Population genomic and evolutionary biology of complex systems

Research output

Research output per year 2003 2004 2005 2013

• 43 Article
• 1 Literature review

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2013

  The transcriptome of the invasive eel swimbladder nematode parasite Anguillicola crassus

  Heitlinger, E., Bridgett, S., Montazam, A., Taraschewski, H. & Blaxter, M., 2013, In: BMC Genomics. 14, 1, p. 87

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  • Anguilla 100%
  • Air Sacs 96%
  • Eels 89%
  • Transcriptome 57%
  • Parasites 51%
• 2012

  A molecular analysis of desiccation tolerance mechanisms in the anhydrobiotic nematode Panagrolaimus superbus using expressed sequenced tags

  Tyson, T., O'Mahony Zamora, G., Wong, S., Skelton, M., Daly, B., Jones, J. T., Mulvihill, E. D., Elsworth, B., Phillips, M., Blaxter, M. & Burnell, A. M., 2012, In: BMC Research Notes. 5, 1, 68.

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  • Desiccation 100%
  • Parasitic 83%
  • Lethal 40%
  • Tertiary Structure 35%
  • Embryonic Development 31%

• Genomics and transcriptomics across the diversity of the Nematoda

  Blaxter, M., Kumar, S., Kaur, G., Koutsovoulos, G. & Elsworth, B., 2012, In: Parasite Immunology. 34, 2-3, p. 108-20 13 p.

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

  • Nematoda 100%
  • Genomics 60%
  • transcriptomics 52%
  • Catalogs 49%
  • Genome 40%
• 2011

  Developing EPIC markers for chalcidoid Hymenoptera from EST and genomic data

  Lohse, K., Sharanowski, B., Blaxter, M., Nicholls, J. A. & Stone, G. N., 31 May 2011, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 11, 3, p. 521-529 9 p.

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

  • Hymenoptera 100%
  • Ficus 98%
  • Expressed Sequence Tags 83%
  • expressed sequence tags 70%
  • genomics 66%

• NEMBASE4: the nematode transcriptome resource

  Elsworth, B., Wasmuth, J. & Blaxter, M., 2011, In: International Journal For Parasitology. 41, 8, p. 881-94 14 p.

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  • Expressed Sequence Tags 100%
  • Transcriptome 73%
  • transcriptome 70%
  • Nematoda 61%
  • expressed sequence tags 50%
• 2010

  Phylogeny and DNA barcoding of inquiline oak gallwasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the Western Palaearctic

  Acs, Z., Challis, R. J., Bihari, P., Blaxter, M., Hayward, A., Melika, G., Csóka, G., Pénzes, Z., Pujade-Villar, J., Nieves-Aldrey, J-L., Schönrogge, K. & Stone, G. N., Apr 2010, In: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. 55, 1, p. 210-225 16 p.

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

  • Hymenoptera 100%
  • inquilinism 97%
  • Cynipidae 93%
  • Phylogeny 80%
  • DNA barcoding 72%

• Ecdysozoan mitogenomics: evidence for a common origin of the legged invertebrates, the Panarthropoda

  Rota-Stabelli, O., Kayal, E., Gleeson, D., Daub, J., Boore, J. L., Telford, M. J., Pisani, D., Blaxter, M. & Lavrov, D. V., 2010, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. 2010, 2, p. 425-40 16 p.

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  • Tardigrada 100%
  • Invertebrates 57%
  • Arthropods 40%
  • Mitochondrial Genome 23%
  • Gene Order 16%

• Transcriptional host-virus interaction of Emiliania huxleyi (Haptophyceae) and EhV-86 deduced from combined analysis of expressed sequence tags and microarrays

  Kegel, J. U., Blaxter, M., Allen, M. J., Metfies, K., Wilson, W. H. & Valentin, K., 2010, In: European Journal of Phycology. 45, 1, p. 1-12 12 p.

