zhou, Z., Huang, S., Li, Z., Zhu, X, Zhou, H., Jiang, Y., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Georges, A. and Xiong, L. 2024. Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the STAT family in Reeve’s turtle (Mauremys reevesii). Biochemical Genetics 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-024-10820-7 [pdf]

Waters, P.D. 2024. Exploring comparative reproductive biology across species. Proceedings of the ESA-SRB-ANZBMS conference, Adelaide 10-13 November 2024.

Whiteley, S., Holleley, C.E. and Georges, A. 2024. In vitro organ culture of intact urogenital systems supporting gonadal differentiation. protocols.io, doi:10.17504/protocols.io.kqdg3qxj1v25/v1

Xiong, L., Whiteley, S.L., Zhang, X., Schwanz, L. and Georges, A. 2024. Gonadal transcriptome sequencing reveals the temperature response of gene expression at the chromosomal level in Mauremys reevesii. 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Zhang, X., Wagner, S., Zhong, C., Chen, C., Wang, M-B., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Holleley, C.E. and Georges, A. 2024. Short Direct Repeats-mediated splicing of the candidate master sex determining gene nr5a1 in the dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Zhou, Z., Yang, J., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Schwanz, L., Georges, A., Xiong, L. 2024. Unraveling Bird DNAJC15 Gene Evolution via Codon Usage Analysis Submitted

2023

Crowther, Claudia 2023. A shifting switch: How plasticity shapes the evolution of environmental sex determination. PhD Thesis, University of New South Wales [pdf]

Georges, A. 2023. Sex in Reptiles -- On the cusp of a new wave of discovery. International Plant and Animal Genomes Conference (PAG), Australia. Perth September 20-23, 2023.

Georges, A. 2023. Resolving Sex Chromosome Assembly -- Brief History And Current Advances. Workshop on Computational Genomics (in honour of the late Yu Lin). ANU School of Computing, Shine Dome, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra. August 31, 2023.

Georges, A. 2023. Sex determination in reptiles – lessons from the dragon lizard and challenges for the future. Tree of Sex symposium, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK. September 19-21, 2023.

Georges, A. 2023. Long-read sequencing technologies and sex determination - on the cusp of a wave of new discovery? Genome Diversity: Insights from long-read sequencing, Symposium of the Centre of Biodiversity analysis, ANU Canberra, July 13-14, 2023

Georges, A. 2023. Plenary: Evolution of sex determination mechanisms. 9th International Symposium on the Biology of Sex Determination. Kailua-Kona Hawaii. Apr 17-21, 2023

Georges, A. and Zhou, Q. (co-chairs) 2023. Symposium on Genetics & Epigenetcs of Sex XVIII International Congress of Genetics, Melbourne, Australia. July 16-21, 2023.

Holleley, C.E., Whiteley, S.L., Devloo-Delva, F., Bachler, A., Llinas, J. and Georges, A. 2023. Molecular sex identification for applications in conservation, industry and veterinary medicine. Pp 74-101 (Chapter 8) in Holleley, C.E., Berry, O. and Jarman, S. Applied Ecological Genetics. CSIRO Publishing, Canberra [pdf]

Schartl, M., Georges, A., Graves, J.A.M. 2023. Polygenic sex determination in vertebrates – is there any such thing? Trends in Genetics 39: 242-250. [pdf]

Tian, R., Guo Han, G., Yang, C., Fan, G., Whiteley, S.L., Holleley, C.E., Seim, I. and Arthur Georges, A. 2023. Draft genomes of a male and female Australian jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus). BioXriv [https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.11.463868] [pdf]

Wagner, S., Whiteley, S.L., Castelli, M., Patel, H.R., Deveson, I.W., Blackburn, J., Holleley, C.E., Marshall Graves, J.A. and Georges, A. 2023. Gene expression of male pathway genes sox9 and amh during early sex differentiation in a reptile departs from the classical amniote model. BMC Genomics 24:243, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-023-09334-0 [pdf]

Waters, P.D., Graves, J.A.M., Whiteley, S.A., Georges, A. and Ruiz-Herrera, A. 2023. Three dimensions of thermolabile sex determination. Bioessays 45:e2200123 [https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.202200123] [pdf]

Wild, K.H., Roe, J.H., Schwanz, L., Rodgers, E., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Georges, A., Sarre, S.D., and Noble. D.W.A. 2023. Metabolic consequences of sex-reversal in two lizard species: a test of the like genotype and like phenotype hypotheses. Journal of Experimental Biology 226 (13): jeb245657. [pdf]

2022

Dissanayake, D., Holleley, C.E. and Georges, A. 2022. Species or Lineages within Species: interrogating genomic datasets for the identity of candidate species within Bassiana duperreyi. 42nd Lorne Genome Conference 2022, Lorne Victoria 13-Feb-2022 [Poster] [pdf]

Dissanayake, D.S.B., Holleley, C.E., Sumner, J., Melville, J. and Georges, A. 2022. Lineage diversity within a widespread endemic Australian skink to better inform conservation in response to regional-scale disturbance. Ecology and Evolution 2:e8627 [pdf]

Dissanayake, D.S.B., Louise Streeting, L., Georges, A. and Bower, D.S. 2022. A male-specific sex marker for the endangered western saw-shelled turtle (Myuchelys bellii) using in silico whole-genome subtraction. Conservation Genetics Resources 14:231–236. [pdf]

Georges, A., Dissanayake, D.S.B. and Spencer, R.J. 2022. Evaluation of the use of buccal swabs as an alternative to blood sampling or skin sampling in freshwater turtles for analysis using DArTSeq. Report to the Australian Reptile Park, Somersby by Biomatix Pty Ltd. 28-Dec-2022 [pdf]

Marín-Gual, L., González-Rodelas, L., Garcias, M., Kratochvíl, L., Valenzuela, N., Georges, A., Waters, P.D. and Ruiz-Herrera, A. 2022. Meiotic chromosome dynamics and double strand break formation in reptiles. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology Cell Dev. Biol. 10:1009776 [doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.1009776]. [pdf]

Montgomery, M. 2022. Developing species specific management techniques for little fire ant <i>Wasmannia auropunctata</i> (Formicidae) in the tropics. PhD Thesis, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra [pdf]

Petrov, K., Sutcliffe, S., Eisemberg, C., Spencer, R.J., Bower, D. and Georges, A. 2022. A species expert assessment plan (SEAP) for Australian freshwater turtles Unpublished report and assessments submitted to the Threatened Species and Communities Governance Section of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) by Biomatix Pty Ltd, Canberra. 30-Jun-22.

Raynal, R.S., D.W.A. Noble, J.L. Riley, A.M. Senior, D.A. Warner, G.M. While, and L.E. Schwanz 2022. Impact of fluctuating developmental temperatures on phenotypic traits in reptiles: A meta-analysis. Journal of Experimental Biology 225(Suppl_1):jeb243369 [https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243369]

Sarah L. Whiteley, Susan Wagner, Ira Deveson, Jennifer A. Marshall Graves, Clare E. Holleley, Arthur Georges 2022. Gene-environment interactions underpinning temperature induced sex reversal in a dragon lizard Lorne Genome Conference, Lorne Victoria, 13-16 February 2022 [poster]

Truscott, H., Eisemberg, C., Sutcliffe, S. and Georges, A. 2022. Provision of Species Expert Assessment Plans (SEAPs) for Freshwater Turtles -- Indigenous Engagement Report Unpublished report to the Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment prepared by Biomatix Pty Ltd, Canberra. June 2022.

Wagner, S., Hanrahan, B., Whiteley, S.L., Graves, J.A.M., Waters, P. and Georges, A. 2022. Genetic sex determination in a reptile departs from the classical amniote model while DNA methylation defines expression of key sex genes. 42nd Lorne Genome Conference 2022, Lorne Victoria. 14-Feb-2022 [Poster] [pdf]

Waters, P., Patel, H., Ruiz-Herrera, A., Ezaz, T., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. 2022. Microchromosomes are building blocks of bird, reptile and mammal chromosomes. 42nd Lorne Genome Conference 2022, Lorne Victoria 14-Feb-2022.

Whiteley, S.A. 2022. Thermal influences on sex determination and differentiation in two Australian dragon lizards (Pogona vitticeps and Amphibolurus muricatus). PhD Thesis, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia [pdf]

Whiteley, S.L., Holleley, C.E. and Georges, A. 2022. Developmental dynamics of sex reprogramming by high incubation temperatures in a dragon lizard. BMC Genomics 23:322 [pdf]

Whiteley, S.L., Wagner, S., Deveson, I., Holleley, C.E. and Georges, A. 2022. Gene-environment interactions underpinning temperature induced sex reversal in a dragon lizard. 42nd Lorne Genome Conference 2022, Lorne Victoria. 14-Feb-2022 [Poster] [pdf]

Whiteley, S.L.., Wagner, S., Holleley, C.E., Deveson, I.W., Marshall Graves, J.A. and Georges, A. 2022. Truncated jarid2 and kdm6b transcripts are associated with temperature-induced sex reversal during development in a dragon lizard. Science Advances 8:eabk0275 [pdf]

Wild, K., Roe, J., Schwanz , L.E., Georges, A. and Sarre, S.D. 2022. Evolutionary stability inferred for a free ranging lizard with sex-reversal. Molecular Ecology 31:2281-2292.

