Research

Publications

Articles, chapters and conference presentations from the group.

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Articles in progress

Oaks on the British Isles and their genomic insights

Hung, T. H.^{* corresponding author}, Gathercole, L. A. P., Buggs, R. & MacKay, J. J.

Forthcoming, expected 2026In The Oak Genome. Taylor and Francis Group.

Environmental and transcriptomic determinants of drought response in critically endangered Siamese rosewood

Hung, T. H.^{* corresponding author}, Lenton, K., Chhang, P., Chamchumroon, V., Thammavong, B., Jalonen, R., Theilade, I. & MacKay, J. J.^{* corresponding author}

Under reviewPlant, Cell & Environment.

Preprint for “Environmental and transcriptomic determinants of drought response in critically endangered Siamese rosewood” (opens in a new tab)

Pre-implantation genome-wide methylation enables environmental adaptation in a social meso-carnivore

Hung, T. H.^{^ co-first author}^{* corresponding author}, Tsai, M.-S.^{^ co-first author}, Newman, C., Macdonald, D. W. & Buesching, C.

Under reviewJournal of Animal Ecology.

Preprint for “Pre-implantation genome-wide methylation enables environmental adaptation in a social meso-carnivore” (opens in a new tab)

Environmental and genomic associations of inter-annual and inter-tree variation in acorn production in pedunculate oak

McClory, R., Ellis, R.^{* corresponding author}, Hung, T. H.^{* corresponding author}, Lukac, M., Clark, J., Sheldon, B. C. & MacKay, J. J.

Under reviewForestry.

Hybrid Lutz spruce outperforms Sitka spruce in drought tolerance and photosynthetic plasticity

Rizzuto, G.^{* corresponding author}, Hung, T. H., Flashman, E. & MacKay, J. J.^{* corresponding author}

Under reviewTree Physiology.

Published articles

2026

Associations of genetic polymorphisms with boldness, stress response, and route efficiency in homing pigeons (Columba livia)

Hung, T. H.^{^ co-first author}^{* corresponding author}, Ramadan, S. I.^{^ co-first author}, Delacoux, M., Kano, F., Inoue-Murayama, M.^{* corresponding author} & Biro, D.^{* corresponding author}

Physiology & Behavior, 305, 115211.

DOI for “Associations of genetic polymorphisms with boldness, stress response, and route efficiency in homing pigeons (Columba livia)” (opens in a new tab)

Evaluation and clinical validation of pan-specific and clade-specific diagnostic real-time PCR assays for monkeypox virus

Hung, T. H.^{^ co-first author}, Chang, H.^{^ co-first author}, Lin, B., Kong, B. L. H., Wang, Y., Tsai, M.-S., Deng, D. & Cui, Z.^{* corresponding author}

Journal of Medical Virology, 98(4), e70886.

2025

GenDivRange: A global dataset of geo-referenced population genetic diversity across species ranges

Csilléry, K.^{* corresponding author}, Yang, H., Hung, T. H., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, P., Miller, J., Mantovani, V., Chauvier-Mendes, Y. & Nobis, M. P.

Scientific Data, 12, 980.

Fair enough?—Scientific and historic perspectives on sex controversies at the Paris 2024 Olympics

Hung, T. H.^{^ co-first author}^{* corresponding author} & Chen, P.-H.^{^ co-first author}

East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal, 19(1), 115–123.

DOI for “Fair enough?—Scientific and historic perspectives on sex controversies at the Paris 2024 Olympics” (opens in a new tab)

Genetic diversity and population structure of pedunculate oaks (Quercus robur) in Wytham Woods

Hung, T. H.^{* corresponding author}, Formaggia, E., Morley, L., Kirby, K., Salguero-Gómez, R., Sheldon, B. C. & MacKay, J. J.^{* corresponding author}

Plants, People, Planet, 7(6), 1789–1802.

Effective conservation of Asian Rosewoods (Dalbergias) and their genetic resources through regional collaboration

Jalonen, R., Theilade, I., Hartvig, I., Hung, T. H., MacKay, J., Yuskianti, V., Bounithiphonh, C., Gaisberger, H., Ping, H., Sreng, S., Zheng, Y. & Warrier, R. R.

In R. R. Warrier, G. Joshi & A. N. Arunkumar (Eds.), Handbook of Asian Rosewoods (pp. 461–471). Springer Nature.

Variation in the molecular phenotype of βglu-1, an insect defence-related beta-glucosidase gene, in two transcontinental Picea species

Wu, E. T. Y.^{* corresponding author}, Hung, T. H., Erbilgin, N., Ullah, A., Jansons, Ā., Ali, H. A. A., Clegg, S. M. & MacKay, J. J.

Molecular Ecology, 34(22), e70120.

2024

The invasive brown seaweed Rugulopteryx okamurae (Dictyotales, Ochrophyta) continues to expand: first record in Italy

Bellissimo, G., Altamirano, M.^{* corresponding author}, Muñoz, A., De la Rosa, J., Hung, T. H., Rizzuto, G., Vizzini, S. & Tomasello, A.

