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127

Overview

Paul Sunnucks is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as environmental science. Their research prominently covers genetics, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, molecular biology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their work addresses several key research topics including genetic diversity and population structure, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, fish ecology and management studies, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, wildlife ecology and conservation, and species distribution and climate change.

Paul Sunnucks has published frequently in a number of scientific journals. The main publication venues include Biological Conservation, Conservation Genetics, Molecular Ecology, Evolutionary Applications, and Molecular Ecology Resources.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul Sunnucks include:

  • "Genetic rescue: A critique of the evidence supports maximizing genetic diversity rather than minimizing the introduction of putatively harmful genetic variation" (2020, Biological Conservation)
  • "Integrating Mitochondrial Aerobic Metabolism into Ecology and Evolution" (2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • "To mix or not to mix gene pools for threatened species management? Few studies use genetic data to examine the risks of both actions, but failing to do so leads disproportionately to recommendations for separate management" (2021, Biological Conservation)
  • "Accounting for cryptic population substructure enhances detection of inbreeding depression with genomic inbreeding coefficients: an example from a critically endangered marsupial" (2020, Molecular Ecology)
  • "Chromosome-length genome assembly and linkage map of a critically endangered Australian bird: the helmeted honeyeater" (2022, GigaScience)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Paul Sunnucks include Alexandra Pavlova, Diana A. Robledo-Ruiz, Han Ming Gan, Catherine E. Grueber, and Michael J. L. Magrath.

Best Publications

  • Efficient genetic markers for population biology.

    Paul J Sunnucks

  • Numerous transposed sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I-II in aphids of the genus Sitobion (Hemiptera: Aphididae).

    Paul Sunnucks;Dinah F. Hales

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

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

  • SSCP is not so difficult: the application and utility of single-stranded conformation polymorphism in evolutionary biology and molecular ecology.

    Paul James Sunnucks;Alex C Wilson;Luciano B Beheregaray;K Zenger

  • Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations

    Richard Frankham;Richard Frankham;Jonathan D Ballou;Katherine Ralls;Mark D B Eldridge

  • Call for a Paradigm Shift in the Genetic Management of Fragmented Populations

    Katherine Ralls;Jonathan D. Ballou;Michele R. Dudash;Mark D. B. Eldridge

  • 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

  • Ecology and evolution of sex in aphids.

    Jean-Christophe Simon;Claude Rispe;Paul James Sunnucks

  • Using genomics to characterize evolutionary potential for conservation of wild populations.

    Katherine A. Harrisson;Alexandra Pavlova;Marina Telonis‐Scott;Paul Sunnucks

  • Genetic structure of an aphid studied using microsatellites: cyclic parthenogenesis, differentiated lineages and host specialization

    P. Sunnucks;P. J. De Barro;G. Lushai;N. MacLean

  • The impact of habitat fragmentation on dispersal of Cunningham's skink (Egernia cunninghami): evidence from allelic and genotypic analyses of microsatellites

    A. J. Stow;P. Sunnucks;D. A. Briscoe;M. G. Gardner

  • Evolutionary refugia and ecological refuges: key concepts for conserving Australian arid zone freshwater biodiversity under climate change.

    Jennifer Ann Davis;Alexandra Pavlova;Ross Thompson;Paul Sunnucks

  • Reproductive mode and population genetic structure of the cereal aphid Sitobion avenae studied using phenotypic and microsatellite markers

    J.‐C. Simon;S. Baumann;P. Sunnucks;P. D. N. Hebert

  • Fine‐scale genetic structure, estuarine colonization and incipient speciation in the marine silverside fish Odontesthes argentinensis

    Luciano B Beheregaray;Paul James Sunnucks

  • Genetic rescue: a critique of the evidence supports maximizing genetic diversity rather than minimizing the introduction of putatively harmful genetic variation

    Katherine Ralls;Paul Sunnucks;Robert C. Lacy;Richard Frankham;Richard Frankham

  • Evolutionary and genetic aspects of aphid biology: A review

    D.F. Hales;J Tomiuk;K Woehrmann;P Sunnucks

  • Severe consequences of habitat fragmentation on genetic diversity of an endangered Australian freshwater fish: A call for assisted gene flow

    Alexandra Pavlova;Luciano Bellagamba Beheregaray;Rhys Coleman;Dean M Gilligan

  • Microsatellite and Chromosome Evolution of Parthenogenetic Sitobion Aphids in Australia

    Paul Sunnucks;Phillip R. England;Andrea C. Taylor;Dinah F. Hales

  • Migration and genetic structure of the grain aphid (Sitobion avenae) in Britain related to climate and clonal fluctuation as revealed using microsatellites.

    K S Llewellyn;H D Loxdale;Richard Harrington;C P Brookes

  • Environmentally related patterns of reproductive modes in the aphid Myzus persicae and the predominance of two ‘superclones’ in Victoria, Australia

    Christoph Vorburger;Melanie Louise Lancaster;Paul James Sunnucks

  • A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations

    Richard Frankham;Richard Frankham;Jonathan D. Ballou;Katherine Ralls;Mark D. B. Eldridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea C. Taylor
Andrea C. Taylor Monash University
Richard Frankham
Richard Frankham Macquarie University
Ross M. Thompson
Ross M. Thompson University of Canberra
Katherine Ralls
Katherine Ralls Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Robert C. Lacy
Robert C. Lacy Chicago Zoological Society
Mark D. B. Eldridge
Mark D. B. Eldridge Australian Museum
Jonathan D. Ballou
Jonathan D. Ballou Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Luciano B. Beheregaray
Luciano B. Beheregaray Flinders University
Charles B. Fenster
Charles B. Fenster South Dakota State University
Simon D. Goldsworthy
Simon D. Goldsworthy South Australian Research and Development Institute

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