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Charles F. Aquadro

Charles F. Aquadro

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Genetics

D-Index
72
Citations
22009
World Ranking
2109
National Ranking
957

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Charles F. Aquadro is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientific work concentrates especially on insect science and genetics, with additional attention to molecular biology and infectious diseases.

The primary themes in Charles F. Aquadro's research include insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect behavior and control techniques, insect and pesticide research, evolution and genetic dynamics, genetic diversity and population structure, and insect-plant interactions and control.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, notably including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, PubMed, PLoS Biology, and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

  • Recommendations for improving statistical inference in population genomics, 2022, PLoS Biology
  • Functional Divergence of the bag-of-marbles Gene in the Drosophila melanogaster Species Group, 2022, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Recommendations for improving statistical inference in population genomics, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Diverse w Mel variants of Wolbachia pipientis differentially rescue fertility and cytological defects of the bag of marbles partial loss of function mutation in Drosophila melanogaster, 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Molecular population genetics of Sex-lethal (Sxl) in the Drosophila melanogaster species group: a locus that genetically interacts with Wolbachia pipientis in Drosophila melanogaster, 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Frequent collaborators include Jaclyn E Bubnell, Miwa Wenzel, Cynthia K.S. Ulbing, Luke R Arnce, and Paula Fernandez Begne.

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1993.

Best Publications

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • Levels of naturally occurring DNA polymorphism correlate with recombination rates in D. melanogaster

    David J. Begun;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Properties of statistical tests of neutrality for DNA polymorphism data.

    Katy L. Simonsen;Gary A. Churchill;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Human Mitochondrial DNA Variation and Evolution: Analysis of Nucleotide Sequences from Seven Individuals

    Charles F. Aquadro;Barry D. Greenberg

  • Equilibrium distributions of microsatellite repeat length resulting from a balance between slippage events and point mutations

    Semyon Kruglyak;Richard T. Durrett;Malcolm D. Schug;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Rapid antigenic-type replacement and DNA sequence evolution of canine parvovirus

    C R Parrish;C F Aquadro;M L Strassheim;J F Evermann

  • Evolutionary EST analysis identifies rapidly evolving male reproductive proteins in Drosophila.

    Willie J. Swanson;Andrew G. Clark;Heidi M. Waldrip-Dail;Mariana F. Wolfner

  • Positive Darwinian selection drives the evolution of several female reproductive proteins in mammals

    Willie J. Swanson;Ziheng Yang;Mariana F. Wolfner;Charles F. Aquadro

  • A Comparative Summary of Genetic Distances in the Vertebrates

    John C. Avise;Charles F. Aquadro

  • DNA "fingerprinting" reveals high levels of inbreeding in colonies of the eusocial naked mole-rat

    Hudson K. Reeve;David F. Westneat;William A. Noon;Paul W. Sherman

  • African and North American populations of Drosophila melanogaster are very different at the DNA level

    David J. Begun;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Mitochondrial DNA in the bark weevils: size, structure and heteroplasmy.

    Thomas M. Boyce;Michael E. Zwick;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Mitochondrial DNA differentiation during the speciation process in Peromyscus.

    J C Avise;J F Shapira;S W Daniel;C F Aquadro

  • Low mutation rates of microsatellite loci in Drosophila melanogaster

    Malcolm D. Schug;Trudy F.C. Mackay;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Stepwise Modification of a Modular Enhancer Underlies Adaptation in a Drosophila Population

    Mark Rebeiz;John E. Pool;John E. Pool;Victoria A. Kassner;Charles F. Aquadro

  • The mutation rates of di-, tri- and tetranucleotide repeats in Drosophila melanogaster.

    M. D. Schug;C. M. Hutter;K. A. Wetterstrand;M. S. Gaudette

  • Distinguishing Between Selective Sweeps and Demography Using DNA Polymorphism Data

    Jeffrey D. Jensen;Yuseob Kim;Vanessa Bauer DuMont;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Nonneutral Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Humans and Chimpanzees

    Michael W. Nachman;Wesley M. Brown;Mark Stoneking;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Evolutionary expressed sequence tag analysis of Drosophila female reproductive tracts identifies genes subjected to positive selection.

    Willie J. Swanson;Alex Wong;Mariana F. Wolfner;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Sexual isolation in Drosophila melanogaster: a possible case of incipient speciation.

    Chung-I. Wu;Hope Hollocher;David J. Begun;Charles F. Aquadro

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Avise
John C. Avise University of California, Irvine
Mariana F. Wolfner
Mariana F. Wolfner Cornell University
Jeffrey D. Jensen
Jeffrey D. Jensen Arizona State University
David J. Begun
David J. Begun University of California, Davis
Willie J. Swanson
Willie J. Swanson University of Washington
Eric Alani
Eric Alani Cornell University
Charles H. Langley
Charles H. Langley University of California, Davis
andrew g clark
andrew g clark Cornell University
Douglas F. Antczak
Douglas F. Antczak Cornell University
Charles C. Krueger
Charles C. Krueger Michigan State University

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