Publications

2025

Title: A research hotspot for Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in North America: DNA barcoding reveals the need for increased taxonomic efforts in dark taxa

Authors: M Beaudin, A Höcherl, C Boudreault, CI Cullingham, D Lapen, and J Fernandez-Triana

Journal: Frontiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1457055

Title: Mountain pine beetle struggles with jack pine: A mechanistic explanation for slowed range expansion in Alberta

Authors: EC Johnson, A Musso, CI Cullingham, and MA Lewis

Journal: arXiv - preprint

DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2412.08778

2024

Title: Genetic rescue often leads to higher fitness as a result of increased heterozygosity across animal taxa

Authors: JG Clarke, AC Smith, and CI Cullingham

Journal: Molecular Ecology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17532

Title: A cost-effective RNA extraction and RT-qPCR approach to detect California serogroup viruses from pooled mosquito samples

Authors: M Avramov, V Gallo, A Gross, DR Lapen, A Ludwig, and CI Cullingham

Journal: Scientific Reports

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69895-2

Title: Identification of mountain pine beetle fungal associates using whole genome sequence data

Authors: RA Akinbile, C Grela, and CI Cullingham

Journal: Carleton Undergraduate Journal of Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22215/cujs.v3i2.5083

Title: Modeling Mountain Pine Beetle Abundance in Novel Hosts

Authors: X Xie, M Brush, E Johnson, C Cullingham, J Duffy, and MA Lewis

Journal: bioRxiv

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.21.624504

Title: Five organizing themes for invasive forest insect and disease management in Canada and the United States

Authors: EJ Hudgins, B Leung, CJK MacQuarrie, DG McCullough, A Francis, GM Lovett, Q Guo, KM Potter, C Cullingham, FH Koch, JN Bergman, AD Binley, C Robichaud, M Henry, Y Chen, and JR Bennett.

Journal: Forest Ecology and Management

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122046

Title: Relationships between water quality and mosquito presence and abundance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors: Marc Avramov, Abhinand Thaivalappil, Antoinette Ludwig, Lauren Miner, Catherine I Cullingham, Lisa Waddell, David R Lapen.

Journal: Journal of Medical Entomology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad139

2023

Title: Genetic analysis reveals hidden threats and new motivation for conservation translocation of black-tailed prairie dogs at the northern limit of their range

Authors: Cullingham CI, Stephens TR, Swan KD, Wilson SC, Janes JK, Matchett, MR, Griebel R, Moehrenschlager A.

Journal: Global Ecology and Conservation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02591

2022

Title: A roadmap to robust discriminant analysis of principal components

Authors: Cullingham CI, Peery RM, Miller JM.

Journal: Molecular Ecology Resources

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13724

Title: Traceability of provenance-collected lodgepole pine in a reforestation chain of custody case study

Authors: Peery RM, Cullingham CI, Coltman DW, Cooke JEK.

Journal: Tree Genetics & Genomes

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-022-01568-5

Title: Evidence of coevolution Between Cronartium harknessii lineages and their corresponding hosts, lodgepole pine and jack pine

Authors: McAllister CH & Cullingham CI et al

Journal: Phytopathology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-09-21-0370-R

2021

Title: Extent and direction of introgressive hybridization of mule and white-tailed deer in western Canada

Authors: Russel T, Cullingham CI, Ball M, Pybus M, Coltman DW

Journal: Evolutionary Applications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13250

Title: Genetic association with boldness and maternal performance in a free-ranging population of grey seals

(Halichoerus grypus)

Authors: Bubac CM, Cullingham CI, Fox JA, Bowen WD, den Heyer CE, Coltman DW

Journal: Heredity

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-021-00439-4

Title: Comparative genomics of the chitinase gene family in lodgepole and jack pines: contrasting responses to biotic threats and landscape level investigation of genetic differentiation

Authors: Peery RM, McAllister CH, Cullingham CH, Mahon EL, Arango-Velez A, Cooke JEK

Journal: Botany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2020-0125

2020

Title: The influence of a priori grouping on inference of genetic clusters: simulation study and literature review of the DAPC method

Authors: Miller JM, Cullingham CI, Peery RM

Journal: Hereditary

DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41437-020-0348-2

Title: Large-scale prion protein genotyping in Canadian caribou populations and potential impact on chronic wasting disease susceptibility

Authors: Arafin MI, Staskevicius A, Shim SY, Huang Y-H, Fenton H, McLoughlin PD, Mitchell G, Cullingham CI, Gilch S

Journal: Molecular Ecology

DOI: doi.org/10.1111/mec.15602

Title: Long-Term Incubation PrPCWD with Soils Affects Prion Recovery but Not Infectivity

Authors: Kuznetsova A, McKenzie D, Cullingham CI, Aiken JM

Journal: Pathogens

DOI: doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9040311

Title: Confidently identifying the correct K value using the deltaK method: When does K = 2?