Wild, K.H., Georges, A., Sarre, S.D., & Noble, D.W.A 2022. Sexual phenotype rather than genotype determines metabolism and growth in hatchling lizards that undergo sex-reversal Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Adelaide, SA, July: 2022. [Oral]

Wild, K.H., Roe, J. H., Schwanz, L.E., Georges, A, & Sarre, S.D 2022. Assessing the cost-benefit model of thermoregulation in a free-ranging ectotherm Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Adelaide, SA, July: 2022. [Poster]

Zhang, X., Wagner, S., Deakin, J.E., Holleley, C.E., Matsubara, K., Deverson, I.W., Li, Z., Wang, C., O'Meally, D., Edwards, M., Patel, H.R., Ezaz, T., Marshall Graves, J.M. and Georges, A. 2022. Sex-specific splicing of Z- and W-borne nr5a1 alleles suggests sex determination is controlled by chromosome conformation PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA) 119(4):e2116475119 [pdf]

Zhang, X., Wagner, S., Holleley, C.E., Graves, J.A.M. and Georges, A. 2022. Chromosomal sex via epigenetic modification? 42nd Lorne Genome Conference 2022, Lorne Victoria, 13-Feb-2022 [Poster] [pdf]

Zhu, Z., Matsubara, K., Shams, F., Dobry, J., Wapstra, J., Gamble, T., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A., Marshall Graves, J.A., Zhou, Q. and Ezaz, T. 2022. Diversity of reptile sex chromosome evolution revealed by cytogenetic and linked-read sequencing. Zoological Research 43:719-733 [pdf]

2021

Alam , S.M.I., Prasongmaneerut, T., Gleeson, D., Georges, A., Sarre, S.D., Srikulnath, K. and Ezaz, T. 2021. Sex determination mechanisms among populations within cryptic species complex of Calotes (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae). DNA 1:49–67 [pdf]

Castelli, M., Georges, A. and Holleley, C.E. 2021. Corticosterone does not have a role in temperature sex reversal in the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps). Journal of Experimental Zoology 335:301-310. [pdf]

Castelli, M., Georges, A., Cherryh, C., Rosauer, D., Sarre, S.D., Contador-Kelsall, I. and Holleley, C.E. 2021. Evolving thermal thresholds may explain the distribution of temperature sex reversal in an Australian dragon lizard (Pogona vitticeps). Diversity and Distributions 27:427-438. [pdf]

Castelli, M.A. 2021. Sex and stress: Is stress both a mediator and a consequence of sex reversal in the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)? PhD Thesis, University of Canberra, Australia [pdf]

Dissanayake, D., Holleley, C.E., Deakin, J. and Georges, A. 2021. High altitude increases the risk of Y chromosome loss in Alpine skink populations with sex reversal. Heredity 126:805–816 [pdf]

Dissanayake, D.S., Holleley, C.E. and Georges, A. 2021. Effects of natural nest temperatures on sex reversal and sex ratios in an Australian alpine skink. Scientific Reports11:20093. [pdf]

Dissanayake, D.S.B.D 2021. Sex reversal in the alpine skink Bassiana duperreyi – response to natural environment. PhD Thesis, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Australia [pdf]

Eureka Alert 2021. Bearded dragon embryos become females either through sex chromosomes or hot temperatures. Eureka Alert, USA, http://ct.moreover.com/?a=44701294486&p=1gw&v=1&x=xlXoRk7xaSNXrGF2G5mnBw

Georges, A., Holleley, C.E. and Marshall Graves, J.A. 2021. Concerning the article by Ehl et al. – false premise leads to false conclusions. Sexual Development 15: 286–288. https://doi.org/10.1159/000518374 [pdf]

Georges, A., Wedd, D. and Dostine, P. 2021. Genetic analysis of species identity of turtles from the Roper River collected as part of the Beetaloo Basin Geological and Bioregional Assessment (GBA). Report to the Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL), Charles Darwin University, in support of the Beetaloo GBA Program. 10-Dec-2021. [pdf]

Rovatsos, M., Gamble, A., Nielsen, S., Georges, A., Ezaz, T. and Kratochvil, L. 2021. Do male and female heterogamety really differ in expression regulation? Lack of global dosage balance in pygopodid geckos. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 376B: 20200102. [pdf]

Sarah L. Whiteley, Susan Wagner, Jennifer A. Marshall Graves, Clare E. Holleley, Arthur Georges 2021. Temperature induced sex reversal in the dragon lizard, Pogona vitticeps, is associated with splicing of novel JARID2 and KDM6B isoforms International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination (online), 4-6 October 2021 [oral]

Sarah L. Whiteley, Susan Wagner, Jennifer A. Marshall Graves, Clare E. Holleley, Arthur Georges 2021. Novel JARID2 and KDM6B isoforms are spliced under sex reversal inducing temperatures in the dragon lizard, Pogona vitticeps Genetics Society of Australasia (online), 6-8 October 2021 [oral]

Schwanz, L.E. and Georges, A. 2021. Sexual development and the environment: Conclusions from 40 years of theory. Sexual Development 15:7-22 [pdf]

Science Daily 2021. Bearded dragon embryos become females either through sex chromosomes or hot temperatures. Science Daly, USA

Science Daily 2021. SMRT Grant Winners – Collaboration Reaches New Heights in Global Science Challenge. Science Daily, USA, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210415141829.htm

Shayer I.B. Alam 2021. Sex in Dragons. An investigation of the evolution and ecology of sex determination mechanisms in agamid lizards (Squamata: Agamidae). PhD Thesis, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra ACT 2601, Australia [pdf]

Waters, P.D., Patel, H.R.,Ruiz-Herrera, A.,Álvarez-González, L., Lister, N.C.,Simakov, O., Ezaz, T., Kaur, P., Frere, C., Grützner, F., Georges, A. and Marshall Graves, J.A. 2021. Microchromosomes are building blocks of bird, reptile and mammal chromosomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 118(45): e2112494118. [pdf]

Whiteley, S., Georges, A., Weisbecker, V., Schwanz, L.E., and Holleley, C.E. 2021. Ovotestes suggest cryptic genetic influence in a reptile model for temperature dependent sex determination. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 288:20202819 [https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.3010] [pdf]

Whiteley, S.L., Castelli, M.A., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Holleley, C.E. and Georges, A. 2021. Temperature induced sex reversal in reptiles: Prevalence, discovery, and evolutionary implications. Sexual Development 15:148–156 [pdf]

Whiteley, S.L., Holleley, C.E., Blackburn, J., Deveson, I.W., Wagner, S., Graves, J.A.M., Georges, A. 2021. Two transcriptionally distinct pathways drive female development in a reptile with genetic sex determination and temperature induced sex reversal. PLoS Genetics 17:e1009465 [pdf]

Whiteley, S.L., McCuaig, R.D., Holleley, C.E., Rao, S. and Georges, A. 2021. Dynamics of epigenetic modifiers and environmentally sensitive proteins in a reptile with temperature induced sex reversal. Biology of Reproduction 106:132–144 [pdf]

Wild, K. 2021. Understanding the ecological consequences of sex reversal in the central bearded dragon Center of Excellence for Field Biology & Department of Biology, Austin Peay State University. Invited Seminar, July 2021.

