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Dr Darren Parker

Teaching & Research Lectureship

d.parker@bangor.ac.uk

0000-0003-4027-7779

Dr Darren Parker

View Dr Darren Parker’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

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Room 502, Brambell Building, Bangor University, Bangor, LL57 2UW, United Kingdom.

Email: d.parker@bangor.ac.uk

Twitter: @DarrenJParker

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

I am willing to supervise a PhD

Publications

2022

  • PublishedConvergent consequences of parthenogenesis on stick insect genomes
    Jaron, K. S., Parker, D. J., Anselmetti, Y., Tran Van, P., Bast, J., Dumas, Z., Figuet, E., François, C. M., Hayward, K., Rossier, V., Simion, P., Robinson-Rechavi, M., Galtier, N. & Schwander, T., 23 Feb 2022, In: Science Advances. 8, 8, eabg3842.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedDynamics of sex-biased gene expression during development in the stick insect Timema californicum
    Djordjevic, J., Dumas, Z., Robinson-Rechavi, M., Schwander, T. & Parker, D. J., Aug 2022, In: Heredity. 129, 2, p. 113-122 10 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedX chromosomes show relaxed selection and complete somatic dosage compensation across Timema stick insect species
    Parker, D., Jaron, K. S., Dumas, Z., Robinson-Rechavi, M. & Schwander, T., 7 Aug 2022, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

  • PublishedA genome-wide investigation of adaptive signatures in protein-coding genes related to tool behaviour in New Caledonian and Hawaiian crows
    Dussex, N., Kutschera, V. E., Wiberg, R. A. W., Parker, D. J., Hunt, G. R., Gray, R. D., Rutherford, K., Abe, H., Fleischer, R. C., Ritchie, M. G., Rutz, C., Wolf, J. B. W. & Gemmell, N. J., 1 Feb 2021, In: Molecular Ecology. 30, 4, p. 973-986 14 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedFirst annotated draft genomes of nonmarine ostracods (Ostracoda, Crustacea) with different reproductive modes
    Tran Van, P., Anselmetti, Y., Bast, J., Dumas, Z., Galtier, N., Jaron, K. S., Martens, K., Parker, D. J., Robinson-Rechavi, M., Schwander, T., Simion, P. & Schön, I., 15 Apr 2021, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 11, 4
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedHaplotype divergence supports long-term asexuality in the oribatid mite Oppiella nova
    Brandt, A., Tran Van, P., Bluhm, C., Anselmetti, Y., Dumas, Z., Figuet, E., François, C. M., Galtier, N., Heimburger, B., Jaron, K. S., Labédan, M., Maraun, M., Parker, D. J., Robinson-Rechavi, M., Schaefer, I., Simion, P., Scheu, S., Schwander, T. & Bast, J., 21 Sep 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 38
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedSex-specific responses to cold in a very cold-tolerant, northern Drosophila species
    Parker, D. J., Envall, T., Ritchie, M. G. & Kankare, M., 1 Apr 2021, In: Heredity. 126, 4, p. 695-705 11 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

  • PublishedOlfactory Proteins in Timema Stick Insects
    Parker, D. J., Djordjevic, J. & Schwander, T., 5 Apr 2019, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedRepeated Evolution of Asexuality Involves Convergent Gene Expression Changes
    Parker, D. J., Bast, J., Jalvingh, K., Dumas, Z., Robinson-Rechavi, M. & Schwander, T., 1 Feb 2019, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36, 2, p. 350-364 15 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedSex-biased gene expression is repeatedly masculinized in asexual females
    Parker, D. J., Bast, J., Jalvingh, K., Dumas, Z., Robinson-Rechavi, M. & Schwander, T., 11 Oct 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 1, p. 4638
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedValidating the Demethylating Effects of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine in Insects Requires a Whole-Genome Approach
    Cook, N., Parker, D. J., Tauber, E., Pannebakker, B. A. & Shuker, D. M., Sep 2019, In: American Naturalist. 194, 3, p. 432-438 7 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

  • PublishedConsequences of Asexuality in Natural Populations: Insights from Stick Insects
    Bast, J., Parker, D. J., Dumas, Z., Jalvingh, K. M., Tran Van, P., Jaron, K. S., Figuet, E., Brandt, A., Galtier, N. & Schwander, T., 1 Jul 2018, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 35, 7, p. 1668-1677 10 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedEvolutionary and developmental dynamics of sex-biased gene expression in common frogs with proto-Y chromosomes
    Ma, W-J., Veltsos, P., Sermier, R., Parker, D. J. & Perrin, N., 5 Oct 2018, In: Genome biology. 19, 1, p. 156
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedFundamental and realized feeding niche breadths of sexual and asexual stick insects
    Larose, C., Parker, D. J. & Schwander, T., 5 Dec 2018, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285, 1892
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedInter and Intraspecific Genomic Divergence in Drosophila montana Shows Evidence for Cold Adaptation
    Parker, D. J., Wiberg, R. A. W., Trivedi, U., Tyukmaeva, V. I., Gharbi, K., Butlin, R. K., Hoikkala, A., Kankare, M. & Ritchie, M. G., 1 Aug 2018, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. 10, 8, p. 2086-2101 16 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedPhotosensitive Alternative Splicing of the Circadian Clock Gene timeless Is Population Specific in a Cold-Adapted Fly, Drosophila montana
    Tapanainen, R., Parker, D. J. & Kankare, M., 1 Apr 2018, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 8, 4, p. 1291-1297 7 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