BioInvasions Records, 13(2), 385–401.

Long-insert sequence capture detects high copy numbers in a defence-related beta-glucosidase gene βglu-1 with large variations in white spruce but not Norway spruce

Hung, T. H.^{* corresponding author}, Wu, E. T. Y., Zeltiņš, P., Jansons, Ā., Ullah, A., Erbilgin, N., Bohlmann, J., Bousquet, J., Birol, I., Clegg, S. M. & MacKay, J. J.^{* corresponding author}

BMC Genomics, 25, 118.

Contrasted NCED gene expression across conifers with rising and peaking abscisic acid responses to drought

Rizzuto, G.^{* corresponding author}, Wang, D., Chen, J., Hung, T. H., Fitzky, A. C., Flashman, E. & MacKay, J. J.^{* corresponding author}

Plant Stress, 14, 100574.

Conifers concentrate large numbers of NLR immune receptor genes on one chromosome

Woudstra, Y., Tumas, H., van Ghelder, C., Hung, T. H., Ilska, J. J., Girardi, S., A'Hara, S., McLean, P., Cottrell, J., Bohlmann, J., Bousquet, J., Birol, I., Woolliams, J. A. & MacKay, J. J.

Genome Biology and Evolution, 16(6), evae113.

2023

Range-wide differential adaptation and genomic offset in critically endangered Asian rosewoods

Hung, T. H.^{* corresponding author}, So, T., Thammavong, B., Chamchumroon, V., Theilade, I., Phourin, C., Bouamanivong, S., Hartvig, I., Gaisberger, H., Jalonen, R., Boshier, D. H. & MacKay, J. J.^{* corresponding author}

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(33), e2301603120.

2022

Dalbergia cochinchinensis

Barstow, M., Boshier, D. H., Bounithiphonh, C., Changtragoon, S., Gaisberger, H., Hartvig, I., Hung, T. H., Jalonen, R., Kanchanarak, T., MacKay, J. J., Ping, H., Thammavong, B., Theilade, I., Tran, T., Win, P. P. & Zheng, Y.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022, e.T215342548A2822125.

Dalbergia oliveri

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022, e.T215341339A2813403.

Comparative transcriptomic responses of European and Japanese larches to infection by Phytophthora ramorum

Dun, H. F.^{* corresponding author}, Hung, T. H., Green, S. & MacKay, J. J.^{* corresponding author}

BMC Plant Biology, 22, 480.

Range-wide priority setting for the conservation and restoration of Asian rosewood species accounting for multiple threats and ecogeographic diversity

Gaisberger, H.^{* corresponding author}, Fremout, T., So, T., Thammavong, B., Bounithiphonh, C., Hoa, T. T., Zheng, Y., Kanchanarak, T., Changtragoon, S., Sreng, S., Ping, H., Hung, T. H., Win, P. P., Hartvig, I., Theilade, I., Boshier, D., MacKay, J., Kettle, C. & Jalonen, R.

Biological Conservation, 270, 109560.

2020

Physiological responses of rosewoods Dalbergia cochinchinensis and D. oliveri under drought and heat stresses

Hung, T. H.^{^ co-first author}^{* corresponding author}, Gooda, R.^{^ co-first author}, Rizzuto, G., So, T., Thammavong, B., Tran, H. T., Jalonen, R., Boshier, D. H. & MacKay, J. J.^{* corresponding author}

Ecology and Evolution, 10(19), 10872–10885.

Reference transcriptomes and comparative analyses of six species in the threatened rosewood genus Dalbergia

Hung, T. H.^{* corresponding author}, So, T., Sreng, S., Thammavong, B., Boounithiphonh, C., Boshier, D. H. & MacKay, J. J.^{* corresponding author}

Scientific Reports, 10, 17749.

Presentations

2026

Species variation in gene expression responses to herbivory in forest trees

Tyack, D. Y.^{* corresponding author}, Hung, T. H., Deslauriers, A., Parent, G. J. & MacKay, J. J.

Ecological Genetics Group Annual Meeting 2026 – 70th Anniversary of Ecological Genetics. Sheffield, UK. Apr 15–17, 2026.

2025

Environmental and transcriptomic determinants of drought response in critically endangered Siamese rosewood

Hung, T. H.^{* corresponding author}, Lenton, K., Chhang, P., Chamchumroon, V., Thammavong, B., Jalonen, R., Theilade, I. & MacKay, J. J.

Ecological Genetics Group Annual Meeting 2025 – On Scales of Time. Cardiff, UK. Sep 17–19, 2025.

Conifers concentrate large numbers of NLR immune receptor genes on one chromosome

Woudstra, Y.^{* corresponding author}, Tumas, H., van Ghelder, C., Hung, T. H. & MacKay, J. J.

Botany 2025 – Botany without Barriers. Palm Springs, California, USA. Jul 26–30, 2025.

