Prof David Blair ~ Adjunct Professor

My PhD studies were done at Glasgow University a very long time ago. The topic was the life-cycles of parasites infecting trout in fish-farms.

I have worked at James Cook University for two blocks of time. The first was in the late 1970s and the second started in 1989. In between those times, I was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Queensland (in the then Parasitology Dept) and a lecturer in the Zoology Dept at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Interests

Research

• Evolutionary biology, population genetics, phylogenetics, parasitology, taxonomy and systematics, molecular genetics, genomics, especially mitogenomics.

Teaching

• Evolutionary biology, systematics, conservation genetics.

Research Disciplines

• Evolutionary biology (3104)
• Zoology (3109)
• Genetics (3105)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding knowledge (2801)

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Journal Articles

• Le T, Pham L, Van Quyen D, Nguyen K, Doan H, Saijuntha W and Blair D (2024) The ribosomal transcription units of five echinostomes and their taxonomic implications for the suborder Echinostomata (Trematoda: Platyhelminthes). Parasitology Research, 123 (1).
• Ahasan S, De Elías-Escribano A, Artigas P, Alam M, Mondal M, Blair D, Chowdhury E, Bargues M and Mas-Coma S (in press) Wide variation of heterozygotic genotypes of recent fasciolid hybrids from livestock in Bangladesh assessed by rDNA internal transcribed spacer region sequencing and cloning. One Health, 17.
• Blair D, Cannon L, Littlewood D, Olson P and Sewell K (2023) The Temnocephalidae (Platyhelminthes): molecular data illuminate the evolution of an ancient group of symbiotic flatworms. Systematics and Biodiversity, 21 (1).
• Deng Z, Zhang X, Wolinska J, Blair D, Hu W and Yin M (2023) Climate has contributed to population diversification of Daphnia galeata across Eurasia. Molecular Ecology, 32 (18). pp. 5110-5124
• Le T, Nguyen K, Pham L, Doan H, Roan D, Le X, Agatsuma T and Blair D (2023) Mitogenomic and nuclear ribosomal transcription unit datasets support the synonymy of Paragonimus iloktsuenensis and P. ohirai (Paragonimidae: Platyhelminthes). Parasitology Research, 122. pp. 1531-1544
• McGowan A, Lanyon J, Clark N, Blair D, Marsh H, Wolanski E and Seddon J (2023) Cryptic marine barriers to gene flow in a vulnerable coastal species, the dugong (Dugong dugon). Marine Mammal Science, 39 (3). pp. 918-939
• Pei Y, Deng Z, Zhang X, Blair D, Hu W and Yin M (2023) Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the freshwater cladoceran crustacean Chydorus sphaericus: A resource for discovery of genes responsive to ecological challenges. Aquatic Toxicology, 260.
• Wang L, Deng Z, Blair D, Hu W and Yin M (2023) Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the Scapholeberis kingii species complex (Cladocera: Daphniidae) in China. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 181.
• Zhang X, Wolinska J, Blair D, Hu W and Yin M (in press) Responses to predation pressure involve similar sets of genes in two divergent species of Daphnia. Journal of Animal Ecology,
• Blair D (2022) Lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus: ancient and re-emerging pathogens. Parasitology, 149 (10). pp. 1286-1295
• Davis N, Blair D and Brant S (2022) Diversity of Trichobilharzia in New Zealand with a new species and a redescription, and their likely contribution to cercarial dermatitis. Parasitology, 149 (3). pp. 380-395
• Deng Z, Yao Y, Blair D, Hu W and Yin M (2022) Ceriodaphnia (Cladocera: Daphniidae) in China: Lineage diversity, phylogeography and possible interspecific hybridization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 175.

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