I teach behaviour, evolution and genetics, with the odd lecture on the philosophy of science  and research methods. I also go on field courses to encourage students to develop their skills in identification and natural history observation. I am keen to supervise undergraduate, masters and PhD projects on cichlid fish behaviour and systematics. 

I work on specation, behaviour, systematics and conservation genetics of African cichlid fishes, particularly in Lake Malawi and its satellite lakes. I am especially interested in the role of behaviour in adaptive evolution and speciation. I have a longstanding interest in the biology of tilapias in the wild: many species are threatened by overfishing and release of non-native farmed strains.

Methods include fieldwork in Africa, behavioural & breeding studies in the aquarium, morphological studies of preserved specimens and collaborative studies of genomics, gene expression and epigenetics. 

2022

• PublishedA new species of deep-water Lethrinops (Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi
  Turner, G. F., Dec 2022, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 101, 6, p. 1405-1410 6 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEcological Speciation Promoted by Divergent Regulation of Functional Genes Within African Cichlid Fishes
  Carruthers, M., Edgley, D. E., Saxon, A. D., Gabagambi, N. P., Shechonge, A., Miska, E. A., Durbin, R., Bridle, J. R., Turner, G. F. & Genner, M. J., Nov 2022, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39, 11
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEpigenetic divergence during early stages of speciation in an African crater lake cichlid fish
  Vernaz, G., Hudson, A. G., Santos, M. E., Fischer, B., Carruthers, M., Shechonge, A. H., Gabagambi, N. P., Tyers, A. M., Ngatunga, B. P., Malinsky, M., Durbin, R., Turner, G. F., Genner, M. J. & Miska, E. A., Dec 2022, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 6, 12, p. 1940-1951 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printOca2 targeting using CRISPR/Cas9 in the Malawi cichlid Astatotilapia calliptera
  Clark, B., Elkin, J., Marconi, A., Turner, G. F., Smith, A. M., Joyce, D., Miska, E. A., Juntti, S. A. & Santos, M. E., 20 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Royal Society Open Science. 9, 4, p. 220077
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRevision of the African cichlid fish genus Ctenochromis (Teleostei, Cichliformes), including a description of the new genus Shuja from Lake Tanganyika and the new species Ctenochromis scatebra from northern Tanzania
  Genner, M. J., Hsu, L-L., Collins, R. A., Smith, A. M., Saxon, A. D., Shechonge, A. H., Ngatunga, B. P. & Turner, G. F., 11 May 2022, In: European Journal of Taxonomy. 819, 1, p. 23-54 32 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printTaxonomic investigation of the zooplanktivorous Lake Malawi cichlids Copadichromis mloto (Iles) and C. virginalis (Iles)
  Turner, G. F., Crampton, D. A., Rusuwa, B., Hooft van Huysduynen, A. & Svardal, H., 27 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Hydrobiologia.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWhole genome resequencing data enables a targeted SNP panel for conservation and aquaculture of Oreochromis cichlid fishes
  Ciezarek, A., Ford, A. G. P., Etherington, G. J., Kasozi, N., Malinsky, M., Mehta, T. K., Penso-Dolfin, L., Ngatunga, B. P., Shechonge, A., Tamatamah, R., Haerty, W., Palma, F. D., Genner, M. J. & Turner, G. F., 15 Feb 2022, In: Aquaculture. 548, Part 2, p. 737637 737637.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedAstatotilapia species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania, excluding the basin of Lake Victoria
  Turner, G., Ngatunga, B. P. & Genner, M. J., 2021, 107 p. EcoEvoRxiv.
  Research output: Other contribution
• PublishedDifferential use of multiple genetic sex determination systems in divergent ecomorphs of an African crater lake cichlid
  Munby, H., Linderoth, T., Fischer, B., Du, M., Vernaz, G., Tyers, A. M., Ngatunga, B. P., Shechonge, A., Denise, H., McCarthy, S. A., Bista, I., Miska, E. A., Emilia Santos, M., Genner, M. J., Turner, G. F. & Durbin, R., 6 Aug 2021, BioRxiv, (bioRxiv).
  Research output: Working paper › Preprint
• PublishedMapping epigenetic divergence in the massive radiation of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes
  Vernaz, G., Malinsky, M., Svardal, H., Du, M., Tyers, A. M., Santos, M. E., Durbin, R., Genner, M. J., Turner, G. F. & Miska, E. A., 7 Oct 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 5870.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNewly discovered cichlid fish biodiversity threatened by hybridization with non-native species
  Blackwell, T., Ford, A. G. P., Ciezarek, A. G., Bradbeer, S. J., Gracida Juarez, C. A., Smith, A. M., Ngatunga, B. P., Shechonge, A., Tamatamah, R., Etherington, G., Haerty, W., Di Palma, F., Turner, G. F. & Genner, M. J., Feb 2021, In: Molecular Ecology. 30, 4, p. 895-911 17 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRare morph Lake Malawi mbuna cichlids benefit from reduced aggression from con- and hetero-specifics
  Tyers, A. M., Cooke, G. M. & Turner, G. F., Nov 2021, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34, 11, p. 1678-1690 13 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Natural History of the Satellite Lakes of Lake Malawi
  Turner, G., Ngatunga, B. P. & Genner, M. J., 2021, 131 p. EcoEvoRxiv.
  Research output: Other contribution
• PublishedTowards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species
