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Phillip C. Watts is affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their work integrates molecular approaches with ecological and environmental perspectives.

Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Infectious Diseases, and Global and Planetary Change. The main topics of their scientific focus are diverse, encompassing gut microbiota and health, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, animal behavior and reproduction, fish ecology and management studies, physiological and biochemical adaptations, radioactive contamination and transfer, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

Among the recent papers featuring Phillip C. Watts are:

  • Standardized multi-omics of Earth's microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity (2022, Nature Microbiology)
  • Does Intraspecific Variation in rDNA Copy Number Affect Analysis of Microbial Communities? (2020, Trends in Microbiology)
  • Applying the Anna Karenina principle for wild animal gut microbiota: Temporal stability of the bank vole gut microbiota in a disturbed environment (2020, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • Natural selection mediated by seasonal time constraints increases the alignment between evolvability and developmental plasticity (2020, Evolution)
  • Urban forest soils harbour distinct and more diverse communities of bacteria and fungi compared to less disturbed forest soils (2022, Molecular Ecology)

Frequent collaborators include Anton Lavrinienko, Tapio Mappes, Eugene Tukalenko, Timothy A. Mousseau, and Daniel E. Sadler. This network reflects a multidisciplinary approach across various ecological and microbiological disciplines.

The scientist publishes regularly in prominent venues such as Molecular Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology, JYX, npj Biodiversity, and The Science of The Total Environment, suggesting a consistent contribution to journals that blend ecological research with molecular and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Parthenogenesis in Komodo dragons

    Phillip C. Watts;Kevin R. Buley;Stephanie Sanderson;Wayne Boardman

  • Standardized multi-omics of Earth’s microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity

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  • Compatible genetic and ecological estimates of dispersal rates in insect (Coenagrion mercuriale: Odonata: Zygoptera) populations: analysis of ‘neighbourhood size’ using a more precise estimator

    Phillip C Watts;Fran{ c c}ois Rousset;Ilik J Saccheri;Raphaël Leblois

  • Exploited marine invertebrates: genetics and fisheries

    J. P. Thorpe;A. M. Solé-Cava;A. M. Solé-Cava;P. C. Watts

  • Molecular and ecological evidence for small-scale isolation by distance in an endangered damselfly, Coenagrion mercuriale

    P C Watts;J R Rouquette;I J Saccheri;Stephen Kemp

  • Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics.

    Seth Bybee;Alex Córdoba-Aguilar;M. Catherine Duryea;Ryo Futahashi

  • Does Intraspecific Variation in rDNA Copy Number Affect Analysis of Microbial Communities

    Anton Lavrinienko;Toni Jernfors;Janne J. Koskimäki;Anna Maria Pirttilä

  • Plasticity of boldness in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss: do hunger and predation influence risk-taking behaviour?

    Jack S. Thomson;Phillip C. Watts;Tom G. Pottinger;Lynne U. Sneddon;Lynne U. Sneddon

  • Genetic characterization of indigenous goats of sub-Saharan Africa using microsatellite DNA markers

    S.W. Chenyambuga;Olivier H. Hanotte;J. Hirbo;P.C. Watts

  • Selection and gene flow on a diminishing cline of melanic peppered moths

    Ilik J. Saccheri;François Rousset;Phillip C. Watts;Paul M. Brakefield

  • Physiological and genetic correlates of boldness: characterising the mechanisms of behavioural variation in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss.

    Jack S. Thomson;Phillip C. Watts;Tom G. Pottinger;Lynne U. Sneddon;Lynne U. Sneddon

  • Genetic identification of two sibling species of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) that produce distinct male sex pheromones in Sobral, Ceará State, Brazil.

    R. D. C. Maingon;R. D. Ward;J. G. C. Hamilton;H. A. Noyes

  • Natural and anthropogenic dispersal mechanisms in the marine environment: a study using cheilostome Bryozoa

    Phillip C. Watts;John P. Thorpe;Paul D. Taylor

  • Male sex pheromones and the phylogeographic structure of the Lutzomyia longipalpis species complex (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Brazil and Venezuela.

    Phillip C. Watts;J. Gordon C. Hamilton;Richard D. Ward;Harry A. Noyes

  • Persistent genetic signatures of historic climatic events in an Antarctic octopus

    J. M. Strugnell;P. C. Watts;P. J. Smith;A. L. Allcock

  • Environmental Change Alters Personality in the Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

    Ashley J. Frost;Jack S. Thomson;Charlotte Smith;Hannah C. Burton;Hannah C. Burton

  • Low dose of neonicotinoid insecticide reduces foraging motivation of bumblebees.

    Juho Lämsä;Erno Kuusela;Juha Tuomi;Juha Tuomi;Sini Juntunen

  • Effective population sizes and migration rates in fragmented populations of an endangered insect (Coenagrion mercuriale: Odonata).

    Phillip C. Watts;Ilik J. Saccheri;Stephen J. Kemp;David J. Thompson

  • Environmental radiation alters the gut microbiome of the bank vole Myodes glareolus

    Anton Lavrinienko;Tapio Mappes;Eugene Tukalenko;Eugene Tukalenko;Timothy A. Mousseau

  • Skin and gut microbiomes of a wild mammal respond to different environmental cues

    Anton Lavrinienko;Eugene Tukalenko;Eugene Tukalenko;Tapio Mappes;Phillip C. Watts;Phillip C. Watts

  • Population structure and the impact of regional and local habitat isolation upon levels of genetic diversity of the endangered damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale (Odonata: Zygoptera)

    Phillip C. Watts;Ilik J. Saccheri;Stephen J. Kemp;David J. Thompson

  • How useful is DNA extracted from the legs of archived insects for microsatellite-based population genetic analyses?

    Phillip C. Watts;David J. Thompson;Katherine A. Allen;Stephen J. Kemp

  • Field estimates of reproductive success in a model insect: behavioural surrogates are poor predictors of fitness

    David J. Thompson;Christopher Hassall;Chris D. Lowe;Phillip C. Watts

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Kemp
Stephen J. Kemp University of Edinburgh
David J. Thompson
David J. Thompson University of Liverpool
Tapio Mappes
Tapio Mappes University of Jyväskylä
Timothy A. Mousseau
Timothy A. Mousseau University of South Carolina
David J. S. Montagnes
David J. S. Montagnes University of Liverpool
Richard D.M. Nash
Richard D.M. Nash Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Christopher Hassall
Christopher Hassall University of Leeds
Esa Koskela
Esa Koskela University of Jyväskylä
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Ian F. Harvey
Ian F. Harvey University of Liverpool

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