Dowton, Mark P.

Overview

My research uses DNA sequences to discover the evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2012	Beyond barcoding: A mitochondrial genomics approach to molecular phylogenetics and diagnostics of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Published in Gene
2009	Characterization of 67 mitochondrial tRNA gene rearrangements in the hymenoptera suggests that mitochondrial tRNA gene position is selectively neutral Published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
2007	The mitochondrial subgenomes of the nematode Globodera pallida are mosaics: evidence of recombination in an animal mitochondrial genome Published in Journal of Molecular Evolution
2007	Using COI barcodes to identify forensically and medically important blowflies Published in Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Research Areas

Research Overview

Much of my research has been directed towards understanding the evolution of a very large and biologically diverse group of insects, the Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants). The main source of data has been DNA sequences from mitochondria, and I am recognized as an expert in the evolution and biology of the mitochondrial genome. I am particularly interested in how this genome evolves, and how changes in both the sequence and arrangement of genes within it can inform us about evolutionary relationships.

Head Of

Biological Sciences 2009 - 2015

Member Of

Biological Sciences Teaching/Research Academic 2003 - 2016

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Association of a P2RX7 gene missense variant with brachycephalic dog breeds Published In Animal Genetics
2020	Latitudinal biogeographic structuring in the globally distributed moss Ceratodon purpureus Published In Frontiers in Plant Science
2020	Pharmacological and genetic characterisation of the canine P2X4 receptor Published In British Journal of Pharmacology
2020	Taxonomic revision of australian amobia robineau-desvoidy, 1830 (Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae): Integrating morphology and genetics finds a new species and tackles old problems Published In European Journal of Taxonomy
2019	Drivers of sociality in Gobiodon fishes: An assessment of phylogeny, ecology and life-history Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2018	Repeated cyclone events reveal potential causes of sociality in coral-dwelling Gobiodon fishes Published In PLoS One
2017	The right tools for the job: Cooperative breeding theory and an evaluation of the methodological approaches to understanding the evolution and maintenance of sociality Published In Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2015	Higher-level phylogeny of the Hymenoptera inferred from mitochondrial genomes Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2014	A preliminary framework for DNA barcoding, incorporating the multispecies coalescent Published In Systematic Biology
2014	Coexistence of minicircular and a highly rearranged mtDNA molecule suggests that recombination shapes mitochondrial genome organization Published In Molecular Biology and Evolution
2014	Complete mitochondrial genomes of Ceratobaeus sp. and Idris sp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae): shared gene rearrangements as potential phylogenetic markers at the tribal level Published In Molecular Biology Reports: an international journal on molecular and cellular biology
2014	Evolutionary dynamics of the mitochondrial genome in the Evaniomorpha (Hymenoptera) – a group with an intermediate rate of gene rearrangement Published In Genome Biology and Evolution
2014	R270C polymorphism leads to loss of function of the canine P2X7 receptor Published In Physiological Genomics
2013	A key to the Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) with special emphasis on Sarcophaga (sensu lato) Published In Zootaxa
2013	DNA barcoding identifies all immature life stages of a forensically important flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Published In Journal of Forensic Sciences
2013	Utility of COI, CAD and morphological data for resolving relationships within the genus Sarcophaga (sensu lato) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): a preliminary study Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2012	A comparison of three molecular markers for the identification of populations of Globodera pallida Published In Journal of Nematology
2012	Beyond barcoding: A mitochondrial genomics approach to molecular phylogenetics and diagnostics of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Published In Gene
2012	Comprehensive evaluation of DNA barcoding for the molecular species identification of forensically important Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) Published In Invertebrate Systematics
2012	Evidence of animal mtDNA recombination between divergent populations of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida Published In Genetica: the international journal on genetics
2012	Notes on the distribution of 31 species of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) in Australia, including new records in Australia for eight species Published In Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia
2012	The first mitochondrial genome for the wasp superfamily Platygastroidea: the egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis Published In Genome
2011	Paternal leakage of mitochondrial DNA in experimental crosses of populations of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida Published In Genetica: the international journal on genetics
2011	Poly(T) variation in heteroderid nematode mitochondrial genomes is predominantly an artefact of amplification Published In Journal of Molecular Evolution
2011	The mitochondrial genome of the soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines Published In Genome
2009	Characterization of 67 mitochondrial tRNA gene rearrangements in the hymenoptera suggests that mitochondrial tRNA gene position is selectively neutral Published In Molecular Biology and Evolution
2009	DNA-based identification of forensically important Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) Published In International Journal of Legal Medicine
2009	Examining the phylogeny of the Australasian Lymnaeidae (Heterobranchia: Pulmonata: Gastropoda) using mitochondrial, nuclear and morphological markers Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2009	Incorrect report of cryptic species within Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera : Calliphoridae) Published In Invertebrate Systematics
2009	Phylogenetic approaches for the analysis of mitochondrial genome sequence data in the Hymenoptera - A lineage with both rapidly and slowly evolving mitochondrial genomes Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2009	Thermal attributes of Chrysomya species Published In Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
2008	Identification of forensically important Chrysomya (Diptera: Calliphoridae) species using the second ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) Published In Forensic Science International
2008	Intraspecific concerted evolution of the rDNA ITS1 in Anopheles farauti sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae) reveals recent patterns of population structure Published In Journal of Molecular Evolution
2008	Mitochondrial genome organization and phylogeny of two vespid wasps Published In Genome
2008	Poly(T) variation within mitochondrial protein-coding genes in Globodera (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) Published In Journal of Molecular Evolution
2008	Population genetic structure, gene flow and sex-biased dispersal in frillneck lizards (Chlamydosaurus kingii) Published In Molecular Ecology
2008	The mitochondrial genome of the stingless bee Melipona bicolor (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): Sequence, gene organization and a unique tRNA translocation event conserved across the tribe Meliponini Published In Genetics and Molecular Biology
2007	Mitochondrial DNA recombination in a free-ranging Australian lizard Published In Biology Letters
2007	Mitochondrial genomes in the Hymenoptera and their utility as phylogenetic markers Published In Systematic Entomology
2007	Phylogeny of the platygastroid wasps (Hymenoptera) based on sequences from the 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA and cytochrome oxidase I genes: implications for the evolution of the ovipositor system and host relationships Published In Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2007	Sequence and characterization of six mitochondrial subgenomes from Globodera rostochiensis: multipartite structure is conserved amongst close nematode relatives Published In Journal of Molecular Evolution
2007	The mitochondrial subgenomes of the nematode Globodera pallida are mosaics: evidence of recombination in an animal mitochondrial genome Published In Journal of Molecular Evolution
2007	The plasminogen-binding group A streptococcal M protein-related protein Prp binds plasminogen via arginine and histidine residues Published In Journal of Bacteriology
2007	Using COI barcodes to identify forensically and medically important blowflies Published In Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Investigator On

