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  1. Ghosts and entanglements in one drawer of a natural history collection: The White-eyes (Aves, Passeriformes, Zosteropidae) of World Museum, Liverpool

    Article • Natural History Collections and Museomics, November 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr John James Wilson

  2. A Time‐ and Cost‐Effective eDNA Protocol to Survey Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in Tropical Rivers

    Article • Environmental DNA, May 2025, Wiley

    Dr John James Wilson

  3. Mammals and birds collected near Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, 1887–1888, now in World Museum, National Museums Liverpool

    Article • Archives of Natural History, April 2024, Edinburgh University Press

    Dr John James Wilson

  4. What is John Latham's Rose-fronted Parrot?

    Article • Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club, December 2023, British Ornithologists' Club

    Dr John James Wilson

  5. Blowfly-derived mammal DNA as mammal diversity assessment tool: Determination of dispersal activity and flight range of tropical blowflies

    Article • Biodiversity Data Journal, September 2023, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr John James Wilson

  6. Familiarity with, perceptions of and attitudes toward butterflies of urban park users in megacities across East and Southeast Asia

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, November 2022, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr John James Wilson

  7. DNA metabarcoding unravels unknown diversity and distribution patterns of tropical freshwater invertebrates

    Article • Freshwater Biology, June 2022, Wiley

    Dr John James Wilson

  8. The tangled nomenclatural history of Haplopelia forbesi Salvadori, 1904: were Forbes and Robinson right all along?

    Article • Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club, March 2022, British Ornithologists' Club

    Dr John James Wilson

  9. Birds from Sumatra given by Sir Stamford Raffles to Lord Stanley: links to names, types and drawings

    Article • Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club, March 2021, British Ornithologists' Club

    Dr John James Wilson

  10. Evolution of tRNA gene rearrangement in the mitochondrial genome of ichneumonoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea)

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr John James Wilson

  11. Butterflies in urban parks in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand

    Article • Biodiversity Data Journal, October 2020, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr John James Wilson

  12. Using full-length metabarcoding and DNA barcoding to infer community assembly for speciose taxonomic groups: a case study

    Article • Evolutionary Ecology, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John James Wilson

  13. Plant–herbivorous insect networks: who is eating what revealed by long barcodes using high‐throughput sequencing and Trinity assembly

    Article • Insect Science, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr John James Wilson

  14. Genetic Diversity of Pediculus humanus capitis (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) in Peninsular Malaysia and Molecular Detection of Its Potential Associated Pathogens

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, December 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr John James Wilson

  15. Public Perceptions and Knowledge of, and Responses to, Bats in Urban Areas in Peninsular Malaysia

    Article • Anthrozoös, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John James Wilson

  16. Mitochondrial phylogeny and comparative mitogenomics of closely related pine moth pests (Lepidoptera:Dendrolimus)

    Article • PeerJ, July 2019, PeerJ

    Dr John James Wilson

  17. Ring roads and urban biodiversity: distribution of butterflies in urban parks in Beijing city and correlations with other indicator species

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John James Wilson

  18. Mitochondrial genome of Phalantus geniculatus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): trnT duplication and phylogenetic implications

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr John James Wilson

  19. Higher‐level phylogeny and evolutionary history of Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) inferred from mitochondrial genome sequences

    Article • Systematic Entomology, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr John James Wilson

  20. Trends in DNA barcoding and metabarcoding

    Article • Genome, March 2019, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr John James Wilson

  21. DNA Barcoding: Bioinformatics Workflows for Beginners

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr John James Wilson

  22. A two-step DNA barcoding approach for delimiting moth species: moths of Dongling Mountain (Beijing, China) as a case study

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John James Wilson

  23. High-throughput terrestrial biodiversity assessments: mitochondrial metabarcoding, metagenomics or metatranscriptomics?

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part A, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John James Wilson

  24. Pollination implications of the diverse diet of tropical nectar-feeding bats roosting in an urban cave

    Article • PeerJ, March 2018, PeerJ

    Dr John James Wilson

  25. Temporal changes in arthropod activity in tropical anthropogenic forests

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, February 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Dr John James Wilson

  26. Pollination implications of the diverse diet of tropical nectar-feeding bats roosting in an urban cave

    Article • January 2018, PeerJ

    Dr John James Wilson

  27. Compositional heterogeneity in true bug mitochondrial phylogenomics

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr John James Wilson

  28. Impact of urbanisation and agriculture on the diet of fruit bats

    Article • Urban Ecosystems, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John James Wilson

  29. Tracking the southern river terrapin (Batagur affinis) through environmental DNA: prospects and challenges

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part A, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John James Wilson

  30. Hookworm infections among migrant workers in Malaysia: Molecular identification of Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale

    Article • Acta Tropica, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr John James Wilson

  31. A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library

    Article • PLOS One, July 2017, PLOS

    Dr John James Wilson

  32. Feeding behavior of Mimomyia (Etorleptiomyia) luzonensis (Ludlow, 1905) (Diptera, Culicidae) in Peninsular Malaysia

    Article • Acta Tropica, July 2017, Elsevier

    Dr John James Wilson

  33. DNA barcodes for dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of Mindanao, Philippines

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part A, February 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John James Wilson

  34. Conserved gene arrangement in the mitochondrial genomes of barklouse families Stenopsocidae and Psocidae

    Article • Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, January 2017, Editorial Department of Engineering Sciences

    Dr John James Wilson

  35. Factors driving changes in freshwater mussel (Bivalvia, Unionida) diversity and distribution in Peninsular Malaysia

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr John James Wilson

  36. From Barcodes to Biomes: Special Issues from the 6th International Barcode of Life Conference

    Article • Genome, November 2016, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr John James Wilson

  37. DNA barcoding for biosecurity: case studies from the UK plant protection program

    Article • Genome, November 2016, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr John James Wilson

