Jamie Gorrell
Email: jgorrell@ualberta.ca
Education
2007 - present: Ph.D. Candidate Ecology,
University of Alberta
2006: M.Sc. Biology, Laurentian University
2004: B.Sc. (Hons.) Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University
Thesis title
Evolutionary Ecology of Sciurid MHC
Summary project
| The Kluane Red Squirrel Project has been studying the ecology of red squirrels for 20 years. Using both field and genetic analyses we are constructing full pedigrees for several populations to answer a suite of evolutionary questions. I am particularly interested in the maintenance of genetic diversity through natural and sexual selection. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has become a hot topic in ecology yet we still do not fully understand how diversity is maintained in wild populations. My research is focused around determining if MHC diversity confers a fitness advantage through parasite resistance or mate choice. |  |
Hobbies/Interests
Hockey, hiking, and dark beer with pizza
Publications
Gorrell, J.C., Boutin, S., Raveh, S., Neuhaus, P., Côté, S.D., Coltman, D.W. 2012. Sexing the Sciuridae: A simple and accurate set of molecular methods to determine sex in tree squirrels, ground squirrels and marmots. Molecular Ecology Resources. 12: 806-809. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03165.x
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Taylor, R.W., Boon, A.K., Dantzer, B.J., Réale, D., Humphries, M.M., Boutin, S., Gorrell, J.C., Coltman, D.W., McAdam, A.G. 2012. Low heritabilities of personality traits, but genetic and maternal behaviour correlations in red squirrels. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25: 614-624.doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02456.x
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Laurence, S., Coltman, D.W., Gorrell, J.C., Schulte-Hostedde, A.I. 2011. Genetic structure of muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) and its concordance with taxonomy in North America.Journal of Heredity. 102: 688-696.doi:10.1093/jhered/esr071
Raveh, S., Heg, D., Dobson, F.S., Coltman, D.W., Gorrell, J.C., Balmer, A., Röösli, S., Neuhaus, P. 2011. No experimental effects of parasite load on male mating behavior and reproductive success. Animal Behaviour.82: 673-682.doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.06.018.
Raveh, S., Heg, D., Dobson, F.S., Coltman, D.W., Gorrell, J.C., Balmer, A., Neuhaus, P. 2011. Male reproductive tactics to increase paternity in the polygynandrous Columbian ground squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 65: 695-706. doi: 10.1007/s00265-010-1071-4
McFarlane, S.E., Lane, J.E., Taylor, R.W., Gorrell, J.C., Coltman, D.W., Humphries, M.M., Boutin, S., McAdam, A.G. 2011. The heritability of multiple male mating in a promiscuous mammal. Biology Letters. 7: 368-371.doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1003
Gorrell, J.C., McAdam, A.G., Coltman, D.W., Humphries, M.M. and Boutin, S. 2010. Adopting kin enhances inclusive fitness in asocial red squirrels. Nature Communications. 1:22.doi: 10.1038/ncomms1022.
Raveh, S., Heg, D., Dobson, F.S., Coltman, D.W., Gorrell, J.C., Balmer, A., Neuhaus, P. 2010. Mating order and reproductive success in male Columbian ground squirrels (Urocitellus columbianus). Behavioral Ecology. 21(3): 537-547. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arq004
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Gorrell, J.C. and Schulte-Hostedde, A.I. 2008. Patterns of parasitism and body size in red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 86(2): 99-107. doi: 10.1139/Z07-123
Co-supervisor
Dr. David Coltman, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
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