Duminda S. B. Dissanayake

Optimising neural contrast and minimising tissue shrinkage in dragon lizard brains: buffered Lugol's iodine versus phosphotungstic acid for contrast-enhanced μCT

This study compares buffered Lugol's iodine and phosphotungstic acid for contrast-enhanced μCT of dragon lizard brains, finding buffered Lugol's iodine provides better contrast and less tissue shrinkage.

Characterising differential gene expression and alternative splicing in a sex reversing skink, Bassiana duperreyi

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.

Sex chromosome dosage compensation in a sex reversing skink is not influenced by sexual phenotype

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.

Diagnosability to inform species delimitation for the genus Emydura (Testudines: Chelidae) from northern Australia

The paper uses SNPs and SilicoDArT data to assess species boundaries in Emydura turtles, identifying four diagnosable lineages and elevating two to species status.

A genome assembly and annotation for the Australian alpine skink Bassiana duperreyi using long-read technologies

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.

A telomere to telomere phased genome assembly and annotation for the Australian central bearded dragon Pogona vitticeps

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 landscape of genomic structural variation in Indigenous Australians

This study profiles genomic structural variation in Indigenous Australians using whole genome long-read sequencing, revealing abundant and previously unannotated variants and unique STR diversity.