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Edward L. Braun is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and has a research focus broadly categorized within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research interests cover multiple important topics such as Genetic diversity and population structure, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Plant and animal studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, and Identification and Quantification in Food.

Edward L. Braun has contributed to numerous publications, including recent papers that represent distinct areas of avian biology and genomics. Some of the notable papers include:

  • Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes, 2024, Nature
  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics, 2020, Nature
  • Tempo and Pattern of Avian Brain Size Evolution, 2020, Current Biology
  • Complete vertebrate mitogenomes reveal widespread repeats and gene duplications, 2021, Genome Biology
  • Data Types and the Phylogeny of Neoaves, 2021, Birds

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several peers, notably:

  • Rebecca T. Kimball
  • Peter A. Hosner
  • Robb T. Brumfield
  • Joël Cracraft
  • Peter Houde

Edward L. Braun's research has been published in multiple venues, with the most frequent venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Preprints.org
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

    Shannon J. Hackett;Rebecca T. Kimball;Sushma Reddy;Rauri C.K. Bowie

  • Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

    Erich D. Jarvis;Siavash Mirarab;Andre J. Aberer;Bo Li;Bo Li;Bo Li

  • The genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa

    James E. Galagan;Sarah E. Calvo;Katherine A. Borkovich;Eric U. Selker

  • Evolutionary and comparative analysis of MYB and bHLH plant transcription factors

    Antje Feller;Katja Machemer;Edward L. Braun;Erich Grotewold

  • Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation.

    Guojie Zhang;Guojie Zhang;Cai Li;Qiye Li;Bo Li

  • Stationary phase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    M Werner-Washburne;E Braun;G C Johnston;R A Singer

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.

    Shaohong Feng;Josefin Stiller;Yuan Deng;Joel Armstrong;Joel Armstrong

  • 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

  • Why Do Phylogenomic Data Sets Yield Conflicting Trees? Data Type Influences the Avian Tree of Life more than Taxon Sampling.

    Sushma Reddy;Rebecca T. Kimball;Akanksha Pandey;Peter A. Hosner;Peter A. Hosner

  • Stationary phase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Margaret Werner-Washburne;Edward L. Braun;Matthew E. Crawford;Vickie M. Peck

  • The nop-1 gene of Neurospora crassa encodes a seven transmembrane helix retinal-binding protein homologous to archaeal rhodopsins.

    Jennifer A. Bieszke;Edward L. Braun;Laura E. Bean;Seogchan Kang

  • Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds

    John Harshman;Edward L. Braun;Michael J. Braun;Michael J. Braun;Christopher J. Huddleston

  • Mitochondrial Genomes and Avian Phylogeny: Complex Characters and Resolvability without Explosive Radiations

    Gillian C. Gibb;Olga Kardailsky;Rebecca T. Kimball;Edward L. Braun

  • Maize R2R3 Myb Genes: Sequence Analysis Reveals Amplification in the Higher Plants

    Pablo D. Rabinowicz;Edward L. Braun;Andrea D. Wolfe;Ben Bowen

  • Avoiding missing data biases in phylogenomic inference: an empirical study in the landfowl (Aves: Galliformes)

    Peter A. Hosner;Brant C. Faircloth;Travis C. Glenn;Edward L. Braun

  • A Molecular Phylogeny of the Pheasants and Partridges Suggests That These Lineages Are Not Monophyletic

    R.T. Kimball;E.L. Braun;E.L. Braun;P.W. Zwartjes;T.M. Crowe;T.M. Crowe

  • Protein synthesis in long-term stationary-phase cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    E K Fuge;E L Braun;M Werner-Washburne

  • A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome.

    Rebecca T. Kimball;Edward L. Braun;F. Keith Barker;Rauri C.K. Bowie

  • Recently Duplicated Maize R2R3 Myb Genes Provide Evidence for Distinct Mechanisms of Evolutionary Divergence after Duplication

    Anusha P. Dias;Edward L. Braun;Michael D. McMullen;Erich Grotewold

Frequent Co-Authors

Rebecca T. Kimball
Rebecca T. Kimball University of Florida
Michael J. Braun
Michael J. Braun University of Maryland, College Park
James D. Ellis
James D. Ellis University of Florida
Brant C. Faircloth
Brant C. Faircloth Louisiana State University
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University
David A. Ray
David A. Ray Texas Tech University
Rauri C. K. Bowie
Rauri C. K. Bowie University of California, Berkeley
Erich Grotewold
Erich Grotewold Michigan State University
Travis C. Glenn
Travis C. Glenn University of Georgia
Richard E. Green
Richard E. Green University of California, Santa Cruz

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