| How pathogens drive genetic diversity: MHC, mechanisms and misunderstandings LG Spurgin, DS Richardson Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 (1684), 979-988, 2010 | 772 | 2010 |
| Using a real-world network to model localized COVID-19 control strategies JA Firth, J Hellewell, P Klepac, S Kissler, AJ Kucharski, LG Spurgin Nature medicine 26 (10), 1616-1622, 2020 | 255* | 2020 |
| Sexual selection protects against extinction AJ Lumley, Ł Michalczyk, JJN Kitson, LG Spurgin, CA Morrison, ... Nature 522 (7557), 470-473, 2015 | 193 | 2015 |
| Recent natural selection causes adaptive evolution of an avian polygenic trait M Bosse, LG Spurgin, VN Laine, EF Cole, JA Firth, P Gienapp, AG Gosler, ... Science 358 (6361), 365-368, 2017 | 180 | 2017 |
| New methods to identify conserved microsatellite loci and develop primer sets of high cross‐species utility–as demonstrated for birds DA Dawson, GJ Horsburgh, C Küpper, IRK Stewart, AD Ball, KL Durrant, ... Molecular ecology resources 10 (3), 475-494, 2010 | 180 | 2010 |
| MHC heterozygosity and survival in red junglefowl K Worley, J Collet, LG Spurgin, C Cornwallis, T Pizzari, DS Richardson Molecular Ecology 19 (15), 3064-3075, 2010 | 128 | 2010 |
| Genetic and phenotypic divergence in an island bird: isolation by distance, by colonization or by adaptation? LG Spurgin, JC Illera, TH Jorgensen, DA Dawson, DS Richardson Molecular Ecology 23 (5), 1028-1039, 2014 | 123 | 2014 |
| DSYB catalyses the key step of dimethylsulfoniopropionate biosynthesis in many phytoplankton ARJ Curson, BT Williams, BJ Pinchbeck, LP Sims, AB Martínez, ... Nature microbiology 3 (4), 430-439, 2018 | 114 | 2018 |
| Gene conversion rapidly generates major histocompatibility complex diversity in recently founded bird populations LG Spurgin, C Van Oosterhout, JC Illera, S Bridgett, K Gharbi, ... Molecular ecology 20 (24), 5213-5225, 2011 | 110 | 2011 |
| High-utility conserved avian microsatellite markers enable parentage and population studies across a wide range of species DA Dawson, AD Ball, LG Spurgin, D Martín-Gálvez, IRK Stewart, ... Bmc Genomics 14, 1-22, 2013 | 94 | 2013 |
| Spatio‐temporal variation in lifelong telomere dynamics in a long‐term ecological study LG Spurgin, K Bebbington, EA Fairfield, M Hammers, J Komdeur, T Burke, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 87 (1), 187-198, 2018 | 85 | 2018 |
| Senescence in the wild: Insights from a long-term study on Seychelles warblers M Hammers, SA Kingma, K Bebbington, J van de Crommenacker, ... Experimental Gerontology 71, 69-79, 2015 | 68 | 2015 |
| Breeders that receive help age more slowly in a cooperatively breeding bird M Hammers, SA Kingma, LG Spurgin, K Bebbington, HL Dugdale, ... Nature Communications 10 (1), 1301, 2019 | 66 | 2019 |
| Biogeographical patterns and co-occurrence of pathogenic infection across island populations of Berthelot’s pipit (Anthus berthelotii) LG Spurgin, JC Illera, DP Padilla, DS Richardson Oecologia 168, 691-701, 2012 | 66 | 2012 |
| Bacteria are important dimethylsulfoniopropionate producers in coastal sediments BT Williams, K Cowles, A Bermejo Martínez, ARJ Curson, Y Zheng, J Liu, ... Nature Microbiology 4 (11), 1815-1825, 2019 | 64 | 2019 |
| Telomere length reveals cumulative individual and transgenerational inbreeding effects in a passerine bird K Bebbington, LG Spurgin, EA Fairfield, HL Dugdale, J Komdeur, T Burke, ... Molecular Ecology 25 (12), 2949-2960, 2016 | 63 | 2016 |
| What are we learning about speciation and extinction from the Canary Islands? JC Illera, LG Spurgin, E Rodriguez-Exposito, M Nogales, JC Rando Ardeola 63 (1), 15-33, 2016 | 62 | 2016 |
| Museum DNA reveals the demographic history of the endangered Seychelles warbler LG Spurgin, DJ Wright, M Van der Velde, NJ Collar, J Komdeur, T Burke, ... Evolutionary Applications 7 (9), 1134-1143, 2014 | 59 | 2014 |
| Drift, not selection, shapes toll‐like receptor variation among oceanic island populations C Gonzalez‐Quevedo, LG Spurgin, JC Illera, DS Richardson Molecular Ecology 24 (23), 5852-5863, 2015 | 58 | 2015 |
| The impact of translocations on neutral and functional genetic diversity within and among populations of the Seychelles warbler DJ Wright, LG Spurgin, NJ Collar, J Komdeur, T Burke, DS Richardson Molecular Ecology 23 (9), 2165-2177, 2014 | 54 | 2014 |
David S RichardsonProfessor of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, UEAVerified email at uea.ac.uk
