Biosciences Teaching and Education Research

Research output

Research output per year 2005 2011 2012 2015 2016 2018 2020 2021 2022 2024

• 111 Article
• 4 Book
• 4 Other contribution
• 3 Chapter
• 22 More
  • 3 Abstract
  • 3 Comment/debate
  • 3 Literature review
  • 3 Preprint
  • 3 Working paper
  • 2 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • 1 Commissioned report
  • 1 Conference contribution
  • 1 Editorial
  • 1 Special issue
  • 1 Digital or Visual Products

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Active learning in the undergraduate laboratory: Giving students a safe space to experience low-stakes failure

  Edmunds, K. & Leggett, H. C., 17 Aug 2024, In: Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. p. 131-143

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• A synthetic biology approach to transgene expression in insects

  Leftwich, P. T., Purcell, J. C., Anderson, M. A. E., Fragkoudis, R., Basu, S., Lycett, G. & Alphey, L., 20 Sep 2024, In: ACS Synthetic Biology. 13, 9, p. 3041–3045 5 p.

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• Engagement with online resources and widening participation status: Observations from a large, diverse Foundation Year science cohort

  Edmunds, K. L., de Coriolis, J-C. & Harrington, C., 6 Aug 2024, In: New Directions in the Teaching of Natural Sciences. 19

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• Gene drive and genetic sex conversion in the global agricultural pest Ceratitis capitata

  Meccariello, A., Hou, S., Davydova, S., Fawcett, J. D., Siddall, A., Leftwich, P. T., Krsticevic, F., Papathanos, P. A. & Windbichler, N., 8 Jan 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 372.

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

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• 2023

  Accentuating the positive and eliminating the negative: Efficacy of TiO₂ as digestibility index marker for poultry nutrition studies

  Sprigg, C., Leftwich, P. T., Burton, E., Scholey, D., Bedford, M. R. & Brearley, C. A., 26 Jun 2023, In: PLoS One. 18, 6, e0284724.

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• CRISPR-based gene drives generate super-Mendelian inheritance in the disease vector Culex quinquefasciatus

  Harvey-Samuel, T., Feng, X., Okamoto, E. M., Purusothaman, D-K., Leftwich, P. T., Alphey, L. & Gantz, V. M., 20 Nov 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 7561.

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• Optimizing CRE and PhiC31 mediated recombination in Aedes aegypti

  Carabajal Paladino, L. Z., Wilson, R., Tng, P. Y. L., Dhokiya, V., Keen, E., Cuber, P., Larner, W., Rooney, S., Nicholls, M., Uglow, A., Williams, L., Anderson, M. A. E., Basu, S., Leftwich, P. T. & Alphey, L., 22 Sep 2023, In: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 11, 1254863.

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

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• 2022

  Characterisation of the symbionts in the Mediterranean fruit fly gut

  Darrington, M., Leftwich, P. T., Holmes, N. A., Friend, L. A., Clarke, N. V. E., Worsley, S. F., Margaritopolous, J. T., Hogenhout, S. A., Hutchings, M. I. & Chapman, T., 21 Apr 2022, In: Microbial Genomics. 8, 4, 000801.

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  5 Citations (Scopus)

  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Gestational NSAIDs distinctly reprogram cardiac injury in preeclamptic rats: Roles of cyclooxygenase, apoptotic and autophagic trails

  Ali, M. A., Abdelhady, S. A., Yacout, D. M., Kandil, L. S., Elblehi, S. S. & El-Mas, M. M., Dec 2022, In: Life Sciences. 310, 121130.

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  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Interaction of proteins with inverted repeats and cruciform structures in nucleic acids

  Bowater, R. P., Bohálová, N. & Brázda, V., 1 Jun 2022, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23, 11, 6171.

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  11 Citations (Scopus)

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• Manipulating insect sex determination pathways for genetic pest management: Opportunities and challenges

  Siddall, A., Harvey-Samuel, T., Chapman, T. & Leftwich, P. T., 28 Jun 2022, In: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10, 867851.

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  9 Citations (Scopus)

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• New telomere to telomere assembly of human chromosome 8 reveals a previous underestimation of G-quadruplex forming sequences and inverted repeats

  Brázda, V., Bohálová, N. & Bowater, R. P., 5 Feb 2022, In: Gene. 810, 146058.

