Professor George Turner
Professor in Zoology (Aquatic)
- 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
- 2022
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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
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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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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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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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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
- 2021
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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
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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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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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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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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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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
- 2020
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Relative growth of invasive and indigenous tilapiine cichlid fish in Tanzania
Bradbeer, SJ., Ngatunga, BP., Turner, G. F. & Genner, MJ., 2 Jul 2020, In: African Journal of Aquatic Science. 45, 3, p. 378-381 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
- 2019
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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
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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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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. GP., 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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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
- 2018
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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
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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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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. EM., Kaunda, E. KWH., 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
- 2017
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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