Authors: Cullingham CI, Miller JM, Peery RM, Dupuis JR, Malenfant RM, Gorrell JC, Janes JK

Journal: Molecular Ecology

DOI: doi.org/10.1111/mec.15374

Title: Population genomics reveals historical divergence and local
adaptation in polar bears

Authors: R Malenfant, C Cullingham, D Coltman, E Richardson, M Dyck, N Lunn, M Obbard, J Pongracz, S Atkinson, V Sahanatien, K Laidre, E Born, Ø Wiig, and C Davis

Journal: Authorea

DOI: doi.org/10.22541/au.158136875.51417995

Title: Predicting the spread-risk potential of chronic wasting disease to sympatric ungulate species

Authors: Cullingham CI, Peery RM, Dao A, McKenzie DI, Coltman DW

Journal: Prion

DOI: doi.org/10.1080/19336896.2020.1720486

Title: Linking genotype to phenotype to identify genetic variation relating to host susceptibility in the mountain pine beetle system

Authors: Cullingham CI, Peery RM, Fortier CE, Mahon EL, Cooke JEK, Coltman DW

Journal: Evolutionary Applications

DOI: doi.org/10.1111/eva.12773

2019

Title: Genetics of a reintroduced swift fox population highlights the need for integrated conservation between neighbouring countries

Authors: Cullingham CI, Moehrenschlager A

Journal: Animal Conservation

DOI: doi.org/10.1111/acv.12508

Title: Conservation translocations and post-release monitoring: Identifying trends in failures, biases, and challenges from around the world

Authors: C Bubac, AC Johnson, JA Fox, and C Cullingham

Journal: Biological Conservation

DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108239

Title: Environmental effects on gene flow in a species complex of vagile, hilltopping butterflies

Authors: Dupuis JR, Cullingham CI, Nielsen SC, Sperling FAH

Journal: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

DOI: doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz043

Title: Spatial and genetic structure of the lodgepole × jack pine hybrid zone

Authors: Burns I, James PMA, Coltman DW, Cullingham CI

Journal: Canadian Journal of Forest Research

DOI: doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2018-0428

Title: The contribution of genetics and genomics to understanding the ecology of the mountain pine beetle system

Authors: Cullingham CI,† Janes JK†, Hamelin R, James PMA, Murray B, Sperling F

Journal: Canadian Journal of Forest Research

DOI: doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2018-0303

Title: Development of a novel mule deer genomic assembly and species-diagnostic SNP panel for assessing introgression in mule deer, white-tailed deer, and their interspecific hybrids

Authors: Russel T, Cullingham CI, Stothard P, Kommadath A, Herbst A, Coltman DW

Journal: G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

DOI: doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200838

2018 and Earlier

Kuznetsova A, Cullingham CI, McKenzie D, Aiken JM (2018) Soil humic acids degrade CWD prions and reduce infectiity. PLoS Pathogens, 14(11), e1007414.

Janes JK, Miller JM, Dupuis JR, Malenfant RM, Gorrell JC, Cullingham CI, Andrew RL (2017) The K=2 conundrum. Molecular Ecology, 26, 3594-3602.

Mijíja-Salazar MF, Goldizen AW, Menz CS, Dwyer RG, Blomber SP, Waldner CL, Cullingham CI, Bollinger TK (2017) Mule deer spatial association patterns and potential implications for transmission of an epizootic disease. PLoS One, 12, e0175385.

Fischer ML, Salgado I, Beninde J, Klein R, Frantz AC, Heddergott M, Cullingham CI, Kyle CJ, Hochkirch A (2017) Multiple founder effects are followed by range expansion and admixture during the invasion process of the raccoon (Procyon lotor) in Europe. Diversity and Distributions, 4, 409-420.

Malenfant RM, Davis CS, Cullingham CI, Coltman DW (2016) Circumpolar genetic structure and recent gene flow of polar bears: a reanalysis. PLoS One, 11, e014896.

