Biography:Mary Morgan-Richards

From HandWiki
Short description: New Zealand academic

Mary Morgan-Richards
Mary Morgan-Richards (cropped).jpg
Mary Morgan-Richards in 2019
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
Scientific career
FieldsEvolutionary biology
InstitutionsMassey University
Thesis
Websiteevolves.massey.ac.nz

Mary Morgan-Richards is a New Zealand biologist, and as of 2019 is a full professor at Massey University.[1]

Academic career

In 1995, Morgan-Richard's completed a PhD thesis titled 'Weta Karyotypes: the Systematic Significance of Their Variation' at the Victoria University of Wellington. Between 1996 and 2003, she worked at the University of St Andrews, University of Otago, the Natural History Museum, London, and the University of Canterbury successively. In 2005 Morgan-Richards moved to the Massey University, rising to full professor in 2018.[1]

Research

Morgan-Richard's research has focused on topics in evolutionary biology such as speciation[2][3] and hybridisation,[4][5] as well as conservation biology, using population genetics,[6] and phylogenetic methods.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Native New Zealand invertebrates including wētā,[5][8][10][13][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] stick insects,[4][23] and snails[6][11][12][14][15][24] are often the subject of her research. She has scientifically described multiple species of wētā.[16][21][25] Morgan-Richard's phylogenetic research has also focused on birds and their parasites.[7][9][26]

Taxa named in Morgan-Richard's honour

Books

  • Trewick, Steve, & Morgan-Richards, Mary. (2019). Wild Life New Zealand. Hand-in-Hand Press, New Zealand, ISBN:978-0-473-48320-3.