  • PublishedPaternity analysis of wild-caught females shows that sperm package size and placement influence fertilization success in the bushcricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
    Parker, D. J., Zaborowska, J., Ritchie, M. G. & Vahed, K., 1 Jun 2017, In: Molecular Ecology. 26, 11, p. 3050-3061 12 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

  • PublishedInducing Cold-Sensitivity in the Frigophilic Fly Drosophila montana by RNAi
    Vigoder, F. M., Parker, D. J., Cook, N., Tournière, O., Sneddon, T. & Ritchie, M. G., 10 Nov 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 11, e0165724.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedPreparing for Winter: The Transcriptomic Response Associated with Different Day Lengths in Drosophila montana
    Parker, D. J., Ritchie, M. G. & Kankare, M., 3 May 2016, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 6, 5, p. 1373-81 9 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedTranscriptional Differences between Diapausing and Non-Diapausing D. montana Females Reared under the Same Photoperiod and Temperature
    Kankare, M., Parker, D. J., Merisalo, M., Salminen, T. S. & Hoikkala, A., 29 Aug 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 8, p. e0161852
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

  • PublishedHow consistent are the transcriptome changes associated with cold acclimation in two species of the Drosophila virilis group?
    Parker, D. J., Vesala, L., Ritchie, M. G., Laiho, A., Hoikkala, A. & Kankare, M., 1 Jul 2015, In: Heredity. 115, 1, p. 13-21
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe Genome and Methylome of a Beetle with Complex Social Behavior, Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae)
    Cunningham, C. B., Ji, L., Wiberg, R. A. W., Shelton, J., McKinney, E. C., Parker, D. J., Meagher, R. B., Benowitz, K. M., Roy-Zokan, E. M., Ritchie, M. G., Brown, S. J., Schmitz, R. J. & Moore, A. J., 9 Oct 2015, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. 7, 12, p. 3383-96 14 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe evolution, diversity, and host associations of rhabdoviruses
    Longdon, B., Murray, G. G. R., Palmer, W. J., Day, J. P., Parker, D. J., Welch, J. J., Obbard, D. J. & Jiggins, F. M., 1 Mar 2015, In: Virus Evolution. 1, 1, vev014.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedTranscriptomes of parents identify parenting strategies and sexual conflict in a subsocial beetle
    Parker, D. J., Cunningham, C. B., Walling, C. A., Stamper, C. E., Head, M. L., Roy-Zokan, E. M., McKinney, E. C., Ritchie, M. G. & Moore, A. J., 29 Sep 2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, p. 8449
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

  • PublishedMale-specific fruitless isoforms target neurodevelopmental genes to specify a sexually dimorphic nervous system
    Neville, M. C., Nojima, T., Ashley, E., Parker, D. J., Walker, J., Southall, T., Van de Sande, B., Marques, A. C., Fischer, B., Brand, A. H., Russell, S., Ritchie, M. G., Aerts, S. & Goodwin, S. F., 3 Feb 2014, In: Current Biology. 24, 3, p. 229-41 13 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe evolution of novelty in conserved genes; evidence of positive selection in the Drosophila fruitless gene is localised to alternatively spliced exons
    Parker, D. J., Gardiner, A., Neville, M. C., Ritchie, M. G. & Goodwin, S. F., 1 Mar 2014, In: Heredity. 112, 3, p. 300-306
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

  • PublishedCodon usage bias and effective population sizes on the X chromosome versus the autosomes in Drosophila melanogaster
    Campos, J. L., Zeng, K., Parker, D. J., Charlesworth, B. & Haddrill, P. R., 1 Apr 2013, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 30, 4, p. 811-23 13 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

  • PublishedThe Evolution of Large Testes: Sperm Competition or Male Mating Rate?
    Vahed, K. & Parker, D. J., 1 Feb 2012, In: Ethology. 118, 2, p. 107-117
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe prediction of adaptive evolution: empirical application of the secondary theorem of selection and comparison to the breeder's equation
    Morrissey, M. B., Parker, D. J., Korsten, P., Pemberton, J. M., Kruuk, L. E. B. & Wilson, A. J., 1 Aug 2012, In: Evolution. 66, 8, p. 2399-410 12 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

  • PublishedLarger testes are associated with a higher level of polyandry, but a smaller ejaculate volume, across bushcricket species (Tettigoniidae)
    Vahed, K., Parker, D. J. & Gilbert, J. D. J., 23 Apr 2011, In: Biology letters. 7, 2, p. 261-4 4 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

  • PublishedThe intensity of pre- and post-copulatory mate guarding in relation to spermatophore transfer in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
    Parker, D. J. & Vahed, K., 1 May 2010, In: Journal of Ethology. 28, 2, p. 245-249
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

  • PublishedPre- and post-copulatory mate choice in Platygryllus primiformis: cryptic female choice and sexual conflict
    Parker, D. J., 10 Apr 2009, In: Bioscience Horizons. p. 164-171
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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