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Melanie Hingston
Researcher at University of Auckland
Publications - 7
Citations - 225
Melanie Hingston is an academic researcher from University of Auckland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Polyphyly & SNP array. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 6 publications receiving 199 citations.
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Identifying Rattus species using mitochondrial DNA.
TL;DR: It is suggested that taxonomic revisions that recognize cryptic or polytypic species will lead to even greater accuracy of DNA-based identification methods, as well as more accurate identification of paraphyletic and polyphyletic species.
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Phylogenetic species identification in Rattus highlights rapid radiation and morphological similarity of New Guinean species.
Judith H. Robins,Vernon Tintinger,Ken Aplin,Melanie Hingston,Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith,David Penny,Shane Lavery +6 more
TL;DR: The phylogenetic species identification for 17 Rattus species was consistent with morphological designations and current taxonomy thus reinforcing the usefulness of this approach and points to the need for a revised taxonomy of the rats of New Guinea, based on broader sampling and informed by both morphology and phylogenetics.
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On the Rat Trail in Near Oceania: Applying the Commensal Model to the Question of the Lapita Colonization
Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith,Melanie Hingston,Glenn R. Summerhayes,Judith H. Robins,Howard A. Ross,M. D. Hendy +5 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that there were multiple introductions of R. exulans to the region, which may suggest a more complex history for Lapita populations in Near Oceania.
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Phylogeography of Rattus norvegicus in the South Atlantic Ocean
Melanie Hingston,Sally Poncet,Ken Passfield,Michael A. Tabak,Sofia I. Gabriel,Stuart B. Piertney,James C. Russell +6 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis of rapid Norway rat colonization of South Atlantic Ocean islands by sea-faring European nations from multiple European ports of origin seems to have been the predominant pathway for repeated Norway rat invasions of islands, even within the same archipelago, rather than within-island dispersal across geographic barriers.
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The design and application of a 50 K SNP chip for a threatened Aotearoa New Zealand passerine, the hihi.
Kate D. Lee,Craig D. Millar,Patricia Brekke,Annabel Whibley,John G. Ewen,Melanie Hingston,Amy Zhu,Anna W. Santure +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the Affymetrix 50 K SNP chip was used to identify SNPs in the threatened hihi (Taeniopygia guttata) genome.