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Ecological partitioning and diversity in tropical planktonic foraminifera (2012)
Journal Article
Seears, H. A., Darling, K. F., & Wade, C. M. (2012). Ecological partitioning and diversity in tropical planktonic foraminifera. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12, Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-54

Background: Ecological processes are increasingly being viewed as an important mode of diversification in the marine environment, where the high dispersal potential of pelagic organisms, and a lack of absolute barriers to gene flow may limit the occu... Read More about Ecological partitioning and diversity in tropical planktonic foraminifera.

A fresh insight into transmission of schistosomiasis: A misleading tale of biomphalaria in Lake Victoria (2011)
Journal Article
Standley, C. J., Wade, C. M., & Stothard, J. R. (2011). A fresh insight into transmission of schistosomiasis: A misleading tale of biomphalaria in Lake Victoria. PLoS ONE, 6(10), Article e26563. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026563

Lake Victoria is a known hot-spot for Schistosoma mansoni, which utilises freshwater snails of the genus Biomphalaria as intermediate hosts. Different species of Biomphalaria are associated with varying parasite compatibility, affecting local transmi... Read More about A fresh insight into transmission of schistosomiasis: A misleading tale of biomphalaria in Lake Victoria.

The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) (2010)
Journal Article
Sutcharit, C., Naggs, F., Wade, C. M., Fontanilla, I., & Panha, S. (2010). The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 160(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x

The Streptaxoidea are an ancient and species diverse group that is poorly understood. Examination of the reproductive anatomy of Diaphera showed it to be notably distinct from that of most other streptaxid genera but to exhibit similarities with the... Read More about The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora).

Molecular phylogeny of the stylommatophoran land snails and slugs (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wade, C. (2010, July). Molecular phylogeny of the stylommatophoran land snails and slugs. Presented at 17th World Congress of Malacology, Royal Phuket City Hotel Phuket, Thailand

DNA sequence data has revolutionised our understanding of the evolutionary relationships among the stylommatophoran land snails and slugs. Yet, the stylommatophoran tree is still not fully resolved and in particular, relationships at the bas... Read More about Molecular phylogeny of the stylommatophoran land snails and slugs.

Resolving taxonomic complications in the family of Ariophantidae by using molecular marker and morphological characteristics: a preliminary attempt. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Balkhis Abu Bakar, S., Razali, N. M., Izzati Minhat, F., Sau Pinn, W., Azizah Mohd Nor, S., Yasin, Z., Wade, C. M., Naggs, F., & Tan Shau Hwai, A. (2010, July). Resolving taxonomic complications in the family of Ariophantidae by using molecular marker and morphological characteristics: a preliminary attempt. Presented at 17th World Congress of Malacology, Royal Phuket City Hotel Phuket, Thailand

This study is an attempt to resolve the taxonomic complication in the Family Ariophantidae by using nucleotide sequences 16S rRNA gene with the aid of morphological characteristics of the shell. Morphological classification of members of this group c... Read More about Resolving taxonomic complications in the family of Ariophantidae by using molecular marker and morphological characteristics: a preliminary attempt..

Surviving mass extinction by bridging the benthic/planktic divide (2009)
Journal Article
Darling, K. F., Thomas, E., Kasemann, S. A., Seears, H. A., Smart, C. W., & Wade, C. M. (2009). Surviving mass extinction by bridging the benthic/planktic divide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(31), 12629-12633. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0902827106

Evolution of planktic organisms from benthic ancestors is commonly thought to represent unidirectional expansion into new ecological domains, possibly only once per clade. For foraminifera, this evolutionary expansion occurred in the Early-Middle Jur... Read More about Surviving mass extinction by bridging the benthic/planktic divide.

Evolution from Benthos to Plankton: Rare or Common? (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Darling, K. F., Thomas, E., Kasemann, S., Smart, C. W., Seears, H. A., & Wade, C. (2008, October). Evolution from Benthos to Plankton: Rare or Common?. Presented at 2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM, Houston, USA

Various groups of planktonic organisms, including foraminifera, have evolved from benthic ancestors. The question remains whether such evolution and expansion into a new ecological domain occurred only once (or very few times) per clade or whether su... Read More about Evolution from Benthos to Plankton: Rare or Common?.

Heterobranchia II: The Pulmonata (2008)
Book Chapter
Mordan, P., & Wade, C. (2008). Heterobranchia II: The Pulmonata. In W. Ponder (Ed.), Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca (409-426). University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520250925.003.0015

This chapter focuses on the Pulmonata, gastropods belonging to the clade Heterobranchia. It explains that the pulmonates include the large majority of land snails and slugs, as well as many freshwater snails and a few small families of estuarine and... Read More about Heterobranchia II: The Pulmonata.

The genetic diversity of planktic foraminifera and the global distribution of ribosomal RNA genotypes (2008)
Journal Article
Darling, K. F., & Wade, C. M. (2008). The genetic diversity of planktic foraminifera and the global distribution of ribosomal RNA genotypes. Marine Micropaleontology, 67(3-4), 216-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.01.009

Fossil planktic foraminifers in the ocean sediments play an unparalleled role in our understanding of the oceanographic environment in the past. An in depth knowledge of their diversity, ecology and biogeography in the modern ocean lies central to th... Read More about The genetic diversity of planktic foraminifera and the global distribution of ribosomal RNA genotypes.