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Darren Parker

Darren Parker

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4027-7779

Accepting PhD Students

20092026

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

Email: [email protected]

Lab website: http://genestobehaviour.co.uk/

Overview

I study the causes and consequences of different reproductive strategies, focusing particularly on parthenogenesis. I use a combination of fieldwork, ’omics, and behavioural analyses in insects to address these questions. 

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Education/Academic qualification

Postgraduate, Professional, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Bangor University

Award Date: 13 Dec 2024

Postgraduate, PhD, The evolution of behaviour, University of St. Andrews

Award Date: 24 Jun 2015

Postgraduate, MSc, Quantitative genetics and genome analysis, University of Edinburgh

Award Date: 24 Nov 2010

Undergraduate, BSc, Biology, University of Derby

Award Date: 1 Jul 2008

External positions

External examiner (Biosciences), Oxford Brookes University

2025 → …

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  • Dosage compensation and meiotic sex chromosome inactivation are maintained under relaxed selection

    Parker, D. J., Dumas, Z., Gómez, R., Aury, J.-M., Labedan, M., Tran Van, P., Istace, B., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Noel, B., Freitas, S., Djordjevic, J. & Schwander, T., 21 Jul 2026, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 123, 29, e2531501123.

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  • Dynamics of X chromosome hyper-expression and inactivation in male tissues during stick insect development

    Djordjevic, J., Tran Van, P., Toubiana, W., Labédan, M., Dumas, Z., Aury, J.-M., Cruaud, C., Istace, B., Labadie, K., Noel, B., Parker, D. J. & Schwander, T., 10 Mar 2025, In: PLOS Genetics. 21, 3, p. e1011615

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  • Functional monocentricity with holocentric characteristics and chromosome-specific centromeres in a stick insect.

    Toubiana , W., Dumas, Z., Tran Van, P., Parker, D., Mérel, V., Schubert , V., Aury , J.-M., Bournonville , L., Cruaud, C., Houben , A., Istace, B., Labadie, K., Noel, B. & Schwander, T., 3 Jan 2025, In: Science Advances. 11, 1, eads6459.

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  • Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology

