Research interests
1. Conservation Genetics. Senior author of 'Introduction to Conservation Genetics' and 'A Primer of Conservation Genetics'.
2. Population viability analysis and minimum viable population sizes.

Contemporary Evolution of Reproductive Isolation and Phenotypic Divergence in Sympatry along a Migratory Divide. Rolshausen G, Segelbacher G, Hobson KA, Schaefer HM Curr Biol 2009 Dec 2 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 12 Jan 2010 The evolution of growth rates on an expanding range edge. Phillips BL Biol Lett 2009 Dec 23 5(6):802-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Richard Frankham / Carl Bergstrom Evaluated 15 Dec 2009 Fundamental evolutionary limits in ecological traits drive Drosophila species distributions. Kellermann V, van Heerwaarden B, Sgrò CM, Hoffmann AA Science 2009 Sep 4 325(5945):1244-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Richard Frankham / Andrew Hendry Evaluated 7 Dec 2009 Promiscuous females avoid inbreeding by controlling sperm storage. Bretman A, Newcombe D, Tregenza T Mol Ecol 2009 Aug 18(16):3340-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 14 Oct 2009 Impacts of inbreeding on bumblebee colony fitness under field conditions. Whitehorn PR, Tinsley MC, …, Darvill B, Goulson D BMC Evol Biol 2009 9:152 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 18 Sep 2009 Is there a molecular key to the level of "biological species" in eukaryotes? A DNA guide. Coleman AW Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009 Jan 50(1):197-203 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 1 Sep 2009 A meta-analysis of local adaptation in plants. Leimu R, Fischer M PLoS ONE 2008 3(12):e4010 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 20 Apr 2009 Small effective population sizes in two planktonic freshwater copepod species (Eudiaptomus) with apparently large census sizes. Zeller M, Reusch TB, Lampert W J Evol Biol 2008 Nov 21(6):1755-62 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 7 Jan 2009 Being abundant is not enough: a decrease in effective population size over eight generations in a Norwegian population of the seaweed, Fucus serratus. Coyer JA, Hoarau G, Sjøtun K, Olsen JL Biol Lett 2008 Dec 23 4(6):755-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 30 Oct 2008 Population bottlenecks increase additive genetic variance but do not break a selection limit in rain forest Drosophila. van Heerwaarden B, Willi Y, Kristensen TN, Hoffmann AA Genetics 2008 Aug 179(4):2135-46 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 12 Sep 2008 To what extent do microsatellite markers reflect genome-wide genetic diversity in natural populations? Väli U, Einarsson A, Waits L, Ellegren H Mol Ecol 2008 Jul 18 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 9 Sep 2008 The automation and evaluation of nested clade phylogeographic analysis. Panchal M, Beaumont MA Evolution Int J Org Evolution 2007 Jun 61(6):1466-80 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | John Jaenike / Mike Ritchie / Richard Frankham Evaluated 14 Aug 2008 Ancestral monogamy shows kin selection is key to the evolution of eusociality. Hughes WO, Oldroyd BP, Beekman M, Ratnieks FL Science 2008 May 30 320(5880):1213-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Laurent Keller / Richard Frankham Evaluated 5 Aug 2008 Volcanic carbon dioxide vents show ecosystem effects of ocean acidification. Hall-Spencer JM, Rodolfo-Metalpa R, …, Tedesco D, Buia MC Nature 2008 Jul 3 454(7200):96-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Robert Paine / Edward Laws / Richard Frankham / Sophia Johannessen and Robie Macdonald Evaluated 1 Aug 2008 Founding events in species invasions: genetic variation, adaptive evolution, and the role of multiple introductions. Dlugosch KM, Parker IM Mol Ecol 2008 Jan 17(1):431-49 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 12 May 2008 Mating trials validate the use of DNA barcoding to reveal cryptic speciation of a marine bryozoan taxon. Gómez A, Wright PJ, …, Carvalho GR, Hughes RN Proc Biol Sci 2007 Jan 22 274(1607):199-207 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 12 May 2008 Incipient speciation by divergent adaptation and antagonistic epistasis in yeast. Dettman JR, Sirjusingh C, Kohn LM, Anderson JB Nature 2007 May 31 447(7144):585-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Deborah Charlesworth / Richard Frankham Evaluated 15 Jan 2008 Reproductive success of captive-bred steelhead trout in the wild: evaluation of three hatchery programs in the Hood river. Araki H, Ardren WR, …, Cooper B, Blouin MS Conserv Biol 2007 Feb 21(1):181-90 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 17 Apr 2007 What is the fitness outcome of crossing unrelated fish populations? A meta-analysis and an evaluation of future research directions. McClelland EK, Naish KA Conserv Genet 2007 8:397-416 [full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 17 Apr 2007 Comment on "Population size does not influence mitochondrial genetic diversity in animals". Mulligan CJ, Kitchen A, Miyamoto MM Science 2006 Dec 1 314(5804):1390 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 26 Jan 2007 Global genetic change tracks global climate warming in Drosophila subobscura. Balanyá J, Oller JM, …, Gilchrist GW, Serra L Science 2006 Sep 22 313(5794):1773-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 21 Nov 2006 Amplification of DNA from preserved specimens