2024
Journal - Research Article
Czechowski, P., de Lange, M., Heldsinger, M., Kardailsky, A., Rayment, W., Hepburn, C., … Knapp, M. (2024). Comparison of traditional and molecular surveys of fish biodiversity in southern Te Wāhipounamu/Fiordland (Aotearoa/New Zealand). Environmental DNA, 6(e514). doi: 10.1002/edn3.514
Le, D. M., Desmond, M. J., Knapp, M., Kardailsky, O., Nelson, W. A., Zuccarello, G. C., & Hepburn, C. D. (2024). Population genetic structure of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Marine Biology, 171, 80. doi: 10.1007/s00227-024-04397-3
2023
Journal - Research Article
Adams, C. I. M., Jeunen, G.-J., Cross, H., Taylor, H. R., Bagnaro, A., Currie, K., Hepburn, C., Gemmell, N. J., … Knapp, M. (2023). Environmental DNA metabarcoding describes biodiversity across marine gradients. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsad017. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsad017
Adams, C. I. M., Hepburn, C., Jeunen, G.-J., Cross, H., Taylor, H. R., Gemmell, N. J., … Knapp, M. (2023). Environmental DNA reflects common haplotypic variation. Environmental DNA, 5, 906-919. doi: 10.1002/edn3.352
Grosser, S., Dutoit, L., Foster, Y., Robertson, F., Fidler, A. E., Martini, D., Knapp, M., & Robertson, B. C. (2023). Genomic evidence of a functional RH2 opsin in New Zealand parrots and implications for pest control. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 50(2), 341-349. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2022.2053554
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
van Os, M., Tucker, B., Anderson, A., Knapp, M., Collins, C., & Greig, K. (2023). What’s in that poo? Metagenomic screening of kurī palaeofaeces from Whenua Hou. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium & Workshops. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go
van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Jeunen, G.-J., Collins, C., McDonald, K., Kinaston, R., Vlok, M., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2023). The conundrum of related taxa: Detection and authentication of pathogen DNA in bioarchaeological samples from the Pacific. Proceedings of the 1st Australian & New Zealand Environmental DNA (eDNA) Conference: Innovation & Application. Retrieved from https://ednaconference.com.au
Adams, C., Hepburn, C., Cross, H., Taylor, H., Gemmell, N., Bunce, M., Jeunen, G.-J., & Knapp, M. (2023). Environmental DNA reflects common genetic variation. Proceedings of the 1st Australian & New Zealand Environmental DNA (eDNA) Conference: Innovation & Application. Retrieved from https://ednaconference.com.au
2022
Journal - Research Article
von Seth, J., van der Valk, T., Lord, E., Sigeman, H., Olsen, R.-A., Knapp, M., Kardailsky, O., Robertson, F., … Robertson, B. C., & Dussex, N. (2022). Genomic trajectories of a near-extinction event in the Chatham Island black robin. BMC Genomics, 23, 747. doi: 10.1186/s12864-022-08963-1
Czechowski, P., de Lange, M., Knapp, M., Terauds, A., & Stevens, M. I. (2022). Antarctic biodiversity predictions through substrate qualities and environmental DNA. Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment, 20(10), 550-557. doi: 10.1002/fee.2560
Lubbe, P., Rawlence, N. J., Kardailsky, O., Robertson, B. C., Day, R., Knapp, M., & Dussex, N. (2022). Mitogenomes resolve the phylogeography and divergence times within the endemic New Zealand Callaeidae (Aves: Passerida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 196, 1451-1463. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac060
Journal - Research Other
Dussex, N., & Knapp, M. (2022). Back from the brink: How genome research is helping the recovery of the Chatham Island black robin. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/back-from-the-brink-how-genome-research-is-helping-the-recovery-of-the-chatham-island-black-robin-194319
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Collins, C., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2022). Pathogen hunters: Using ancient DNA to authenticate the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microbes in early Polynesian settlers of Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go
van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Collins, C., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2022). Pathogen hunters: Using ancient DNA to authenticate the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microbes in early Polynesian settlers of Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Annual Conference. (pp. 39). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Martini, D., Dussex, N., Robertson, B. C., Gemmell, N. J., & Knapp, M. (2022, August-September). Is the kea really an alpine parrot? A genomic investigation into the fate of the kea in a warming world. Verbal presentation at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.
