For the most up-to-date list of publications see Liz's google scholar page or her Research Gate page.
Names of students are underlined.
  1. Knapp RA*, Norman VC*, Rouse JL*, Duncan EJ: Environmentally Responsive Reproduction: Neuroendocrine Signalling and the Evolution of Eusociality. Submitted *equal contributions
  2. Lovegrove, M.R., Duncan, E.J., Dearden, P.K., 2021. Honeybee Queen mandibular pheromone induces starvation in Drosophila melanogaster, implying a role for nutrition signalling in the evolution of eusociality. bioRxiv, 2021.2004.2008.439099. Under review
  3. Whittaker IC, Rennie S, Houlston T, Taylor J, Duncan EJ: Sensing the geomagnetic field: an interdisciplinary re-evaluation of the evidence for magnetosense in honeybees. 2022.Submitted 
  4. Addison, F.I., Dally, T., Duncan, E.J., Rouse, J., Evans, W.L., Hassall, C., Neely, R.R., 2022. Simulation of the Radar Cross Section of a Noctuid Moth. Remote Sensing 14.
  5. Colgan, T.J., Arce, A.N., Gill, R.J., Ramos Rodrigues, A., Kanteh, A., Duncan, E.J., Li, L., Chittka, L., Wurm, Y., 2022. Genomic Signatures of Recent Adaptation in a Wild Bumblebee. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39, msab366.
  6. Karunaraj, P., Tidswell, O., Duncan, E.J., Lovegrove, M.R., Jefferies, G., Johnson, T.K., Beck, C.W., Dearden, P.K., 2022. Noggin proteins are multifunctional extracellular regulators of cell signaling. Genetics, iyac049.
  7. Duncan EJ, Cunningham CB, Dearden PK: Phenotypic plasticity: what’s DNA methylation got to do with it ? Insects 2022.
  8. Van Eeckhoven J, Horsburgh GJ, Dawson DA, Mayer K, Bretman A, Duncan EJ: Development of a multiplex microsatellite marker set for the study of the solitary red mason bee, Osmia bicornis (Megachilidae). Molecular Biology Reports 2021.
  9. Lukach M, Dally T, Evans W, Hassall C, Duncan E, Bennett L, Addison F, Kunin W, Chapman J, Neely III RR: Assessment of nocturnal insect abundance and diversity using dual-polarisation X-band weather radar. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 2021.
  10. Leask M, Lovegrove M, Walker A, Duncan E, Dearden P: Evolution and genomic organization of the insect sHSP gene cluster and coordinate regulation in phenotypic plasticity. BMC Ecology and Evolution 2021, 21:154
  11. Lovegrove, M.R., Knapp, R.A., Duncan, E.J. & Dearden, P.K. 2020 Drosophila melanogaster and worker honeybees (Apis mellifera) do not require olfaction to be susceptible to honeybee queen mandibular pheromone. J Insect Physiol, 104154. 
  12. Harrop, T.W.R., Guhlin, J., McLaughlin, G.M., Permina, E., Stockwell, P., Gilligan, J., Le Lec, M.F., Gruber, M.A.M., Quinn, O., Lovegrove, M., Duncan, E.J., Remnant, E.J., Van Eeckhoven, J., Graham, B., Knapp, R.A., Langford, K.W., Kronenberg, Z., Press, M.O., Eacker, S.M., Wilson-Rankin, E.E., Purcell, J., Lester, P.J., Dearden, P.K., 2020. High-Quality Assemblies for Three Invasive Social Wasps from the Vespula Genus. G3 (Bethesda) 10, 3479-3488.
  13. Rouse, J., McDowall, L., Mitchell, Z., Duncan, E.J., Bretman, A., 2020. Social competition stimulates cognitive performance in a sex-specific manner. Proc Biol Sci 287, 20201424
  14. Sheridan, K.J., Duncan, E.J., Eaton-Rye, J.J. & Summerfield, T.C. 2020 The diversity and distribution of D1 proteins in cyanobacteria. Photosynth Research.
  15. Oeyen JP et al., (includes Duncan, E.J.) “Sawfly genomes reveal evolutionary acquisitions that fostered the mega-radiation of parasitoid and eusocial Hymenoptera”. Genome Biol Evol 2020.
  16. Duncan, E. J., M. P. Leask and P. K. Dearden (2020). "Genome Architecture Facilitates Phenotypic Plasticity in the Honeybee (Apis mellifera)." Molecular Biology and Evolution.
