Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine

Dr Barbara Mable

  • Reader (Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine)

telephone: 3532
email: Barbara.Mable@glasgow.ac.uk


Evolutionary genetics of mating systems in plants.
Evolutionary consequences of polyploidy in plants and animals.
Molecular ecology of birds, mammals, plants, and fish.

Research Interests - further information

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Number of items: 37.

2012

Haudry, A., Zha, H. , Stift, M. , and Mable, B.K. (2012) Disentangling the effects of breakdown of self-incompatibility and transition to selfing in North American Arabidopsis lyrata. Molecular Ecology, 21 (5). pp. 1130-1142. ISSN 0962-1083 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05435.x)

Marsden, C.D. et al. (2012) Spatial and temporal patterns of neutral and adaptive genetic variation in the endangered African wild dog (Lycaon pictus). Molecular Ecology, 21 (6). pp. 1379-1393. ISSN 0962-1083 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05477.x)

2011

Le Vin, A.L., Mable, B.K. , Taborsky, M., Heg, D., and Arnold, K.E. (2011) Individual variation in helping in a cooperative breeder: relatedness versus behavioural type. Animal Behaviour, 82 (3). pp. 467-477. ISSN 0003-3472 (doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.021)

Hoebe, P.N., Stift, M. , Holub, E.B., and Mable, B.K. (2011) The effect of mating system on growth of Arabidopsis lyrata in response to inoculation with the biotrophic parasite Albugo candida. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24 (2). pp. 391-401. ISSN 1010-061X (doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02177.x)

Le Vin, A.L., Mable, B.K. , Taborsky, M., Heg, D., and Arnold, K.E. (2011) Individual variation in helping in a cooperative breeder: relatedness versus behavioural type. Animal Behaviour, 82 (3). pp. 467-477. ISSN 0003-3472 (doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.021)

Mable, B.K., Alexandrou, M.A., and Taylor, M.I. (2011) Genome duplication in amphibians and fish: an extended synthesis. Journal of Zoology, 284 (3). pp. 151-182. ISSN 0952-8369 (doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00829.x)

Tedder, A., Ansell, S.W., Lao, X., Vogel, J.C., and Mable, B.K. (2011) Sporophytic self-incompatibility genes and mating system variation in Arabis alpina. Annals of Botany, 108 (4). pp. 699-713. ISSN 0305-7364 (doi:10.1093/aob/mcr157)

2010

Furness, R., Mable, B. , Savory, F., Griffiths, K. , Baillie, S., and Heubeck, M. (2010) Subspecies status of common eiders somateria mollissima in Shetland based on morphology and DNA. Bird Study, 57 (3). pp. 330-335. ISSN 0006-3657 (doi:10.1080/00063657.2010.481708)

Neves, V.C., Griffiths, K. , Savory, F.R., Furness, R.W. , and Mable, B.K. (2010) Are European starlings breeding in the Azores archipelago genetically distinct from birds breeding in mainland Europe? European Journal of Wildlife Research, 56 (1). pp. 95-100. ISSN 1612-4642 (doi:10.1007/s10344-009-0316-x)

Foxe, J.P., Stift, M. , Tedder, A., Haudry, A. , Wright, S.I., and Mable, B.K. (2010) Reconstructing origins of loss of self-incompatibility and selfing in North American Arabidopsis lyrata: a population genetic context. Evolution, 64 (12). pp. 3495-3510. ISSN 0014-3820 (doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01094.x)

Johnson, P.C.D., Hadfield, J.D., Webster, L.M.I., Adam, A., Mable, B.K. , and Keller, L.F. (2010) Bayesian paternity analysis and mating patterns in a parasitic nematode, Trichostrongylus tenuis. Heredity, 104 (6). pp. 573-582. ISSN 0018-067X (doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.139)