2021
Journal - Research Article
Dussex, N., van der Valk, T., Morales, H. E., Wheat, C. W., Díez-del-Molino, D., von Seth, J., Foster, Y., … Le Lec, M. F., Dearden, P. K., … Knapp, M., Gemmell, N. J., Robertson, F., … Robertson, B. C., & Dalén, L. (2021). Population genomics of the critically endangered kākāpō. Cell Genomics, 1, 100002. doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2021.100002
Knapp, M., Collins, C. J., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2021). Ancient invaders: How Paleogenetic tools help to identify and understand biological invasions of the past. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics, 52, 111-129. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-012021-100938
Forsdick, N. J., Martini, D., Brown, L., Cross, H. B., Maloney, R. F., Steeves, T. E., & Knapp, M. (2021). Genomic sequencing confirms absence of introgression despite past hybridisation between a critically endangered bird and its common congener. Global Ecology & Conservation, 28, e01681. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01681
Martini, D., Dussex, N., Robertson, B. C., Gemmell, N. J., & Knapp, M. (2021). Evolution of the world's only alpine parrot: Genomic adaptation or phenotypic plasticity, behaviour and ecology? Molecular Ecology, 30, 6370-6386. doi: 10.1111/mec.15978
Rawlence, N. J., Potter, B. C. M., Dussex, N., Scarsbrook, L., Orlovich, D. A., Waters, J. M., … Knapp, M. (2021). Plio-Pleistocene environmental changes shape present day phylogeography of New Zealand’s southern beeches (Nothofagaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany, 59(1), 55-71. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.2020.1791915
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Collins, C., McDonald, K., Kinaston, R., Vlok, M., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2021). Tuberculosis or soil bacteria? Detection and authentication of highly degraded M. tuberculosis DNA in bioarchaeological remains from the Pacific. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go
2020
Journal - Research Article
Jeunen, G.-J., Lamare, M. D., Knapp, M., Spencer, H. G., Taylor, H. R., Stat, M., … Gemmell, N. J. (2020). Water stratification in the marine biome restricts vertical environmental DNA (eDNA) signal dispersal. Environmental DNA, 2(1), 99-111. doi: 10.1002/edn3.49
Journal - Research Other
McDonald, S. K., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., Buckley, H. R., Walter, R. K., Aung, H. L., Collins, C. J., Cook, G. M., Kardailsky, O., Krause, K., & Knapp, M. (2020). 'TB or not TB': The conundrum of pre-European contact tuberculosis in the Pacific. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375, 20190583. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0583
Russello, M., Amato, G., DeSalle, R., & Knapp, M. (2020). Conservation genetics and genomics. Genes, 11(3), 318. doi: 10.3390/genes11030318
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Jeunen, G.-J., Urban, L., Lewis, R., Knapp, M., Lamare, M., Rayment, W., Dawson, S., & Gemmell, N. (2020). Marine environmental DNA (eDNA) for biodiversity assessments: A one-to-one comparison between eDNA and baited remote underwater video (BRUV) surveys. Authorea. doi: 10.22541/au.160278512.26241559/v1
2019
Chapter in Book - Research
Barlow, A., Hofreiter, M., & Knapp, M. (2019). Cave bears and ancient DNA: A mutually beneficial relationship. In D. Nagel & N. Kavcik-Graumann (Eds.), Festschrift zum 80. Geburtstag von emer. Uni.-Prof Dr. Mag. Gernot Rabeder. (pp. 33-45). Vienna, Austria: Geologische Bundesanstalt.
