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University of Glasgow: Glasgow, GB

(Evolution & Diversity)
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University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, GB

2012 to present | Professor (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)
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Kathryn R Elmer

Education and qualifications (2)

Queen's University: Kingston, Ontario, CA

2006 | PhD (Biology)
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University of Toronto (Victoria College): Toronto, CA

2000 | Honours Bachelors of Arts (with Distinction)
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Professional activities (10)

Higher Education Academy: York, GB

Fellow (ongoing)
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Evolutionary Applications: London, GB

Associate Editor
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: London, GB

2021 to present | Associate Editor
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Zoological Society of London: London, Camden, GB

2023 | Scientific Medal
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Royal Society of Edinburgh's Young Academy of Scotland: Edinburgh, Scotland, GB

2016 to 2023
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Fisheries Society of the British Isles: London, London, GB

2016-07-01 to 2021-07-01 | Councillor (elected member of council)
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Royal Society of Biology: London, GB

2021 | Fellow
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Journal of Evolutionary Biology: St Andrews, GB

2014 to 2020 | Review Board
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Scottish Crucible: Edinburgh, GB

2015 | invited member
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Fisheries Society of the British Isles: London, GB

2015 | Medal (international scientific society)
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Dollo’s law of irreversibility in the post-genomic age

Trends in Ecology & Evolution
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.09.010
Contributors: Kathryn R. Elmer; Jean Clobert
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Viviparity is associated with larger female size and higher sexual size dimorphism in a reproductively bimodal lizard

Journal of Animal Ecology
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14170
Contributors: Evgeny S. Roitberg; Hans Recknagel; Kathryn R. Elmer; Florentino Braña; Tania Rodríguez Díaz; Anamarija Žagar; Valentina N. Kuranova; Lidiya A. Epova; Dirk Bauwens; Giovanni Giovine et al.
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Influences of diet quality and nursery-habitat complexity on brain development and cognitive performance of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.)

2025-01-28 | Preprint
DOI: 10.22541/au.173809429.92898125/v1
Contributors: J. Peter Koene; Libor Zavorska; Matthias Pilecky; Kathryn Elmer; Colin Adams
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Parity-specific differences in spatial genetics and dispersal in the common lizard

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2025-01-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jeb/voae133
Contributors: Darren C Hunter; Jean Clobert; Kathryn R Elmer; Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer; Natalie Pilakout
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Common lizard primary oviduct cell culture: A model system for the genetic and cellular basis of oviparity and viviparity

Experimental Cell Research
2024-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2024.114196
Contributors: John Laurence Smout; Maureen M. Bain; Mark McLaughlin; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Higher locomotor costs of pregnancy in viviparous compared to oviparous common lizards (Zootoca vivipara)

Ecology and Evolution
2024-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70171
Contributors: Robert Hussain; Hans Recknagel; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Genomic underpinnings of head and body shape in Arctic charr ecomorph pairs

Molecular Ecology
2024-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.17305
Contributors: Sam Fenton; Arne Jacobs; Colin W. Bean; Colin E. Adams; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Intra-lake origin and rapid expansion of invasive pelagic three-spined stickleback in Lake Constance

NeoBiota
2024-04-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.92.117430
Contributors: Carolin Dahms; Samuel Roch; Kathryn R. Elmer; Albert Ros; Alexander Brinker; Arne Jacobs
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Environmental correlates of adaptive diversification in postglacial freshwater fishes

Journal of Fish Biology
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15621
Contributors: Isabelle C. Tiddy; Kevin Schneider; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Genetic basis and expression of ventral colour in polymorphic common lizards

Molecular Ecology
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.17278
Contributors: Hans Recknagel; Henrique G. Leitão; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Tracing evolutionary trajectories in the presence of gene flow in South American temperate lizards (Squamata: Liolaemus kingii group)

Evolution
2024-03-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpae009
Contributors: Kevin I Sánchez; Hans Recknagel; Kathryn R Elmer; Luciano J Avila; Mariana Morando
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Evolutionary relationships between metabolism and behaviour require genetic correlations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2024-02-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0481
Contributors: Amélie Crespel; Jan Lindström; Kathryn R. Elmer; Shaun S. Killen
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Evolutionary paths to new phenotypes

Science
2024-01-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.adm9239
Part of ISSN: 0036-8075
Part of ISSN: 1095-9203
Contributors: Kathryn R. Elmer
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Ecological opportunity leads to higher diversity and probability of trophic specialization in Arctic charr

Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society
2024-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/evolinnean/kzae014
Contributors: Sam Fenton; Colin W Bean; Samuel A M Martin; Samuel J Poultney; Colin E Adams; Kathryn R Elmer
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Genomic underpinnings of head and body shape in Arctic charr ecomorph pairs

2023-10-05 | Preprint
DOI: 10.22541/au.169650386.60612041/v1
Contributors: Sam Fenton; Arne Jacobs; Colin Bean; Colin Adams; Kathryn Elmer
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How glaciation impacted evolutionary history and contemporary genetic diversity of flora and fauna in the British Isles

