Professor George Turner
Professor in Zoology (Aquatic)
- 2010
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Establishment 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. 170-182Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lake 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. 713-727Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Population 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. 258-269Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2011
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Repeated 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-R109Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2012
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Ancient 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. 195-206Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2013
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Signal 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 Sept 2013, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 110, 1, p. 180-188Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mismatch 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. 25-31Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nile 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 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2014
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Peripheral 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. 439-451Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evidence 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. 479-480Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2015
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Presence 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. 109-112Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Timing 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. 121-132Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Geographical 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: 20150232Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genomic 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. 1493-1498Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
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The 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
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The 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
- 2018
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Reproductive biology and size structure of Lethrinops gossei (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in the demersal trawl fishery of the southeast arm of Lake Malai, Malai
Bulirani, A. E., Kaunda, E. K., 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
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Losing 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. 1199-1209Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Whole 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. 1940-1955Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2019
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A 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
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Limited 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
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Widespread 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. G., 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
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Molecular 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. 215-226Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Population 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
- 2020
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Ancestral 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
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Relative growth of invasive and indigenous tilapiine cichlid fish in Tanzania
Bradbeer, S., Ngatunga, B., Turner, G. F. & Genner, M., 2 Jul 2020, In: African Journal of Aquatic Science. 45, 3, p. 378-381 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2021
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Astatotilapia 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
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The 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
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Newly 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
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Towards 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
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Differential 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
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Mapping 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
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Rare 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
- 2022
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Whole 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
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Oca2 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., Apr 2022, In: Royal Society Open Science. 9, 4, 220077.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Revision 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
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Ecological 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, 11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A 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
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Epigenetic 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
- 2023
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Taxonomic 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., Jun 2023, In: Hydrobiologia. 850, 10-11, p. 2165-2175 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review