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Andrew Weeks is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

Weeks's research covers a variety of topics with a focus on environmental and genetic aspects. Key areas of study include Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Identification and Quantification in Food, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, as well as Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control.

Their recent publications demonstrate active engagement in interdisciplinary research. Selected papers include:

  • "Conservation genetics as a management tool: The five best-supported paradigms to assist the management of threatened species" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Unbiased population heterozygosity estimates from genome-wide sequence data" (2021), published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Genetic mixing for population management: From genetic rescue to provenancing" (2020), published in Evolutionary Applications
  • "Opportunities and challenges in assessing climate change vulnerability through genomics" (2021), published in Cell
  • "Multispecies models reveal that eDNA metabarcoding is more sensitive than backpack electrofishing for conducting fish surveys in freshwater streams" (2020), published in Molecular Ecology

Weeks collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Anthony van Rooyen, Ary A. Hoffmann, Thomas L. Schmidt, Adam D. Miller, and Rhys A. Coleman.

Their work has been published in multiple scientific venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • Environmental DNA
  • Biological Conservation

Best Publications

  • Assessing the benefits and risks of translocations in changing environments : a genetic perspective

    Andrew R. Weeks;Carla M. Sgro;Andrew G. Young;Richard Frankham

  • Active versus expectant management for women in the third stage of labour

    Cecily M Begley;Gillian M L Gyte;Declan Devane;William McGuire

  • Oral misoprostol for induction of labour

    Zarko Alfirevic;Nasreen Aflaifel;Andrew Weeks

  • Shifting paradigms in restoration of the world's coral reefs

    Madeleine Jh van Oppen;Madeleine Jh van Oppen;Ruth D Gates;Linda L Blackall;Neal Cantin

  • A Rapid Shift in a Classic Clinal Pattern in Drosophila Reflecting Climate Change

    Paul Anthony Umina;Andrew R Weeks;Andrew R Weeks;Michael R Kearney;Michael R Kearney;Stephen William McKechnie;Stephen William McKechnie

  • From parasite to mutualist: rapid evolution of Wolbachia in natural populations of Drosophila.

    Andrew R Weeks;Michael Turelli;William R Harcombe;K. Tracy Reynolds

  • Pelvic Girdle Pain and Low Back Pain in Pregnancy: A Review

    Era Vermani;Rajnish Mittal;Andrew Weeks

  • Incidence of a new sex-ratio-distorting endosymbiotic bacterium among arthropods

    Andrew R. Weeks;Robert Velten;Richard Stouthamer

  • A mite species that consists entirely of haploid females.

    Andrew R. Weeks;Frantisek Marec;Johannes A. J. Breeuwer

  • Active versus expectant management for women in the third stage of labour - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

    Cecily M Begley;Gillian Ml Gyte;Declan Devane;William McGuire

  • Chromosomal inversion polymorphisms and adaptation.

    Ary A Hoffmann;Carla Maria Sgro;Andrew R Weeks

  • Climatic selection on genes and traits after a 100 year-old invasion: a critical look at the temperate-tropical clines in Drosophila melanogaster from eastern Australia

    Ary A Hoffmann;Andrew R Weeks

  • “We have to clean ourselves to ensure that our children are healthy and beautiful”: findings from a qualitative assessment of a hand hygiene poster in rural Uganda

    B L Harrison;C Ogara;M Gladstone;E D Carrol

  • Effect of metformin on maternal and fetal outcomes in obese pregnant women (EMPOWaR): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Carolyn Chiswick;Rebecca M Reynolds;Fiona Denison;Amanda J Drake

  • Fibrin-based clot formation as an early and rapid biomarker for progression of postpartum hemorrhage: a prospective study

    Peter W. Collins;Peter W. Collins;Graeme Lilley;Daniel Bruynseels;David Burkett-St. Laurent

  • Wolbachia-induced parthenogenesis in a genus of phytophagous mites.

    A. R. Weeks;J. A. J. Breeuwer

  • The prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage: what do we know, and where do we go to next?

    Andrew Weeks

  • Dynamics of the “Popcorn” Wolbachia Infection in Outbred Aedes aegypti Informs Prospects for Mosquito Vector Control

    Heng Lin Yeap;Peter Mee;Thomas Walker;Andrew R. Weeks

  • A framework for incorporating evolutionary genomics into biodiversity conservation and management

    Ary Anthony Hoffmann;Philippa C Griffin;Shannon Dillon;Renee A Catullo

  • Wolbachia dynamics and host effects: what has (and has not) been demonstrated?

    Andrew R. Weeks;K. Tracy Reynolds;Ary A. Hoffmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Ary A. Hoffmann
Ary A. Hoffmann University of Melbourne
Zarko Alfirevic
Zarko Alfirevic University of Liverpool
Brian R. Walker
Brian R. Walker Newcastle University
Reid Tingley
Reid Tingley University of Melbourne
Peter Collins
Peter Collins Cardiff University
Sarah Cunningham-Burley
Sarah Cunningham-Burley University of Edinburgh
Alan Haycox
Alan Haycox University of Liverpool
Lelia Duley
Lelia Duley University of Nottingham
Carla M. Sgrò
Carla M. Sgrò Monash University
Pauline Slade
Pauline Slade University of Liverpool

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