Evolution of sex, asex and recombination
Many of these publications are open access or otherwise readily available on the internet for example via ResearchGate.
However, if you would like papers to which you do not have access
please email Paul.Sunnucks@monash.edu / Alexandra.Pavlova@monash.edu
Evolution of sex, asex, and recombination - Papers:
Pavlova A, Harrisson KA, Turakulov RI, Lee YP, Ingram B, Gilligan D, Sunnucks P, Gan HM. (2022) Labile sex chromosomes in the Australian freshwater fish family Percichthyidae. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22, 1639-1655.
Fagerström T, Briscoe D & Sunnucks P (1998) Evolution of mitotic cell lineages in multicellular organisms. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 13: 117-120.
Aphids
Wilson ACC & Sunnucks P (2006). The genetic outcomes of sex and recombination in long-term functionally parthenogenetic lineages of Australian Sitobion aphids. Genetical Research. 87, 33-43.
Halkett F, Kindlmann P, Plantegenest M, Sunnucks P and Simon J-C (2006). Temporal differentiation and spatial coexistence of sexual and facultative asexual lineages of aphids at mating sites. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19, 809-815.
Wilson ACC, Sunnucks P, Bedo DG & Barker JSF (2006) Microsatellites reveal male recombination and neo-Y formation in Scaptodrosophila hibisci (Drosophilidae). Genetical Research 87, 33-43.
Llewellyn KS, Loxdale HD, Harrington R, Clark SJ & Sunnucks P (2004) Evidence for gene flow and local clonal selection in field populations of the grant aphid (Sitobion avenae) in Britain revealed using microsatellites. Heredity, 93, 143-153.
Vorburger C, Sunnucks P & Ward SA (2003) Explaining the coexistence of asexuals with sexual progenitors: no evidence for general-purpose genotypes in obligate parthenogens of the peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae. Ecology Letters, 6, 1091-1098.
Vorburger C, Lancaster M, Sunnucks P (2003) Environmentally-related patterns of reproductive modes in the aphid Myzus persicae, and the predominance of two 'superclones' in Victoria, Australia. Molecular Ecology, 12, 3493-3504.
Delmotte F, Sabater-Muñoz B, Leterme N, LaTorre A, Sunnucks P, Rispe C & Simon J-C. (2003) Phylogenetic evidence for hybrid origins of asexual lineages in an aphid species. Evolution 57, 1291-1303.
Wilson ACC, Sunnucks P & Hales DF (2003) Heritable genetic variation and potential for adaptive evolution in asexual aphids (Aphidoidea). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 79, 115-135.
Llewellyn KS Loxdale HD, Harrington R, Brookes CP, Clark SJ & Sunnucks P (2003) Migration and genetic structure of the grain aphid (Sitobion avenae) in Britain related to climatic adaptation and clonal fluctuation revealed using microsatellites. Molecular Ecology 12, 21-34.
Hales DF, Sloane MA, Wilson ACC, Simon J-C, Le Gallic J-F & Sunnucks P (2002) A lack of detectable genetic recombination on the X chromosome during the parthenogenetic production of female and male aphids. Genetical Research, Camb. 79, 203-209.
Hales DF, Sloane MA, Wilson ACC & Sunnucks P (2002) Segregation of autosomes during spermatogenesis in the peach-potato aphid (Myzus persicae) (Sulzer), (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Genetical Research, Camb. 79, 119-127.
Wilson ACC, Sunnucks P, Blackman RL & Hales DF (2002) Microsatellite variation in cyclically parthenogenetic populations of Myzus persicae in south-eastern Australia. Heredity 88, 258-266.
Simon J-C, Rispe C & Sunnucks P (2002) Ecology and evolution of sex in aphids. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 17, 34-39.
Sloane MA, Sunnucks P, Wilson ACC & Hales DF (2001) Microsatellite isolation, linkage group identification and determination of recombination frequency in the peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Genetical Research, Camb. 77, 251-260.
Wilson ACC, Sunnucks P & Hales DF (1999) Microevolution, low clonal diversity and genetic affinities of parthenogenetic Sitobion aphids in New Zealand. Molecular Ecology, 8: 1655-1666.
Simon J-C, Baumann S, Sunnucks P, Dedryver C-A, Le Gallic J-F & Hebert PDN (1999) Genetic structure of French populations of the cereal aphid Sitobion avenae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) inferred from microsatellite markers. Molecular Ecology 8: 531-545.
Sunnucks P, Chisholm D, Turak E & Hales D F (1998) Evolution of an ecological trait in parthenogenetic Sitobion aphids. Heredity 81: 638-647.
Turak E, Talent R, Sunnucks P & Hales DF. (1998) Different responses to temperature in three closely-related sympatric cereal aphids. Entomologia experimentalis et Applicata 86:49.
Sunnucks P, De Barro PJ, Lushai G, Maclean N & Hales DF (1997) Genetic structure of an aphid studied using microsatellites: cyclic parthenogenesis, differentiated lineages, and host specialization. Molecular Ecology 6: 1059-1073.
Wilson ACC Sunnucks P & Hales DF (1997). Random loss of X chromosome at male determination in an aphid, Sitobion near fragariae, detected using an X-linked polymorphic microsatellite marker. Genetical Research, Cambridge 69: 233-236.
Hales DF Tomiuk J, Wöhrmann K & Sunnucks P (1997) Evolutionary and genetic aspects of aphid biology: a review. European Journal of Entomology 94: 1-55.
Sunnucks P, Driver F, Brown WV, Carver M, Hales DF & Milne WM. (1997). Biological and genetic characterization of morphologically similar Therioaphis trifolii (Monell) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) with different host utilization. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 87:425.
Sunnucks P, England PR, Taylor AC & Hales DF (1996) Microsatellite and chromosome evolution of Parthenogenetic Sitobion aphids in Australia. Genetics 144: 747-756.
Wool D, Hales DF & Sunnucks P. (1995) Host plant relationships of Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 34:265.
Sawflies
Caron V, Ede FJ, Sunnucks P. (2014) Unravelling the paradox of loss of genetic variation during invasion: superclones explain the success of a clonal invader. PLoS ONE, 9, e97744
Caron,V. Ede, F.J., Sunnucks, P. and O’Dowd, D.J. (2014) Distribution and rapid range expansion of the introduced willow sawfly Nematus oligospilus Förster (Hymenoptera:Tenthredinidae) in Australasia. Austral Entomology 53, 175–182
Caron V, Norgate M, Ede FJ, Nyman T, Sunnucks P. (2013) Novel microsatellite DNA markers indicate strict parthenogenesis and few genotypes in the invasive willow sawfly Nematus oligospilus Förster. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 103:74.