Paul D. Waters

This paper presents the first fully phased, diploid, telomere-to-telomere genome of the zebra finch, revealing new genes and structural features.

The paper investigates DNA methylation's role in sex differentiation in Pogona vitticeps, finding that Amh gene expression is regulated by methylation in both genetic and temperature-induced females.

The paper investigates alternative splicing and gene expression differences in three sex conditions of the eastern three-lined skink, identifying sex reversal-specific intron retention in Ttll7.

The paper examines DNA methylation dynamics in marsupial embryos, finding global demethylation in the trophectoderm but not the embryonic lineage, suggesting 5mC erasure in extraembryonic tissue is ancestral in therian mammals.

The paper investigates dosage compensation in the eastern three-lined skink, finding that X chromosome expression in sex-reversed individuals matches their genotype rather than phenotype.

This paper presents a high-quality chromosome-scale genome assembly for the Australian alpine skink Bassiana duperreyi using long-read technologies, achieving high completeness and providing a resource for sex determination and thermolabile sex reversal studies.

The paper presents a high-quality, telomere-to-telomere genome assembly and annotation for the central bearded dragon, providing insights into its sex determination mechanisms.

The paper identifies the RSX interactome in marsupials and shows functional coherence with the Xist interactome in XCI.

This study compares meiotic DSB and synapsis dynamics in American and Australian marsupials, revealing evolutionary shifts in meiotic programs.

The paper traces the origin and evolution of microchromosomes across birds, reptiles, and mammals, finding they are conserved and functionally coherent, with mammals being atypical in losing them.

This study identifies a novel antisense RNA to Bdnf that impairs extinction of nicotine-seeking behavior in rats.

The paper shows non-linear sequence similarity between Xist and Rsx repeat domains, suggesting shared functional roles through similar protein-binding motif enrichments.