  Rhie, A., McCarthy, S. A., Fedrigo, O., Damas, J., Formenti, G., Koren, S., Uliano-Silva, M., Chow, W., Fungtammasan, A., Kim, J., Lee, C., Ko, B. J., Chaisson, M., Gedman, G. L., Cantin, L. J., Thibaud-Nissen, F., Haggerty, L., Bista, I., Smith, M., Haase, B., Mountcastle, J., Winkler, S., Paez, S., Howard, J., Vernes, S. C., Lama, T. M., Grutzner, F., Warren, W. C., Balakrishnan, C. N., Burt, D., George, J. M., Biegler, M. T., Iorns, D., Digby, A., Eason, D., Robertson, B., Edwards, T., Wilkinson, M., Turner, G., Meyer, A., Kautt, A. F., Franchini, P., Detrich, H. W., Svardal, H., Wagner, M., Naylor, G. J. P., Pippel, M., Malinsky, M., Mooney, M., Simbirsky, M., Hannigan, B. T., Pesout, T., Houck, M., Misuraca, A., Kingan, S. B., Hall, R., Kronenberg, Z., Sović, I., Dunn, C., Ning, Z., Hastie, A., Lee, J., Selvaraj, S., Green, R. E., Putnam, N. H., Gut, I., Ghurye, J., Garrison, E., Sims, Y., Collins, J., Pelan, S., Torrance, J., Tracey, A., Wood, J., Dagnew, R. E., Guan, D., London, S. E., Clayton, D. F., Mello, C. V., Friedrich, S. R., Lovell, P. V., Osipova, E., Al-Ajli, F. O., Secomandi, S., Kim, H., Theofanopoulou, C., Hiller, M., Zhou, Y., Harris, R. S., Makova, K. D., Medvedev, P., Hoffman, J., Masterson, P., Clark, K., Martin, F., Howe, K., Flicek, P., Walenz, B. P., Kwak, W., Clawson, H., Diekhans, M., Nassar, L., Paten, B., Kraus, R. H. S., Crawford, A. J., Gilbert, M. T. P., Zhang, G., Venkatesh, B., Murphy, R. W., Koepfli, K-P., Shapiro, B., Johnson, W. E., Di Palma, F., Marques-Bonet, T., Teeling, E. C., Warnow, T., Graves, J. M., Ryder, O. A., Haussler, D., O’Brien, S. J., Korlach, J., Lewin, H. A., Howe, K., Myers, E. W., Durbin, R., Phillippy, A. M. & Jarvis, E. D., 28 Apr 2021, In: Nature. 592, 7856, p. 737-746 10 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedAncestral Hybridization Facilitated Species Diversification in the Lake Malawi Cichlid Fish Adaptive Radiation
  Turner, G., Svardal, H., Quah, F. X., Malinsky, M., Ngatunga, B. P., Miska, E., Salzburger, W., Genner, M. & Durbin, R., 30 Apr 2020, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37, 4, p. 1100-1113 14 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRelative growth of invasive and indigenous tilapiine cichlid fish in Tanzania
  Bradbeer, SJ., Ngatunga, BP., Turner, G. F. & Genner, MJ., 2 Jul 2020, In: African Journal of Aquatic Science. 45, 3, p. 378-381 4 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedA survey of fishes of Hombolo Lake, Dodoma, Tanzania, with evidence for local extinction of a native tilapia as a consequence of stocking
  Turner, G. F., Ngatunga, B. P. & Genner, M. J., 6 Mar 2019, p. 452847, 1 p. (bioRxiv).
  Research output: Working paper › Preprint
• PublishedLimited hybridization between introduced and Critically Endangered indigenous tilapia fishes in northern Tanzania
  Bradbeer, S. J., Harrington, J., Watson, H., Warraich, A., Shechonge, A., Smith, A., Tamatamah, R., Ngatunga, B. P., Turner, G. F. & Genner, M. J., Apr 2019, In: Hydrobiologia. 832, 1, p. 257-268 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMolecular phylogeny of Oreochromis (Cichlidae: Oreochromini) reveals mito-nuclear discordance and multiple colonisation of adverse aquatic environments
  Day, J. J., Ford, A. G. P., Bullen, T. R., Pang, L., Genner, M. J., Bills, R., Flouri, T., Ngatunga, B. P., Ruber, L., Schliewen, U. K., Seehausen, O., Shechonge, A., Stiassny, M. L. J. & Turner, G., Jul 2019, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 136, p. 215-226
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPopulation genetic evidence for a unique resource of Nile tilapia in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa
  Shechonge, A., Ngatunga, B. P., Tamatamah, R., Bradbeer, S. J., Sweke, E., Smith, A., Turner, G. F. & Genner, M. J., Aug 2019, In: Environmental Biology of Fishes. 102, 8, p. 1107-1117 11 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWidespread colonisation of Tanzanian catchments by introduced Oreochromis tilapia fishes: the legacy from decades of deliberate introduction
  Shechonge, A., Ngatunga, B. P., Bradbeer, S. J., Day, J. J., Freer, J. J., Ford, A. GP., Kihedu, J., Richmond, T., Mzighani, S., Smith, A. M., Sweke, E. A., Tamatamah, R., Tyers, A. M., Turner, G. F. & Genner, M. J., Apr 2019, In: Hydrobiologia. 832, 1, p. 235-253 19 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedLosing cichlid fish biodiversity: genetic and morphological homogenization of tilapia following colonization by introduced species
  Shechonge, A., Ngatunga, B. P., Tamatamah, R., Bradbeer, S. J., Harrington, J., Ford, A. G. P., Turner, G. F. & Genner, M. J., Oct 2018, In: Conservation Genetics. 19, 5, p. 1199-1209
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedReproductive biology and size structure of Lethrinops gossei (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in the demersal trawl fishery of the southeast arm of Lake Malai, Malai
  Bulirani, A. EM., Kaunda, E. KWH., Likongwe, J., Turner, G. F. & Weyl, O. F., 2018, In: Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management. 21, 2, p. 152-158 7 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWhole genome sequences of Malawi cichlids reveal multiple radiations interconnected by gene flow
  Malinsky, M., Svardal, H., Tyers, A., Miska, E. A., Genner, M. J., Turner, G. & Durbin, R., Dec 2018, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2, p. 1940-1955
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedThe genetics of mate preferences in hybrids between two young and sympatric Lake Victoria cichlid species
  Svensson, O., Woodhouse, K., van Oosterhout, C., Smith, A., Turner, G. & Seehausen, O., 15 Feb 2017, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284, 20162332.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe genomic basis of cichlid fish adaptation within the deep water ‘twilight zone’ of Lake Malawi
  Hahn, C., Genner, M. J., Turner, G. & Joyce, D. A., 29 Aug 2017, In: Evolution Letters.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedGenomic islands of speciation separate cichlid ecomorphs in an East African crater lake
