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Brice P. Noonan is affiliated with the University of Mississippi in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these broader areas, their work focuses on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of biological and ecological studies, including Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies.

Noonan has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications in notable venues. Recent papers include:

  • Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life, 2020, Systematic Biology
  • Large-scale DNA-based survey of frogs in Amazonia suggests a vast underestimation of species richness and endemism, 2020, Journal of Biogeography
  • Linking Predator Responses to Alkaloid Variability in Poison Frogs, 2023, Journal of Chemical Ecology
  • Is Niagara Falls a barrier to gene flow in riverine fishes? A test using genome-wide SNP data from seven native species, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Unveiling underestimated species diversity within the Central American Coralsnake, a medically important complex of venomous taxa, 2023, Scientific Reports

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Timothy J. Colston (3 collaborations)
  • R. Alexander Pyron (2 collaborations)
  • Philippe J. R. Kok (2 collaborations)
  • Antoine Fouquet (2 collaborations)
  • Nathan K. Lujan (2 collaborations)

Brice P. Noonan's publications appear across a range of scientific journals, reflecting interdisciplinary work:

  • Systematic Biology
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Journal of Chemical Ecology
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS OF DART-POISON FROGS AND THEIR RELATIVES (AMPHIBIA: ATHESPHATANURA: DENDROBATIDAE)

    Taran Grant;Taran Grant;Darrel R. Frost;Janalee P. Caldwell;Ron Gagliardo

  • Evidence for an ancient adaptive episode of convergent molecular evolution.

    Todd A. Castoe;A. P Jason De Koning;Hyun Min Kim;Wanjun Gu;Wanjun Gu

  • Resolving the phylogeny of lizards and snakes (Squamata) with extensive sampling of genes and species

    John J. Wiens;Carl R. Hutter;Daniel G. Mulcahy;Brice P. Noonan

  • Integrated analyses resolve conflicts over squamate reptile phylogeny and reveal unexpected placements for fossil taxa.

    Tod W. Reeder;Ted M. Townsend;Daniel G. Mulcahy;Brice P. Noonan

  • 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

  • Around the world in 10 million years: biogeography of the nearly cosmopolitan true toads (Anura: Bufonidae)

    Jennifer B. Pramuk;Tasia Robertson;Jack W. Sites;Brice P. Noonan

  • Phylogeny of iguanian lizards inferred from 29 nuclear loci, and a comparison of concatenated and species-tree approaches for an ancient, rapid radiation.

    Ted M. Townsend;Daniel G. Mulcahy;Brice P. Noonan;Jack W. Sites

  • Dispersal and vicariance: The complex evolutionary history of boid snakes

    Brice P. Noonan;Paul T. Chippindale

  • 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

  • The role of predator selection on polymorphic aposematic poison frogs

    Brice P Noonan;Aaron A Comeault

  • Vicariant Origin of Malagasy Reptiles Supports Late Cretaceous Antarctic Land Bridge

    Brice P. Noonan;Paul T. Chippindale

  • Multiple Quaternary Refugia in the Eastern Guiana Shield Revealed by Comparative Phylogeography of 12 Frog Species

    Antoine Fouquet;Antoine Fouquet;Brice P. Noonan;Miguel T. Rodrigues;Nicolas Pech

  • Estimating divergence dates and evaluating dating methods using phylogenomic and mitochondrial data in squamate reptiles

    Daniel G. Mulcahy;Brice P. Noonan;Travis Moss;Ted M. Townsend

  • Refugial isolation and secondary contact in the dyeing poison frog Dendrobates tinctorius.

    Brice P. Noonan;Philippe Gaucher

  • Phylogeography and demography of Guianan harlequin toads (Atelopus): diversification within a refuge.

    Brice P. Noonan;Philippe Gaucher

  • Neotropical diversification: the effects of a complex history on diversity within the poison frog genus Dendrobates

    Brice P. Noonan;Kenneth P. Wray

  • Large‐scale DNA‐based survey of frogs in Amazonia suggests a vast underestimation of species richness and endemism

    Jean‐Pierre Vacher;Jérôme Chave;Francesco Gentile Ficetola;Francesco Gentile Ficetola;Guilhem Sommeria‐Klein;Guilhem Sommeria‐Klein

  • A novel group of type I polyketide synthases (PKS) in animals and the complex phylogenomics of PKSs.

    Todd A. Castoe;Tricia Stephens;Brice P. Noonan;Cristina Calestani

  • ANCIENT TEPUI SUMMITS HARBOR YOUNG RATHER THAN OLD LINEAGES OF ENDEMIC FROGS

    Patricia E. Salerno;Santiago R. Ron;J. Celsa Señaris;Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic

  • Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacterial Communities in Different Regions of the Gastrointestinal Tract of Agkistrodon piscivorus, the Cottonmouth Snake.

    Timothy J. Colston;Brice P. Noonan;Colin R. Jackson

  • The trans-riverine genetic structure of 28 Amazonian frog species is dependent on life history

    Antoine Fouquet;Elodie A. Courtois;Daniel Baudain;Jucivaldo Dias Lima

Frequent Co-Authors

Antoine Fouquet
Antoine Fouquet École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l’Enseignement Agricole
Jack W. Sites
Jack W. Sites Brigham Young University
John J. Wiens
John J. Wiens University of Arizona
Stephen O. Duke
Stephen O. Duke University of Mississippi
Célio F. B. Haddad
Célio F. B. Haddad Sao Paulo State University
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo
Agnes M. Rimando
Agnes M. Rimando United States Department of Agriculture
Franck E. Dayan
Franck E. Dayan Colorado State University
Guarino R. Colli
Guarino R. Colli University of Brasília
Joachim Schröder
Joachim Schröder University of Freiburg

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