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Jon Slate

Professor of Evolutionary Genetics
Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom

Professor Plant Sciences
Biography

BSc, Manchester University (1992)  Graduate Research Assistant, University of Cambridge (1992-95) PhD, University of Edinburgh (2000) Royal Society Travel Fellowship/Postdoctoral Scientist, AgResearch, New Zealand (2000-02) Lecturer, Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield (2002-05) Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield (2005-08) Reader in Evolutionary Genetics, University of Sheffield (2008-12) Professor of Evolutionary Genetics, University of Sheffield (2012-present)

Research Intrest

Genetic architecture and evolution of fitness traits in wild populations Genome mapping Inbreeding & inbreeding depression

List of Publications
Poissant J, Morrissey MB, Gosler AG, Slate J, Sheldon BC. Multivariate selection and intersexual genetic constraints in a wild bird population. Journal of evolutionary biology. 2016 Oct 1;29(10):2022-35.
Bennison C, Hemmings N, Brookes L, Slate J, Birkhead T. Sperm morphology, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) concentration and swimming velocity: unexpected relationships in a passerine bird. InProc. R. Soc. B 2016 Aug 31 (Vol. 283, No. 1837, p. 20161558). The Royal Society.
Slate J. Robust inference of genetic architecture in mapping studies. Molecular Ecology. 2017 Mar 1;26(6):1453-5.
Kim KW, Bennison C, Hemmings N, Brookes L, Hurley LL, Griffith SC, Burke T, Birkhead TR, Slate J. A sex-linked supergene controls sperm morphology and swimming speed in a songbird. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2017 Jul 17;1:1168-76.
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