Journal articles

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Capture of assay template by multiplex PCR of long amplicons for genotyping SNPs and InDels with MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (with Timothy R. Sexton, Robert J. Henry, Luke J. McManus, and Stirling Bowen), Molecular Breeding (2010)

Mis-priming associated with uncharacterised single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may lead to failure of PCR for...

 

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Genetic association studies in Eucalyptus pilularis Smith (blackbutt) (with Timothy R. Sexton, Robert J. Henry, Luke J. McManus, Michael Henson, and Dane S. Thomas), Australian Forestry Journal (2010)

Breeding for wood quality is limited by the long generation times and the delay before...

 

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Geographical and historical determinants of microsatellite variation in Eucalyptus pilularis (with Timothy Sexton, Dane Thomas, Michael Henson, and Robert J. Henry), Canadian Journal of Forest Research (2010)

Geographically distributed genetic variation is expected in species like Eucalyptus pilularis that have wide latitudinal...

 

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Two sympatric spotted gum species are molecularly homogeneous (with Joel W. Ochieng, Peter R. Baverstock, D Garth Nikles, David J. Lee, and Robert J. Henry), Conservation Genetics (2010)

Large fruited spotted gum eucalypt Corymbia henryi occurs sympatrically with small fruited spotted gum Corymbia...

 

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Genetic differentiation among and within three red mahoganies (series Annulares), Eucalyptus pellita, E. resinifera and E. scias (Myrtaceae) (with Son Le, Catherine J. Nock, and Michael Henson), Australian Systematic Botany (2009)

The red mahogany group (Eucalyptus ser. Annulares Blakely) includes some of the most important commercial...

 

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Comparative mapping among subsection Australes (genus Pinus, family Pinaceae) (with Claire G. Williams), Genome (2008)

Comparative mapping in conifers has not yet been used to test for small-scale genomic disruptions...

 

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Genetic structuring in the spotted gum complex (genus Corymbia, section Politaria) (with Shabana Kasem, Gary A. Ablett, Joel W. Ochieng, and Allison C. Crawford), Australian Systematic Botany (2008)

Spotted gums (genus Corymbia, section Politaria) occur as a species replacement series along the eastern...

 

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Genetic variation within two sympatric spotted gum eucalypts exceeds between taxa variation (with Joel W. Ochieng, Peter R. Baverstock, D Garth Nikles, David J. Lee, and Robert J. Henry), Silvae Genetics (2008)

Population substructure and hybridization, among other factors, have the poten-tial to cause erroneous associations in...

 

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Mapping species differences for adventitious rooting in a Corymbia torelliana x C. citriodora subspecies variegata hybrid (with Shabana Kasem, David J. Lee, and Robert J. Henry), Tree Genetics and Genomes (2008)

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) detection was carried out for adventitious rooting and associated propagation traits...

 

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Pollen flow in Eucalyptus grandis determined by paternity analysis using microsatellite markers (with Megan E. Jones, Robert J. Henry, and Angela Delves), Tree Genetics & Genomes (2008)

Gene flow by pollen dispersal from forestry plantations containing introduced species, provenances or selected elite...

 

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The risk of pollen-mediated gene flow from exotic Corymbia plantations into native Corymbia populations in Australia (with R C. Barbour, Allison C. Crawford, Michael Henson, and David J. Lee), Forest Ecology and Management (2008)

Sectors of the forest plantation industry in Australia are set to expand in the near...

 

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A method for assessing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi group distribution in tree roots by intergenic transcribed sequence variation (with Linh Nguyen, Megan E. Jones, J Doland Nichols, and F Lynn Carpenter), Plant and Soil (2007)

We identified five taxonomic groups of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inside roots of young trees...

 

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Genetic control of propagation traits in a single Corymbia torelliana × Corymbia variegata family (with Peter Pomroy, Mark J. Dieters, and David Lee), Canadian Journal of Forest Research (2007)

Genetic control of vegetative propagation traits was described for a second-generation, outbred, intersectional hybrid family...

