Hugh Cross

Assessing the utility of marine filter feeders for environmental DNA (eDNA) biodiversity monitoring

The paper compares eDNA sources from water, bivalves, sponges, and ethanol to assess their utility for biodiversity monitoring, finding sponges are reliable while bivalves are not.

Environmental DNA reflects common haplotypic variation

This study shows that environmental DNA can effectively detect common haplotypes in blackfoot pua but rarely captures rare ones, supporting its use for non-invasive population genetic monitoring.

Genomic sequencing confirms absence of introgression despite past hybridisation between a critically endangered bird and its common congener

The paper uses genomic data to confirm no introgression from a non-threatened congener into a critically endangered bird despite past hybridisation.

Stress, novel sex genes and epigenetic reprogramming orchestrate socially-controlled sex change

The paper identifies stress-induced epigenetic and transcriptomic changes driving sex change in bluehead wrasses.