2024

Range-wide pattern in transcription level of an insect defense gene, βglu1, detected in Picea glauca (white spruce) but not in Picea abies (Norway spruce)

Wu, E. T. Y., Hung, T. H., Erbilgin, N., Ullah, A., Jansons, Ā., Clegg, S. M. & MacKay, J. J.

North American Forest Genetics Society 2024. Oaxaca, Mexico. Jul 10–14, 2024.Award: Best Student Poster

2023

Long-insert sequence capture detects high copy numbers in a defence-related beta-glucosidase gene βglu-1 with large variations in white spruce but not Norway spruce

Hung, T. H.^{* corresponding author}, Wu, E. T. Y., Zeltiņš, P., Jansons, Ā., Ullah, A., Erbilgin, N., Bohlmann, J., Bousquet, J., Birol, I., Clegg, S. M. & MacKay, J. J.^{* corresponding author}

British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2023. Belfast, UK. Dec 12–15, 2023.

Range-wide differential adaptation and genomic offset in critically endangered Asian rosewoods

Ecological Genetics Group Annual Meeting 2023. Oxford, UK. Sep 5–7, 2023.

Genome-wide methylation patterns in European badgers (Meles meles) are associated with pre-natal weather conditions and early-life weight and reveal adaptive hotspots in 47S rDNA

Tsai, M.-S., Hung, T. H., Newman, C., Macdonald, D. & Buesching, C.

Ecological Genetics Group Annual Meeting 2023. Oxford, UK. Sep 5–7, 2023.

Molecular evolution of insect defence traits in forest tree populations

Wu, E. T. Y., Hung, T. H., Mun, H. M., Ali, H. A. A., Clegg, S. M., Erbilgin, N., Jansons, Ā. & MacKay, J. J.

Ecological Genetics Group Annual Meeting 2023. Oxford, UK. Sep 5–7, 2023.

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of S-adenosylmethionine synthase 4 and DEAD-box ATP-dependent RNA helicase 11 mutants infiltrated with bacterial elicitor-Flg22 inducing PAMP-triggered immunity

Aquino, J. D. C., Hung, T. H., Bach-Pages, M. & Preston, G. M.

National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines Annual Scientific Meeting. Philippines. Jul 12–13, 2023.

2022

Copy number variation in defence against spruce budworm

MacKay, J. J., Parent, G., Hung, T. H., Wu, E. T. Y. & Giguère, I.

7th IUFRO International Workshop on the Genetics of Tree-Parasite Interactions in Forestry. Pontevedra, Spain. Sep 12–17, 2022.

A global database of genetic diversity (GenDivRange) and a test of the central-marginal hypothesis

Hung, T. H., Yang, H., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, P., Miller, J., Mantovani, V., Nobis, M. P. & Csilléry, K.

Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Prague, Czech. Aug 14–19, 2022.

2021

Fantastic seeds and where to plant them: Ecological genomics and adaptation of endangered rosewoods Dalbergia cochinchinensis and D. oliveri in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Hung, T. H., So, T., Thammavong, B., Tran, H. T., Chamchumroon, V., Theilade, I., Hartvig, I., Boyle, B., Gaisberger, H., Jalonen, R., Boshier, D. H. & MacKay, J. J.

British Ecological Society & French Society for Ecology and Evolution: Ecology Across Borders 2021. Liverpool, UK. Dec 12–15, 2021.

GenDivRange: A novel database of population genetic diversity and dispersal distance across a wide range of taxa to test the evolutionary determinants of species range limits

Hung, T. H., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, P., Thompson, K., Mantovani, V., Miller, J., Nobis, M. P., Videvall, E. & Csilléry, K.

IALE-North America 2021 Annual Meeting. Online. Apr 12–16, 2021.Award: Best Student Presentation

2020

Don’t sweat it: a genetic switch for abscisic acid in conifers

Rizzuto, G., MacKay, J. J., Hung, T. H., Dun, H. F., Tumas, H., Sayyed, I. & Richardson, D.

British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2020. Online. Dec 14–18, 2020.

Can species range limits be predicted by environmental heterogeneity and genetic diversity? A meta-analysis of empirical findings

Hung, T. H., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, P., Thompson, K. M., Mantovani, V., Miller, J., Videvall, E. & Csilléry, K.

Landscape Genetics Distributed Graduate Seminar 2020. Online. Apr 29, 2020.

Landscape genomics of Dalbergia cochinchinensis and D. oliveri

Hung, T. H.

Oxford Interdisciplinary Bioscience Annual Symposium 2020. Oxford, UK. Mar 31–Apr 1, 2020.

2019

Ensuring genetic diversity and adaptability of rosewoods Dalbergia cochinchinensis and D. oliveri in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Hung, T. H., Gaisberger, H., Callagher, C., So, T., Thammavong, B., Tran, H. T., Theilade, I., Hartvig, I., Boshier, D. H. & MacKay, J. J.

British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2019. Belfast, UK. Dec 10–13, 2019.