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  1. Human settlement drives population divergence of Leishmania guyanensis at the sylvatic-anthropogenic interface

    Article • March 2026, openRxiv

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  2. Molecular Insights into Cell-Mediated Immunity in Atypical Non-Ulcerated Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

    Article • Microorganisms, February 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  3. Estimating the rate of sexual reproduction and the inbreeding rate inLeishmania

    Article • October 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  4. Genome Report: Pseudomolecule-scale genome assemblies of Drepanocaryum sewerzowii and Marmoritis complanata

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, July 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  5. Genome Report: Pseudomolecule-scale genome assemblies ofDrepanocaryum sewerzowiiandMarmoritis complanata

    Article • April 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  6. Ancestral aneuploidy and stable chromosomal duplication resulting in differential genome structure and gene expression control in trypanosomatid parasites

    Article • Genome Research, April 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  7. Co-infection of Leishmania infantum and a Crithidia-related species in a case of refractory relapsed visceral leishmaniasis with non-ulcerated cutaneous manifestation in Brazil

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  8. Aneuploidies are an ancestral feature of trypanosomatids, and an ancient chromosome duplication is maintained in extant species

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  9. Strong effects of parasite genotype on drug susceptibility in the Indian subcontinent

    Article • August 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  10. Identification of individual root-knot nematodes using low coverage long-read sequencing

    Article • PLOS One, December 2021, PLOS

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  11. Variables Influencing Differences in Sequence Conservation in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  12. Genomic taxonomic assignment of individual root-knot nematodes

    Article • March 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  13. A Leishmania infantum genetic marker associated with miltefosine treatment failure for visceral leishmaniasis

    Article • EBioMedicine, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  14. Ancestral admixture and structural mutation define global biodiversity in fission yeast

    Article • September 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Fritz Sedlazeck, Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  15. Fitness Landscape of the Fission Yeast Genome

    Article • August 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  16. Uncovering Natural Longevity Alleles from Intercrossed Pools of Aging Fission Yeast Cells

    Article • Genetics, August 2018, Genetics Society of America

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  17. The natural diversity and ecology of fission yeast

    Article • Yeast, February 2018, Wiley

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  18. Transient structural variations have strong effects on quantitative traits and reproductive isolation in fission yeast

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2017, Nature

    Fritz Sedlazeck, Dr Daniel C Jeffares, Dr Christophe Dessimoz, Professor Jurg Bahler

  19. Spotsizer: High-throughput quantitative analysis of microbial growth

    Article • BioTechniques, October 2016, Future Science

    Professor Jurg Bahler, Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  20. Transient structural variations alter gene expression and quantitative traits in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

    Article • April 2016, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares, Dr Christophe Dessimoz, Fritz Sedlazeck

  21. Selected Schizosaccharomyces pombe Strains Have Characteristics That Are Beneficial for Winemaking

    Article • PLOS One, March 2016, PLOS

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares, Professor Jurg Bahler

  22. Does the Ribosome Challenge our Understanding of the RNA World?

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  23. The genomic and phenotypic diversity of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Article • Nature Genetics, February 2015, Nature

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares, Professor Jurg Bahler, Dr. Malte Thodberg, Prof. Markus Ralser

  24. A Beginners Guide to Estimating the Non-synonymous to Synonymous Rate Ratio of all Protein-Coding Genes in a Genome

    Article • October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  25. LaSSO, a strategy for genome-wide mapping of intronic lariats and branch points using RNA-seq

    Article • Genome Research, April 2014, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares, Professor Jurg Bahler

  26. PoolHap: Inferring Haplotype Frequencies from Pooled Samples by Next Generation Sequencing

    Article • PLOS One, January 2011, PLOS

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  27. Long- and Short-Term Selective Forces on Malaria Parasite Genomes

    Article • PLoS Genetics, September 2010, PLOS

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  28. Evolutionarily Stable Association of Intronic snoRNAs and microRNAs with Their Host Genes

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, November 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  29. An Overview of the Introns-First Theory

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  30. Rapidly regulated genes are intron poor

    Article • Trends in Genetics, August 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares, Professor Jurg Bahler

  31. Genome-wide discovery and verification of novel structured RNAs in Plasmodium falciparum

    Article • Genome Research, February 2008, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  32. Comparative genomic analysis of three Leishmania species that cause diverse human disease

    Article • Nature Genetics, June 2007, Nature

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  33. Erratum: Corrigendum: Genome variation and evolution of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Article • Nature Genetics, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  34. Erratum: CORRIGENDUM: Genome variation and evolution of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Article • Nature Genetics, March 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  35. Genome variation and evolution of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Article • Nature Genetics, December 2006, Nature

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  36. The biology of intron gain and loss

    Article • Trends in Genetics, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  37. Direct isolation of poly(A)+ RNA from 4 M guanidine thiocyanate-lysed cell extracts using locked nucleic acid-oligo(T) capture

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, April 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  38. Differences in non-LTR retrotransposons within C. elegans and C. briggsae genomes

    Article • Gene, April 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  39. A description of the Mei2-like protein family; structure, phylogenetic distribution and biological context

    Article • Development Genes and Evolution, March 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  40. Diversification of Genes Encoding Mei2-Like RNA Binding Proteins in Plants

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, March 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  41. Eukaryotic Intron Loss

    Article • Science, May 2003, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  42. Early evolution: prokaryotes, the new kids on the block

    Article • BioEssays, September 1999, Wiley

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  43. Relics from the RNA World

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  44. The Path from the RNA World

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  45. Temperature-dependence of carbon acquisition and demand in relation to shoot growth of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) vines grown in controlled environments

    Article • Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, January 1998, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  46. PCR amplification of the fas-1 gene for the detection of virulent strains of Rhodococcus fascians

    Article • Plant Pathology, June 1996, Wiley

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares

  47. Pre-rRNA processing and the path from the RNA world

    Article • Trends in Biochemical Sciences, August 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Daniel C Jeffares