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Professor George Turner

Professor in Zoology (Aquatic)

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ORCID: 0000-0003-0099-7261
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  1. 2023
  2. Published

    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

  3. 2022
  4. Published

    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

  5. Published

    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

  6. Published

    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, 11

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  7. Published

    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

  8. Published

    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

  9. Published

    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

  10. 2021
  11. Published

    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

  12. Published

    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

  13. Published

    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

  14. Published

    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

  15. Published

    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

  16. Published

    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

  17. Published

    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

  18. 2020
  19. Published

    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

  20. Published

    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

  21. 2019
  22. Published

    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

  23. Published

    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. 215-226

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  24. Published

    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

  25. Published

    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

  26. Published

    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

  27. 2018
  28. Published

    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. 1940-1955

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  29. Published

    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. 1199-1209

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  30. Published

    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

  31. 2017
  32. Published

    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

  33. Published

    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

  34. 2015
  35. Published

    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. 1493-1498

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  36. Published

    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: 20150232

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  37. Published

    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. 121-132

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  38. Published

    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. 109-112

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  39. 2014
  40. Published

    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. 479-480

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  41. Published

    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. 439-451

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  42. 2013
  43. Published

    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 1

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  44. Published

    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. 25-31

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  45. Published

    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. 180-188

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  46. 2012
  47. Published

    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. 195-206

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  48. 2011
  49. Published

    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-R109

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  50. 2010
  51. Published

    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. 713-727

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  52. Published

    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. 258-269

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  53. Published

    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. 170-182

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  54. 2009
  55. Published

    Elevated mtDNA diversity in introduced populations of Cynotilapia afra (Gunther 1894) in Lake Malawi National Park is evidence for multiple source populations and hybridization.

    Zidana, H., Turner, G. F., Van Oosterhout, C. & Hanfling, B., 1 Nov 2009, In: Molecular Ecology. 18, 21, p. 4380-4389

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  56. Published

    Patterns of genetic differentiation between two co-occuring demersal species: the red mullet (Mullus barbatus) and the striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus).

    Galarza, J. A., Turner, G. F., Macpherson, E. & Rico, C., 1 Sept 2009, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 66, 9, p. 1478-1490

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  57. Published

    Secondary contact during adaptive radiation: a community matrix for Lake Malawi cichlids.

    Young, K. A., Whitman, J. M. & Turner, G. F., 1 Apr 2009, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22, 4, p. 882-889

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  58. Published

    Assortative mating among Lake Malawi cichlid fish populations is not simply predictable from male nuptial colour.

    Blais, J., Plenderleith, M., Rico, C., Taylor, M. I., Seehausen, O., Van Oosterhout, C. & Turner, G. F., 5 Mar 2009, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9, p. 53

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  59. Published

    The influence of oceanographic fronts and early-life-history traits on connectivity among littoral fish species.

    Galarza, J. A., Carreras-Carbonell, J., Macpherson, E., Pascual, M., Roques, S., Turner, G. F. & Rico, C., 3 Feb 2009, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 106, 5, p. 1473-1478

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  60. 2008
  61. Published

    Parallel life history evolution in mouthbrooding cichlids from the African Great Lakes.

    Duponchelle, F., Paradis, E., Ribbink, A. J. & Turner, G. F., 7 Oct 2008, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 105, 40, p. 15475-15480

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  62. Published

    Genetic homogeneity among breeding grounds and nursery areas of an exploited Lake Malawi cichlid fish.

    Genner, M. J., Nichols, P., Shaw, P. W., Carvalho, G. R., Robinson, R. L. & Turner, G. F., 1 Sept 2008, In: Freshwater Biology. 53, 9, p. 1823-1831

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  63. Published

    Courtship and agonistic sounds by the cichlid fish Pseudotropheus zebra.

    Simões, J. M., Duarte, I. G., Fonseca, P. J., Turner, G. F. & Amorim, M. C., 1 Aug 2008, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 124, 2, p. 1332-1338

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  64. Published

    African cichlid Pseudotropheus spp. males moan to females during foreplay.

    Simões, J. M., Fonseca, P. J., Turner, G. F. & Amorim, M. C., 1 Jun 2008, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 72, 10, p. 2689-2694

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  65. Published

    Species differences in courtship acoustic signals among five Lake Malawi cichlid species (Pseudotropheus spp.).

    Amorim, M. C., Simões, J. M., Fonseca, P. J. & Turner, G. F., 1 Apr 2008, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 72, 6, p. 1355-1368

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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