Affiliation:
 
At the moment I am working as a postdoctoral researcher at the group of Peter van Tienderen, at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics at the University of Amsterdam.
 
Research:
 
I am involved in the ERGO research project that is analysing the possible ecological effects of the introduction of genetically modified organisms. Within this project, I am developing genetic simulation models to analyse the effect of linkage between differently selected genes on the probability of escape of the transgene.
Previously, I was involved in a European project that is modelling the effects of climatic change on plant communities in Europe. My part of the project consisted of developing statistical techniques for estimating the dispersal kernel of plant species using molecular markers. This work was in collaboration with Jerome Goudet at the University of Lausanne, where I previously worked for one year on this problem.
Before that, I have worked at group of Nathalie Isabel at the Canadian Forest Service in Quebec. This work analyses the rate of hybridisation between exotic and native tree species in Canada using molecular markers. This involves looking for hybrid offspring in natural populations that are located close to plantations, looking for the establishment of advanced-generation hybrids, and detecting the molecular traces of local adaptation. I am also involved in the Arborea-project that studies the genomics of spruce. My part of the project involves looking for Quantitative Trait Loci for growth-related traits such as budset and budflush.
If I find the time, I also develop statistical methods for population genetic inferences and write Computer programs to perform these inferences.
In March 2005, I successfully defended my PhD-thesis about the ecological and genetic interactions between diploid sexual and triploid apomictic dandelions. This work was carried out in the group of Peter van Tienderen at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
 
Publications:
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  2. Meirmans P.G. (2012), The trouble with isolation by distance. Molecular Ecology. 21 p. 2839-2846.
  3. Meirmans S., P.G. Meirmans & L.R. Kirkendall (2012), The costs of sex: Facing real-world complexities. Quarterly Review Of Biology. 87 p. 19-40.
  4. Hengstum, T., S. Lachmuth, J.G.B. Oostermeijer, J.C.M. Den Nijs, P.G. Meirmans & P.H. Tienderen. (2012), Human-induced hybridization among congeneric endemic plants on Tenerife, Canary Islands. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 298 p. 1119-1131.
  5. Meirmans P.G. & P.W. Hedrick (2011), Invited Technical Review. Assessing population structure: FST and related measures. Molecular Ecology Resources. 11 p. 5-18.
  6. Meirmans P.G., J. Goudet, IntraBioDiv Consortium & O. Gaggiotti (2011), Ecology and life history affect different aspects of the population structure of 27 high-alpine plants. Molecular Ecology. 20 p. 3144–3155.
  7. Pelgas B., J. Bousquet, P.G. Meirmans, K. Ritland & N. Isabel (2011), QTL mapping in white spruce: gene maps and genomic regions underlying adaptive traits across pedigrees, years and environments. BMC Genomics. 12-145.
  8. Meirmans P.G. (2011), MARLIN, software to create, run, and analyse spatially realistic simulations. Molecular Ecology Resources. 11 p. 146-150.
  9. Meirmans P.G., M. Lamothe, M.-C. Gros-Louis, D. Khasa, P. Périnet, J. Bousquet & N. Isabel (2010), Complex patterns of hybridization between exotic and native north american poplar species. American Journal of Botany. 97 p. 1688-1697.
  10. Thompson S., M. Lamothe, P.G. Meirmans, P. Périnet & N. Isabel (2010), Repeated unidirectional introgression towards Populus balsamifera in contact zones of exotic and native poplars. Molecular Ecology. 19 p. 132-145.
  11. Neiman M., S. Meirmans & P.G. Meirmans (2009), What can asexual lineage age distribution tell us about the maintenance of sex? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1168 p. 185-200.
  12. Meirmans P.G., J. Bousquet & N. Isabel (2009), A metapopulation model for the introgression from Genetically Modified Plants into their wild relatives, Evolutionary Applications.. 2 p. 160-171..
  13. Meirmans, P.G., M. Lamothe, P. Périnet & N. Isabel (2007), Species-specific single nucleotide polymorphism markers for detecting hybridization and introgression in poplar, Canadian Journal of Botany. 85 p. 1082-1091.
  14. Meirmans, P.G. (2006), Using the Amova framework to estimate a standardised genetic differentiation measure, Evolution. 60 p. 2399–2402.
  15. Lamothe, M, P.G. Meirmans & N. Isabel (2006), A set of polymorphic EST-derived markers for Picea species, Molecular Ecology Notes. 6, p.237.
  16. Meirmans, P.G., J. C. M. Den Nijs & P.H. Van Tienderen (2006), Male sterility in asexual dandelions: asexual females versus asexual hermaphrodites, Heredity. 96 p. 45-52.
  17. Meirmans, P.G. (2005), Ecological and genetic interactions between diploid sexual and triploid apomictic dandelions, PhD-thesis. ISBN 9076894000.
  18. Meirmans, P.G., & P.H. Van Tienderen: (2004), GENOTYPE and GENODIVE: two programs for the analysis of genetic diversity of asexual organisms, Molecular Ecology Notes. 4 p.792-794.
  19. Van Der Hulst, R.G.M., P.G. Meirmans, P.H. Van Tienderen & J.M.M. Van Damme: (2004) Nuclear-cytoplasmic male-sterility in diploid dandelions, Heredity. 93 p.43-50.
  20. Meirmans, P.G., E.C. Vlot, J.C.M. Den Nijs & S.B.J. Menken: (2003), Spatial ecological and genetic structure of a mixed population of sexual diploid and apomictic triploid dandelions, Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 16 p.343-352.
  21. Meirmans, P.G., F.G. Calame, F. Bretagnolle, F.Felber & J.C.M. Den Nijs (2000), Anthropogenic disturbance and habitat differentiation between sexual diploid and apomictic triploid Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia, Folia Geobotanica. 34 p.451-469.
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Links:
  1.  
  2. Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
  3. Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine
  4. Department of Ecology & Evolution
  5. Arborea project
  6. Centre de Foresterie des Laurentides
  7. Bentley Drummer
About Me
Name:
Patrick G. Meirmans
 
Email:
p.g.meirmans # uva.nl
(remove spaces and replace # with @)
 
Address:
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics,
University of Amsterdam,
P.O. Box 94248,
1090GE Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
 
Telephone:  
+31 20 5258424