  Malinsky, M., Challis, R. J., Tyers, A. M., Schiffels, S., Terai, Y., Ngatunga, B. P., Miska, E. A., Durbin, R., Genner, M. J. & Turner, G. F., 18 Dec 2015, In: Science. 350, 6267, p. 1493-1498
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedGeographical ancestry of Lake Malawi's cichlid fish diversity
  Genner, M. J., Ngatunga, B. P., Mzighani, S., Smith, A. & Turner, G. F., 10 Jun 2015, In: Biology Letters. 11, 6, p. Article Number: 20150232
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPresence of Acapoeta tanganicae (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae ) within the Lake Rukwa catchment supports historic riverine connectivity with Lake Tanganyika
  Genner, M. J., Turner, G. F., Smith, A., Mzighani, S. & Ngatunga, B. P., 31 Mar 2015, In: Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria. 45, 1, p. 109-112
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTiming of population expansions within the Lake Malawi haplochromine cichlid fish radiation
  Genner, M. J. & Turner, G. F., 1 Apr 2015, In: Hydrobiologia. 748, 1, p. 121-132
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedEvidence for lacustrine breeding by sanjika Opsaridium microcephalum (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Lake Malawi
  Tweddle, D. & Turner, G. F., 23 Dec 2014, In: African Journal of Aquatic Science. 39, 4, p. 479-480
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPeripheral isolate speciation of a Lake Malawi cichlid fish from shallow muddy habitats
  Griggs, C. A., Tyers, A. M., Bavin, D., Cooke, G. M., Griggs, C. & Turner, G. F., 16 Mar 2014, In: Evolutionary Biology. 41, 3, p. 439-451
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedMismatch between molecular (mtDNA) and morphological classification of Macrobrachium prawns from Southern Nigeria: Cryptic freshwater species and brackish water morphotypes
  Jimoh, A. A., Anetekhai, M. A., Cummings, S., Abanikanda, O. T., Turner, G. F., van Oosterhout, C. & Hanfling, B., 1 Oct 2013, In: Aquaculture. 410-411, p. 25-31
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNile tilapia invades the Lake Malawi catchment
  Shechonge, A. H., Genner, M. J., Connell, E., Shechonge, A., Smith, A., Swanstrom, J., Mzighani, A., Ngatunga, B. P. & Turner, G. F., 12 Nov 2013, In: African Journal of Aquatic Science. 38, Supplement 1
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSignal and preference divergence among populations of the non-endemic basal Lake Malawi cichlid fish Astatotilapia calliptera (Perciformes: Cichlidae)
  Tyers, A. M. & Turner, G. F., 1 Sep 2013, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 110, 1, p. 180-188
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedAncient Hybridization and Phenotypic Novelty within Lake Malawi’s Cichlid Fish Radiation
  Genner, M. J. & Turner, G. F., 1 Jan 2012, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29, 1, p. 195-206
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• PublishedRepeated colonization and hybridization in Lake Malawi cichlids.
  Joyce, D. A., Lunt, D. H., Genner, M. J., Turner, G. F., Bills, R. & Seehausen, O., 8 Feb 2011, In: Current Biology. 21, 3, p. R108-R109
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedEstablishment and expansion of Lake Malawi rock fish populations after a dramatic Late Pleistocene lake level rise.
  Genner, M. J., Knight, M. E., Haeslers, M. P. & Turner, G. F., 1 Jan 2010, In: Molecular Ecology. 19, 1, p. 170-182
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLake of flies, or lake of fish? A trophic model of Lake Malawi.
  Darwall, W. R., Allison, E. H., Turner, G. F. & Irvine, K., 1 Feb 2010, In: Ecological Modelling. 221, 4, p. 713-727
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPopulation structure on breeding grounds of Lake Malawi's 'twilight zone' cichlid fishes.
  Genner, M. J., Nichols, P., Shaw, P. W., Carvalho, G. R., Robinson, R. L. & Turner, G. F., 1 Feb 2010, In: Journal of Biogeography. 37, 2, p. 258-269
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedAssortative mating among Lake Malawi cichlid fish populations is not simply predictable from male nuptial colour.
  Blais, J., Plenderleith, M., Rico, C., Taylor, M. I., Seehausen, O., Van Oosterhout, C. & Turner, G. F., 5 Mar 2009, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9, p. 53
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedElevated mtDNA diversity in introduced populations of Cynotilapia afra (Gunther 1894) in Lake Malawi National Park is evidence for multiple source populations and hybridization.
  Zidana, H., Turner, G. F., Van Oosterhout, C. & Hanfling, B., 1 Nov 2009, In: Molecular Ecology. 18, 21, p. 4380-4389
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPatterns of genetic differentiation between two co-occuring demersal species: the red mullet (Mullus barbatus) and the striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus).
  Galarza, J. A., Turner, G. F., Macpherson, E. & Rico, C., 1 Sep 2009, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 66, 9, p. 1478-1490
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSecondary contact during adaptive radiation: a community matrix for Lake Malawi cichlids.
  Young, K. A., Whitman, J. M. & Turner, G. F., 1 Apr 2009, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22, 4, p. 882-889
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe influence of oceanographic fronts and early-life-history traits on connectivity among littoral fish species.
  Galarza, J. A., Carreras-Carbonell, J., Macpherson, E., Pascual, M., Roques, S., Turner, G. F. & Rico, C., 3 Feb 2009, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 106, 5, p. 1473-1478
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

