Turner, George Francis - Bangor University - School of Biological Sciences

个人简介

Committees: SBS Board of Studies CNS Research Committee Groups: SBS Academic Staff SBS Teaching Staff

研究领域

My research is focussed on African cichlid fish, mainly from Malawi and Tanzania. I am interested in everything about these fish. Above all, I work on their incredible speciation and adaptive radiation. There are hundreds of unique species of these fish in Lakes Malawi, Tanganyika and Victoria, and many more in other smaller lakes too. I want to know how they are evolving and why cichlids seem especially prone to this, because there are plenty of other kinds of fish in these lakes too and they are not evolving so spectacularly. My approach is based on fieldwork and behavioural and morphological studies of the fish in the lab, but vital insights into the evolution of these fish can only come from collaborating with molecular biologists and bioinformaticians. I tend to focus mostly on the early stages of evolutionary divergence: how does a species split in two? I am also interested in sorting out the origins of the fish in the lakes, in the behaviour and ecology of cichlid fish, in the basic taxonomy and identification of species and in getting information that is helpful in advising local agencies in how to conserve the fish while maintaining sustainable fisheries and other livelihoods based on freshwater fishes. I am happy to work with graduate students or research fellows in any of these areas.

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Tyers AM & Turner GF (2013) Signal and preference divergence among populations of the non-endemic basal Lake Malawi cichlid fish Astatotilapia calliptera (Perciformes: Cichlidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (on line). Jimoh AA, Anetekhaib MA, Cumming S, Abanikandac OTF, Turner GF, van Oosterhout C, Hanfling B (2013) Mismatch between molecular (mtDNA) and morphological classification of Macrobrachium prawns from Southern Nigeria: Cryptic freshwater species and brackish water morphotypes. Aquaculture (in press) Genner MJ & Turner GF (2012) Ancient hybridisation and phenotypic novelty within Lake Malawi’s cichlid fish radiation. Mol. Biol. Evol. 29, 195-206 Joyce DA, Lunt DH, Genner MJ, Turner GF, Bills R, Seehausen O (2011) Repeated colonization and hybridization characterize the Lake Malawi cichlids. Current Biology, 21, R108-109. Svensson, O, Egger, B, Gricar, B, Woodhouse, K, van Oosterhout, C, Salzburger, W, Seehausen, O, Turner, GF. (2011) Segregation of species-specific male attractiveness in F2 hybrid Lake Malawi cichlid fish. Intern J of Evol Biol., Vol 2011 doi:10.4061/2011/426179 Darwall WRT, Allison, EH, Turner GF, Irvine K (2010) Lake of flies, or lake of fish? A trophic model of Lake Malawi. Ecological Modelling 221, 713-727. Genner, M.J., Nichols, P., Shaw, P.W., Carvalho, G.R., Robinson, R.L. & Turner, G.F. (2010) Population structure on breeding grounds of Lake Malawi’s ‘twilight zone’ cichlid fishes. J. Biogeography 37, 258-269 Genner MJ, Knight ME, Haesler MP, Turner GF (2010) Establishment and expansion of Lake Malawi rock fish populations after a dramatic Late Pleistocene lake level rise. Molecular Ecology, 19, 170-182 Galarza JA, Carreras-Carbonell, J, Macpherson E, Pascual M, Roques S, Turner GF & Rico C (2009) The influence of oceanographic fronts and early-life-history traits on connectivity among littoral fish species. Proceedings of the National Academic of Sciences USA 106, 1473-1478. Blais J, Plenderleith M, Rico C, Taylor MI, Seehausen O, van Oosterhout C, & Turner GF (2009). Assortative mating among Lake Malawi cichlid fish populations is not simply predictable from male nuptial colour. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9: 53. Young KA, Whitman JM & Turner GF (2009). Secondary contact during adaptive radiation: a community matrix for Lake Malawi cichlids. J. Evol. Biol. 22, 882-889. Galarza JA, Turner GF, Macpherson E, & Rico C (2009) Patterns of genetic differentiation between two co-occurring demersal species: the red mullet (Mullus barbatus) and the striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66, 1478-1490. Zidana H, Turner GF, Van Oosterhout C, Hanfling B (2009) Elevated mtDNA diversity in introduced populations of Cynotilapia afra (Gunther 1894) in Lake Malawi National Park is evidence for multiple source populations and hybridization. Molecular Ecology, 18, 4380-4389 Blais, J., Plenderleith, M., Rico, C., Taylor, MI., Seehausen, O., Van oosterhout, C., Turner, GF., (2009) Assortative mating among Lake Malawi cichlid fish populations is not simply predictable from male nuptial colour, Bmc Evolutionary Biology, 9. Young, KA., Whitman, JM., Turner, GF., (2009) Secondary contact during adaptive radiation: a community matrix for Lake Malawi cichlids, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22(4), 882-889. Amorim, MCP., Simoes, JM., Fonseca, PJ., Turner, GF., (2008) Species differences in courtship acoustic signals among five Lake Malawi cichlid species (Pseudotropheus spp.), Journal of Fish Biology, 72(6), 1355-1368. Duponchello, F., Paradis, E., Ribbink, AJ., Turner, GF., (2008) Parallel life history evolution in mouthbrooding cichlids from the African Great Lakes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(40), 15475-15480. Duponchelle, F., Paradis, E., Ribbink, AJ., Turner, GF., (2008) Parallel life history evolution in mouthbrooding cichlids from the African Great Lakes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(40), 15475-15480. Genner, MJ., Nichols, P., Shaw, PW., Carvalho, GR., Robinson, RL., Turner, GF., (2008) Genetic homogeneity among breeding grounds and nursery areas of an exploited Lake Malawi cichlid fish, Freshwater Biology, 53(9), 1823-1831. Pierotti, MER., Knight, ME., Immler, S., Barson, NJ., Turner, GF., Seehausen, O., (2008) Individual variation in male mating preferences for female coloration in a polymorphic cichlid fish, Behavioral Ecology, 19(3), 483-488. Barson, NJ., Knight, ME., Turner, GF., (2007) The genetic architecture of male colour differences between a sympatric Lake Malawi cichlid species pair, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20(1), 45-53. Galarza, JA., Roques, S., Carreras-carbonell, J., Macpherson, E., Turner, GF., Rico, C., (2007) Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the cardinal fish (Apogon imberbis), Conservation Genetics, 8(5), 1251-1253. Galarza, JA., Turner, GF., Macpherson, E., Carreras-carbonell, J., Rico, C., (2007) Cross-amplification of 10 new isolated polymorphic microsatellite loci for red mullet (Mullus barbatus) in striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus), Molecular Ecology Notes, 7(2), 230-232. Genner, MJ., Nichols, P., Carvalho, G., Robinson, RL., Shaw, PW., Smith, A., Turner, GF., (2007) Evolution of a cichlid fish in a Lake Malawi satellite lake, Proceedings of the Royal Society B-biological Sciences, 274(1623), 2249-2257. Genner, MJ., Nichols, P., Carvalho, G., Robinson, RL., Shaw, PW., Smith, A., Turner, GF., (2007) Evolution of a cichlid fish in a Lake Malawi satellite lake, Proceedings of the Royal Society B-biological Sciences, 274(1623), 2249-2257.