A J Lowe

Summary

Affiliation: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Conservation genetics of bush mango from central/west Africa: implications from random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis
    A J Lowe
    Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
    Mol Ecol 9:831-41. 2000
  2. ncbi Fine-scale genetic structure and gene flow within Costa Rican populations of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla)
    A J Lowe
    Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Edinburgh, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, Scotland, UK
    Heredity (Edinb) 90:268-75. 2003
  3. ncbi Genetic diversity in mesoamerican populations of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), assessed using RAPDs
    A C Gillies
    Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, Scotland, UK
    Heredity (Edinb) 83:722-32. 1999
  4. ncbi Genetic differentiation in Scottish populations of the pine beauty moth, Panolis flammea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
    A J Lowe
    Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh Research Station, Bush Estate, Scotland, UK
    Bull Entomol Res 95:517-26. 2005
  5. ncbi Optimal sampling strategy for estimation of spatial genetic structure in tree populations
    S Cavers
    Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Edinburgh, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, Scotland, UK
    Heredity (Edinb) 95:281-9. 2005
  6. ncbi Genetic effects of chronic habitat fragmentation on tree species: the case of Sorbus aucuparia in a deforested Scottish landscape
    C F E Bacles
    Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, Ashworth Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK
    Mol Ecol 13:573-84. 2004
  7. ncbi Chloroplast DNA phylogeography reveals colonization history of a Neotropical tree, Cedrela odorata L., in Mesoamerica
    S Cavers
    Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Edinburgh, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
    Mol Ecol 12:1451-60. 2003
  8. ncbi Monitoring genetic diversity in tropical trees with multilocus dominant markers
    A Kremer
    UMR Biodiversité, Gènes and Ecosystèmes, INRA UMR BIOGECO, 69 route d Arcachon, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France
    Heredity (Edinb) 95:274-80. 2005
  9. ncbi To self, or not to self... a review of outcrossing and pollen-mediated gene flow in neotropical trees
    M Ward
    School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
    Heredity (Edinb) 95:246-54. 2005
  10. ncbi Genetic resource impacts of habitat loss and degradation; reconciling empirical evidence and predicted theory for neotropical trees
    A J Lowe
    School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
    Heredity (Edinb) 95:255-73. 2005

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Publications15

  1. ncbi Conservation genetics of bush mango from central/west Africa: implications from random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis
    A J Lowe
    Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
    Mol Ecol 9:831-41. 2000
    ..The application of these results to domestication programmes and, in the light of extensive deforestation in the region, conservation approaches, is discussed...
  2. ncbi Fine-scale genetic structure and gene flow within Costa Rican populations of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla)
    A J Lowe
    Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Edinburgh, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, Scotland, UK
    Heredity (Edinb) 90:268-75. 2003
    ..Evidence is reviewed from other studies of gene flow and seedling regeneration to discuss alternative extraction strategies that may maintain diversity or allow recovery of genetic resources...
  3. ncbi Genetic diversity in mesoamerican populations of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), assessed using RAPDs
    A C Gillies
    Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, Scotland, UK
    Heredity (Edinb) 83:722-32. 1999
    ..It offers practical information for the future conservation of mahogany and highlights some factors that may have influenced the partitioning of genetic diversity in this species across Mesoamerica...
  4. ncbi Genetic differentiation in Scottish populations of the pine beauty moth, Panolis flammea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
    A J Lowe
    Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh Research Station, Bush Estate, Scotland, UK
    Bull Entomol Res 95:517-26. 2005
    ..Indeed, lodgepole stands appear to have been colonized on multiple occasions from Scots pine sources and neighbouring populations on different hosts are close to panmixia...
  5. ncbi Optimal sampling strategy for estimation of spatial genetic structure in tree populations
    S Cavers
    Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Edinburgh, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, Scotland, UK
    Heredity (Edinb) 95:281-9. 2005
    ..However, greater sample sizes will be required in cases where SGS is weaker than for our simulated population, for example, in species with effective pollen/seed dispersal mechanisms...
  6. ncbi Genetic effects of chronic habitat fragmentation on tree species: the case of Sorbus aucuparia in a deforested Scottish landscape
    C F E Bacles
    Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, Ashworth Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK
    Mol Ecol 13:573-84. 2004
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  7. ncbi Chloroplast DNA phylogeography reveals colonization history of a Neotropical tree, Cedrela odorata L., in Mesoamerica
    S Cavers
    Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Edinburgh, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
    Mol Ecol 12:1451-60. 2003
    ..Following this, a more recent (possibly post-Pleistocene) expansion of moist-adapted types possessing the Southern lineage from the south fits the known vegetation history of the region...
  8. ncbi Monitoring genetic diversity in tropical trees with multilocus dominant markers
    A Kremer
    UMR Biodiversité, Gènes and Ecosystèmes, INRA UMR BIOGECO, 69 route d Arcachon, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France
    Heredity (Edinb) 95:274-80. 2005
    ..Practical recommendations for the implementation of this analytical method are given for genetic surveys in tropical trees, where such markers are widely applied...
  9. ncbi To self, or not to self... a review of outcrossing and pollen-mediated gene flow in neotropical trees
    M Ward
    School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
    Heredity (Edinb) 95:246-54. 2005
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  10. ncbi Genetic resource impacts of habitat loss and degradation; reconciling empirical evidence and predicted theory for neotropical trees
    A J Lowe
    School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
    Heredity (Edinb) 95:255-73. 2005
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  11. ncbi Gene-flow between populations of cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is highly variable between years
    K D Scott
    School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
    Bull Entomol Res 95:381-92. 2005
    ..However, there is evidence of long distance dispersal events in periods of high migration (April 2001-March 2002). The implications of highly variable migration patterns for resistance management are considered...
  12. ncbi Efficient large-scale development of microsatellites for marker and mapping applications in Brassica crop species
    A J Lowe
    IACR Long Ashton Research Station, Long Ashton, BS41 9AF, Bristol, UK
    Theor Appl Genet 108:1103-12. 2004
    ..napus mapping population. These 97 SSR markers were mapped relative to a framework of RFLP markers and detected 136 loci over all 19 linkage groups of the oilseed rape genome...
  13. ncbi Reproductive isolation of a new hybrid species, Senecio eboracensis Abbott & Lowe (Asteraceae)
    A J Lowe
    Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biology, Mitchell Building, University of St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9TH, UK
    Heredity (Edinb) 92:386-95. 2004
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  14. ncbi How much effort is required to isolate nuclear microsatellites from plants?
    J Squirrell
    Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20 A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, UK
    Mol Ecol 12:1339-48. 2003
    ..We highlight the attrition of loci at each stage in the process, and the average effort required to obtain 10 working microsatellite primer pairs...
  15. ncbi Can hybridization cause local extinction: a case for demographic swamping of the Australian native Senecio pinnatifolius by the invasive Senecio madagascariensis?
    P J Prentis
    School of Natural Resource Sciences, QUT, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane 4001, QLD, Australia
    New Phytol 176:902-12. 2007
    ..As a result of asymmetric hybridization, S. pinnatifolius would appear to be under threat if S. madagascariensis increases numerically in areas of contact...