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Andrew Griffiths

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research utilises molecular approaches to investigate contemporary and historical patterns of genetic diversity. An interest in genetics has always fuelled my work as it provides a suite of tools which are not taxon specific and so can be applied widely, allowing researchers to investigate previously intractable questions in biology and evolution. That said, fish have been my biological system of choice, due to the variety of habitats they occupy, their intimate contact with the aquatic environment and commercial & conservation significance of many species.

Andrew is a lecturer in the department of Biosciences and is based at the University's Streatham campuse-mail:  A.M.Griffiths2@exeter.ac.uk

  

PUBLICATIONS

Sotelo CG, Velasco A, Perez-Martin RI, Kappel K, Schröder U, Verrez-Bagnis V, Jérôme M, Mendes R, Silva H, Mariani S, & Griffiths A. (2018) Tuna labels matter in Europe: Mislabelling rates in different tuna products. PLoS ONE 13(5): e0196641.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196641



Paris, J. R., Sherman, K. D., Bell, E. , Boulenger, C. , Delord, C. , El‐Mahdi, M. B., Fairfield, E. A., Griffiths, A. M., Gutmann Roberts, C. , Hedger, R. D., Holman, L. E., Hooper, L. H., Humphries, N. E., Katsiadaki, I. , King, R. A., Lemopoulos, A. , Payne, C. J., Peirson, G. , Richter, K. K., Taylor, M. I., Trueman, C. N., Hayden, B. and Stevens, J. R. (2018), Understanding and managing fish populations: keeping the toolbox fit for purpose. Journal of Fish Biology, 92: 727-751. doi:10.1111/jfb.13549


John Gilbey, Jamie Coughlan, Vidar Wennevik, Paulo Prodöhl, Jamie R. Stevens, Carlos Garcia de Leaniz, Dennis Ensing, Eef Cauwelier, Corrine Cherbonnel, Sofia Consuegra, Mark W. Coulson, Tom F. Cross, Walter Crozier, Eileen Dillane, Jonathan S. Ellis, Eva García-Vázquez, Andrew M. Griffiths, Sigurdur Gudjonsson, Kjetil Hindar, Sten Karlsson, David Knox, Gonzalo Machado-Schiaffino, Dorte Meldrup, Einar Eg Nielsen, Kristinn Ólafsson, Craig R. Primmer, Sergey Prusov, Lee Stradmeyer, Juha-Pekka Vähä, Alexey Je. Veselov, Lucy M. I. Webster, Philip McGinnity, Eric Verspoor. 2017. A microsatellite baseline for genetic stock identification of European Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsx184, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsx184


Gubili, C. Macleod, K. William, P. Hanel, P. Batzakas, I Farrell, E.D. Lynghammar, A. Mancusi, C. Mariani, S. Menezes, G.M. Neat, F. Scarcella, G. & Griffiths, A.M. 2016. Connectivity in the Deep: Phylogeography of the Velvet Belly lanternshark. Deep-Sea Research Part I. 115: 233–239


Vandamme, S.G.* Griffiths, A.M.* Taylor, S. Di Muri, C. Hankard, E.A. Towne, J. Watson, M. & Mariani, S. 2016. Sushi-bar-coding in the UK: another kettle of fish. PeerJ. 4:e1891


Ball, R.E. Serra-Pereira, B. Ellis, J. Genner, M. Iglesias, S. Johnston, A. Jones, C.S.  Leslie, R. Lewis, J. Mariani, S. Menezes, G. Neat, F. & Noble, L.R. Sims, D.W. Griffiths, A.M. 2016. Resolving Taxonomic Uncertainty in Vulnerable Elasmobranchs: Are the Madeiran Skate (Raja maderensis) and the Thornback Ray (Raja clavata) distinct species? Conservation Genetics. 17: 565-576

 

Mariani, S. Griffiths, A.M. Velasco, A. Kappel, K. Jérôme, M. Perez-Martin, R.I. Schröder, U. Verrez-Bagnis, V. Silva, H. Vandamme, S.G. Boufana, B. Mendes, R. Shorten, M. Smith, C. Hankard, E. Hook, S.A. Weymer, A.S. Gunning & D. Sotelo, C.G. 2015. Europe gets to grip with seafood labels. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 13: 536-540

 

Hamilton, P. B. Cowx, I. G. Oleksiak, M. F. Griffiths, A. M. Grahn, M. Stevens, J. R. Carvalho, G. R. Nicol, E. and Tyler, C. R. 2015. Population-level consequences for wild fish exposed to sublethal concentrations of chemicals – a critical review. Fish and Fisheries. Online Early.

