Dr Kieren Mitchell

ARC Postdoctoral Research Associate

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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Year	Citation
2020	Bover, P., Mitchell, K. J., Torres-Roig, E., Llamas, B., Thomson, V. A., Alcover, J. A., . . . Pons, J. (2020). Ancient DNA from an extinct Mediterranean micromammal—Hypnomys morpheus (Rodentia: Gliridae)—Provides insight into the biogeographic history of insular dormice. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 58(1), 427-438. DOI Scopus1
2020	Lombal, A. J., Salis, A. T., Mitchell, K. J., Tennyson, A. J. D., Shepherd, L. D., Worthy, T. H., . . . Burridge, C. P. (2020). Using ancient DNA to quantify losses of genetic and species diversity in seabirds: a case study of Pterodroma petrels from a Pacific island. Biodiversity and Conservation, 29(7), 2361-2375. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2020	Oliver, P. M., Heiniger, H., Hugall, A. F., Joseph, L., & Mitchell, K. J. (2020). Oligocene divergence of frogmouth birds (Podargidae) across Wallace's Line. Biology Letters, 16(5), 1-5. DOI Scopus1
2019	Kealy, S., Donnellan, S., Mitchell, K., Herrera, M., Aplin, K., O'Connor, S., & Louys, J. (2019). Phylogenetic relationships of the cuscuses (Diprotodontia: Phalangeridae) of island Southeast Asia and Melanesia based on the mitochondrial ND2 gene. Australian Mammalogy, 42(3), 266-276. DOI
2019	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., van der Plicht, J., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. (2019). Evolution and extinction of the giant rhinoceros Elasmotherium sibiricum sheds light on late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3(1), 31-38. DOI Scopus17 WoS15 Europe PMC4
2019	Cascini, M., Mitchell, K. J., Cooper, A., & Phillips, M. J. (2019). Reconstructing the evolution of giant extinct kangaroos: comparing the utility of DNA, morphology, and total evidence. Systematic Biology, 68(3), 520-537. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2019	Richards, S. M., Hovhannisyan, N., Gilliham, M., Ingram, J., Skadhauge, B., Heiniger, H., . . . Cooper, A. (2019). Low-cost cross-taxon enrichment of mitochondrial DNA using in-house synthesised RNA probes. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0209499-1-e0209499-18. DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC3
2019	Cole, T. L., Ksepka, D. T., Mitchell, K. J., Tennyson, A. J. D., Thomas, D. B., Pan, H., . . . Waters, J. M. (2019). Mitogenomes uncover extinct penguin taxa and reveal island formation as a key driver of speciation. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36(4), 784-797. DOI Scopus11 WoS13 Europe PMC5
2019	Jackson, S. M., Fleming, P. J. S., Eldridge, M. D. B., Ingleby, S., Flannery, T., Johnson, R. N., . . . Helgen, K. M. (2019). The Dogma of Dingoes—Taxonomic status of the dingo: A reply to Smith et al.. Zootaxa, 4564(1), 198-212. DOI Scopus3 WoS4 Europe PMC1
2019	Boast, A. P., Chapman, B., Herrera, M. B., Worthy, T. H., Scofield, R. P., Tennyson, A. J. D., . . . Mitchell, K. J. (2019). Mitochondrial genomes from New Zealand's extinct adzebills (Aves: Aptornithidae: Aptornis) support a sister-taxon relationship with the Afro-Madagascan Sarothruridae. Diversity, 11(2), 24-1-24-21. DOI Scopus8 WoS8
2019	Richards, S., Mitchell, K., Tobler, R., & Cooper, A. (2019). Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) versus PCR for ancient DNA library amplification. DOI
2019	Bover, P., Llamas, B., Mitchell, K., Thomson, V., Alcover, J., Lalueza-Fox, C., . . . Pons, J. (2019). Unraveling the phylogenetic relationships of the extinct bovid Myotragus balearicus Bate 1909 from the Balearic Islands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 215, 185-195. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2019	Gower, G., Fenderson, L. E., Salis, A. T., Helgen, K. M., van Loenen, A. L., Heiniger, H., . . . Cooper, A. (2019). Widespread male sex bias in mammal fossil and museum collections. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(38), 19019-19024. DOI Scopus3 WoS5 Europe PMC2
2018	Feigin, C., Newton, A., Doronina, L., Schmitz, J., Hipsley, C., Mitchell, K., . . . Pask, A. (2018). Genome of the Tasmanian tiger provides insights into the evolution and demography of an extinct marsupial carnivore. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(1), 182-192. DOI Scopus27 WoS23 Europe PMC14
2018	White, L., Mitchell, K., & Austin, J. (2018). Ancient mitochondrial genomes reveal the demographic history and phylogeography of the extinct, enigmatic thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus). Journal of Biogeography, 45(1), 1-13. DOI Scopus8 WoS9 Europe PMC4
