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
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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., 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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 4638Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 300-306Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 245-249Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. e0161852Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 8449Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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The Evolution of Large Testes: Sperm Competition or Male Mating Rate?
Vahed, K. & Parker, D. J., 1 Feb 2012, In: Ethology. 118, 2, p. 107-117Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review