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

  • Emiliania huxleyi 100%
  • Haptophyta 94%
  • expressed sequence tags 71%
  • virus 65%
  • infection 62%
• 2009

  A Cryptoendolithic Community in Volcanic Glass

  Herrera, A., Cockell, C. S., Self, S., Blaxter, M., Reitner, J., Thorsteinsson, T., Arp, G., Dröse, W. & Tindle, A. G., Jun 2009, In: Astrobiology. 9, 4, p. 369-381 13 p.

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

  • volcanology 100%
  • volcanic glass 91%
  • rocks 67%
  • Glass 67%
  • glass 59%

• Expressed sequence tags: An overview

  Parkinson, J. & Blaxter, M., 10 Mar 2009, In: Methods in Molecular Biology. 533, p. 1-12 12 p.

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

  • Expressed Sequence Tags 100%
  • Gene Library 33%
  • Genetic Association Studies 16%
  • Eukaryota 16%
  • Computational Biology 14%

• Obtaining accurate translations from expressed sequence tags

  Wasmuth, J. & Blaxter, M., 10 Mar 2009, In: Methods in Molecular Biology. 533, p. 221-239

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

  • Expressed Sequence Tags 100%
  • Genome 21%
  • Peptides 20%
  • Software 12%
  • Genes 6%

• A P2X receptor from the tardigrade species Hypsibius dujardini with fast kinetics and sensitivity to zinc and copper

  Bavan, S., Straub, V. A., Blaxter, M. L. & Ennion, S. J., Jan 2009, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9, 12 p., 17.

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  • Tardigrada 100%
  • zinc 58%
  • copper 57%
  • flatworm 56%
  • protein 52%

• Duplication and divergence: The evolution of nematode globins

  Hunt, P. W., McNally, J., Barris, W. & Blaxter, M. L., 2009, In: Journal of nematology. 41, p. 35-51 17 p.

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• 2008

  Bacterial colonization and weathering of terrestrial obsidian in Iceland

  Herrera, A., Cockell, C. S., Self, S., Blaxter, M., Reitner, J., Arp, G., Droese, W., Thorsteinsson, T. & Tindle, A. G., 2008, In: Geomicrobiology journal. 25, 1, p. 25-37 13 p.

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

  • obsidian 100%
  • basalt 94%
  • Iceland 65%
  • Weathering 57%
  • Ribosomal DNA 56%

• Comparative transcriptomic responses to chronic cadmium, fluoranthene, and atrazine exposure in Lumbricus rubellus

  Svendsen, C., Owen, J., Kille, P., Wren, J., Jonker, M. J., Headley, B. A., Morgan, A. J., Blaxter, M., Stürzenbaum, S. R., Hankard, P. K., Lister, L. J. & Spurgeon, D. J., 2008, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 42, 11, p. 4208-14 7 p.

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

  • Fluoranthene 100%
  • Atrazine 92%
  • fluoranthene 91%
  • atrazine 87%
  • cadmium 65%

• Transcriptome profiling of developmental and xenobiotic responses in a keystone soil animal, the oligochaete annelid Lumbricus rubellus

  Owen, J., Hedley, B. A., Svendsen, C., Wren, J., Jonker, M. J., Hankard, P. K., Lister, L. J., Stürzenbaum, S. R., Morgan, A. J., Spurgeon, D. J., Blaxter, M. L. & Kille, P., 2008, In: BMC Genomics. 9, 266, p. - 21 p.

