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Terence J. Robinson is affiliated with Stellenbosch University in South Africa and has contributed extensively to research across fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, Ecology, Plant Science, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work centers on topics involving genetic diversity and population structure, chromosomal and genetic variations, animal ecology and behavior studies, respiratory support and mechanisms, genomics and chromatin dynamics, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research, and hepatitis B virus studies.

Frequent coauthors in their collaborations include Jane Scullion, Aurora Ruiz-Herrera, Conrad A. Matthee, Anna Middleton, and Katie J Bayfield. Their research has been published in a variety of venues, with repeated publications in the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis and HPB, as well as contributions to Cell Reports, Chromosome Research, and Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Robinson has also contributed to the academic literature through book publications, including a work published by Oxford University Press titled Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Nursing in 2021.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Robinson include:

  • Principles of 3D chromosome folding and evolutionary genome reshuffling in mammals, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Analysis of the Robertsonian (1;29) fusion in Bovinae reveals a common mechanism: insights into its clinical occurrence and chromosomal evolution, 2021, Chromosome Research
  • Spatial genetic structure in the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) across the Namaqualand and western Fynbos areas of South Africa - a mitochondrial and microsatellite perspective, 2020, Canadian Journal of Zoology
  • Diversification and evolutionary history of the African laminated-toothed rats (Rodentia, Otomyini), 2023, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Chromosomal evolution in Raphicerus antelope suggests divergent X chromosomes may drive speciation through females, rather than males, contrary to Haldane's rule, 2021, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification

    Robert W. Meredith;Jan E. Janečka;John Gatesy;Oliver A. Ryder

  • A molecular supermatrix of the rabbits and hares (Leporidae) allows for the identification of five intercontinental exchanges during the Miocene

    Conrad A. Matthee;Bettine Jansen Van Vuuren;Diana Bell;Terence J. Robinson

  • Hemiplasy: A New Term in the Lexicon of Phylogenetics

    John C. Avise;Terence J. Robinson

  • Is mammalian chromosomal evolution driven by regions of genome fragility

    Aurora Ruiz-Herrera;Jose Castresana;Terence J Robinson

  • Reciprocal chromosome painting among human, aardvark, and elephant (superorder Afrotheria) reveals the likely eutherian ancestral karyotype

    F. Yang;E. Z. Alkalaeva;P. L. Perelman;A. T. Pardini

  • Cytogenetics and Cladistics

    Gauthier Dobigny;Jean François Ducroz;Terence J. Robinson;Vitaly Volobouev

  • Population genetics of the roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) with suggestions for conservation

    D. L. Alpers;B. J. Van Vuuren;P. Arctander;T. J. Robinson

  • Chromosomal polymorphism in mammals: an evolutionary perspective

    Gauthier Dobigny;Janice Britton-Davidian;Terence J. Robinson

  • Multiple substitutions affect the phylogenetic utility of cytochrome b and 12S rDNA data: examining a rapid radiation in leporid (Lagomorpha) evolution.

    Kenneth M. Halanych;Terence J. Robinson

  • CytochromebPhylogeny of the Family Bovidae: Resolution within the Alcelaphini, Antilopini, Neotragini, and Tragelaphini☆

    Conrad A. Matthee;Terence J. Robinson

  • Characterization of the rabbit agouti signaling protein (ASIP) gene: Transcripts and phylogenetic analyses and identification of the causative mutation of the nonagouti black coat colour

    Luca Fontanesi;Lionel Forestier;Daniel Allain;Emilio Scotti

  • Molecular detection of microscopic and submicroscopic deletions associated with Miller-Dieker syndrome

    P vanTuinen;W B Dobyns;D C Rich;K M Summers

  • Are molecular cytogenetics and bioinformatics suggesting diverging models of ancestral mammalian genomes

    Lutz Froenicke;Montserrat Garcia Caldés;Alexander Graphodatsky;Stefan Müller

  • Cross-species chromosome painting in the golden mole and elephant-shrew: support for the mammalian clades Afrotheria and Afroinsectiphillia but not Afroinsectivora.

    T. J. Robinson;B. Fu;M. A. Ferguson-Smith;F. Yang;F. Yang

  • Molecular genetics of Rhabdomys pumilio subspecies boundaries: MtDNA phylogeography and karyotypic analysis by fluorescence in situ hybridization

    Ramugondo V. Rambau;Terence J. Robinson;Roscoe Stanyon

  • A novel sex determination system in a close relative of the house mouse

    Frederic Veyrunes;Pascale Chevret;Josette Catalan;Riccardo Castiglia

  • Evolution of recombination in eutherian mammals: insights into mechanisms that affect recombination rates and crossover interference.

    Joana Segura;Luca Ferretti;Sebastian E. Ramos-Onsins;Laia Capilla

  • Karyotypic relationships of horses and zebras: results of cross-species chromosome painting

    F. Yang;B. Fu;P.C.M. O’Brien;T.J. Robinson

  • Autosome and sex chromosome diversity among the African pygmy mice, subgenus Nannomys (Murinae; Mus).

    Frédéric Veyrunes;Josette Catalan;Bruno Sicard;Terence J. Robinson

  • Eighth International Workshop on Human Gene Mapping

    A.C. Chandley;P. Goetz;T.B. Hargreave;A.M. Joseph

Frequent Co-Authors

Fengtang Yang
Fengtang Yang Wellcome Sanger Institute
Conrad A. Matthee
Conrad A. Matthee Stellenbosch University
Alexander S. Graphodatsky
Alexander S. Graphodatsky Novosibirsk State University
Beiyuan Fu
Beiyuan Fu Wellcome Sanger Institute
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith University of Cambridge
Luca Fontanesi
Luca Fontanesi University of Bologna
Vincenzo Russo
Vincenzo Russo University of Bologna
Patricia C. M. O’Brien
Patricia C. M. O’Brien University of Cambridge
David H. Ledbetter
David H. Ledbetter University of Florida
Nigel C. Bennett
Nigel C. Bennett University of Pretoria

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