Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Jessie Edson

Genetics Laboratory Manager
Email: jee5023@psu.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Walter, W.D., A. Fameli, K. Russo-Petrick, J.E. Edson, C.S. Rosenberry, K.L. Schuler, M.J. Tonkovich. Large-scale assessment of genetic structure to assess risk of populations of a large herbivore to chronic wasting disease. Ecology and Evolution 14, e11347. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11347. | Abstract May 2024
Pearce, D.L., J.E. Edson, C.S. Jennelle, and W.D. Walter. 2024. Evaluation of DNA yield from various tissue and sampling sources for use in single nucleotide polymorphism panels. Scientific Reports 14, 11340. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56128-9 | Abstract May 2024
Miller-Butterworth, C. M., D. R. Diefenbach, J. E. Edson, L. A. Hansen, J. D. Jordan, T. M. Gingery, and A. L. Russell. 2021. Demography and loss of genetic diversity in two insular populations of the bobcat (Lynx rufus). Global Ecology and Conservation 26:e01547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01457 | Abstract | Download January 2021
Fameli, A, J. Edson, J.E. Banfield, C.S. Rosenberry, W.D. Walter. 2022. Variability in prion protein genotypes by spatial unit to inform susceptibility to chronic wasting disease. Prion 16 (1):254–264. | Abstract October 2022
Edson, J., J. Brown, W.L. Miller, and W. D. Walter. 2021. Comparison of sample types from white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) for DNA extraction and analyses. Scientific Reports 11, 10003. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89390-2 | Abstract May 2021
Project Completion Date
Landscape genetics of white-tailed deer to assess population structure for surveillance of chronic wasting disease June 2017
Parturition timing and calf survival in Pennsylvania elk June 2023
Landscape Genetics of white-tailed deer in Minnesota September 2022
Linking Genetics to Movements of White-tailed deer to Assist Surveillance for CWD Epidemiology August 2024
Bobcat population dynamics on Cumberland Island National Seashore December 2020
Presentations Presentation Date
Walter, W.D., C.S. Rosenberry, A. Fameli, and J. Edson. 2022. Associations of white-tailed deer with and without chronic wasting disease. Wildlife Disease Association Meeting, Madison, WI, 23-29 July 2022 July 2022
Walter, W.D., C.S. Rosenberry, A. Fameli, and J. Edson. 2022. Associations of white-tailed deer with and without chronic wasting disease. 6- 10 November 2022, The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA. November 2022
Russo-Petrick, K, A. Fameli, C.S. Rosenberry, K.L. Schuler, M.J. Tonkovich, J.E. Edson, and W.D. Walter. 2023. Large-scale assessment of spatial genetic structure to assess risk of white-tailed deer populations to chronic wasting disease. 4th International Chronic Wasting Disease Symposium, Denver, CO, 31 May-2 June, 2023. May 2023
Miller-Butterworth, C., L. Hansen, D. Hoffman, A. Russell, J. Edson, and D. R. Diefenbach. Population genetics of two contrasting island populations of bobcats. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, 7-11 October 2018, Cleveland, OH, USA> October 2018
Fameli, A., K. Russo-Petrick, C.S. Rosenberry, K.L. Schuler, M.J. Tonkovich, J.E. Edson, and W.D. Walter. 2023. Large-scale assessment of genetic structure of white-tailed deer: applications to genetic assignment tests. The 30th Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society, Louisville, KY, 5-9 November 2023. November 2023
Fameli, A., C.S. Rosenberry, K.L. Schuler, M.J. Tonkovich, J.E. Edson, and W.D. Walter. 2024. Large-scale assessment of genetic structure of white-tailed deer: applications to genetic assignment tests. Joint Meeting of The Pennsylvania Chapter of Wildlife Society and the Pennsylvania Biological Survey, State College, PA, 22-23 March 2024. March 2024
Fameli, A., A. Corondi, J. Banfield, J. Edson, and W.D. Walter. Evaluating heterozygosity-fitness correlation in a highly inbred elk population. The 31st Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 19 – 23 October 2024. October 2024
Type Citation Publication Date
Software Release Walter, W.D., Fameli, A.F., Russo-Petrick, K. and Edson, J.E. 2023. Microsatellite genotypes and metadata for white-tailed deer samples from the Mid-Atlantic region of USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P965MK53. October 2023
Data Release Fameli, A.F., Edson, J., and Walter, W.D. 2024, White-tailed deer from culling efforts in Minnesota: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13BGPFC. October 2023