Wild, K.H., Roe, J. H., Schwanz, L.E., Georges, A, & Sarre, S.D 2021. Dispersal and frequencies of sex-reversal imply that a genetic sex determining system with reversal is evolutionarily stable in a free-ranging lizard Annual Meeting of the Australian Wildlife Management Society (AWMS), Canberra, ACT, December, 2021. [Oral]

Wild, K.H., Roe, J. H., Schwanz, L.E., Georges, A, & Sarre, S.D 2021. Dispersal and frequencies of sex-reversal imply that a genetic sex determining system with reversal is evolutionarily stable in a free-ranging lizard Annual Meeting of the Australian Ecological Society (ESA), Darwin, NT, November, 2021. [Oral]

Wild, K.H., Roe, J. H., Schwanz, L.E., Georges, A, & Sarre, S.D 2021. Estimating thermal performance curves with accelerometer data under natural conditions Annual Meeting of the Australian Ecological Society (ESA), Darwin, NT, November, 2021. [Poster]

2020

Alam, S.M.I., Altmanová, M., Prasongmaneerut, T., Georges, A., Sarre, S.D., Nielsen, S.V., Gamble,T., Srikulnath, K., Rovatsos, M., Kratochvíl, L. and Ezaz, T. 2020. Cross-species BAC mapping highlights conservation of chromosome synteny across dragon lizards (Squamata: Agamidae) Genes 11, 698. [pdf]

Alam, S.M.I., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Ezaz, T. 2020. Karyotype characterisation of two Australian dragon lizards (Squamata: Agamidae: Amphibolurinae) reveals subtle chromosomal rearrangements between related species with similar karyotypes, Cytogenetic and Genome Research 160:610–623

Capraro, A., O‘Meally, D., Waters, S.A, Patel, H.R., Georges, A., and Waters, P.D. 2020. MicroRNA dynamics during hibernation of the Australian central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps). Scientific Reports 10:17854, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73706-9 [pdf]

Castelli, M. 2020. Evolving thermal thresholds explain the distribution of temperature sex reversal in an Australian dragon lizard. Australian Evolution Society Conference, online via Zoom, December 3-4, 2020.

Castelli, M., Whiteley, S., Georges, A. and Holleley, C.E. 2020. Cellular calcium and redox regulation: The mediator of vertebrate environmental sex determination? Biological Reviews 95:680-695. [pdf]

Cornejo-Páramo, P., Martínez-Pacheco, M.L., Lira-Noriega, A., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Acosta, A., Ramírez-Suástegui, C., Méndez-de-la-Cruz, F.R., Székely, T., Urrutia, A.O., Georges, A., Cortez, D. 2020. Viviparous reptile regarded to have temperature-dependent sex determination has old XY chromosomes. Genome Biology and Evolution 12:924–930. [pdf]

Dissanayake, D.S.B., Holleley, C.E., Hill, L., O'Meally, D., Deakin, J. and Georges, A. 2020. Identification of Y chromosome markers in the eastern three-lined skink (Bassiana duperreyi) using in-silico whole genome subtraction. BMC Genomics 21:667. [pdf]

Jones, M.E.H., Pistevos, J.C.A., Cooper, N.H., Lappin, A.K., Georges, A., Hutchinson, M.N. and Holleley, C.E. 2020. Reproductive phenotype predicts adult bite-force performance in sex-reversed dragons. Journal of Experimental Zoology A 333:252-263. [pdf]

Liu, G., K. Cain, and L.E. Schwanz 2020. Maternal Temperature, Corticosterone, and Body Condition as Mediators of Maternal Effects in Jacky Dragons (Amphibolurus muricatus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 93:434-449.

Mannix, L. 2020. Doris the lady lizard now appears to be male, stunning scientists. WA Today, Australia, http://ct.moreover.com/?a=43815769699&p=1gw&v=1&x=hSQSn6_idNZ75-UERmAjlg

Sarah L. Whiteley, Clare E. Hollely, Craig Smith, Vera Weisbecker, Arthur Georges 2020. Diverse pathways for conserved outcomes: Differential regulation of female sex determining pathways under temperature-dependent and genetic sex determination Australasian Evolution Society (online), 4-5 December 2020 [oral]

Schwanz, L.E., Georges, A., Holleley, C.E. and Sarre, S.D. 2020. Climate change, sex reversal and lability of sex determining mechanisms Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33:270-281. [pdf]

Schwanz, L.E., J. Crawford-Ash, and T. Gale 2020. Context dependence of transgenerational plasticity: the influence of parental temperature depends on offspring environment and sex. Oecologia 194:391-401.

Whiteley, S. 2020. Two transcriptionally distinct pathways drive female development in a reptile with both genetic and temperature induced sex determination. Australian Evolution Society Conference, online via Zoom, December 3-4, 2020.

2019

Capraro, A., O'Meally, D., Georges, A. and Waters, P. 2019. The role of miRNAs in the hibernation of the central bearded dragon. SMBE 2019, Manchester Central, England. 21-25 July, 2019.

Capraro, A., O'Meally, D., Waters, S.A., Patel, H.R., Georges, A. and Waters, P.D. 2019. Waking the sleeping dragon: transcriptional profiling of a hibernating reptile. BMC Genomics 20:460. [pdf]

Matsubara, K., O’Meally, D., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A., Matsuda, Y., Graves, J.A.M., Srikulnath, K., Ezaz, T. 2019. ZW sex chromosomes in Australian dragon lizards (Agamidae) originated from a combination of duplication and translocation in the nucleolar organizing region. Genes 10:861 [pdf]

Squamate development overturns assumptions of conserve processes in vertebrate sexual differentiation 2019. Squamate development overturns assumptions of conserve processes in vertebrate sexual differentiation Boden Research Conference, Symposium on Evolutionary Transformations in Vertebrate History. Melbourne, 2-4 October 2019 [oral]

2018

Alam, S.M.I, Sarre, S.D., Gleeson, D., Georges,A. and Ezaz, T. 2018. Did Lizards Follow Unique Pathways in Sex Chromosome Evolution? Genes 2018 9(5):239

Alam, S.M.L., Georges, A., Gleeson, D., Sarre, S.D. and Ezaz, T. 2018. Sex-linked markers in the Australian grassland earless dragon Tympanocryptis pinguicolla. Combined Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists and the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand. November 15-18, 2018. Kindilan, Queensland

Capraro, A., Georges, A. and Waters, P. 2018. Waking the sleeping dragon: epigenetic mechanisms that govern hibernation in the central bearded dragon. Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, University of Canberra, July 1-4, 2018

Castelli, M., Cherryh, C., Georges, A. and Holleley, C.E. 2018. Sex reversal is a geographically and temporally widespread phenomenon in the central bearded dragon. Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, University of Canberra, July 1-4, 2018

Dissanayake, D., Hill., L, Holleley, C., Deakin, J., and Georges, A. 2018. How sex can go wrong in the cold: Sex reversal of wild alpine skinks Bassiana duperreyi (Eastern Three-lines Skink). Combined Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists and the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand. November 15-18, 2018. Kindilan, Queensland.

Eisemberg, C., van Dijk, P.P., Georges, A. and Amepou, Y. 2018. Red List: Carettochelys insculpta, Pig-nosed Turtle The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2018: e.T3898A2884984. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T3898A2884984.en [pdf]

Georges, A. and Holleley, C.E. 2018. How does temperature determine sex? Temperature-responsive epigenetic regulation clarifies a 50-year-old mystery in reptiles. Science 360:601-602 [pdf]

Georges, A. and Patel, H. 2018. Using gene synteny to define putative superscaffolds as an aid to physical mapping. Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, University of Canberra, July 1-4, 2018

Lehtonen, J., and L.E. Schwanz 2018. Mate limitation and sex ratio evolution. Royal Society Open Science 5:171135.

Lister, N. 2018. RNA directed epigenetic regulation and modification of the human genome. PhD Thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia [pdf]

Merkling, T., S. Nakagawa, M. Lagisz, and L.E. Schwanz. 2018. Maternal testosterone and offspring sex-ratio in birds and mammals: a meta-analysis. Evolutionary Biology 45:96-104.

Rhodin, A.G.J., Richards, S., Georges, A., Amepou, Y. & Hamidy, A. 2018. Pelochelys signifera, Northern New Guinea Softshell Turtle The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T170526A1316202. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T170526A1316202.en [pdf]

While, G.M., D.W.A. Noble, T. Uller, D.A. Warner, J.L. Riley, W.-G. Du, and L.E. Schwanz 2018. Patterns of developmental plasticity in response to incubation temperature in reptiles. Journal of Experimental Zoology 329(4-5):162-176.

Whiteley, S., Weisbecker, V., Georges, A., Gauthier, A.R.G., Whitehead, D.L. and Holleley, C.E. 2018. Developmental asynchrony and antagonism of sex determination pathways in a lizard with temperature-induced sex reversal. Scientific Reports 8:14892 [pdf]

2017

Deveson, I.W., Holleley, C.E., Blackburn, J., Graves, J.A.M., Mattick, J.S., Waters, P.D. and Georges, A. 2017. Differential intron retention in Jumonji chromatin modifier genes is implicated in reptile temperature-dependent sex determination Science Advances 3:e1700731. [pdf]

Georges, A. 2017. The dragon genome -- sequence, annotation, physical mapping -- what we have learned an what questions have been raised. Cytogenetics in the Genomics Era. February 2-3, 2017, Canberra, Australia

Georges, A. 2017. Genetics, conservation and climate change: Lessons from the dragon. Genomics and Animal Conservation Symposium in Honour of Prof. Jennifer Graves and her receipt of the PM Prize for Science. LaTrobe University, Melbourne. September 29, 2017.

