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Welcome! I am an evolutionary ecologist with keen interests in animal behavior, genetics and genomics, adaptation, and conservation biology. I am a research scientist with CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, and Adjunct Fellow in Applied BioSciences at Macquarie University. I utilize approaches from evolutionary biology and population genetics, along with modern whole-genome sequencing and bioinformatic tools to address questions in invasive species management and wildlife conservation. Have a look at my current CV here. |
RESEARCH PROJECTS
TEACHING
Course Instructor, Concepts in Sexual Selection Theory, 2012
University of Arizona
Graduate Teaching Associate:
Animal Behavior, 2008
Vertebrate Physiology, 2006, 2008, 2009
Evolution of Animal Form & Function, 2004
Secondary Education
High School Science Teacher (Hyde School, Bath, ME)
Biology, Biology II, and Chemistry, 2001 – 2003
LAB MEMEBERS et al.
Nikki Van de Weyer, BSc (Hons), MRes. Nikki’s PhD dissertation is focused on social behaviour and kin structure of feral mouse populations in agricultural systems. Using a combination of both field-based studies and genetic techniques, this research aims to improve our understanding of breeding biology and population dynamics of these pest populations that impact grain production in Australia.
COLLABORATORS, MENTORS, and OTHER FINE PEOPLE
Peter Brown, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity
Wendy Ruscoe, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity
Steve Henry, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity
Toni Piaggio, USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center
Aaron Shiels, USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center
Zaid Abdo, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Colorado State University
Sara Oyler-McCance, USGS Fort Collins Science Center
Cam Aldridge, USGS Fort Collins Science Center & NREL Colorado State University
Kerry Shaw, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University
Alex Badyaev, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
Nat Wheelwright, Department of Biology, Bowdoin College
PUBLICATIONS
Forthcoming
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Oh, K. P., Van de Weyer, N., Ruscoe, W. A., Henry, S., & Brown, P. R. From chip to SNP: development and evaluation of a targeted capture genotyping-by-sequencing approach to support research and management of a plaguing rodent. In revision Van de Weyer, N. J., Ruscoe, W., Henry, S., Brown, P. B., and Oh, K. P. Applying spatially explicit capture-recapture models to understand social organization of house mice in Australian grain growing systems. In prep |
Journal Articles
31. Gierus, L., Birand, A., Bunting, M. D., Godahewa, G. I., Piltz, S. G., Oh, K. P., Piaggio, A. J., Threadgill, D. W., Godwin, J., Edwards, O., Cassey, P., Ross, J. V., Prowse, T. A. A., & Thomas, P. Q. (2022) Leveraging a natural murine meiotic drive to suppress invasive populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119:e2213308119 full text
30. Ruscoe, W. A., Brown, P. R., Henry, S., Hinds, L. A., Van de Weyer, N. J., Robinson, F., Oh, K. P., & Duncan, R. P. (2022) Improved mouse control in the field with a higher dose zinc phosphide bait. Wildlife Research 50:335-343 full text
29. Carter, L., Mankad, A., Campbell, S., Ruscoe, W., Oh, K. P., Brown, P. R., Byrne, M., Tizard, M., & Strive, T. (2022) Conditions for investment in genetic biocontrol of pest vertebrates in Australia. Frontiers in Agronomy 3:806569. full text
28. Oh, K. P., & Shaw, K. L. (2021) Axes of multivariate sexual signal divergence among incipient species: concordance with selection, genetic variation, and phenotypic plasticity. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 35:109–123. full text
27. Oh, K. P., Shiels, A. B., Shiels, L., Blondel, D. V., Campbell, K. J., Saah, J. R., Lloyd, A. L., Thomas, P. Q., Gould, F., Abdo, Z., Godwin, J. R., & Piaggio, A. J. (2021). Population genomics of invasive rodents on islands: genetic consequences of colonization and prospects for localized synthetic gene drive. Evolutionary Applications 14:1421–1435. full text
26. Teem, J., Alphey, L., Descamps, S., Edgington, M., Edwards, O., Gemmell, N., Harvey-Samuel, T., Melnick, R., Oh, K. P., Piaggio, A. J., Saah, J. R., Schill, D., Thomas, P., Smith, T., & Roberts, A. (2020). Genetic biocontrol for invasive species. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 8:452. full text
25. Sudweeks, J., Hollingsworth, B., Blondel, D. V., Campbell, K. J., Dhole, S., Eisemann, J. D., Edwards, O., Godwin, J., Howald, G. R., Oh, K. P., Piaggio, A. J., Prowse, T. A. A., Ross, J. V., Saah, J. R., Shiels, A. B., Thomas, P. Q., Vella, M. R., Gould, F., & Lloyd, A. L. (2019). Locally fixed alleles: a method to localize gene drive to island populations. Scientific Reports 9: 15821. full text
24. Godwin, J., Serr, M., Barnhill-Dilling, S. K., Blondel, D., Brown, P., Campbell, K., Delborne, J., Prowse, T., Oh, K. P., Saah, J., & Thomas, P. Q. (2019). Rodent gene drives for conservation: opportunities and data needs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B—Biological Sciences 286: 20191606. full text
23. Blankers, T., Oh, K. P., & Shaw, K. L. (2019). Parallel genomic architecture underlies repeated sexual signal divergence in Hawaiian Laupala crickets. Proceedings of the Royal Society B—Biological Sciences 286: 20191479. full text
22. Zimmerman, S., Oh, K. P., Cornman, R. S., Aldridge, C. L., & Oyler-McCance, S. J. (2019). Signatures of adaptive divergence among populations of an avian species of conservation concern. Evolutionary Applications 12(8): 1661–1677 full text
