Robert Mitchell

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Dr Mitchell's research focuses on the use of genetic markers to understand human populations. In particular we study variation on the Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA to understand human evolution and population structure forensic genetics, especially expanding the usefulness of DNA markers molecular and population genetic studies of the tasting response.

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Office of Molecular Sci , School of Molecular Sciences/LIMS

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academic article
- Oorschot RBoyko TMitchell RJvan Oorschot RAH. DNA within cars: prevalence of DNA from driver, passenger and others on steering wheels. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences. 51:S91-S94. 2019
- Mitchell RJBenn Torres JMartucci VAldrich MCVilar MGMacKinney TTariq MGaieski JBBharath Hernandez RBrowne ZEStevenson MWalters WSchurr TG. Analysis of biogeographic ancestry reveals complex genetic histories for indigenous communities of St. Vincent and Trinidad. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 169:482-497. 2019
- Hudjashov GEndicott PPost HNagle NHo SYWLawson DJReidla MKarmin MRootsi SMetspalu ESaag LVillems RCox MPMitchell RJGarcia-Bertrand RLMetspalu MHerrera RJ. Investigating the origins of eastern Polynesians using genome-wide data from the Leeward Society Isles. Scientific Reports. 8. 2018
- Nagle Nvan Oven MWilcox Svan Holst Pellekaan STyler-Smith CXue YBallantyne KNWilcox LPapac LCooke KOorschot RAHMcAllister PWilliams LKayser MMitchell RJAdhikarla SAdler CJBalanovska EBalanovsky OBertranpetit JClarke ACComas DCooper ADer Sarkissian CSIDulik MCGaieski JBGaneshPrasad AHaak WHaber MHobbs AJaved AJin LKaplan MELi SMartínez-Cruz BMatisoo-Smith EAMelé MMerchant NCOwings ACParida LPitchappan RPlatt DEQuintana-Murci LRenfrew CRoyyuru AKSanthakumari AVSantos FRSchurr TGSoodyall HSoria Hernanz DFSwamikrishnan PVilar MGWells RSZalloua PAZiegle JS. Aboriginal Australian mitochondrial genome variation – an increased understanding of population antiquity and diversity. Scientific Reports. 7:1-12. 2017
- Tobler RRohrlach ASoubrier JBover PLlamas BTuke JBean NAbdullah-Highfold AAgius SO’Donoghue AO’Loughlin ISutton PZilio FWalshe KWilliams ANTurney CSMWilliams MRichards SMMitchell RJKowal EStephen JRWilliams LHaak WCooper A. Aboriginal mitogenomes reveal 50,000 years of regionalism in Australia. Nature. 544:180-184. 2017
- Stella CJMitchell RJOorschot R. Hand activities during robberies—Relevance to consideration of DNA transfer and detection. Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. 6:e3-e5. 2017
- Oorschot RNagle NBallantyne KNVan Oven MTyler-Smith CXue YWilcox SWilcox LTurkalov RVan Oorschot RAHVan Holst Pellekaan SSchurr TGMcAllister PWilliams LKayser MMitchell RJ. Mitochondrial DNA diversity of present-day Aboriginal Australians and implications for human evolution in Oceania. Journal of Human Genetics. 62:343-353. 2017
- Oorschot RGlavich GMitchell R. Persistence of DNA deposited by the original user on objects after subsequent use by a second person. Forensic Science International: Genetics. 8:219-225. 2014
- Hall SEOorschot RAHVMitchell RJBallantyne KN. 2013. Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. 4:e129-e130. 2013
- Lehmann VJMitchell RJBallantyne KNOorschot RAHV. Following the transfer of DNA: How far can it go?. Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. 4:e53-e54. 2013
- Durdle AOorschot RAHVMitchell RJ. The Morphology of Fecal and Regurgitation Artifacts Deposited by the Blow Fly Lucilia cuprina Fed a Diet of Human Blood. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 58:897-903. 2013
- Prestes PRMitchell RJSantos COorschot RAHV. The SNPforID 34-plex—Its ability to infer level of admixture in individuals. Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. 4:e13-e14. 2013
