Rachel J. O’Neill

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• Divergent 3D genome architecture of male germ cells across vertebrates

  Nature Communications · 2026-06-20

• Long-Term Rock Dove ( <i>Columba livia)</i> Primordial Germ Cell Culture: A Tool Towards Avian Conservation

  Journal of Heredity · 2026-05-27 · 1 citations

• When cells rebel: a comparative genomics investigation into marsupial cancer susceptibility

  Molecular Biology and Evolution · 2026-01-09

• Guiding principles and codes of practice: Do teachers of deaf children and young people need them?

  Figshare · 2026-01-01

• A long non-coding RNA Leat1 mediates the hormone responsiveness of EfnB2 during male urogenital development

  Communications Biology · 2025-12-15

• A complete diploid human genome benchmark for personalized genomicsPreprint

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-09-21 · 21 citations

• When Cells Rebel: a comparative genomics investigation into marsupial cancer susceptibilityPreprint

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-08-12

• Mink by mink: stitching together signatures of subspecies adaptation through a pangenome of threatened mustelidsPreprint

  Heredity · 2025-07-29

• Nuclear Mitochondrial Sequences in Great Ape Telomere-to-Telomere GenomesPreprint

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-04-26

• On the ancestry and evolution of the extinct dire wolfPreprint

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-04-11 · 6 citations

• Conservation of dichromatin organization along regional centromeres

  Cell Genomics · 2025-03-27 · 15 citations

• Centromeric transposable elements and epigenetic status drive karyotypic variation in the eastern hoolock gibbon

  Cell Genomics · 2025-03-14 · 10 citations

• Evolution and instability of human centromeres are accelerated by heterochromatin boundary loss and CENP-A overexpressionPreprint

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-02-03 · 9 citations

• Genome Assembly of a Living Fossil, the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab <i>Limulus polyphemus</i>, Reveals Lineage-Specific Whole-Genome Duplications, Transposable Element-Based Centromeres, and a ZW Sex Chromosome System

  Molecular Biology and Evolution · 2025-02-01 · 8 citations

• Unearthing the secrets of Australia’s most enigmatic and cryptic mammal, the marsupial mole

  Science Advances · 2025-01-01 · 4 citations

• Transcription of a centromere-enriched retroelement and local retention of its RNA are significant features of the CENP-A chromatin landscape

  Genome biology · 2024-11-18 · 10 citations

• Inhibiting p38α and -β MAPK Affects Testis Development in the Marsupial Tammar Wallaby

  Sexual Development · 2024-10-21

• Autoregulated splicing of <i>TRA2</i> β programs T cell fate in response to antigen-receptor stimulation

  Science · 2024-09-12 · 11 citations

• Centromeric transposable elements and epigenetic status drive karyotypic variation in the eastern hoolock gibbonPreprint

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2024-08-30

• Imprinted X chromosome inactivation in marsupials: The paternal X arrives at the egg with a silent DNA methylation profile

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2024-08-27 · 6 citations