ZFIN Person: Butlin, Roger K.

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-970123-7

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-970123-7

Butlin, Roger K.

Email:	r.k.butlin@sheffield.ac.uk
URL:	http://www.biology.leeds.ac.uk/research/Ecolevol/Butlin/butlin.htm
Affiliation:	Leeds Ecology and Evolution Group
Address:	Department of Biology University of Leeds L. C. Miall Building, Level 10 Clarendon Way Leeds, LS2 9JT United Kingdom
Country:	United Kingdom
Phone:	44-113-233-3107
Fax:	44-113-244-1175
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dominic Wright and I are investigating MATE CHOICE in the zebrafish here at Leeds University . We are interested in its potential as a model for behaviour genetics, quantitative genetics and in particular the genetics of ethological isolation. We have stocks collected from the wild in Nepal and Bangladesh. The zebrafish are also being used for studies of shoaling by members of Dr Jens Krause's lab.

PUBLICATIONS

Wright, D., Butlin, R.K., and Carlborg, O. (2006) Epistatic regulation of behavioural and morphological traits in the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behavior Genetics. 36(6):914-922

Wright, D., Nakamichi, R., Krause, J., and Butlin, R.K. (2006) QTL Analysis of Behavioral and Morphological Differentiation Between Wild and Laboratory Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behavior Genetics. 36(2):271-284

Wright, D., Rimmer, L.B., Pritchard, V.L., Krause, J., and Butlin, R.K. (2003) Inter and intra-population variation in shoaling and boldness in the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Die Naturwissenschaften. 90(8):374-377

Pritchard, V.L., Lawrence, J., Butlin, R.K., and Krause, J. (2001) Shoal choice in zebrafish, Danio rerio: the influence of shoal size and activity. Animal behaviour. 62(6):1085-1088

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Recent Examples:

Tregenza, T, Pritchard, VL & Butlin, RK. The origins of premating reproductive isolation: testing hypotheses in the grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus. Evolution 54:1687-1698. 2000.
Tregenza, T, Butlin, RK and Wedell, N. Sexual conflict and speciation. Nature 407:149-150. 2000.
Butlin, RK. Virgin rotfiers. Trends Ecol. Evol. 15:389-390. 2000.
Schön, I., A. Gandolfi, E. Di Masso, V. Rossi, H.I. Griffiths, K. Martens & R.K. Butlin. Long-term persistence of asexuality through mixed reproduction in Eucypris virens (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Heredity 84: 161-169. 2000.
Tregenza, T, Pritchard, VL & Butlin, RK. Patterns of trait divergence between populations of the meadow grasshopper, Chorthippus parallelus. Evolution 54:574-585. 2000.
Walton, C, Handley, JM, Tun-Lin, W, Collins, FH, Harbach, RE, Baimai, V and Butlin,RK. Population structure and population history in Anopheles dirus mosquitoes in Southeast Asia. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 17: 962-974. 2000.
Thelwell, NJ, Huisman, RA, Harbach, RE & Butlin RK. Evidence for mitochondrial introgression between Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles bwambae. Insect Molecular Biology 9:203-210. 2000.