2018	Bover, P., Mitchell, K., Llamas, B., Rofes, J., Thomson, V., Cuenca-Bescós, G., . . . Pons, J. (2018). Molecular phylogenetics supports the origin of an endemic Balearic shrew lineage (Nesiotites) coincident with the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 125, 188-195. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2018	Thomson, V., Mitchell, K., Eberhard, R., Dortch, J., Austin, J., & Cooper, A. (2018). Genetic diversity and drivers of dwarfism in extinct island emu populations. Biology Letters, 14(4), 20170617-1-20170617-4. DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC2
2018	Bover, P., Llamas, B., Thomson, V., Pons, J., Cooper, A., & Mitchell, K. (2018). Molecular resolution to a morphological controversy: the case of North American fossil muskoxen Bootherium and Symbos. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 129, 70-76. DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2017	Wood, J., Mitchell, K., Scofield, R., De Pietri, V., Rawlence, N., & Cooper, A. (2017). Phylogenetic relationships and terrestrial adaptations of the extinct laughing owl, Sceloglaux albifacies (Aves: Strigidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 179(4), 907-918. DOI Scopus11 WoS10
2017	Scofield, R., Mitchell, K., Wood, J., De Pietri, V., Jarvie, S., Llamas, B., & Cooper, A. (2017). The origin and phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand ravens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106, 136-143. DOI Scopus13 WoS13 Europe PMC3
2017	Perry, T., van Loenen, A., Heiniger, H., Lee, C., Gongora, J., Cooper, A., & Mitchell, K. (2017). Ancient DNA analysis of the extinct North American flat-headed peccary (Platygonus compressus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 112, 258-267. DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC1
2016	Soubrier, J., Gower, G., Chen, K., Richards, S., Llamas, B., Mitchell, K., . . . Cooper, A. (2016). Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison. Nature Communications, 7(1), 13158-1-13158-7. DOI Scopus42 WoS38 Europe PMC14
2016	Mitchell, K., Bray, S., Bover, P., Soibelzon, L., Schubert, B., Prevosti, F., . . . Cooper, A. (2016). Ancient mitochondrial DNA reveals convergent evolution of giant short-faced bears (Tremarctinae) in North and South America. Biology letters, 12(4), 20160062-1-20160062-4. DOI Scopus18 WoS16 Europe PMC5
2016	Mitchell, K., Scanferla, A., Soibelzon, E., Bonini, R., Ochoa, J., & Cooper, A. (2016). Ancient DNA from the extinct South American giant glyptodont Doedicurus sp. (Xenarthra: Glyptodontidae) reveals that glyptodonts evolved from Eocene armadillos. Molecular Ecology, 25(14), 3499-3508. DOI Scopus18 WoS18 Europe PMC4
2016	Mitchell, K., Wood, J., Llamas, B., McLenachan, P., Kardailsky, O., Scofield, R., . . . Cooper, A. (2016). Ancient mitochondrial genomes clarify the evolutionary history of New Zealand's enigmatic acanthisittid wrens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 102, 295-304. DOI Scopus14 WoS13 Europe PMC7
2015	Llamas, B., Brotherton, P., Mitchell, K., Templeton, J., Thomson, V., Metcalf, J., . . . Cooper, A. (2015). Late Pleistocene Australian Marsupial DNA Clarifies the Affinities of Extinct Megafaunal Kangaroos and Wallabies. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32(3), 574-584. DOI Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC5
2015	Mitchell, K., Cooper, A., & Phillips, M. (2015). Comment on "whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds". Science, 349(6255), 1460. DOI Scopus23 WoS25 Europe PMC14
2014	Mitchell, K., Wood, J., Scofield, R., Llamas, B., & Cooper, A. (2014). Ancient mitochondrial genome reveals unsuspected taxonomic affinity of the extinct Chatham duck (Pachyanas chathamica) and resolves divergence times for New Zealand and sub-Antarctic brown teals. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 70(1), 420-428. DOI Scopus32 WoS32 Europe PMC12
2014	Mitchell, K., Pratt, R., Watson, L., Gibb, G., Llamas, B., Kasper, M., . . . Cooper, A. (2014). Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and habitat preference evolution of marsupials. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 31(9), 2322-2330. DOI Scopus88 WoS88 Europe PMC45
2014	Mitchell, K., Llamas, B., Soubrier, J., Rawlence, N., Worthy, T., Wood, J., . . . Cooper, A. (2014). Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution. Science, 344(6186), 898-900. DOI Scopus139 WoS134 Europe PMC70
2014	Wood, J., Mitchell, K., Scofield, R., Tennyson, A., Fidler, A., Wilmshurst, J., . . . Cooper, A. (2014). An extinct nestorid parrot (Aves, Psittaciformes, Nestoridae) from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 172(1), 185-199. DOI Scopus14 WoS15
—	Richards, S. M., Mitchell, K. J., Tobler, R., & Cooper, A. (n.d.). Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) versus PCR for ancient DNA library amplification. DOI

