McGill University
Ph.D. candidate
Supervisor: Rowan Barrett
Start: 2016-09-01
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Keywords

evolution, molecular ecology, Metabarcoding, Environmental DNA, metagenomics, conservation genetics

Publications

1- Particle size distribution and optimal capture of aqueous macrobial eDNA
Turner, Cameron R., Matthew A. Barnes, Charles C. Y. Xu, Stuart E. Jones, Christopher L. Jerde, David M. Lodge,
2014 Methods in Ecology and Evolution

2- Spider Web DNA: A New Spin on Noninvasive Genetics of Predator and Prey
Charles C. Y. Xu, Ivy J. Yen, Dean Bowman, Cameron R. Turner
2015 PLOS ONE

3- Quantifying uncertainty of taxonomic placement in DNA barcoding and metabarcoding
Somervuo, Panu, Douglas W. Yu, Charles C.Y. Xu, Yinqiu Ji, Jenni Hultman, Helena Wirta, Otso Ovaskainen,
2017 Methods in Ecology and Evolution

4- Carrion fly-derived DNA metabarcoding is an effective tool for mammal surveys: Evidence from a known tropical mammal community
Rodgers, Torrey W., Charles C. Y. Xu, Jacalyn Giacalone, Karen M. Kapheim, Kristin Saltonstall, Marta Vargas, Douglas W. Yu, Panu Somervuo, W. Owen McMillan, Patrick A. Jansen
2017 Molecular Ecology Resources

5- Keystone Genes
Skovmand, Lotte H., Charles C.Y. Xu, Maria R. Servedio, Patrik Nosil, Rowan D.H. Barrett, Andrew P. Hendry
2018 Trends in Ecology & Evolution

6- Linking a mutation to survival in wild mice
Barrett, Rowan D. H., Stefan Laurent, Ricardo Mallarino, Susanne P. Pfeifer, Charles C. Y. Xu, Matthieu Foll, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Jonathan S. Duke-Cohan, Jeffrey D. Jensen, Hopi E. Hoekstra
2019 Science

7- One‐locus‐several‐primers: A strategy to improve the taxonomic and haplotypic coverage in diet metabarcoding studies
Corse, Emmanuel, Christelle Tougard, Gaït Archambaud‐Suard, Jean‐François Agnèse, Françoise D. Messu Mandeng, Charles F. Bilong Bilong, David Duneau, Lucie Zinger, Rémi Chappaz, Charles C.Y. Xu, Emese Meglécz, Vincent Dubut
2019 Ecology and Evolution

8- An efficient and robust laboratory workflow and tetrapod database for larger scale environmental DNA studies
Axtner, Jan, Alex Crampton-Platt, Lisa A Hörig, Azlan Mohamed, Charles C Y Xu, Douglas W Yu, Andreas Wilting
2019 GigaScience

9- Predator-induced collapse of niche structure and species coexistence
Pringle, Robert M., Tyler R. Kartzinel, Todd M. Palmer, Timothy J. Thurman, Kena Fox-Dobbs, Charles C. Y. Xu, Matthew C. Hutchinson, Tyler C. Coverdale, Joshua H. Daskin, Dominic A. Evangelista, Kiyoko M. Gotanda, Naomi A. Man in ’t Veld, Johanna E. Wegener, Jason J. Kolbe, Thomas W. Schoener, David A. Spiller, Jonathan B. Losos, Rowan D. H. Barrett
2019 Nature

10- Community rescue in experimental phytoplankton communities facing severe herbicide pollution
Fugère, Vincent, Marie-Pier Hébert, Naíla Barbosa da Costa, Charles C. Y. Xu, Rowan D. H. Barrett, Beatrix E. Beisner, Graham Bell, Gregor F. Fussmann, B. Jesse Shapiro, Viviane Yargeau, Andrew Gonzalez
2020 Nature Ecology & Evolution