Dr Alex Quinn
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Publications
Journal Articles
Croft, Brittany, Ohnesorg, Thomas, Hewitt, Jacqueline, Bowles, Josephine, Quinn, Alexander, Tan, Jacqueline, Corbin, Vincent, Pelosi, Emanuele, van den Bergen, Jocelyn, Sreenivasan, Rajini, Knarston, Ingrid, Robevska, Gorjana, Vu, Dung Chi, Hutson, John, Harley, Vincent, Ayers, Katie, Koopman, Peter and Sinclair, Andrew (2019). Author Correction: Human sex reversal is caused by duplication or deletion of core enhancers upstream of SOX9. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 3351, 3351. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11310-w
Croft, Brittany, Ohnesorg, Thomas, Hewitt, Jacky, Bowles, Josephine, Quinn, Alexander, Tan, Jacqueline, Corbin, Vincent, Pelosi, Emanuele, van den Bergen, Jocelyn, Sreenivasan, Rajini, Knarston, Ingrid, Robevska, Gorjana, Vu, Dung Chi, Hutson, John, Harley, Vincent, Ayers, Katie, Koopman, Peter and Sinclair, Andrew (2018). Human sex reversal is caused by duplication or deletion of core enhancers upstream of SOX9. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 5319, 5319. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07784-9
Zhao, Liang, Quinn, Alexander, Ng, Ee Ting, Veyrunes, Frederic and Koopman, Peter (2017). Reduced activity of SRY and its target enhancer Sox9-TESCO in a mouse species with X∗Y sex reversal. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 41378, 41378. doi: 10.1038/srep41378
Gonen, Nitzan, Quinn, Alexander, O'Neill, Helen C., Koopman, Peter and Lovell-Badge, Robin (2017). Normal levels of Sox9 expression in the developing mouse testis depend on the TES/TESCO enhancer, but this does not act alone. PLoS Genetics, 13 (1) e1006520, e1006520. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006520
Quinn, Alexander, Kashimada, Kenichi, Davidson, Tara-Lynne, Ng, Ee Ting, Chawengsaksophak, Kallayanee, Bowles, Josephine and Koopman, Peter (2014). A site-specific, single-copy transgenesis strategy to identify 5′ regulatory sequences of the mouse testis- determining gene Sry. PLoS One, 9 (4) e94813, 1-10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094813
Quinn, Alexander and Koopman, Peter (2012). The molecular genetics of sex determination and sex reversal in mammals. Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, 30 (5), 351-363. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1324718
Quinn, Alexander E., Sarre, Stephen D., Ezaz, Tariq, Marshall Graves, Jennifer A. and Georges, Arthur (2011). Evolutionary transitions between mechanisms of sex determination in vertebrates. Biology Letters, 7 (3), 443-448. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1126
Quinn, A. E., Ezaz, T., Sarre, S. D., Graves, J. A. Marshall and Georges, A. (2010). Extension, single-locus conversion and physical mapping of sex chromosome sequences identify the Z microchromosome and pseudo-autosomal region in a dragon lizard, Pogona vitticeps. Heredity, 104 (4), 410-417. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.133
Georges, A., Ezaz, T., Quinn, A.E. and Sarre, S.D. (2010). Are reptiles predisposed to temperature-dependent sex determination?. Sexual Development, 4 (1-2), 7-15. doi: 10.1159/000279441
Radder, Rajkumar S., Pike, David A., Quinn, Alexander E. and Shine, Richard (2009). Offspring sex in a lizard depends on egg size. Current Biology, 19 (13), 1102-1105. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.05.027
Quinn, Alexander E., Radder, Rajkumar S., Sarre, Stephen D., Georges, Arthur, Ezaz, Tariq and Shine, Richard (2009). Isolation and development of a molecular sex marker for Bassiana duperreyi, a lizard with XX/XY sex chromosomes and temperature-induced sex reversal. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 281 (6), 665-672. doi: 10.1007/s00438-009-0437-7
Ezaz, Tariq, Quinn, Alexander E., Sarre, Stephen D., O'Meally, Denis, Georges, Arthur and Marshall Graves, Jennifer A. (2009). Molecular marker suggests rapid changes of sex-determining mechanisms in Australian dragon lizards. Chromosome Research, 17 (1), 91-98. doi: 10.1007/s10577-008-9019-5
Ezaz, Tariq, O'Meally, Denis, Quinn, Alexander E., Sarre, Stephen D., Georges, Arthur and Marshall Graves, Jennifer A. (2008). A simple non-invasive protocol to establish primary cell lines from tail and toe explants for cytogenetic studies in Australian dragon lizards (Squamata:Agamidae). Cytotechnology, 58 (3), 135-139. doi: 10.1007/s10616-009-9182-3
Radder, Rajkumar S., Quinn, Alexander E., Georges, Arthur, Sarre, Stephen D. and Shine, Richard (2008). Genetic evidence for co-occurrence of chromosomal and thermal sex-determining systems in a lizard. Biology Letters, 4 (2), 176-178. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0583
Quinn, Alexander E., Georges, Arthur, Sarre, Stephen D., Guarino, Fiorenzo, Ezaz, Tariq and Marshall Graves, Jennifer A. (2007). Temperature sex reversal implies sex gene dosage in a reptile. Science, 316 (5823), 411-411. doi: 10.1126/science.1135925
Ezaz, Tariq, Quinn, Alexander E., Miura, Ikuo, Sarre, Stephen D., Georges, Arthur and Marshall Graves, Jennifer A. (2005). The dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps has ZZ/ZW micro-sex chromosomes. Chromosome Research, 13 (8), 763-776. doi: 10.1007/s10577-005-1010-9
Sarre, S. D., Georges, A and Quinn, A. (2004). The ends of a continuum:genetic and temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles. BioEssays, 26 (6), 639-645. doi: 10.1002/bies.20050