  17. Van Eeckhoven, J. and E. J. Duncan (2020). "Mating status and the evolution of eusociality: Oogenesis is independent of mating status in the solitary bee Osmia bicornis." Journal of Insect Physiology 121: 104003.
  18. Lovegrove, M.R., Dearden, P.K., Duncan, E.J., (2019). Ancestral hymenopteran queen pheromones do not share the broad phylogenetic repressive effects of honeybee queen mandibular pheromone. Journal of Insect Physiology, 119: 103968.
  19. Panfilio, K et al., (includes Duncan, E.J.) (2019) “Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome” Genome Biology 20(1): 64.
  20. Skelly, J, Pushparajan C, Duncan E.J., Dearden P.K (2019) “Evolution of the Torso activation cassette, a pathway required for terminal patterning and moulting” Insect molecular biology 28(3): 392-408.
  21. Armisen, D., et al., (includes Duncan, E.J.), (2018). The genome of the water strider Gerris buenoi reveals expansions of gene repertoires associated with adaptations to life on the water. BMC Genomics 19(1): 832.
  22.  Wu, C et. al., (includes Duncan, E.J.) (2017) “Analysis of the genome of the New Zealand giant collembolan (Holacanthella duospinosa) sheds light on hexapod evolution”. BMC Genomics 18, 795.
  23. Duncan, E.J., Hyink, O and Dearden, P.K. (2016) Notch signalling mediates reproductive constraint in the adult worker honeybee. Nat Commun 7: 12427.
  24. Smith, L.M., Parr-Brownlie, L.C., Duncan, E.J., Black, M.A., Gemmell, N.J., Dearden, P.K. and Reynolds, J.N. (2016) Striatal mRNA expression patterns underlying peak dose L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in the 6-OHDA hemiparkinsonian rat. Neuroscience 324: 238-51.
  25. Chatterjee, A, Lagisz, M, Rodger, E.J., Zhen, L, Stockwell, P.A., Duncan, E.J., Horsfield, JA, Jeyakani, J, Mathavan, S, Ozaki, Y and Nakagawa, S (2016) Sex differences in DNA methylation and expression in zebrafish brain: a test of an extended 'male sex drive' hypothesis. Gene 590: 307-16.
  26. Benoit et. al., (includes Duncan, E.J.) (2015) “Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome” Nat Commun 7: 10165.
  27. Chatterjee A., Stockwell P.A., Rodger E.J., Duncan E.J., Parry M.F., Weeks R.J., Morison I.M. (2015) “Genome-wide DNA methylation map reveals widespread epigenetic variation in healthy individuals” Scientific Reports 5: 17328.
  28. Paten A.M., Duncan, E.J., Pain S.J., Peterson. S.W., Kenyon P.R., Blair H.T., Dearden P.K (2015) “Functional development of the adult ovine mammary gland – insights from gene expression profiling” BMC Genomics 16(1): 748.
  29. Ha, M., Kleffmann, T., Sabherwal, M., Duncan, E.J., Stevens, S., Stockwell, P.A., McConnell, M., El-Din Bekhit, A., Carne, A. (2015) “In-Depth Characterization of Sheep (Ovis aries) Milk Whey Proteome and Comparison with Cow (Bos taurus)” PLoS ONE 10(10): e0139774. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139774
  30. Cridge A.G., Leask M.P. , Duncan, E.J. *, Dearden P.K. (2015) “What do studies of insect polyphenisms tell us about nutritionally-triggered epigenomic changes and their consequences?” Nutrients, 7(3):1787-1797.
