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32. Ishihara, T, Fenelon, JC, Griffith, OW, Ishiguro, K, Renfree, MB (In Press) Conserved H3K27me3-associated chromatin remodelling allows STRA8 but not MEIOSIN expression in mammalian germ cells. Reproduction.

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31. Ishihara, T, Hickford, D, Fenelon, JC, Griffith, OW, Suzuki, S, Renfree, MB (2022) Evolution of the short form of DNMT3A, DNMT3A2, occurred in the common ancestor of mammals. Genom. Biol. Evol. 14(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac094

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30. Ishihahra, T, Hickford, D, Griffith, OW, Suzuki, S, Renfree, MB (In Press) Placental imprinting of SLC22A3 in the IGF2R imprinted domain is conserved in therian mammals. Epigenetics Chromatin. 15(32) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13072-022-00465-4

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29. Wen, J, Ishihara, T, Renfree, MB, & Griffith, OW (In Press) Comparing the potential for maternal-fetal signalling in oviparous and viviparous lizards. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B.

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28. Whittington, CM, Buddle, AL, Griffith, OW, Carter, AM, (In Press) Embryonic specialisations for vertebrate placentation. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B

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27. Ishihara, T, Griffith, OW, Suzuki, S, & Renfree, MB (2022) Presence of H3K4me3 on paternally expressed genes of the paternal genome from sperm to implantation. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.838684 Download

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26.     Smith-Paredes D, Griffith OW, Fabbri M, Yohe L, Blackburn DG,  Siler CD, Bhullar BS, Wagner GP (2021) Hidden limbs in the “limbless skink” Brachymeles lukbani: developmental observations. J Anat.

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25. Chapple et al. (97 authors) (2021) Conservation status of the world’s skinks (Scincidae): taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk. Biol Conserv.

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24. Ishihara, T, Griffith, OW, Tarulli, GA, Renfree, MB (2021) Male germline development in the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii. Reproduction. http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/REP-20-0634

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23. Gavrin, A, Loughlin, PC, Brear, E, Griffith, OW, Bedon, F, Grotemeyer, MS, Escudero, V, Reguera, M, Qu, Y, Mohd-Noor, SN, Chen, C, Orsorio, MB, Rentsch, D, Gonzalez-Guerrero, M, Day, DA, Smith, PMC (2021) Soybean Yellow Stripe-like7 is a symbiosome membrane peptide transporter essential for nitrogen fixation. Plant Physiol. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab044 Download

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22. Griffith, OW (2021) Novel tissue interactions support the evolution of placentation. J Morph. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21322

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21. Chavan AR, Griffith OW, Stadtmauer D, Maziarz J, Pavlicev M, Fishman R, Koren L, Romero R, Wagner GP (2020) Evolution of embryo implantation was enabled by the origin of decidual cells in eutherian mammals. Mol Biol Evol. 38 (3), 1060-1074. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaa274 

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20. Griffith, OW, Vhavan, AR, Pavlicev, M, Protopapas, S, Callahan, R, Maziarz, J, Wagner, GP (2019) Endometrial recognition of pregnancy occurs in the grey short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica). Proc Roy Soc B, 286, 20190691. 

https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0691 Download

19. Erkenbrack, EM, Maziarz, JD, Griffith, OW, Liang, C, Chavan, AR, Nnamanim MC, and Wagner, GP (2018) The mammalian decidual cell evolved from a cellular stress response. PLoS Biol. 

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005594 Download

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18. Van Dyke, JU & Griffith OW (2018) Mechanisms of reproductive allocation as drivers of developmental plasticity in reptiles. J Exp Zool Part A. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2165 Download

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17. Wagner, GP, Griffith, OW, Bergmann, P, Bello-Hellegouarch, G, Kohlsdorf, T, Bhullar, A, & Siler, CD (2018) Are there general laws for digit evolution in squamates? The loss and re-evolution of digits in a clade of fossorial lizards (Brachymeles, Scincinae). J Morph 279 (8) 1104-1109 https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20834 Download

