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Dr C.M. Cahalan - Staff Profile

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Dr Christine Cahalan
Senior Lecturer in Silviculture and Genetics


Acting Head of School
Thoday Building, room G3

Email: c.m.cahalan@bangor.ac.uk

Tel: 01248 382337 (from U.K.)
+44 1248 382337 (International)

Fax: 01248 354997 (from U.K.)
+44 1248 354997 (International)

Responsibilities within SENRGY/BU

Course director, BSc Forestry and BSc Conservation & Forest Ecosystems

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

Forestry Commission's Advisory Committee on Forest Research
Projects and Research Committee, Scottish Forestry Trust
Editorial board of "Forestry"

Research Interests

Population genetics of tree species
Genetic control of commercially-important traits of tree species, particularly wood properties

Recent Publications

Pritchard, T., Cahalan, C. and Dewi, I.A. (2008) Exploration of cytoplasmic inheritance as a contributor to maternal effects in Welsh Mountain sheep. Genetics Selection Evolution 40: 309-319.

Pritchard, T.C., Cahalan, C.M. and Dewi, I.A. (2008) Association between Prp genotypes and performance traits in a Welsh Mountain flock. Animal 2: 1421-1426.

Pot, D., Rodrigues, J.C., Rozenberg, P., Chantre, G., Tibbits, J., Cahalan, C., Pichavant, F. and Plomion, C. (2006) QTLs and candidate genes for wood properties in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.). Tree Genetics & Genomes 2: 10-24.