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David W. Coltman is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their research spans several subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cancer Research, and Molecular Biology. Key topics covered in their work include genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, animal behavior and reproduction, animal ecology and behavior studies, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, wildlife ecology and conservation, genetic diversity and population structure, and genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals.

David W. Coltman frequently publishes in notable scientific journals. The venues with multiple publications include:

  • Molecular Ecology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Several recent papers by David W. Coltman illustrate their research focus:

  • Whole-genome resequencing of wild and domestic sheep identifies genes associated with morphological and agronomic traits, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Whole-Genome Resequencing of Worldwide Wild and Domestic Sheep Elucidates Genetic Diversity, Introgression, and Agronomically Important Loci, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals, 2022, Science
  • Historical Introgression from Wild Relatives Enhanced Climatic Adaptation and Resistance to Pneumonia in Sheep, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Whole-genome sequence analysis unveils different origins of European and Asiatic mouflon and domestication-related genes in sheep, 2021, Communications Biology

David W. Coltman collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, which include Stan Boutin, Andrew G. McAdam, Jeffrey E. Lane, Ben Dantzer, and Ali Esmailizadeh. These collaborations reflect an interdisciplinary approach bridging ecology, genetics, and animal behavior studies.

Best Publications

  • Undesirable evolutionary consequences of trophy hunting

    David W. Coltman;Paul O'Donoghue;Jon T. Jorgenson;John T. Hogg

  • Parasite-mediated selection against inbred Soay sheep in a free-living, island population

    David W. Coltman;Jill G. Pilkington;Judith A. Smith;josephine M. Pemberton

  • Of glaciers and refugia: a decade of study sheds new light on the phylogeography of northwestern North America.

    Aaron B. A. Shafer;Catherine I. Cullingham;Steeve D. Côté;David W. Coltman

  • A quantitative review of heterozygosity–fitness correlations in animal populations

    J. R. Chapman;S. Nakagawa;D. W. Coltman;J. Slate

  • Seasonal, spatial, and maternal effects on gut microbiome in wild red squirrels.

    Tiantian Ren;Stan Boutin;Murray M. Humphries;Ben Dantzer

  • Mountain pine beetle host-range expansion threatens the boreal forest

    Catherine I. Cullingham;Janice E. K. Cooke;Sophie Dang;Corey S. Davis

  • Age-dependent sexual selection in bighorn rams

    D. W. Coltman;D. W. Coltman;M. Festa-Bianchet;J. T. Jorgenson;C. Strobeck

  • Sex-specific genetic variance and the evolution of sexual dimorphism: a systematic review of cross-sex genetic correlations.

    Jocelyn Poissant;Alastair J. Wilson;David W. Coltman

  • Overt and covert competition in a promiscuous mammal: the importance of weaponry and testes size to male reproductive success.

    B. T. Preston;I. R. Stevenson;J. M. Pemberton;D. W. Coltman

  • Birth weight and neonatal survival of harbour seal pups are positively correlated with genetic variation measured by microsatellites

    DW Coltman;WD Bowen;Jonathan M. Wright

  • Whole-genome resequencing of wild and domestic sheep identifies genes associated with morphological and agronomic traits

    Xin Li;Ji Yang;Ji Yang;Min Shen;Xing-Long Xie

  • MICROSATELLITE MEASURES OF INBREEDING: A META‐ANALYSIS

    D. W. Coltman;J. Slate

  • Environmental coupling of selection and heritability limits evolution.

    Alastair Wilson;Josephine Pemberton;Jill Pilkington;D. W. Coltman

  • Performance of Marker-Based Relatedness Estimators in Natural Populations of Outbred Vertebrates

    Katalin Csilléry;Toby Johnson;Dario Beraldi;Tim Clutton-Brock

  • Male personality, life‐history strategies and reproductive success in a promiscuous mammal

    D. Réale;J. Martin;D. W. Coltman;J. Poissant

  • A microsatellite polymorphism in the gamma interferon gene is associated with resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes in a naturally-parasitized population of Soay sheep.

    D. Coltman;Kenneth Wilson;J. G. Pilkington;M. J. Stear

  • Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals

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  • Whole-Genome Resequencing of Worldwide Wild and Domestic Sheep Elucidates Genetic Diversity, Introgression, and Agronomically Important Loci

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  • Male reproductive success in a promiscuous mammal: behavioural estimates compared with genetic paternity.

    D. W. Coltman;D. R. Bancroft;A. Robertson;J. A. Smith

  • Intense selective hunting leads to artificial evolution in horn size.

    Gabriel Pigeon;Marco Festa‐Bianchet;David W. Coltman;Fanie Pelletier

  • Maternal genetic effects set the potential for evolution in a free-living vertebrate population.

    Alastair Wilson;D W Coltman;Josephine Pemberton;A D J Overall

  • Positive genetic correlation between parasite resistance and body size in a free-living ungulate population.

    D. Coltman;D. Coltman;J. G. Pilkington;L. E. B. Kruuk;Kenneth Wilson

  • Bovine microsatellite loci are highly conserved in red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon) and Soay sheep (Ovis aries)

    J. Slate;D. W. Coltman;S. J. Goodman;I. MacLean

  • Age-dependent genetic effects on a secondary sexual trait in male Alpine ibex, Capra ibex.

    Achaz Von Hardenberg;Bruno Bassano;Marco Festa-Bianchet;Gordon Luikart

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Festa-Bianchet
Marco Festa-Bianchet Université de Sherbrooke
Stan Boutin
Stan Boutin University of Alberta
Andrew G. McAdam
Andrew G. McAdam University of Colorado Boulder
Josephine M. Pemberton
Josephine M. Pemberton University of Edinburgh
Fanie Pelletier
Fanie Pelletier Université de Sherbrooke
Murray M. Humphries
Murray M. Humphries McGill University
Steeve D. Côté
Steeve D. Côté Université Laval
Alastair J. Wilson
Alastair J. Wilson University of Exeter
Jill G. Pilkington
Jill G. Pilkington University of Edinburgh
Janice E. K. Cooke
Janice E. K. Cooke University of Alberta

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