Prof Thomas Meagher
Professor
Research areas
Plant evolutionary biology, genealogical reconstruction and analysis (likelihood-based paternity and parentage analysis), quantitative genetics, sexual dimorphism, linkages between molecular variation and phenotypic evolution, ecological and genetic bases for population differentiation and speciation, conservation biology and biodiversity, risk assessment of gene flow and its consequences in genetically modified organisms, public understanding of science.
Selected publications
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Open access
Innovative communication of molecular evolution through sound: a biological sonification concert
Martin, E., Knotts, S., Phillips, M., Weise, N., Meagher, T. R. & Barker, D., 27 May 2024, In: Evolution Education and Outreach . 17, 6, p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Representing biodiversity decline data by manipulating familiar audio files to create emotional responses: a novel sonification method of soundwave-level deletion
Martin, E., Meagher, T. R. & Barker, D., 1 Dec 2024, In: Biological Conservation. 300, 12 p., 110852.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Bringing bioinformatics to schools with the 4273pi project
Bain, S., Plaisier, H., Anderson, F., Cook, N., Crouch, K., Meagher, T. R., Ritchie, M. G., Wallace, E. & Barker, D., 20 Jan 2022, In: PLoS Computational Biology. 18, 1, 12 p., e1009705.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
DNA sonification for public engagement in bioinformatics
Plaisier, H., Meagher, T. R. & Barker, D., 15 Jul 2021, In: BMC Research Notes. 14, 4 p., 273.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Do s genes or deleterious recessives control late-acting self-incompatibility in Handroanthus heptaphyllus (Bignoniaceae)? A diallel study with four full sib progeny arrays
Bianchi, M. B., Meagher, T. R. & Gibbs, P. E., 7 May 2021, In: Annals of Botany. 127, 6, p. 723–736 mcab031.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Maintaining momentum for collaborative working groups in a post-pandemic world
Srivastava, D. S., Winter, M., Gross, L. J., Metzger, J. P., Baron, J. S., Mouquet, N., Meagher, T. R., Halpern, B. S. & Pillar, V. D., 1 Sept 2021, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 5, 9, p. 1188-1189 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Open access
Using sound to understand protein sequence data: new sonification algorithms for protein sequences and multiple sequence alignments
Martin, E., Meagher, T. R. & Barker, D., 23 Sept 2021, In: BMC Bioinformatics. 22, 17 p., 456.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Daniel S. Milo. Good Enough: The Tolerance for Mediocrity in Nature and Society
Meagher, T. R., 1 Dec 2020, In: Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture. 4, 1, p. 183-186 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Open access
Design, delivery and evaluation of a bioinformatics education workshop for 13-16-year-olds
Bain, S., Meagher, T. R. & Barker, D., 26 Dec 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Biological Education. Latest Articles, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Plotting a future for Amazonian canga vegetation in a campo rupestre context
Zappi, D. C., Moro, M. F., Walker, B., Meagher, T., Viana, P. L., Mota, N. F. O., Watanabe, M. T. C. & Nic Lughadha, E., 5 Aug 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 8, 19 p., e0219753.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review