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Marilyn B. Renfree

Marilyn B. Renfree

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
17572
World Ranking
7747
National Ranking
191

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • 1980 - Gottschalk Medal, Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Marilyn B. Renfree is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research focuses on several core areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular attention to molecular biology, genetics, and ecological and evolutionary behavior and systematics. The scientist's work also intersects with plant science and public health-related fields.

The primary topics explored in their research include genetic syndromes and imprinting, epigenetics and DNA methylation, genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities, chromosomal and genetic variations, genomics and phylogenetic studies, reproductive biology and fertility, as well as reproductive physiology in livestock.

Renfree has co-authored publications with several frequent collaborators. Notable co-authors include Jane C. Fenelon, Geoff Shaw, Stephen D. Johnston, Michael Pyne, and Oliver W. Griffith.

The scientist has contributed extensively to various publication venues. The most frequent venues are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Reproduction, Bioscientifica Proceedings, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, and eLife.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Platypus and echidna genomes reveal mammalian biology and evolution (2021, Nature)
  • Incomplete lineage sorting and phenotypic evolution in marsupials (2022, Cell)
  • The ART of bringing extinction to a freeze - History and future of species conservation, exemplified by rhinos (2021, Theriogenology)
  • Principles of 3D chromosome folding and evolutionary genome reshuffling in mammals (2022, Cell Reports)
  • The swan genome and transcriptome, it is not all black and white (2023, Genome Biology)

Marilyn B. Renfree has been recognized by several awards, including being named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1997 and receiving the Gottschalk Medal from the same academy in 1980.

Best Publications

  • Reproductive physiology of marsupials

    Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe;Marilyn Renfree

  • Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution

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

  • Analysis of the platypus genome suggests a transposon origin for mammalian imprinting

    Andrew J Pask;Andrew J Pask;Anthony T Papenfuss;Eleanor I Ager;Kaighin A McColl

  • Evolution of sex determination and the Y chromosome: SRY -related sequences in marsupials

    Jamie W. Foster;Francine E. Brennan;Gregory K. Hampikian;Peter N. Goodfellow

  • 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

  • Retrotransposon Silencing by DNA Methylation Can Drive Mammalian Genomic Imprinting

    Shunsuke Suzuki;Ryuichi Ono;Takanori Narita;Andrew J Pask

  • Conservation of the H19 noncoding RNA and H19-IGF2 imprinting mechanism in therians.

    Guillaume Smits;Andrew J. Mungall;Sam Griffiths-Jones;Paul Smith

  • The Evolution of the DLK1-DIO3 Imprinted Domain in Mammals

    Carol A Edwards;Andrew J Mungall;Lucy Matthews;Edward Ryder

  • 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

  • Rsx is a metatherian RNA with Xist -like properties in X-chromosome inactivation

    Jennifer Grant;Shantha K Mahadevaiah;Pavel Khil;Mahesh N Sangrithi

  • Evolution of Genomic Imprinting: Insights from Marsupials and Monotremes

    Marilyn B Renfree;Timothy A Hore;Geoffrey Shaw;Jennifer A Marshall Graves

  • The origin and evolution of genomic imprinting and viviparity in mammals

    Marilyn B. Renfree;Shunsuke Suzuki;Shunsuke Suzuki;Tomoko Kaneko-Ishino

  • Primary genetic control of somatic sexual differentiation in a mammal

    O Wai-Sum;O Wai-Sum;R. V. Short;Marilyn B. Renfree;G. Shaw

  • The Enigma of Embryonic Diapause

    Marilyn B Renfree;Jane C Fenelon

  • Intrauterine development after diapause in the marsupial Macropus eugenii.

    Marilyn B. Renfree;C.H. Tyndale-Biscoe

  • Retroviral envelope gene captures and syncytin exaptation for placentation in marsupials

    Guillaume Cornelis;Guillaume Cornelis;Cécile Vernochet;Quentin Carradec;Sylvie Souquere

  • The marsupial placenta: a phylogenetic analysis.

    Claudia Freyer;Ulrich Zeller;Marilyn B. Renfree

  • The mammalian yolk sac placenta

    Claudia Freyer;Marilyn B. Renfree

  • Tumour invasion and metastasis initiated by microRNA-10b in breast cancer (Nature (2007) 449, (682-688))

    Li Ma;Julie Teruya-Feldstein;Robert A. Weinberg

  • Reproductive physiology of marsupials: Sexual differentiation and development

    Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe;Marilyn Renfree

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer A. Marshall Graves
Jennifer A. Marshall Graves La Trobe University
Jean D. Wilson
Jean D. Wilson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Anthony T. Papenfuss
Anthony T. Papenfuss Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Katherine Belov
Katherine Belov University of Sydney
Janine E. Deakin
Janine E. Deakin University of Canberra
Fumitoshi Ishino
Fumitoshi Ishino Tokyo Medical and Dental University
David K. Gardner
David K. Gardner University of Melbourne
Richard R. Behringer
Richard R. Behringer The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Asao Fujiyama
Asao Fujiyama National Institute of Genetics
Atsushi Toyoda
Atsushi Toyoda National Institute of Genetics

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