Overview
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- Dr Scott Allen is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Classification of variants of reduced penetrance in high-penetrance cancer susceptibility genes: Framework for genetics clinicians and clinical scientists by CanVIG-UK (Cancer Variant Interpretation Group-UK)
Garrett, Alice, Allen, Sophie, Durkie, Miranda, Burghel, George J., Robinson, Rachel, Callaway, Alison, Field, Joanne, Frugtniet, Bethan, Palmer-Smith, Sheila, Grant, Jonathan, Pagan, Judith, McDevitt, Trudi, Rowlands, Charlie F., McVeigh, Terri, Hanson, Helen, Turnbull, Clare, Turnbull, C., Garrett, A., Loong, L., Choi, S., Torr, B., Allen, S., Durkie, M., Callaway, A., Drummond, J., Burghel, G. J., Robinson, R., Berry, I. R., Wallace, A. J. ... Hayden, C. (2025). Classification of variants of reduced penetrance in high-penetrance cancer susceptibility genes: Framework for genetics clinicians and clinical scientists by CanVIG-UK (Cancer Variant Interpretation Group-UK). Genetics in Medicine, 27 (2) 101305, 101305. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2024.101305
2024
Journal Article
The PS4-likelihood ratio calculator: flexible allocation of evidence weighting for case-control data in variant classification
Rowlands, Charlie F., Garrett, Alice, Allen, Sophie, Durkie, Miranda, Burghel, George J., Robinson, Rachel, Callaway, Alison, Field, Joanne, Frugtniet, Bethan, Palmer-Smith, Sheila, Grant, Jonathan, Pagan, Judith, Mcdevitt, Trudi, Mcveigh, Terri P., Hanson, Helen, Whiffin, Nicola, Jones, Michael, Turnbull, Clare, Turnbull, C., Garrett, A., Loong, L., Choi, S., Torr, B., Allen, S., Durkie, M., Callaway, A., Drummond, J., Burghel, G. J., Robinson, R. ... Ali, F. (2024). The PS4-likelihood ratio calculator: flexible allocation of evidence weighting for case-control data in variant classification. Journal of Medical Genetics, 61 (10), 983-991. doi: 10.1136/jmg-2024-110034
2024
Journal Article
The impacts of positive selection on genomic variation in <i>Drosophila serrata</i>: Insights from a deep learning approach
Wang, Yiguan, Allen, Scott L., Reddiex, Adam J. and Chenoweth, Stephen F. (2024). The impacts of positive selection on genomic variation in Drosophila serrata: Insights from a deep learning approach. Molecular Ecology, 33 (18) e17499, e17499. doi: 10.1111/mec.17499
2024
Other Outputs
Drosophila serrata genome scaffolding and annotation
Allen, Scott and Chenoweth, Steve (2024). Drosophila serrata genome scaffolding and annotation. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/ce96855
2024
Journal Article
Genetic and geographic population structure in the malaria vector, Anopheles farauti, provides a candidate system for pioneering confinable gene-drive releases
Ambrose, Luke, Allen, Scott L., Iro’ofa, Charlie, Butafa, Charles and Beebe, Nigel W. (2024). Genetic and geographic population structure in the malaria vector, Anopheles farauti, provides a candidate system for pioneering confinable gene-drive releases. Heredity, 132 (5), 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41437-024-00677-2
2023
Other Outputs
Anopheles farauti microsatellite and Anopheles farauti complex sequence data (mitogenome and Cardinal gene)
Luke Ambrose, Scott Allen and Nigel W. Beebe (2023). Anopheles farauti microsatellite and Anopheles farauti complex sequence data (mitogenome and Cardinal gene). The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/7d691e8
2023
Journal Article
Dengue and chikungunya virus loads in the mosquito Aedes aegypti are determined by distinct genetic architectures
Novelo, Mario, Dutra, Heverton LC, Metz, Hillery C., Jones, Matthew J., Sigle, Leah T., Frentiu, Francesca D., Allen, Scott L., Chenoweth, Stephen F. and McGraw, Elizabeth A. (2023). Dengue and chikungunya virus loads in the mosquito Aedes aegypti are determined by distinct genetic architectures. PLoS Pathogens, 19 (4) e1011307, e1011307. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011307
2022
Journal Article
Maintenance of quantitative genetic variance in complex, multitrait phenotypes: the contribution of rare, large effect variants in 2 Drosophila species
Hine, Emma, Runcie, Daniel E., Allen, Scott L., Wang, Yiguan, Chenoweth, Stephen F., Blows, Mark W. and McGuigan, Katrina (2022). Maintenance of quantitative genetic variance in complex, multitrait phenotypes: the contribution of rare, large effect variants in 2 Drosophila species. Genetics, 222 (2) iyac122, 1-17. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyac122
2022
Journal Article
Natural variation at a single gene generates sexual antagonism across fitness components in Drosophila
Rusuwa, Bosco B., Chung, Henry, Allen, Scott L., Frentiu, Francesca D. and Chenoweth, Stephen F. (2022). Natural variation at a single gene generates sexual antagonism across fitness components in Drosophila. Current Biology, 32 (14), 3161-3169.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.038
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2021
Journal Article
Adaptive divergence in shoot gravitropism creates hybrid sterility in an Australian wildflower
Wilkinson, Melanie J., Roda, Federico, Walter, Greg M., James, Maddie E., Nipper, Rick, Walsh, Jessica, Allen, Scott L., North, Henry L., Beveridge, Christine A. and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2021). Adaptive divergence in shoot gravitropism creates hybrid sterility in an Australian wildflower. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (47) e2004901118, e2004901118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2004901118
2021
Other Outputs
R code and input files required to generate figures and tables for BSFG analysis of standing variance in two Drosophila datasets. This dataset is the current version and supercedes any earlier versions.