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  • Oligochaeta 100%
  • Xenobiotics 73%
  • Soil 72%
  • Gene Expression Profiling 68%
  • Environmental Pollution 46%
• 2007

  Draft genome of the filarial nematode parasite Brugia malayi

  Ghedin, E., Wang, S., Spiro, D., Caler, E., Zhao, Q., Crabtree, J., Allen, J. E., Delcher, A. L., Guiliano, D. B., Miranda-Saavedra, D., Angiuoli, S. V., Creasy, T., Amedeo, P., Haas, B., El-Sayed, N. M., Wortman, J. R., Feldblyum, T., Tallon, L., Schatz, M., Shumway, M., & 51 othersKoo, H., Salzberg, S. L., Schobel, S., Pertea, M., Pop, M., White, O., Barton, G. J., Carlow, C. K. S., Crawford, M. J., Daub, J., Dimmic, M. W., Estes, C. F., Foster, J. M., Ganatra, M., Gregory, W. F., Johnson, N. M., Jin, J., Komuniecki, R., Korf, I., Kumar, S., Laney, S., Li, B-W., Li, W., Lindblom, T. H., Lustigman, S., Ma, D., Maina, C. V., Martin, D. M. A., McCarter, J. P., McReynolds, L., Mitreva, M., Nutman, T. B., Parkinson, J., Peregrín-Alvarez, J. M., Poole, C., Ren, Q., Saunders, L., Sluder, A. E., Smith, K., Stanke, M., Unnasch, T. R., Ware, J., Wei, A. D., Weil, G., Williams, D. J., Zhang, Y., Williams, S. A., Fraser-Liggett, C., Slatko, B., Blaxter, M. L. & Scott, A. L., 2007, In: Science. 317, 5845, p. 1756-60 5 p.

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  • Brugia malayi 100%
  • Ocular Onchocerciasis 55%
  • Parasites 54%
  • Elephantiasis 51%
  • Wolbachia 49%

• The effect of model choice on phylogenetic inference using mitochondrial sequence data: Lessons from the scorpions

  Jones, M., Gantenbein, B., Fet, V. & Blaxter, M., 2007, In: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. 43, 2, p. 583-595 13 p.

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

  • chelicerate 100%
  • Scorpions 84%
  • Scorpiones 71%
  • spider 54%
  • arthropod 50%
• 2006

  Phylogenetic relationships of the Wolbachia of nematodes and arthropods

  Fenn, K., Conlon, C., Jones, M., Quail, M. A., Holroyd, N. E., Parkhill, J. & Blaxter, M., Oct 2006, In: PLoS Pathogens. 2, 10, p. 887-899 13 p., e94.

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  • Wolbachia 100%
  • Arthropods 85%
  • arthropods 61%
  • Nematoda 51%
  • phylogeny 37%

• DESS: A versatile solution for preserving morphology and extractable DNA of nematodes

  Yoder, M., Tandigan De Ly, I., King, I. W., Mundo-Ocampo, M., Mann, J., Blaxter, M., Poiras, L. & De Ley, P., 2006, In: Journal of nematology. 8, p. 367-376 10 p.

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

• Operon conservation and the evolution of trans-splicing in the phylum Nematoda

  Guiliano, D. B. & Blaxter, M. L., 2006, In: PLoS Genetics. 2, 11, p. 1871-1882 12 p., e198.

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  • Nematoda 100%
  • Spliced Leader RNA 99%
  • Trans-Splicing 92%
  • trans-splicing 89%
  • nematode 67%

• The evolution of biased codon and amino acid usage in nematode genomes

  Cutter, A. D., Wasmuth, J. D. & Blaxter, M. L., 2006, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23, 12, p. 2303-15 13 p.

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

  • nematode 100%
  • Codon 88%
  • codons 85%
  • genome 83%
  • amino acid 81%
• 2005

  Ancient origin of glycosyl hydrolase family 9 cellulase genes

  Davison, A. & Blaxter, M., 2005, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22, 5, p. 1273-1284

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

  • Cellulase 100%
  • Hydrolases 82%
  • glycosidases 75%
  • endo-1,4-beta-glucanase 64%
  • Cellulases 54%

• An expressed sequence tag survey of gene expression in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis, an intermediate vector of Fasciola hepatica

  Davison, A. & Blaxter, M. L., 2005, In: Parasitology. 130, 5, p. 539-552

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  • Lymnaea 100%
  • Ponds 94%
  • Fasciola hepatica 91%
  • Lymnaea stagnalis 89%
  • Expressed Sequence Tags 83%

• A white paper on nematode comparative genomics

  Bird, D. M., Blaxter, M. L., McCarter, J. P., Mitreva, M., Sternberg, P. W. & Thomas, W. K., 2005, In: Journal of nematology. 37, 4, p. 408-16 9 p.