Le Vin, A., Adam, A., Tedder, A., Arnold, K.E., and Mable, B.K. (2010) Technical advances: validation of swabs as a non-destructive and relatively non-invasive DNA sampling method in fish. Molecular Ecology Resources . ISSN 1755-098X (doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02909.x)

Le Vin, A.L., Adam, A. , Tedder, A., Arnold, K.E. , and Mable, B.K. (2010) Validation of swabs as a non-destructive and relatively non-invasive DNA sampling method in fish. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11 (1). pp. 107-109. ISSN 1755-098X (doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02909.x)

Le Vin, A.L., Mable, B.K. , and Arnold, K.E. (2010) Kin recognition via phenotype matching in a cooperatively breeding cichlid, Neolamprologus pulcher. Animal Behaviour, 79 (5). pp. 1109-1114. ISSN 0003-3472 (doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.006)

Tedder, A., Hoebe, P.N., Ansell, S.K., and Mable, B.K. (2010) Using chloroplast genes for phylogeography in Arabidopsis lyrata. Diversity, 2 (4). pp. 653-678. ISSN 1424-2818

2009

Marsden, C.D., Mable, B.K. , Woodroffe, R., Rasmussen, G.S.A., Cleaveland, S. , McNutt, J.W., Emmanuel, M., Thomas, R., and Kennedy, L.J. (2009) Highly endangered african wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) lack variation at the major histocompatibility complex. Journal of Heredity, 100 (Suppl ). S54-S65. ISSN 0022-1503 (doi:10.1093/jhered/esp031)

Hoebe, P.N., Stift, M., Tedder, A., and Mable, B.K. (2009) Multiple losses of self-incompatibility in North-American Arabidopsis lyrata? Phylogeographic context and population genetic consequences. Molecular Ecology, 18 (23). pp. 4294-4939. ISSN 0962-1083

2008

Mable, B.K. (2008) Genetic causes and consequences of the breakdown of self-incompatibility: case studies in the Brassicaceae. Genetics Research, 90 (1). pp. 47-60. ISSN 0016-6723 (doi:10.1017/S0016672307008907)

Webster, L., Johnson, P. , Adam, A. , Mable, B.K. , and Keller, L. (2008) Absence of three known benzimidazole resistance mutations in Trichostrongylus tenuis, a nematode parasite of avian hosts☆. Veterinary Parasitology, 158 (4). pp. 302-310. ISSN 0304-4017 (doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.09.029)

2007

Webster, L.M.I., Johnson, P.C.D. , Adam, A. , Mable, B.K. , and Keller, L.F. (2007) Macrogeographic population structure in a parasitic nematode with avian hosts. Veterinary Parasitology, 144 (1-2). pp. 93-103. ISSN 0304-4017 (doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.09.027)

Mable, B (2007) Sex in the postgenomic era. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 22 (11). pp. 559-561. (doi:10.1016/j.tree.2007.07.006)

Mable, BK, and Adam, A (2007) Patterns of genetic diversity in outcrossing and selfing populations of Arabidopsis lyrata. Molecular Ecology, 16 . pp. 3565-3580. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03416.x)

2006

Colasanti, J, Tremblay, R, Wong, AYM, Coneva, V, Kozaki, A, and Mable, BK (2006) The maize INDETERMINATEI flowering time regulator defines a highly conserved zinc finger protein family in higher plants. Bmc Genomics, 7 . (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-7-158)

2005

Mable, B (2005) Phenotypic and genotypic expression of self-incompatibility haplotypes in Arabidopsis lyrata suggests unique origin of alleles in different dominance classes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 22 (7). pp. 1609-1620. (doi:10.1093/molbev/msi153)

Mable, BK, Robertson, AV, Dart, S, Di Berardo, C, and Witham, L (2005) Breakdown of self-incompatibility in the perennial Arabidopsis lyrata (Brassicaceae) and its genetic consequences. Evolution, 59 . pp. 1437-1448.

