Kathleen O Malley

Associate Professor, State Fisheries Geneticist
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Office: 541-961-3311

Do you accept grad students?: 
I accept graduate students for the Fisheries and Wildlife Department

Investigate how genetic and ecological factors interact to shape life history variation within and among populations of marine and freshwater fishes.

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At OSU
Affiliated with: 
Fisheries and Wildlife Science
Courses Taught: 
  • Coastal Population Genetics and Conservation  
  • Genetics and Management of Exploited Populations 
  • Genetic Monitoring
Career Links: 
The State Fisheries Genetics Lab
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station
Biography

Enjoys whitewater kayaking, bow hunting, running, fishing, hiking, snowboarding

My Publications

2015

Journal Article

K. G. O'Malley, Perales, B., and Whitcomb, A. C., “Influence of immune-relevant genotype on the reproductive success of a salmonid alternative mating strategy”, Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 86, no. 3, pp. 871 - 881, 2015.

2013

Journal Article

K. G. O'Malley, Jacobson, D. P., Kurth, R., Dill, A. J., and Banks, M. A., “Adaptive genetic markers discriminate migratory runs of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha amid continued gene flow”, Evolutionary Applications, vol. 6, no. 8, pp. 1184 - 1194, 2013.

2010

Journal Article

K. G. O'Malley, Ford, M. J., and Hard, J. J., “Clock polymorphism in Pacific salmon: evidence for variable selection along a latitudinal gradient”, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 277222663121717327528083501616916245173275132166107772727841101264103112, no. 170157791353694223165323455346151592412, pp. 3703 - 3714, 2010.