Publications

The most updated list of Dr. Meiklejohn’s publications are available at her Google Scholar Profile.

  • Moore M, Scheible MKR, Robertson J, Meiklejohn KA. (2022). Assessing the lysis of diverse pollen from bulk environmental samples for DNA metabarcoding. Metabarcoding & Metagenomics. (In Press).
  • Scheible MKR, Straughan DJ, Burnham-Curtis MK, Meiklejohn KA. (2021). Using hybridization capture to obtain mitochondrial genomes from forensically relevant canids: assessing sequence variation for species identification. Foren Sci Int: Animals and Environments. 1, 100018.
  • Meiklejohn KA, Burnham-Curtis MK, Straughan DJ, Giles J and Moore MK. (2021). Current methods, future directions and considerations of DNA-based taxonomic identification in wildlife forensics. Foren Sci Int: Animals and Environments. 1, 100030.
  • Scheible MKR, Timpano EK, Boggs LM, Meiklejohn KA. (2021). An alternate workflow for preparing Precision ID Ancestry and Identity Panel libraries for Illumina sequencing. Int J of Legal Med. doi: 10.1007/s00414-021-02549-4
  • Damaso N, Ashe EC, Meiklejohn KA, Kavlick MF and Robertson JM. (2021). Comparison of polymerases used for amplification of mitochondrial DNA from challenging hairs and hairs of various treatments. Forensic Sci Int: Gen. 52: 102484.
  • Cooley, AM, Meiklejohn, KA, Damaso, N, Robertson, JM and Dawson Cruz, T. (2020). Performance comparison of massively parallel sequencing (MPS) instruments using a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) panel for ancestry. SLAS Technol. 26(1): 103-112.
  • Silva DSBS, Scheible MKR, Bailey SF, Williams CL, Allwood JS, Just RS, Schuetter J, Skomrock N, Minard-Smith A, Barker-Scoggins N, Eichman C, Meiklejohn KA, Faith SA. (2020). Sequence-based autosomal STR characterization in four US populations using PowerSeq™ Auto/Y system. Forensic Sci Int Gen. 48: 102311.
  • Kidd KK, Pakstis AJ, Donnelly MP, Bulbul O, Cherni L, Gurkan C, Kang L, Li H, Yun L, Paschou P, Meiklejohn KA, Haigh E, Speed WC. (2020). The distinctive geographic patterns of common pigmentation variants at the OCA2 gene. Scientific Reports. 10, 15433.
  • Timpano EK, Scheible MKR and Meiklejohn KA. (2020). Optimization of the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) for characterizing land plants from soil. PLoS One. 15(4): e0231436
  • Boggs LM, Scheible MKR, Machado G and Meiklejohn KA. (2019). Single fragment or bulk soil DNA metabarcoding: which is better for characterizing biological taxa found in surface soils for sample separation? Genes. 10(6):431.
  • Meiklejohn KA, Damaso N and Robertson JM. (2019). Assessment of BOLD and GenBank for DNA barcoding – their utility and reliability for the identification of non-human biological material. PLoS One. doi: 14(6): e0217084
  • Vlachos NT, Meiklejohn KA, and Robertson JM. (2018). An automated independent workflow for the analysis of massively parallel sequence data from forensic SNP assays. Electrophoresis. 39: 2752-2756.
  • Meiklejohn KA, Jackson ML, Stern LA and Robertson JM. (2018). A protocol for obtaining DNA barcodes from plant and insect fragments isolated from forensic-type soils. Int J Legal Med. 132(6):1515-1526
  • Harper KA, Meiklejohn KA, Merritt RT, Walker J, Fisher CL and Robertson, JM. (2017). Isolation of mitochondrial DNA from single, short hairs without roots using pressure cycling technology. SLAS Technol. 23: 97-105.
  • Meiklejohn KA and Robertson JM. (2017). Evaluation of the HID-Ion Ampliseq™ Identity Panel for the Ion Torrent™ PGM™ sequencer. Forensic Sci Int Gen. 31: 48-56.