Georges, A. 2017. "Phenotypic plasticity in sex determination in reptiles" and "Sex in Dragons -- probing the mechanisms of sex determination" Amphibian Research Center, Hiroshima University, Japan. 27-July-2017. [Invited Presentation]

Whiteley, S. 2017. Sex reversal and temporary pseudohermaphroditism: Complex sexual development in the Central Bearded Dragon (Squamata: <i>Pogona vitticeps</i>) Honours Thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia [pdf]

Whiteley, S.L., Holleley, C.E., Ruscoe, W., Castelli, M., Whitehead, D., Lei, J., Georges, A. and Weisbecker, V. 2017. Sex determination mode does not affect body or genital development of the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps). EvoDevo 8:25. [pdf]

2016

Boyle, M., Schwanz, L., Hone, J. and Georges, A. 2016. Dispersal and climate warming determine range shift in model reptile populations. Ecological Modelling 328:34-43. [pdf]

Deakin, J., Edwards, M.J., Patel, H., O'Meally, D., Lian, J., Stenhouse, R., Ryan, S., Livernois, A., Azad, B., Holleley, C., Li, Q. and Georges, A. 2016. 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. BMC Genomics 17:447. [pdf]

Ezaz, T., Matsubara, K., Gamble, T., O’Meally, D., Melanie Edwards, M., Young, M., Holleley, C., Matsuda, Y., Deakin, J., Zhang, X., Graves, J.A.M., Sarre, S.D. and Georges, A. 2016. Comparative genomics of sex chromosome evolution in Reptiles: Shared ancestry or convergence? The 8th World Congress of Herpetology, 15-21 August, 2016. Hangzhou, China.

Georges, A. 2016. Gene-environment interactions in reptile sex determination. Yellow Seas Fisheries Institute, Qingdao, China. 22-August-2016. [Invited Presentation]

Georges, A. 2016. Sex in dragons -- probing the interaction between genotype and environment. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. 25-August-2016. [Invited Presentation]

Georges, A., Holleley, C. and Sarre, S.D. 2016. Developmental plasticity and sex determination in reptiles. The 8th World Congress of Herpetology, 15-21 August, 2016. Hangzou, China [Invited Presentation]

Georges, A., Holleley, H., O’Meally, D., Zhang,G., Lee, K., Waters, P., Deakin, D., Patel, H., Matsubara, K., Zhang, X.,Graves, J.A.M., Ezaz T. and Sarre, S.D.. 2016. Genome of the dragon and the genomics of sex. The 8th World Congress of Herpetology, 15-21 August, 2016. Hangzou, China [Invited Presentation]

Holleley, CE, Sarre, SD, O'Meally, D. and Georges, A. 2016. Sex reversal in reptiles: reproductive oddity or powerful driver of evolutionary change? Sexual Development doi:10.1159/000450972. [pdf]

Li, H., Holleley, C.E., Elphick, M., Georges, A. and Shine, R. 2016. The behavioural consequences of sex reversal in dragons. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B 283: 20160217. [pdf]

Livernois, A., Hardy, K. Domaschenz, R, Papankilaou, A, Georges, A., Sarre, S., Rao, S., Ezaz, T. and Deakin, J. 2016. Identification of interleukin genes in Pogona vitticeps using a de novo transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data Immunogenetics 68:719–731. [pdf]

Matsubara, K., O'Meally, D., Azad, B., Georges, A., Sarre, S.D., Graves, J.A.M., Matsuda, Y. and Ezaz, T. 2016. Amplification of microsatellite repeat motifs is associated with the evolutionary differentiation and heterochromatinization of sex chromosomes in Sauropsida. Chromosoma 125:111-123. [pdf]

Schwanz, L.E. 2016. Parental thermal environment alters offspring sex ratio and fitness in an oviparous lizard. Journal of Experimental Biology 219: 2349-2357 [doi: 10.1242/jeb.139972] 

Schwanz, L.E., G.A. Cordero, E.L. Charnov, F.J. Janzen. 2016. Sex-specific survival to maturity and the evolution of environmental sex determination. Evolution 70:329–341

Schwanz, L.E., K.A. Robert. 2016. Costs of rearing the wrong sex: cross-fostering to manipulate offspring sex in tammar wallabies. PLoS ONE 11: e0146011.

Sun, B.J., Li, T., Mu, Y., McGlashan, J.K., Georges, A., Shine, R. and Du, W.G. 2016. Thyroid hormone modulates offspring sex ratio in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Series B 283:20161026. [pdf]

2015

Georges, A., Li, Q., Lian, J., O'Meally, D., Deakin, J., Wang, Z., Zhang, P., Fujita, M., Patel, H.R., Holleley, C.E., Zhou, Y., Zhang, X., Matsurbara, K., Waters, P., Graves, J.A.M., Sarre, S.D. and Zhang, G. 2015. High-coverage sequencing and annotated assembly of the genome of the Australian dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps. GigaScience 4:45 [pdf]

Georges, A., Li, Q., Lian, J., O'Meally, D., Deakin, J., Wang, Z., Zhang, P., Fujita, M., Patel, H.R., Holleley, C.E., Zhou, Y., Zhang, X., Matsurbara, K., Waters, P., Graves, J.A.M., Sarre, S.D. and Zhang, G. 2015. The genome of the Australian dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps. GigaScience Database [http://gigadb.org/dataset/100166]

Holleley, C., O'Meally, D., Sarre, S.D., Graves, J.A.M., Ezaz, T.E., Matsubara, K., Azad, B., Zhang, X. and Georges, A. 2015. Sex reversal triggers rapid evolution of temperature dependent sex determination. Seventh International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination, April 13-17, 2015, Kona, Hawaii.

Holleley, C.E., O'Meally, D., Sarre, S.D., Graves, J.A.M., Ezaz, T., Matsubara, K., Azad, B., Zhang, X. and Georges, A. 2015. Sex reversal triggers the rapid transition from genetic to temperature-dependent sex. Nature 523:79-82. [pdf]

Koepfli, K.P., Paten, B., Genome 10K Community of Scientists [incl. Georges, A.], and OBrien, S.J. 2015. The Genome 10K Project -- A Way Forward. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences 3:57-111 [pdf]

Matsubara, K., Holleley, C., O'Meally, D., Deakin, J., Wang, Y., Zhang, X., Edwards, M., Patel, H., Li, Q., Zhang, G., Graves, J.A.M., Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T.E. and Georges, A. 2015. In search of a reptile sex determining gene. Seventh International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination, April 13-17, 2015, Kona, Hawaii.

2014

Boyle, M. 2014. Spatial and demographic consequences of genotypic and thermosensitive sex determination in stable and changing climates. PhD Thesis, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, [pdf]

Boyle, M., Schwanz, L., Hone, J. and Georges, A. 2014. Under what conditions do climate-driven sex ratios enhance versus diminish population persistence. Ecology and Evolution 4:4522-4533. [pdf]

Boyle, M., Schwanz, L., Hone, L.J. and Georges, A. 2014. Modelling climate and the geographical distributions of species with temperature-dependent juvenile survival and sex determination 50th Anniversary Meeting of The Australian Society of Herpetologists, Greenhills Conference Centre, Canberra, ACT. January 29-31, 2014.

Boyle, M., Schwanz, L.E., Hone, J. and Georges, A. 2014. How do climate-linked sex ratios and dispersal limit range boundaries? BMC Ecology 14:19. [pdf]

Harts, A.M.F., L.E. Schwanz, and H. Kokko. 2014. Demography can favour female-advantageous alleles. Proceedings B 281 (1790).

Holleley, C., Sarre, S.D., O’Meally, D., Ezaz T. and Georges, A. 2014. Sex-reversed dragons can reproduce: a naturally occurring transition from genotypic to temperature dependent sex determination 50th Anniversary Meeting of The Australian Society of Herpetologists, Greenhills Conference Centre, Canberra, ACT. January 29-31, 2014.

Janes, D.E., Organ, C.L., Stiglec, R., O'Meally, D.O., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A., Graves, J.A.M., Valenzuela, N., Literman, R.A., Rutherford, K., Gemmell, N., Iverson, J.B., Tamplin, J.W., Edwards, S.V. and Ezaz, T.E. 2014. Molecular evolution of Dmrt1 accompanies change of sex determining mechanisms in Reptilia. Biology Letters 10:20140809. [pdf]

Matsubara K., Gamble T., Matsuda Y., Zarkower D., Sarre S., Georges A., Marshal Graves J. and Ezaz T. 2014. Non-homologous sex chromosomes in two geckos (Gekkonidae: Gekkota) with female heterogamety. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 143:251-258. [pdf]

Matsubara, K., O’Meally, D., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Ezaz, T. 2014. Amplification of microsatellite repeats is associated with differentiation of sex chromosomes in reptiles 50th Anniversary Meeting of The Australian Society of Herpetologists, Greenhills Conference Centre, Canberra, ACT. January 29-31, 2014.