Scottish Geographical Journal
2023-10-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2023.2231407
Contributors: Sam Fenton; Kathryn R. Elmer; Colin W. Bean; Colin E. Adams
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Rapid intralacustrine evolution of an invasive pelagic three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) ecotype in Lake Constance

2022-09-01 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2022.09.01.506194
Contributors: Carolin Dahms; Samuel Roch; Kathryn R. Elmer; Albert Ros; Alexander Brinker; Arne Jacobs
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Complex and divergent histories gave rise to genome‐wide divergence patterns amongst European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13948
Contributors: Marco Crotti; Colin W. Bean; Andy R. D. Gowans; Ian J. Winfield; Magdalena Butowska; Josef Wanzenböck; Galina Bondarencko; Kim Præbel; Colin E. Adams; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Genomic basis of fishing-associated selection varies with population density

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021-12-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2020833118
Contributors: Amélie Crespel; Kevin Schneider; Toby Miller; Anita Rácz; Arne Jacobs; Jan Lindström; Kathryn R. Elmer; Shaun S. Killen
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Alternative splicing and gene expression play contrasting roles in the parallel phenotypic evolution of a salmonid fish

Molecular Ecology
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.15817
Contributors: Arne Jacobs; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Rapid adaptation through genomic and epigenomic responses following translocations in an endangered salmonid

Evolutionary Applications
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eva.13267
Contributors: Marco Crotti; Elizabeth Yohannes; Ian J. Winfield; Alex A. Lyle; Colin E. Adams; Kathryn R. Elmer
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The functional genetic architecture of egg-laying and live-bearing reproduction in common lizards

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2021-10-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01555-4
Contributors: Hans Recknagel; Madeleine Carruthers; Andrey A. Yurchenko; Mohsen Nokhbatolfoghahai; Nicholas A. Kamenos; Maureen M. Bain; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Evolutionary origins of viviparity consistent with palaeoclimate and lineage diversification

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13886
Contributors: Hans Recknagel; Nicholas A. Kamenos; Kathryn. R. Elmer
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The pitfalls and virtues of population genetic summary statistics: Detecting selective sweeps in recent divergences

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13738
Contributors: Kevin Schneider; Tom J. White; Sonia Mitchell; Colin E. Adams; Richard Reeve; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Intraspecific variation and structuring of phenotype in a lake-dwelling species are driven by lake size and elevation

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2020-11-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa137
Contributors: J Peter Koene; Kathryn R Elmer; Colin E Adams
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Chromosome-Level Assembly of the Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara) Genome

Genome Biology and Evolution
2020-11-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaa161
Contributors: Andrey A Yurchenko; Hans Recknagel; Kathryn R Elmer; B Venkatesh
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Geographic hierarchical population genetic structuring in British European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) and its implications for conservation

Conservation Genetics
2020-10-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-020-01298-y
Contributors: M. Crotti; C. E. Adams; E. C. Etheridge; C. W. Bean; A. R. D. Gowans; R. Knudsen; A. A. Lyle; P. S. Maitland; I. J. Winfield; K. R. Elmer et al.
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Population genomic SNPs from epigenetic RADs: Gaining genetic and epigenetic data from a single established next‐generation sequencing approach

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2020-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13395
Contributors: Marco Crotti; Colin E. Adams; Kathryn R. Elmer; Oscar Gaggiotti
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Alternative splicing and gene expression play contrasting roles in the parallel phenotypic evolution of a salmonid fish

2020-05-12 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.11.087973
Contributors: Arne Jacobs; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Functional colour genes and signals of selection in colour‐polymorphic salamanders

Molecular Ecology
2020-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.15411
Contributors: James D. Burgon; David R. Vieites; Arne Jacobs; Stefan K. Weidt; Helen M. Gunter; Sebastian Steinfartz; Karl Burgess; Barbara K. Mable; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Parallel selection on ecologically relevant gene functions in the transcriptomes of highly diversifying salmonids

BMC Genomics
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-6361-2
Contributors: Kevin Schneider; Colin E. Adams; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Distinct telomere differences within a reproductively bimodal common lizard population

Functional Ecology
2019-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13408
Contributors: Darryl McLennan; Hans Recknagel; Kathryn R. Elmer; Pat Monaghan; Frédéric Angelier
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Differential reproductive investment in co-occurring oviparous and viviparous common lizards (Zootoca vivipara) and implications for life-history trade-offs with viviparity

Oecologia
2019-05-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04398-w
Contributors: Hans Recknagel; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Phylogeny and species delimitation of near Eastern Neurergus newts (Salamandridae) based on genome-wide RADseq data analysis

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2019-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.003
Contributors: Loïs Rancilhac; Forough Goudarzi; Marcelo Gehara; Mahmoud-Reza Hemami; Kathryn R. Elmer; Miguel Vences; Sebastian Steinfarz
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Geographic separation and genetic differentiation of populations are not coupled with niche differentiation in threatened Kaiser’s spotted newt (Neurergus kaiseri)

