Dowton, Mark - University of Wollongong - School of Biological Sciences

个人简介

Academic Degrees 1983 BSc (Hons), Sydney University 1987 PhD, Sydney University Current/Recent Research Grants ARC Discovery (2005-2007): The evolution of multipartite mitochondrial genomes in the cyst-forming nematodes. $180,000 ARC Discovery (2005-2007): Structural reorganization of the hymenopteran mitochondrial genome. $180,000 ARC Near Miss (2008) The discovery of protein-coding genes for phylogenetics. $8,000 ARC Linkage (2008-2011) Minimum death time estimates in forensic investigations. $300,000 Australian Companion Animal Health Foundation (2011) Genetic variants of damage-associated molecular pattern receptor P2X7 in dogs. $7,000 Hermon Slade Foundation (2012) Evolution of sociality in coral reef fishes. $87,000

研究领域

Mitochondrial genome biology Recombination in mitochondria Evolutionary relationships among Hymenoptera Phylogenetic analysis Mitochondrial gene rearrangements Molecular diagnostics of forensically important insects

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Mao M, Valerio A, Austin AD, Dowton M, Johnson NF (2012) The first mitochondrial genome for the wasp superfamily Platygastroidea: the egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis. Genome 55: 194-204. Hoolahan AH, Blok VC, Gibson T, Dowton M (2012) A comparison of three molecular markers for the identification of populations of Globodera pallida. Journal of Nematology 44: 7-17. Meiklejohn KA,∙ Dowton M, Wallman JF (2012) Notes on the distribution of 31 species of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) in Australia, including new records in Australia for eight species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 136:56-64. Hoolahan AH, Gibson T, Phillips MS, Blok VC, Dowton M (2012) Evidence of animal mtDNA recombination between divergent populations of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida. Genetica 140: 20-29. Meiklejohn KA, Wallman JF,∙Cameron S, Dowton M (2012) Comprehensive evaluation of DNA barcoding for the molecular species identification of forensically important Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera). Invertebrate Systematics 26: 515-525. Nelson LA, Lambkin CL, Batterham P, Wallman JF, Dowton M, Whiting MF, Yeates DK, Cameron SL (2012) Beyond barcoding: A mitochondrial genomics approach to molecular phylogenetics and diagnostics of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Gene 511: 131-142. Meiklejohn KA, Wallman JF, Dowton M (2013) DNA barcoding identifies all immature life stages of a forensically important flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Journal of Forensic Science 58: 184-187. Meiklejohn KA, Dowton M, Pape T, Wallman JF (2013) A key to the Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) with special emphasis on Sarcophaga (sensu lato). Zootaxa in press (March 2013). Meiklejohn KA, Wallman JF,∙Cameron S, Dowton M (2013) Utility of COI, CAD and morphological data for resolving relationships within the genus Sarcophaga (sensu lato) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): a preliminary study. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution in press (1st May, 2013)