 

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Microsatellites retain phylogenetic signals across genera in eucalypts (Myrtaceae) (with Joel W. Ochieng, Dorothy A. Steane, P Y. Ladiges, Peter R. Baverstock, and Robert J. Henry), Genetics & Molecular Biology (2007)

The utility of microsatellites (SSRs) in reconstructing phylogenies is largely confined to studies below the...

 

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Nuclear ribosomal pseudogenes resolve a corroborated monophyly of the eucalypt genus Corymbia despite misleading hypotheses at functional ITS paralogs (with Joel W. Ochieng, Robert J. Henry, Peter R. Baverstock, and Dorothy A. Steane), Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution (2007)

Divergent paralogs can create both obstacles and opportunities for phylogenetic reconstruction. Phylogenetic relationships among eucalypt...

 

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Chloroplast DNA variation and population structure in the widespread forest tree, Eucalyptus grandis (with Megan E. Jones, Robert J. Henry, and Angela Delves), Conservation Genetics (2006)

Recognition of genetic structure of populations and the ability to identify vulnerable populations is useful...

 

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Congruence in QTL for adventitious rooting in Pinus elliottii x P. caribaea hybrids resolves between and within-species effects (with Shaowei Huang, Peter Eggler, Michael Cross, Glenn Dale, Mark J. Dieters, and Robert J. Henry), Molecular Breeding (2006)

Targeting between-species effects for improvement in synthetic hybrid populations derived from outcrossing parental tree species...

 

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Construction of microsatellite linkage maps for Corymbia (with Shabana Kasem, David J. Lee, and Robert J. Henry), Silvae Genetica (2006)

The genus Corymbia is closely related to the genus Eucalyptus, and like Eucalyptus contains tree...

 

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DNA Banks and their role in facilitating the application of genomics to plant germplasm (with Nicole F. Rice, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Peter C. Bundock, Louis MT Bradbury, Loraine Watson, Allison C. Crawford, Toni Pacey-Miller, Agnelo Furtado, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Genetic Resources (2006)

Advances in genomics have provided technologies for high throughput analysis of plant genomes with potential...

 

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Parental and consensus linkage maps of Eucalyptus globulus using AFLP and microsatellite markers (with Jules S. Freyman, Brad M. Potts, and Rene E. Vaillancourt), Silvae Genetica (2006)

Parental and consensus maps were constructed in an F2 inter-provenance cross of Eucalyptus globulus, using...

 

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Verification of interspecific pine hybrids using paternally inherited chloroplast microsatellites (with Frances G. Eliott and Robert J. Henry), Forest Genetics (2006)

Pollen contamination continues to be a problem for many operational controlled-pollination programs for hybrid trees....

 

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Genetic control of adventitious rooting on stem cuttings in two Pinus elliottii × P. caribaea hybrid families (with Rohan Mellick, Paul Toon, Glenn Dale, and Mark J. Dieters), Annals of Forest Science (2005)

Genetic control of adventitious rooting was characterised in two unrelated Pinus elliottii ×P. caribaea families,...

 

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Low efficiency of pseudotestcross mapping design was consistent with limited genetic diversity and low heterozygosity in hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii, Araucariaceae) (with Leon J. Scott, D Garth Nikles, and Robert J. Henry), Tree Genetics and Genomes (2005)

Linkage maps were prepared for two Araucaria cunninghamii individuals (coded H15 and Gil24) using the...

 

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Characterisation of highly conserved microsatellite loci in Araucaria cunninghamii and related species (with Leon J. Scott and Robert J. Henry), Plant Systematics and Evolution, vol. (2003)

Ten microsatellite loci are described in Araucaria cunninghamii, the first reported in the Araucariaceae. Eight...

 

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Genetic maps for Pinus elliottii var elliottii and P caribaea var hondurensis using AFLP and microsatellite markers (with Michael J. Cross, Mark J. Dieters, and Robert J. Henry), Theoretical Applied Genetics (2003)

Genetic maps for individual Pinus elliottii var elliottii and P caribaea var hondurensis trees were...

