Jane Fenelon

Conserved H3K27me3-associated chromatin remodelling allows STRA8 but not MEIOSIN expression in mammalian germ cells.

Teruhito Ishihara, Jane C Fenelon, Oliver W Griffith, Kei-Ichiro Ishiguro, Marilyn B Renfree

Journal article  |  2023  |  Reproduction

In the mouse, the timing of meiosis onset differs between sexes due to the sex-specific regulation of the meiosis initiation facto..

Getting out of a mammalian egg: the egg tooth and caruncle of the echidna

Jane C Fenelon, Abbie Bennetts, Neal Anthwal, Michael Pyne, Stephen D Johnston, Alistair R Evans, Abigail S Tucker, Marilyn B Renfree

Journal article  |  2023  |  DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

In the echidna, after development in utero, the egg is laid in the pouch and incubated for 10 days. During this time, the fetuses ..

Validation of a non-invasive assessment technique for quantifying faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Freya A Russell, Stephen D Johnston, Andrew Hill, Alice Roser, Haley Meer, Jane C Fenelon, Marilyn B Renfree, Tamara Keeley

Journal article  |  2022  |  GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

The monotreme adrenocortical response to stress may not rely as heavily on the hypothalamic-pituitaryadrenal (HPA) axis compared t..

Evolution of the Short Form of DNMT3A, DNMT3A2, Occurred in the Common Ancestor of Mammals

Teruhito Ishihara, Danielle Hickford, Jane C Fenelon, Oliver W Griffith, Shunsuke Suzuki, Marilyn B Renfree

Journal article  |  2022  |  GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Genomic imprinting is found in marsupial and eutherian mammals, but not in monotremes. While the primary regulator of genomic impr..

Genetic sex test for the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) (Apr, 10.1007/s12686-022-01258-3, 2022)

Shannon E Keating, Jane C Fenelon, Michael Pyne, Brendan J Pinto, Iran Andira Guzman-Mendez, Stephen D Johnston, Marilyn B Renfree, Tony Gamble

Journal article  |  2022  |  CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES

In the original publication, the article type “Research Article” was mistakenly included along with the title. The correct title i..

Genetic sex test for the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Shannon E Keating, Jane C Fenelon, Michael Pyne, Brendan J Pinto, Iran Andira Guzman-Mendez, Stephen D Johnston, Marilyn B Renfree, Tony Gamble

Journal article  |  2022  |  CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES

Monotremes (echidnas and platypus) possess five X and four or five Y sex chromosomes, respectively, that evolved independently fro..

Developmental Arrest

Jane C Fenelon

Book Chapter  |  2022

Plasma progesterone secretion during gestation of the captive short-beaked echidna

Kate Dutton-Regester, Tamara Keeley, Jane C Fenelon, Alice Roser, Haley Meer, Andrew Hill, Michael Pyne, Marilyn B Renfree, Stephen Johnston

Journal article  |  2021  |  REPRODUCTION

This study describes the progesterone profile during pregnancy in sexually mature female captive short-beaked echidnas (Tachygloss..

The Unique Penile Morphology of the Short-Beaked Echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus

Jane C Fenelon, Caleb McElrea, Geoff Shaw, Alistair R Evans, Michael Pyne, Stephen D Johnston, Marilyn B Renfree

Journal article  |  2021  |  SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT

Monotremes diverged from therian mammal ancestors approximately 184 million years ago and have a number of novel reproductive char..

Platypus and echidna genomes reveal mammalian biology and evolution

Yang Zhou, Linda Shearwin-Whyatt, Jing Li, Zhenzhen Song, Takashi Hayakawa, David Stevens, Jane C Fenelon, Emma Peel, Yuanyuan Cheng, Filip Pajpach, Natasha Bradley, Hikoyu Suzuki, Masato Nikaido, Joana Damas, Tasman Daish, Tahlia Perry, Zexian Zhu, Yuncong Geng, Arang Rhie, Ying Sims, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  NATURE

Egg-laying mammals (monotremes) are the only extant mammalian outgroup to therians (marsupial and eutherian animals) and provide k..