Jane Fenelon

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..

Transient role of the middle ear as a lower jaw support across mammals

Neal Anthwal, Jane C Fenelon, Stephen D Johnston, Marilyn B Renfree, Abigail S Tucker

Journal article  |  2020  |  eLife

Mammals articulate their jaws using a novel joint between the dentary and squamosal bones. In eutherian mammals, this joint forms ..

A role for Msx genes in mammalian embryonic diapause.

J Cha, JC Fenelon, BD Murphy, G Shaw, MB Renfree, SK Dey

Journal article  |  2020  |  Bioscientifica Proceedings

Mammalian embryonic diapause is a reproductive phenomenon defined by the reversible arrest in blastocyst development and metabolic..

New functions for old factors: the role of polyamines during the establishment of pregnancy

Jane C Fenelon, Bruce D Murphy

Journal article  |  2019  |  Reproduction Fertility and Development

Implantation is essential for the establishment of a successful pregnancy, and the preimplantation period plays a significant role..

Focal adhesion kinase PTK2 autophosphorylation is not required for the activation of sodium-hydrogen exchange by decreased cell volume in the preimplantation mouse embryo

Jane C Fenelon, Baozeng Xu, Jay M Baltz

Journal article  |  2019  |  Zygote

SummaryRecovery from decreased cell volume is accomplished by a regulated increase of intracellular osmolarity. The acute response..

Developmental Arrest

Jane C Fenelon

Book Chapter  |  2019

Culture of Mink Preimplantation Embryos.

Jane C Fenelon, Bruce D Murphy

Book Chapter  |  2019  |  Methods in Molecular Biology

The reproduction of the mink, Neovison vison, has been extensively studied over the past 70 years. The endocrine control of pregna..

The history of the discovery of embryonic diapause in mammals

Jane C Fenelon, Marilyn B Renfree

Journal article  |  2018  |  Biology of Reproduction

The first incidence of embryonic diapause in mammals was observed in the roe deer, Capreolus capreolus, in 1854 and confirmed in t..

The enigma of embryonic diapause

Marilyn B Renfree, Jane C Fenelon

Journal article  |  2017  |  Development

Embryonic diapause - a period of embryonic suspension at the blastocyst stage - is a fascinating phenomenon that occurs in over 13..