Dr Darren Parker

Teaching & Research Lectureship

Contact info

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

Email: d.parker@bangor.ac.uk

Twitter: @DarrenJParker

  1. Published

    X 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Validating 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., Sept 2019, In: American Naturalist. 194, 3, p. 432-438 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Transcriptomes 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 Sept 2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, p. 8449

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Transcriptional 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    The 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    The 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  7. The 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    The 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  9. The 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    The 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 journalReview articlepeer-review

  11. Sex-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 journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Sex-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 journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Repeated 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Preparing 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Pre- 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Photosensitive 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Paternity 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Olfactory 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Male-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 journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Larger 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Inter 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Inducing 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    How 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Haplotype 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 Sept 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 38

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Fundamental 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 journalArticlepeer-review

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