 

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Genetics of physical wood properties and early growth in a tropical pine hybrid (with Michael J. Cross, Mark J. Dieters, Kevin Harding, Dominic Kain, and Robert J. Henry), Canadian Journal of Forest Research (2003)

Quantitative trait locus (QTL) detection was carried out for physical wood properties and early growth...

 

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Branch architecture QTL for Pinus elliottii var. elliottii x P caribeae var. hondurensis hybrids (with Michael J. Cross, Mark J. Dieters, and Robert J. Henry), Annals of Forest Science (2002)

Putative quantitative trait loci (QTL) of moderate, additive effect were identified for branch diameter, average...

 

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High-throughput DNA extraction from forest trees (with Michael J. Cross, Rhonda L. Stokoe, Leon J. Scott, and Megan E. Jones), Plant Molecular Biology Reporter (2002)

It is difficult to extract pure high-quality DNA from trees, which may not be amenable...

 

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Identification of Pinus elliottii var. elliottii X P. caribaea var. hondurensis hybrids using the chloroplast trnL-F intergenic Spacer (with Robert J. Henry), Silvae Genetica (2002)

Breeding programs based on hybrids of tree species often have a need to unambiguously distinguish...

 

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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...

 

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Isolation of microsatellite loci from spotted gum (Corymbia variegata), and cross-species amplification in Corymbia and Eucalyptus (with Megan E. Jones, Rhonda L. Stokoe, Michael J. Cross, Leon J. Scott, and Tina L. Maguire), Molecular Ecology Notes (2001)

Corymbia variegata (spotted gum) is an important commercial hardwood timber species in Australia. Fourteen polymorphic...

 

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Natural inter-subgeneric hybridisation between Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer and Eucalyptus cloeziana F Muell (Myrtaceae) in Southeast Queensland (with Rhonda L. Stokoe, David J. Lee, D Garth Nikles, and Robert J. Henry), Annals of Botany (2001)

Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer (white mahogany) and E. cloeziana F. Muell (Gympie messmate) are largely allopatric...

 

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Variation and inheritance of resistance to defoliation by Christmas beetles, Anoplognathus sp (Leach) in eucalypts (with Jose X. Chaparro and Robert D. Teasdale), Forest Genetics (2000)

Natural populations of eucalypts exhibit variation to defoliation by adult Christmas beetles at the species,...

 

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Genetic mapping of monoterpene composition in an interspecific eucalypt hybrid (with Jose X. Chaparro and Robert D. Teasdale), TAG: Theoretical and Applied Genetics (1999)

Genetic control of foliar oil composition was investigated amongst half-sib progeny of an interspecific eucalypt...

 

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Increasing the efficiency of microsatellite discovery from poorly enriched libraries in coniferous forest species (with Leon J. Scott, Michael J. Cross, Tina L. Maguire, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Molecular Biology Reporter (1999)

Microsatellites are PCR based markers widely applicable in many plant species. Although the discovery and...

 

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Microwave extraction of total genomic DNA from barley grains for use in PCR (with H S. Saini and Robert J. Henry), Journal of Institution of Brewing (1999)

Routine analysis of DNA from numbers of plant samples using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...

 

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Monitoring of fluorescence during DNA melting as a method for discrimination and detection of PCR products in variety identification (with Robert J. Henry), Molecular Breeding (1998)

DNA melting curves of genotype-specific PCR fragments were used to differentiate between species and amongst...

 

Book chapters

Genetic control and architecture of adventitious rooting in forest trees (with Mark J. Dieters and Brian S. Baltunis), Adventitious Root Formation of Forest Trees and Horticultural Woody Plant: From Genes to Applications (2008)
 

Molecular markers in tree improvement: characterisation and use in eucalyptus (with Megan E. Jones), Molecular marker systems in plant breeding and crop improvement (2004)
 

Conference publications

Seasonality of flowering in Corymbia citriodora subsp variegata (Spotted gum) (with M Abasolo and David J. Lee), Proceedings CRC for Forestry Annual Science Meeting (2010)
 

Conservation of single nucleotide polymorphisms in 44 wood quality candidate genes of Eucalyptus globulus, Eucalyptus pyrocarpa and Eucalyptus pilularis (with Timothy R. Sexton, Robert J. Henry, Luke J. McManus, and Dane Thomas), Plant and Animal Genomes XVIII Conference (2010)

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) code for much of the morphological variation observed between individuals. The...