Year	Title
2015 - 2019	Integrative systematics of Australian flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Awarded by: Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) Funding Scheme: Grant
2013 - 2015	The evolution of sociality in habitat-specialist reef fishes: exceptions that prove the rule? Awarded by: Hermon Slade Foundation Funding Scheme: Research Grants
2010 - 2013	Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of Australian Sarcophaga (Diptera:Sarcophagidae) Awarded by: Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) Funding Scheme: Grant
2009	New tools for timing key evolutionary transitions among parasitic wasps Awarded by: Australian Academy of Science Funding Scheme: Scientific Visits
2008	Improving insect-based technology for minimum death time estimates in forensic investigations in Australia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2008	Understanding the inheritance of the mitochondrial genome on Globodera pallida Awarded by: Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) Funding Scheme: COST
	Genetic variants of damage-associated molecular pattern receptor P2X7 in dogs: potential role in inflammatory and bone disorders, and in pain Awarded by: Australian Companion Animal Health Foundation Funding Scheme: Grant

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Behaviour, Social Structure and Mating System of Burrowing Mud Shrimp, Trypaea australiensis
Doctor of Philosophy	Landscape genetics of spotted tailed quoll populations in NSW: are current levels of population connectivity and adaptive potential enough to ensure their long term survival?	Knipler, Monica
Doctor of Philosophy	The evolution and variability of social behaviour in anemonefishes (genus Amphiprion)	Heatwole, Siobhan
Doctor of Philosophy	Investigating the Causes and Consequences of Sociality in the Coral-Dwelling Gobies (genus Gobiodon)	Froehlich, Catheline

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3180-2922 (confirmed)

