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Overview

David D. Pollock is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States and focuses on research within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scientific contributions span subfields such as molecular biology, genetics, parasitology, ecology, and infectious diseases.

Their work centers around multiple main topics, including:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
  • RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms

They have coauthored with several frequent collaborators, indicating ongoing partnerships in their research. These collaborators include:

  • Todd A. Castoe
  • Elizabeth J. Carlton
  • Kristen J. Wade
  • Zachary L. Nikolakis
  • Blair W. Perry

Publication venues commonly featuring their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • UNC Libraries
  • Mobile DNA

Examples of recent published papers authored or coauthored by David D. Pollock are as follows:

  • "Amalgamated cross-species transcriptomes reveal organ-specific propensity in gene expression evolution," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Finding and extending ancient simple sequence repeat-derived regions in the human genome," 2020, Mobile DNA
  • "Detecting macroevolutionary genotype-phenotype associations using error-corrected rates of protein convergence," 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Viral CpG Deficiency Provides No Evidence That Dogs Were Intermediate Hosts for SARS-CoV-2," 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Population genomic analyses of schistosome parasites highlight critical challenges facing endgame elimination efforts," 2021, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Repetitive Elements May Comprise Over Two-Thirds of the Human Genome

    A. P. Jason de Koning;Wanjun Gu;Todd A. Castoe;Mark A. Batzer

  • SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection.

    Steven A. Kemp;Dami A. Collier;Dami A. Collier;Rawlings P. Datir;Isabella A. T. M. Ferreira

  • The genome of a songbird

    Wesley C. Warren;David F. Clayton;Hans Ellegren;Arthur P. Arnold

  • LAUNCHING MICROSATELLITES : A REVIEW OF MUTATION PROCESSES AND METHODS OF PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE

    D. B. Goldstein;D. D. Pollock

  • Genome of the marsupial Monodelphis domestica reveals innovation in non-coding sequences

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Matthew J. Wakefield;Bronwen Aken;Chris T. Amemiya

  • The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals

    Jessica Alföldi;Federica Di Palma;Manfred Grabherr;Christina Williams

  • The king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system

    Freek J. Vonk;Freek J. Vonk;Freek J. Vonk;Nicholas R. Casewell;Nicholas R. Casewell;Christiaan V. Henkel;Alysha M. Heimberg

  • Increased taxon sampling is advantageous for phylogenetic inference.

    David D. Pollock;Derrick J. Zwickl;Jimmy A. McGuire;David M. Hillis

  • Is sparse taxon sampling a problem for phylogenetic inference

    David M. Hillis;David D. Pollock;Jimmy A. McGuire;Derrick J. Zwickl

  • Three crocodilian genomes reveal ancestral patterns of evolution among archosaurs

    Richard E. Green;Edward L. Braun;Joel Armstrong;Dent Earl

  • The western painted turtle genome, a model for the evolution of extreme physiological adaptations in a slowly evolving lineage

    H. Bradley Shaffer;Patrick Minx;Daniel E. Warren;Andrew M. Shedlock;Andrew M. Shedlock

  • 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

  • The Burmese python genome reveals the molecular basis for extreme adaptation in snakes

    Todd A. Castoe;Todd A. Castoe;A. P. Jason de Koning;A. P. Jason de Koning;Kathryn T. Hall;Daren C. Card

  • Rapid microsatellite identification from illumina paired-end genomic sequencing in two birds and a snake

    Todd A. Castoe;Alexander W. Poole;A. P. Jason de Koning;Kenneth L. Jones

  • The beetle gut: a hyperdiverse source of novel yeasts.

    Sung-Oui Suh;Joseph V. McHugh;David D. Pollock;Meredith Blackwell

  • Coevolving Protein Residues: Maximum Likelihood Identification and Relationship to Structure

    David D. Pollock;William R. Taylor;Nick Goldman

  • Gene-specific RNA polymerase II phosphorylation and the CTD code.

    Hyunmin Kim;Benjamin Erickson;Weifei Luo;Weifei Luo;David Seward

  • The interface of protein structure, protein biophysics, and molecular evolution.

    David A Liberles;Sarah A Teichmann;Ivet Bahar;Ugo Bastolla

  • Rapid identification of thousands of copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) microsatellite loci from modest amounts of 454 shotgun genome sequence

    Todd A. Castoe;Alexander W. Poole;Wanjun Gu;A. P. Jason de Koning

  • Assessing the accuracy of ancestral protein reconstruction methods.

    Paul D Williams;David D Pollock;Benjamin P Blackburne;Richard A Goldstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd A. Castoe
Todd A. Castoe The University of Texas at Arlington
Richard A. Goldstein
Richard A. Goldstein University College London
David A. Ray
David A. Ray Texas Tech University
Cédric Feschotte
Cédric Feschotte Cornell University
Scott V. Edwards
Scott V. Edwards Harvard University
David Goldstein
David Goldstein University of New South Wales
Wesley C. Warren
Wesley C. Warren University of Missouri
Chris P. Ponting
Chris P. Ponting University of Edinburgh
Matthew Breen
Matthew Breen North Carolina State University
Mark A. Batzer
Mark A. Batzer Louisiana State University

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