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Dr Derek Gatherer

Lecturer

  1. 2005
  2. Published

    Phylogenetic differences in content and intensity of periodic proteins

    Gatherer, D. & McEwan, N. R., 04/2005, In: Journal of Molecular Evolution. 60, 4, p. 447-461 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    On phylogenetic relationships among major lineages of the Gammaherpesvirinae

    McGeoch, D. J., Gatherer, D. & Dolan, A., 02/2005, In: Journal of General Virology. 86, 2, p. 307-316 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Integrating reptilian herpesviruses into the family Herpesviridae

    McGeoch, D. J. & Gatherer, D., 01/2005, In: Journal of Virology. 79, 2, p. 725-731 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Finding a Niche for Memetics in the 21st Century

    Gatherer, D., 2005, In: Journal of Memetics-Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission. 6

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. 2004
  7. Published

    The inherent instability of memetic systems: Use of a genetic algorithm to solve a parameter optimisation problem in a memetic simulation

    Gatherer, D., 1/09/2004, In: Journal of Memetics. 8, 2

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Genetic content of wild-type human cytomegalovirus

    Dolan, A., Cunningham, C., Hector, R. D., Hassan-Walker, A. F., Lee, L., Addison, C., Dargan, D. J., McGeoch, D. J., Gatherer, D., Emery, V. C., Griffiths, P. D., Sinzger, C., McSharry, B. P., Wilkinson, G. W. G. & Davison, A. J., 05/2004, In: Journal of General Virology. 85, 5, p. 1301-1312 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    A reply to the letters of Edmonds (2002) and Duthie (2004): Birth of a Meme: the Origin and Evolution of Collusive Voting Patterns in the Eurovision Song Contest

    Gatherer, D., 1/03/2004, In: Journal of Memetics. 8, 1

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. 2003
  11. Published

    Analysis of sequence periodicity in E-coli proteins: empirical investigation of the "duplication and divergence" theory of protein evolution

    Gatherer, D. & McEwan, N. R., 08/2003, In: Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57, 2, p. 149-158 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 2002
  13. Published
  14. Published

    Identifying cases of social contagion using memetic isolation: comparison of the dynamics of a multisociety simulation with an ethnographic data set

    Gatherer, D., 10/2002, In: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 5, 4, 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    The Spread of Irrational Behaviours by Contagion: An Agent Micro-Simulation

    Gatherer, D., 2002, In: Journal of Memetics-Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission. 6

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. 2000
  17. Published

    Modelling the effects of memetic taboos on genetic homosexuality

    Gatherer, D., 1/12/2000, In: Journal of Memetics. 4, 2, p. 22-40 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    An unusual codon usage pattern in the ciliate family Ophryoscolecidae and its implications for determining the source of cloned DNA

    McEwan, N. R., Gatherer, D., Eschenlauer, S. C. P., McIntosh, F. M., Calza, R. E., Wallace, R. J. & Newbold, C. J., 02/2000, In: Anaerobe. 6, 1, p. 21-28 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. 1999
  20. Published

    A Plea for methodological Darwinism - A commentary on Rose's paper: Controversies in Meme theory

    Gatherer, D., 1/12/1999, In: Journal of Memetics. 3, 1, p. 67-69 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineComment/debatepeer-review

  21. Published

    Reply to the commentaries on my paper: Why the 'thought contagion' metaphor is retarding the progress of memetics

    Gatherer, D., 1/12/1999, In: Journal of Memetics. 3, 1, p. 56-61 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineComment/debatepeer-review

  22. Published

    The case for commentary

    Gatherer, D., 1/12/1999, In: Journal of Memetics. 3, 1, p. 27-29 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineComment/debatepeer-review

  23. Published

    Codon indices as a predictor of gene functionality in a Frankia operon

    McEwan, N. R. & Gatherer, D., 12/1999, In: Canadian Journal of Botany. 77, 9, p. 1287-1292 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. 1998
  25. Published

    On units of selection in cultural evolution

    Gatherer, D. & McEwan, N. R., 7/06/1998, In: Journal of Theoretical Biology. 192, 3, p. 409-413 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Meme pools, World 3, and Averroes's vision of immortality

    Gatherer, D., 06/1998, In: Zygon. 33, 2, p. 203-219 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Nitrogen-fixing aerobic bacteria have higher genomic GC content than non-fixing species within the same genus

    McEwan, C. E., Gatherer, D. & McEwan, N. R., 05/1998, In: Hereditas. 128, 2, p. 173-178 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Correlation of examination performance with lecture attendance: a comparative study of first-year biological sciences undergraduates

    Gatherer, D. & Manning, F. C. R., 04/1998, In: Biochemical Education. 26, 2, p. 121-123 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    The mutational-response index and codon bias in genes horn a Frankia nif operon

    McEwan, N. R. & Gatherer, D., 04/1998, In: Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 96, 5, p. 716-718 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Adaptation of standard spreadsheet software for the analysis of DNA sequences

    McEwan, N. R. & Gatherer, D., 01/1998, In: Biotechniques. 24, 1, p. 131-136, 138 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Why the `Thought Contagion' Metaphor is Retarding the Progress of Memetics

    Gatherer, D., 1998, In: Journal of Memetics-Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission. 2, p. 1-21 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. 1997
  33. Published

    Small regions of preferential codon usage and their effect on overall codon bias: the case of the plp gene

    Gatherer, D. & McEwan, N. R., 09/1997, In: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International. 43, 1, p. 107-114 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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