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34. Kabota S, Bagheri M, Esselens L, Leonard H, Rweyemamu E, Bakengesa J, Tairo J, Mullens N, Janssens S, de Meyer M, Kudra A, Svardal H, Dorchin A, Mwatawala M, Veltsos P, Majubwa R, Jordaens K, Virgilio M (in review) Beyond honey bees: flower flies support complementary pollen transport in African smallholder cucurbit landscapes

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33. Shinde S, Veltsos P, Ma WJ (2025) Gene duplication, translocation, and molecular evolution of DMRT1 and related sex-determining genes in anurans Biomolecules 15(9): 1306.

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32. Moraga C, Branco C, Rougemont Q, Jedlička P, Mendoza-Galindo E, Veltsos P, Hanique M, Rodríguez de la Vega RC, Tannier E, Liu X, Lemaitre C, Fields PD, Cruaud C, Labadie K, Belser C, Briolay J, Santoni S, Cegan R, Linheiro R, Adam G, El Filali A, Mossion V, Boualem A, Tavares R, Chebbi A, Cordaux R, Fruchard C, Prentout D, Velt A, Spataro B, Delmotte S, Weingartner L, Toegelová H, Tulpová Z, Cápal P, Šimková H, Štorchová H, Krüger M, Abeyawardana OAJ, Taylor DR, Olson MS, Sloan DB, Karrenberg S, Delph LF, Charlesworth D, Muyle A, Giraud T, Bendahmane A, Di Genova A, Madoui Amin, Hobza R, Marais GAB (2025) The Silene latifolia genome and its giant Y chromosome Science 387(6734): 630-636

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31. Veltsos P, Madrigal-Roca, LJ and Kelly JK (2024) Testing the evolutionary theory of inversion polymorphisms in the wildflower Mimulus guttatus Nature Communications 15 10397

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30. Veltsos P, Shinde S and Ma W-J (2024) Sex chromosome evolution: The classical paradigm and so much beyond Reference Module in Life Sciences

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29. Veltsos P and Kelly JK (2024) The quantitative genetics of gene expression in Mimulus guttatus PLoS Genetics 20(4): e1011072

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28. Veltsos P, Porcelli D, Fang Y, Cossins A, Ritchie MG, Snook RR (2022) Experimental sexual selection reveals rapid divergence in male and female reproductive transcriptomes and their interactions Molecular Ecology 31(12): 3374-3388.

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27. Gerchen JF, Veltsos P, Pannell JR (2022) Recurrent allopolyploidization, Y-chromosome introgression and the evolution of sexual systems in the plant genus Mercurialis. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 377: 20210224.

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26. Ma, W-J, Veltsos P (2021) The diversity and evolution of sex chromosomes in frogs. Genes 12(4): 483.

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25. Wiberg RA, Veltsos P, Snook RR, Ritchie MG (2021) Experimental evolution confirms signatures of sexual selection in genomic divergence. Evolution Letters 5(3): 214-229.

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24. Ma W-J, Pannebakker BA, Li X, Geyverink E, Anvar SY, Veltsos P, Schwander T, van de Zande L, Beukeboom LW (2021) A single QTL with large effect is associated with female functional virginity in an asexual parasitoid wasp. Molecular Ecology 30(9): 1979-1992.

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23. Veltsos P, Rodrigues N, Studer T, Ma WJ, Leunberger J, Sermier R, Perrin N (2020) No evidence that Y-chromosome differentiation affects male fitness in a Swiss population of common frogs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33(4): 401-409.

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22. Li X, Veltsos P, Cossard G, Gerchen J, Pannell JR (2019) YY males of the dioecious plant Mercurialis annua are fully viable but produce largely infertile pollen. New Phytologist 244(3): 1394-1404.

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21. Veltsos P, Delph LF (2019) The X chromosome is necessary for ovule production in Silene latifolia PLoS ONE 14(5): e0217578.

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20. Veltsos P, Ridout KE, Toups MA, González-Martinez S, Muyle A, Emery O, Rastas P, Hudzieczek V, Hobza R, Vyskot B, Marais GAB, Filatov DA, Pannell JR (2019) Early sex-chromosome evolution in the diploid dioecious plant Mercurialis annua. Genetics 212(3): 815-835.

