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Paul Wilson

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 07/23/2019 - 13:04
First Name
Paul
Last Name
Wilson
Email
pawilson@trentu.ca
Phone
705-748-1011 ext 7259
Location
DNA C255
Campus
Peterborough
Job Title
Professor
Job Designation
Program Coordinator for the Specialization in Conservation Biology, Former Canada Research Chair
Accreditation
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
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Professor Paul Wilson
Home Department
Biology
Program Affiliation
Bioenvironmental Monitoring and Assessment M.BEMA
Areas of Expertise
Genetics, Genomics, DNA
Species-at-Risk
Caribou, Wolves
Forensic Science
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Hybridisation
Publications
Ball, M.C., M. Manseau and P. Wilson. Integrating multiple analytical approaches to spatially delineate and characterize genetic population structure: An application to boreal caribou in central Canada. Conservation Genetics In Press.
Ball, M.C., L. Finnegan, H. Broders, T. Nettie and P. Wilson. Wildlife forensics: Identification of illegally harvested moose (Alces alces americana) using assignment tests. Forensic Science International: Genetics In Press.
Petersen, S.D., M. Manseau, P. Wilson. Bottlenecks, isolation, and life at the northern range limits: Peary caribou on Ellesmere Island, Canada. Journal of Mammalogy In Press.
Garroway, C., J. Bowman, T.J. Cascaden, G.L. Holloway, C.G. Mahan, J.R. Malcolm, M.A. Steele, G. Turner and P.J. Wilson. 2010. Climate change induced hybridization in flying squirrels. Global Change Biology 16: 113-121.
Crompton, A., S. Petersen, M. Obbard and P.J. Wilson. 2008. Cryptic genetic structure in Hudson Bay Polar Bears. Biological Conservation 141: 2528-2539.
Areas of Research
  • Conservation Genetics on species such as caribou, polar bears, Canada lynx, and wolves
  • Wildlife Forensic Science
  • Landscape Genetics
  • Functional Genetics of clock genes in natural populations
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