The guppy as a conservation model: Implications of parasitism and inbreeding for reintroduction success

Van Oosterhout, Cock; Smith, Alan M.; Hänfling, Bernd; Ramnarine, Indar W.; Mohammed, Ryan S.; Cable, Joanne

doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00809.x

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Lateral line system diversification during the early stages of ecological speciation in cichlid fish (2024)
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Edgley, D. E., Carruthers, M., Gabagambi, N. P., Saxon, A. D., Smith, A. M., Joyce, D. A., …Genner, M. J. (2024). Lateral line system diversification during the early stages of ecological speciation in cichlid fish. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 24(1), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02214-5

Background: The mechanosensory lateral line system is an important sensory modality in fishes, informing multiple behaviours related to survival including finding food and navigating in dark environments. Given its ecological importance, we may expec... Read More about Lateral line system diversification during the early stages of ecological speciation in cichlid fish.

Lateral line morphology, sensory perception and collective behaviour in African cichlid fish (2023)
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Scott, E., Edgley, D. E., Smith, A., Joyce, D. A., Genner, M. J., Ioannou, C. C., & Hauert, S. (2023). Lateral line morphology, sensory perception and collective behaviour in African cichlid fish. Royal Society Open Science, 10(1), Article 221478. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221478

The lateral line system of fishes provides cues for collective behaviour, such as shoaling, but it remains unclear how anatomical lateral line variation leads to behavioural differences among species. Here we studied associations between lateral line... Read More about Lateral line morphology, sensory perception and collective behaviour in African cichlid fish.

Developing and testing the ExerciseGuide UK website for people with lung cancer: reflections on the added value of patient and public involvement within a doctoral degree (2022)
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Curry, J., Roberts, H., Smith, A., Riley, D., Pearson, M., & Forbes, C. C. (2022). Developing and testing the ExerciseGuide UK website for people with lung cancer: reflections on the added value of patient and public involvement within a doctoral degree. Research Involvement and Engagement, 8(1), Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-022-00395-1

Background: Lung cancer has one of the highest incidence and mortality rates worldwide. Physical activity can provide those diagnosed with lung cancer with several physical and psychological benefits. However, the examination of digitally delivered p... Read More about Developing and testing the ExerciseGuide UK website for people with lung cancer: reflections on the added value of patient and public involvement within a doctoral degree.

Two closely related ureotelic fish species of the genus Alcolapia express different levels of ammonium transporters in gills (2022)
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White, L. J., Rose, M., Lawson, M., Joyce, D., Smith, A. M., Thomas, G. H., …Pownall, M. E. (2022). Two closely related ureotelic fish species of the genus Alcolapia express different levels of ammonium transporters in gills. Biology Open, 11(11), Article bio059575. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.059575

Most fish excrete their nitrogenous waste across the gills as ammonia through the activity of the Rhesus glycoprotein ammonium transporters. In contrast, fish of the subgenus Alcolapia (Oreochromis) are the only vertebrates that survive the extreme c... Read More about Two closely related ureotelic fish species of the genus Alcolapia express different levels of ammonium transporters in gills.

Oca2 targeting using CRISPR/Cas9 in the Malawi cichlid Astatotilapia calliptera (2022)
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Clark, B., Elkin, J., Marconi, A., Turner, G. F., Smith, A. M., Joyce, D., …Santos, M. E. (2022). Oca2 targeting using CRISPR/Cas9 in the Malawi cichlid Astatotilapia calliptera. Royal Society Open Science, 9(4), Article 220077. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220077

Identifying genetic loci underlying trait variation provides insights into the mechanisms of diversification, but demonstrating causality and characterizing the role of genetic loci requires testing candidate gene function, often in non-model species... Read More about Oca2 targeting using CRISPR/Cas9 in the Malawi cichlid Astatotilapia calliptera.

Quantifying mating success of territorial males and sneakers in a bower-building cichlid fish (2017)
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Magalhaes, I. S., Smith, A. M., & Joyce, D. A. (2017). Quantifying mating success of territorial males and sneakers in a bower-building cichlid fish. Scientific reports, 7(1), Article 41128. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep41128

The strategies and traits males evolve to mate with females are incredible in their diversity. Theory on the evolution of secondary sexual characters suggests that evolving any costly trait or strategy will pay off and stabilise in the population if... Read More about Quantifying mating success of territorial males and sneakers in a bower-building cichlid fish.

Secondary contact seeds phenotypic novelty in cichlid fishes (2015)
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Nichols, P., Genner, M. J., van Oosterhout, C., Smith, A., Parsons, P., Sungani, H., Swanstrom, J., & Joyce, D. A. (2015). Secondary contact seeds phenotypic novelty in cichlid fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1798), Article ARTN 20142272. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2272

Theory proposes that genomic admixture between formerly reproductively isolated populations can generate phenotypic novelty for selection to act upon. Secondary contact may therefore be a significant promoter of phenotypic novelty that allows species... Read More about Secondary contact seeds phenotypic novelty in cichlid fishes.

The guppy as a conservation model: Implications of parasitism and inbreeding for reintroduction success (2007)
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Van Oosterhout, C., Smith, A. M., Hänfling, B., Ramnarine, I. W., Mohammed, R. S., & Cable, J. (2007). The guppy as a conservation model: Implications of parasitism and inbreeding for reintroduction success. Conservation Biology, 21(6), 1573-1583. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00809.x

Ex situ conservation is of increasing importance to prevent the extinction of endangered animals in the wild. Despite low success rates of reintroduction programs few researchers have investigated empirically the efficacy of captive breeding regimes... Read More about The guppy as a conservation model: Implications of parasitism and inbreeding for reintroduction success.