Richard A. Watts

BSc (Hons) Australian National University (1996)

PhD Australian National University (2000)

Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
CSIRO Division of Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

Phone: +61-2-6246 4983 (office) +61-2-6246 5246 (lab)
Fax: +61-2-6246 5249

email: Richard.Watts@csiro.au

Application of evolutionary theory and taxonomic methods to pest plant control

Houck L.D., Watts R.A., L. Mead, C.A. Palmer, R.C. Feldhoff, P.W. Feldhoff, R.G. Gregg, M.A. McCall and S.J. Arnold. 2007. Male pheromones increase female receptivity in a terrestrial salamander. Chem.Signals in Verts. – in press

Houck L.D., R.C. Feldhoff, R.A. Watts, S.M. Rollmann, C.R. WirsigWiechmann, C.A. Palmer, R.G. Gregg, M.A. McCall, P.W. Feldhoff and S.J. Arnold. 2007. Mixed messages: Pheromone components with opposing effects on female receptivity. Animal Behaviour – in press

Palmer C.A., D.M. Hollis, R.A. Watts, L.D. Houck M.A. McCall, RG. Gregg, P.W. Feldhoff, R.C. Feldhoff and S.J. Arnold. 2007. Plethodontid Modulating Factor (PMF), a hypervariable salamander courtship pheromone in the three-finger peptide superfamily. FEBS Journal 274(9):230010

Houck L.D., C.A. Palmer, R.A. Watts, S.J. Arnold, P.W. Feldhoff and R.C. Feldhoff. 2007. A new vertebrate courtship pheromone, PMF, affects female receptivity in a terrestrial salamander. Animal Behaviour 73(2)31520

Palmer C.A., R.A. Watts, L.D. Houck. A.L. Picard and S.J. Arnold. 2007. Evolutionary replacement of components in a salamander pheromone signaling complex: more evidence for phenotypic-molecular decoupling. Evolution 61(1):20215

Palmer C.A., R.A. Watts, R.G. Gregg, M.A. McCall, L.D. Houck, R. Highton and S.J. Arnold. 2005. Lineagespecific differences in evolutionary mode in a salamander courtship pheromone. Mol. Biol. Evol. 22(11)224356

Watts R.A., C.A. Palmer, R.C. Feldhoff, P.W. Feldhoff, L.D. Houck, A.G. Jones, M.E. Pfrender, S.M. Rollmann and S.J. Arnold. 2004. Stabilizing selection on behavior and morphology masks positive selection on the signal in a salamander pheromone signaling complex. Mol Biol Evol. 21(6):103241

Trent J.T., R.A. Watts and M.S. Hargrove. 2002. Human neuroglobin, a hexacoordinate hemoglobin that reversibly binds oxygen. J Biol Chem. 276(32):3010610

Hunt P.W., E.J. Klok, B. Trevaskis, R.A Watts, M.H. Ellis, W.J. Peacock and E.S. Dennis. 2002. Increased level of hemoglobin 1 enhances survival of hypoxic stress and promotes early growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 99(26):17197202

Watts R.A, P.W. Hunt, A.N. Hvitved, M.S. Hargrove, W.J. Peacock and E.S. Dennis. 2001. A hemoglobin from plants homologous to truncated hemoglobins of microorganisms. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98(18):1011924

Hunt P.W., R.A. Watts, B. Trevaskis, D.J. Llewellyn, J.N. Burnell, E.S. Dennis and W.J. Peacock. 2001. Expression and evolution of functionally distinct haemoglobin genes in plants. Plant Mol Biol 47:67792

Trevaskis B, R.A. Watts, C.R. Andersson, D.J. Llewellyn, M.S. Hargrove, J.S. Olson, E.S. Dennis and W.J. Peacock. 1997. Two hemoglobin genes in Arabidopsis thaliana: the evolutionary origins of leghemoglobins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 94(22):122304