  38. Unexpected diversity of sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in tourist caves in Northern Thailand

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part A, October 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John James Wilson

  39. DNA barcodes and citizen science provoke a diversity reappraisal for the “ring” butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia (Ypthima: Satyrinae: Nymphalidae: Lepidoptera)

    Article • Genome, October 2016, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr John James Wilson

  40. From Barcodes to Biomes: Special Issues from the 6th International Barcode of Life Conference

    Article • Genome, September 2016, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr John James Wilson

  41. Application of DNA barcodes in wildlife conservation in Tropical East Asia

    Article • Conservation Biology, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr John James Wilson

  42. First Case Report of Canthariasis in an Infant Caused by the Larvae ofLasioderma serricorne(Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, May 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr John James Wilson

  43. Field calibration of blowfly-derived DNA against traditional methods for assessing mammal diversity in tropical forests

    Article • Genome, May 2016, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr John James Wilson

  44. Intestinal Myiasis in a Malaysian Patient Caused by Larvae ofClogmia albipunctatus(Diptera: Psychodidae)

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, April 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr John James Wilson

  45. Can butterflies cope with city life? Butterfly diversity in a young megacity in southern China1

    Article • Genome, March 2016, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr John James Wilson

  46. Diversity and human perceptions of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in Southeast Asian megacities1

    Article • Genome, March 2016, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr John James Wilson

  47. Urban parks: refuges for tropical butterflies in Southeast Asia?

    Article • Urban Ecosystems, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John James Wilson

  48. Analysis of Gene Expression in an Inbred Line of Soft-Shell Clams (Mya arenaria) Displaying Growth Heterosis: Regulation of Structural Genes and the NOD2 Pathway

    Article • International Journal of Genomics, January 2016, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr John James Wilson, Professor Shallee T Page

  49. Citizen Science: The First Peninsular Malaysia Butterfly Count

    Article • Biodiversity Data Journal, December 2015, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr John James Wilson

  50. Towards monitoring the sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Thailand: DNA barcoding the sandflies of Wihan Cave, Uttaradit

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part A, September 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John James Wilson

  51. DNA metabarcoding of insects and allies: an evaluation of primers and pipelines

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, September 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr John James Wilson

  52. Complete mitochondrial genome of the soft-shell clam Mya arenaria

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part A, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John James Wilson, Professor Shallee T Page

  53. First report of brown widow spider sightings in Peninsular Malaysia and notes on its global distribution

    Article • Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Amir Ridhwan Mohd Ghazali, Dr John James Wilson

  54. Ectoparasites of murids in peninsular Malaysia and their associated diseases

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John James Wilson

  55. DNA barcoding implicates 23 species and four orders as potential pollinators of Chinese knotweed (Persicaria chinensis) in Peninsular Malaysia

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, April 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr John James Wilson

  56. Reading Mammal Diversity from Flies: The Persistence Period of Amplifiable Mammal mtDNA in Blowfly Guts (Chrysomya megacephala) and a New DNA Mini-Barcode Target

    Article • PLOS One, April 2015, PLOS

    Dr John James Wilson

  57. Comparison of Butterflies, Bats and Beetles as Bioindicators Based on Four Key Criteria and DNA Barcodes

    Article • Tropical Conservation Science, March 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr John James Wilson

  58. Towards resolving the identities of the Graphium butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) of Peninsular Malaysia

    Article • Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr John James Wilson

  59. Mercury accumulation in bats near hydroelectric reservoirs in Peninsular Malaysia

    Article • Ecotoxicology, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John James Wilson

  60. Short Communication Utility of DNA barcoding for rapid and accurate assessment of bat diversity in Malaysia in the absence of formally described species

    Article • Genetics and Molecular Research, January 2014, Genetics and Molecular Research

    Dr John James Wilson

  61. Building a DNA Barcode Reference Library for the True Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Peninsula Malaysia: What about the Subspecies?

    Article • PLOS One, November 2013, PLOS

    Dr John James Wilson

  62. DNA Barcodes for Insects

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John James Wilson

  63. Preying on commercial fisheries and accumulating paralytic shellfish toxins: a dietary analysis of invasive Dosidicus gigas (Cephalopoda Ommastrephidae) stranded in Pacific Canada

    Article • Marine Biology, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John James Wilson

  64. Assessing the Value of DNA Barcodes for Molecular Phylogenetics: Effect of Increased Taxon Sampling in Lepidoptera

    Article • PLOS One, September 2011, PLOS

    Dr John James Wilson

  65. When species matches are unavailable are DNA barcodes correctly assigned to higher taxa? An assessment using sphingid moths

    Article • BMC Ecology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John James Wilson

  66. Taxonomy and DNA sequence databases: A perfect match?

    Article • Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews, January 2011, De Gruyter

    Dr John James Wilson

  67. Identity of the ailanthus webworm moth (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae), a complex of two species: evidence from DNA barcoding, morphology and ecology

    Article • ZooKeys, May 2010, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr John James Wilson

  68. Assessing the Value of DNA Barcodes and Other Priority Gene Regions for Molecular Phylogenetics of Lepidoptera

    Article • PLOS One, May 2010, PLOS

    Dr John James Wilson

  69. Integration of DNA barcoding into an ongoing inventory of complex tropical biodiversity

    Article • Molecular Ecology Resources, May 2009, Wiley

    Dr John James Wilson

  70. DNA Barcodes and Insect Biodiversity

    Article • March 2009, Wiley

    Dr John James Wilson

  71. Letters to the Editor

    Article • Isis, March 2009, University of Chicago Press

    Dr John James Wilson

  72. Diagnosing Mitochondrial DNA Diversity: Applications of a Sentinel Gene Approach

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John James Wilson