 

Boufana, B. Lett, W.S. Lahmar, S. Griffiths, A. Jenkins, D. Buishie, I. Engliez, S.A. Alrefadi, M.A. Eljaki, A. Elmestiri, F.M.  Reyes, M. Pointing, S.  Al-Hindi, A. Paul Torgerson, P.  Okomoto, M. Craig, P.S. 2015. Canine echinococcosis: haplotypes and genetic variation of Echinococcus granulosus (s.s.) from definitive hosts. Journal of Helminthology. 89: 689-698.

 

Gubili, C. Sims, D.W. Veríssimo, A. Domenici, P. Ellis, J. Grigoriou, P. Andrew F. Johnson, A.F. McHugh, M. Neat, F. Satta, A. Scarcella, G. Serra-Pereira, B. Soldo, A. Genner, M.J. & Griffiths, A.M. 2014. A tale of two seas: contrasting patterns of population structure in the small-spotted catshark across Europe. Royal Society Open Science 1(3), 140175.

 

Lynghammar, A. Christiansen J. S. Griffiths, A.M. Fevolden, S-E. Hop, H. & Bakken T. 2014. DNA barcoding of the northern Northeast Atlantic skates (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae) with remarks on the widely distributed starry ray. Zoologica Scripta 45:485-495.

 

Horreo J.L., Machado-Schiaffino G., Griffiths A.M., Bright D., Stevens J., Garcia-Vazquez E. 2014. Long-term effects of stock transfers: synergistic introgression of allochthonous genomes in salmonids. Journal of Fish Biology 85: 292-306.

 

Griffiths, A.M. Sotelo, C. G. Mendes, R. Perez Martin, R. I. Schröder, U. Shorten, M. Silva, H. A. Verrez-Bagnis, V. & Mariani, S. 2014. Current Methods for Seafood Authenticity Testing in Europe: is there a Need for Harmonisation? Food Control 45: 95-100.

 

Griffiths, A.M. Miller, D.D. Egan, A. Fox, J. Greenfield, A. & Mariani, S. 2013. DNA Barcoding unveils skate (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) species diversity in ‘ray’ products sold across Ireland and the UK. PeerJ 1:e129.

 

Finnegan, A.K. Griffiths, A.M. King, R.A.* Machado-Schiaffino, G. Porcher, J.-.P. Garcia-Vasquez, E. Bright, D. Stevens, J.R. 2013. Use of multiple markers demonstrates a cryptic western refugium and postglacial colonisation routes of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in northwest Europe. Heredity 111: 34-43.

 

Ball, R.E. Jones, C.S. Lynghammar, A. Noble, L.R. & Griffiths, A.M. 2013. The first confirmed cases of full albinism in rajid species. Journal of Fish Biology 82: 1433–1440.

 

Bréchon, A.L., Coombs S.H., Sims D.W., & Griffiths A.M. 2013. A rapid genetic technique unravels larval clupeid composition in the Western English Channel and investigates mislabelling in processed fish products. ICES Journal of Marine Science 70: 399–407

 

Griffiths, A.M. Jacoby, D.M.P. Casane, D. McHugh, M. Croft, D.P. Genner, M.J. & Sims, D.W. 2012. First analysis of multiple paternity in an oviparous shark species, the small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula L.). Journal of Heredity 103: 166-173

Featured on Front Cover

Griffiths, A.M. Ellis, J.S. Clifton-Day, Machado-Schiaffino, G. Bright, D. Garcia-Vazquez, E. & Stevens J. 2011. Restoration versus recolonisation; the current origin of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the River Thames. Biological Conservation 144: 2733–2738

Featured on BBC News Online

Griffiths, A.M. Casane, A. McHugh, M. Wearmouth, V.J. Sims, D.W. & Genner, M.J. 2011. Characterisation of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula L.). Conservation Genetics Resources 3:705–709

Horreo J.L. Machado-Schiaffino G. Griffiths A.M. Bright D. Stevens J.R. Garcia-Vazquez E. 2011. Atlantic salmon at risk: rapid declines in effective population size in southern European populations. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 140: 605-610

