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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

David M. Hillis is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Specific areas of focus include Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics covered in their research work are:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

They have contributed to the following recent papers:

  • Herpetological phylogeographic analyses support a Miocene focal point of Himalayan uplift and biological diversification (2020) in National Science Review
  • Contemporary Methods and Evidence for Species Delimitation (2021) in Ichthyology & Herpetology
  • Specimen collection is essential for modern science (2023) in PLoS Biology
  • How mitonuclear discordance and geographic variation have confounded species boundaries in a widely studied snake (2021) in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • The highest-elevation frog provides insights into mechanisms and evolution of defenses against high UV radiation (2022) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David M. Hillis include:

  • E. Anne Chambers
  • Thomas J. Devitt
  • David C. Cannatella
  • Brittany A. Dobbins
  • Ruben U. Tovar

Their research has been often published in the following venues:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • National Science Review
  • Ichthyology & Herpetology
  • PLoS Biology

David M. Hillis has been recognized by election to honorary societies, including becoming a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2008 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000.

Best Publications

  • An Empirical Test of Bootstrapping as a Method for Assessing Confidence in Phylogenetic Analysis

    David M. Hillis;James J. Bull

  • Ribosomal DNA: molecular evolution and phylogenetic inference.

    David M. Hillis;Michael T. Dixon

  • Nucleic acids II: the polymerase chain reaction

    David M. Hillis;Craig Moritz;Barbara K. Mable;Stephen R. Palumbi

  • Signal, Noise, and Reliability in Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses

    David M Hillis;J. P. Huelsenbeck

  • Increased taxon sampling greatly reduces phylogenetic error.

    Derrick J. Zwickl;David M. Hillis

  • Molecular Versus Morphological Approaches to Systematics

    David M. Hillis

  • Success of phylogenetic methods in the four-taxon case

    John P. Huelsenbeck;David M. Hillis

  • Phylogenetic relationships of the dwarf boas and a comparison of Bayesian and bootstrap measures of phylogenetic support.

    Thomas P Wilcox;Derrick J Zwickl;Tracy A Heath;David M Hillis

  • The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits

    Conrad L. Schoch;Gi Ho Sung;Francesc López-Giráldez;Jeffrey P. Townsend

  • Evidence from 18S ribosomal DNA that the lophophorates are protostome animals

    Kenneth M. Halanych;John D. Bacheller;Anna Marie A. Aguinaldo;Stephanie M. Liva

  • Inferring complex phylogenies.

    David M. Hillis

  • Taxonomic sampling, phylogenetic accuracy, and investigator bias.

    David M. Hillis

  • Species in concept and practice : herpetological applications

    D. R. Frost;D. M. Hillis

  • Evidence for Biased Gene Conversion in Concerted Evolution of Ribosomal DNA

    David M. Hillis;Craig Moritz;Calvin A. Porter;Robert J. Baker

  • 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

  • Exceptional Convergent Evolution in a Virus

    James J Bull;M. R. Badgett;H. A. Wichman;J. P. Huelsenbeck

  • Discriminating between phylogenetic signal and random noise in DNA sequences

    David M. Hillis;Michael M. Miyamoto;Joel Cracraft

  • Phylogenomics reveals rapid, simultaneous diversification of three major clades of Gondwanan frogs at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary.

    Yan-Jie Feng;David C. Blackburn;Dan Liang;David M. Hillis

  • Taxon sampling and the accuracy of phylogenetic analyses

    Tracy A. Heath;Shannon M. Hedtke;David M. Hillis

  • Experimental phylogenetics: generation of a known phylogeny.

    David M. Hillis;James J. Bull;Mary E. White;Marty R. Badgett

Frequent Co-Authors

Ya-Ping Zhang
Ya-Ping Zhang Kunming Institute of Zoology
Harold H. Zakon
Harold H. Zakon The University of Texas at Austin
David C. Cannatella
David C. Cannatella The University of Texas at Austin
John P. Huelsenbeck
John P. Huelsenbeck University of California, Berkeley
James J. Bull
James J. Bull University of Idaho
James A. Lake
James A. Lake University of California, Los Angeles
Ian J. Molineux
Ian J. Molineux The University of Texas at Austin
Kenneth M. Halanych
Kenneth M. Halanych University of North Carolina Wilmington
Hans A. Hofmann
Hans A. Hofmann The University of Texas at Austin
Guojie Zhang
Guojie Zhang Zhejiang University

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