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3101
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1101

Overview

Allen Gilbert Collins is affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within environmental and earth sciences, with a particular focus on marine biology and ecology.

Collins has contributed extensively to understanding marine ecosystems, especially through the lens of molecular biology and environmental DNA techniques. Their work intersects several main fields of study, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields of specialization include:

  • Paleontology
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Oceanography

Their research topics cover a range of marine and environmental biological concerns such as:

  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Collins's recent publications reflect active engagement with jellyfish systematics, marine biodiversity assessment, and metabarcoding methodologies. Key papers include:

  • The importance of molecular characters when morphological variability hinders diagnosability: systematics of the moon jellyfish genus Aurelia (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa), 2021, PeerJ
  • Cassiosomes are stinging-cell structures in the mucus of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana, 2020, Communications Biology
  • DNA metabarcoding marker choice skews perception of marine eukaryotic biodiversity, 2021, Environmental DNA
  • Fieldable Environmental DNA Sequencing to Assess Jellyfish Biodiversity in Nearshore Waters of the Florida Keys, United States, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The role of taxonomic expertise in interpretation of metabarcoding studies, 2021, ICES Journal of Marine Science

Collaborations with frequent coauthors feature names such as:

  • Chris Meyer
  • Abigail Reft
  • Mykle Hoban
  • Jonathan Whitney
  • Katherine E. Bemis

Collins's publications appear often in venues that support open science and marine research. Among the frequent publication venues are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • PeerJ
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Plankton and Benthos Research
  • Zootaxa

Best Publications

  • The magnitude of global marine species diversity

    Ward Appeltans;Shane T. Ahyong;Shane T. Ahyong;Gary Anderson;Martin V. Angel

  • The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus

    Marymegan Daly;Mercer R. Brugler;Paulyn Cartwright;Allen G. Collins

  • Phylogeny of Medusozoa and the evolution of cnidarian life cycles

    A. G. Collins

  • Evaluating hypotheses of basal animal phylogeny using complete sequences of large and small subunit rRNA.

    Monica Medina;Allen Gilbert Collins;Jeffrey D. Silberman;Mitchell L. Sogin

  • Medusozoan Phylogeny and Character Evolution Clarified by New Large and Small Subunit rDNA Data and an Assessment of the Utility of Phylogenetic Mixture Models

    Allen Gilbert Collins;Peter Schuchert;Antonio Carlos Marques;Thomas Jankowski

  • The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus*

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  • Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes Suggest that Stony Corals Are Monophyletic but Most Families of Stony Corals Are Not (Order Scleractinia, Class Anthozoa, Phylum Cnidaria)

    Hironobu Fukami;Chaolun Allen Chen;Chaolun Allen Chen;Ann F. Budd;Allen Gilbert Collins

  • Cladistic analysis of Medusozoa and cnidarian evolution

    Antonio C. Marques;Allen Gilbert Collins

  • Morphological complexity increase in metazoans

    James W. Valentine;Allen G. Collins;C. Porter Meyer

  • Specimen collection: An essential tool

    L. A. Rocha;A. Aleixo;G. Allen;F. Almeda

  • Evolution of river dolphins.

    Healy Hamilton;Susana Caballero;Allen G. Collins;Robert L. Brownell

  • Naked corals: Skeleton loss in Scleractinia

    Mónica Medina;Allen G. Collins;Tori L. Takaoka;Jennifer V. Kuehl

  • Cnidarian phylogenetic relationships as revealed by mitogenomics

    Ehsan Kayal;Ehsan Kayal;Béatrice Roure;Hervé Philippe;Allen Gilbert Collins

  • Evaluating multiple alternative hypotheses for the origin of Bilateria: an analysis of 18S rRNA molecular evidence.

    Allen Gilbert Collins

  • Phylogenomics provides a robust topology of the major cnidarian lineages and insights on the origins of key organismal traits

    Ehsan Kayal;Ehsan Kayal;Bastian Bentlage;Bastian Bentlage;M. Sabrina Pankey;Aki H. Ohdera

  • Phylogenomic Analyses Support Traditional Relationships within Cnidaria.

    Felipe Zapata;Freya E. Goetz;Stephen A. Smith;Mark Howison

  • Anthropogenic impacts and historical decline in body size of rocky intertidal gastropods in southern California

    Kaustuv Roy;Allen Gilbert Collins;Bonnie J. Becker;Emina Begovic

  • Evolution of Linear Mitochondrial Genomes in Medusozoan Cnidarians

    Ehsan Kayal;Bastian Bentlage;Allen Gilbert Collins;Mohsen Kayal

  • Exceptionally Preserved Jellyfishes from the Middle Cambrian

    Paulyn Cartwright;Susan L. Halgedahl;Jonathan R. Hendricks;Richard D. Jarrard

  • Phylogeny and Systematics of Demospongiae in Light of New Small-Subunit Ribosomal DNA (18S) Sequences

    Niamh E. Redmond;Christine C. Morrow;Robert W. Thacker;Maria C. Diaz

  • Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates.

    Bastian Bentlage;Paulyn Cartwright;Angel A. Yanagihara;Cheryl Lewis

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio C. Marques
Antonio C. Marques Universidade de São Paulo
Mónica Medina
Mónica Medina Pennsylvania State University
Bernd Schierwater
Bernd Schierwater University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Russell R. Hopcroft
Russell R. Hopcroft University of Alaska Fairbanks
James W. Valentine
James W. Valentine University of California, Berkeley
Steven H. D. Haddock
Steven H. D. Haddock Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Catherine S. McFadden
Catherine S. McFadden Harvey Mudd College
Michael N Dawson
Michael N Dawson University of California, Merced
Michael P. Cummings
Michael P. Cummings University of Maryland, College Park
Jeffrey L. Boore
Jeffrey L. Boore University of California, Berkeley

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