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  5 Citations (Scopus)

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• 2021

  Bacterial dimethylsulfoniopropionate biosynthesis in the East China Sea

  Liu, J., Zhang, Y., Liu, J., Zhong, H., Williams, B. T., Zheng, Y., Curson, A. R. J., Sun, C., Sun, H., Song, D., Wagner Mackenzie, B., Bermejo Martínez, A., Todd, J. D. & Zhang, X-H., 22 Mar 2021, In: Microorganisms. 9, 3, 657.

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  14 Citations (Scopus)

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• Building an oasis of calm in a sea of chaos: Supporting students during Covid-19 disruption

  Edmunds, K. & Gulliver, B., 2021, In: Journal of the Foundation Year Network. 4, p. 13-23 11 p.

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• Consequences of spring arrival dates for the breeding phenology of migratory warblers

  Donelan, J., Morrison, C., Barr, I. & Gill, J., 2021, In: Bird Study. 68, 1, p. 36-43 8 p.

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

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• Engineered expression of the invertebrate‐specific scorpion toxin AaHIT reduces adult longevity and female fecundity in the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella

  Harvey‐Samuel, T. D., Xu, X., Lovett, E., Dafa'alla, T., Walker, A., Norman, V. C., Carter, R., Teal, J., Akilan, L., Leftwich, P. T., Reitmayer, C. M., Siddiqui, H. A. & Alphey, L., Jul 2021, In: Pest Management Science. 77, 7, p. 3154-3164 11 p.

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  6 Citations (Scopus)

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• Evolution of diverse strategies for promoter regulation

  Brázda, V., Bartas, M. & Bowater, R. P., Aug 2021, In: Trends in Genetics. 37, 8, p. 730-744 15 p.

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  27 Citations (Scopus)

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• Genetic pest management and the background genetics of release strains

  Leftwich, P. T., Spurgin, L. G., Harvey-Samuel, T., Thomas, C. J. E., Paladino, L. C., Edgington, M. P. & Alphey, L., 15 Feb 2021, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 376, 1818, 20190805.

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  18 Citations (Scopus)

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• Intranasal galantamine/chitosan complex nanoparticles elicit neuroprotection potentials in rat brains via antioxidant effect

  Kandil, L. S., Farid, R. M., ElGamal, S. S. & Sayed Hanafy, A., 2021, In: Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy. 47, 5, p. 735-740 6 p.

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  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Large-scale sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from one region allows detailed epidemiology and enables local outbreak management

  Page, A. J., Mather, A. E., Le-Viet, T., Meader, E. J., Alikhan, N-F., Kay, G. L., De Oliveira Martins, L., Aydin, A., Baker, D. J., Trotter, A. J., Rudder, S., Tedim, A. P., Kolyva, A., Stanley, R., Yasir, M., Diaz, M., Potter, W., Stuart, C., Meadows, L., Bell, A., & 22 othersGutierrez, A. V., Thomson, N. M., Adriaenssens, E. M., Swingler, T., Gilroy, R. A. J., Griffith, L., Sethi, D. K., Aggarwal, D., Brown, C. S., Davidson, R. K., Kingsley, R. A., Bedford, L., Coupland, L. J., Charles, I. G., Elumogo, N., Wain, J., Prakash, R., Webber, M. A., Smith, S. J. L., Chand, M., Dervisevic, S. & O’Grady, J., 29 Jun 2021, In: Microbial Genomics. 7, 6, 000589.

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  25 Citations (Scopus)

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• Metformin and omega-3 fish oil elicit anti-inflammatory effects via modulation of some dysregulated micro RNAs expression and signaling pathways in experimental induced arthritis

  El-Sayyad, S., Ali, M., Kandil, L., Ragab, G. & Abdelhamid Ibrahim, S. S., Mar 2021, In: International Immunopharmacology. 92, 107362.

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  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Micro RNAs 26b, 20a inversely correlate with GSK-3 β/NF-κB/NLRP-3 pathway to highlight the additive promising effects of atorvastatin and quercetin in experimental induced arthritis

  Abdelhamid Ibrahim, S. S., Kandil, L. S., Ragab, G. & El-Sayyad, S., Oct 2021, In: International Immunopharmacology. 99, 108042.

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  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Remotely Teaching Practical Science in Student Kitchens

  Gulliver, B. S. & Edmunds, K., 2021, In: Journal of the Foundation Year Network. 4, p. 41-51 11 p.

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• Removal of beneficial insertion effects prevent the long-term persistence of transposable elements within simulated asexual populations

  Butler, C. L., Bell, E. A. & Taylor, M. I., 7 Apr 2021, In: BMC Genomics. 22, 241.