Matsubara, K., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. Matsuda, Y., Graves, J.A.M. and Ezaz, T. 2014. Highly differentiated ZW sex microchromosomes in the Australian Varanus species evolved through rapid amplification of repetitive sequences PLoS One 9(4): e95226. [pdf]

Schwanz, L.E., K.A. Robert. 2014. Proximate and ultimate explanations of mammalian sex allocation in a marsupial model. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68:1085-1096 [doi: 10.1007/s00265-014-1720-0]

2013

Azad, B., O'Meally, D., Young, M., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A., Graves, J.A.M., Edwards, S.V. and Ezaz, T. 2013. Genomics of sex chromosomes in the Australian dragon Pogona vitticeps. DeAgamis 3, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Agamid Lizards, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne Jan 21-23 2013. Pp 16.

Azad, Bhumika, Matsubara, K., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Ezaz, T. 2013. Repeat landscape of a dragon sex chromosome. Pp. 10. Proceedings of the ANU/CSIRO Biodiversity Genomics Conference, 2-5 April, 2013. Canberra.

Booksmythe, I., L.E. Schwanz, and H. Kokko. 2013. The complex interplay of sex allocation and sexual selection. Evolution 67:673-678. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.12003]

Boyle, M., Schwanz, L., Hone, J. and Georges, A. 2013. Modelling climate and the geographical distributions of species with temperature-dependent juvenile survival and sex determination. Intecol 2013 Annual Conference. London, 18-23 August 2013.

Ezaz, T., Azad, B., O'Meally, D., Young, M.J., Matsubara, K., Edwards, M.J., Zhang, X., Holleley, C.E., Deakin, J.E., Marshall-Graves, J.A., Georges, A., Edwards, S.V. and Sarre, S.D. 2013. Sequence and gene content of a large fragment of a lizard sex chromosome and evaluation of candidate sex differentiating gene R-spondin1. BMC Genomics 14, 899. [pdf]

Ezaz, T., Matsubara, K., Young, M., O'Meally, D., Azad, B., Georges, A., Graves, J., Holleley, C., Zhang, X., Sarre, S.D. 2013. Comparative genomics of sex chromosome evolution: Lessons from non-model reptiles. Pp. 19. Proceedings of the ANU/CSIRO Biodiversity Genomics Conference, 2-5 April, 2013. Canberra.

Georges, A. 2013. Commentary: For reptiles with temperature-dependent sex determination, thermal variability may be as important as thermal averages. Animal Conservation 16, 493-494. [pdf]

Georges, A. 2013. Announcing the first genome sequence for an Australian reptile. 37th Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Point Wolstoncroft, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Jan 29 to Feb 1, 2013.

Georges, A. 2013. Stories of PNG. Dinner presentation at the Science Educators Association of the ACT, Pod Food, Pialligo ACT, November 8.

Georges, A. 2013. The Kikori Project: Science underpinning community-led conservation and environmental education in the Kikori Delta, PNG. Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, May 16, 2013.

Georges, A. 2013. Finding a Needle in a Haystack - subtracting male and female dragon genomes. Seminar presented to the Techniques in Computational Genomics Group, Australian National University, March 1, 2013.

Georges, A. 2013. Sex in dragons: Finding a needle in a haystack. School of Biologicals Sciences, Florida State University, Florida USA. May 1, 2013.

Georges, A. 2013. Sex in dragons. Department of Genetics, University of Texas in Arlington, Texas USA. May 10, 2013.

Georges, A. 2013. Genomics for Dummies - A step by step introduction to the full genome sequence for bearded dragon. ACT Herpetological Association, Belconnen Way Soccer Club, June 18, 2013.

Georges, A., Holleley, C., O'Meally, D., Zhang, G., Lee, K., Waters, P., Deakin, J., Patel, H., Matsubara, K., Edwards, M., Zhang, X., Marshall-Graves, J., Ezaz, T., and Sarre, S.D. 2013. Genome of the dragon and the genomics of sex. Proceedings of the 3rd Genome 10K Community of Scientists Conference, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Florida USA. April 24-28, 2013:21.

Georges, A., Sarre, S.D., Zhang, G., Lee, K., Waters, P., Deakin, J., Graves, J.A.M., O'Meally, D., Holleley, C., Matsubara, K., Zhang, X., Young, M. and Ezaz, T. 2013. The genomics revolution and sex in the bearded dragon. DeAgamis 3, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Agamid Lizards, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne Jan 21-23 2013. Pp 10. [Keynote Address]

Georges, A., Sarre, S.D., Zhang, G., Lee, K., Waters, P., Deakin, J., Marshall-Graves, J., O'Meally, D., Holleley, C., Matsubara, K., Fujita, M., Azad, B., Edwards, M., Zhang, X., Young, M. and Ezaz, T. 2013. A draft annotated genome sequence for Australia's Bearded Dragon. Paper presented at Genetics Society of Australasia Conference, Sydney, 14-17 July 2013.

Holleley, C., O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D., Matsubara, K., Zhang, X. and Georges, A. 2013. Subtractive genomics and the identification of sex specific sequence and genes. Paper presented at Genetics Society of AustralAsia 2013 Conference, Sydney, 14-17 July 2013.

Holleley, C.E. 2013. Festival of Ambitious Ideas: From Ambition to Action. Citizen Science: Crowd Funding for Research, CSIRO Discovery Centre,Canberra Australia. [Invited]

Holleley, C.E. 2013. Crowd Funding in Universities: The Sugar Glider Genetics Project Case Study. Workshop on Is Crowd Funding an Option in a University Setting? University of Canberra, Australia. [Plenary Speaker]

Holleley, C.E. 2013. Sex-reversed dragons can reproduce: a naturally occurring transition from genotypic to temperature dependent sex determination. Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. [Invited Seminar]

Holleley, C.E. 2013. Sex-reversed dragons can reproduce: a naturally occurring transition from genotypic to temperature dependent sex determination. Seminar presented to the Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Australia.

Matsubara, K., Knopp, T., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Ezaz, T. 2013. 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). Molecular Cytogenetics 6:60. [pdf]

Matsubara, K., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A., Graves, J.A.M., Matsuda, Y. and Ezaz, T. 2013. Comparative analysis of sex chromosomes between Pogona vitticeps (Agamidae) and other reptiles. DeAgamis 3, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Agamid Lizards, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne Jan 21-23 2013. Pp 16-17.

O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D. and Georges, A. 2013. Cool temperatures produce more males in alpine nests of the three-lined skink, Bassiana duperreyi. 37th Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Point Wolstoncroft, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Jan 29 to Feb 1, 2013. Pp.33.

O'Meally, D., Holleley, C., Zhang, X., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D. and Georges, A. 2013. Cool temperatures produce more males in alpine nests of the XY skink, Bassiana duperreyi. Paper presented at Genetics Society of AustralAsia 2013 Conference (Spoken seminar), Sydney, 14-17 July 2013.

O'Meally, D., Patel, H., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D., Graves, J.A.M., Georges, A. and Waters, P.D. 2013. Sex chromosome dosage compensation in the central bearded dragon, Pogona vitticeps. DeAgamis 3, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Agamid Lizards, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne Jan 21-23 2013. Pp 12.

Schwanz, L.E. 2013. Untangling the links between climate and demography for reptiles with environmental sex determination. Animal Conservation 16:495-497 [DOI: 10.1111/acv.12081]

Schwanz, L.E., Ezaz, T., Gruber, B. and Georges, A. 2013. Novel evolutionary pathways of sex determining mechanisms. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26:2544-2557. [pdf]

Schwanz, L.E., Ezaz, T., Gruber, B. and Georges, A. 2013. Evolutionary transitions among sex-determining mechanisms without crossing a fitness valley. 37th Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Point Wolstoncroft, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Jan 29 to Feb 1, 2013:42.

Unmack, P.J., Gonzalez-Orozco, C., Hammer, M., Adams, M., Gruber, B. and Georges, A. 2013. Murray-Darling Basin fishes: phylogenetic relationships and distributional patterns. Australian Society for Fish Biology, Hamilton, New Zealand, August 2013.

Young, M.J., O'Meally, D., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Ezaz, T. 2013. Molecular cytogenetic map of the central bearded dragon Pogona vitticeps (Squamata: Agamidae). Chromosome Research 21:361-374. [pdf]

Zhang, X., O'Meally, D., Holleley, C., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D. and Georges, A. 2013. Application of mismatch sensitive nuclease in screening for sex specific DNA in GSD species. DeAgamis 3, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Agamid Lizards, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne Jan 21-23 2013. Pp 17.

