Dr Melanie Wilkinson
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of the Environment
Journal Articles
Wilkinson, Melanie J., McLay, Kathleen, Kainer, David, Elphinstone, Cassandra, Dillon, Natalie L., Webb, Matthew, Wijesundara, Upendra K., Ali, Asjad, Bally, Ian S. E., Munyengwa, Norman, Furtado, Agnelo, Henry, Robert J., Hardner, Craig M. and Ortiz‐Barrientos, Daniel (2024). Centromeres are hotspots for chromosomal inversions and breeding traits in mango. New Phytologist. doi: 10.1111/nph.20252
Broad, Zoe, Lefreve, James, Wilkinson, Melanie J., Barton, Samuel, Barbier, Francois, Jung, Hyungtaek, Donovan, Diane and Ortiz‐Barrientos, Daniel (2024). Gravitropic Gene Expression Divergence Associated With Adaptation to Contrasting Environments in an Australian Wildflower. Molecular Ecology, e17543. doi: 10.1111/mec.17543
James, Maddie E., Allsopp, Robin N., Groh, Jeffrey S., Kaur, Avneet, Wilkinson, Melanie J. and Ortiz‐Barrientos, Daniel (2023). Uncovering the genetic architecture of parallel evolution. Molecular Ecology, 32 (20), 5575-5589. doi: 10.1111/mec.17134
Wilkinson, Melanie J., Yamashita, Risa, James, Maddie E., Bally, Ian S. E., Dillon, Natalie L., Ali, Asjad, Hardner, Craig M. and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2022). The influence of genetic structure on phenotypic diversity in the Australian mango (Mangifera indica) gene pool. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 20614, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24800-7
Wilkinson, Melanie J., Roda, Federico, Walter, Greg M., James, Maddie E., Nipper, Rick, Walsh, Jessica, Allen, Scott L., North, Henry L., Beveridge, Christine A. and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2021). Adaptive divergence in shoot gravitropism creates hybrid sterility in an Australian wildflower. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (47) e2004901118, e2004901118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2004901118
James, Maddie E., Wilkinson, Melanie J., Bernal, Diana M., Liu, Huanle, North, Henry L., Engelstädter, Jan and Ortiz‐Barrientos, Daniel (2021). Phenotypic and genotypic parallel evolution in parapatric ecotypes of Senecio. Evolution, 75 (12), 3115-3131. doi: 10.1111/evo.14387
Walter, Greg M., Richards, Thomas J., Wilkinson, Melanie J, Blows, Mark W., Aguirre, J. David and Ortiz‐Barrientos, Daniel (2020). Loss of ecologically important genetic variation in late generation hybrids reveals links between adaptation and speciation. Evolution Letters, 4 (4) evl3.187, 302-316. doi: 10.1002/evl3.187
Walter, Greg M., Wilkinson, Melanie J., Aguirre, J. David, Blows, Mark W. and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2018). Environmentally induced development costs underlie fitness tradeoffs. Ecology, 99 (6), 1391-1401. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2234
Walter, Greg M., Wilkinson, Melanie J., James, Maddie E., Richards, Thomas J., Aguirre, J. David and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2016). Diversification across a heterogeneous landscape. Evolution, 70 (9), 1979-1992. doi: 10.1111/evo.13009
Roda, Federico, Liu, Huanle, Wilkinson, Melanie J., Walter, Gregory M., James, Maddie E., Bernal, Diana M., Melo, Maria C., Lowe, Andrew, Rieseberg, Loren H., Prentis, Peter and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2013). Convergence and divergence during the adaptation to similar environments by an Australian groundsel. Evolution, 67 (9), 2515-2529. doi: 10.1111/evo.12136
Thesis
Wilkinson, Melanie (2019). The genetic basis of adaptive evolution and divergence in an Australian wildflower. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.338
Data Collections
Wilkinson, Melanie (2024). Centromeres are hotspots for chromosomal inversions and breeding traits in mango. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/1819a7b
Allsopp, Robin, James, Maddie, Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel, Wilkinson, Melanie, Groh, Jeffrey and Kaur, Avneet (2023). Data associated with publication: James et al. "Uncovering the genetic architecture of parallel evolution". The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/40dec7a
Wilkinson, Melanie J., Roda, Federico, Walter, Greg M., James, Maddie E., Nipper, Rick, Walsh, Jessica, Allen, Scott L., North, Henry L., Beveridge, Christine A. and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2021). Data associated with forthcoming publication - Wilkinson et al. 2021 - "Adaptive divergence in shoot gravitropism creates hybrid sterility in an Australian wildflower". The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/2c603c6