- Durdle AMitchell RJOorschot RAHV. The human DNA content in artifacts deposited by the blowfly Lucilia cuprina fed human blood, semen and saliva. Forensic Science International. 233:212-219. 2013
- Verdon TJMitchell RJOorschot RAHV. The influence of substrate on DNA transfer and extraction efficiency. Forensic Science International: Genetics. 7:167-175. 2013
- YANG KZHENG HZhendong QINYan LUFARINA SEShilin LILi JINDongna LIHui LIADHIKARLA SADLER CJBALANOVSKA EBALANOVSKY OBEHAR DMBERTRANPETIT JCLARKE ACCOMAS DCOOPER ASARKISSIAN CSIDDULIK MCERASMUS CJGAIESKI JBGANESHPRASAD AHAAK WHOBBS AJAVED AKAPLAN MEMARTINEZ-CRUZ BMATISOO-SMITH EAMELE MMERCHANT NCMITCHELL RJOWINGS ACPARIDA LPITCHAPPAN RPLATT DEQUINTANA-MURCI LRENFREW CLACERDA DRROYYURU AKSANTOS FRSCHURR TGSOODYALL HHERNANZ DFSSWAMIKRISHNAN PTyler-SMITH CJOHN KVSANTHAKUMARI AVVIEIRA PPZIEGLE JSWELLS RS. Positive selection on mitochondria M7 lineages among the Gelong people in Hainan. Journal of Human Genetics. 56:253-256. 2011
- Mitchell RJZalloua PAPlatt DEEl Sibai MKhalife JMakhoul NHaber MXue YIzaabel HBosch EAdams SMArroyo ELópez-Parra AMAler MPicornell ARamon MJobling MAComas DBertranpetit JWells RSTyler-Smith C. Identifying Genetic Traces of Historical Expansions: Phoenician Footprints in the Mediterranean. American Journal of Human Genetics. 83:633-642. 2008
- Mitchell RJBehar DMVillems RSoodyall HBlue-Smith JPereira LMetspalu EScozzari RMakkan HTzur SComas DBertranpetit JQuintana-Murci LTyler-Smith CWells RSRosset S. The Dawn of Human Matrilineal Diversity. American Journal of Human Genetics. 82:1130-1140. 2008
- Mitchell JDrew SRintoull T. Taste sensitivity to phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) - How molecular genetics has reopened an old field of study. HOMO: journal of comparative human biology. 58:256-257. 2007
- Ballantyne Kvan Oorschot RMitchell J. Whole genome amplification to assist trace DNA genotyping. HOMO: journal of comparative human biology. 58:237-237. 2007
- Mielke JHQuiros OEMitchell RJ. Preliminary studies of the demography and genetics of the Boruca of Costa Rica.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 151-151. 2003
- Mitchell RJvan Oorschot R. Y-chromosome specific variation in Australian Aboriginal people and comparisons with neighboring groups.. American Journal of Human Biology. 13:133-134. 2001
- Mitchell RJVandenberg NVan Oorschot RAHTyler-Smith C. Y-chromosome specific microsatellite variation in Australian Aboriginal people.. American Journal of Human Biology. 11:123-123. 1999
- Crawford MHMitchell RJ. Human variation at the genetic, morphologic, and physiological levels: Papers in honor of Derek F. Roberts. Selection of symposium papers presented at the 64th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists Oakland, California March 28–April 1, 1995. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 104:155-156. 1997
- Spurdle AMitchell JJenkins T. Untitled. Human Biology (Detroit): the international journal of population biology and genetics. 69:431-432. 1997
- Mitchell RJHoldsworth A. Molecular and population genetics of metabolic enzymes. American Journal of Human Biology. 9:140-140. 1997
- HAY DAHORNSBY HJONES IMOWRY BMITCHELL RJ. THE POTENTIAL OF ISONYMY IN PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. Behavior Genetics: an international journal devoted to research in the inheritance of behavior in animals and man. 25:269-270. 1995
- MITCHELL RJEARL LWILLIAMS JW. 2 Y-CHROMOSOME-SPECIFIC RESTRICTION-FRAGMENT-LENGTH-POLYMORPHISMS (DYS11 AND DYZ8) IN ITALIAN AND GREEK MIGRANTS TO AUSTRALIA. Human Biology (Detroit): the international journal of population biology and genetics. 65:387-399. 1993
- MITCHELL RJ. Y-CHROMOSOME SPECIFIC RESTRICTION-FRAGMENT-LENGTH-POLYMORPHISMS - THEIR USE IN UNDERSTANDING POPULATION RELATIONSHIPS. American Journal of Human Biology. 5:131-131. 1993