  31. Sadd et al., (includes Duncan, E.J.) (2015) “The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organisation.” Genome Biology 16:76
  32. The Strigamia Genome Sequencing Consortium (includes Duncan, E.J.) (2014) “Prototypical Arthropod Gene Content and Genome Organisation in the Centipede Strigamia maritima” PLoS Biology 12(11): e1002005. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002005
  33. Paten A.M., Pain S.J., Peterson S.W., Blair H.T., Kenyon P.R., Dearden P.K, Duncan E.J+. (2014) “Identification of reference genes for RT-qPCR in ovine mammary tissue during late-pregnancy, lactation and in response to maternal nutritional programming.” Physiological Genomics 46(15): 560-70 + denotes corresponding author
  34. Duncan E.J., Johnson, T.K., Whisstock, J.C., Warr, C. G., Dearden P.K. (2014) “Capturing embryonic development from metamorphosis: How did the terminal patterning signalling pathway of Drosophila evolve?” Current Opinion in Insect Science 1: 45-51
  35. Duncan E.J., Gluckman P.D., Dearden, P.K. (2014) “Epigenetics, Plasticity and Evolution: How do we move from correlation to causation?” Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 322(4):208-20
  36. Cameron R.C., Duncan, E.J., Dearden, P.K. (2013) “Biased gene expression in early honeybee larval development” BMC Genomics 14:903
  37. Duncan, E.J., Benton, M.A., Dearden, P.K. (2013) “Canonical terminal patterning is an evolutionary novelty” Developmental Biology 377(1): 245-61
  38. Duncan, E.J., Leask, M.P., Dearden, P.K. (2013) “The pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) genome encodes two divergent early developmental programs” Developmental Biology 377(1): 245-61
  39. Cameron, R.C., Duncan, E.J., Dearden, P.K., 2013. Stable reference genes for the measurement of transcript abundance during larval caste development in the honeybee. Apidologie 44, 357-366.
  40. Chua, J.P., Wallace, E.J., Yardley, J.A., Duncan, E.J., Dearden, P.K., Summerfield, T.C., 2012. Gene expression indicates a zone of heterocyst differentiation within the thallus of the cyanolichen Pseudocyphellaria crocata. New Phytol 196, 862-872.
  41. Shigenobu, S., Bickel, R.D., Brisson, J.A., Butts, T., Chang, C.C., Christiaens, O., Davis, G.K., Duncan, E.J., Ferrier, D.E., Iga, M., Janssen, R., Lin, G.W., Lu, H.L., McGregor, A.P., Miura, T., Smagghe, G., Smith, J.M., van der Zee, M., Velarde, R.A., Wilson, M.J., Dearden, P.K., Stern, D.L., 2010. Comprehensive survey of developmental genes in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum: frequent lineage-specific duplications and losses of developmental genes. Insect Mol Biol 19 Suppl 2, 47-62.
  42. International Aphid Genomics, Consortium [includes Duncan, E.J.], 2010. Genome sequence of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. PLoS Biol 8, e1000313.
  43. Gerardo, N.M., Altincicek, B., Anselme, C., Atamian, H., Barribeau, S.M., de Vos, M., Duncan, E.J., Evans, J.D., Gabaldon, T., Ghanim, M., Heddi, A., Kaloshian, I., Latorre, A., Moya, A., Nakabachi, A., Parker, B.J., Perez-Brocal, V., Pignatelli, M., Rahbe, Y., Ramsey, J.S., Spragg, C.J., Tamames, J., Tamarit, D., Tamborindeguy, C., Vincent-Monegat, C., Vilcinskas, A., 2010. Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum. Genome Biol 11, R21.
  44. Duncan, E.J., Dearden, P.K., 2010. Evolution of a genomic regulatory domain: the role of gene co-option and gene duplication in the Enhancer of split complex. Genome Res 20, 917-928.
  45. Hendrick, P., Bond, C., Duncan, E., Hale, L., 2009. Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice: students' conceptualizations. Phys Ther 89, 430-442.
  46. Duncan, E.J., Wilson, M.J., Smith, J.M., Dearden, P.K., 2008. Evolutionary origin and genomic organisation of runt-domain containing genes in arthropods. BMC Genomics 9, 558.
  47. Duncan, E.J., Dodds, K.G., Henry, H.M., Thompson, M.P., Phua, S.H., 2007. Cloning, mapping and association studies of the ovine ABCG2 gene with facial eczema disease in sheep. Anim Genet 38, 126-131.
  48. Duncan, E.J., Thompson, M.P., Phua, S.H., 2005. Zinc protection of HepG2 cells from sporidesmin toxicity does not require de novo gene transcription. Toxicol Lett 159, 164-172.
Peer Reviewed Book Chapters
  1. Osborne, A.J., Duncan, E.J., Cridge, A.G., Dearden, P.K., 2014. Chapter 4 - Epigenetics and the Maternal Germline A2 - Tollefsbol, Trygve, Transgenerational Epigenetics. Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 27-41.
  2. ​Dearden, P.K., Duncan, E.J., Wilson, M.J., 2009. The honeybee Apis mellifera. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2009, pdb emo123.