Ellis, J.S. Sumner, K.J. Griffiths, A.M. Bright, D. & Stevens, J. 2011. Population genetic structure of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in the River Tamar, southwest England. Fisheries Management and Ecology 18: 233–245

Horreo, J.L. Machado-Schiaffino, G. Ayllon, F. Griffiths, A.M. Bright, D. Stevens, J.R. Garcia-Vazquez, E. 2011. Impact of climate change and human-mediated introgression on southern European Atlantic salmon populations. Global Change Biology 17: 1778–1787

Featured on BBC News Online

Griffiths, A.M. Sims, D.W. Johnson, A. Lynghammar, A. McHugh, M. Bakken T. & Genner, M.J. 2011. Levels of connectivity between longnose skate (Dipturus oxyrinchus) in the Mediterranean Sea and north-eastern Atlantic Ocean. Conservation Genetics 12:577–582

Ellis, J.S. Gilbey, J. Cherbonnel, C. Consuegra, S. Coughlan, J. Cresswell, J.E. Cross, T. Crozier, W. Dillane, E. Ensing, D. García de Leániz, C. Garcia- Vazquez, E. Griffiths, A.M. Hindar, K. Hjorleifsdottir, S. Knox, D. Machado-Schiaffino, G. McGinnity, P. Meldrup, D.Nielsen, E.E. Primmer, C. Vähä, J.P. Verspoor, E. Wennevik, V. & Stevens, J.R.. 2011. Microsatellite standardization and genotyping error in a large multi-partner research programme for conservation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Genetica 139:353-367

Serra-Pereira, B. Moura, T. Griffiths, A.M. Serrano, L.S. Gordo & Figueiredo, I. 2011. Molecular barcoding of skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) from the southern Northeast Atlantic. Zoologica Scripta 40: 76-84

Griffiths, A.M. Sims, D.W. Cotterell, S.P. El Nagar, A. Ellis, J.R. Lynghammar, A. McHugh, M. Neat, F.C. Pade, N. G. Queiroz, N. Serra-Pereira, B. Rapp, T. Wearmouth, V.J. & Genner, M.J. 2010. Molecular markers reveal spatially segregated cryptic species in a critically endangered fish, the common skate (Dipturus batis). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277: 1497-1503

Featured in; The Scientist Magazine & NERC Planet Earth Online

Griffiths, A.M. Machado-Schiaffino, G. Dillane, E. Coughlan, J. Horreo, J. Bowkett, A. Minting, P. Toms, S. Roche, W. Gargan, P. McGinnity, P. Cross, T. Bright, D. Garcia-Vazquez, E. & Stevens, J. 2010. Genetic stock identification of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations in the southern part of the European range. BMC Genetics 11: 31

Griffiths, A.M. Bright, D. & Stevens, J. 2009. Comparison of patterns of genetic variability in wild and supportively bred stocks of brown trout, Salmo trutta. Fisheries Management and Ecology 16: 514–519

Griffiths, A.M. Koizumi, I. Bright, D. & Stevens, J.R. 2009. A case of isolation by distance and short-term stability of population structure in brown trout (Salmo trutta) within the River Dart, southwest England. Evolutionary Applications 2: 537–554

Griffiths, A.M. Bright, D. & Stevens, J. 2009. Complete mitochondrial control region sequences indicate a distinct variety of brown trout Salmo trutta in the Aral Sea. Journal of Fish Biology 74: 1136–1142

Griffiths, A.M. Evans, L. & Stevens, J. 2009. Characterisation and utilisation of microsatellite loci in the New World screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 23 (Suppl. 1): 8–13

Coe, T.S. Hamilton, P.B. Griffiths, A.M. Hodgson, D. J. Wahab, M.A. & Tyler, C.R. 2009. Genetic variation in strains of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and the implications for ecotoxicology studies. Ecotoxicology 18:144–150

Horreo, J.L. Machado-Schiaffino, G. Griffiths, A. Bright, D. Stevens J.& Garcia-Vazquez, E. 2008. Identification of differential broodstock contribution affecting genetic variability in hatchery stocks of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Aquaculture 280: 89–93

Gibson, W. Backhouse T. & Griffiths, A. 2002. The human serum resistance associated gene is ubiquitous and conserved in Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense throughout East Africa. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 1: 207-214

Griffiths, A.M. & Stevens, J.R. 2002. Internet sites relevant to the common methodologies and themes of data exploration used in the study of infection genetics and evolution. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 1: 321–325.

 

 

 

 

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