Selected research

  • Morgan-Richards, Mary, Trewick, Steve A., Bartosch-Härlid, Anna, Kardailsky, Olga, Phillips, Matthew J., McLenachan, Patricia A., & Penny, David. (2008). "Bird evolution: testing the Metaves clade with six new mitochondrial genomes." BMC Evolutionary Biology 8 (1): 20.
  • Pratt, Renae C., Gibb, Gillian C., Morgan-Richards, Mary, Phillips, Matthew J., Hendy, Michael D., & Penny, David. (2008). "Toward resolving deep Neoaves phylogeny: data, signal enhancement, and priors." Molecular Biology and Evolution 26 (2): 313–326.
  • Pratt, Renae C., Morgan-Richards, Mary, & Trewick, Steve A. (2008). "Diversification of New Zealand weta (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Anostostomatidae) and their relationships in Australasia." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 363 (1508): 3427–3437.
  • Trewick, Steven A., & Morgan‐Richards, Mary. (2005). "After the deluge: mitochondrial DNA indicates Miocene radiation and Pliocene adaptation of tree and giant weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)." Journal of Biogeography 32 (2): 295–309.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Prof Mary Morgan-Richards - Professor in Evolutionary Biology - Massey University". https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/colleges/college-of-sciences/college-of-sciences-staff/college-of-sciences-staff_home.cfm?stref=701830. 
  2. ↑ Vaux, Felix; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2016). "Lineages, splits and divergence challenge whether the terms anagenesis and cladogenesis are necessary". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 117 (2): 165–76. doi:10.1111/bij.12665. 
  3. ↑ Vaux, Felix; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "Speciation through the looking-glass". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 120 (2): 480–488. doi:10.1111/bij.12872. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Morgan-Richards, M.; Trewick, S. A. (2005). "Hybrid origin of a parthenogenetic genus?". Molecular Ecology 14 (7): 2133–2142. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02575.x. PMID 15910332. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mckean, Natasha E.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2016). "Little or no gene flow despite F1hybrids at two interspecific contact zones" (in en). Ecology and Evolution 6 (8): 2390–2404. doi:10.1002/ece3.1942. ISSN 2045-7758. PMID 27066230. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gemmell, Michael R.; Trewick, Steven A.; Crampton, James S.; Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Daly, Elizabeth E.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Beu, Alan G. et al. (2018). "Genetic structure and shell shape variation within a rocky shore whelk suggest both diverging and constraining selection with gene flow". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (4): 827–843. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/bly142. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Morgan-Richards, Mary; Trewick, Steve A.; Bartosch-Härlid, Anna; Kardailsky, Olga; Phillips, Matthew J.; McLenachan, Patricia A.; Penny, David (2008). "Bird evolution: testing the Metaves clade with six new mitochondrial genomes". BMC Evolutionary Biology 8 (1): 20. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-20. PMID 18215323. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Pratt, Renae C.; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Trewick, Steve A. (2008). "Diversification of New Zealand weta (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Anostostomatidae) and their relationships in Australasia" (in en). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 363 (1508): 3427–3437. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0112. ISSN 0962-8436. PMID 18782727. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Pratt, Renae C.; Gibb, Gillian C.; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Phillips, Matthew J.; Hendy, Michael D.; Penny, David (2008). "Toward Resolving Deep Neoaves Phylogeny: Data, Signal Enhancement, and Priors". Molecular Biology and Evolution 26 (2): 313–326. doi:10.1093/molbev/msn248. PMID 18981298. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Cook, Lorraine D.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Johns, Peter M. (2010). "Status of the New Zealand cave weta (Rhaphidophoridae) genera Pachyrhamma, Gymnoplectron and Turbottoplectron" (in en). Invertebrate Systematics 24 (2): 131–138. doi:10.1071/IS09047. ISSN 1447-2600. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Hills, Simon F.K.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2011). "Phylogenetic information of genes, illustrated with mitochondrial data from a genus of gastropod molluscs". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 104 (4): 770–785. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01756.x. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Hills, Simon F.K.; Crampton, James S.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2012). "DNA and Morphology Unite Two Species and 10 Million Year Old Fossils". PLOS ONE 7 (12): e52083. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052083. PMID 23284880. Bibcode: 2012PLoSO...752083H. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Bulgarella, Mariana; Trewick, Steven A.; Minards, Niki A.; Jacobson, Melissa J.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2013). "Shifting ranges of two tree weta species (Hemideina spp.): competitive exclusion and changing climate" (in en). Journal of Biogeography 41 (3): 524–535. doi:10.1111/jbi.12224. ISSN 0305-0270. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018. PMID 28669812. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Vaux, Felix; Crampton, James S.C.; Trewick, Steven A.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Beu, Alan G.; Hills, Simon F.K.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2018). "Evolutionary lineages of marine snails identified using molecular phylogenetics and geometric morphometric analysis of shells". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127 (October 2018): 626–637. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.009. PMID 29913310. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Morgan-Richards, M (1995). "A new species of tree weta from the North Island of New Zealand (Hemideina: Stenopelmatidae: Orthoptera)". New Zealand Entomologist 18: 15–23. doi:10.1080/00779962.1995.9721996. 
  17. ↑ Morgan-Richards, M (1997). "Intraspecific karyotype variation is not concordant with allozyme variation in the Auckland tree weta of New Zealand, Hemideina thoracica (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 60 (4): 423–442. doi:10.1006/bijl.1996.0114. 
  18. ↑ Griffin, Melissa J.; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Trewick, Steve A. (2011). "Is the tree weta Hemideina crassidens an obligate herbivore?". New Zealand Natural Sciences 36: 11–19. http://www.science.canterbury.ac.nz/nzns/issues/vol36-2011/griffin.pdf. 
  19. ↑ Griffin, Melissa J.; Trewick, Steve A.; Wehi, Priscilla M.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2011). "Exploring the concept of niche convergence in a land without rodents: the case of weta as small mammals". New Zealand Journal of Ecology 35 (3): 302–307. https://newzealandecology.org/nzje/2995. 
  20. ↑ Wehi, Priscilla M.; Jorgensen, Murray; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2013). "Sex- and season-dependent behaviour in a flightless insect, the Auckland tree weta (Hemideina thoracica)". New Zealand Journal of Ecology 37 (1): 75–83. https://newzealandecology.org/nzje/3076. 
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Taylor Smith, Briar L.; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Trewick, Steve A. (2013). "New Zealand ground wētā (Anostostomatidae: Hemiandrus): descriptions of two species with notes on their biology". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 314–329. doi:10.1080/03014223.2013.804422. 
  22. ↑ Mckean, NE; Trewick, SA; Morgan-Richards, M (2015). "Comparative cytogenetics of North Island tree wētā in sympatry" (in en). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 42 (2): 73–84. doi:10.1080/03014223.2015.1032984. ISSN 0301-4223. 
  23. ↑ Stringer, Ian A. N.; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Trewick, Steve A. (2010). "Geographic parthenogenesis and the common tea-tree stick insect of New Zealand". Molecular Ecology 19 (6): 1227–1238. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04542.x. PMID 20163549. http://evolves.massey.ac.nz/PDFs/Morgan-Richards%20et%20al.%202010%20GeoParthenogenesis.pdf. Retrieved 2 September 2017. 
  24. ↑ Vaux, Felix; Crampton, James S.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "Geometric morphometric analysis reveals that the shells of male and female siphon whelks Penion chathamensis are the same size and shape". Molluscan Research 37 (3): 194–201. doi:10.1080/13235818.2017.1279474. 
  25. ↑ Taylor-Smith, Briar L.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2016). "Three new ground wētā species and a redescription of Hemiandrus maculifrons" (in en). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 43 (4): 363–383. doi:10.1080/03014223.2016.1205109. ISSN 0301-4223. 
  26. ↑ Bulgarella, Mariana; Quenu, Mathieu; Shepherd, Lara D.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2018). "The ectoparasites of hybrid ducks in New Zealand (Mallard x Grey Duck)". International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 7 (3): 335–342. doi:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.09.005. PMID 30258780. 

External links



Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biography:Mary_Morgan-Richards&oldid=3438797"