Technical Officer and Laboratory Manager of Genetics Laboratories Science Division

• Technical skills in plant molelcular genetics including DNA Extractions and implementation of molecular markers

• Genetic studies to determine the level of differentiation in Calothamnus quadrifidus
• Genetic studies to determine the taxonomic identity of populations in the Synaphea stenoloba complex

(11 items)

2009

Walker E, Byrne M, Macdonald B, Nicolle D, McComb J (2009). Clonality and hybrid origin of the rare Eucalyptus bennettiae (Myrtaceae) in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 57, pp. 180–188

2003

Byrne M, Macdonald B, Brand J (2003). Phylogeny and divergence in the chloroplast genome of Western Australian sandalwood (Santalum spicatum). Heredity 91, pp. 389–395

Byrne M, Macdonald B, Broadhurst L, Brand J (2003). Regional genetic differentiation in Western Australian sandalwood (Santalum spicatum) as revealed by nuclear RFLP analysis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 107, pp. 1208–1214

2002

Byrne M, Macdonald B, Coates D (2002). Phylogeographical patterns in chloroplast DNA variation within the Acacia acuminata (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) complex in Western Australia. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15, pp. 576–587

2001

Byrne M, Macdonald B, Francki M (2001). Incorporation of sodium sulfite into extraction protocol minimizes degradation of Acacia DNA. Biotechniques 30, pp. 742–743

Byrne M, Tischler G, Macdonald B, Coates DJ, McComb J (2001). Phylogenetic relationships between two rare acacias and their common, widespread relatives in south-western Australia. Conservation Genetics 2, pp. 157–166

2000

Byrne M, Macdonald B (2000). Phylogeography and conservation of three oil mallee taxa, Eucalyptus kochii ssp. kochii, ssp. plenissima and E. horistes. Australian Journal of Botany 48, pp. 305–312

1999

Byrne M, Macdonald B (1999). Phylogenetic patterns and mating system variation in the oil mallee Eucalyptus kochii complex (ABSTRACT). In ESA99, Ecological Connections: Handbook of the 1999 Meeting of the Ecological Society of Australia, Inc.: Fremantle, Western Australia, 26 September to 1 October 1999 (eds RT Wills, S Yates, RJ Hobbs). Ecological Society of Australia, Perth. p. 45

Byrne M, Macdonald B, Coates D (1999). Divergence in the chloroplast genome and nuclear rDNA of the rare Western Australian plant Lambertia orbifolia (Proteaceae). Molecular Ecology 8, pp. 1789–1796

Coates DJ, Byrne M, Macdonald B, Hankinson M, Ward J (1999). Genetic structure in the priority one species genus sp. Yalgoo (J.M. Ward s.n. 11/7/1999). Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA. 9 p.

Maslin B, Byrne M, Coates D, Broadhurst L, Coleman H, Macdonald B (1999). The Acacia acuminata (jam) group: an analysis of variation to aid sandalwood (Santalum spicatum) plantation research: report to the Sandalwood Business Unit. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 60 p.