21. Oh, K. P., Aldridge, C. L., Forbey, J. S., Dadabay, C. Y., & Oyler-McCance, S. J. (2019). Conservation genomics in the sagebrush sea: population divergence, demographic history, and local adaptation in sage-grouse (Centrocercus spp.). Genome Biology and Evolution 11(7): 2023–2034. full text
20. Blankers, T., Oh, K. P., & Shaw, K. L. (2018). The genetics of behavioral isolation in an island system. Genes 9(7): 346 full text
19. Blankers, T., Oh, K. P., Bombarely, A., & Shaw, K. L. (2018). The genomic architecture of a rapid island radiation: recombination rate variation, chromosome structure, and genome assembly of the Hawaiian cricket Laupala. Genetics 209(4): 1329–1344. full text
18. Oyler-McCance, S. J., Oh, K. P., Langin, K. M., & Aldridge, C. L. (2016). A field ornithologist’s guide to genomics: practical considerations for ecology and conservation. The Auk 133(4): 626-648. full text
17. Oh, K. P., & Shaw, K. L. (2013). Multivariate sexual selection in a rapidly evolving speciation phenotype. Proceedings of the Royal Society B—Biological Sciences 280: 20130482. full text
16. Oh, K. P., Conte, G., & Shaw, K. L. (2013). Founder effects and the evolution of asymmetrical sexual isolation in a rapidly-speciating clade. Current Zoology 59: 230-238. full text
15. Oh, K. P., Fergus, D. J., Grace, J. L., & Shaw, K. L. (2012). Interspecific genetics of speciation phenotypes: song and preference coevolution in Hawaiian crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 1500-1512. full text
14. Shaw, K. L., Ellison, C. K., Oh, K. P. & Wiley, C. (2011). Pleiotropy, “sexy” traits, and speciation. Behavioral Ecology 22: 1154-1155. full text
13. Oh, K. P. (2011). Inclusive fitness of ‘kissing cousins’: new evidence of a role for kin selection in the evolution of extra-pair mating in birds. Molecular Ecology 20: 2657-2659. full text
12. Oh, K. P., & Badyaev, A. V. (2010). Structure of social networks in a passerine bird: consequences for sexual selection and the evolution of mating strategies. American Naturalist 176: E80-E89. full text media coverage: 1,2,3,4
11. Stein, L. R., Oh, K. P., & Badyaev, A. V. (2010). Fitness consequences of male provisioning of incubating females in a desert passerine bird. Journal of Ornithology 151: 227-234. full text
10. Oh, K. P. & Badyaev, A. V. (2009). Isolation and characterization of seventeen microsatellite loci for the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus). Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 1029-1031. full text journal cover
9. Oh, K. P. & Badyaev, A. V. (2008). Evolution of adaptation and mate choice: parental relatedness affects expression of phenotypic variance in a natural population. Evolutionary Biology 35: 111-124. full text
8. Badyaev, A. V., Young, R. L., Oh, K. P., & Addison, C. (2008). Evolution on a local scale: Developmental, functional, and genetic bases of divergence in bill form and associated changes in song structure between adjacent habitats. Evolution 62: 1951-1964. full text journal cover
7. Badyaev, A. V., & Oh, K. P. (2008). Environmental induction and phenotypic retention of adaptive maternal effects. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:3 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-3. full text
6. Lindstedt, E., Oh, K. P., & Badyaev, A. V. (2007). Ecological, social, and genetic contingency of extrapair behavior in a socially monogamous bird. Journal of Avian Biology 38: 214-238.
5. Oh, K. P. & Badyaev, A. V. (2006). Adaptive genetic complementarity in mate choice coexists with preference for elaborate sexual traits. Proceedings of the Royal Society B—Biological Sciences 273: 1913-1919. full text media coverage: 1,2,3
4. Badyaev, A. V., Hamstra, T. L., Oh, K. P., & Acevedo Seaman, D. (2006). Sex-biased maternal effects reduce ectoparasite-induced mortality in a passerine bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States 103: 14406-14411. full text
3. Badyaev, A. V., Oh, K. P., & Mui, R. (2006). Evolution of sex-biased maternal effects in birds: II. Contrasting sex-specific oocyte competition in native and recently established populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 909-921. full text
Book Chapters
2. Oyler-McCance, S. J., Oh, K. P., Zimmerman, S., & Aldridge, C. L. (2021). The transformative impact of genomics on sage-grouse conservation and management (Invited Chapter) in P. A. Hohenlohe and O. P. Rajora (Eds.) Population Genomics: Wildlife. (pp. 523-546) Springer, Cham. full text
1. Clark, L., Eisemann, J., Godwin, J., Horak, K., Oh, K. P., O’Hare, J., Piaggio, A. J., Pepin, K., & Ruell, E. (2020) Invasive species control and resolution of human-wildlife conflict: a framework for chemical and genetically-based management methods. In D. L. Hawksworth, M. P. de Miranda, and A. Chaurasia (Eds.), GMOs: Implications for Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Processes. Springer, Switzerland. full text
Reports
Ruscoe, W., Campbell, S., Carter, L., Mankad, A., Brown, P. R., Byrne, M., Oh, K. P., Tizard, M., & Strive, T. (2021) Genetic Biocontrol Technology for Vertebrate Pests: Decision Framework Summary. Report to Centre for Invasive Species Solutions. Canberra, Australia. full text
Ruscoe, W., Mankad, A., Carter, L., Campbell, S., Brown, P. R., Byrne, M., Oh, K. P., Tizard, M., & Strive, T. (2021) Decision and Implementation Framework for Investment in Genetic Biocontrol of Vertebrate Pest Species in Australia. Report to Centre for Invasive Species Solutions. Canberra, Australia.
Theses
Oh, K. P. 2001. The influence of age and sex on territory size in Savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis). BA honors thesis, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