Journal - Research Article
Thomas, J. E., Carvalho, G. R., Haile, J., Rawlence, N. J., Martin, M. D., Ho, S. Y. W., … Knapp, M. (2019). Demographic reconstruction from ancient DNA supports rapid extinction of the great auk. eLIFE, 8, e47509. doi: 10.7554/eLife.47509
Dussex, N., von Seth, J., Knapp, M., Kardailsky, O., Robertson, B. C., & Dalén, L. (2019). Complete genomes of two extinct New Zealand passerines show responses to climate fluctuations but no evidence for genomic erosion prior to extinction. Biology Letters, 15(9), 20190491. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0491
Adams, C. I. M., Knapp, M., Gemmell, N. J., Jeunen, G.-J., Bunce, M., Lamare, M. D., & Taylor, H. R. (2019). Beyond biodiversity: Can environmental DNA (eDNA) cut it as a population genetics tool? Gene, 10(3), 192. doi: 10.3390/genes10030192
Knapp, M., Thomas, J. E., Haile, J., Prost, S., Ho, S. Y. W., Dussex, N., Cameron-Christie, S., Kardailsky, O., … Scofield, R. P. (2019). Mitogenomic evidence of close relationships between New Zealand’s extinct giant raptors and small-sized Australian sister-taxa. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 134, 122-128. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.026
Jeunen, G.-J., Knapp, M., Spencer, H. G., Taylor, H. R., Lamare, M. D., Stat, M., … Gemmell, N. J. (2019). Species‐level biodiversity assessment using marine environmental DNA metabarcoding requires protocol optimization and standardization. Ecology & Evolution, 9, 1323-1335. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4843
Jeunen, G.-J., Knapp, M., Spencer, H. G., Lamare, M. D., Taylor, H. R., Stat, M., … Gemmell, N. J. (2019). Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reveals strong discrimination among diverse marine habitats connected by water movement. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19, 426-438. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12982
Galla, S. J., Forsdick, N. J., Brown, L., Hoeppner, M. P., Knapp, M., Maloney, R. F., … Steeves, T. E. (2019). Reference genomes from distantly related species can be used for discovery of single nucleotide polymorphisms to inform conservation management. Genes, 10(1), 9. doi: 10.3390/genes10010009
Knapp, M. (2019). From a molecules’ perspective: Contributions of ancient DNA research to understanding cave bear biology. Historical Biology, 31(4), 442-447. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1434168
Journal - Research Other
Rawlence, N. J., Scofield, R. P., McGlone, M. S., & Knapp, M. (2019). History repeats: Large scale synchronous biological turnover in avifauna from the Plio-Pleistocene and Late Holocene of New Zealand. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution, 7, 158. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00158
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Adams, C. I. M., Jeunen, G. J., & Knapp, M. (2019). Can haplotypes be recovered from environmental DNA? Integrative & Comparative Biology, 59(Suppl. 1), (pp. E262). doi: 10.1093/icb/icz004
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Knapp, M., McDonald, S. K., Buckley, H., Kardailsky, O., Aung, H. L., Cross, H., Jeunen, G.-J., Matisoo-Smith, E., Walter, R., & Cook, G. M. (2019, August-September). Origin and evolution of tuberculosis in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
2018
Journal - Research Article
Seersholm, F. V., Cole, T. L., Grealy, A., Rawlence, N. J., Greig, K., Knapp, M., … Easton, L. J., … Walter, R., & Bunce, M. (2018). Subsistence practices, past biodiversity, and anthropogenic impacts revealed by New Zealand-wide ancient DNA survey. PNAS, 115(30), 7771-7776. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1803573115
Journal - Research Other
Halcrow, S. E., Killgrove, K., Robbins Schug, G., Knapp, M., Huffer, D., Arriaza, B., … Gunter, J. (2018). On engagement with anthropology: A critical evaluation of skeletal and developmental abnormalities in the Atacama preterm baby and issues of forensic and bioarcheological research ethics. Response to Bhattacharya et al. "Whole genome sequencing of Atacama skeleton shows novel mutations linked with dysplasia" in Genome Research, 2018, 28: 423-431. Doi: 10.1101/gr.223693.117 [Brief communication]. International Journal of Paleopathology, 22, 97-100. doi: 10.1101/gr.223693.117
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Knapp, M. (2018). Yesterday's genomes and today's challenges: How palaeogenomics can inform conservation management. Proceedings of the Society for Conservation Biology 5th Oceania Congress: Conservation in a Changing World. (pp. 148). Retrieved from http://wellington2018.scboceania.org
Martini, D., Gemmell, N., Robertson, B., & Knapp, M. (2018). From genotyping-by-sequencing to aDNA, a peek into the past and future of the New Zealand Kaka. Proceedings of the Society for Conservation Biology 5th Oceania Congress: Conservation in a Changing World. (pp. 146). Retrieved from http://wellington2018.scboceania.org
Forsdick, N., Maloney, R. F., Steeves, T. E., & Knapp, M. (2018). Using genomic tools to evaluate the risk hybridisation poses to kakī, a threatened wading bird. Proceedings of the Society for Conservation Biology 5th Oceania Congress: Conservation in a Changing World. (pp. 110). Retrieved from http://wellington2018.scboceania.org