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19. Veltsos P (2018) Not all sex-biased genes are the same. New Phytologist 221(1):10-11.

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18. Ma WJ, Veltsos P, Sermier R, Parker DJ, Perrin N (2018) Evolutionary and developmental dynamics of sex-biased gene expression in common frogs with proto-Y chromosomes. Genome Biology 19(1): 156.

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17. Ma WJ, Veltsos P, Toups MA, Rodrigues N, Sermier R, Jeffries DL, Perrin N (2018) Tissue specificity and dynamics of sex-biased gene expression in a common frog population with differentiated, yet homomorphic, sex chromosomes. Genes 9(6): 294.

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16. Veltsos P, Cossard G, Beaudoing E, Beydon G, Savova-Bianchi D, Roux C, González-Martínez SC, Pannell JR (2018) The size and content of the sex-determining region of the Y chromosome in dioecious Mercurialis annua, a plant with homomorphic sex chromosomes. Genes 9(6): 277.

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15. Veltsos P, Fang Y, Cossins AR, Snook RR, Ritchie MG (2017) Mating system manipulation and the evolution of sex-biased gene expression in Drosophila. Nature Communications 8(1):2072.

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14. Rodrigues N, Studer T, Dufresnes C, Ma W, Veltsos P, Perrin N (2017) Dmrt1 polymorphism and sex chromosome differentiation in Rana temporaria. Molecular Ecology 26(19): 4897-4905.

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13. Ala-Honkola O, Ritchie MG, Veltsos P (2016) Postmating-prezyotic isolation between two allopatric populations of Drosophila montana; fertilisation success differs under sperm competition. Ecology and Evolution 6(6): 1679-1691.

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12. Veltsos P, Gregson E, Morrissey B, Slate J, Hoikkala A, Butlin RK, Ritchie MG (2015) The genetic architecture of sexually selected traits in two natural populations of Drosophila montana. Heredity 115(6): 565-572.

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11. Toups M, Veltsos P, Pannel JR (2015) Plant sex chromosomes: Lost genes with little compensation. Current Biology 25(10) R427-430.

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10. Tyukmaeva VI, Veltsos P, Slate J, Gregson E, Kauranen H, Kankare M, Ritchie MG, Butlin RK Hoikkala A (2015) Localization of QTL for diapause and other photoperiodically regulated life-history traits important in adaptation to seasonally varying environments. Molecular Ecology 24: 2809-2819.

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9. Ala-Honkola O, Veltsos P, Anderson H, Ritchie M (2014). Copulation duration, but not paternity share, potentially mediates inbreeding avoidance in Drosophila montana. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68(12) 2013-2021.

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8. Bailey NW, Veltsos P, Tan YF, Millar AH, Ritchie MG & Simmons LW (2013) Development of tissue-specific transcriptomic resources in a non-model insect, the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus. G3, 3(2): 225-230.

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7. Veltsos P, Wicker-Thomas C, Butlin RK, Hoikkala A & Ritchie MG (2011) Sexual selection on song and cuticular hydrocarbons in two distinct populations of Drosophila montana. Ecology and Evolution, 2: 80-94.

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5. Veltsos P, Keller I & Nichols RA (2009) Geographically localised bursts of ribosomal DNA mobility in the grasshopper Podisma pedestris. Heredity 103: 54-61.

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4. Veltsos P, Keller I & Nichols RA (2008) The inexorable spread of a newly arisen Y chromosome. Plos Genetics 4 (5): e10000082.

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3. Keller I, Veltsos P & Nichols RA (2008) The frequency of rDNA variants within individuals provides evidence of population history and gene flow across a grasshopper hybrid zone. Evolution 64 (4): 833-844.

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2. Keller I, Chintauan-Marquier IC, Veltsos P & Nichols RA (2006) Ribosomal DNA in the grasshopper Podisma pedestris: Escape from concerted evolution. Genetics 174 (2): 863-874.

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1. Watts PC, Veltsos P, Soffa BJ, Gill AB & Kemp SJ (2004) Polymorphic microsatellite loci in the black-and-gold chromis, Neoglyphidodon nigroris (Teleostei: Pomacentridae). Molecular Ecology Notes 4 (1): 93-95.

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