Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University

Research Interests

The main area of research that I am involved in at the Allan Wilson Centre is the direct measurement of mutation rates in Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adelia) mitochondrial DNA sequences using a pedigree-based approach.

The AWC laboratory at Albany headed by Professor Dave Lambert has pioneered the use of Adelie penguins as a model system for studying the relationship between evolutionary rates and mutation rates in the same organism. This project involves the analysis of HVR1 sequences from over 600 Adelie penguin pedigrees and complements a previous study measuring evolutionary rates for Adelie penguin HVR1 using ancient DNA material.

I am also involved with the development of real-time PCR techniques for assessing the quality of ancient DNA, and for measuring the efficiency of primers used in ancient DNA studies.

Qualifications

B.Sc: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Auckland University.
M.Sc: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Auckland University.
Ph.D: Biological Sciences, Auckland University.

Publications

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	Tang, R., Dodd A, Lai, D., McNabb, W.C., and Love DR,. (2007). Validation of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Reference Genes for Quantitative Real-time RT-PCR Normalization.Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai), 39(5): 384-390
	Love DR, Lan, C.C., Dodd A, Shelling, A.N., McNabb, W.C., Ferguson, L.R. (2007). Modeling inflammatory bowel disease: the zebrafish as a way forward. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics 7(2): 177-193 (doi: 10.1586/14737159.7.2.177)		view summary online
	Dodd A, Greenwood DR, Miller AL, Webb SE, Chambers SP, Copp BR and Love DR. (2005). Zebrafish: at the nexus of functional and chemical genomics. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews, Volume 22, pp 77-99.
	Love DR, Dodd A, Tsai A, Copp BR and Greenwood DR. (2005). Zebrafish: a high biological value screening platform. Screening: Trends in Drug Discovery, 2, 17-20.
	Love, D. R., Pichler, F. B., Dodd, A., Copp, B. R., and Greenwood, D. R. (2004). Technology for high-throughput screens: the present and the future using zebrafish. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 15(6):564-571
	Dodd, A., Chambers, S., Nielsen, P., and Love , D. (2004). Modelling Human Disease via Gene Targeting. The Zebrafish: Cellular and Developmental Biology (Second Edition). Methods in Cell Biology, Chapter 27, Volume 76. Eds: Detrich HW, Westerfield M and Zon LI. Elsevier Inc.
	Love DR, Chambers SP, Cox S, Curtis P, Dodd A, Laurenson S, Maguire GM, Pichler FP, Williams LC and Copp BR. Disease modelling: the zebrafish as a manipulable gene expression programme. NZ Bioscience, August 2004.
	Pichler, F. B., Dodd, A., and Love, D. R. (2004). Global gene expression analysis in the zebrafish: the challenge and the promise. Drug Discovery Today: Technologies 1(2):79-84
	Dodd, A., Chambers, S. P., and Love, D. R. (2004). Short interfering RNA-mediated gene targeting in the zebrafish. FEBS Lett 561, 89-93.	abstract
	Pichler, F. B., Laurenson, S., Williams, L. C., Dodd, A., Copp, B. R., and Love, D. R. (2003). Chemical discovery and global gene expression analysis in zebrafish. Nat Biotechnol 21, 879-883.
	Chambers, S. P., Anderson, L. V., Maguire, G. M., Dodd, A., and Love, D. R. (2003). Sarcoglycans of the zebrafish: orthology and localization to the sarcolemma and myosepta of muscle. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 303, 488-495.	abstract
	Chambers, S. P., Dodd, A., Overall, R., Sirey, T., Lam, L.T., Morris, G.E., and Love, D. R. (2001). Dystrophin in Adult Zebrafish Muscle. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 286, 478–483	abstract
	Dodd, A., Curtis, P. M., Williams, L. C., and Love, D. R. (2000). Zebrafish: bridging the gap between development and disease. Hum Mol Genet 9, 2443-2449.	abstract
	Dodd, A., Rowland, S.A., Hawkes, S.L.J., Kennedy, M.A., and Love, D.R. (1997). Mutations in the Adrenoleukodystrophy Gene. HUMAN MUTATION 9:500-511	abstract
	Kennedy, M A, S A Rowland, A L Miller, C M Morris, L A Neville, A Dodd, W J Fifield and D R Love (1996). Structure And Location Of Murine Adrenoleukodystrophy Gene. Genomics Mar 15; 32 (3): 395-400.
	Rowland S A., A Dodd, A L. Roche, S Manilal, M A. Kennedy, D Becroft, S Tonkin, I Winship, C Chapman and D R. Love. (1996). DNA-Based Diagnostics For Adrenoleukodystrophy In A Large New Zealand Family. NZ Med J Aug 23; 109 :312-315