Adams, C. I. M.-c., Jeunen, G. J., & Knapp, M. (2018). Can environmental DNA reveal mitochondrial diversity? Proceedings of the Society for Conservation Biology 5th Oceania Congress: Conservation in a Changing World. (pp. 85). Retrieved from http://wellington2018.scboceania.org
McDonald, K., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., Walter, R., & Knapp, M. (2018). Investigating the origins and impacts of tuberculosis in the Pacific. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) Combined Conference: Trans-Tasman Dialogues. (pp. 85). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org
Buckley, H., Petchey, P., Matisoo-Smith, L., Knapp, M., Kinaston, R., Geber, J., King, C., Scott, R., & Sohler-Snoddy, A. M. (2018). Life and death on the Otago frontier: A bioarchaeological study of Otago European and Chinese Gold miners and early settlers. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) Combined Conference: Trans-Tasman Dialogues. (pp. 46-47). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org
Martini, D., Gemmell, N., Robertson, B., & Knapp, M. (2018). A peek into the past and future of the New Zealand Kaka. Proceedings of the Birds New Zealand Conference. (pp. 22). Retrieved from https://www.osnz.org.nz/
Forsdick, N., Maloney, R., Steeves, T., & Knapp, M. (2018). Wading into genomics for threatened species recovery. Proceedings of the Birds New Zealand Conference. (pp. 21). Retrieved from https://www.osnz.org.nz/
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Adams, C. I. M., Jeunen, G., & Knapp, M. (2018, August). Detecting population-level marine diversity with environmental DNA methodology. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Seersholm, F. V., Cole, T. L., Grealy, A., Rawlence, N. J., Greig, K., Knapp, M., … Easton, L. J., … Bunce, M. (2018, August). Subsistence practices, past biodiversity, and anthropogenic impacts revealed by New Zealand-wide ancient DNA survey. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
2017
Journal - Research Article
Thomas, J. E., Carvalho, G. R., Haile, J., Martin, M. D., Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Niemann, J., … Rawlence, N. J., … Knapp, M. (2017). An Aukward' tale: A genetic approach to discover the whereabouts of the last Great Auks. Genes, 8(6), 164. doi: 10.3390/genes8060164
Chang, D., Knapp, M., Enk, J., Lippold, S., Kircher, M., Lister, A., … Czechowski, P., … Shapiro, B. (2017). The evolutionary and phylogeographic history of woolly mammoths: A comprehensive mitogenomic analysis. Scientific Reports, 7, 44585. doi: 10.1038/srep44585
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Martini, D., & Knapp, M. (2017). Whole genome insights into Kea's alpine lifestyle. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 694. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com
Forsdick, N., Maloney, R., Steeves, T., & Knapp, M. (2017). Wading into conservation genomics for kakī. Proceedings of the MapNet Conference. Retrieved from http://scienceevents.co.nz/mapnet/
Martini, D., & Knapp, M. (2017). Whole genome insight into kea's alpine lifestyle. Proceedings of the University of Otago Student Research Symposium: Te Wānaka Rakahau: Ākoka. (pp. 56). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/graduate-research/scholarships/otago643219.html
Buckley, H., Petchey, P., Geber, J., King, C., Matisoo-Smith, L., Knapp, M., Kinaston, R., & Smith, B. (2017). Life and death in the early colonial settlement period of South Otago, New Zealand. Proceedings of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 10th Annual Conference. (pp. 11). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/global-health/annual-conference
Knapp, M., Thomas, J., Prost, S., Kardailsky, O., Haile, J., Bunce, M., … Scofield, P. (2017). Out of Australia: Are New Zealand's extinct giant birds of prey descendants of recent Australian migrants? Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 749. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com
Jeunen, G.-J., Spencer, H., Lamare, M., Knapp, M., & Gemmell, N. (2017). Environmental DNA monitoring detects habitat-specific species assemblages in the marine ecosystem. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 678. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com
Forsdick, N. J., Maloney, R., Steeves, T., & Knapp, M. (2017). Genomic analysis of hybridisation between the endemic kakī (black stilt), and the self-introduced poaka (pied stilt). Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 588. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Knapp, M. (2017, September). New technologies for an old problem: The role of ancient DNA and functional genomics in bird conservation. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
2016
Journal - Research Article
Westbury, M., Prost, S., Seelenfreund, A., Ramírez, J.-M., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., & Knapp, M. (2016). First complete mitochondrial genome data from ancient South American camelids: The mystery of the chilihueques from Isla Mocha (Chile). Scientific Reports, 6, 38708. doi: 10.1038/srep38708