• PublishedAfrican cichlid Pseudotropheus spp. males moan to females during foreplay.
  Simões, J. M., Fonseca, P. J., Turner, G. F. & Amorim, M. C., 1 Jun 2008, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 72, 10, p. 2689-2694
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCourtship and agonistic sounds by the cichlid fish Pseudotropheus zebra.
  Simões, J. M., Duarte, I. G., Fonseca, P. J., Turner, G. F. & Amorim, M. C., 1 Aug 2008, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 124, 2, p. 1332-1338
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedGenetic homogeneity among breeding grounds and nursery areas of an exploited Lake Malawi cichlid fish.
  Genner, M. J., Nichols, P., Shaw, P. W., Carvalho, G. R., Robinson, R. L. & Turner, G. F., 1 Sep 2008, In: Freshwater Biology. 53, 9, p. 1823-1831
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedParallel life history evolution in mouthbrooding cichlids from the African Great Lakes.
  Duponchelle, F., Paradis, E., Ribbink, A. J. & Turner, G. F., 7 Oct 2008, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 105, 40, p. 15475-15480
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSpecies differences in courtship acoustic signals among five Lake Malawi cichlid species (Pseudotropheus spp.).
  Amorim, M. C., Simões, J. M., Fonseca, P. J. & Turner, G. F., 1 Apr 2008, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 72, 6, p. 1355-1368
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2007