  • Meiklejohn KA, Wallman JF, Dowton M and Pape T. (2017). Sarcophaga maxima sp. nov. (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Sarcophaginae), a new Australian flesh fly recognized by morphology and DNA barcoding. Aust. Entomol. doi: 10.1111/aen.12272
  • Meiklejohn KA, Kimball RT, Faircloth BC, Glenn T and Braun EL. (2016). Analysis of a rapid evolutionary radiation using ultra conserved elements (UCEs): Evidence for a bias in some multi-species coalescent methods. Syst. Biol. 65(4): 612-627.
  • Persons NW, Hosner PA, Meiklejohn KA, Braun EL and Kimball RT. (2016). Sorting out relationships among the grouse and ptarmigan using intron, mitochondrial, and ultra-conserved element sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 98: 123-132.
  • Pakstis A, Haigh E, Cherni L, Benammar-ElGaaied A, Barton A, Brissenden J, Roscoe J, Bulbul O, Filoglu G, Gurkan C, Meiklejohn KA, Robertson JM, Li C, Wei Y, Soundararajan U, Rajeevan H, Kidd JR and Kidd KK. (2015). 52 additional reference population samples for the 55 AISNP panel. Forensic Sci Int Gen. 19:269-271.
  • Robertson JM, Dineen MS, Scott KA, Lucyshyn J, Saeed M, Murphy DL and Meiklejohn KA. (2014). Assessing PreCR™ repair enzymes for restoration of STR profiles from artificially degraded DNA for human identification. Forensic Sci Int Gen. 12:168-180.
  • Meiklejohn KA, Danielson MJ, Braun EL, Faircloth BC, Glenn TC and Kimball RT. (2014). Incongruence among different mitochondrial regions: A case study using complete mitogenomes. Mol Phylogenet. Evol. 78:314-323.
  • Dowton M, Meiklejohn KA, Cameron SL and Walllman JF. (2014). A preliminary framework for DNA barcoding, incorporating the multispecies coalescent. Syst Biol. 64 (4):639-644.
  • Sun K, Meiklejohn KA, Faircloth BC, Glenn T, Braun EL and Kimball RT. (2014). The evolution of peafowl and other taxa with ocelli (eyespots): a phylogenomic approach. Proc. R. Soc. B.  281:20140823.
  • Meiklejohn KA, Wallman JF, Pape T, Cameron SL and Dowton M. (2013). Utility of COI, CAD and morphological data for resolving relationships within the genus of Sarcophaga (sensu lato) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): a preliminary study. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 69:133-141.
  • Meiklejohn KA, Dowton M, Pape T and Wallman JF. (2013). A revised key to the Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) with special emphasis on Sarcophaga (sensu lato). Zootaxa. 3680 (1): 148-189.
  • Meiklejohn KA, Wallman JF and Dowton M. (2013). DNA barcoding identifies all immature life stages of a forensically important flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). J Forensic Sci. 58:184-187.
  • Meiklejohn KA, Wallman JF and Pape T. (2013). Updates on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Australian Sarcophaga (sensu lato) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa.  3680 (1): 139-147.
  • Lu G, Lin A, Luo J, Blondel DV, Meiklejohn KA, Sun K and Feng J. (2013). Phylogeography of the Rickett’s big-footed bat, Myotis pilosus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): a novel pattern of genetic structure of bats in China. BMC Evol. Biol. 13:241.
  • Meiklejohn KA, Wallman JF, Cameron SL and Dowton M. (2012). Comprehensive evaluation of DNA barcoding for the forensically important Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera). Invertebr Syst. 26:515-525.
  • Meiklejohn KA, Dowton M and Wallman JF. (2012). Notes on the distribution of 31 species of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) in Australia, including new records in Australia for eight species. T Roy Soc South Aust. 136:56-64.
  • Meiklejohn KA, Wallman JF and Dowton M. (2011). DNA-based identification of forensically important Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera). Int J Legal Med. 125:27-32.