Professor Graham Wallis

Department of Zoology

Graham Wallis is an evolutionary geneticist who uses molecular genetic approaches to research the origins, relationships and diversity of species. He is currently attempting to unravel the genetic basis of life history evolution in native fishes using transcriptome analysis.

For more information on Graham: http://www.otago.ac.nz/Zoology/staff/otago008937.html

Teaching

Graham is the course coordinator and teaches in GENE 312 Evolutionary Genetics. He also teaches in GENE 412 Current Topics in Genetics.

Recent Publications

McCulloch, G.A., Wallis, G.P. and Waters, J.M. Onset of glaciation drove simultaneous vicariant isolation of alpine insects in New Zealand. Evolution 64: (2010)

Waters, J.M., Rowe, D.L., Burridge, C.P. and Wallis, G.P. Gene trees versus species trees: reassessing life-history evolution in a freshwater fish radiation. Systematic Biology 59: (2010)

Crow, S.K., Closs, G.P., Waters, J.M., Booker, D.J. and Wallis, G.P. Niche partitioning and the effect of interspecific competition on microhabitat use by two sympatric galaxiid stream fishes. Freshwater Biology 55: (2010)

McCulloch, G.A., Wallis, G.P. and Waters, J.M. Do insects lose flight before they lose their wings? Population genetic structure in subalpine stoneflies. Molecular Ecology 18:4073-4087 (2009)

Crow, S.K., Waters, J.M., Closs, G.P., and Wallis, G.P. Morphological and genetic analysis of Galaxias 'southern' and G. gollumoides: interspecific differentiation and intraspecific structuring. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 39:43-62 (2009)

Wallis, G.P. and Trewick, S.A. New Zealand phylogeography: evolution on a small continent. Molecular Ecology 18:3548-3580 (2009)

Morgan-Richards, M., Smissen, R.D., Shepherd, L.D., Wallis, G.P., Hayward, J.J., Chan, C-H., Chambers, G.K. and Chapman, H.M. A review of genetic analyses of hybridisation in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 39:15-34 (2009)

Arntzen, J.W., Jehle, R., Bardacki, F., Burke, T. and Wallis, G.P. Asymmetric viability of reciprocal-cross hybrids between crested and marbled newts (Triturus cristatus and T. marmoratus). Evolution 63:1191-1202 (2009)