• PublishedAdaptive radiation of cichlid fish.
  Turner, G. F., 9 Oct 2007, In: Current Biology. 17, 19, p. R827-R831
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedAge of cichlids: New dates for ancient lake fish radiations
  Genner, M. J., Seehausen, O., Lunt, D. H., Joyce, D. A., Shaw, P. W., Carvalho, G. R. & Turner, G. F., 1 May 2007, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24, 5, p. 1269-1282
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCross-amplification of 10 new isolated polymorphic microsatellite loci for red mullet (Mullus barbatus) in striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus).
  Galarza, J. A., Turner, G. F., Macpherson, E., Carreras-Carbonell, J. & Rico, C., 1 Mar 2007, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 7, 2, p. 230-232
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvolution of a cichlid fish in a Lake Malawi satellite lake.
  Genner, M. J., Nichols, P., Carvalho, G. R., Robinson, R. L., Shaw, P. W., Smith, A. & Turner, G. F., 22 Sep 2007, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 274, 1623, p. 2249-2257
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIsolation and characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite markers in the two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris) and cross-species amplification in the white sea bream (Diplodus sargus) and the saddled bream (Oblada melanura).
  Roques, S., Galarza, J. A., Macpherson, E., Turner, G. F. & Rico, C., 1 Jul 2007, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 7, 4, p. 661-663
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMHC adaptice divergence between closely related and sympatric african cichlids.
  Blais, J., Rico, C., Van Oosterhout, C., Cable, J., Turner, G. F. & Bernatchez, L., 15 Aug 2007, In: PLoS ONE. 2, 8, p. e734
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPolymorphic microsatellite loci for the cardinal fish (Apogon imberbis).
  Galarza, J. A., Roques, S., Carreras-Carbonell, J., Macpherson, E., Turner, G. F. & Rico, C., 1 Sep 2007, In: Conservation Genetics. 8, 5, p. 1251-1253
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedReproductive isolation among deep-water cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi differing in monochromatic male breeding dress
  Genner, M. J., Nichols, P., Carvalho, G. R., Robinson, R. L., Shaw, P. W. & Turner, G. F., 1 Feb 2007, In: Molecular Ecology. 16, 3, p. 651-662
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe genetic architecture of male colour differences between a sympatric Lake Malawi cichlid species pair.
  Barson, N. J., Knight, M. E. & Turner, G. F., 1 Jan 2007, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20, 1, p. 45-53
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2006

