Dr Marie L Hale

Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 6739
Office: Biological Sciences 537

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Fields of Research

• Conservation
• Evolution
• Population biology
• Population genetics
• Conservation genetics

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Researcher Summary

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Subject Area: Disciplines

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Key Methodologies

• Microsatellite marker development, genotyping and analysis

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Publications

• Andrews, B.J., Hale, M.L. and Steeves, T.E. (2013) Characterisation of microsatellite loci in the critically endangered orange-fronted kākāriki (Cyanoramphus malherbi) isolated using genomic next generation sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources 5(1): 235-237. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12686-012-9777-4. (Journal Article)

• Bonesi, L., Hale, M. and Macdonald, D.W. (2013) Lessons from the use of non-invasive genetic sampling as a way to estimate Eurasian otter population size and sex ratio. Acta Theriologica (early access online) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-012-0118-5. (Journal Article)

• Allentoft, M.E., Scofield, R.P., Oskam, C., Hale, M.L., Holdaway, R.N. and Bunce. M. (2012) A molecular characterisation of a newly discovered megafaunal fossil site in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 42(4): 241-256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2011.574821. (Journal Article)

• Hale, M.L., Burg, T.M. and Steeves, T.E. (2012) Sampling for microsatellite-based population genetic studies: 25 to 30 individuals per population is enough to accurately estimate allele frequencies. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045170. (Journal Article)

• Allentoft, M.E., Collins, M., Harker, D., Haile, J., Oskam, C.L., Hale, M.L., Campos, P.F., Samaniego, J.A., Gilbert, M.T.P., Willerslev, E., Zhang, G., Scofield, R.P., Holdaway, R.N. and Bunce, M. (2012) The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279(1748): 4724-4733. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.1745. (Journal Article)

• Hagen, E.N., Hale, M.L., Maloney, R.F. and Steeves, T.E. (2011) Conservation genetic management of a critically endangered New Zealand endemic bird: minimizing inbreeding in the Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae. Ibis 153(3): 556-561. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01137.x. (Journal Article)

• Will, M., Hale, M.L., Schiel, D.R. and Gemmell, N.J. (2011) Low to moderate levels of genetic differentiation detected across the distribution of the New Zealand abalone, Haliotis iris. Marine Biology 158(6): 1417-1429. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1659-x. (Journal Article)

• Allentoft, M.E., Oskam, C., Houston, J., Hale, M.L., Gilbert, M.T.P., Rasmussen, M., Spencer, P., Jacomb, C., Willerslev, E., Holdaway, R.N. and Bunce, M. (2011) Profiling the Dead: Generating Microsatellite Data from Fossil Bones of Extinct Megafauna-Protocols, Problems, and Prospects. PLoS ONE 6(1): e16670. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016670. (Journal Article)

• Steeves, T.E., Maloney, R.F., Hale, M.L., Tylianakis, J.M. and Gemmell, N.J. (2010) Genetic analyses reveal hybridization but no hybrid swarm in one of the world's rarest birds. Molecular Ecology 19(23): 5090-5100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04895.x. (Journal Article)

• Allentoft, M.E., Bunce, M., Scofield, R.P., Hale, M.L. and Holdaway, R.N. (2010) Highly skewed sex ratios and biased fossil deposition of moa: ancient DNA provides new insight on New Zealand's extinct megafauna. Quaternary Science Reviews 29(5-6): 753-762. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.11.022. (Journal Article)

• Steeves, T.E., Holdaway, R.N., Hale, M.L., McLay, E., McAllan, I.A.W., Christian, M., Hauber, M.E. and Bunce, M. (2010) Merging ancient and modern DNA: Extinct seabird taxon rediscovered in the North Tasman Sea. Biology Letters 6(1): 94-97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0478. (Journal Article)

• Hale, M.L., Alabergère, G. and Hale, R.J. (2010) Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Banks Peninsula tree weta Hemideina ricta, and cross amplification in H. femorata. Conservation Genetics Resources 2(Supp 1): 329-331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12686-010-9232-3. (Journal Article)

• Stewart, L.C., Hale, R.J. and Hale, M.L. (2010) Species-specific primers for the molecular identification of cryptic Bombus species in New Zealand. Conservation Genetics 11: 1207-1209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-009-9920-2. (Journal Article)

• Bouteiller-Reuter, C., Hale, M.L. and Cook, J.M. (2009) Characterization of microsatellite markers for Sycoscapter nonpollinating fig wasps. Molecular Ecology Resources 9(3): 832-835. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02284.x. (Journal Article)

• Allentoft, M.E., Schuster, S.C., Holdaway, R.N., Hale, M.L., McLay, E., Oskam, C., Gilbert, M.T.P., Spencer, P., Willerslev, E. and Bunce, M. (2009) Identification of microsatellites from an extinct moa species using high throughput (454) sequence data. BioTechniques 46(3): 195-200. http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/000113086. (Journal Article)

