University of St Andrews
 
 

Prof Thomas Meagher
Professor

Harold Mitchell Building
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9TH
UK

Member, Natural Environment Research Council, 2007-present

Outlook Editor, Evolution, 2006-present

Member, DEFRA Science Advisory Council, 2004-present

Trustee, St Andrews Botanic Garden Education Trust, 2005-present

Editorial Board, Heredity, 2000-present

Member, NERC Steering Committee on Environmental Genomics, 2000-present

Research Interests

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.

Research Group

Ms Malin Rivers (NERC-CASE PhD student)

Chris Mcowen (BBSRC-CASE PhD student)

Current Projects

BBSRC/Kew Enterprises.  Integrating phylogenetic and trait diversity into conservation management of monocot species.  BBSRC CASE studentship for Chris Mcowen

Leverhulme Research Fellowship.  “Matching population biology to policy need in conservation of biodiversity.”  [June 2007 – September 2008]

NERC/Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK . of Delonix in Madagascar.  NERC CASE studentship for Malin Rivers

NERC Environmental Genomics. “Genomic analysis of the relationship between repetitive DNA and phenotypic evolution.” [January 2002 - December 2004]

Science & Society

2001 Evolution, Science, and Society

1994 Leaping into the Future with Evolutionary Biology
 

 

Publications

Rivers, MC, Brummitt, NA, Lughadha, EN & Meagher, TR 2011, ' Genetic variation in Delonix s.l. (Leguminosae) in Madagascar revealed by AFLPs: fragmentation, conservation status and taxonomy ' Conservation Genetics , vol 12, no. 5, pp. 1333-1344.
Rivers, MC, Taylor, L, Brummitt, NA , Meagher, TR , Roberts, DL & Lughadha, EN 2011, ' How many herbarium specimens are needed to detect threatened species? ' Biological Conservation , vol 144, no. 10, pp. 2541-2547.
Meagher, TR 2010, ' A fragmented future for the forest flora ' Heredity , vol 105, no. 2, pp. 163-164.
Rivers, MC, Bachman, SP , Meagher, TR , Lughadha, EN & Brummitt, NA 2010, ' Subpopulations, locations and fragmentation: applying IUCN red list criteria to herbarium specimen data ' Biodiversity and Conservation , vol 19, no. 7, pp. 2071-2085.
Meagher, T., Crispin, S., Fergusen, N., Gaskell, C., Lowe, P., Waage, J., Moulin, J. & Eason, W. 2009, Bluetongue Disease: final report and recommendations. Defra Science Advisory Council Report SAC-ED (09) 05 . Unknown Publisher.
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