Cullingham CI, Thiessen CD, Derocher AE, Paquet PC, Miller JM, Hamilton JA, Coltman DW (2016) Population structure and dispersal of wolves in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Journal of Mammalogy, 97, 839-851.

Cullingham CI, Cooke JEK, Coltman DW (2014) Cross-species outlier detection reveals different evolutionary pressures between sister species. New Phytologist, 204, 215-229.

Kyle, CJ, Rico Y, Castillo S, Srithayakumar V, Cullingham CI, White BN, Pond BA (2014) Spatial patterns of neutral and functional genetic variation reveal patterns of local adaptation in raccoon (Procyon lotor) populations exposed to raccoon rabies. Molecular Ecology, 23, 2287-2298.

Cullingham CI, Cooke JEK, Dang S, Coltman DW (2013) A species-diagnostic SNP panel for discriminating lodgepole pine, jack pine and their interspecific hybrids. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 9, 1119-1127.

Cullingham CI, Cooke JEK, Coltman DW (2013) Effects of introgression on the genetic population structure of two ecologically and economically important conifer species: lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta latifolia) and jack pine (P. banksiana). Genome, 56, 577-585.

Cullingham CI, James PMA, Cooke JEK, Coltman DW (2012) Characterizing the physical and genetic structure of the lodgepole pine × jack pine hybrid zone: mosaic structure and differential introgression. Evolutionary Applications, 5, 879-891.

Cullingham CI, Roe AD, Sperling FAH, Coltman DW (2012) Phylogeographic insights into an irruptive pest outbreak. Ecology and Evolution, 2, 908-919.

Cullingham CI, Cooke JEK, Dang S, Davis CS, Cooke BJ, Coltman DW (2011) Mountain pine beetle host-range expansion threatens the boreal forest. Molecular Ecology, 20, 2157-2171.

Cullingham CI, Nakada SM, Merriill EH, Bollinger TK, Pybus MJ, Coltman DW (2011) Multi-scale population genetic analysis of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) in western Canada sheds new light on chronic wasting disease spread. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 89, 134-147.

Cullingham CI, Merrill EH, Pybus MJ, Bollinger TK, Wilson GA, Coltman DW (2011) Broad and fine-scale genetic analysis of white-tailed deer populations: estimating the relative risk of chronic wasting disease spread. Evolutionary Applications, 4, 116-131.

Shafer ABA, Cullingham CI, Côté SD, Coltman DW (2010) Of glaciers and refugia: A decade of study sheds new light on the phylogeography of northwestern North America. Molecular Ecology, 19, 4589-4621.

Cullingham CI, Curtineau M, Ball MC, Manseau M (2010) Feasibility and recommendations for swift fox (Vulpes velox) faecal DNA profiling. Journal of Wildlife Management, 74,849-859.

Cullingham CI, Kyle, CJ, Rees EE, Pond, BA, and White BN (2009) Differential permeability of rivers to raccoon gene flow corresponds to rabies incidence in Ontario, Canada. Molecular Ecology, 18, 43-53.

Rees EE, Pond BA, Cullingham CI, Tinline RR, Ball D, Kyle CJ, White BN (2009) Landscape modeling spatial bottlenecks: implications for raccoon rabies disease spread. Biology Letters, 5, 387-390.

Cullingham CI, Rees EE, Kyle CJ, Pond BA, Rosatte RC, and White BN (2008) Combining direct and indirect genetic methods to estimate dispersal for informing wildlife management decisions. Molecular Ecology, 17,4874-4886.

Cullingham CI, Kyle CJ, Pond BA, and White BN (2008) Genetic structure of raccoons in Eastern North America based on mtDNA: implications for subspecies designation and rabies disease dynamics. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 86, 947-958.

Rees EE, Pond BA, Cullingham CI, Rowland RT, Ball D, Kyle CJ, and White BN (2008) Assessing a landscape barrier using genetic simulation modelling: implications for raccoon rabies management. Preventative Veterinary Medicine, 86, 107-123.

Cullingham CI, Kyle CJ, and White BN (2006) Isolation, characterization and multiplex genotyping of raccoon tetranucleotide microsatellite loci. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, 1030-1032.

Cullingham CI, Smeeton C, and White BN (2006) Isolation and characterization of swift fox tetranucleotide microsatellite loci. Molecular Ecology Notes, 7, 160-162.