 

Trans-specific single nucleotide polymorphisms in Eucalyptus wood quality genes (with Timothy Sexton, Robert J. Henry, Luke J. McManus, and Dane Thomas), Proceedings CRC for Forestry Annual Science Meeting (2010)
 

A first glimpse at wood property associations in Eucalyptus pilularis (Blackbutt) (with Timothy Sexton, Robert J. Henry, Luke J. McManus, Michael Henson, and Dane Thomas), Taking Care of Business: the Second Australasian Forest Genetics Conference (2009)
 

Next generation genotyping (with Robert J. Henry, Nicole F. Rice, Peter C. Bundock, Stirling Bowen, and Mark A. Edwards), 14th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (APBC) held in conjunction with the 11th Society for the Advancement of Breeding Research in Asia and Oceania (SABRAO) Congress (2009)
 

Next-generation sequencing of plant genomes (with Nicole F. Rice, Catherine J. Nock, Daniel LE Waters, Peter C. Bundock, Stirling Bowen, Mark A. Edwards, and Robert J. Henry), NSW Bioinformatics Research Symposium (2009)
 

Association genetics for improved solid wood quality in Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis) (with Timothy Sexton, Robert J. Henry, Michael Henson, Helen Smith, and Dane Thomas), Forestry CRC Annual Meeting (2007)
 

Gene flow and genetic diversity in eucalypt plantations and native forest in north coast New South Wales (with Megan E. Jones, Robert J. Henry, Spencer Bruskin, and Angela Delves), Wood Breeding, Biotechnology and Industrial Expectations Meeting (2007)

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...

 

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Population panmixia in a spotted gum species complex (Mytaceae): Implications for association mapping (with Joel W. Ochieng, Peter R. Baverstock, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes Conference XIV (2006)
 

Corymbia genetics at Southern Cross University (Presentation Corymbia Research Meeting) (with David J. Lee, Natalie Baker, Shabana Kasem, Joel W. Ochieng, Chen Bihua, and Robert J. Henry), Corymbia Research Meeting (2005)
 

Corymbia genetics at Southern Cross University, 2nd Symposium on Molecular Genetics of Eucalyptus (2004)
 

Corymbia genetics at Southern Cross University (Presentation Eucalypt Genomics Workshop) (with Robert J. Henry), Eucalypt Genomics Workshop (2004)
 

Linkage mapping and QTL analysis in outbred and inbred organisms, University of Kebangsaan Workshop: Genetic Mapping and QTL Analysis in Outbreeding Tree Species and Rice (2004)
 

Microsatellite maps for Pinus elliottii and P. caribaea: lessons from transpecific microsatellites in pines (with Michael J. Cross, Peter Eggler, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes XI Conference (2003)

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)
 

Stability of gene effects (QTL) in extreme genetic backgrounds: mapping genes controlling adventitious root formation in hybrid pines (with Peter Eggler, Rohan Mellick, Michael J. Cross, Paul Toon, Glenn Dale, Shaowei Huang, and Mark J. Dieters), CRC for Sustainable Production Forestry Annual Meeting (2003)
 

Utility and evolution of microsatellites in the Araucariaceae (with Leon J. Scott, Robert J. Henry, Glenn C. Graham, Mark J. Dieters, and D Garth Nikles), International Araucariaceae Symposium (2002)
 

Intraspecific chloroplast DNA variation and population structure in Eucalyptus grandis Hill Ex Maiden (with Megan E. Jones, Robert J. Henry, Spencer Bruskin, and Angela Delves), Tree Biotechnology in the next Millennium (2001)

Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maiden is an important forestry species in Australia. It is one...

 

Microsatellite and chloroplast diversity within Eucalyptus cloeziana (with Rhonda L. Stokoe, David J. Lee, and D Garth Nikles), Tree Biotechnology in the next Millennium (2001)

Eucalyptus cloeziana (Gympie Messmate) is considered a valuable timber species for hardwood plantations in Australia...

