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Overview

Carol Eunmi Lee is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to studying biological and ecological systems. Lee's work addresses various aspects of Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, Ecology, Oceanography, and Molecular Biology.

Lee has contributed to topics such as Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Insect Symbiosis and Bacterial Influences.

Recent publications by Lee include:

  • "Recognizing Salinity Threats in the Climate Crisis," 2022, Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • "Mechanisms of Na+ uptake from freshwater habitats in animals," 2022, Frontiers in Physiology

Lee has coauthored multiple papers with colleagues such as David Stern, Guy Charmantier, Catherine Lorin-Nebel, Zhenyong Du, and Johannes Wirtz. Collaboration with these researchers has contributed to advancing knowledge in genetics and ecology.

Their research has appeared in venues including:

  • iScience
  • Genome biology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Frontiers in Physiology

Notable papers connected to Lee's network include works focused on evolutionary adaptations, genome-wide analyses, and environmental threats:

  • "Gene content evolution in the arthropods," 2020, Genome biology
  • "Evolutionary origins of genomic adaptations in an invasive copepod," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Genome-wide signatures of synergistic epistasis during parallel adaptation in a Baltic Sea copepod," 2022, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Evolutionary genetics of invasive species

    Carol Eunmi Lee

  • Do Reservoirs Facilitate Invasions into Landscapes

    John E. Havel;Carol Eunmi Lee;Jake M. Vander Zanden

  • Causes and consequences of recent freshwater invasions by saltwater animals.

    Carol Eunmi Lee;Michael A. Bell

  • GLOBAL PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF A CRYPTIC COPEPOD SPECIES COMPLEX AND REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION BETWEEN GENETICALLY PROXIMATE “POPULATIONS”

    Carol Eunmi Lee

  • Rapid and repeated invasions of fresh water by the copepod Eurytemora affinis

    Carol Eunmi Lee

  • Evolutionary origins of invasive populations

    Carol Eunmi Lee;Gregory William Gelembiuk

  • Anthropogenically induced adaptation to invade (AIAI): contemporary adaptation to human-altered habitats within the native range can promote invasions

    Ruth A. Hufbauer;Ruth A. Hufbauer;Benoît Facon;Virginie Ravigné;Julie Turgeon;Julie Turgeon

  • Morphological stasis in the Eurytemora affinis species complex (Copepoda: Temoridae)

    Carol Eunmi Lee;Bruce W. Frost

  • Gene Content Evolution in the Arthropods

    Gregg W.C. Thomas;Elias Dohmen;Elias Dohmen;Daniel S.T. Hughes;Daniel S.T. Hughes;Shwetha C. Murali;Shwetha C. Murali

  • Evolutionary History of Chemosensory-Related Gene Families across the Arthropoda.

    Seong-il Eyun;Ho Young Soh;Marijan Posavi;James B. Munro

  • Evolution of Physiological Tolerance and Performance During Freshwater Invasions

    Carol Eunmi Lee;Jane Louise Remfert;Gregory William Gelembiuk

  • PUMPING IONS: RAPID PARALLEL EVOLUTION OF IONIC REGULATION FOLLOWING HABITAT INVASIONS

    Carol Eunmi Lee;Michael Kiergaard;Gregory William Gelembiuk;Brian Donovan Eads

  • Response to selection and evolvability of invasive populations

    Carol Eunmi Lee;Jane Louise Remfert;Yu-Mei Chang

  • Heterogeneity within the native range: population genetic analyses of sympatric invasive and noninvasive clades of the freshwater invading copepod Eurytemora affinis.

    Gesche Winkler;Julian J. Dodson;Carol Eunmi Lee

  • Scaling of gelatinous clutches: effects of siblings' competition for oxygen on clutch size and parental investment per offspring.

    Carol Eunmi Lee;Richard R. Strathmann

  • Zebra mussels anchor byssal threads faster and tighter than quagga mussels in flow.

    Suzanne M. Peyer;Alice J. McCarthy;Carol Eunmi Lee

  • Effects of developmental acclimation on adult salinity tolerance in the freshwater-invading copepod Eurytemora affinis.

    Carol Eunmi Lee;Christine H. Petersen

  • Evolutionary origins of genomic adaptations in an invasive copepod.

    David Ben Stern;Carol Eunmi Lee

  • Rapid and Repeated Invasions of Fresh Water by the Copepod Eurytemora affinis

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  • Molecular ecology of zebra mussel invasions.

    Gemma E. May;Gregory W. Gelembiuk;Vadim E. Panov;Marina I. Orlova

  • Phylogeography and systematics of zebra mussels and related species

    Gregory W. Gelembiuk;Gemma E. May;Carol Eunmi Lee

  • The Toxicogenome of Hyalella azteca: A Model for Sediment Ecotoxicology and Evolutionary Toxicology

    Helen C. Poynton;Simone Hasenbein;Joshua B. Benoit;Maria S. Sepulveda

  • Data from: Evolutionary history of chemosensory-related gene families across the Arthropoda

    Seong-Il Eyun;Ho Young Soh;Marijan Posavi;James B. Munro

Frequent Co-Authors

Kim C. Worley
Kim C. Worley Baylor College of Medicine
Stephen Richards
Stephen Richards South Australian Museum
Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine
Donna M. Muzny
Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine
Erich Bornberg-Bauer
Erich Bornberg-Bauer University of Münster
Michael E. Pfrender
Michael E. Pfrender University of Notre Dame
John H. Werren
John H. Werren University of Rochester
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Robert M. Waterhouse
Robert M. Waterhouse Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Robin B. Gasser
Robin B. Gasser University of Melbourne

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