Zoology

I am interested in the spatial and temporal dynamics of genes in natural populations. I use genetic markers, particularly microsatellites and DNA sequences to study the demography and population genetics of the African armyworm, the desert locust and the Southern Pine Beetle. I am also interested in the conservation genetics of the fauna and flora of the Horn of Africa.

I have collaborated as a population geneticist in other studies including: the phylogeography and post-glacial colonization history of insect species in mainland Europe and the Canary Islands, the genetics of phylopatry in the European wild rabbit, speciation in the cichlids of lake Malawi, stock discrimination in Northern Atlantic fisheries, and, assessment of genetic diversity in European domestic ungulates.

For more information on my research program, please see my lab webpage.

Select Publications

GOODACRE SARA L; MARTIN OLIVER Y; BONTE DRIES; HUTCHINGS LINDA; WOOLLEY CHRIS; IBRAHIM KAMAL; GEORGE THOMAS CF; HEWITT GODFREY M (2009) Microbial modification of host long-distance dispersal capacity. BMC biology 7():32.

SANTUCCI K, IBRAHIM KM, BRUZZONE A, HEWIT GM (2007). Selection on MHC linked microsatellite loci in sheep populations. Heredity 99: 340-348

YASSIN Y, IBRAHIM KM (2006). PCR primers for polymorphic microsatellite loci in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 784-786.

IBRAHIM KM (2004). Human Population Genetics: Simulations of human colonization history. Heredity 93: 124-125

IBRAHIM KM (2001). Plague dynamics and population genetics of the desert locust: Can turnover during recession maintain population genetic structure? Molecular Ecology 10: 581-592.

IBRAHIM KM, BARRETT JA (2001) Evolutionary changes in Cambridge Composite Cross Five of barley. In Broadening the Genetic Bases of Crop Production, Hidgkin T, Cooper D, Spillane C (eds), pp 271-282. CABI/FAO/IPGRI, Rome.

IBRAHIM KM, SOURIELLE P, HEWITT GM (2000). Are recession populations of the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) remnants of past swarms? Molecular Ecology 9: 783-791.

IBRAHIM KM, YASSIN Y, Elguzouli A (2004). PCR primers for polymorphic microsatellite loci in the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 4:653-655.

IBRAHIM KM, NICHOLS RA, HEWITT GM (1996) Spatial patterns of genetic variation generated by different forms of dispersal during range expansion. Heredity 77: 282-291