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16. Griffith, OW, Chavan, AR, Protopapas, S, Maziarz, J, Romero, R, & Wagner, GP (2018) Reply to Liu: inflammation before implantation both in evolution and development, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 115 (1), E3-E4. ​http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1717001115

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15. Cornetti, L, Griffith, OW, Benazzo, A, Panziera, A, Whittington, CM, Thompson, MB, Vernesi, C, Bertorelle, G (2018) Candidate genes involved in the evolution of viviparity: a RAD sequencing experiment in the lizard Zootoca vivipara (Squamata: Lacertidae), Zool J Linn Soc, 183 (1), 196-207. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx069 Download

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14. Chavan, AR, Griffith, OW, & Wagner, GP (2017) The inflammation paradox in the evolution of mammalian pregnancy: turning a foe into a friend, Cur Opin Genetics Dev, 47, 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2017.08.004 Download

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13. Griffith, OW, Chavan, AR, Protopapas, S, Maziarz, J, Romero, R, & Wagner, GP (2017) Embryo implantation evolved from an ancestral inflammatory attachment reaction, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 114 (32), E6566-E6575. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701129114 Download

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12. Griffith, OW & Wagner, GP (2017) The placenta as a model for understanding the origin and evolution of vertebrate organs, Nature Ecol Evol, 1 (4), 0072. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0072 Download

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11. Siler, CD, Davis, DR, Watters, JL, Freitas, ES, Griffith, OW, Bindaday, JW, Lobos, AHT, Armaga, AK, & Brown, RM (2017) The first record of the Pseudogekko brevipes Complex from the northern Philippines, with description of a new species from Luzon Island. Herpetologica. 73 (2), 162-175. 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00074 Download

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10. Griffith, OW, Brandley, MC, Whittington, CM, Belov, K, & Thompson, MB (2017) Comparative genomics of hormonal signaling in the chorioallantoic membrane of oviparous and viviparous amniotes, Gen Comp Endocrinol. 244, 19-29. 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.04.017 Download

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9. Griffith, OW, Brandley, MC, Belov, K, & Thompson, MB (2016) Reptile pregnancy is underpinned by complex changes in uterine gene expression: a comparative analysis of the uterine transcriptome in viviparous and oviparous lizards, Genome Biol Evol, 8 (10), 3226-3239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw229 Download

 

8. Griffith, OW, Brandley, MC, Belov, K, & Thompson, MB (2016) Allelic expression of mammalian imprinted genes in a matrotrophic lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii, Dev Genes Evol, 26 (2), 79-85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00427-016-0531-x Download

 

7.     Whittington, CW, Griffith, OW, Qi, W, Thompson, MB, & Wilson, AB (2015) Seahorse brood pouch transcriptome reveals common genes associated with vertebrate pregnancy, Mol Biol Evol, 32 (12), 3114-3131. 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msv177

 

6. Griffith, OW (2015) Mechanisms of placental evolution: the genetics and physiology of pregnancy in lizards. PhD Thesis, University of Sydney.  http://hdl.handle.net/2123/13600 Download

 

5.     Griffith, OW, Blackburn, DG, Brandley, MC, Van Dyke, JU, Whittington, CW, & Thompson, M.B. (2015) Ancestral state reconstructions require biological evidence to test evolutionary hypotheses: A case study examining the evolution of reproductive mode in squamate reptiles, J Exp Zool Part B, 324 (6), 493-503.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22614

 

 

4.    Van Dyke, JU, Griffith, OW, & Thompson, MB (2014) High food abundance permits the evolution of placentotrophy: evidence from a placental lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii. Am Nat, 184 (2), 198-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/677138

 

 

3.    Griffith, OW, Ujvari, B, Belov, K, & Thompson, MB (2013) Placental lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene expression in a placentotrophic lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii. J Exp Zool Part B, 320 (7), 465-470. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22526

 

 

2.    Griffith, OW, Van Dyke, JU, & Thompson, MB (2013) No implantation in an extrauterine pregnancy of a placentotrophic reptile. Placenta, 34 (16), 510-511. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2013.03.002

 

 

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