Research output per year
Research output per year
Prof
Horizontal Gene Transfer - Eukaryote origins and early evolution - Network analyses of evolution - Synonymous Codon Usage - Phylogenetics - Phylogenetic Supertrees - Adaptive evolution
My research involves understanding how genes and genomes evolve. Evolution is the simple process of replicating biological entities, but with errors occasionally entering the system. These errors can be deleterious (not a good idea), neutral or advantageous. Natural selection is the process of making the decision about the benefit or otherwise of an evolutionary change. The types of changes that can occur varies from small changes such as nucleotides being replaced in a DNA strand, all the way up to mergers of distantly-related cells and the formation of entirely new kinds of life in the process. The implications for humanity in understanding evolutionary processes include better understandings of antibiotic resistance, better appreciation and understanding of the world around us and better understanding of what might happen in the future in our ever-changing world.
Molecular Evolution, inheritance, evolutionary microbiology, bioinformatics, phylogenetics
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Doctor of Philosophy, Analysis of Archaea in the North West Atlantic, University College - Galway
Award Date: 20 Jul 1995
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Mcinerney, James (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Election to learned society
Mcinerney, James (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Election to learned society
James Mcinerney (Discussant)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
James Mcinerney (Discussant)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
James Mcinerney (Discussant)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Svinti, V. (Creator), Cotton, J. A. (Creator) & Mcinerney, J. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 4 Jan 2013
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.mg040
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Doherty, A. (Creator) & Mcinerney, J. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 5 Aug 2013
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4k887
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Morgan, C. C. (Creator), Foster, P. G. (Creator), Webb, A. E. (Creator), Pisani, D. (Creator), Mcinerney, J. (Creator) & O'Connell, M. J. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 1 Jul 2013
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.vh49j
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Alvarez-Ponce, D. (Creator), Lopez, P. (Creator), Bapteste, E. (Creator) & Mcinerney, J. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 21 May 2013
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.qr81p
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