2012

Amepou, Y., Eisemberg, C. and Georges, A. 2012. Community-led Conservation of Carettochelys insculpta in Kikori, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. The 8th New Guinea Biological Conference, June 28-29, 2102, Foreset Research Institute, Lae, PNG.

Boyle, M., Schwanz, L., Hone, J. and Georges, A. 2012. Modelling effects on populations with temperature-dependent sex determination. 25th Australasian Wildlife Management 2012 Annual Conference, Grand Chancellor Hotel, Adelaide, 27-29th November 2012.

Boyle, M., Schwanz, L., Hone, J. and Georges, A. 2012. Modelling effects on populations with temperature-dependent sex determination. Ecological Society of Australia 2012 Annual Conference, The Sebel, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, 3-7th December 2012.

Eisemberg, C., Amepau, Y. and Georges, A. 2012. Saving the Piku. Our Way, Airlines PNG Inflight Magazine, Aug/Sep 2012, pp 41-42.

Eisemberg, C., Rose, M., Amepou, Y. and Georges, A. 2012. The Piku Project: Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) community-led conservation in the Kikori region of Papua New Guinea. Regional Conference of the Society for Conservation Biology, Oceania, September 20-23, 2012, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia.

Ezaz, T., Young, M., O'Meally, D., Matsubara, K., Marshall-Graves, J.A., Matsuda, Y., Holleley, C., Sarre, S.D., Edwards, S., and Georges, A. 2012. Sex in dragons: Evolution of sex chromosomes in Australian dragon lizards. Pp. 55-57 in Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Biology Vertebrate Sex Determination, Kona, Hawaii, April 23-27, 2012.

Georges, A., Sarre, S.D., O'Meally, D., Holleley, C.], Matsubara, K., Zhang, X., Zhang, G., Lee,K. and Ezaz, T. 2012. The genomics of sex determination. 4th International Workshop on Crocodilian Genetics and Genomics, Darwin, Australia. May 16-18, 2012.

Holleley, C., Ezaz, T., O'Meally, D., Matsubara, K., Sarre, S.D. and Georges, A. 2012. Gene-environment interactions: Identification of sex-linked DNA sequences in dragons with temperature-dependent sex determination. Pp. 30-31 in Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Biology Vertebrate Sex Determination, Kona, Hawaii, April 23-27, 2012.

Long, M. and Eisemberg, C. 2012. Saving an endangered turtle in Papua New Guinea. The Lamp. An ExxonMobil Publication 2012(2):11-12.

Matsubara, K. Georges, A., Sarre, S.D., Marshall-Graves, J.A., Matsuda, Y. and Ezaz, T. 2012. Comparative analysis of sex chromosomes between Pogona vitticeps and Emydura macquarii. Pp. 49-50 in Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Biology Vertebrate Sex Determination, Kona, Hawaii, April 23-27, 2012.

O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Georges, A., Sarre, S.D. and Graves, J.A.M. 2012. Are some chromosomes particularly good at sex? Insights from amniotes. Chromosome Research 20:7-19. [pdf]

O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Marshall-Graves, J.A. 2012. What makes some chromosomes good at sex. Pp. 58-59 in Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Biology Vertebrate Sex Determination, Kona, Hawaii, April 23-27, 2012.

Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T. and Georges, A. 2012. Transition pathways between sex determining mechanisms in reptiles and amphibians. Pp. P-85 in Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Biology Vertebrate Sex Determination, Kona, Hawaii, April 23-27, 2012.

Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T., Georges, A. 2012. How many transitional pathways between sex‐determining systems in reptiles and amphibians? World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, Canada, August 8-14, 2012.

Schwanz, L., Ezaz, T., Gruber, B. and Georges, A. 2012. Evolutionary transitions from GSD to TSD without crossing a fitness valley. Pp. 48-49 in Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Biology Vertebrate Sex Determination, Kona, Hawaii, April 23-27, 2012.

Schwanz, L.E. and K.A. Robert. 2012. Reproductive ecology of wild tammar wallabies in natural and developed habitats on Garden Island, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 60:111-119.

Zhang, X., O'Meally, D., Holleley, C., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D. and Georges, A. 2012. Identification of sex-specific DNA by a combination of modified representational difference analysis (RDA-DSC) and next generation sequencing. Pp. P-104 in Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Biology Vertebrate Sex Determination, Kona, Hawaii, April 23-27, 2012.

2011

Bower, D. 2011. Conservation biology of freshwater turtles in the lower Murray River of Australia. PhD Thesis, Applied Ecology, University of Canberra

Eisemberg, C.C. 2011. Nesting ecology, harvest and conservation of the pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) in the Kikori Region, Papua New Guinea. PhD Thesis, Applied Ecology, University of Canberra [pdf]

Ezaz, T., O'Meally, D., Young, M., Sarre, S.D., Graves, J.A.M., and Georges, A. 2011. Sex in dragons -- genomics of sex chromosomes in central bearded dragon Pogona vitticeps. 3rd Australian Sex Summit, Country Place Retreat, Yarra Valley, Victoria. November 16-18, 2011:27.

Georges, A. 2011. Sex in Dragons: Using NextGen sequencing to probe gene-environment interactions in sex determination. 11th Australasian Microarray and Associated Technologies Conference, Canberra, Australia, October 9-12, 2011. [Invited Presentation].

Georges, A., Ezaz, T., O'Meally, D., Holleley, C., Matsubara, K., Zhang X. and Sarre, S.D. 2011. Sex in Dragons-NextGen sequencing and the search for a reptilian sex determining gene. 36th Annual General Meeting of Australian Society of Herpetologists, Paluma, North Queensland, November 8-11, 2011.

Georges, A., Sarre, S.D. and Ezaz, T. 2011. Using NextGen sequencing to probe gene-environment interactions in reptile sex determination. 6th International Conference on Genomics (ICG-VI), Shenzhen, China, November 12-15, 2011 [Invited Presentation].

O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D. and Georges, A. 2011. Using next gen sequencing to understand gene-environment interactions in reptile sex determination. 3rd Australian Sex Summit, Country Place Retreat, Yarra Valley, Victoria. November 16-18, 2011:27.

O'Meally, D., Zhang X., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D. and Georges, A. 2011. Using next gen sequencing to understand gene-environment interactions in reptile sex determination. Genetics Society of Australasia, University of Melbourne

Quinn, A.E., Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T., Graves, J.A.M. and Georges, A. 2011. Evolutionary transitions between mechanisms of sex determination in vertebrates. Biology Letters 7:443-448 [pdf]

Robert, K.A., and L.E. Schwanz. 2011. Emerging sex allocation research in mammals: marsupials and the pouch advantage. Mammal Review 41(1):1-22.

Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T. and Georges, A. 2011. Transitions between sex determining systems in reptiles and amphibians. Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics 12:391-406. [pdf]

Young, M., O'Meally, D., Georges, A., Sarre, S.D. and Ezaz, T. 2011. Comparative genomics and evolution of sex chromosomes in Australian dragon lizards. 3rd Australian Sex Summit, Country Place Retreat, Yarra Valley, Victoria. November 16-18, 2011:27.

Young, M.J. 2011. Physical map of the Australian central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) and comparative mapping among dragons (Squamata, Agamidae) and amniotes. Honours Thesis, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Australia [pdf]

2010

Ezaz, T., Georges, A., Quinn, A., O'Meally, D., Graves, J.A.M., Gamble, T. and Sarre, S. 2010. Sex in lizards: Multiple transitions and independent evolution of sex chromosomes. Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, 4-8 July, Canberra.

Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D., O'Meally, D., Graves, J.A.M. and Georges, A. 2010. Sex chromosome evolution in lizards: independent origins and rapid transitions. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 127:249-260. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

Georges, A., Ezaz, T., Quinn, A.E. and Sarre, S.D. 2010. Are reptiles predisposed to temperature-dependent sex determination? Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, 4-8 July, Canberra.

McGaugh, S., L.E. Schwanz, R.M. Bowden, J.E. Gonzalez, and F.J. Janzen. 2010. Inheritance of nesting behaviour across natural environmental variation in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277:1219-1226 [doi 10.1098/rspb.2009.1883]

O'Meally, D., Patel, H.R., Stiglec, R., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A., Graves, J.A.M. and Ezaz, T. 2010. Non-homologous sex chromosomes of birds and snakes share repetitive sequences. Chromosome Research 18:787-800. [pdf]

O'Meally, D., Sarre, S., Georges, A., Graves, J.A.M. and Ezaz, T. 2010. Snakes and ladders: The evolution of aminiote sex chromosomes. Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, 4-8 July, Canberra.

