M. Thomas P. Gilbert

Research interests

Publications

• How genomics can help biodiversity conservation

  Trends in Genetics · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2023.01.005

• Evolution of the germline mutation rate across vertebrates

  Nature · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05752-y

• The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115635118

• The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.008

• Population genomics of the Viking world

  Nature · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2688-8

• DNA metabarcoding—Need for robust experimental designs to draw sound ecological conclusions

  Molecular Ecology · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15060

• Large-scale ruminant genome sequencing provides insights into their evolution and distinct traits

  Science · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav6202

• Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1720115115

• Bat Biology, Genomes, and the Bat1K Project: To Generate Chromosome-Level Genomes for All Living Bat Species

  Annual Review of Animal Biosciences · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-022516-022811

• Environmental DNA for wildlife biology and biodiversity monitoring

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2014.04.003

• Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1323964111

• Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

  Nature · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12921

• Convergent transcriptional specializations in the brains of humans and song-learning birds

  Science · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1256846

• Genomic signatures of near-extinction and rebirth of the crested ibis and other endangered bird species

  Genome biology · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-014-0557-1

• Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse

  Nature · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12323

• Genomic Diversity and Evolution of the Head Crest in the Rock Pigeon

  Science · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1230422

• Pulling out the 1%: Whole-Genome Capture for the Targeted Enrichment of Ancient DNA Sequencing Libraries

  The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.10.002

• The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.1745

• Monitoring endangered freshwater biodiversity using environmental DNA

  Molecular Ecology · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05418.x

• An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia

  Science · 2011 · 10.1126/science.1211177

• Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans

  Nature · 2011 · 10.1038/nature10574

• Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo

  Nature · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08835

Current projects

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