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Paul Wilson

  • 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.

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