Quinn, A.E., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D., Graves, J.A.M. and Georges, A. 2010. 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. Heredity 104:410-417 [pdf]

Robert, K.A., L.E. Schwanz, and H. R. Mills. 2010. Offspring sex varies with maternal investment ability: empirical demonstration based on cross-fostering. Biology Letters 6:242-245 [doi 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0774] [Popular press coverage in ABC Science and Science Alert]

Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T., Quinn, D., O'Meally, D., Graves, J.A.M., and Georges, A. 2010. Sex determination in reptiles: Evolutionary transitions along the continuum. Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, 4-8 July, Canberra.

Schwanz, L.E. , F.J. Janzen, and S.R. Proulx. 2010. Sex allocation based on relative and absolute condition. Evolution 64:1331-1345 [doi 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00916.x]

Schwanz, L.E. , R.-J. Spencer, R.M. Bowden, and F.J. Janzen. 2010. Climate and predation dominate early life-stages and adult recruitment in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination: insight from a long-term study. Ecology 91:3016-3026.

Young, M.J., O'Meally, D., Georges, A., Ward, J. and Ezaz, T. 2010. Understanding genome evolution -- characterising the chromosomes of the dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps (Agamidae). Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, 4-8 July, Canberra.

2009

Ezaz, T., Moritz, B., Waters, P.D., Graves, J.A.M., Georges, A. and Sarre, S.D. 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 [pdf]

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

Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D., Quinn, A.E., O'Meally, D., Graves, J.A.M. and Georges, A. 2009. Sex in dragons: Evidence of multiple transitions between modes of sex determination. Fifth International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination. April 20-24, 2009. Kona, Hawaii:68-69.

Georges, A. 2009. Temperature dependent sex determination in reptiles: fact or furphy? Joint Meeting of the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand and the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Aukland February 20-23, 2009.

Georges, A., Sarre, S.D. and Ezaz, T. 2009. Reptiles with TSD: Are they inherently resistent to climate change? Fifth International Symposium on the Biology of Sex Determination, April 20-24, 2009, Kona, Hawaii:87-88.

O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. 2009. Sex chromosome repeats: Insights from snakes and birds. Fifth International Symposium on the Biology of Sex Determination, April 20-24, 2009, Kona, Hawaii:P45-46.

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 [pdf]

Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T., Quinn, A.E., Graves, J.A.M. and Georges, A. 2009. Sex determination in reptiles: Evolutionary transitions along the continuum. Fifth International Symposium on the Biology of Sex Determination, April 20-24, 2009, Kona, Hawaii:93-94.

2008

Ezaz, T., O'Meally, D., Quinn, A.E., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. 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 [pdf]

Ezaz, T., Quinn, A., Sarre, S., Georges, A., O'Meally, D., Graves, J.A.M. 2008. ZooFISH reveals homologous sex chromosomes among GSD and TSD Australian dragons. 55th Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, Adelaide, Australia. 7-10 July, 2008.

Georges, A. 2008. Sex as a threshold trait: revisiting traditional paradigms on the evolution of sex determination in reptiles. 2nd Australian Sex Summit. Flowerdale Estate, Victoria, Australia. December 3-5, 2008.

Georges, A. 2008. Sex as a threshold trait: Overturning traditional paradigms on evolution and modes of sex determination in reptiles. Seminar presented at CSIRO Entomology, Black Mountain, Canberra. 11-Sep-08

Georges, A., Quinn, A.E., Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T.E., and Graves, J.A.M. 2008. Sex as a threshold trait: Overturning traditional paradigms on evolution and modes of sex determination in reptiles. Sixth World Congress for Herpetology, Manaus, Brasil. August 17-22, 2008.

Martinez, P. A., Ezaz, T., Valenzuela, N., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. 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. [pdf]

Martinez, P.A. Ezaz, T. Valenzuela, N., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. 2008. A novel sex chromosome system in the Australian chelid turtle Emydura macquarii, a new piece in the ever increasing complexity of sex chromosome evolution. Joint Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the Herpetologists League, Montreal, Canada. July 23-28, 2008.

Martinez, P.A., Ezaz, T., Valenzuela, N., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. 2008. Sex chromosomes in the Australian chelid turtle Emydura macquarii. Annual Joint Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the Society of Systematic Biologists, Minneapolis, Minnesota. June 20-24, 2008.

O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S., Georges, A., Graves, J.A.M. 2008. Tuatara DMRT1: duplication or separation? Poster Session, Lorne Genome Conference, Lorne, Australia

Quinn, A.E. 2008. Evolution of Sex Determining Mechanisms in Reptiles. PhD Thesis, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra ACT 2616 Australia. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T.E., Quinn, A.E., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. 2008. Sex in dragons: Comparative genomics and the molecular basis of genetic and environmental sex determination. Sixth World Congress for Herpetology, Manaus, Brasil. August 17-22, 2008.

Sarre, S.D., Ezaz, T.E., Quinn, A.E., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. 2008. Sex in dragons: Comparative genomics and the molecular basis of sex determination Sixth World Congress of Herpetology, Manaus, Brazil. August 17-22.

Sarre, S.D., Georges, A., Quinn, A., Ezaz, T., Graves, J.A.M. 2008. Sex determination in reptiles: the temperature-genetic continuum. Lorne Genome Conference, Lorne, Australia [Invited Presentation]

Schwanz, L.E., and F.J. Janzen. 2008. Climate change and temperature-dependent sex determination: can plasticity in maternal nesting behavior prevent extreme sex ratios? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81:826-834.

Schwanz, L.E., and S.R. Proulx. 2008. Mutual information reveals variation in temperature-dependent sex determination in response to environmental fluctuation, lifespan and selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275:2441-2448.

2007

Ezaz, T., Quinn, A. Sarre,S., Georges, A., Graves, J.A.M. 2007. Sex microchromosomes in Australian Dragon Lizards. 54th Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, Sydney, Australia. 27th-29th June 2007.

Ezaz, T., Quinn, A.E., Sarre, S., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. 2007. Sex microchromosomes in Australian dragon lizards. Comparative Genomics Workshop, Sydney, June 26-27, 2007.

O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. 2007. Evolution of sex chromosomes in snakes. Comparative Genomics Mini-symposium, 54th Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia, Sydney, Australia. 27th-29th June 2007.

O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. 2007. Evolution of sex chromosomes in snakes. Comparative Genomics Workshop, Sydney, June 26-27, 2007.

O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Sarre,S., Georges, A., and Graves, J.A.M. 2007. Are sequences conserved between sex chromosomes of birds and Snakes? 28th Lorne Genome Conference, 11th-15th February 2007, Erksine Mantra Resrot, Lorne, Victoria, Australia.

Quinn, A.E. 2007. How is the gender of some reptiles determined by temperature? Scientific American, June 2007. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

Quinn, A.E., Georges, A., Sarre, S.D., Guarino, F., Ezaz, T., and Graves, J.A.M. 2007. Sex in dragons: Evolution of sex determining mechanisms in reptiles. Evolution of Sex Symposium. Evolution 2007. Christchurch, New Zealand, June 16-20, 2007.

2006

Doody, S. 2006. Sex allocation: Digression from or key to explaining environmental sex determination in reptiles. First Woolongong Workshop on Evolutionary Ecology: Sex Allocation in Reptiles. Woolongong University, April 1-2, 2006.

Ezaz, T., Quinn, A. Sarre,S., Georges, A., Graves, J.A.M. 2006. Sex in dragons: where boys can be girls. Molecular Genetics and Evolution Seminar series, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, October 18, 2006.

Ezaz, T., Quinn, A., Sarre, S., Georges, A., Graves, J.A.M. 2006. Sex determination in Australian agamid lizards: a tale of sex microchromosomes Fourth international symposium on the vertebrate sex determination, Kona, Hawaii, April 10-14, 2006.

Ezaz, T., Valenzuela, N., GrГјtzner, F., Miura, I., Burke, R., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. 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. [pdf]

Georges, A. 2006. Temperature dependent sex determination and sex allocation in reptiles. First Woolongong Workshop on Evolutionary Ecology: Sex Allocation in Reptiles. Woolongong University, April 1-2, 2006.

Georges, A., Guarino, F. and White, M. 2006. Sex ratio variation across populations of a turtle species with genotypic sex determination. Wildlife Research 33:475-480 [pdf]

Murray, G., Doody, J.S., Guarino, F., Georges, A., Pezaro, N., Steer, D. and Corey, B. 2006. Too chilly for willies: the effects of climate on offspring sex ratios of a TSD species Physignathus lesueurii. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Herpetologists Conference, Healsville, Vic. 18-21 April, 2006.

Pezaro, N., Doody, J.S. and Georges, A. 2006. Testing for sex allocation in the water dragon, Physignathus lesueurii, a species with temperature-dependent sex determination. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Herpetologists Conference, Healsville, Vic. 18-21 April, 2006.