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  • Nematoda 100%
  • genomics 81%
  • genome 70%
  • nematology 62%
  • animal parasitic nematodes 22%

• Characterisation of the two most abundant genes in the Haemonchus contortus expressed sequence tag dataset

  Geldhof, P., Whitton, C., Gregory, W. F., Blaxter, M. & Knox, D. P., 2005, In: International Journal For Parasitology. 35, 5, p. 513-22 10 p.

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

  • Haemonchus 100%
  • Expressed Sequence Tags 76%
  • Haemonchus contortus 72%
  • expressed sequence tags 64%
  • Datasets 47%

• Characterization of a novel filarial serine protease inhibitor, Ov-SPI-1, from Onchocerca volvulus, with potential multifunctional roles during development of the parasite

  Ford, L., Guiliano, D. B., Oksov, Y., Debnath, A. K., Liu, J., Williams, S. A., Blaxter, M. L. & Lustigman, S., 2005, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280, 49, p. 40845-56 12 p.

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

  • Onchocerca volvulus 100%
  • Serine Protease Inhibitor 93%
  • Molting 87%
  • Serine Proteinase Inhibitors 83%
  • Parasites 54%

• Defining operational taxonomic units using DNA barcode data

  Blaxter, M., Mann, J., Chapman, T., Thomas, F., Whitton, C., Floyd, R. & Abebe, E., 2005, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 360, 1462, p. 1935-43 9 p.

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  • DNA barcoding 100%
  • barcoding 68%
  • DNA 51%
  • Planets 46%
  • Genetic Phenomena 41%

• Genomic tools and cDNA derived markers for butterflies

  Papanicolaou, A., Joron, M., McMillan, W. O., Blaxter, M. L. & Jiggins, C. D., 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 9, p. 2883-97 15 p.

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

  • Heliconius melpomene 100%
  • Heliconius erato 98%
  • Butterflies 84%
  • Expressed Sequence Tags 74%
  • butterfly 70%
• 2004

  The promise of a DNA taxonomy

  Blaxter, M. L., 29 Apr 2004, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 359, 1444, p. 669-79 11 p.

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  • genetic barcoding 100%
  • metadata 91%
  • Conserved Sequence 74%
  • meta-analysis 69%
  • Meta-Analysis 45%

• A gene family of cathepsin L-like proteases of filarial nematodes are associated with larval molting and cuticle and eggshell remodeling

  Guiliano, D. B., Hong, X., McKerrow, J. H., Blaxter, M. L., Oksov, Y., Liu, J., Ghedin, E. & Lustigman, S., 2004, In: Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 136, 2, p. 227-42 16 p.

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

  • Molting 100%
  • Egg Shell 98%
  • Cathepsin L 90%
  • cathepsin L 86%
  • Brugia pahangi 84%

• A transcriptomic analysis of the phylum Nematoda

  Parkinson, J., Mitreva, M., Whitton, C., Thomson, M., Daub, J., Martin, J., Schmid, R., Hall, N., Barrell, B., Waterston, R. H., McCarter, J. P. & Blaxter, M. L., 2004, In: Nature Genetics. 36, 12, p. 1259-67 9 p.

