Tom Schmidt

Spatial population genomics of a recent mosquito invasion

Thomas L Schmidt, T Swan, Jessica Chung, Stephan Karl, Samuel Demok, Qiong Yang, Matt A Field, Mutizwa Odwell Muzari, Gerhard Ehlers, Mathew Brugh, Rodney Bellwood, Peter Horne, Thomas R Burkot, Scott Ritchie, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2021  |  MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Population genomic approaches can characterize dispersal across a single generation through to many generations in the past, bridg..

Anthropogenic and natural barriers affect genetic connectivity in an Alpine butterfly

Daronja Trense, Thomas L Schmidt, Qiong Yang, Jessica Chung, Ary A Hoffmann, Klaus Fischer

Journal article  |  2021  |  MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Dispersal is a key biological process serving several functions including connectivity among populations. Habitat fragmentation ca..

Migration trajectories of the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella in China inferred from population genomic variation

Ming-Zhu Chen, Li-Jun Cao, Bing-Yan Li, Jin-Cui Chen, Ya-Jun Gong, Qiong Yang, Thomas L Schmidt, Lei Yue, Jia-Ying Zhu, Hu Li, Xue-Xin Chen, Ary Anthony Hoffmann, Shu-Jun Wei

Journal article  |  2020  |  PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

BACKGROUND: The diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), is a notorious pest of cruciferous plants...

Incursion pathways of theAsiantiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) intoAustraliacontrast sharply with those of the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti)

Thomas L Schmidt, Jessica Chung, Anthony R van Rooyen, Angus Sly, Andrew R Weeks, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2020  |  PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

BACKGROUND: Understanding pest incursion pathways is critical for preventing new invasions and for stopping the transfer of allele..

Population genomics of two invasive mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus) from the Indo-Pacific

Thomas L Schmidt, Jessica Chung, Ann-Christin Honnen, Andrew R Weeks, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

The arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) and Ae. albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) are both common throughout t..

Heterogeneous genetic invasions of three insecticide resistance mutations in Indo-Pacific populations of Aedes aegypti (L.)

Nancy M Endersby-Harshman, Thomas L Schmidt, Jessica Chung, Anthony van Rooyen, Andrew R Weeks, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2020  |  MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Nations throughout the Indo-Pacific region use pyrethroid insecticides to control Aedes aegypti, the mosquito vector of dengue, of..

A genomic approach to inferring kinship reveals limited intergenerational dispersal in the yellow fever mosquito

Moshe Jasper, Thomas L Schmidt, Nazni W Ahmad, Steven P Sinkins, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2019  |  MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES

Understanding past dispersal and breeding events can provide insight into ecology and evolution and can help inform strategies for..

Tracking genetic invasions: Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms reveal the source of pyrethroid-resistant Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) incursions at international ports

Thomas L Schmidt, Anthony R van Rooyen, Jessica Chung, Nancy M Endersby-Harshman, Philippa C Griffin, Angus Sly, Ary A Hoffmann, Andrew R Weeks

Journal article  |  2019  |  EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS

Biological invasions are increasing globally in number and extent despite efforts to restrict their spread. Knowledge of incursion..

Fine-scale landscape genomics helps explain the slow spatial spread of Wolbachia through the Aedes aegypti population in Cairns, Australia

Thomas L Schmidt, Igor Filipovic, Ary A Hoffmann, Gordana Rasic

Journal article  |  2018  |  HEREDITY

The endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia suppresses the capacity for arbovirus transmission in the mosquito Aedes aegypti, and can sp..

Genome-wide SNPs reveal the drivers of gene flow in an urban population of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus

Thomas L Schmidt, Gordana Rasic, Dongjing Zhang, Xiaoying Zheng, Zhiyong Xi, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2017  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Aedes albopictus is a highly invasive disease vector with an expanding worldwide distribution. Genetic assays using low to medium ..