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My research focuses on genetic mechanisms underlying the speciation process. I investigate hybrid male sterility, a key reproductive barrier between house mouse subspecies, using a combination of experimental and bioinformatic approaches. Linking genotype to phenotype and fitness in nature is the ultimate goal of most evolutionary genetics research, but is rarely accomplished in practice.
My research integrates laboratory studies of strains derived from mice wild-caught in a hybrid zone with population genomics of natural hybrid and pure populations. This strategy will enable me to elucidate the molecular and developmental mechanisms underlying reproductive barriers in detail, and infer the evolutionary history and dynamics of the causative genes.
My long-term goals are to:
- identify variation in genes and gene networks contributing to reproductive isolation in natural populations of house mice.
- characterise the effects of these genetic variants on protein abundance, structure, and function.
- measure the effects of isolation traits and alleles on organismal fitness.
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Research Output
- 17 Article
Disrupted gene networks in subfertile hybrid house mice
Morgan, K., Harr, B., White, M. A., Payseur, B. A. & Turner, L., 12 Jan 2020, In : Molecular Biology and Evolution.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Using the Mus musculus hybrid zone to assess covariation and genetic architecture of limb bone lengths
Škrabar, N., Turner, L. M., Pallares, L. F., Harr, B. & Tautz, D., 1 Jul 2018, In : Molecular Ecology Resources. 18, 4, p. 908-921 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Genomic regions controlling shape variation in the first upper molar of the house mouse
Pallares, L. F., Ledevin, R., Pantalacci, S., Turner, L., Steingrimsson, E. & Renaud, S., 9 Nov 2017, In : eLife. 6, p. 1-18 18 p., e29510.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Craniofacial shape transition across the house mouse hybrid zone: implications for the genetic architecture and evolution of between-species differences
Pallares, L. F., Turner, L. M. & Tautz, D., Jun 2016, In : Development Genes and Evolution. 226, 3, p. 173-186 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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13
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Analysis of intestinal microbiota in hybrid house mice reveals evolutionary divergence in a vertebrate hologenome
Wang, J., Kalyan, S., Steck, N., Turner, L. M., Harr, B., Künzel, S., Vallier, M., Häsler, R., Franke, A., Oberg, H-H., Ibrahim, S. M., Grassl, G. A., Kabelitz, D. & Baines, J. F., 4 Mar 2015, In : Nature Communications. 6, p. 1-10 10 p., 6440.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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45
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