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Dr Catherine Jones

Dr Catherine Jones
Dr Catherine Jones
Dr Catherine Jones

Senior Lecturer

About
Email Address
c.s.jones@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272403
School/Department
School of Biological Sciences

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Research

Research Overview

My research focuses on the application of molecular genetics and genomics to the ecology and conservation of endangered species. As molecular ecologists we use molecular data in elusive marine species to assist conservation management questions, particularly in top predators, the elasmobranchs. Yet the biology of long-lived and enigmatic ‘flagship’ species such as the Great white, basking shark and Flapper skate are surprisingly poorly understood. We seek to comprehend how genetic diversity evolves in these small, highly vagile populations, the role that local adaptation plays and its consequence for conservation biology and management, along with the impacts of renewable energy facilities. We utilize methods such as DNA profiling (genetic tagging) through to next generation sequencing, integrating these data with seascape analyses (GIS) in an effort to provide comprehensive information for biodiversity management and conservation, such as implementation of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). 

Additionally I seek to understand the invasive nature of several Arionid slugs, vectors of many plant diseases, which is of fundamental importance for national and international crop security. Similarly understanding the evolution of host-parasite interactions in several aquatic systems (including the medically important freshwater snail intermediate host of trematodes, Biomphalaria glabrata and the ectoparasitism in commercially important Atlantic salmon by sealice or the monogenean, Gyrodactylus salaris) is of fundamental importance.  

 

Funding and Grants

Recent grants:

2020-2024. Sea Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) Biennial Keystone grant award: ‘Genetic monitoring tool for North-East Atlantic Elasmobranchs to assist conservation and management’.  https://saveourseas.com/project/a-genetic-tool-to-help-monitor-sharks-and-skates-in-the-north-east-atlantic/

2018-2023. Nature.Scot ‘Assessing MPA efficacy and adaptive management of the common skate’. (with Peter Wright, Marine Scotland & David Donnan Nature.Scot)

2017-2019. Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (SULSA) EU Partnership Building (PEER) co-PI, ‘International Marine Connectivity Network’, co-PI Oscar Gaggiotti (St. Andrews).

2016-2018. NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) NBAF965 ‘Genetic structure and connectivity in the endangered yet potentially commercially valuable North Atlantic porbeagle shark: informing conservation and towards sustainable fisheries management.’

2013-2017. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). ‘Genetic monitoring of the basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus in Scottish waters to address environmental impacts; effective population size, population connectivity and group kinship’.

2015-2016. NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) NBAF942 'Genetic monitoring to assess the potential for anthropogenic impacts in the endangered common skate in the north east Atlantic: genetic diversity, connectivity and effective population size'. 

2014-2016. NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) NBAF765 ‘Stock structure, residency and kinship of white shark aggregations along the South African coast.’ 

2014-2015. NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) NBAF764 ‘Baseline data for assessing environmental impacts on basking sharks in Scottish waters: effective population size, connectivity and group kinship.'

2013-2015. NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) NBAF723 'Population structure, kinship and the demographic history of the basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus'.  

Publications

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  • The genetical architecture of outbreeding depression in Atlantic salmon

    Cauwelier, E., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R., Verspoor, E.
    Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 69, pp. 240
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A High incidence of clustered microsatellite mutations revealed by parent-offpring analysis in an African freshwater snail, Bulinus forskalii (Gastropoda, Pulmonata).

    Gow, J., Noble, L. R., Rollinson, D., Jones, C. S.
    Genetica, vol. 124, pp. 77-83
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • High levels of selfing are revealed by a parent-offspring analysis of the medically-important freshwater snail, Bulinus forskalii (Gastropoda, Pulmonata).

    Gow, J., Noble, L. R., Rollinson, D., Jones, C. S.
    Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 71, pp. 175-180
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Breeding system and demography shape population genetic structure across ecological and climatic zones in the African freshwater snail, Bulinus forskalii (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), intermediate host for schistosomes

    Gow, J., Noble, L. R., Rollinson, D., Mimpfoundi, R., Jones, C. S.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 13, no. 11, pp. 3561-3573
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Polymorphic dinucleotide microsatellite loci in the clonal ascidian Diplosoma listerianum: predominance of compound and highly interrupted imperfect repeats.

