J. G. PILKINGTON

University of Edinburgh — United Kingdom

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock(9), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals(4), Genetic diversity and population structure(3), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(3), Helminth infection and control(2)

Publications12 total

Using genomic prediction to detect microevolutionary change of a quantitative trait
2021· 9 citedOpen Access
Genomic prediction in the wild: A case study in Soay sheep
2020· 11 citedOpen Access
Robust extraction of quantitative structural information from high-variance histological images of livers from necropsied Soay sheep
Royal Society Open Science·2017· 1 citedOpen Access
Exposure to viral and bacterial pathogens among Soay sheep (<i>Ovis aries</i>) of the St Kilda archipelago
Epidemiology and Infection·2016· 9 citedOpen Access
Natural selection on a measure of parasite resistance varies across ages and environmental conditions in a wild mammal
Journal of Evolutionary Biology·2011· 56 cited
Mapping quantitative trait loci in a wild population using linkage and linkage disequilibrium analyses
Genetics Research·2010· 7 citedOpen Access
Maternal effects and early-life performance are associated with parasite resistance across life in free-living Soay sheep
Parasitology·2010· 23 citedOpen Access
Metazoan-protozoan parasite co-infections and host body weight in St Kilda Soay sheep
Parasitology·2008· 51 citedOpen Access
Gastrointestinal nematode species burdens and host mortality in a feral sheep population
Parasitology·2006· 90 citedOpen Access
Environmental Coupling of Selection and Heritability Limits Evolution
PLoS Biology·2006· 287 citedOpen Access
Heterozygosity, inbreeding and neonatal traits in Soay sheep on St Kilda
Molecular Ecology·2005· 71 cited
Molecular analysis of a promiscuous, fluctuating mating system
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society·1999· 89 cited

Frequent Co-authors

J. M. Pemberton(9), Loeske E. B. Kruuk(3), Alastair J. Wilson(2), David W. Coltman(2), Barbara Craig(2), Adam D. Hayward(2), Bilal Ashraf(2), DC Hunter(2), Camillo Bérénos(2), PA Ellis(2), Susan E. Johnston(2), JM Pemberton(2), Jon Slate(2), Andrea L. Graham(2), Kathryn Watt(2), Daniel Vincent Mifsud(1), Tim Clutton‐Brock(1), Judith A. Smith(1), Andrew Overall(1), Keren Byrne(1)