Hine, Emma, Runcie, Daniel E. , Allen, Scott L. , Wang, Yiguan , Chenoweth, Stephen F. , Blows, Mark W. and McGuigan, Katrina (2021). R code and input files required to generate figures and tables for BSFG analysis of standing variance in two Drosophila datasets. This dataset is the current version and supercedes any earlier versions.. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/a3c5652
2021
Other Outputs
Enrichment analysis results for heritable common factors of Drosophila gene expression
Hine, Emma, Runcie, Daniel E., Allen, Scott L., Wang, Yiguan, Chenoweth, Stephen F., Blows, Mark W. and McGuigan, Katrina (2021). Enrichment analysis results for heritable common factors of Drosophila gene expression. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/90441fc
2021
Journal Article
The impact of artificial selection for Wolbachia-mediated dengue virus blocking on phage WO
Dutra, Heverton L. C., Ford, Suzanne A., Allen, Scott L., Bordenstein, Sarah R., Chenoweth, Stephen F., Bordenstein, Seth R. and McGraw, Elizabeth A. (2021). The impact of artificial selection for Wolbachia-mediated dengue virus blocking on phage WO. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15 (7) e0009637, e0009637. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009637
2021
Journal Article
Highly replicated evolution of parapatric ecotypes
James, Maddie E., Arenas-Castro, Henry, Groh, Jeffrey S., Allen, Scott L., Engelstädter, Jan and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2021). Highly replicated evolution of parapatric ecotypes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38 (11), 4805-4821. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msab207
2021
Other Outputs
Data associated with forthcoming publication - Wilkinson et al. 2021 - "Adaptive divergence in shoot gravitropism creates hybrid sterility in an Australian wildflower"
Wilkinson, Melanie J., Roda, Federico, Walter, Greg M., James, Maddie E., Nipper, Rick, Walsh, Jessica, Allen, Scott L., North, Henry L., Beveridge, Christine A. and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2021). Data associated with forthcoming publication - Wilkinson et al. 2021 - "Adaptive divergence in shoot gravitropism creates hybrid sterility in an Australian wildflower". The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/2c603c6
2021
Other Outputs
R code used to implement Bayesian sparse factor genetic analysis of Drosophila gene expression.
Hine, Emma, Runcie, Daniel E., Allen, Scott L., Wang, Yiguan, Chenoweth, Stephen F., Blows, Mark W. and McGuigan, Katrina (2021). R code used to implement Bayesian sparse factor genetic analysis of Drosophila gene expression.. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/ec9b92c
2021
Other Outputs
Two Drosophila datasets used in the Bayesian sparse factor analysis of standing genetic variance in 3385 gene expression traits
Hine, Emma , Runcie, Daniel E., Allen, Scott L., Wang, Yiguan, Chenoweth, Stephen F. , Blows, Mark W. and McGuigan, Katrina (2021). Two Drosophila datasets used in the Bayesian sparse factor analysis of standing genetic variance in 3385 gene expression traits. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/f3eede4
2020
Journal Article
Artificial selection finds new hypotheses for the mechanism of Wolbachia-mediated dengue blocking in mosquitoes
Ford, Suzanne A., Albert, Istvan, Allen, Scott L., Chenoweth, Stephen F., Jones, Matthew, Koh, Cassandra, Sebastian, Aswathy, Sigle, Leah T. and McGraw, Elizabeth A. (2020). Artificial selection finds new hypotheses for the mechanism of Wolbachia-mediated dengue blocking in mosquitoes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11 1456, 1456. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01456
2019
Journal Article
Selection on Aedes aegypti alters Wolbachia-mediated dengue virus blocking and fitness
Ford, Suzanne A., Allen, Scott L., Ohm, Johanna R., Sigle, Leah T., Sebastian, Aswathy, Albert, Istvan, Chenoweth, Stephen F. and McGraw, Elizabeth A. (2019). Selection on Aedes aegypti alters Wolbachia-mediated dengue virus blocking and fitness. Nature Microbiology, 4 (11), 1832-1839. doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0533-3
2019
Conference Publication
Using evolutionary approaches to dissect the genetic basis of Wolbachia-mediated blocking of dengue virus in Aedes aegypti
Ford, Suzanne, Allen, Scott, Sebastian, Aswathy, Albert, Istvan, Chenoweth, Stephen and McGraw, Elizabeth (2019). Using evolutionary approaches to dissect the genetic basis of Wolbachia-mediated blocking of dengue virus in Aedes aegypti. 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), National Harbor, MD, United States, 20 - 24 November 2019. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.abstract2019
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
The impact of natural selection on genomic variation in natural and experimental populations of Drosophila serrata
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, Professor Steve Chenoweth
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