- MITCHELL RJKOSTEN MORZESCKO H. THE EFFECTS OF RECRUITMENT FOR WORLD-WAR-I UPON THE POPULATION-STRUCTURE OF RURAL COMMUNITIES IN AUSTRALIA. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 81:270-270. 1990
- KOSTEN MMITCHELL RJ. FAMILY-SIZE AND SOCIAL-CLASS IN 19TH-CENTURY TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA. Journal of Biosocial Science. 16:55-63. 1984
- KOSTEN MWILLIAMS JMITCHELL RJ. HISTORICAL POPULATION-STRUCTURE OF 2 TASMANIAN COMMUNITIES USING SURNAME ANALYSES. Journal of Biosocial Science. 15:367-376. 1983
- Mitchell RJSunderland E. ABO and Rh Blood Groups in the Isle of Man. Man. 13:580-580. 1978
- Mitchell RJBalakrishnan V. Genetic Diversity Among Australian Aborigines. Man. 11:599-599. 1976
chapter
- Oorschot Rvan Oorschot RAHSzkuta BVerdon TJMitchell RJBallantyne KN. Trace DNA profiling in missing persons investigations. 353-363. 2016
- Crawford MMccomb JSchanfield MMitchell R. Genetic structure of pastoral populations of Siberia: the Evenki of central Siberia and the Kizhi of Gorno Altai. 10-49. 2002
conference paper
- Crawford MHKrawczak CBoaz NTMitchell RJ. Genetic structure of island Carib populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 99-99. 2014
- Graf OMJohnson SMMitchell JWilcox SLivshits GCrawford MH. Analysis of Chuvash mtDNA points to Finno-Ugric origin.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 154-154. 2012
- Graf OMMitchell JWilcox SLivshits GCrawford MH. Chuvash origins: Evidence from mtDNA Markers.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 114-115. 2010
- Williams CSwift IMitchell RTucci J. A Study of the Genetic Polymorphisms of the CYP450 3A4, 3A5 and 2C9 Enzymes in Three Ethnic Populations. Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association Conference. 125-125. 2009
- Schanfield MSMiller SShyu RMount MPolesky HFCastro REhrlich HEke UMack SMitchell RJCoble MMelvin KCrawford MH. Evidence supporting two centers of population differentiation in East Asia: Siberia and SE Asia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 228-229. 2009
- Plunkett TSwift IMitchell RTucci J. Analysis of mutations of CYP 450 3A 2C9 genes in three ethnic groups. 2008 Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association Conference. 40-40. 2008
- Mitchell RJWhite NGLamsis FFlannery GR. Molecular genetic diversity and its possible implications among 4 ethnic groups of Sulawesi, Indonesia.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 109-109. 2001
- Lamsis FMitchell RWhite NFlannery G. Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFx) promoter region polymorphism in Indonesians of South Sulawesi. 351-351. 2001
- Mitchell RThompson MWhite NFlannery G. Y-chromosome variation in ethnic groups of Sulawesi, Indonesia. 351-356. 2001
- Mitchell RJRogan KVan Oorschot RTyler-Smith C. A hierarchical analysis of Y-chromosome specific variation in Australian Aboriginal people.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 230-230. 2000
- Mitchell Rvan Oorschot RDeka RTyler-Smith C. Sequencing of the Y-chromosome specific microsatellite DYS390*20 allele in Australian Aboriginal people 2000
- Mitchell RJWhite NGCrawford MHMcComb JTyler-Smith KCPapiha SSSchanfield MS. A deletion polymorphism in the alpha 2(1) collagen gene (COLI A2): genetic evidence for a non-African population whose descendants spread to all continents.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 204-205. 1999
- Guarino FDFederle Lvan Oorschot RAHBriceno IBernal JEPapiha SSSchanfield MSMitchell RJ. Genetic diversity among five native American tribes of Colombia - Evidence from nine autosomal microsatellites. GENOMIC DIVERSITY. 33-51. 1999
- Oorschot RKaska DEvan Oorschot RAHMitchell RJ. Variation at three short tandem repeat (STR) loci in Australians: Forensic and ethnic considerations. Electrophoresis. 1620-1623. 1997