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Dorothy A. Steane

Dorothy A. Steane

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Ecology and Evolution

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41
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6787
World Ranking
5828
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Overview

Dorothy A. Steane is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their work spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Environmental Science, focusing prominently on Genetics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Additional areas of study include Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Cell Biology.

Their research covers several main topics, notably genetic diversity and population structure, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, forest ecology and management, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, and plant pathogens and fungal diseases.

Steane has contributed to publications in several academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Forests
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Ecological Management & Restoration
  • Annals of Botany
  • Ecology and Evolution

Recent papers by Steane include:

  • "Regarding the F-word: The effects of data filtering on inferred genotype-environment associations," 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "Embedding genetics experiments in restoration to guide plant choice for a degraded landscape with a changing climate," 2021, Ecological Management & Restoration
  • "Expansion of the rare Eucalyptus risdonii under climate change through hybridization with a closely related species despite hybrid inferiority," 2021, Annals of Botany
  • "Genomic divergence in sympatry indicates strong reproductive barriers and cryptic species within Eucalyptus salubris," 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Molecular insights into the dynamics of species invasion by hybridisation in Tasmanian eucalypts," 2023, Molecular Ecology

Steane frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • René E. Vaillancourt
  • BM Potts
  • Peter A. Harrison
  • Rebecca Jordan
  • Suzanne M. Prober

Best Publications

  • The genome of Eucalyptus grandis

    Alexander Andrew Myburg;Dario Grattapaglia;Dario Grattapaglia;Gerald A. Tuskan;Gerald A. Tuskan;Uffe Hellsten

  • Radiation of the Australian flora: what can comparisons of molecular phylogenies across multiple taxa tell us about the evolution of diversity in present–day communities?

    Michael D. Crisp;Lyn G. Cook;Dorothy A. Steane

  • Decline of a biome: Evolution, contraction, fragmentation, extinction and invasion of the Australian mesic zone biota

    Margaret Byrne;Dorothy Steane;Leo Joseph;David K. Yeates

  • Climate-adjusted provenancing: a strategy for climate-resilient ecological restoration

    Suzanne Mary Prober;Margaret Byrne;Elizabeth H McLean;Dorothy A Steane;Dorothy A Steane

  • The potential of genomics for restoring ecosystems and biodiversity.

    Martin F Breed;Peter A Harrison;Colette Blyth;Margaret Byrne

  • A high-density Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) microarray for genome-wide genotyping in Eucalyptus

    Carolina P. Sansaloni;Carolina P. Sansaloni;Cesar D. Petroli;Cesar D. Petroli;Jason Carling;Corey J. Hudson

  • A geographic mosaic of genetic variation within a foundation tree species and its community-level consequences.

    Robert C. Barbour;Julianne M. O'Reilly-Wapstra;David W. De Little;Gregory J. Jordan

  • Plasticity of functional traits varies clinally along a rainfall gradient in Eucalyptus tricarpa

    Elizabeth H. Mclean;Suzanne M. Prober;William D. Stock;Dorothy A. Steane;Dorothy A. Steane

  • Glacial refugia and reticulate evolution: the case of the Tasmanian eucalypts

    Gregory J. Jordan;René E. Vaillancourt;Dorothy A. Steane

  • Population genetic analysis and phylogeny reconstruction in Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) using high-throughput, genome-wide genotyping.

    Dorothy A. Steane;Dean Nicolle;Carolina P. Sansaloni;Carolina P. Sansaloni;Cesar D. Petroli;Cesar D. Petroli

  • Complete nucleotide sequence of the chloroplast genome from the Tasmanian Blue Gum, Eucalyptus globulus (Myrtaceae)

    Dorothy A. Steane

  • EXPLORATION OF THE EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS GENE POOL

    BM Potts;RE Vaillancourt;GJ Jordan;GW Dutkowski

  • Parallel evolution of dwarf ecotypes in the forest tree Eucalyptus globulus

    Susan A. Foster;Dorothy A. Steane;Brad M. Potts

  • A comparative analysis of population structure of a forest tree, Eucalyptus globulus (Myrtaceae), using microsatellite markers and quantitative traits

    Dorothy A. Steane;Natalie Conod;Rebecca C. Jones;René E. Vaillancourt

  • Genome‐wide scans detect adaptation to aridity in a widespread forest tree species

    Dorothy A. Steane;Dorothy A. Steane;Brad M. Potts;Elizabeth McLean;Suzanne M. Prober

  • Chloroplast DNA phylogeography of Eucalyptus globulus

    J. S. Freeman;H. D. Jackson;D. A. Steane;G. E. McKinnon

  • Development and Characterisation of Microsatellite Loci in Eucalyptus globulus (Myrtaceae)

    DA Steane;RE Vaillancourt;J Russell;W Powell

  • ITS sequence data resolve higher level relationships among the eucalypts.

    DA Steane;GE McKinnon;RE Vaillancourt;BM Potts

  • Incongruence between chloroplast and species phylogenies in Eucalyptus subgenus Monocalyptus (Myrtaceae).

    Dorothy A. Steane;Bradley M. Potts;Rene´ E. Vaillancourt

  • Further disintegration and redefinition of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae): implications for the understanding of the evolution of an intriguing breeding strategy.

    Yao Wu Yuan;Yao Wu Yuan;David J. Mabberley;David J. Mabberley;Dorothy A. Steane;Richard G. Olmstead

  • Phylogenetic relationships between Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae) and other Ajugoid genera inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data

    Dorothy A. Steane;Rogier P.J. de Kok;Richard G. Olmstead

Frequent Co-Authors

René E. Vaillancourt
René E. Vaillancourt University of Tasmania
Brad M. Potts
Brad M. Potts University of Tasmania
Margaret Byrne
Margaret Byrne University of Western Australia
Dario Grattapaglia
Dario Grattapaglia Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Suzanne M. Prober
Suzanne M. Prober Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
William D. Stock
William D. Stock Edith Cowan University
Richard G. Olmstead
Richard G. Olmstead University of Washington
Gregory J. Jordan
Gregory J. Jordan University of Tasmania
Andrzej Kilian
Andrzej Kilian Diversity Arrays Technology
James B. Reid
James B. Reid University of Tasmania

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