Deborah Dawson
Research Fellow
Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
Biography
1998-current Manager of the NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility at Sheffield 1996-1998 Research Associate, Dept of Biology (Zoology), University of Leicester 1996 & 1997 Research Associate, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel 1994-1996 Research Assistant, Dept of Zoology, University of Leicester 1991-1994 Researcher, Dept of Genetics, University of Leicester
Research Interest
Conservation genetics Mating systems & reproductive behaviour Avian sex chromosomes & genomic architecture Development of markers and techniques to enhance studies of molecular ecology Studies of historical and contemporary population structure & genetic bottlenecks Identification of species, hybrids, molecular systematics & phylogenetics
Publications
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Dawson DA, Ã…kesson M, Burke T, Pemberton JM, Slate J, Hansson B. Gene order and recombination rate in homologous chromosome regions of the chicken and a passerine bird. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2007 Apr 13;24(7):1537-52.
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Dawson DA, Ball AD, Spurgin LG, MartÃn-Gálvez D, Stewart IR, Horsburgh GJ, Potter J, Molina-Morales M, Bicknell AW, Preston SA, Ekblom R. High-utility conserved avian microsatellite markers enable parentage and population studies across a wide range of species. Bmc Genomics. 2013 Mar 15;14(1):176.
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Dawson DA, Brekke P, Dos Remedios N, Horsburgh GJ. A marker suitable for sex-typing birds from degraded samples. Conservation Genetics Resources. 2015 Jun 1;7(2):337-43.