    Maclean, L., Pardini, A. T., Noble, L. R., Bishop, J. D. D., Jones, C. S.
    Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 283-285
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Schistosoma mansoni: Resistant specific infection-induced gene expression in Biomphalaria glabrata identified by fluorescent-based differential display

    Lockyer, A. E., Noble, L. R., Rollinson, D., Jones, C. S.
    Experimental Parasitology, vol. 107, no. 1-2, pp. 97-104
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Trematodes and snails: an intimate association

    Lockyer, A. E., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R., Rollinson, D.
    Canadian Journal Of Zoology/Revue Canadien De Zoologie, vol. 82, no. 2, pp. 251-269
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Microsatellites in the freshwater snail Bulinus globosus (Gastropoda : Planorbidae) from Zanzibar

    Emery, A. M., Loxton, N. J., Stothard, R., Jones, C. S., Spinks, J., Llewellyn-Hughes, J., Noble, L. R., Rollinson, D.
    Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 108-110
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Molluscs, molecules and man: Towards new perspectives in Host-parasite interactions and future control strategies

    Noble, L. R., Jones, C. S., Lockyer, A. E., Spinks, J., Rollinson, D.
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    Other Contributions: Other Contributions

  • The expression of immune-regulatory genes in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, during a natural outbreak of proliferative kidney disease (PKD)

    Holland, J. W., Gould, C. R. W., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R., Secombes, C. J.
    Parasitology, vol. 126, pp. S95-102
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Conservation of a dinucleotide simple sequence repeat locus in sharks

    Martin, A. P., Pardini, A. T., Noble, L. R., Jones, C. S.
    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 205-213
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Towards selective breeding of Atlantic salmon for sea louse resistance: approaches to identify trait markers

    Jones, C. S., Lockyer, A. E., Verspoor, E., Secombes, C. J., Noble, L. R.
    Pest Management Science, vol. 58, pp. 559-568
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Molecular approaches in the study of Biomphalaria glabrata - Schistosoma mansoni interactions: linkage analysis and gene expression profiling

    Jones, C. S., Lockyer, A. E., Rollinson, D., Noble, L. R.
    Parasitology, vol. 123, no. 07, pp. 181-196
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Sex-biased dispersal of great white sharks

    Pardini, A. T., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R., Kreiser, B., Malcolm, H., Bruce, B. D., Stevens, J. D., Cliff, G., Scholl, M. C., Francis, M., Duffy, C. A. J., Martin, A. P.
    Nature, vol. 412, pp. 139-140
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Isolation and characterisation of a putative interleukin 13 receptor a2 sequence from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    Lockyer, A. E., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R., Verspoor, E., Holland, J. W., Secombes, C. J.
    Fish & Shellfish Immunology, vol. 11, pp. 541-546
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Molecular evolution of freshwater snail intermediate hosts within the Bulinus forskalii group

    Jones, C. S., Rollinson, D., Mimpfoundi, R., Ouma, J., Kariuki, H. C., Noble, L. R.
    Parasitology, vol. 123, pp. S277-S292
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Polymorphic microsatellites in the African freshwater snail, Bulinus forskalii (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)

    Gow, J., Noble, L. R., Rollinson, D., Jones, C. S.
    Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. 1, pp. 237-241
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Spatio-temporal population genetics of Biomphalaria pfeifferi in the Zimbabwean Highveld using RAPD markers

    Webster, J. P., Davies, C. M., Ndamba, J., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R., Woolhouse, M.
    American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 95, pp. 515-527
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Isolation and characterization of dinucleotide microsatellite loci in the Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias

    Pardini, A. T., Jones, C. S., Scholl, M. C., Noble, L. R.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 9, pp. 1176-1178
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Microsatellite markers for investigating population structure in Octopus vulgaris (Mollusca : Cephalopoda)

    Greatorex, E. C., Jones, C. S., Murphy, J., Key, L. N., Emery, A. M., Boyle, P. R.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 9, pp. 641-642
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Molecular evidence supports an African affinity of the Neotropical freshwater gastropod, Biomphalaria glabrata, Say 1818, an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni

    Campbell, G., Jones, C. S., Lockyer, A. E., Hughes, S., Brown, D., Noble, L. R., Rollinson, D.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 267, pp. 2351-2358
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Use of differential display to detect changes in gene expression in the intermediate snail host Biomphalaria glabrata upon infection with Schistosoma mansoni

    Lockyer, A. E., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R., Rollinson, D.
    Parasitology, vol. 120, pp. 399-407
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the freshwater gastropod, Biomphalaria glabrata, an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni

    Jones, C. S., Lockyer, A. E., Rollinson, D., Piertney, S. B., Noble, L. R.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 8, pp. 2149-2151
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Molecular identification of schistosome intermediate hosts: case studies of Bulinus forskalii group species (Gastropoda : Planorbidae) from Central and East Africa

    Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R., Ouma, J., Kariuki, H. C., Mimpfoundi, R., Brown, D. S., Rollinson, D.
    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 68, pp. 215-240
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Polymorphic microsatellite loci identified in the highly clonal freshwater bryozoan Cristatella mucedo

    Freeland, J. R., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R., Okamura, B.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 8, pp. 341-342
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Molecular characterisation of intermediate snail hosts and the search for resistance genes

    Rollinson, D., Stothard, J. R., Jones, C. S., Lockyer, A. E., de Souza, C. P., Noble, L. R.
    Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, vol. 93, pp. 111-116
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Species-specific primers discriminate schistosome intermediate hosts: unambiguous PCR diagnosis of Bulinus forskalii group taxa (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)

    Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R., Lockyer, A. E., Brown, D. S., Rollinson, D.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 6, no. 9, pp. 843-849
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Changes in age composition in populations of the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra in Scotland

    Kruuk, H., Jones, C., McLaren, G. W., Gorman, M. L., Conroy, J. W.
    Journal of Zoology, vol. 243, no. 4, pp. 853-857
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Temporal patterns of clonality and parasitism in a population of freshwater bryozoans

    Vernon, J. G., Okamura, B., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 263, no. 1375, pp. 1313-1318
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Correlate of reproductive success within alternative mating tactic of the common shrew

    Stockley, P., Searle, J. B., Macdonald, D. W., Jones, C. S.
    Behavioral Ecology, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 334-340
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Female control of paternity in the internally fertilizing compound ascidian Diplosoma listerianum .2. Investigation of male mating success using RAPD markers

    Bishop, J. D. D., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 263, no. 1369, pp. 401-407
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A molecular and ecological investigation of the large arionid slugs of North-West Europe: The potential for new pests

    Noble, L. R., Jones, C. S.
    Ecology of Agricultural Pests: Biochemical Approaches. Symondson, W. O. C., Liddell, J. E. (eds.). Springer, pp. 93-131, 39 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • New approaches to the identification of medically important freshwater snails associated with irrigated agriculture in Africa

    Rollinson, D., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R.
    SLUGS, no. 66, pp. 312
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA (RAPD) MARKERS REVEAL CROSS-FERTILIZATION IN BIOMPHALARIA-GLABRATA (PULMONATA, BASOMMATOPHORA)

    VERNON, J. G., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R.
    Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 61, pp. 455-465
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • DIFFERENTIAL MALE GENETIC SUCCESS DETERMINES GENE FLOW IN AN EXPERIMENTALLY MANIPULATED MOUSE-POPULATION

    Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R., JONES, J. S., TEGELSTROM, H., TRIGGS, G. S., BERRY, R. J.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 260, no. 1359, pp. 251-256
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • PARENT AND LARVAL RAPD FINGERPRINTS REVEAL OUTCROSSING IN FRESH-WATER BRYOZOANS

    Jones, C. S., OKAMURA, B., Noble, L. R.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 193-199
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • RANDOMLY AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA ANALYSIS OF CLONAL POPULATION-STRUCTURE AND GEOGRAPHIC-VARIATION IN A FRESH-WATER BRYOZOAN

    OKAMURA, B., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 253, no. 1337, pp. 147-154
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Management of a complex diving accident

    Norman, J. N., Childs, C. M., Jones, C., Smith, J. A., Ross, J., Riddle, G., MacKintosh, A., McKie, N. I., Macaulay, I. I., Fructus, X.
    Undersea Biomedical Research, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 209-216
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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