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2017	Perry, T. J. (2017). Ancient DNA from the North American flat-headed peccary reveals it’s phylogenetic position and a genetically diverse population prior to extinction. Poster session presented at the meeting of 12th International Mammological Congress. Perth, WA.

Datasets

Year Citation
— Boast, A., Chapman, B., Herrera, M., Worthy, T., Scofield, P., Tennyson, A. J. D., . . . Mitchell, K. (n.d.). Gruiformes BEAST input.
DOI

Year	Citation
—	Boast, A., Chapman, B., Herrera, M., Worthy, T., Scofield, P., Tennyson, A. J. D., . . . Mitchell, K. (n.d.). Gruiformes BEAST input. DOI

Filesets

Year	Citation
—	Boast, A., Chapman, B., Herrera, M., Worthy, T., Scofield, P., Tennyson, A. J. D., . . . Mitchell, K. (n.d.). Gruiformes MrBayes input. DOI
—	Boast, A., Chapman, B., Herrera, M., Worthy, T., Scofield, P., Tennyson, A. J. D., . . . Mitchell, K. (n.d.). Gruiformes collapsed (merged) R1 and R2 sequencing reads. DOI
—	Boast, A., Chapman, B., Herrera, M., Worthy, T., Scofield, P., Tennyson, A. J. D., . . . Mitchell, K. (n.d.). Gruiformes RAxML input. DOI
—	Boast, A., Chapman, B., Herrera, M., Worthy, T., Scofield, P., Tennyson, A. J. D., . . . Mitchell, K. (n.d.). Gruiformes PartitionFinder input and results. DOI
—	Cascini, M., Mitchell, K., Cooper, A., & Phillips, M. J. (n.d.). Extinct kangaroo R1 and R2 sequencing reads (demultiplexed). DOI
—	Cascini, M., Mitchell, K., Cooper, A., & Phillips, M. J. (n.d.). Extinct kangaroo collapsed (merged) R1 and R2 sequencing reads. DOI
—	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., Plicht, J. V. D., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. M. (n.d.). Mitochondrial genome consensus sequences from Elasmotherium sibiricum samples. DOI
—	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., Plicht, J. V. D., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. M. (n.d.). Elasmotherium R1 and R2 sequencing reads (demultiplexed). DOI
—	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., Plicht, J. V. D., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. M. (n.d.). Elasmotherium collapsed (merged) R1 and R2 sequencing reads. DOI
—	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., Plicht, J. V. D., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. M. (n.d.). Elasmotherium PartitionFinder input and results. DOI
—	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., Plicht, J. V. D., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. M. (n.d.). Elasmotherium RAxML input and results. DOI
—	Kosintsev, P., Mitchell, K., Devièse, T., Plicht, J. V. D., Kuitems, M., Petrova, E., . . . Lister, A. M. (n.d.). Elasmotherium BEAST input and results. DOI

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2019	Principal Supervisor	Genomics of Living and Extinct Australian Marsupials	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Caitlin Simone Mudge
2016	Principal Supervisor	Ancient DNA of Brown Bears	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Alexander Theodore Salis

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2018 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Inferring the Characteristics of Ancient Populations using Bioinformatic Analysis of Genome-wide DNA Sequencing Data	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Graham Gower
2017 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	The 'next generation’ of ancient DNA research: a series of methods and approaches to improve our understanding of the evolutionary history of species in general, and European bison in particular	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Ayla Lore van Loenen

Position: ARC Postdoctoral Research Associate
Phone: 83135565
Email: kieren.mitchell@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 8313 4364
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Darling, floor 2
Room: 2 05c
Org Unit: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Dr Kieren Mitchell

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