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Overview

Janine E. Deakin is affiliated with the University of Canberra in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader areas, they have contributed extensively to Genetics, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

The scientist's main topics of work include Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Reproductive Biology and Impacts on Aquatic Species, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Janine E. Deakin has published research in notable scientific venues including Molecular Biology and Evolution, Scientific Reports, Research Square, Cell Reports, and BMC Genomics. Frequent co-authors include Tariq Ezaz, Jason Dobry, Erik Wapstra, Clare E. Holleley, and Arthur Georges.

  • Principles of 3D chromosome folding and evolutionary genome reshuffling in mammals, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Identification of Y chromosome markers in the eastern three-lined skink (Bassiana duperreyi) using in silico whole genome subtraction, 2020, BMC Genomics
  • Limited Introgression between Rock-Wallabies with Extensive Chromosomal Rearrangements, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • High elevation increases the risk of Y chromosome loss in Alpine skink populations with sex reversal, 2021, Heredity
  • Sex-specific splicing of Z- and W-borne nr5a1 alleles suggests sex determination is controlled by chromosome conformation, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The diversity of venues and co-authors underscores their engagement with interdisciplinary aspects of evolutionary genetics and chromosomal biology. Their work on sex determination mechanisms, chromosome rearrangements, and the genetic basis of population structure informs multiple subfields, including evolutionary biology and reproductive genetics.

Best Publications

  • Genome of the marsupial Monodelphis domestica reveals innovation in non-coding sequences

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Matthew J. Wakefield;Bronwen Aken;Chris T. Amemiya

  • Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution

    Wesley C. Warren;La Deana W. Hillier;Jennifer A. Marshall Graves;Ewan Birney

  • Bird-like sex chromosomes of platypus imply recent origin of mammal sex chromosomes

    Frédéric Veyrunes;Paul D. Waters;Pat Miethke;Willem Rens

  • Adaptation and conservation insights from the koala genome

    Rebecca N. Johnson;Rebecca N. Johnson;Denis O’Meally;Denis O’Meally;Zhiliang Chen;Graham J. Etherington

  • Genome sequence of an Australian kangaroo, Macropus eugenii, provides insight into the evolution of mammalian reproduction and development

    Marilyn B Renfree;Marilyn B Renfree;Anthony T Papenfuss;Anthony T Papenfuss;Anthony T Papenfuss;Janine E Deakin;Janine E Deakin;James Lindsay

  • Reconstructing an ancestral mammalian immune supercomplex from a marsupial major histocompatibility complex

    Katherine Belov;Janine E Deakin;Anthony T Papenfuss;Michelle L Baker

  • Defensins and the convergent evolution of platypus and reptile venom genes

    Camilla M Whittington;Anthony T Papenfuss;Paramjit S Bansal;Allan M Torres

  • Chromosomal Speciation in the Genomics Era: Disentangling Phylogenetic Evolution of Rock-wallabies

    Sally Potter;Sally Potter;Jason G. Bragg;Mozes P. K. Blom;Janine E. Deakin

  • Characterization of the opossum immune genome provides insights into the evolution of the mammalian immune system

    Katherine Belov;Claire E. Sanderson;Janine E. Deakin;Emily S.W. Wong

  • High-coverage sequencing and annotated assembly of the genome of the Australian dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps

    Arthur Georges;Qiye Li;Jinmin Lian;Denis O’Meally

  • Smchd1 regulates a subset of autosomal genes subject to monoallelic expression in addition to being critical for X inactivation

    Arne W Mould;Arne W Mould;Zhenyi Pang;Miha Pakusch;Ian D Tonks

  • A unique T cell receptor discovered in marsupials.

    Zuly E. Parra;Michelle L. Baker;Ryan S. Schwarz;Janine E. Deakin

  • Genomic Restructuring in the Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour: Chromosome Painting and Gene Mapping Provide Clues to Evolution of a Transmissible Tumour

    Janine E. Deakin;Hannah S. Bender;Anne-Maree Pearse;Willem Rens

  • The Evolution of Epigenetic Regulators CTCF and BORIS/CTCFL in Amniotes

    Timothy A. Hore;Janine E. Deakin;Jennifer A. Marshall Graves

  • Evolution and comparative analysis of the MHC Class III inflammatory region

    Janine E Deakin;Anthony T Papenfuss;Katherine Belov;Joseph G R Cross

  • Recent Assembly of an Imprinted Domain from Non-Imprinted Components

    Robert W. Rapkins;Tim Hore;Megan Smithwick;Eleanor I Ager

  • The status of dosage compensation in the multiple X chromosomes of the platypus.

    Janine E. Deakin;Timothy A. Hore;Edda Koina;Jennifer A. Marshall Graves

  • Exceptionally high conservation of the MHC class I-related gene, MR1 , among mammals

    Kentaro Tsukamoto;Janine E. Deakin;Jennifer A. Marshall Graves;Keiichiro Hashimoto

  • Genome sequence of an Australian kangaroo, Macropus eugenii, provides insight into the evolution of mammalian reproduction and development (vol 12, pg R81, 2011)

    MB Renfree;AT Papenfuss;JE Deakin;J Lindsay

  • Genome Sequence of an Australian Kangaroo, Macropus eugenii

    Janine E Deakin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer A. Marshall Graves
Jennifer A. Marshall Graves La Trobe University
Katherine Belov
Katherine Belov University of Sydney
Anthony T. Papenfuss
Anthony T. Papenfuss Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Frank Grützner
Frank Grützner University of Adelaide
Marilyn B. Renfree
Marilyn B. Renfree University of Melbourne
Terence P. Speed
Terence P. Speed Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith University of Cambridge
Arthur Georges
Arthur Georges University of Canberra
Tina Graves
Tina Graves Washington University in St. Louis
Stephan Beck
Stephan Beck University College London

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