• PublishedColour forms of Amazonian cichlid fish represent reproductively isolated species.
  Ready, J. S., Sampaio, I., Schneider, H., Vinson, C., Dos Santos, T. & Turner, G. F., 1 Jul 2006, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19, 4, p. 1139-1148
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIsolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for peacock wrasse (Symphodus tinca).
  Galarza, J. A., Carreras-Carbonell, J., Macpherson, E., Turner, G. F. & Rico, C., 1 Sep 2006, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 6, 3, p. 747-749
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMechanisms of density dependence in stream fish: exploitation competition for food reduces growth of adult European bullheads (Cottus gobio).
  Davey, A. J., Turner, G. F., Hawkins, S. J. & Doncaster, C. P., 1 Mar 2006, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 63, 3, p. 597-606
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTranslocations of rocky habitat cichlid fishes to Nkhata Bay, Lake Malawi.
  Genner, M. J., Botha, A. & Turner, G. F., 1 Aug 2006, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 69, 2, p. 622-628
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2005

• PublishedAn extant cichlid fish radiation emerged in an extinct Pleistocene lake.
  Joyce, D. A., Lunt, D. H., Bills, R., Turner, G. F., Katongo, C., Duftner, N., Sturmbauer, C. & Seehausen, O., 5 May 2005, In: Nature. 435, 7038, p. 90-95
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFemale preference for conspecific males based on olfactory cues in a Lake Malawi cichlid fish.
  Plenderleith, M., Van Oosterhout, C., Robinson, R. L. & Turner, G. F., 22 Dec 2005, In: Biology Letters. 1, 4, p. 411-414
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedParallelism of amino acid changes at the RH1 locus affecting spectral sensitivity among deep-water cichlids from Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi.
  Sugawara, T., Terai, Y., Imai, H., Turner, G. F., Koblmuller, S., Strumbauer, C., Shichida, Y. & Okada, N., 12 Apr 2005, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 102, 15, p. 5448-5453
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSize dependent microhabitat use and intraspecific competition in Cottus gobio.
  Davey, A. J., Hawkins, S. J., Turner, G. F. & Doncaster, C. P., 1 Aug 2005, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 67, 2, p. 428-443
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe mbuna cichlids of Lake Malawi: a model for rapid speciation and adaptive radiation.
  Genner, M. J. & Turner, G. F., 1 Mar 2005, In: Fish and Fisheries. 6, 1, p. 1-34
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2004