Galla, S. J., Buckley, T. R., Elshire, R., Hale, M. L., Knapp, M., McCallum, J., … Wilcox, P., & Steeves, T. E. (2016). Building strong relationships between conservation genetics and primary industry leads to mutually beneficial genomic advances. Molecular Ecology, 25(21), 5267-5281. doi: 10.1111/mec.13837
Rawlence, N. J., Collins, C. J., Anderson, C. N. K., Maxwell, J. J., Smith, I. W. G., Robertson, B. C., Knapp, M., Horsburgh, K. A., Stanton, J.-A. L., Scofield, R. P., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A., & Waters, J. M. (2016). Human-mediated extirpation of the unique Chatham Islands sea lion and implications for the conservation management of remaining New Zealand sea lion populations. Molecular Ecology, 25(16), 3950-3961. doi: 10.1111/mec.13726
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Knapp, M. (2016). Genetic analysis of ancient pathogens in the Pacific: Why we can and why we should. Proceedings of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 9th Annual Conference. (pp. 7). Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth/conference/
Buckley, H. R., Kinaston, R., Knapp, M., Cook, G., Collins, C., Walter, R., Halcrow, S., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2016). An osteobiography of a middle aged male from Wairau Bar: Exploring metabolic and infectious disease in prehistoric Polynesians. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Conference. Retrieved from http://nzarchaeology.org/cms/index.php/conferences
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Knapp, M. (2016, March). Haast's Eagle genome project: Where are we at? Verbal presentation at the Genetics Otago Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2015
Journal - Research Article
Knapp, M., Lalueza-Fox, C., & Hofreiter, M. (2015). Re-inventing ancient human DNA. Investigative Genetics, 6, 4. doi: 10.1186/s13323-015-0020-4
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Knapp, M., Prost, S., Haile, J., Scofield, P., Bunce, M., & Gilbert, M. T. P. (2015, August-September). Understanding the evolution of island gigantism: A genomic approach. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
2014
Chapter in Book - Research
Knapp, M., & Hofreiter, M. (2014). Ancient human DNA: Phylogenetic applications. In Encyclopedia of life sciences. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0005143.pub3
Journal - Research Article
Bohman, K., Evans, A., Gilbert, M. T. P., Carvalho, G. R., Creer, S., Knapp, M., … de Bruyn, M. (2014). Environmental DNA for wildlife biology and biodiversity monitoring. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 29(6), 358-367. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.04.003
King, T. E., Fortes, G. G., Balaresque, P., Thomas, M. G., Balding, D., Delser, P. M., … Knapp, M., … Schürer, K. (2014). Identification of the remains of King Richard III. Nature Communications, 5, 5631. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6631
Collins, C. J., Rawlence, N. J., Prost, S., Anderson, C. N. K., Knapp, M., Scofield, R. P., Robertson, B. C., Smith, I., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., … Waters, J. M. (2014). Extinction and recolonization of coastal megafauna following human arrival in New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281, 20140097. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0097
Collins, C. J., Rawlence, N. J., Worthy, T. H., Scofield, R. P., Tennyson, A. J. D., Smith, I., Knapp, M., & Waters, J. M. (2014). Pre-human New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) rookeries on mainland New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 44(1), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2013.828761
Goldberg, J., Knapp, M., Emberson, R. M., Townsend, J. I., & Trewick, S. A. (2014). Species radiation of carabid beetles (Broscini: Mecodema) in New Zealand. PLoS ONE, 9(1), e86185. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086185
Stiller, M., Molak, M., Prost, S., Rabeder, G., Baryshnikov, G., Rosendahl, W., … Knapp, M. (2014). Mitochondrial DNA diversity and evolution of the Pleistocene cave bear complex. Quaternary International, 339-340, 224-231. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.09.023
2013
Journal - Research Article
Dabney, J., Knapp, M., Glocke, I., Gansauge, M.-T., Weihmann, A., Nickel, B., … Meyer, M. (2013). Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleistocene cave bear reconstructed from ultrashort DNA fragments. PNAS, 110(39), 15758-15763. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1314445110
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Collins, C., Rawlence, N., Knapp, M., Schofield, P., Robertson, B., Smith, I., … Matisoo-Smith, E., & Waters, J. (2013). The genetic effects of extinction-recolonisation in the New Zealand sea lion following historic hunting. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. (pp. 46-47). Retrieved from http://www.marinemammalscience.org/
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Collins, C., Knapp, M., Robertson, B., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Waters, J. (2013, January). Assessing the impact of human settlement and historic hunting on the New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri, using ancient DNA analyses. Verbal presentation at the VII Southern Connection Congress: Southern Lands and Southern Oceans: Life on the Edge? Dunedin, New Zealand.