    Gould, E., Fraser, H. S., Parker, T. H., Nakagawa, S., Griffith, S. C., Vesk, P. A., Fidler, F., Hamilton, D. G., Abbey-Lee, R. N., Abbott, J. K., Aguirre, L. A., Alcaraz, C., Aloni, I., Altschul, D., Arekar, K., Atkins, J. W., Atkinson, J., Baker, C. M., Barrett, M. & Bell, K. & 290 others, Bello, S. K., Beltrán, I., Berauer, B. J., Bertram, M. G., Billman, P. D., Blake, C. K., Blake, S., Bliard, L., Bonisoli-Alquati, A., Bonnet, T., Bordes, C. N. M., Bose, A. P. H., Botterill-James, T., Boyd, M. A., Boyle, S. A., Bradfer-Lawrence, T., Bradham, J., Brand, J. A., Brengdahl, M. I., Bulla, M., Bussière, L., Camerlenghi, E., Campbell, S. E., Campos, L. L. F., Caravaggi, A., Cardoso, P., Carroll, C. J. W., Catanach, T. A., Chen, X., Chik, H. Y. J., Choy, E. S., Christie, A. P., Chuang, A., Chunco, A. J., Clark, B. L., Contina, A., Covernton, G. A., Cox, M. P., Cressman, K. A., Crotti, M., Crouch, C. D., D'Amelio, P. B., de Sousa, A. A., Döbert, T. F., Dobler, R., Dobson, A. J., Doherty, T. S., Drobniak, S. M., Duffy, A. G., Duncan, A. B., Dunn, R. P., Dunning, J., Dutta, T., Eberhart-Hertel, L., Elmore, J. A., Elsherif, M. M., English, H. M., Ensminger, D. C., Ernst, U. R., Ferguson, S. M., Fernandez-Juricic, E., Ferreira-Arruda, T., Fieberg, J., Finch, E. A., Fiorenza, E. A., Fisher, D. N., Fontaine, A., Forstmeier, W., Fourcade, Y., Frank, G. S., Freund, C. A., Fuentes-Lillo, E., Gandy, S. L., Gannon, D. G., García-Cervigón, A. I., Garretson, A. C., Ge, X., Geary, W. L., Géron, C., Gilles, M., Girndt, A., Gliksman, D., Goldspiel, H. B., Gomes, D. G. E., Good, M. K., Goslee, S. C., Gosnell, J. S., Grames, E. M., Gratton, P., Grebe, N. M., Greenler, S. M., Griffioen, M., Griffith, D. M., Griffith, F. J., Grossman, J. J., Güncan, A., Haesen, S., Hagan, J. G., Hager, H. A., Harris, J. P., Harrison, N. D., Hasnain, S. S., Havird, J. C., Heaton, A. J., Herrera-Chaustre, M. L., Howard, T. J., Hsu, B.-Y., Iannarilli, F., Iranzo, E. C., Iverson, E. N. K., Jimoh, S. O., Johnson, D. H., Johnsson, M., Jorna, J., Jucker, T., Jung, M., Kačergytė, I., Kaltz, O., Ke, A., Kelly, C. D., Keogan, K., Keppeler, F. W., Killion, A. K., Kim, D., Kochan, D. P., Korsten, P., Kothari, S., Kuppler, J., Kusch, J. M., Lagisz, M., Lalla, K. M., Larkin, D. J., Larson, C. L., Lauck, K. S., Lauterbur, M. E., Law, A., Léandri-Breton, D.-J., Lembrechts, J. J., L'Herpiniere, K., Lievens, E. J. P., de Lima, D. O., Lindsay, S., Luquet, M., MacLeod, R., Macphie, K. H., Magellan, K., Mair, M. M., Malm, L. E., Mammola, S., Mandeville, C. P., Manhart, M., Manrique-Garzon, L. M., Mäntylä, E., Marchand, P., Marshall, B. M., Martin, C. A., Martin, D. A., Martin, J. M., Martinig, A. R., McCallum, E. S., McCauley, M., McNew, S. M., Meiners, S. J., Merkling, T., Michelangeli, M., Moiron, M., Moreira, B., Mortensen, J., Mos, B., Muraina, T. O., Murphy, P. W., Nelli, L., Niemelä, P., Nightingale, J., Nilsonne, G., Nolazco, S., Nooten, S. S., Novotny, J. L., Olin, A. B., Organ, C. L., Ostevik, K. L., Palacio, F. X., Paquet, M., Parker, D. J., Pascall, D. J., Pasquarella, V. J., Paterson, J. H., Payo-Payo, A., Pedersen, K. M., Perez, G., Perry, K. I., Pottier, P., Proulx, M. J., Proulx, R., Pruett, J. L., Ramananjato, V., Randimbiarison, F. T., Razafindratsima, O. H., Rennison, D. J., Riva, F., Riyahi, S., Roast, M. J., Rocha, F. P., Roche, D. G., Román-Palacios, C., Rosenberg, M. S., Ross, J., Rowland, F. E., Rugemalila, D., Russell, A. L., Ruuskanen, S., Saccone, P., Sadeh, A., Salazar, S. M., Sales, K., Salmón, P., Sánchez-Tójar, A., Santos, L. P., Santostefano, F., Schilling, H. T., Schmidt, M., Schmoll, T., Schneider, A. C., Schrock, A. E., Schroeder, J., Schtickzelle, N., Schultz, N. L., Scott, D. A., Scroggie, M. P., Shapiro, J. T., Sharma, N., Shearer, C. L., Simón, D., Sitvarin, M. I., Skupien, F. L., Slinn, H. L., Smith, G. P., Smith, J. A., Sollmann, R., Whitney, K. S., Still, S. M., Stuber, E. F., Sutton, G. F., Swallow, B., Taff, C. C., Takola, E., Tanentzap, A. J., Tarjuelo, R., Telford, R. J., Thawley, C. J., Thierry, H., Thomson, J., Tidau, S., Tompkins, E. M., Tortorelli, C. M., Trlica, A., Turnell, B. R., Urban, L., Van de Vondel, S., van der Wal, J. E. M., Van Eeckhoven, J., van Oordt, F., Vanderwel, K. M., Vanderwel, M. C., Vanderwolf, K. J., Vélez, J., Vergara-Florez, D. C., Verrelli, B. C., Vieira, M. V., Villamil, N., Vitali, V., Vollering, J., Walker, J., Walker, X. J., Walter, J. A., Waryszak, P., Weaver, R. J., Wedegärtner, R. E. M., Weller, D. L., Whelan, S., White, R. L., Wolfson, D. W., Wood, A., Yanco, S. W., Yen, J. D. L., Youngflesh, C., Zilio, G., Zimmer, C., Zimmerman, G. M. & Zitomer, R. A., 6 Feb 2025, In: BMC Biology. 23, 1, 35.

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  • Genome Assembly of the Dyeing Poison Frog Provides Insights into the Dynamics of Transposable Element and Genome-Size Evolution

    Dittrich, C., Hoelzl, F., Smith, S., Fouilloux, C. A., Parker, D. J., O'Connell, L. A., Knowles, L. S., Hughes, M., Fewings, A., Morgan, R., Rojas, B. & Comeault, A. A., 5 Jun 2024, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. 16, 6

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