Dr Alexander S. T. Papadopulos

Senior Lecturer Lecturer in Biology (Molecular Ecology)

Contact info

Room: 305, 3rd Floor, Environment Centre Wales Building

Email: a.papadopulos[at]bangor.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)1248 382234

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My research combines genetics and genomics with ecological analyses and experiments to study adaptation and speciation. I’m interested in how organisms adapt to their environment, the influence this can have on the evolution of reproductive isolation and the extent to which this can be a predictable and repeatable process. I’m particularly keen on the evolution and conservation of island plants, but it’s not unheard of for me to dabble with animals too (mainly fish).

  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Ecological speciation in sympatric palms: 4. Demographic analyses support speciation of Howea in the face of high gene flow

    Papadopulos, A. S. T., Igea, J., Smith, T. P., Hutton, I., Baker, W. J., Butlin, R. K. & Savolainen, V., Sept 2019, In: Evolution. 73, 9, p. 1996-2002 7 p.

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  3. Evaluation of genetic isolation within an island flora reveals unusually widespread local adaptation and supports sympatric speciation

    Papadopulos, A. S. T., Kaye, M., Devaux, C., Hipperson, H., Lighten, J., Dunning, L. T., Hutton, I., Baker, W. J., Butlin, R. K. & Savolainen, V., 5 Aug 2014, In: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 369, 1648, p. 1-10

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  4. Published

    Evolutionary genetics of immunological supertypes reveals two faces of the Red Queen

    Lighten, J., Papadopulos, A. S. T., Mohammed, R. S., Ward, B. J., Paterson, I., Ballie, L., Bradbury, I. R., Hendry, A. P., Bentzen, P. & van Oosterhout, C., 2017, In: Nature Communications. 1294.

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  5. Published

    Fauxcurrence: simulating multi-species occurrences for null models in species distribution modelling and biogeography

    Osborne, O., Fell, H. G., Atkins, H., Tol, J. V., Phillips, D., Herrerra-Alsina, L., Mynard, P., Bocedi, G., Gubry-Rangin, C., Lancaster, L. T., Creer, S., Nangoy, M., Fahri, F., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Sudiana, I. M., Juliandi, B., Travis, J., Papadopulos, A. S. T. & Algar, A. C., Jul 2022, In: Ecography. 2022, 7, e05880.

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  6. Published

    Field-based species identification of closely-related plants using real-time nanopore sequencing

    Parker, J., Helmstetter, A. J., Davey, D., Wilkinson, T. & Papadopulos, A. S. T., Aug 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 8345.

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  7. Published

    Genetic assimilation of ancestral plasticity during parallel adaptation to Zinc contamination in Silene uniflora

    Wood, D., Holmberg, J., Osborne, O., Helmstetter, A. J., Dunning, L. T., Ellison, A., Smith, R. J., Lighten, J. & Papadopulos, A. S. T., Mar 2023, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 7, 3, p. 414-423 10 p.

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  8. Published

    Geographical structure of genetic diversity in Loudetia simplex (Poaceae) in Madagascar and South Africa

    Hagl, P. A., Gargiulo, R., Fay, M. F., Solofondranohatra, C., Salmona, J., Suescun, U., Rakotomalala, N., Lehmann, C. E. R., Besnard, G., Papadopulos, A. S. T. & Vorontsova, M. S., 15 Apr 2021, In: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 196, 1, p. 81-99 19 p.

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  9. How sympatric is speciation in the Howea palms of Lord Howe Island?

    Babik, W., Butlin, R. K., Baker, W. J., Papadopulos, A. S. T., Boulesteix, M., Anstett, M-C., Lexer, C., Hutton, I. & Savolainen, V., Sept 2009, In: Molecular Ecology. 18, 17, p. 3629-38 10 p.

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  10. Published

    Hybridisation and chloroplast capture between distinct Themeda triandra lineages in Australia

    Dunning, L. T., Olofsson, J., Papadopulos, A. S. T., Hibdige, S. G. S., Hidalgo, O., Leitch, I. J., Baleeiro, P. C., Ntshangase, S., Barker, N. & Jobson, R. W., Nov 2022, In: Molecular Ecology. 31, 22, p. 5846-5860 15 p.

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  11. Published

    Impact of Phylogenetic Tree Completeness and Misspecification of Sampling Fractions on Trait Dependent Diversification Models

    Mynard, P., Algar, A., Lancaster, L. T., Bocedi, G., Fahri, F., Gubry-Rangin, C., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Nangoy, M., Osborne, O., Papadopulos, A. S. T., Sudiana, I. M., Juliandi, B., Travis, J. & Herrera-Alsina, L., 19 May 2023, In: Systematic Biology. 72, 1, p. 106-119 14 p.

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