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Overview

George Amato is affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Ecology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Paleontology, and Aquatic Science.

Amato's research primarily focuses on topics such as Genetic diversity and population structure, Identification and Quantification in Food, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Genetic and demographic history define a conservation strategy for earth's most endangered pinniped, the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Phylogenomics reveals novel relationships among Neotropical crocodiles (Crocodylus spp.), 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Conservation Genetics and Genomics, 2020, Genes
  • High levels of population genetic differentiation in the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus), 2020, PLoS ONE
  • The secrets of Sobek - A crocodile mummy mitogenome from ancient Egypt, 2020, Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

Frequent coauthors in Amato's research include Yoamel Milián-García, Evon Hekkala, Michael A. Russello, Natália Rossi, and Kent A. Vliet.

Amato has published multiple works in venues such as Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Genes, and the Journal of Archaeological Science Reports.

Best Publications

  • Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species

    David Haussler;Stephen J. O'Brien;Oliver A. Ryder;F. Keith Barker

  • The expansion of conservation genetics

    Rob DeSalle;George Amato

  • Combined support for wholesale taxic atavism in gavialine crocodylians.

    John Gatesy;George Amato;Mark Norell;Rob DeSalle

  • Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products

    Kristine M. Smith;Kristine M. Smith;Simon J. Anthony;Simon J. Anthony;William M. Switzer;Jonathan H. Epstein

  • Barcoding bushmeat: molecular identification of Central African and South American harvested vertebrates

    Mitchell J. Eaton;Mitchell J. Eaton;Greta L. Meyers;Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis;Matthew S. Leslie

  • What Does It Mean to Successfully Conserve a (Vertebrate) Species

    Kent H. Redford;George Amato;Jonathan Baillie;Pablo Martín Beldomenico

  • Conservation Genetics at the Species Boundary

    Paul Z. Goldstein;Robert Desalle;George Amato;Alfried P. Vogler

  • The real maccoyii: identifying tuna sushi with DNA barcodes--contrasting characteristic attributes and genetic distances.

    Jacob H. Lowenstein;Jacob H. Lowenstein;George Amato;Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis

  • A Cladistic Analysis of Mitochondrial Ribosomal DNA from the Bovidae

    John Gatesy;John Gatesy;George Amato;Elisabeth Vrba;George Schaller

  • An ancient icon reveals new mysteries: mummy DNA resurrects a cryptic species within the Nile crocodile

    Evon R Hekkala;Matthew H. Shirley;George Amato;James D. Austin

  • Rates and patterns of scnDNA and mtDNA divergence within the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup.

    Adalgisa Caccone;George D. Amato;Jeffrey R. Powell

  • Oral infection of aedes aegypti with yellow fever virus: geographic variation and genetic considerations

    W. J. Tabachnick;G. P. Wallis;T. H. G. Aitken;B. R. Miller

  • Ex situ population management in the absence of pedigree information.

    M. A. Russello;M. A. Russello;M. A. Russello;G. Amato;G. Amato;G. Amato

  • Rates of nucleotide substitution in Drosophila mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA are similar

    Jeffrey R. Powell;Adalgisa Caccone;George D. Amato;Carol Yoon

  • Evolutionary relationships of marine turtles: A molecular phylogeny based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes.

    Eugenia Naro-Maciel;Minh Le;Nancy N. FitzSimmons;George Amato

  • A molecular phylogeny of Amazona: implications for Neotropical parrot biogeography, taxonomy, and conservation

    Michael A Russello;George Amato;George Amato;George Amato

  • Species-level diversification of African dwarf crocodiles (Genus Osteolaemus): a geographic and phylogenetic perspective.

    Mitchell J. Eaton;Andrew Martin;John Thorbjarnarson;George Amato

  • Genome assembly and geospatial phylogenomics of the bed bug Cimex lectularius

    Jeffrey A. Rosenfeld;Jeffrey A. Rosenfeld;Darryl Reeves;Mercer R. Brugler;Mercer R. Brugler;Apurva Narechania

  • DNA barcodes reveal species-specific mercury levels in tuna sushi that pose a health risk to consumers

    Jacob H. Lowenstein;Joanna Burger;Christian W. Jeitner;George Amato

  • Comparing and combining distance-based and character-based approaches for barcoding turtles

    B. N. Reid;M. Le;M. Le;M. Le;W. P. McCORD;J. B. Iverson

  • A molecular phylogeny of four endangered Madagascar tortoises based on MtDNA sequences.

    Adalgisa Caccone;George Amato;George Amato;George Amato;Oliver C. Gratry;Oliver C. Gratry;Oliver C. Gratry;John Behler;John Behler;John Behler

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob DeSalle
Rob DeSalle American Museum of Natural History
Michael A. Russello
Michael A. Russello University of British Columbia
John Gatesy
John Gatesy American Museum of Natural History
Howard C. Rosenbaum
Howard C. Rosenbaum Wildlife Conservation Society
Richard Baker
Richard Baker University of Leicester
William B. Karesh
William B. Karesh EcoHealth Alliance
Mark E. Siddall
Mark E. Siddall American Museum of Natural History
Paul J. Planet
Paul J. Planet Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Peter Daszak
Peter Daszak Columbia University
Christopher E. Mason
Christopher E. Mason Cornell University

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