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

  • Nematoda 100%
  • Genes 24%
  • Parasites 19%
  • Expressed Sequence Tags 15%
  • Ecosystem 13%

• DNA taxonomy of a neglected animal phylum: an unexpected diversity of tardigrades

  Blaxter, M., Elsworth, B. & Daub, J., 2004, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 271, Suppl 4, p. S189-92

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

  • animal taxonomy 100%
  • Small Ribosome Subunits 78%
  • Tardigrada 69%
  • relatedness 62%
  • Photography 59%

• Expressed sequence tags: analysis and annotation

  Parkinson, J. & Blaxter, M., 2004, In: Methods in Molecular Biology. 270, p. 93-126 34 p.

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

  • Expressed Sequence Tags 100%
  • Sequence Analysis 74%
  • Datasets 31%
  • Public Sector 23%
  • Computational Biology 18%

• Expressed sequence tags: medium-throughput protocols

  Whitton, C., Daub, J., Thomson, M. & Blaxter, M., 2004, In: Methods in Molecular Biology. 270, p. 75-92 18 p.

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

  • Expressed Sequence Tags 100%
  • Genes 19%
  • Genomics 16%
  • Sequence Analysis 14%
  • Libraries 14%

• NEMBASE: a resource for parasitic nematode ESTs

  Parkinson, J., Whitton, C., Schmid, R., Thomson, M. & Blaxter, M., 2004, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 32, Database issue, p. D427-30

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  • Expressed Sequence Tags 100%
  • Databases 47%
  • Genes 21%
  • Genome 17%
  • Peptides 16%

• PartiGene-constructing partial genomes

  Parkinson, J., Anthony, A., Wasmuth, J., Schmid, R., Hedley, A. & Blaxter, M., 2004, In: Bioinformatics. 20, 9, p. 1398-404 7 p.

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

  • Expressed Sequence Tags 100%
  • Genome 87%
  • Genomics 82%
  • Linux 81%
  • Sequence Analysis 74%

• prot4EST: translating expressed sequence tags from neglected genomes

  Wasmuth, J. D. & Blaxter, M. L., 2004, In: BMC Bioinformatics. 5, p. 187

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  • Polypeptides 100%
  • Expressed Sequence Tags 79%
  • Genome 69%
  • Genomics 65%
  • Genes 60%

• Quantification of Wolbachia bacteria in Brugia malayi through the nematode lifecycle

  Fenn, K. & Blaxter, M., 2004, In: Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 137, 2, p. 361-4 4 p.

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• Signal sequence analysis of expressed sequence tags from the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis and the evolution of secreted proteins in parasites

  Harcus, Y. M., Parkinson, J., Fernández, C., Daub, J., Selkirk, M. E., Blaxter, M. L. & Maizels, R. M., 2004, In: Genome Biology. 5, 6, p. R39.1-R39.15 15 p.

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  • Nippostrongylus 100%
  • Nippostrongylus brasiliensis 97%
  • Expressed Sequence Tags 81%
  • nematode 72%
  • Protein Sorting Signals 69%
• 2003

  400000 nematode ESTs on the Net

  Parkinson, J., Mitreva, M., Hall, N., Blaxter, M. & McCarter, J. P., 2003, In: Trends in Parasitology. 19, 7, p. 283-6 4 p.

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

  • Expressed Sequence Tags 100%
  • Nematoda 61%
  • plant parasitic nematodes 45%
  • expressed sequence tags 42%
  • Genome 26%

• Expressed sequence tag survey of gene expression in the scab mite Psoroptes ovis--allergens, proteases and free-radical scavengers

  Kenyon, F., Welsh, M., Parkinson, J., Whitton, C., Blaxter, M. L. & Knox, D. P., 2003, In: Parasitology. 126, Pt 5, p. 451-60 10 p.

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  • Psoroptes equi 100%
  • Psoroptidae 98%
  • Psoroptes ovis 82%
  • Free Radical Scavengers 65%
  • Expressed Sequence Tags 64%

• The earthworm EST sequencing project

  Stürzenbaum, S. R., Parkinson, J., Blaxter, M. L., Morgan, A. J., Kille, P. & Georgiev, O., 2003, In: Pedobiologia. 47, p. 447-451 5 p.

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