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Alexander D. Ball | Researchclopedia

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Alexander D. Ball

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland ORCID

65

Works

2,060

Citations

19

h-index

33

i10-index

Research Topics

Genetic diversity and population structure Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition

Affiliations

Western Carolina University2011–2011

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland2025–2025

Natural History Museum1997–2025

University of Ulster2007–2007

Royal Holloway University of London1997–1997

Top Works

Adaptation genomics: the next generation

Jessica Stapley,Julia Reger,et al.

2010690 citations

Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Cephalopods and Marine Biology

New methods to identify conserved microsatellite loci and develop primer sets of high cross‐species utility – as demonstrated for birds

Deborah A. Dawson,Gavin J. Horsburgh,et al.

2009170 citations

On the use of large marker panels to estimate inbreeding and relatedness: empirical and simulation studies of a pedigreed zebra finch population typed at 771 SNPs

Anna W. Santure,Jessica Stapley,et al.

2010146 citations

A comparison of SNPs and microsatellites as linkage mapping markers: lessons from the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Alexander D. Ball,Jessica Stapley,et al.

201096 citations

High-utility conserved avian microsatellite markers enable parentage and population studies across a wide range of species

Deborah A. Dawson,Alexander D. Ball,et al.

201392 citations

Structure and composition of the nacre–prisms transition in the shell of Pinctada margaritifera (Mollusca, Bivalvia)

Yannicke Dauphin,Alexander D. Ball,et al.

200879 citations

Ancient fig wasps indicate at least 34 Myr of stasis in their mutualism with fig trees

Stephen G. Compton,Alexander D. Ball,et al.

201073 citations

Microsatellite resources for Passeridae species: a predicted microsatellite map of the house sparrow <i>Passer domesticus</i>

Deborah A. Dawson,Gavin J. Horsburgh,et al.

201260 citations

Hierarchical structure of marine shell biomaterials: biomechanical functionalization of calcite by brachiopods

Wolfgang W. Schmahl,Erika Griesshaber,et al.

201247 citations