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Catherine S. McFadden

Catherine S. McFadden

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
6586
World Ranking
6093
National Ranking
2070

Overview

Catherine S. McFadden is affiliated with Harvey Mudd College in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a specialized focus on marine ecosystems and genomic studies related to marine organisms.

Their work is concentrated on several prominent subfields, including ecology, oceanography, nature and landscape conservation, molecular biology, and global and planetary change. The main topics addressed by their research include coral and marine ecosystems studies, ichthyology and marine biology, marine and coastal plant biology, marine biology and ecology research, marine ecology and invasive species, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and cephalopods and marine biology.

Among the frequent coauthors working collaboratively with McFadden are Andrea M. Quattrini, Yehuda Benayahu, James Davis Reimer, Kaveh Samimi-Namin, and Santiago Herrera. This network underscores interactions across diverse areas within marine biological research.

McFadden has published regularly in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Zootaxa, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Recent notable publications authored by McFadden encompass studies on systematics and diversification of anthozoans and related topics in coral evolution and phylogenomics. Selected papers include:

  • Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics, 2022, Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists
  • Phylogenomics, Origin, and Diversification of Anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria), 2020, Systematic Biology

The recurring theme in McFadden's publications involves the use of phylogenomic methods to investigate the evolutionary history and biodiversity of coral and related marine groups. Their research also intersects with environmental parameters affecting marine ecosystems.

Best Publications

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

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

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

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  • Limitations of mitochondrial gene barcoding in Octocorallia.

    Catherine S. McFADDEN;Yehuda Benayahu;Eric Pante;Jana N. Thoma

  • A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) based on mitochondrial protein-coding sequences.

    Catherine S. McFadden;Juan A. Sánchez;Phil Alderslade

  • Molecular phylogenetic insights into the evolution of Octocorallia: a review.

    Catherine S. McFadden;Juan A. Sánchez

  • Phylogenomic Analyses Support Traditional Relationships within Cnidaria.

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

  • Molecular phylogenetic analyses of shallow-water Caribbean octocorals

    J. A. Sánchez;J. A. Sánchez;C. S. McFadden;H. R. Lasker

  • Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics

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  • Universal target-enrichment baits for anthozoan (Cnidaria) phylogenomics: New approaches to long-standing problems.

    Andrea M. Quattrini;Brant C. Faircloth;Luisa F. Dueñas;Tom C. L. Bridge;Tom C. L. Bridge

  • Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time

    Andrea M Quattrini;Andrea M Quattrini;Estefanía Rodríguez;Brant C Faircloth;Peter F Cowman

  • Phylogenomics, Origin, and Diversification of Anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria)

    Catherine S McFadden;Andrea M Quattrini;Andrea M Quattrini;Mercer R Brugler;Peter F Cowman

  • Biology of Hydractiniid Hydroids. 2. Histocompatibility Effector System/Competitive Mechanism Mediated by Nematocyst Discharge

    Leo W. Buss;Catherine S. Mcfadden;Douglas R. Keene

  • Colony Fission Increases Particle Capture Rates of a Soft Coral: Advantages of Being a Small Colony

    Catherine S. McFadden

  • A MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF REPRODUCTIVE TRAIT EVOLUTION IN THE SOFT CORAL GENUS ALCYONIUM

    Catherine S. McFadden;Rachel Donahue;Brandon K. Hadland;Rebecca Weston

  • Variation in coding (NADH dehydrogenase subunits 2, 3, and 6) and noncoding intergenic spacer regions of the mitochondrial genome in Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa).

    Catherine S. McFadden;Ian D. Tullis;Ian D. Tullis;M. Breton Hutchinson;M. Breton Hutchinson;Katherine Winner

  • The mitochondrial genome of Paraminabea aldersladei (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) supports intramolecular recombination as the primary mechanism of gene rearrangement in octocoral mitochondrial genomes.

    Stephanie A. Brockman;Catherine S. McFadden

  • An enhanced target-enrichment bait set for Hexacorallia provides phylogenomic resolution of the staghorn corals (Acroporidae) and close relatives.

    Peter F. Cowman;Andrea M. Quattrini;Andrea M. Quattrini;Tom C.L. Bridge;Tom C.L. Bridge;Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell

  • A next generation approach to species delimitation reveals the role of hybridization in a cryptic species complex of corals.

    Andrea M. Quattrini;Tiana Wu;Keryea Soong;Ming-Shiou Jeng

  • CONTRIBUTIONS OF SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION TO POPULATION STRUCTURE IN THE CLONAL SOFT CORAL, ALCYONIUM RUDYI.

    Catherine S. McFadden

  • A Comparative Demographic Analysis of Clonal Reproduction in a Temperate Soft Coral

    Catherine S. McFadden

  • Deep-Sea Origin and In-Situ Diversification of Chrysogorgiid Octocorals

    Eric Pante;Arnaud Couloux;Corinne Cruaud

  • Complete DNA sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the sea-slug, Aplysia californica: conservation of the gene order in Euthyneura.

    Bjarne Knudsen;Bjarne Knudsen;Andrea B. Kohn;Ben Nahir;Catherine S. McFadden

  • Molecular evidence for the hybrid origin of species in the soft coral genus Alcyonium (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia)

    Catherine S. Mcfadden;M. Breton Hutchinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Yehuda Benayahu
Yehuda Benayahu Tel Aviv University
Tom C. L. Bridge
Tom C. L. Bridge Queensland Museum
Juan A. Sánchez
Juan A. Sánchez Universidad de Los Andes
Robert J. Toonen
Robert J. Toonen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Allen Gilbert Collins
Allen Gilbert Collins National Museum of Natural History
Peter F. Cowman
Peter F. Cowman James Cook University
James Davis Reimer
James Davis Reimer University of the Ryukyus
David J. Miller
David J. Miller James Cook University
Brant C. Faircloth
Brant C. Faircloth Louisiana State University
Marymegan Daly
Marymegan Daly The Ohio State University

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