Dr Martin Elphinstone BSc(MACQU), PhD(SCU) Martin graduated from Macquarie University (B.Sc., Hons) in 1999. The following year he commenced work at Southern Cross University as Laboratory Manager in the Centre for Animal Conservation Genetics (CACG) under the direction of Professor Peter Baverstock. For over a decade Martin facilitated the daily operations of CACG, executed research projects and assisted postgraduate students with their research programs. During this time Martin also enrolled in the PhD program at Southern Cross University and has recently completed requirements for this degree. After moving to Brisbane in 2002 and working for a number of years at University of Queensland and the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries in such diverse areas as the genetic basis of high blood pressure in humans and the genetics of aging in Spanner crabs, Martin returned to Southern Cross University and now forms part of a team at the Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics working on identifying genes involved in improved milling quality traits in wheat. Martin's primary scientific interests range from ecology and conservation to molecular genetics.
Journal articles
Population structure, timing of divergence and contact between lineages in the endangered Hastings River mouse (Pseudomys oralis) (with Karen MC Rowe, Kevin C. Rowe, and Peter R. Baverstock), Australian Journal of Zoology (2012)
Management of threatened species requires understanding their genetic structure, particularly when the potential for cryptic...
Phylogenetics and revised taxonomy of the Australian freshwater cod genus, Maccullochella (Percichthyidae) (with Catherine J. Nock, Stuart J. Rowland, and Peter R. Baverstock), Marine and Freshwater Research (2010)
Determining the phylogenetic and taxonomic relationships among allopatric populations can be difficult, especially when divergence...
Conservation implications of distinct genetic structuring in the endangered freshwater fish Nannoperca oxleyana (Percichthyidae) (with James T. Knight, Catherine J. Nock, and Peter R. Baverstock), Marine and Freshwater Research (2009)
The maintenance of genetic diversity and gene flow in threatened species is a vital consideration...
An inexpensive and high-throughput procedure to extract and purify total genomic DNA for population studies (with Gavin N. Hinten, Megan J. Anderson, and Catherine J. Nock), Molecular Ecology Notes (2003)
We describe here a procedure for the purification of high molecular weight genomic DNA that...
Book chapters