• PublishedBeta diversity of rock-restricted cichlid fishes in Lake Malawi: importance of environmental and spatial factors.
  Genner, M. J., Taylor, M. I., Cleary, D. F., Hawkins, S. J., Knight, M. E. & Turner, G. F., 1 Oct 2004, In: Ecography. 27, 5, p. 601-610
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDifferences in sounds made by courting males of three closely related Lake Malawi cichlid species.
  Amorim, M. C., Knight, M. E., Stratoudakis, Y. & Turner, G. F., 1 Nov 2004, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 65, 5, p. 1358-1371
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHow does the taxonomic status of allopatric populations influence species richness within African cichlid fish assemblages?
  Genner, M. J., Seehausen, O., Cleary, D. F., Knight, M. E., Michel, E. & Turner, G. F., 1 Jan 2004, In: Journal of Biogeography. 31, 1, p. 93-102
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIdentification and biology of Diplotaxodon, Rhamphochromis and Pallidochromis.
  Turner, G. F., Robinson, R. L., Shaw, P. W., Carvalho, G. R. & Snoeks, J. (ed.), 1 Jan 2004, The Cichlid Diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: Identification: Distribution and Taxonomy. 2004 ed. Cichlid Press, p. 198-251
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedLaboratory mating trials indicate incipient speciation by sexual selection among populations of the cichlid fish Pseudotropheus zebra from Lake Malawi.
  Knight, M. E. & Turner, G. F., 7 Apr 2004, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 271, 1540, p. 675-680
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedVariation in habitat preference and population structure among three species of the Lake Malawi cichlid genus Protomelas
  Pereyra, R., Taylor, M. I., Turner, G. F. & Rico, C., 1 Sep 2004, In: Molecular Ecology. 13, 9, p. 2691-2697
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2003

• PublishedDivergent selection during speciation of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes inferred from parallel radiations in nuptial coloration.
  Allender, C. J., Seehausen, O., Knight, M. E., Turner, G. F. & Maclean, N., 25 Nov 2003, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 100, 24, p. 14074-14079
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIsotopic change throughout the life history of a Lake Malawi cichlid fish.
  Genner, M. J., Hawkins, S. J. & Turner, G. F., 1 Apr 2003, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 62, 4, p. 907-917
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNo evidence for parallel sympatric speciation in cichlid species of the genus Pseudotropheus from north-western Lake Malawi.
  Rico, C., Bouteillon, P., Van Oppen, M. J., Knight, M. E., Hewitt, G. M. & Turner, G. F., 1 Jan 2003, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 16, 1, p. 37-46
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNuclear markers reveal unexpected genetic variation and a Congolese-Nilotic origin of the Lake Victoria cichlid species flock.
  Seehausen, O., Koetsier, E., Schneider, M. V., Chapman, L. J., Chapman, C. A., Knight, M. E., Turner, G. F., Van Alphen, J. J. & Bills, R., 22 Jan 2003, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 270, 1511, p. 129-137
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2002

• PublishedCharacterization of tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in a Lake Victorian, haplochromine cichlid fish: a Pundamilia pundamilia x Pundamilia nyererei hybrid
  Taylor, M. I., Meardon, F., Turner, G. F., Seehausen, O., Mrosso, H. D. & Rico, C., 1 Dec 2002, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 2, 4, p. 443-445
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedExtreme microallopatric divergence in a cichlid species from Lake Malawi.
  Rico, C. & Turner, G. F., 1 Aug 2002, In: Molecular Ecology. 11, 8, p. 1585-1590
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedParallel speciation, despeciation and respeciation: implications for species definition.
  Turner, G. F., 1 Sep 2002, In: Fish and Fisheries. 3, 3, p. 225-229
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPelagic cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi/Nyasa: biology, management and conservation.
  Turner, G. F., Robinson, R. L., Ngatunga, B. P., Shaw, P. W., Carvalho, G. R. & Cowx, I. G. (ed.), 1 Jan 2002, Management and Ecology of Lake and Reservoir Fisheries.. 2002 ed. Blackwell, p. 353-367
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2001