2004

Mable, B (2004) Characterizing polyploidy in Arabidopsis lyrata using chromosome counts and flow cytometry. Canadian Journal of Botany, 82 (2). pp. 185-197. (doi:10.1139/b03-134)

Mable, B (2004) Polyploidy and self-compatibility: Is there an association? New Phytologist, 162 (3). pp. 803-811. (doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01055.x)

Mable, BK (2004) 'Why polyploidy is rarer in animals than in plants': myths and mechanisms. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 82 . pp. 453-466.

Mable, BK, Beland, J, and Di Berardo, C (2004) Inheritance and dominance of self-incompatibility alleles in polyploid Arabidopsis lyrata. Heredity, 93 . pp. 476-486. (doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800526)

2003

Mable, B (2003) Breaking down taxonomic barriers in polyploidy research. Trends in Plant Science, 8 (12). pp. 582-590. (doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2003.10.006)

Mable, B (2003) Diversity and linkage of genes in the self-incompatibility gene family in Arabidopsis lyrata. Genetics, 164 (4). pp. 1519-1535. (doi:10.1023/A:1023455913567)

Mable, B (2003) Estimating the number, frequency, and dominance of S-alleles in a natural population of Arabidopsis lyrata (Brassicaceae) with sporophytic control of self-incompatibility. Heredity, 90 (6). pp. 422-431. (doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800261)

Mable, B (2003) Haplotype structure of the stigmatic self-incompatibility gene in natural populations of Arabidopsis lyrata. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 20 (11). pp. 1741-1753. (doi:10.1093/molbev/msg170)

2002

Mable, B (2002) Identification and characterization of a polymorphic receptor kinase gene linked to the self-incompatibility locus of Arabidopsis lyrata (vol 158, pg 387, 2000). Genetics, 160 (3). pp. 1263-1264.

2001

Mable, B (2001) Identification and characterization of a polymorphic receptor kinase gene linked to the self-incompatibility locus of Arabidopsis lyrata. Genetics, 158 (1). pp. 387-399.

Mable, B (2001) Masking and purging mutations following EMS treatment in haploid, diploid and tetraploid yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Genetical Research, 77 (1). pp. 9-26. (doi:10.1017/S0016672300004821)

Mable, B (2001) Ploidy evolution in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a test of the nutrient limitation hypothesis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 14 (1). pp. 157-170. (doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00245.x)

This list was generated on Fri May 25 16:05:35 2012 BST.
  • Assessing the impact of plant mating system and ploidy on adaptation to parasitism in changing environments
    NERC
    2011 - 2013
     
  • How colonisation, mating system and selection impact genetic diversity in Arabidopsis lyrata
    BBSRC
    2010 - 2010
     
  • Stress memory and its relation to stress tolerance in plants
    Leverhulme Trust
    2009 - 2012
     
  • Leveraging the genome sequences of two arabidopsis relatives for evolutionary and ecological genomics
    BBSRC
    2007 - 2010
     
  • Mating systems and genetic diversity in Arabidopsis lyrata
    NERC
    2007 - 2010
     
  • Establishment of outcrossing rates in natural populations of Arabidopsis lyrata
    NERC
    2006 - 2006
     
  • Mitochondrial gene sequence of eiders as a means of defining subspecies
    Joint Nature Conservation Committee
    2005 - 2006
     
  • Sexing of seabirds
    NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
    2005 - 2006
     
  • Genomes, pathogens and mate choice - implications for the evolution and maintenance of genetic diversity
    NERC
    2004 - 2009
     

Editorial Board

  • 2011 - ongoing: Heredity

Grant Advisory Board

  • 2010 - 2012: LABEX Jury - Panel to review applications for centres of excellence. France
  • 2007 - 2016: University of Oslo, Norway - Scientific Advisory Board for the Centre of Excellence for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis
  • 2006 - 2009: NERC - Member of Peer Review College
  • 2006 - 2010: NERC - Molecular Genetics Steering Committee