• Hale, M.L., Verduijn, M.H., Moller, A.P., Wolff, K. and Petrie, M. (2009) Is the peacock's train an honest signal of genetic quality at the major histocompatibility complex? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(6): 1284-1294. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01746.x. (Journal Article)

• Steeves, T.E., Hale, M.L. and Gemmell, N.J. (2008) Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the New Zealand black stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae) and cross-amplification in the pied stilt (Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus). Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 1105-1107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02170.x. (Journal Article)

• Kozuharova, E., Richards, A.J., Hale, M.L. and Wolff, K. (2007) Two rare Oxytropis species (Fabaceae) endemic to the Pirin Mts, Bulgaria. Phytologia Balcanica 13(3): 335-346. http://www.bio.bas.bg/~phytolbalcan/PDF/13_3/13_3_08_Kozuharova_&_al.pdf. (Journal Article)

• Roberts, S.C., Hale, M.L. and Petrie, M. (2006) Correlations between heterozygosity and measures of genetic similarity: implications for understanding mate choice. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19(2): 558-569. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01003.x. (Journal Article)

• Hale, M.L., Borland, A. and Wolff, K. (2005) Lack of phylogenetic signal in the flanking DNA of highly transferable nuclear microsatellites in the genus Clusia. Genome 48: 946-950. (Journal Article)

• Maurer, G., Hale, M.L., Verduijn, M.H. and Wolff K. (2005) Polymorphic microsatellite loci in pheasant coucal (Centropus phasianinus). Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 337-339. (Journal Article)

• Hale, M.L., Borland, A.M., Gustafsson, M.H.G. and Wolff, K. (2004) Causes of Size Homoplasy Among Chloroplast Microsatellites in Closely Related Clusia Species. Journal of Molecular Evolution 58(2): 182-190. doi: 10.1007/s00239-003-2540-4. (Journal Article)

• Hale, M.L., Lurz, P.W.W. and Wolff, K. (2004) Patterns of genetic diversity in the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris L.): Footprints of biogeographic history and artificial introductions. Conservation Genetics 5(2): 167-179. doi:10.1023/B:COGE.0000030001.86288.12. (Journal Article)

• Hale, M.L., Acs, Z. and Stone, G.N. (2004) Polymorphic microsatellite loci in Eurytoma brunniventris, a generalist parasitoid in oak cynipid galls. Molecular Ecology Notes 4(2): 197-199. (Journal Article)

• Hale, M.L., Petrie, M. and Wolff, K. (2004) Polymorphic microsatellite loci in peafowl (Pavo cristatus). Molecular Ecology Notes 4(3): 528-530. (Journal Article)

• Korbecka, G., Vrieling, K., Squirrell, J., Hale, M.L. and Wolff K. (2003) Characterization of six microsatellite loci in Echium vulgare (Boraginaceae). Molecular Ecology Notes 3(2): 274-276. (Journal Article)

• Hale M.L. and Lurz, P.W.W. (2003) Morphological changes in a British mammal as a result of introductions and changes in landscape management: the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). Journal of Zoology 260: 159-167. (Journal Article)

• Hale, M.L. and Wolff, K. (2003) Polymorphic microsatellite loci in Plantago lanceolata. Molecular Ecology Notes 3(1): 134-135. (Journal Article)

• Hale, M.L., Squirrell, J., Borland, A.M. and Wolff, K. (2002) Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the genus Clusia (Clusiaceae). Molecular Ecology Notes 2(4): 506-508. (Journal Article)

• Hale, M.L., Lurz, P.W.W., Shirley, H.D.F., Rushton, S., Fuller, R.H. and Wolff, K. (2001) Impact of Landscape Management on the Genetic Structure of Red Squirrel Populations. Science 293(5538): 2246-2248. (Journal Article)

• Hale, M.L., Bevan, R. and Wolff, K. (2001) New polymorphic microsatellite markers for the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) and their applicability to the grey squirrel (S. carolinensis). Molecular Ecology Notes 1(1-2): 47-49. (Journal Article)

• Hale M.L. (2000) Inheritance of geographic variation in body size, and countergradient variation in growth rates, in the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus). Australian Mammalogy 22: 9-16. (Journal Article)

• Cooper, M.L. (2000) Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) populations in Western Australia reveals genetic differentiation related to environmental variables. Molecular Ecology 9(4): 469-479. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00883.x. (Journal Article)

• Cooper M.L. (2000) Temporal variation in skull size and shape in the southern brown bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus (Peramelidae: Marsupialia) in Western Australia.. Australian Journal of Zoology 48: 47-57. (Journal Article)

• Cooper M.L. (1998) Geographic variation in size and shape in the southern brown bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus (Peramelidae: Marsupialia), in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 145-152. (Journal Article)