• PublishedDescription of two new species of Mylochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa.
  Turner, G. F. & Howarth, J. D., 1 Jan 2001, In: Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 12, p. 205-212
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFishes, as well as birds, build bowers.
  McKaye, K. R., Stauffer, J. R., Turner, G. F., Konings, A., Sato, T. & Coleman, R. M. (ed.), 1 Jan 2001, Cichlid Research: State of the Art. 2001 ed. University of Michigan, p. 121-133
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedHow many species of cichlid fishes are there in African lakes?
  Turner, G. F., Seehausen, O., Knight, M. E., Allender, C. J. & Robinson, R. L., 1 Mar 2001, In: Molecular Ecology. 10, 3, p. 793-806
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPelagic cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi/Nyasa.
  Turner, G. F., Robinson, R. L., Ngatunga, B. P., Shaw, P. W., Carvalho, G. R. & Coleman, R. M. (ed.), 1 Jan 2001, Cichlid Research: State of the Art. 2001 ed. University of Michigan, p. 287-302
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2000

• PublishedExtensive homoplasy, nonstepwise mutations, and shared ancestral polymorphism at a complex microsatellite locus in Lake Malawi cichlids.
  Van Oppen, M. J., Rico, C., Turner, G. F. & Hewitt, G. M., 1 Apr 2000, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 17, 4, p. 489-498
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedGenetic population structure indicates sympatric speciation of Lake Malawi pelagic cichlids.
  Shaw, P. W., Turner, G. F., Idid, M. R., Robinson, R. L. & Carvalho, G. R., 22 Nov 2000, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 267, 1459, p. 2273-2280
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedReproductive biology, mating systems and parental care.
  Turner, G. F., Robinson, R. L., Beveridge, M. C. (ed.) & McAndrew B.J., N. V. (ed.), 1 Jan 2000, Tilapias: biology and exploitation. 2000 ed. Springer, p. 32-58
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedThe nature species in ancient lakes: perspectives from the fishes of Lake Malawi.
  Turner, G. F., 1 Aug 2000, In: Advances in Ecological Research. 31, p. 39-60
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Mapping for Conservation of Native Tilapia Resources in East Africa - extension

  01/10/2020 – 09/09/2022 (Finished)

  Description

  This project aims to compile nation-wide distribution records for tilapia in Kenya and Tanzania using the free to download and use smartphone app 'TilapiaMap'. This will provide an easy to use resource for rapid identification of tilapia in the field accessible to all. These observations are mapped and data made available for free download, so that developments and species distributions can be monitored and ultimately made available to policy makers. The project will provide training in species identification and help with species verification.

  Links:

  • http://tilapiamap.org

• Can phenotypic plasticity and DNA methylation promote adaptive radiation?

  25/02/2019 – 12/09/2022 (Finished)

• Genomic approaches to identification of wild tilapia resources for aquaculture (R35R13)

  01/10/2016 – 31/08/2017 (Finished)

• WorldFish Tilapia research co-ordination and planning visit

  01/08/2016 – 12/08/2017 (Finished)

• Collaborative field research on Wellcome Trust Grant 098051

  01/05/2016 – 05/07/2017 (Finished)

• Genomic approaches to identification of wild tilapia resources for aquaculture

  01/04/2015 – 30/09/2020 (Finished)

• Genome-Wide Analysis of the Evolution of New Species

  06/10/2014 – 28/02/2018 (Finished)

• Adaptive radiations of cichlid fish in Tanzanian crater lakes

  01/01/2012 – 31/08/2013 (Finished)