McGill University
Ph.D. candidate
Supervisor: Rowan Barrett
Start: 2022-09-01

Project

Epigenetic Impacts of Contaminants on Northern Canadian Wildlife
This research investigates the epigenetic consequences of environmental contaminant exposure in wild Northern Canadian populations, focusing on barren-ground caribou and thick-billed murres. The project aims to understand how pollutants affect DNA methylation, potentially influencing individual health and population dynamics, including the possibility of effects persisting across generations. The findings will contribute to understanding wildlife responses to environmental stressors and inform conservation efforts

Keywords

Epigenetics, contaminants, DNA methylation, Caribou, seabirds, Northern Canada

Publications

1- The evolutionary consequences of interactions between the epigenome, the genome and the environment
Baduel, Pierre, Iris Sammarco, Rowan Barrett, Marta Coronado‐Zamora, Amélie Crespel, Bárbara Díez‐Rodríguez, Janay Fox, Dario Galanti, Josefa González, Alexander Jueterbock, Eric Wootton, Ewan Harney
2024 Evolutionary Applications

2- Genomic health is dependent on long‐term population demographic history
Wootton, Eric, Claude Robert, Joëlle Taillon, Steeve D. Côté, Aaron B. A. Shafer
2023 Molecular Ecology

3- Speciation without gene‐flow in hybridizing deer
Kessler, Camille, Eric Wootton, Aaron B. A. Shafer
2022 Molecular Ecology