John F Mulley

Snake venom gland cDNA sequencing using the Oxford Nanopore MinION portable DNA sequencer

This study demonstrates that Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencing accurately characterizes venom toxin-encoding genes in Echis coloratus, with improved error correction yielding full coding sequences and UTRs.

Restriction and recruitment - gene duplication and the origin and evolution of snake venom toxins

This study challenges the hypothesis that snake venom toxins evolve through gene duplication and recruitment by showing that venom toxins are expressed in non-venomous tissues and result from subfunctionalisation of salivary proteins.

Testing the Toxicofera: comparative reptile transcriptomics casts doubt on the single, early evolution of the reptile venom system

The paper tests the Toxicofera hypothesis by analyzing transcriptomes of reptiles, finding that many genes previously thought to be venom-specific are expressed in multiple tissues, suggesting the hypothesis is flawed.

Transcriptomic analysis of the lesser spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) pancreas, liver and brain reveals molecular level conservation of vertebrate pancreas function

This study performs transcriptomic analysis of the lesser spotted catshark pancreas, liver, and brain to reveal molecular conservation of vertebrate pancreas functions across jawed vertebrates.