 

Transpecific microsatellites in pines, Conifer Microsatellite Workshop (2001)
 

Gene flow and genetic diversity between eucalypt plantations and local native forest in North Coast New South Wales (Presentation) (with Megan E. Jones, Robert J. Henry, Lesley Schoer, and Angela Delves), Hybrid Breeding and Genetics of Forest Trees: Proccedings of the QFRI, CRC & SPF Symposium (2000)
 

Interspecific hybridisation between Eucalyptus cloeziana and Eucalyptus acmenoides (with Rhonda L. Stokoe, Robert J. Henry, David J. Lee, and D Garth Nikles), Hybrid Breeding and Genetics of Forest Trees: Proccedings of the QFRI, CRC & SPF Symposium (2000)
 

Molecular analysis of hybrids (with Robert J. Henry), Hybrid Breeding and Genetics of Forest Trees: Proccedings of the QFRI, CRC & SPF Symposium (2000)
 

QTL mapping in a hoop pine interprovenance hybrid population (with Leon J. Scott, D Garth Nikles, Mark J. Dieters, and Robert J. Henry), Hybrid Breeding and Genetics of Forest Trees: Proccedings of the QFRI, CRC & SPF Symposium (2000)
 

The genetic basis of heterosis for stem volume in an interspecific Pinus hybrid from QTL mapping (with Mark J. Dieters, Paul Toon, D Garth Nikles, Michael J. Cross, and Robert J. Henry), Hybrid Breeding and Genetics of Forest Trees: Proccedings of the QFRI, CRC & SPF Symposium (2000)
 

Cross species amplification of microsatellite loci: a valuable tool for genetic studies in plants (with Maurizio Rossetto, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Fiona CL Harriss, L Slade Lee, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genome VII Conference (1999)

In recent times microsatellite analysis has become a favourite tool for a multitude of genetic...

 

Cross transfer of microsatellite markers in the genus Pinus (with Michael J. Cross and Robert J. Henry), 46th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Australia Inc (1999)
 

DNA based cereal variety identification (with Timothy A. Holton, Robert J. Henry, and H S. Saini), Cereals 99: Proceedings of the 49th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference (1999)
 

DNA profiling of barley grains: a rapid extraction, PCR amplification and detection (with H S. Saini and Robert J. Henry), Cereals 99: Proceedings of the 49th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference (1999)
 

Genetic mapping of wood properties in Pinus elliottii var. elliottii x P. caribaea var. hondurensis hybrids (with Michael J. Cross, Mark J. Dieters, Paul Toon, Kevin Harding, D Garth Nikles, Robert J. Henry, and Russell Haines), Proceedings of the 25th Biennial Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference (1999)

The ability to select clones of uniform wood properties to meet specific end use requirements...

 

Increasing the efficiency of microsatellite discovery from enriched libraries in coniferous forest species (Presentation) (with Leon J. Scott, Michael J. Cross, Tina L. Maguire, and Robert J. Henry), Proceedings of the 25th Biennial Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference (1999)

Microsatellites or SSR (simple sequence repeats) are usually single locus, highly polymorphic and robust markers....

 

Isolation, characterisation and transferability of microsatellites in Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghammii) and related species (with Leon J. Scott, D Garth Nikles, Mark J. Dieters, and Robert J. Henry), 46th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Australia Inc (1999)
 

Genotyping using DNA melting profiles (with Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genome VI Conference (1998)

Genotyping by direct analysis of DNA has become increasing important in the breeding of plants...

 

A rapid assay for plant breeding applications based upon capillary-PCR combined with real-time fluorescent detection (with A McLauchlan, Laura E. Homer, and Robert J. Henry), 5th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology (1997)
 

Advances in DNA based varietal identification for barley (with A McLauchlan, Laura E. Homer, H S. Saini, S Weining, and Robert J. Henry), Barley: Conception to Consumption: Proceedings of the 8th Australian Barley Technical Symposium (1997)
 

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)
 

Detection methods for DNA based cereal identification (with Hian-Lien Ko and Robert J. Henry), Cereals 97: Proceedings of the 47th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference (1997)