Dominic Wright

The paper identifies sex-specific genetic regulatory effects in chickens using whole-genome sequencing and transcriptomes, revealing sex-dependent gene regulation and structural variants.

The paper examines dosage compensation mechanisms on the avian Z chromosome in female, male, and intersex chickens, revealing transcriptional and translational strategies similar to mammalian X-chromosome compensation.

The paper compares telencephalon composition in chickens, junglefowl, and wild galliforms, finding mosaic changes rather than uniform size reductions typical of domestication.

The paper identifies five candidate genes affecting quantitative red colouration variation in chickens using QTL mapping and genetical genomics.

This study identifies genes affecting social reinstatement behavior in chickens using QTL and eQTL analysis, finding TTRAP as a strong candidate gene and suggesting clustered genetic modules drive domestication.

This study maps genes controlling brain mass and body mass variation in domestic chickens, showing they have separate genetic architectures and domestication increases body mass and absolute brain mass.