Invited International Presentations

  • 2011: Cambridge, Massachusetts - Invited speaker, Harvard Plant Biology symposium, ?Genetics of Adaptation?
  • 2010: Oslo, Norway - Distinguished guest speaker, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Colloquium ?Bridging the gap between genomics and evolutionary biology?
  • 2010: Tübingen, Germany - Invited participant, Brassica Map Alignment Project Workshop
  • 2008: Lillehammer, Norway - Invited speaker, Phylogenomics workshop at Brassica 2008
  • 2008: London, UK - Linnaean Society, UK-Invited Keynote speaker, Conference on ?The New Evolution?
  • 2007: Japan - Invited Speaker, The 5th International Okazaki Biology Conference: "Speciation and Adaptation. Ecological Genomics of Model Organisms and Beyond"
  • 2007: Beijing, China - Invited speaker, International Conference on Polyploidy, heterosis and epigenetics
  • 2006: University of Oxford, UK - Seminar series speaker, Department of Plant Sciences. "Mating system evolution in the Brassicaceae"
  • 2006: Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Norway - Invited Speaker. "Mating system evolution in the Brassicaceae"
  • 2005: University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK - Evolution Discussion Group, ?Sources of variation in self-incompatibility in a new model plant?.
  • 2005: University of Leeds, UK - Invited workshop participant, Arabidopsis lyrata research group
  • 2005: University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - Seminar series speaker, ICAPB, ?Gene duplication and the evolutionary dynamics of cell-cell recognition systems?
  • 2005: University of Aberdeen Scotland,UK - Seminar series speaker, Departments of Botany and Zoology. "Gene duplication, mating systems and genetic diversity".
  • 2004: Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Canada - "Population genetics of self-incompatibility in Arabidopsis lyrata"
  • 2004: San Diego, CA, USA - Invited symposium speaker, Polyploidy Workshop at the Plant and Animal Genome XII Conference: "Inheritance and dominance of self-incompatibility alleles in polyploid Arabidopsis lyrata (Brassicaceae)"
  • 2003: Department of Biology, York University, Ontario, Canada - Seminar series speaker: "Population genetics of self-incompatibility in Arabidopsis lyrata"
  • 2003: Linnean Society and Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, UK - Invited speaker, International Polyploidy Conference: "Why polyploidy is rarer in animals than in plants revisited: Myths and Mechanisms"
  • 2003: Carey, North Carolina, USA - Invited speaker, 5th International Conference on Computational Biology and Genome Informatics: "Molecular Systematics: All phylogenies are not created equal"
  • 2003: Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Scotland - Invited Speaker: "Genomes and mate choice: Implications for Genetic Diversity in Natural Populations"
  • 2002: Department of Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland - "Evolutionary genetics of self-incompatibility in a model plant "species": gene families, polyploidy, and genetic diversity"
  • 2002: University of Glasgow, Scotland - Invited speaker: "Evolutionary genetics of cell-cell recognition systems: gene duplication, polyploidy, and genetic diversity."
  • 2001: Departments of Botany and Zoology, University of Toronto - Seminar Series speaker: "Evolution of sporophytic self-incompatibility in natural populations: Gene families and polyploidization"
  • 2001: University of Guelph, Canada - Plenary Speaker, Ontario Ethology and Ecology Colloquium: 'Molecular evolution and mate recognition systems: Plants can be interesting too.'

Prizes, Awards and Distinctions

  • 2003: Presidential Distinguished Professor Award, University of Guelph. 2003-2004
  • 2000: NSERC University Faculty Award, University of Guelph, 2000-2005

Professional Learned Society

  • 2005 - ongoing: Genetics Society - Member
  • 2001 - ongoing: Society for the Study of Evolution - Member
  • 2001 - 2009: Genetics Society of America - Member
  • 2001 - ongoing: European Society for Evolutionary Biology - Member, Finance Committee Member

Research Fellowship

  • 2004 - 2009: NERC Advanced Research Fellowship
  • 1996 - 1998: Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fellowship, University of British Columbia