Susan E. Johnston

University of Edinburgh — United Kingdom

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock(58), Genetic diversity and population structure(44), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals(39), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics(18), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(10)

Publications100 total

Population‐wide single‐pollen nuclei genotyping in rye sheds light on the genetic basis and environmental plasticity of meiotic recombination
New Phytologist·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Independent genetic basis of meiotic crossover positioning and interference in domestic pigs
Scientific Reports·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Fine-scale spatial variation in fitness, inbreeding, and inbreeding depression in a wild ungulate
Evolution Letters·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Antler size in red deer: declining selection and increasing genetic variance with age, but little senescence
Journal of Evolutionary Biology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
pedtricks: Visualize, Summarize and Simulate Data from Pedigrees
2024· 5 citedOpen Access
The Genetic Architecture of Recombination Rates is Polygenic and Differs Between the Sexes in Wild House Sparrows ( <i>Passer domesticus</i> )
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
Understanding the Genetic Basis of Variation in Meiotic Recombination: Past, Present, and Future
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2024· 56 citedOpen Access
Individual variation in meiotic crossover positioning, rate and interference are associated with distinct genetic processes in domestic pigs
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Understanding the genetic basis of variation in meiotic recombination: past, present, and future
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
Genetic architecture of inbreeding depression may explain its persistence in a population of wild red deer
Molecular Ecology·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Genetic architecture of inbreeding depression may explain its persistence in a population of wild red deer
2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Genetic architecture of individual meiotic crossover rate and distribution in Atlantic Salmon
Scientific Reports·2023· 21 citedOpen Access
Purifying and balancing selection on embryonic semi-lethal haplotypes in a wild mammal
Evolution Letters·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Genetic architecture of individual meiotic crossover rate and distribution in a large Atlantic Salmon ( <i>Salmo salar)</i> breeding population
2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Variation in mutation, recombination, and transposition rates in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> and <i>Drosophila simulans</i>
Genome Research·2023· 49 citedOpen Access
Selection, recombination and population history effects on runs of homozygosity (ROH) in wild red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Heredity·2023· 31 citedOpen Access
The genetic architecture of recombination rates is polygenic and differs between the sexes in wild house sparrows ( <i>Passer domesticus</i> )
2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Selection, recombination and population history effects on runs of homozygosity (ROH) in wild red deer ( <i>Cervus elaphus</i> )
2023Open Access
A polygenic basis for birth weight in a wild population of red deer (<i>Cervus elaphus</i>)
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
221. Genetic basis of sexually divergent early life survival in red deer (<i>Cervus elaphus</i>)
2022
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Frequent Co-authors

Josephine M. Pemberton(21), Jill G. Pilkington(11), Jon Slate(10), Craig R. Primmer(9), Tutku Aykanat(6), Camillo Bérénos(6), Panu Orell(5), Jaakko Erkinaro(5), Martin A. Stoffel(5), Cathrine Brekke(5), Eero Niemelä(4), Alexandra M. Sparks(4), Daniel H. Nussey(4), Lucy Peters(4), Bilal Ashraf(4), Matthew Kent(3), Sigbjørn Lien(3), Philine G. D. Feulner(3), Anna W. Santure(3), Ger Rogan(3)