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

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• Suppression of the coffee-ring effect by tailoring the viscosity of pharmaceutical sessile drops

  Wilkinson, J., Tam, C. H., Askounis, A. & Qi, S., 5 Apr 2021, In: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 614, 126144.

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  22 Citations (Scopus)

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• TGF-Β1 & PNPLA3 genetic variants and the risk of hepatic fibrosis and HCC in Egyptian patients with HCV-related liver cirrhosis

  Nomair, A. M., Kandil, L. S., Nomeir, H. M. & Kandil, N. S., Oct 2021, In: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 22, 10, p. 3317-3326 10 p.

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  5 Citations (Scopus)

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• The Bioinformatics Virtual Coordination Network: An open-source and interactive learning environment

  Tully, B. J., Buongiorno, J., Cohen, A. B., Cram, J. A., Garber, A. I., Hu, S. K., Krinos, A. I., Leftwich, P. T., Marshall, A. J., Sieradzki, E. T., Speth, D. R., Suter, E. A., Trivedi, C. B., Valentin-Alvarado, L. E., Weissman, J. L. & BVCN Instructor Consortium, 14 Oct 2021, In: Frontiers in Education. 6, 711618.

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

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• The COVID University Challenge: A hazard analysis of critical control points assessment of the return of students to higher education establishments

  Edmunds, K. L., Bowater, L., Brainard, J., de Coriolis, J-C., Lake, I., Malik, R. R., Newark, L., Ward, N., Yeoman, K. & Hunter, P. R., Dec 2021, In: Risk Analysis. 41, 12, p. 2286-2292 7 p.

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

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• 2020

  Cas13b-dependent and Cas13b-independent RNA knockdown of viral sequences in mosquito cells following guide RNA expression

  Tng, P. Y. L., Paladino, L. C., Verkuijl, S. A. N., Purcell, J., Merits, A., Leftwich, P. T., Fragkoudis, R., Noad, R. & Alphey, L., Dec 2020, In: Communications Biology. 3, 413.

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  21 Citations (Scopus)

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• Evaluation of chamomile oil and nanoemulgels as a promising treatment option for atopic dermatitis induced in rats

  El-Salamouni, N. S., Ali, M. M., Abdelhady, S. A., Kandil, L. S., Elbatouti, G. A. & Farid, R. M., 2020, In: Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 17, 1, p. 111-122 12 p.

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  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Expanding the CRISPR toolbox in Culicine mosquitoes: in vitro validation of Pol III promoters

  Anderson, M., Purcell, J., Verkuijl, S., Norman, V., Leftwich, P., Harvey-Samuel, T. & Alphey, L., 20 Mar 2020, In: ACS Synthetic Biology. 9, 3, p. 678-681 4 p.

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  20 Citations (Scopus)

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• Galantamine transdermal patch shows higher tolerability over oral galantamine in rheumatoid arthritis rat model

  Kandil, L. S., Sayed Hanafy, A. & Abdelhady, S. A., 2020, In: Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy. 46, 6, p. 996-1004 9 p.

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  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Genes encoding recognition of the Cladosporium fulvum effector protein Ecp5 are encoded at several loci in the tomato genome

  Iakovidis, M., Soumpourou, E., Anderson, E., Etherington, G., Yourstone, S. & Thomas, C., 1 May 2020, In: G3-Genes Genomes Genetics. 10, 5, p. 1753-1763 11 p.

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  9 Citations (Scopus)

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• Help or hindrance? The evolutionary impact of whole‐genome duplication on immunogenetic diversity and parasite load

  Bell, E. A., Cable, J., Oliveira, C., Richardson, D. S., Yant, L. & Taylor, M. I., Dec 2020, In: Ecology and Evolution. 10, 24, p. 13949-13956 8 p.

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• His/Met heme ligation in the PioA outer membrane cytochrome enabling light-driven extracellular electron transfer by Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1

  Li, D-B., Edwards, M. J., Blake, A. W., Newton-Payne, S. E., Piper, S. E. H., Jenner, L. P., Sokol, K. P., Reisner, E., van Wonderen, J. H., Clarke, T. A. & Butt, J. N., 16 Jun 2020, In: Nanotechnology. 31, 35, 354002.

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  9 Citations (Scopus)

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• Marine recreational fisheries-current state and future opportunities

  Hyder, K., Maravelias, C. D., Kraan, M., Radford, Z. & Prellezo, R., Nov 2020, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 77, 6, p. 2171-2180 10 p.