2012
Chapter in Book - Research
Knapp, M., Stiller, M., & Meyer, M. (2012). Generating barcoded libraries for multiplex high-throughput sequencing. In B. Shapiro & M. Hofreiter (Eds.), Ancient DNA: Methods and protocols: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 840). (pp. 155-170). New York: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-516-9_19
Journal - Research Article
Knapp, M., Horsburgh, K. A., Prost, S., Stanton, J.-A., Buckley, H. R., Walter, R. K., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2012). Complete mitochondrial DNA genome sequences from the first New Zealanders. PNAS, 109(45), 18350-18354. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1209896109
Knapp, M., Clarke, A. C., Horsburgh, K. A., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2012). Setting the stage-building and working in an ancient DNA laboratory. Annals of Anatomy, 194(1), 3-6. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.03.008
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Knapp, M. (2012, August). Mammoths, cave bears, and southern beeches: Molecular biogeography and what we can learn from it. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Knapp, M. (2012, August). New technology for old DNA: Next generation sequencing of ancient DNA. Invited presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
2011
Journal - Research Article
Lippold, S., Knapp, M., Kuznetsova, T., Leonard, J. A., Benecke, N., Ludwig, A., … Hofreiter, M. (2011). Discovery of lost diversity of paternal horse lineages using ancient DNA. Nature Communications, 2, 450-455. doi: 10.1038/ncomms1447
Knapp, M. (2011). The next generation of genetic investigations into the Black Death. PNAS, 108(38), 15669-15670. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1112574108
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Knapp, M., Horsburgh, K. A., Stanton, J.-A., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2011). Sequencing ancient Pacific voyagers using “home-made” in-solution hybridization capture. Proceedings of the 3rd Next Generation Sequencing Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nzconferences.org.nz/NGS%20Conferences/NGS2011/abstracts.html
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Knapp, M. (2011, November). Ancient DNA in health research. Verbal presentation at the 4th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2010
Journal - Research Article
Knapp, M., Finstermeier, K., Horn, S., Stiller, M., & Hofreiter, M. (2010). Multiplex-PCR: Neue PCR-technologien für alte DNA [Multiplex-PCR: New PCR technologies for ancient DNA]. Biospektrum, 5, 531-535.
