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Alan R. Lemmon is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their subfields of study focus on:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology

The main research topics covered by Alan R. Lemmon consist of:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Alan R. Lemmon has coauthored numerous papers with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Emily Moriarty Lemmon
  • Michelle Kortyna
  • Stephen C. Donnellan
  • J. Scott Keogh
  • Eric R. L. Gordon

The scientist has published extensively in a variety of venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Systematic Biology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Systematic Entomology

Recent notable papers include:

  • Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life, 2020, Systematic Biology
  • The Perfect Storm: Gene Tree Estimation Error, Incomplete Lineage Sorting, and Ancient Gene Flow Explain the Most Recalcitrant Ancient Angiosperm Clade, Malpighiales, 2020, Systematic Biology
  • Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Widespread Nuclear and Plastid-Nuclear Discordance in the Flowering Plant Genus Polemonium (Polemoniaceae) Suggests Widespread Historical Gene Flow Despite Limited Nuclear Signal, 2020, Systematic Biology
  • Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics, 2021, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Genetic variation for adaptive traits is associated with polymorphic inversions in Littorina saxatilis, 2021, Evolution Letters

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

    Richard O. Prum;Richard O. Prum;Jacob S. Berv;Alex Dornburg;Alex Dornburg;Alex Dornburg;Daniel J. Field;Daniel J. Field

  • Anchored Hybrid Enrichment for Massively High-Throughput Phylogenomics

    Alan R. Lemmon;Sandra A. Emme;Emily Moriarty Lemmon

  • A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

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  • High-Throughput Genomic Data in Systematics and Phylogenetics

    Emily Moriarty Lemmon;Alan R. Lemmon

  • The Effect of Ambiguous Data on Phylogenetic Estimates Obtained by Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference

    Alan R. Lemmon;Alan R. Lemmon;Jeremy M. Brown;Kathrin Stanger-Hall;Emily Moriarty Lemmon;Emily Moriarty Lemmon

  • The importance of data partitioning and the utility of Bayes factors in Bayesian phylogenetics.

    Jeremy M. Brown;Alan R. Lemmon

  • Implementing and testing the multispecies coalescent model: A valuable paradigm for phylogenomics

    Scott V. Edwards;Zhenxiang Xi;Axel Janke;Brant C. Faircloth

  • The importance of proper model assumption in Bayesian phylogenetics

    Alan R. Lemmon;Emily C. Moriarty

  • Interrogating Genomic-Scale Data for Squamata (Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenians) Shows no Support for Key Traditional Morphological Relationships

    Frank T Burbrink;Felipe G Grazziotin;R Alexander Pyron;David Cundall

  • When trees grow too long: investigating the causes of highly inaccurate bayesian branch-length estimates.

    Jeremy M. Brown;Jeremy M. Brown;Shannon M. Hedtke;Alan R. Lemmon;Alan R. Lemmon;Emily Moriarty Lemmon;Emily Moriarty Lemmon

  • The metapopulation genetic algorithm: An efficient solution for the problem of large phylogeny estimation.

    Alan R. Lemmon;Michel C. Milinkovitch

  • A phylogenomic framework, evolutionary timeline and genomic resources for comparative studies of decapod crustaceans.

    Joanna M. Wolfe;Jesse W. Breinholt;Keith A. Crandall;Alan R. Lemmon

  • Phylogenomics uncovers early hybridization and adaptive loci shaping the radiation of Lake Tanganyika cichlid fishes

    Iker Irisarri;Pooja Singh;Pooja Singh;Stephan Koblmüller;Julián Torres-Dowdall

  • Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life.

    Paul M Hime;Paul M Hime;Alan R Lemmon;Emily C Moriarty Lemmon;Elizabeth Prendini

  • Resolving Relationships among the Megadiverse Butterflies and Moths with a Novel Pipeline for Anchored Phylogenomics.

    Jesse W. Breinholt;Chandra Earl;Alan R. Lemmon;Emily Moriarty Lemmon

  • Evolution of lacewings and allied orders using anchored phylogenomics (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera)

    Shaun L. Winterton;Alan R. Lemmon;Jessica P. Gillung;Ivonne J. Garzon

  • Phylogenomic Evidence Overturns Current Conceptions of Social Evolution in Wasps (Vespidae).

    Patrick K Piekarski;James M Carpenter;Alan R Lemmon;Emily Moriarty Lemmon

  • Expanding anchored hybrid enrichment to resolve both deep and shallow relationships within the spider tree of life

    Chris A. Hamilton;Alan R. Lemmon;Emily Moriarty Lemmon;Jason E. Bond

  • The Perfect Storm: Gene Tree Estimation Error, Incomplete Lineage Sorting, and Ancient Gene Flow Explain the Most Recalcitrant Ancient Angiosperm Clade, Malpighiales

    Liming Cai;Liming Cai;Zhenxiang Xi;Zhenxiang Xi;Emily Moriarty Lemmon;Alan R Lemmon

  • The impact of anchored phylogenomics and taxon sampling on phylogenetic inference in narrow‐mouthed frogs (Anura, Microhylidae)

    Pedro L.V. Peloso;Darrel R. Frost;Stephen J. Richards;Miguel T. Rodrigues

  • A high-throughput venom-gland transcriptome for the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) and evidence for pervasive positive selection across toxin classes

    Darin R. Rokyta;Kenneth P. Wray;Alan R. Lemmon;Emily Moriarty Lemmon

  • GEOLOGICAL AND CLIMATIC FORCES DRIVING SPECIATION IN THE CONTINENTALLY DISTRIBUTED TRILLING CHORUS FROGS (PSEUDACRIS)

    Emily Moriarty Lemmon;Alan R. Lemmon;David C. Cannatella

Frequent Co-Authors

Emily Moriarty Lemmon
Emily Moriarty Lemmon Florida State University
Stephen C. Donnellan
Stephen C. Donnellan South Australian Museum
J. Scott Keogh
J. Scott Keogh Australian National University
R. Alexander Pyron
R. Alexander Pyron George Washington University
Christopher J. Raxworthy
Christopher J. Raxworthy American Museum of Natural History
Roger K. Butlin
Roger K. Butlin University of Sheffield
Robert W. Murphy
Robert W. Murphy University of Toronto
Samuel W. James
Samuel W. James Maharishi International University
Liang Liu
Liang Liu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Keith A. Crandall
Keith A. Crandall George Washington University

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