Jefferson Paril

Rounding up the annual ryegrass genome: High-quality reference genome of Lolium rigidum

Jefferson Paril, Gunjan Pandey, Emma M Barnett, Rahul V Rane, Leon Court, Thomas Walsh, Alexandre Fournier-Level

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN GENETICS

The genome of the major agricultural weed species, annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) was assembled, annotated and analysed. Annual ..

Slow and steady wins the race: Spatial and stochastic processes and the failure of suppression gene drives

Jeff F Paril, Ben L Phillips

Journal article  |  2022  |  MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Gene drives that skew sex ratios offer a new management tool to suppress or eradicate pest populations. Early models and empirical..

Adaptive significance of flowering time variation across natural seasonal environments in Arabidopsis thaliana

Alexandre Fournier-Level, Mark A Taylor, Jefferson F Paril, Alejandra Martinez-Berdeja, Michelle C Stitzer, Martha D Cooper, Judith L Roe, Amity M Wilczek, Johanna Schmitt

Journal article  |  2022  |  NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The relevance of flowering time variation and plasticity to climate adaptation requires a comprehensive empirical assessment. We i..

Optimizing sampling design and sequencing strategy for the genomic analysis of quantitative traits in natural populations

Jefferson F Paril, David J Balding, Alexandre Fournier-Level

Journal article  |  2021  |  MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES

Mapping the genes underlying ecologically relevant traits in natural populations is fundamental to develop a molecular understandi..

Optimising sampling design and sequencing strategy for the genomic analysis of quantitative traits in natural populations

Jefferson Paril, David Balding, Alexandre Fournier-Level

Journal article  |  2021

Mapping the genes underlying ecologically-relevant traits in natural populations is fundamental to develop a molecular understandi..

Adaptive evolution of Annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum, L.) to herbicides in agroecosystems

Jefferson Paril

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2020

Significance: The rapid evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds provides a tractable system to study adaptive evolution. Invest..

instaGraminoid, a Novel Colorimetric Method to Assess Herbicide Resistance, Identifies Patterns of Cross-Resistance in Annual Ryegrass

Jefferson F Paril, Alexandre J Fournier-Level

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLANT PHENOMICS

Herbicide resistance in agricultural weeds is a global problem with an increasing understanding that it is caused by multiple gene..