Paul Wilson
Professor
- B.Sc. (McMaster University)
- M.Sc. (McMaster University)
- Ph.D. (McMaster University)
Office: DNA C255
Phone: 705-748-1011 ext 7259
Email: pawilson@trentu.ca
Research
- Conservation Genetics/Genomics of wildlife including caribou, wolves, moose, flying squirrels and Canada lynx
- Wildlife Forensic Science
- Landscape Genetics
- Functional Genetics of clock genes in natural populations
Teaching
BIOL-FRSC 4510H: Species-at-Risk Biology and Policy
Selected Publications
Prentice, M. B., Bowman, J., Murray, D. L., Khidas, K., & Wilson, P. J. (2020). Spatial and environmental influences on selection in a clock gene coding trinucleotide repeat in Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). Molecular Ecology, 29(23), 4637-4652.
McFarlane, S., Manseau, M., Steenweg, R., Hervieux, D., Hegel, T., Slater, S., & Wilson, P. J. (2020). An assessment of sampling designs using SCR analyses to estimate abundance of boreal caribou. Ecology and evolution, 10(20), 11631-11642.
Taylor, R. S., Manseau, M., Horn, R. L., Keobouasone, S., Golding, G. B., & Wilson, P. J. (2020). The role of introgression and ecotypic parallelism in delineating intraspecific conservation units. Molecular ecology, 29(15), 2793-2809.
Illes, M., & Wilson, P. (2020). The scientific method in forensic science: a Canadian Handbook.
Taylor, R. S., Horn, R. L., Zhang, X., Golding, G. B., Manseau, M., & Wilson, P. J. (2019). The caribou (Rangifer tarandus) genome. Genes, 10(7), 540.