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
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A 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
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Behavioural individuality determines infection risk in clonal ant colonies
Li, Z., Bhat, B., Frank, E. T., Oliveira-Honorato, T., Azuma, F., Bachmann, V., Parker, D. J., Schmitt, T., Economo, E. P. & Ulrich, Y., 26 Aug 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 5233.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Codon 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
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Consequences 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
Convergent 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
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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. e1011615Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dynamics 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
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Evidence for cryptic sex in parthenogenetic stick insects of the genus Timema
Freitas, S., Parker, D. J., Labédan, M., Dumas, Z. & Schwander, T., 27 Sept 2023, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 290, 2007, 11 p., 20230404.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolutionary 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. 156Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Facultative parthenogenesis: a transient state in transitions between sex and obligate asexuality in stick insects?
Larose, C., Lavanchy, G., Freitas, S., Parker, D. & Schwander, T., 2023, In: Peer Community Journal. 3, e60.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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First 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, 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., 1 Jan 2025, In: Science Advances. 11, 1, eads6459.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, 1892Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, 6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, 38Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 13-21Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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LOad Monitoring and Intervention System (LOMIS) to prevent diabetic foot ulceration: Study protocol for a multi-phased safety and performance evaluation of a novel medical device [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Parker, D., Forghany, S., Tang, J., Akhtar, S., Dang, C., Tilbury, J., Woodrow, T., Sharman, D., Bray, N., Prior, Y., Nester, C., Allen, M., Holt, G., Lavender, A. & Jiang, L., 11 Dec 2024, In: NIHR open research. 4, 74Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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Olfactory Proteins in Timema Stick Insects
Parker, D. J., Djordjevic, J. & Schwander, T., 5 Apr 2019, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 164-171Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review