shows blowflies were preadapted for the rapid evolution of insecticide resistance. Hartley CJ, Newcomb RD, …, La Salle J, Oakeshott JG Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Jun 6 103(23):8757-62 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 21 Nov 2006 Plant genotypic diversity predicts community structure and governs an ecosystem process. Crutsinger GM, Collins MD, …, Nice CC, Sanders NJ Science 2006 Aug 18 313(5789):966-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Oswald Schmitz / Richard Frankham / Virginia Dale Evaluated 4 Sep 2006 Genetic rescue of an insular population of large mammals. Hogg JT, Forbes SH, Steele BM, Luikart G Proc Biol Sci 2006 Jun 22 273(1593):1491-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Fred Allendorf / Richard Frankham Evaluated 31 Aug 2006 Combining probability from independent tests: the weighted Z-method is superior to Fisher's approach. Whitlock MC J Evol Biol 2005 Sep 18(5):1368-73 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | John Jaenike / Richard Frankham Evaluated 4 Aug 2006 All possible modes of gene action are observed in a global comparison of gene expression in a maize F1 hybrid and its inbred parents. Swanson-Wagner RA, Jia Y, …, Nettleton D, Schnable PS Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 May 2 103(18):6805-10 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 31 Jul 2006 Very low additive genetic variance and evolutionary potential in multiple populations of two rainforest Drosophila species. Kellermann VM, Van Heerwaarden B, Hoffmann AA, Sgrò CM Evolution Int J Org Evolution 2006 May 60(5):1104-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 19 Jun 2006 Molecular-level variation affects population growth in a butterfly metapopulation. Hanski I, Saccheri I PLoS Biol 2006 May 4(5):e129 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Fred Allendorf / Richard Frankham / James Cronin Evaluated 19 Jun 2006 Population size does not influence mitochondrial genetic diversity in animals. Bazin E, Glémin S, Galtier N Science 2006 Apr 28 312(5773):570-2 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | John Jaenike / David Rand / Rafael Zardoya / Richard Frankham / Ary Hoffmann Evaluated 17 May 2006 An invasive species induces rapid adaptive change in a native predator: cane toads and black snakes in Australia. Phillips BL, Shine R Proc Biol Sci 2006 Jun 22 273(1593):1545-50 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham / John Thompson Evaluated 9 May 2006 Exotic taxa less related to native species are more invasive. Strauss SY, Webb CO, Salamin N Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Apr 11 103(15):5841-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham / Mark Lonsdale Evaluated 20 Apr 2006 The nature of plant species. Rieseberg LH, Wood TE, Baack EJ Nature 2006 Mar 23 440(7083):524-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Richard Frankham / Thomas Mitchell-Olds / Elizabeth Kellogg Evaluated 28 Mar 2006 Ecological divergence exhibits consistently positive associations with reproductive isolation across disparate taxa. Funk DJ, Nosil P, Etges WJ Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Feb 28 103(9):3209-13 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 13 Mar 2006 Invasion and the evolution of speed in toads. Phillips BL, Brown GP, Webb JK, Shine R Nature 2006 Feb 16 439(7078):803 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Richard Frankham / Bryan Neff / Barry Brook / Ary Hoffmann Evaluated 21 Feb 2006 Outbred embryos rescue inbred half-siblings in mixed-paternity broods of live-bearing females. Zeh JA, Zeh DW Nature 2006 Jan 12 439(7073):201-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Rebecca Kilner / Richard Frankham Evaluated 16 Feb 2006 Prioritizing species conservation: does the Cape Verde kite exist? Johnson JA, Watson RT, Mindell DP Proc Biol Sci 2005 Jul 7 272(1570):1365-71 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 11 Nov 2005 The application of statistical physics to evolutionary biology. Sella G, Hirsh AE Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Jul 5 102(27):9541-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 26 Sep 2005 Complementary sex determination substantially increases extinction proneness of haplodiploid populations. Zayed A, Packer L Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Jul 26 102(30):10742-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Fred Allendorf / Richard Frankham / Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter / Maurice Sabelis Evaluated 22 Aug 2005 A rapid shift in a classic clinal pattern in Drosophila reflecting climate change. Umina PA, Weeks AR, …, McKechnie SW, Hoffmann AA Science 2005 Apr 29 308(5722):691-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham / David Rand / Bryant McAllister / John True Evaluated 5 May 2005 Ecosystem recovery after climatic extremes enhanced by genotypic diversity. Reusch TB, Ehlers A, Hämmerli A, Worm B Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Feb 22 102(8):2826-31 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Gregor Fussmann / Richard Frankham Evaluated 29 Apr 2005 Genetic consequences of tropical second-growth forest regeneration. Sezen UU, Chazdon RL, Holsinger KE Science 2005 Feb 11 307(5711):891 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Richard Frankham Evaluated 25 Feb 2005

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