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Andrew D. Foote publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew D. Foote sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 104 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Andrew D. Foote D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew D. Foote sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fontenot Graduate Student Travel Scholarship, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Andrew D. Foote is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research activity spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Within these broader areas, their work focuses notably on Genetics, Ecology, and Molecular Biology, with additional emphasis on Nature and Landscape Conservation and Aquatic Science.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Andrew D. Foote are:

  • "Phylogenomics and species delimitation for effective conservation of manta and devil rays" (2020, Molecular Ecology)
  • "Runs of homozygosity in killer whale genomes provide a global record of demographic histories" (2021, Molecular Ecology)
  • "Inference of natural selection from ancient DNA" (2020, Evolution Letters)
  • "Selection on ancestral genetic variation fuels repeated ecotype formation in bottlenose dolphins" (2021, Science Advances)
  • "Ancient and modern stickleback genomes reveal the demographic constraints on adaptation" (2021, Current Biology)

The venues where Andrew D. Foote publishes frequently include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Current Biology
  • Marine Mammal Science
  • Journal of Heredity

Collaborations form an important part of their research, with frequent co-authors comprising:

  • M. Thomas P. Gilbert
  • Phillip A. Morin
  • Marié Louis
  • Andrew Brownlow
  • Milaja Nykänen

Andrew D. Foote received the Fontenot Graduate Student Travel Scholarship from the American Society of Animal Science in 2012. Their body of work contributes to a detailed understanding of marine species genetics, demographic histories, and adaptation processes through genomic and phylogenetic methods.

Best Publications

  • Genomics and the origin of species

    Ole Seehausen;Roger K. Butlin;Irene Keller;Catherine Wagner

  • Complete mitochondrial genome phylogeographic analysis of killer whales (Orcinus orca) indicates multiple species

    Phillip A. Morin;Frederick I. Archer;Andrew D. Foote;Julia Vilstrup

  • Whale-call response to masking boat noise

    Andrew D. Foote;Richard W. Osborne;A. Rus Hoelzel

  • Convergent evolution of the genomes of marine mammals

    Andrew D Foote;Andrew D Foote;Yue Liu;Gregg W C Thomas;Tomáš Vinař

  • PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters

    Paul D. Jepson;Rob Deaville;Jonathan L. Barber;Àlex Aguilar

  • Investigating the Potential Use of Environmental DNA (eDNA) for Genetic Monitoring of Marine Mammals

    Andrew D. Foote;Philip Francis Thomsen;Signe Sveegaard;Magnus Wahlberg

  • Genome-culture coevolution promotes rapid divergence of killer whale ecotypes

    Andrew David Foote;Andrew David Foote;Andrew David Foote;Nagarjun Vijay;María C. Ávila-Arcos;Robin W. Baird

  • Ecological, morphological and genetic divergence of sympatric North Atlantic killer whale populations

    Andrew David Foote;Andrew David Foote;James Newton;Stuart Brannon Piertney;Eske Willerslev

  • Positive selection on the killer whale mitogenome.

    Andrew D. Foote;Phillip A. Morin;John W. Durban;Robert L. Pitman

  • Killer whales are capable of vocal learning.

    Andrew D Foote;Rachael M Griffin;David Howitt;Lisa Larsson

  • Genetic differentiation among North Atlantic killer whale populations

    Andrew D. Foote;Andrew D. Foote;Julia T. Vilstrup;Renaud De Stephanis;Philippe Verborgh

  • Geographic and temporal dynamics of a global radiation and diversification in the killer whale

    Phillip A. Morin;Kim M. Parsons;Frederick I. Archer;María C. Ávila-Arcos

  • Sympatric Speciation in the Genomic Era

    Andrew D. Foote

  • Mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses of the Delphinidae with an emphasis on the Globicephalinae.

    Julia T. Vilstrup;Simon Yw Ho;Andrew D. Foote;Phillip A. Morin

  • Ancient DNA reveals that bowhead whale lineages survived Late Pleistocene climate change and habitat shifts

    Andrew D. Foote;Kristin Kaschner;Sebastian E. Schultze;Cristina Garilao

  • Mortality rate acceleration and post-reproductive lifespan in matrilineal whale species

    Andrew D Foote

  • The influence of ecology on sociality in the killer whale (Orcinus orca)

    Suzanne Beck;Sanna Kuningas;Ruth Esteban;Andrew D. Foote;Andrew D. Foote

  • The life aquatic: advances in marine vertebrate genomics

    Joanna L Kelley;Anthony P Brown;Nina Overgaard Therkildsen;Andrew D Foote

  • Runs of homozygosity in killer whale genomes provide a global record of demographic histories.

    Andrew D Foote;Andrew D Foote;Andrew D Foote;Rebecca Hooper;Alana Alexander;Robin W Baird

  • Vocal behaviour and feeding ecology of killer whales Orcinus orca around Shetland, UK

    Volker B. Deecke;Milaja Nykänen;Andrew D. Foote;Vincent M. Janik

  • Variation in call pitch among killer whale ecotypes.

    Andrew D. Foote;Jeffrey A. Nystuen

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Phillip A. Morin
Phillip A. Morin National Marine Fisheries Service
John W. Durban
John W. Durban New England Aquarium
Jochen B. W. Wolf
Jochen B. W. Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Paul R. Wade
Paul R. Wade National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Robin W. Baird
Robin W. Baird Cascadia Research Collective
Laurent Excoffier
Laurent Excoffier University of Bern
Christophe Guinet
Christophe Guinet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Robert L. Pitman
Robert L. Pitman Oregon State University

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