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Overview

Derek J. Taylor is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with significant contributions to ecology, environmental chemistry, infectious diseases, and molecular biology.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity, including:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Taylor's recent publications include the following papers:

  • The Intercontinental phylogeography of neustonic daphniids, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • A new species group from the Daphnia curvirostris species complex (Cladocera: Anomopoda) from the eastern Palaearctic: taxonomy, phylogeny and phylogeography, 2020, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Partial revision of the neustonic genus Scapholeberis Schoedler, 1858 (Crustacea: Cladocera): decoding of the barcoding results, 2020, PeerJ
  • Bosminopsis deitersi (Crustacea: Cladocera) as an ancient species group: a revision, 2021, PeerJ
  • Multiple Recent Colonizations of the Australian Region by the Chydorus sphaericus Group (Crustacea: Cladocera), 2022, Water

The venues where Taylor has frequently published include:

  • PeerJ
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Scientific Reports
  • Water
  • Virus Evolution

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Alexey A. Kotov
  • Petr G. Garibian
  • Д. П. Карабанов
  • Eugeniya I. Bekker
  • Anna N. Neretina

Best Publications

  • Molecular phylogeny of symbiotic dinoflagellates inferred from partial chloroplast large subunit (23S)-rDNA sequences.

    Scott R Santos;Derek J Taylor;Robert A Kinzie;Michio Hidaka

  • Filoviruses are ancient and integrated into mammalian genomes

    Derek J Taylor;Robert W Leach;Jeremy Bruenn

  • GENETIC COMPARISONS OF FRESHLY ISOLATED VERSUS CULTURED SYMBIOTIC DINOFLAGELLATES: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXTRAPOLATING TO THE INTACT SYMBIOSIS

    Scott R. Santos;Derek J. Taylor;Mary Alice Coffroth

  • Biogeography of a widespread freshwater crustacean: Pseudocongruence and cryptic endemism in the North American Daphnia laevis complex

    D.J. Taylor;T.L. Finston;P.D.N. Hebert

  • Phylogenetics and Evolution of theDaphnia longispinaGroup (Crustacea) Based on 12S rDNA Sequence and Allozyme Variation

    Derek J. Taylor;Paul D.N. Hebert;John K. Colbourne

  • ACCELERATED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION IN HALOPHILIC CRUSTACEANS

    Paul D. N. Hebert;Elpidio A. Remigio;John K. Colbourne;Derek J. Taylor

  • Cryptic species within the Chydorus sphaericus species complex (Crustacea: Cladocera) revealed by molecular markers and sexual stage morphology.

    Maria Belyaeva;Derek J. Taylor

  • The evolution of novel fungal genes from non-retroviral RNA viruses

    Derek J Taylor;Jeremy Bruenn

  • Inducible Expression, Enzymatic Activity, and Origin of Higher Plant Homologues of Bacterial RelA/SpoT Stress Proteins in Nicotiana tabacum

    Robert M. Givens;Mei-Hui Lin;Derek J. Taylor;Undine Mechold

  • Revision of the genus Bosmina (Cladocera: Bosminidae), based on evidence from male morphological characters and molecular phylogenies

    Alexey A. Kotov;Seiji Ishida;Derek J. Taylor

  • Transcontinental Phylogeography of the Daphnia pulex Species Complex

    Teresa J. Crease;Angela R. Omilian;Angela R. Omilian;Katie S. Costanzo;Katie S. Costanzo;Derek J. Taylor

  • An Assessment of Accuracy, Error, and Conflict with Support Values from Genome-Scale Phylogenetic Data

    Derek J. Taylor;William H. Piel

  • Phylogenetic analyses among octocorals (Cnidaria): mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences (lsu-rRNA, 16S and ssu-rRNA, 18S) support two convergent clades of branching gorgonians.

    Juan Armando Sánchez;Howard R. Lasker;Derek J. Taylor

  • Evolution of parental care and ovulation behavior in oysters.

    Diarmaid Ó Foighil;Derek J. Taylor

  • Revision of the Old World Daphnia ( Ctenodaphnia ) similis group Cladocera: Daphniidae)

    Ekaterina V. Popova;Adam Petrusek;Vladimír Kořínek;Joachim Mergeay

  • Mesozoic fossils (>145 Mya) suggest the antiquity of the subgenera of Daphnia and their coevolution with chaoborid predators

    Alexey A Kotov;Derek J Taylor

  • Habitat-dependent hybrid parentage and differential introgression between neighboringly sympatric Daphnia species.

    Derek J. Taylor;Paul D. N. Hebert

  • A new divergent lineage of Daphnia (Cladocera: Anomopoda) and its morphological and genetical differentiation from Daphnia curvirostris Eylmann, 1887

    S. Ishida;A. A. Kotov;D. J. Taylor

  • Quaternary diversification in a sexual Holarctic zooplankter, Daphnia galeata

    Seiji Ishida;Derek J. Taylor

  • Mature habitats associated with genetic divergence despite strong dispersal ability in an arthropod.

    Seiji Ishida;Derek J Taylor

  • Discovery and evolution of bunyavirids in arctic phantom midges and ancient bunyavirid-like sequences in insect genomes

    Matthew J. Ballinger;Jeremy A. Bruenn;John Hay;Donna Czechowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexey A. Kotov
Alexey A. Kotov Russian Academy of Sciences
Paul D. N. Hebert
Paul D. N. Hebert University of Guelph
Scott R. Santos
Scott R. Santos University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Mary Alice Coffroth
Mary Alice Coffroth University at Buffalo, State University of New York
John K. Colbourne
John K. Colbourne University of Birmingham
Chris C. Wilson
Chris C. Wilson Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Adam Petrusek
Adam Petrusek Charles University
Joachim Mergeay
Joachim Mergeay Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Todd P. Michael
Todd P. Michael Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Christopher F. Basler
Christopher F. Basler University of Georgia

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