Top Publications

Year	Title
2012	Beyond barcoding: A mitochondrial genomics approach to molecular phylogenetics and diagnostics of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Published in Gene
2009	Characterization of 67 mitochondrial tRNA gene rearrangements in the hymenoptera suggests that mitochondrial tRNA gene position is selectively neutral Published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
2007	The mitochondrial subgenomes of the nematode Globodera pallida are mosaics: evidence of recombination in an animal mitochondrial genome Published in Journal of Molecular Evolution
2007	Using COI barcodes to identify forensically and medically important blowflies Published in Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Research Areas

Research Overview

Much of my research has been directed towards understanding the evolution of a very large and biologically diverse group of insects, the Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants). The main source of data has been DNA sequences from mitochondria, and I am recognized as an expert in the evolution and biology of the mitochondrial genome. I am particularly interested in how this genome evolves, and how changes in both the sequence and arrangement of genes within it can inform us about evolutionary relationships.

Head Of

Biological Sciences 2009 - 2015

Member Of

Biological Sciences Teaching/Research Academic 2003 - 2016

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Association of a P2RX7 gene missense variant with brachycephalic dog breeds Published In Animal Genetics
2020	Latitudinal biogeographic structuring in the globally distributed moss Ceratodon purpureus Published In Frontiers in Plant Science
2020	Pharmacological and genetic characterisation of the canine P2X4 receptor Published In British Journal of Pharmacology
2020	Taxonomic revision of australian amobia robineau-desvoidy, 1830 (Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae): Integrating morphology and genetics finds a new species and tackles old problems Published In European Journal of Taxonomy
2019	Drivers of sociality in Gobiodon fishes: An assessment of phylogeny, ecology and life-history Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2018	Repeated cyclone events reveal potential causes of sociality in coral-dwelling Gobiodon fishes Published In PLoS One
2017	The right tools for the job: Cooperative breeding theory and an evaluation of the methodological approaches to understanding the evolution and maintenance of sociality Published In Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2015	Higher-level phylogeny of the Hymenoptera inferred from mitochondrial genomes Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2014	A preliminary framework for DNA barcoding, incorporating the multispecies coalescent Published In Systematic Biology
2014	Coexistence of minicircular and a highly rearranged mtDNA molecule suggests that recombination shapes mitochondrial genome organization Published In Molecular Biology and Evolution
2014	Complete mitochondrial genomes of Ceratobaeus sp. and Idris sp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae): shared gene rearrangements as potential phylogenetic markers at the tribal level Published In Molecular Biology Reports: an international journal on molecular and cellular biology
2014	Evolutionary dynamics of the mitochondrial genome in the Evaniomorpha (Hymenoptera) – a group with an intermediate rate of gene rearrangement Published In Genome Biology and Evolution
2014	R270C polymorphism leads to loss of function of the canine P2X7 receptor Published In Physiological Genomics
2013	A key to the Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) with special emphasis on Sarcophaga (sensu lato) Published In Zootaxa
2013	DNA barcoding identifies all immature life stages of a forensically important flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Published In Journal of Forensic Sciences
2013	Utility of COI, CAD and morphological data for resolving relationships within the genus Sarcophaga (sensu lato) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): a preliminary study Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2012	A comparison of three molecular markers for the identification of populations of Globodera pallida Published In Journal of Nematology
2012	Beyond barcoding: A mitochondrial genomics approach to molecular phylogenetics and diagnostics of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Published In Gene
2012	Comprehensive evaluation of DNA barcoding for the molecular species identification of forensically important Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) Published In Invertebrate Systematics
2012	Evidence of animal mtDNA recombination between divergent populations of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida Published In Genetica: the international journal on genetics
2012	Notes on the distribution of 31 species of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) in Australia, including new records in Australia for eight species Published In Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia
2012	The first mitochondrial genome for the wasp superfamily Platygastroidea: the egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis Published In Genome
2011	Paternal leakage of mitochondrial DNA in experimental crosses of populations of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida Published In Genetica: the international journal on genetics
2011	Poly(T) variation in heteroderid nematode mitochondrial genomes is predominantly an artefact of amplification Published In Journal of Molecular Evolution
2011	The mitochondrial genome of the soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines Published In Genome
2009	Characterization of 67 mitochondrial tRNA gene rearrangements in the hymenoptera suggests that mitochondrial tRNA gene position is selectively neutral Published In Molecular Biology and Evolution
2009	DNA-based identification of forensically important Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) Published In International Journal of Legal Medicine
2009	Examining the phylogeny of the Australasian Lymnaeidae (Heterobranchia: Pulmonata: Gastropoda) using mitochondrial, nuclear and morphological markers Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2009	Incorrect report of cryptic species within Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera : Calliphoridae) Published In Invertebrate Systematics
2009	Phylogenetic approaches for the analysis of mitochondrial genome sequence data in the Hymenoptera - A lineage with both rapidly and slowly evolving mitochondrial genomes Published In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2009	Thermal attributes of Chrysomya species Published In Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
2008	Identification of forensically important Chrysomya (Diptera: Calliphoridae) species using the second ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) Published In Forensic Science International
2008	Intraspecific concerted evolution of the rDNA ITS1 in Anopheles farauti sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae) reveals recent patterns of population structure Published In Journal of Molecular Evolution
2008	Mitochondrial genome organization and phylogeny of two vespid wasps Published In Genome
2008	Poly(T) variation within mitochondrial protein-coding genes in Globodera (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) Published In Journal of Molecular Evolution
2008	Population genetic structure, gene flow and sex-biased dispersal in frillneck lizards (Chlamydosaurus kingii) Published In Molecular Ecology
2008	The mitochondrial genome of the stingless bee Melipona bicolor (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): Sequence, gene organization and a unique tRNA translocation event conserved across the tribe Meliponini Published In Genetics and Molecular Biology
2007	Mitochondrial DNA recombination in a free-ranging Australian lizard Published In Biology Letters
2007	Mitochondrial genomes in the Hymenoptera and their utility as phylogenetic markers Published In Systematic Entomology
2007	Phylogeny of the platygastroid wasps (Hymenoptera) based on sequences from the 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA and cytochrome oxidase I genes: implications for the evolution of the ovipositor system and host relationships Published In Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2007	Sequence and characterization of six mitochondrial subgenomes from Globodera rostochiensis: multipartite structure is conserved amongst close nematode relatives Published In Journal of Molecular Evolution
2007	The mitochondrial subgenomes of the nematode Globodera pallida are mosaics: evidence of recombination in an animal mitochondrial genome Published In Journal of Molecular Evolution
2007	The plasminogen-binding group A streptococcal M protein-related protein Prp binds plasminogen via arginine and histidine residues Published In Journal of Bacteriology
2007	Using COI barcodes to identify forensically and medically important blowflies Published In Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Investigator On