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  33 Citations (Scopus)

• Polyandry provides reproductive and genetic benefits in colonising populations

  Lewis, R., Pointer, M., Friend, L., Vasudeva, R., Bemrose, J., Sutter, A., Gage, M. & Spurgin, L., Oct 2020, In: Ecology and Evolution. 10, 19, p. 10851-10857 7 p.

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  8 Citations (Scopus)

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• Structures and stability of simple DNA repeats from bacteria

  Brazda, V., Fojta, M. & Bowater, R. P., 31 Jan 2020, In: Biochemical Journal. 477, 2, p. 325-339 15 p.

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  30 Citations (Scopus)

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• Transmission efficiency drives host–microbe associations

  Leftwich, P. T., Edgington, M. P. & Chapman, T., 9 Sep 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1934, 20200820.

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• 2019

  Antioxidant effects of sulforaphane in human HepG2 cells and immortalised hepatocytes

  Liu, P., Wang, W., Tang, J. C. Y., Bowater, R. & Bao, Y., Jun 2019, In: Food and Chemical Toxicology. 128, p. 129-136 8 p.

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  20 Citations (Scopus)

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• Biology-specific vocabulary: students’ understanding and lecturers’ expectations of student understanding

  Jones, H. L., Green, J. R., Prendergast, J. & Scott, J., Jul 2019, In: Journal of Biological Education. 53, 4, p. 422-430

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

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• Contribution of maternal effects to dietary selection in Mediterranean fruit flies

  Leftwich, P. T., Nash, W. J., Friend, L. A. & Chapman, T., Feb 2019, In: Evolution. 73, 2, p. 278-292

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  4 Citations (Scopus)

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• Label-free voltammetric detection of products of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase tailing reaction

  Hermanová, M., Havranová-Vidláková, P., Ondráčková, A., Kumar, S. S., Bowater, R. & Fojta, M., Feb 2019, In: Electroanalysis. 31, 2, p. 246-255 10 p.

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

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• P53 binds preferentially to non-B DNA structures formed by the pyrimidine-rich strands of GaA·TTC trinucleotide repeats associated with Friedreich’s ataxia

  Helma, R., Bažantová, P., Petr, M., Adámik, M., Renčiuk, D., Tichý, V., Pastuchová, A., Soldánová, Z., Pečinka, P., Bowater, R. P., Fojta, M. & Brázdová, M., 31 May 2019, In: Molecules. 24, 11, 2078.

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  7 Citations (Scopus)

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• 2018

  Chemopreventive activities of sulforaphane and its metabolites in human hepatoma HepG2 cells

  Liu, P., Wang, W., Zhou, Z., Smith, A., Bowater, R. P., Wormstone, I. M., Chen, Y. & Bao, Y., 9 May 2018, In: Nutrients. 10, 5, 585.

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  18 Citations (Scopus)

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• Effects of dietary control, exercise and anti-obesity prescriptions on weight loss: An interview-based study

  Demerdash, H. M., Abdel Hady, S. & Kandil, L. S., 28 Sep 2018, In: Obesity Research. 5, 1, p. 11-17 7 p.

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• Renalase gene polymorphisms (rs2576178 and rs10887800) in Egyptian hypertensive end stage renal disease patients

  Kandil, N. S., El Sharkawy, R. M., Desouky, L. M. I., Kandil, L. S., Masoud, I. M. & Amin, N. G., Oct 2018, In: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics. 19, 4, p. 379-383

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  4 Citations (Scopus)

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• Terminology of bioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2018)

  Labuda, J., Bowater, R. P., Fojta, M., Gauglitz, G., Glatz, Z., Hapala, I., Havliš, J., Kilar, F., Kilar, A., Malinovská, L., Sirén, H. M. M., Skládal, P., Torta, F., Valachovič, M., Wimmerová, M., Zdráhal, Z. & Hibbert, D. B., Jul 2018, In: Pure and Applied Chemistry. 90, 7, p. 1121-1198

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  17 Citations (Scopus)

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• Testing for assortative mating by diet in Drosophila melanogaster

  Leftwich, P. T. & Chapman, T., 20 Oct 2018, In: BIO-Protocol. 8, 20, e3057.

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• 2017

  Adaptation to divergent larval diets in the medfly, Ceratitis capitata

  Leftwich, P. T., Nash, W. J., Friend, L. A. & Chapman, T., Feb 2017, In: Evolution. 71, 2, p. 289–303

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