Journal articles
Comparative mapping in conifers has not yet been used to test for small-scale genomic disruptions...
Spotted gums (genus Corymbia, section Politaria) occur as a species replacement series along the eastern...
Population substructure and hybridization, among other factors, have the poten-tial to cause erroneous associations in...
Quantitative trait loci (QTL) detection was carried out for adventitious rooting and associated propagation traits...
Gene flow by pollen dispersal from forestry plantations containing introduced species, provenances or selected elite...
Sectors of the forest plantation industry in Australia are set to expand in the near...
We identified five taxonomic groups of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inside roots of young trees...
The utility of microsatellites (SSRs) in reconstructing phylogenies is largely confined to studies below the...
Divergent paralogs can create both obstacles and opportunities for phylogenetic reconstruction. Phylogenetic relationships among eucalypt...
Recognition of genetic structure of populations and the ability to identify vulnerable populations is useful...
Targeting between-species effects for improvement in synthetic hybrid populations derived from outcrossing parental tree species...
The genus Corymbia is closely related to the genus Eucalyptus, and like Eucalyptus contains tree...
Parental and consensus maps were constructed in an F2 inter-provenance cross of Eucalyptus globulus, using...
Pollen contamination continues to be a problem for many operational controlled-pollination programs for hybrid trees....
Genetic control of adventitious rooting was characterised in two unrelated Pinus elliottii ×P. caribaea families,...
Linkage maps were prepared for two Araucaria cunninghamii individuals (coded H15 and Gil24) using the...
Ten microsatellite loci are described in Araucaria cunninghamii, the first reported in the Araucariaceae. Eight...
Genetic maps for individual Pinus elliottii var elliottii and P caribaea var hondurensis trees were...
Quantitative trait locus (QTL) detection was carried out for physical wood properties and early growth...
Putative quantitative trait loci (QTL) of moderate, additive effect were identified for branch diameter, average...
Breeding programs based on hybrids of tree species often have a need to unambiguously distinguish...
Transpecific microsatellites for hard pines (with Michael J. Cross, Tina L. Maguire, Mark J. Dieters, Claire G. Williams, and Robert J. Henry), Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2002)
Microsatellites are difficult to recover from large plant genomes so cross-specific utilisation is an important...
Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer (white mahogany) and E. cloeziana F. Muell (Gympie messmate) are largely allopatric...
Microsatellites are PCR based markers widely applicable in many plant species. Although the discovery and...
Routine analysis of DNA from numbers of plant samples using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...
DNA melting curves of genotype-specific PCR fragments were used to differentiate between species and amongst...
Book chapters
Conference publications
In Australia, plantation eucalypts have the potential to form intra- and interspecific hybrids with native...
Comparative mapping of Eucalyptus and Corymbia (with Natalie Baker, Shabana Kasem, David J. Lee, and Robert J. Henry), Breeding for success: diversity in action: proceedings of the 13th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (2006)
The genus Corymbia is closely related to the genus Eucalyptus, and like Eucalyptus contains tree...
Transfer of microsatellites amongst pines makes sense because it avoids the considerable up-front development costs...
SNP discovery and analysis in plant genomes (with Robert J. Henry, Toni Pacey-Miller, Brett G. Kennedy, Peter C. Bundock, Gary A. Ablett, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, and Daniel LE Waters), Genomes: the Linkage to Life: XIX International Genetics Congress (2003)
Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maiden is an important forestry species in Australia. It is one...
Eucalyptus cloeziana (Gympie Messmate) is considered a valuable timber species for hardwood plantations in Australia...
Molecular analysis of hybrids (with Robert J. Henry), Hybrid Breeding and Genetics of Forest Trees: Proccedings of the QFRI, CRC & SPF Symposium (2000)
In recent times microsatellite analysis has become a favourite tool for a multitude of genetic...
The ability to select clones of uniform wood properties to meet specific end use requirements...
Microsatellites or SSR (simple sequence repeats) are usually single locus, highly polymorphic and robust markers....
Genotyping by direct analysis of DNA has become increasing important in the breeding of plants...
Analysis of plant microsatellites (with Robert J. Henry, Tina L. Maguire, Maurizio Rossetto, L Slade Lee, A McLauchlan, Laura E. Homer, Stephen H. Garland, S Weining, Michael J. Cross, Ram B. Gupta, and Peter R. Baverstock), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australia Inc (1997)