Prost, S., Knapp, M., Flemmig, J., Hufthammer, A. K., Kosintsev, P., Stiller, M., & Hofreiter, M. (2010). A phantom extinction? New insights into extinction dynamics of the Don-hare Lepus tanaiticus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23(9), 2022-2029. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02062.x
Knapp, M., & Hofreiter, M. (2010). Next generation sequencing of ancient DNA: Requirements, strategies and persectives. Genes, 1(2), 227-243. doi: 10.3390/genes1020227
Stiller, M., Baryshnikov, G., Bocherens, H., d'Anglade, A. G., Hilpert, B., Münzel, S. C., … Knapp, M. (2010). Withering away: 25,000 years of genetic decline preceded cave bear extinction. Molecular Biology & Evolution, 27(5), 975-978. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msq083
Prost, S., Smirnov, N., Fedorov, V. B., Sommer, R. S., Stiller, M., Nagel, D., Knapp, M., & Hofreiter, M. (2010). Influence of climate warming on arctic mammals? New insights from ancient DNA studies of the collared lemming Dicrostonyx torquatus. PLoS ONE, 5(5), e10447. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010447
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Prost, S., Smirnov, N., Fedorov, V. B., Sommer, R. S., Stiller, M., Nagel, D., Knapp, M., & Hofreiter, M. (2010). Influence of climate warming on Arctic mammals? New insights from ancient DNA studies of the collared lemming Dicrostonyx torquatus. Proceedings of the 11th International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) International Conference. (pp. 205). Retrieved from http://www2.mnhn.fr/archeozoo-archeobota/IMG/pdf/All_abstracts.pdf
Knapp, M., Meyer, M., Lippold, S., Kircher, M., Shapiro, B., Czechowski, P., … Hofreiter, M. (2010). A mammoth story: Population mitogenomics of Eurasian woolly mammoths. Proceedings of the 11th International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) International Conference. (pp. 162). Retrieved from http://www2.mnhn.fr/archeozoo-archeobota/IMG/pdf/All_abstracts.pdf
Myles, B., Knapp, M., Waters, J., & Orlovich, D. (2010). Towards an understanding of the New Zealand 'beech gap': Phylogeographic evidence from Nothofagus menziesii chloroplast DNA. New Zealand Ecological Society Annual Conference: Biodiversity: 2010 and Beyond. (pp. 89-90). Retrieved from http://www.nzesconference.org.nz/programme
Knapp, M. (2010). A mammoth story: Barcoded sequencing of the Eurasian woolly mammoth on next generation sequencing platforms. Proceedings of the Centre for Reproduction and Genomics Second Annual Research Colloquium. (pp. 5). Retrieved from http://www.crg.org.nz/colloquium/colloquium.aspx
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Knapp, M., Meyer, M., Lippold, S., Kircher, M., Shapiro, B., Czechowski, P., … Hofreiter, M. (2010, August-September). Population mitogenomics of Eurasian woolly mammoths. Verbal presentation at the Vth International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives from the Pliocene to Present-Day: Biotopes, Evolution and Human Impact, Le Puy-en-Velay, France.
Knapp, M. (2010, November). How to capture a mammoth. Verbal presentation at the Genetics Otago Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Knapp, M. (2010, February). Targeted and barcoded sequencing on next generation sequencing platforms. Verbal presentation at the 9th Annual MicroArray Workshop, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2009
Journal - Research Article
Stiller, M., Knapp, M., Stenzel, U., Hofreiter, M., & Meyer, M. (2009). Direct multiplex sequencing (DMPS): A novel method for targeted high-throughput sequencing of ancient and highly degraded DNA. Genome Research, 19, 1843-1848. doi: 10.1101/gr.095760.109
Knapp, M., Rohland, N., Weinstock, J., Baryshnikov, G., Sher, A., Nagel, D., … Horfreiter, M. (2009). First DNA sequences from Asian cave bear fossils reveal deep divergences and complex phylogeographic patterns. Molecular Ecology, 18, 1225-1238. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04088.x
2008
Chapter in Book - Research
Knapp, M., Vigilant, L., & Hofreiter, M. (2008). Ancient DNA: Phylogenetic applications. In H. Kehrer-Sawatzki (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0005143.pub2
2007
Journal - Research Article
Knapp, M., Mudaliar, R., Havell, D., Wagstaff, S. J., & Lockhart, P. J. (2007). The drowning of New Zealand and the problem of Agathis. Systematic Biology, 56(5), 862-870. doi: 10.1080/10635150701636412
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Knapp, M. (2007). New Zealand plant phylogeography: The riddle of the “beech gaps”. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 45(1), (pp. 297). doi: 10.1080/00288250709509715
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Knapp, M. (2007). Discontinuous distributions of iconic New Zealand plant taxa and their implications for Southern Hemisphere biogeography (PhD). Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. 128p. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1594
2005
Journal - Research Article
Knapp, M., Stöckler, K., Havell, D., Delsuc, F., Sebastiani, F., & Lockhart, P. J. (2005). Relaxed molecular clock provides evidence for long-distance dispersal of Nothofagus (Southern Beech). PLoS Biology, 3(1), e14.