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Jonathan M. Wright

Jonathan M. Wright

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Jonathan M. Wright is affiliated with the Earlham Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research concentrates primarily on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The focus of their work is especially on plant science, molecular biology, ecology, endocrinology, and insect science.

The scientist's research subjects include chromosomal and genetic variations, wheat and barley genetics and pathology, plant disease resistance and genetics, plant reproductive biology, genomics and phylogenetic studies, forest insect ecology and management, and plant and fungal interactions research.

Jonathan M. Wright has authored several research papers published in notable venues, including:

  • Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding (2020, Nature)
  • A Genome Assembly of the Barley 'Transformation Reference' Cultivar Golden Promise (2020, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics)
  • De novo annotation of the wheat pan-genome reveals complexity and diversity of the hexaploid wheat pan-transcriptome (2024, bioRxiv - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • A genome assembly of the barley 'transformation reference' cultivar Golden Promise (2020, bioRxiv - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Chromosome-scale genome assembly and de novo annotation of Alopecurus aequalis (2024, Scientific Data)

Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, and Scientific Data. The scientist published most frequently in bioRxiv, with four papers.

Jonathan M. Wright has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Bernardo Clavijo
  • David Swarbreck
  • Gemy Kaithakottil
  • Gonzalo Garcia Accinelli
  • Darren Heavens

Best Publications

  • A chromosome-based draft sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome

    Klaus F. X. Mayer;Jane Rogers;Jaroslav Doležel

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon

    John P. Vogel;David F. Garvin;Todd C. Mockler;Jeremy Schmutz

  • Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding.

    Sean Walkowiak;Sean Walkowiak;Liangliang Gao;Cecile Monat;Georg Haberer

  • Rapid analysis of genetic variation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) by PCR multiplexing of dinucleotide and tetranucleotide microsatellites

    P T O'Reilly;L C Hamilton;S K McConnell;J M Wright

  • Microsatellite DNA in fishes

    Michael O'Connell;Jonathan M. Wright

  • KAT: a K-mer analysis toolkit to quality control NGS datasets and genome assemblies.

    Daniel Mapleson;Gonzalo Garcia Accinelli;George Kettleborough;Jonathan Wright

  • An improved assembly and annotation of the allohexaploid wheat genome identifies complete families of agronomic genes and provides genomic evidence for chromosomal translocations

    Bernardo J. Clavijo;Luca Venturini;Christian Schudoma;Gonzalo Garcia Accinelli

  • Microsatellites: genetic markers for the future

    Jonathan M. Wright;Paul Bentzen;Paul Bentzen

  • 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

  • Organization of Microsatellites Differs between Mammals and Cold-water Teleost Fishes

    Amanda L. Brooker;Doug Cook;Paul Bentzen;Jonathan M. Wright

  • Polymorphic microsatellite loci from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): genetic differentiation of North American and European populations

    Stewart K. McConnell;Patrick O'Reilly;Lorraine Hamilton;Jonathan M. Wright

  • Microsatellites from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and their use for genetic study of salmonids

    Dianne B Morris;Kenny R Richard;Jonathan M Wright

  • The evolving technology of DNA fingerprinting and its application to fisheries and aquaculture

    P. OReilly;Jonathan M. Wright

  • DNA fingerprint based analysis of paternal and maternal effects on offspring growth and survival in communally reared rainbow trout

    Christophe M. Herbinger;Roger W. Doyle;Elizabeth R. Pitman;Danielle Paquet

  • Population structure and impact of supportive breeding inferred from mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA analyses in land‐locked Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L.

    N. Tessier;L. Bernatchez;J. M. Wright

  • Patterns of kinship in groups of free-living sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) revealed by multiple molecular genetic analyses.

    K. R. Richard;M. C. Dillon;Hal Whitehead;Jonathan M. Wright

  • Analysis of parentage determination in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) using microsatellites

    P. T. O'Reilly;C. Herbinger;Jonathan M. Wright

  • Genetic architecture and evolution of the S locus supergene in Primula vulgaris.

    Jinhong Li;Jonathan M. Cocker;Jonathan M. Cocker;Jonathan Wright;Margaret A. Webster;Margaret A. Webster

  • Microsatellite DNA analysis of population structure in Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), with direct comparison to allozyme and mtDNA RFLP analyses.

    P W Shaw;C Turan;J M Wright;M O’connell

  • Differentiation of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) populations in Lake Ontario and the evaluation of the stepwise mutation and infinite allele mutation models using microsatellite variability

    Michael O'Connell;Roy G Danzmann;Jean-Marie Cornuet;Jonathan M Wright

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Thisse
Christine Thisse University of Virginia
Bernard Thisse
Bernard Thisse University of Virginia
Paul Bentzen
Paul Bentzen Dalhousie University
Michael W. Bevan
Michael W. Bevan John Innes Centre
Claudio Oliveira
Claudio Oliveira Sao Paulo State University
Ksenia V. Krasileva
Ksenia V. Krasileva University of California, Berkeley
Nils Stein
Nils Stein University of Western Australia
Manuel Spannagl
Manuel Spannagl Helmholtz Zentrum München
David W. Coltman
David W. Coltman University of Western Ontario
Neil Hall
Neil Hall Norwich Research Park

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