Year	Title
2015 - 2019	Integrative systematics of Australian flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Awarded by: Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) Funding Scheme: Grant
2013 - 2015	The evolution of sociality in habitat-specialist reef fishes: exceptions that prove the rule? Awarded by: Hermon Slade Foundation Funding Scheme: Research Grants
2010 - 2013	Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of Australian Sarcophaga (Diptera:Sarcophagidae) Awarded by: Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) Funding Scheme: Grant
2009	New tools for timing key evolutionary transitions among parasitic wasps Awarded by: Australian Academy of Science Funding Scheme: Scientific Visits
2008	Improving insect-based technology for minimum death time estimates in forensic investigations in Australia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2008	Understanding the inheritance of the mitochondrial genome on Globodera pallida Awarded by: Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) Funding Scheme: COST
	Genetic variants of damage-associated molecular pattern receptor P2X7 in dogs: potential role in inflammatory and bone disorders, and in pain Awarded by: Australian Companion Animal Health Foundation Funding Scheme: Grant

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Behaviour, Social Structure and Mating System of Burrowing Mud Shrimp, Trypaea australiensis
Doctor of Philosophy	Landscape genetics of spotted tailed quoll populations in NSW: are current levels of population connectivity and adaptive potential enough to ensure their long term survival?	Knipler, Monica
Doctor of Philosophy	The evolution and variability of social behaviour in anemonefishes (genus Amphiprion)	Heatwole, Siobhan
Doctor of Philosophy	Investigating the Causes and Consequences of Sociality in the Coral-Dwelling Gobies (genus Gobiodon)	Froehlich, Catheline

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3180-2922 (confirmed)

Dowton, Mark P. Prof.

Head of Students (Science)

Overview

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Affiliation

Head Of

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Funding

Investigator On

Supervision

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Identity

Orcid Id

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Affiliation

Head Of

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Funding

Investigator On

Supervision

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Identity

Orcid Id

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Research Areas