Scientific Reports
2019-04-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41886-8
Contributors: Forough Goudarzi; Mahmoud-Reza Hemami; Loïs Rancilhac; Mansoureh Malekian; Sima Fakheran; Kathryn R. Elmer; Sebastian Steinfartz
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Chromosome-level assembly of the common lizard (Zootoca vivipara) genome

2019-01-15 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/520528
Contributors: Andrey A. Yurchenko; Hans Recknagel; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Rapid niche expansion by selection on functional genomic variation after ecosystem recovery

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2018-12-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0742-9
Contributors: Arne Jacobs; Madeleine Carruthers; Reiner Eckmann; Elizabeth Yohannes; Colin E. Adams; Jasminca Behrmann-Godel; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Allopatric diversification and evolutionary melting pot in a North African Palearctic relict: The biogeographic history of Salamandra algira

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2018-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.018
Contributors: Marco Dinis; Khaled Merabet; Fernando Martínez-Freiría; Sebastian Steinfartz; Miguel Vences; James D. Burgon; Kathryn R. Elmer; David Donaire; Arlo Hinckley; Soumia Fahd et al.
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Common lizards break Dollo’s law of irreversibility: Genome-wide phylogenomics support a single origin of viviparity and re-evolution of oviparity

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2018-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.05.029
Contributors: Hans Recknagel; Nicholas A. Kamenos; Kathryn R. Elmer
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Correction to: De novo transcriptome assembly, annotation and comparison of four ecological and evolutionary model salmonid fish species.

BMC genomics
2018-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4840-5
PMID: 29890942
PMC: PMC5994836
Contributors: Carruthers M; Yurchenko AA; Augley JJ; Adams CE; Herzyk P; Elmer KR
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Kathryn R Elmer via Europe PubMed Central

The Genetic Architecture Underlying the Evolution of a Rare Piscivorous Life History Form in Brown Trout after Secondary Contact and Strong Introgression.

Genes
2018-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/genes9060280
PMID: 29857499
PMC: PMC6026935
Contributors: Jacobs A; Hughes MR; Robinson PC; Adams CE; Elmer KR
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Kathryn R Elmer via Europe PubMed Central

Vector species-specific association between natural Wolbachia infections and avian malaria in black fly populations.

Scientific reports
2018-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22550-z
PMID: 29520067
PMC: PMC5843599
Contributors: Woodford L; Bianco G; Ivanova Y; Dale M; Elmer K; Rae F; Larcombe SD; Helm B; Ferguson HM; Baldini F
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Kathryn R Elmer via Europe PubMed Central

Convergence in form and function overcomes non-parallel evolutionary histories in Arctic charr

2018-02 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/265272
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Contributors: Jacobs A; Carruthers M; Yurchenko A; Gordeeva N; Alekseyev S; Hooker O; Leong J; Rondeau E; Koop B; Adams C et al.
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Kathryn R Elmer via Europe PubMed Central

De novo transcriptome assembly, annotation and comparison of four ecological and evolutionary model salmonid fish species.

BMC genomics
2018-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-4379-x
PMID: 29310597
PMC: PMC5759245
Contributors: Carruthers M; Yurchenko AA; Augley JJ; Adams CE; Herzyk P; Elmer KR
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Kathryn R Elmer via Europe PubMed Central

Genetic fingerprinting of salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) populations in the North-East Atlantic using a random forest classification approach.

Scientific reports
2018-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19323-z
PMID: 29352185
PMC: PMC5775277
Contributors: Jacobs A; De Noia M; Praebel K; Kanstad-Hanssen Ø; Paterno M; Jackson D; McGinnity P; Sturm A; Elmer KR; Llewellyn MS
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Kathryn R Elmer via Europe PubMed Central

Genetic evidence for panmixia in a colony-breeding crater lake cichlid fish

Scientific Reports
2018-01-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19266-5
Contributors: T. K. Lehtonen; K. R. Elmer; M. Lappalainen; A. Meyer
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Common lizards break Dollo's law of irreversibility: genome-wide phylogenomics support a single origin of viviparity and re-evolution of oviparity

2017-11 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/225086
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PPR9122
Contributors: Recknagel H; Kamenos N; Elmer KR
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Kathryn R Elmer via Europe PubMed Central

Rapid and Parallel Adaptive Evolution of the Visual System of Neotropical Midas Cichlid Fishes.

Molecular biology and evolution
2017-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx143
PMID: 28444297
Contributors: Torres-Dowdall J; Pierotti MER; Härer A; Karagic N; Woltering JM; Henning F; Elmer KR; Meyer A
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Kathryn R Elmer via Europe PubMed Central

Barrier loci and progress towards evolutionary generalities

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2017-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13104
Contributors: K. R. Elmer
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Ecosystem size predicts eco‐morphological variability in a postglacial diversification

Ecology and Evolution
2017-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3013
Contributors: Hans Recknagel; Oliver E. Hooker; Colin E. Adams; Kathryn R. Elmer
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