Schwanz, L.E., J.G. Bragg, and E.L. Charnov. 2006. Maternal condition and facultative sex ratios in populations with overlapping generations. American Naturalist 168(4):521-530.

2005

Doody, J.S., Guarino, F. and Georges, A. 2005. Testing for among-generation variation adjustment to offspring sex ratios: Clinal variation in sex determining attributes in the water dragon, Physignathus lesuerii. 5th World Congress for Herpetology, Stellenboch, South Africa 19-24 June 2005. Pp 41.

Doody, J.S., Guarino, F. and Georges, A. 2005. Testing for among-generation adjustment to offspring sex ratios: Clinal variation in sex-determining attributes in the water dragon Physignathus lesuerii. Joint meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, the Society for Research on Reptiles and Amphibians in New Zealand and the Fijian Society of Herpetologists, Springsbrook, Queensland 7-11 February, 2005:19.

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

Georges, A. 2005. Sex determination and sex allocation: Bridging the gap. 5th World Congress for Herpetology, Stellenboch, South Africa 19-24 June 2005. Pp 47.

Georges, A. 2005. TSD in Reptiles. How the physical and the physiological conspire to defeat global warming. Seminar delivered to UFZ Leipzig, 28-Jul-2005; Adelaide University, 28-May-2005.

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. [pdf]

Georges, A., Sarre, S., Quinn, A., Guarino, F. and Ezaz, T. 2005. Are reptiles predisposed to temperature-dependent sex determination? Joint meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, the Society for Research on Reptiles and Amphibians in New Zealand and the Fijian Society of Herpetologists Pp. 21.

Sarre, S.D., Georges, A., Quinn, A., Ezaz, T. and Guarino, E. 2005. Girls will be boys and boys will be girls: Investigating the TSD-GSD continuum in reptiles. 5th World Congress for Herpetology, Stellenboch, South Africa 19-24 June 2005. Pp 90.

Stiglec, R., Tsend-Ayush, E., GrВЃtzner, F., Ezaz, T., Gaeth, A., Sarre, S., Georges, A. and Graves. J.A.M. 2005. DMRT1 in the tiger snake. International Molecular Biology and Evolution 2005/ Genetics Society of Australia, June 20-23, 2005 Auckland, NZ.

Valenzuela, N., Ezaz, T., Burke, R., Gruetzner, R., Georges, A. and Graves, J.A.M. 2005. Identification of sex chromosomes in Chelodina longicollis: Karyotype revisited. World Congress of herpetology, Stellenbosch, South Africa June 20-25, 2005.

2004

Doody, J.S., Georges, A. and Young J.E. 2004. Determinants of reproductive success and offpring sex in a turtle with environmental sex determination. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, London, 80:1-16. [pdf]

Ezaz, T., Quinn, A. Sarre,S., Georges, A., Graves, J.A.M. 2004. Sex in Dragons: the molecular basis of genetic and environmental sex determination First Australian Sex Summit, Flowerdale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, July 14-16, 2004.

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. [pdf]

Georges, A., Doody, J.S., Beggs, K. and Young, J.E. 2004. TSD in reptiles: how the physical and physiological can conspire to defeat global climate change. Pp. 44 in Scientific Program and Abstracts, Third International Conference of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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. [pdf]

Stiglec, R., Tsend-Ayush, E., GrВЃtzner, F., Ezaz, T., Gaeth, A., Sarre. S., Georges, A., Graves, J.A.M. 2004. Sex chromosomes and DMRT1 in the tiger snake. Genetics Society of Australia, Melbourne July 11-14, 2004.

Young, J.E., Georges, A., Doody J.S., West P.B. and Alderman R.L. 2004. Pivotal range and thermosensitive period of the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta (Testudines: Carettochelydidae) from northern Australia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82:1251-1257. [pdf]

2003

Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Quinn, A. 2003. The Evolution of Sex Determining Mechanisms in Reptiles. International Congress of Genetics, Melbourne.

2002

Georges, A., Beggs, K., Doody, S. and Young, J. 2002. How the physical and the phyiological can conspire to defeat global climate change. 29th Annual Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists. Birragai, ACT, 11-15 July 2002.

Quinn, A. 2002. Sex-specific DNA not found in Sphenodon, a reptile with TSD. 29th Annual Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists. Birragai, ACT, 11-15 July 2002.

Sarre, S., Georges, A. and Quinn, A. 2002. Mechanisms of sex determination in reptiles: are they unstable. 29th Annual Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists. Birragai, ACT, 11-15 July 2002.

2000

Doody, J.S. 2000. Do development equivalents produce phenotypic equivalents? A test of the comparative influences of constant and fluctuating incubation temperatures on phenotypes of hatchling turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 3:529-531

1999

Doody, J.S. and Georges, A. 1999. The ecology of sex determination of pignose turtles, Carettochelys insculpta, in tropical Australia. Pp. 92-93 in Joint Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists American Elasmobranch Society, Herpetologists League, and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Pennsylvania State University.

Young, J.E., West, P.B., Georges, A., Doody, J.S. and Alderman, R.L. 1999. Thermosensitive period of Carettochelys insculpta from the Northern Territory, Australia. Pp. 239 in Joint Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, American Elasmobranch Society, Herpetologists League, and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Pennsylvania State University. State College, Pennsylva

1998

Beggs, K. and Georges, A. 1998. Melding they physical and the physiological: Do temperature differences with soil depth cause developmental asynchrony in turtle nests? Australian Society of Herpetologists, Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia, 5-8 February.

Beggs, K.E. 1998. Embryonic development of the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta, under constant and fluctuating temperature regimes. Honours Thesis, Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, January 1998. [pdf]

Doody, J.S. and Georges, A. 1998. Are pig-nosed turtles manipulating offspring sex? Australian Society of Herpetologists, Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia, 5-8 February.

Georges, A. and McInnes, S. 1998. Temperature fails to influence hatchling sex in another genus and species of chelid turtle, Elusor macrurus. Journal of Herpetology 32:596-598. [pdf]

1997

Georges, A. 1997. Modelling incubation period and constant temperature equivalence for reptile embryos incubated under fluctuating temperature regimes. Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Wellington Mills, WA, 22-25 September, 1999 pp 94-95

Georges, A. 1997. Modelling incubation period and constant temperature equivalence for reptile embryos incubated under fluctuating temperature regimes. Proceedings of the 77th Annual Meeting of American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, University of Washington, Seattle. 26 June-2 July. Pp:139.

1996

Doody, J.S. 1996. The effect of incubation temperature on performance of hatchling turtles: phenotypic response to fluctuatng vs. constant temperatures. Proceedings of the 76th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, University of New Orleans, 13-19 June 1996, p 126

Georges, A. 1996. Modelling incubation period and constant temperature equivalence for reptile embryos incubated under fluctuating temperature regimes Australian Society of Herpetologists, Wellington Mills, WA, 22-25 September, 1996

1994

Georges, A. 1994. The influence of fluctuating temperatures on hatchling sex ratios: a model and proposed test. Pp. 156-162 in James, R. (Ed.). Proceedings of the Australian Marine Turtle Conservation Workshop, Gold Coast, 14-17 November, 1990. Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra.

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. [pdf]

1992

Georges, A. 1992. Thermal characteristics and sex determination in field nests of the pig-nosed turtle Carettochelys insculpta (Chelonia: Carettochelydidae) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 40:511-521. [pdf]

Georges, A. and Limpus, C. 1992. Sex determination under fluctuating temperature regimes in the marine turtle Caretta caretta. The Ninth Meeting of Comparative Physiologists, Sydney 4-6th December, 1992.

1991

Georges, A., Limpus, C.J. and Stoutjesdijk, R. 1991. Variance in temperature affects sex determination independently of the mean in the marine turtle Caretta caretta. 21st Annual General Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Armidale, November, 1991.

Palmer-Allen, M., Beynon, F. and Georges, A. 1991. Hatchling sex ratios are independent of temperature in field nests of the long-necked turtle Chelodina longicollis (Testudinata: Chelidae). Australian Wildlife Research 18:225-231. [pdf]

1990

Georges, A. 1990. Sex determination and fluctuating temperatures in reptile nests: a model and proposed test. Australian Herpetological Society Conference, Gemini Downs, September, 1990

Georges, A. 1990. The influence of fluctuating temperatures on hatchling sex ratios: a model and proposed test. Australian Marine Turtle Conservation Workshop, Gold Coast, 14-17 November, 1990

Palmer-Allen, M. and Beynon, F. 1990. Hatchling sex ratios are independent of temperature in field nests of the long-necked turtle Chelodina longicollis. 20th Annual Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Gemini Downs, September 1990.

1989

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. [pdf]

1988

Georges, A. 1988. Sex-determination is independent of temperature in another chelid turtle: Chelodina longicollis. Copeia 1988:248-254. [pdf]