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Overview

Andrew Storfer is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Medicine. They have produced 29 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 25 in Environmental Science, and 20 in Medicine.

Their work covers several subfields of study, prominently:

  • Genetics
  • Ecology
  • Microbiology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Molecular Biology

Main topics of their research include:

  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Veterinary Oncology Research
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Recent notable publications by Andrew Storfer include:

  • "Quantifying 25 years of disease-caused declines in Tasmanian devil populations: host density drives spatial pathogen spread" (2021) published in Ecology Letters
  • "A transmissible cancer shifts from emergence to endemism in Tasmanian devils" (2020) published in Science
  • "Darwin, the devil, and the management of transmissible cancers" (2020) published in Conservation Biology
  • "Infectious disease and sickness behaviour: tumour progression affects interaction patterns and social network structure in wild Tasmanian devils" (2020) published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Hybridizing salamanders experience accelerated diversification" (2020) published in Scientific Reports

The frequent co-authors associated with their work include:

  • Menna E. Jones
  • Hamish McCallum
  • Rodrigo Hamede
  • Paul A. Hohenlohe
  • Mark J. Margres

Andrew Storfer has published repeatedly in several key venues, including:

  • Molecular Ecology (4 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (3 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 publications)
  • Evolution (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Putting the "landscape" in landscape genetics.

    A Storfer;M A Murphy;J S Evans;C S Goldberg

  • Finding the Genomic Basis of Local Adaptation: Pitfalls, Practical Solutions, and Future Directions.

    Sean Hoban;Joanna L. Kelley;Katie E. Lotterhos;Michael F. Antolin

  • Landscape genetics: where are we now?

    Andrew Storfer;Melanie A. Murphy;Stephen F. Spear;Rolf Holderegger

  • Breaking RAD: an evaluation of the utility of restriction site-associated DNA sequencing for genome scans of adaptation.

    David B. Lowry;Sean Hoban;Joanna L. Kelley;Katie E. Lotterhos

  • Quantifying Bufo boreas connectivity in Yellowstone National Park with landscape genetics

    Melanie A. Murphy;Jeffrey S. Evans;Andrew Storfer

  • Gene flow and endangered species translocations: a topic revisited

    Andrew Storfer

  • Landscape genetics of the blotched tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum)

    Stephen F. Spear;Stephen F. Spear;Charles R. Peterson;Marjorie D. Matocq;Andrew Storfer

  • Perspectives on the use of landscape genetics to detect genetic adaptive variation in the field

    Stéphanie Manel;Stéphanie Manel;Stéphane Joost;Bryan K. Epperson;Rolf Holderegger

  • Rapid evolutionary response to a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

    Brendan Epstein;Menna Jones;Rodrigo Hamede;Sarah Hendricks

  • Ecopathology of ranaviruses infecting amphibians.

    Debra Miller;Matthew Gray;Andrew Storfer

  • Landscape genetics : concepts, methods, applications

    Niko Balkenhol;Samuel A. Cushman;Andrew T. Storfer;Lisette P. Waits

  • Atrazine increases ranavirus susceptibility in the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum.

    Diane Denise Forson;Andrew Storfer

  • An examination of amphibian sensitivity to environmental contaminants: are amphibians poor canaries?

    Jacob L. Kerby;Kathryn L. Richards-Hrdlicka;Andrew Storfer;David K. Skelly

  • Landscape genetics of high mountain frog metapopulations.

    Melanie A Murphy;R Dezzani;D S Pilliod;A Storfer

  • Quantitative genetics: a promising approach for the assessment of genetic variation in endangered species

    Andrew Storfer

  • Amphibian declines: future directions

    Andrew Storfer

  • Parasite local adaptation: Red Queen versus Suicide King

    Mark F. Dybdahl;Andrew Storfer

  • GENE FLOW AND INEFFECTIVE ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR IN A STREAM-BREEDING SALAMANDER.

    Andrew Storfer;Andrew Sih

  • The influence of altitude and topography on genetic structure in the long‐toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactulym)

    Andrew R. Giordano;Benjamin J. Ridenhour;Andrew Storfer

  • Evidence for emergence of an amphibian iridoviral disease because of human-enhanced spread.

    J. K. Jancovich;E. W. Davidson;N. Parameswaran;J. Mao

Frequent Co-Authors

Menna E. Jones
Menna E. Jones University of Tasmania
Paul A. Hohenlohe
Paul A. Hohenlohe University of Idaho
Hamish McCallum
Hamish McCallum Griffith University
Lisette P. Waits
Lisette P. Waits University of Idaho
Michael F. Antolin
Michael F. Antolin Colorado State University
Samuel A. Cushman
Samuel A. Cushman University of Oxford
Elissa Z. Cameron
Elissa Z. Cameron University of Tasmania
Konstans Wells
Konstans Wells Swansea University
Sean Hoban
Sean Hoban Morton Arboretum
Jeffrey S. Evans
Jeffrey S. Evans The Nature Conservancy

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