Dr. Darren Parker

Research interests

I study the evolutionary consequences of asexuality using stick insects in the genus Timema. For more information please see my website

Curriculum vitae

Publications

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Publications

In preparation | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |

In preparation

Evidence for cryptic gene flow in parthenogenetic stick insects of the genusTimema

Freitas Susana, Parker Darren J., Labédan Marjorie, Dumas Zoé, Schwander Tanja preprint.

[DOI][serval:BIB_9D9C21E82C97]

2023

Facultative parthenogenesis: a transient state in transitions between sex and obligate asexuality in stick insects?

Larose Chloé, Lavanchy Guillaume, Freitas Susana, Parker Darren, Schwander Tanja, 2023/07/13. PCI Journal. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][serval:BIB_E171D67CE306]

2022

X chromosomes show relaxed selection and complete somatic dosage compensation across Timema stick insect species.

Parker D.J., Jaron K.S., Dumas Z., Robinson-Rechavi M., Schwander T., 2022/12. Journal of evolutionary biology, 35 (12) pp. 1734-1750. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_08C40767A03A]

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., 2022/08. Heredity, 129 (2) pp. 113-122. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_A0C665A95881]

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. et al., 2022/02/25. Science advances, 8 (8) pp. eabg3842. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][Pmid][serval:BIB_F7578E44D8BF]

2021

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. et al., 2021/09/21. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (38) pp. e2101485118. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][Pmid][serval:BIB_A92AB05DA145]

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. et al., 2021/04/15. G3, 11 (4) pp. jkab043. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_19612ACE0AC4]

Sex-specific responses to cold in a very cold-tolerant, northern Drosophila species.

Parker D.J., Envall T., Ritchie M.G., Kankare M., 2021/04. Heredity, 126 (4) pp. 695-705. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_646B55DBD682]

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 RAW, Parker D.J., Hunt G.R., Gray R.D., Rutherford K., Abe H., Fleischer R.C., Ritchie M.G. et al., 2021/02. Molecular ecology, 30 (4) pp. 973-986. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_970EA2875929]

2019

Sex-biased gene expression is repeatedly masculinized in asexual females.

Parker D.J., Bast J., Jalvingh K., Dumas Z., Robinson-Rechavi M., Schwander T., 2019/10/11. Nature communications, 10 (1) p. 4638. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_BBF4929EFCF6]

Validating the Demethylating Effects of 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine in Insects Requires a Whole-Genome Approach : (A Reply to Ellers et al.)

Cook Nicola, Parker Darren J., Tauber Eran, Pannebakker Bart A., Shuker David M., 2019/09. The American Naturalist, 194 (3) pp. 432-438.

[DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_8FB64E91DB0D]

Repeated Evolution of Asexuality Involves Convergent Gene Expression Changes.

Parker D.J., Bast J., Jalvingh K., Dumas Z., Robinson-Rechavi M., Schwander T., 2019/02/01. Molecular biology and evolution, 36 (2) pp. 350-364. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_50533A2E2A2E]

Olfactory Proteins in Timema Stick Insects

Parker D.J., Djordjevic J., Schwander T., 2019. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7 p. 101. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][serval:BIB_B92A4650771D]

2018

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., 2018/10/05. Genome biology, 19 (1) p. 156. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_3979DBC2E6AC]

Inter and Intraspecific Genomic Divergence in Drosophila montana Shows Evidence for Cold Adaptation.

Parker D.J., Wiberg RAW, Trivedi U., Tyukmaeva V.I., Gharbi K., Butlin R.K., Hoikkala A., Kankare M., Ritchie M.G., 2018/08/01. Genome Biology and Evolution, 10 (8) pp. 2086-2101. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_2BF47F2414C9]

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., 2018/07/01. Molecular biology and evolution, 35 (7) pp. 1668-1677. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_00D517ACA82A]

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., 2018/03/28. G3, 8 (4) pp. 1291-1297. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_BB77B76435C1]

Fundamental and realized feeding niche breadths of sexual and asexual stick insects.

Larose C., Parker D.J., Schwander T., 2018. Proceedings of the Royal Society. B Biological sciences, 285 (1892) p. 20181805. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_69B6EEF0F15E]

2017

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., 2017. Molecular Ecology, 26 (11) pp. 3050-3061. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_8D73B5044DE6]