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Overview

Grant D. Zazula is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these fields, their work emphasizes ecology, genetics, molecular biology, atmospheric science, and anthropology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Their research output features frequent publications in several venues, such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Current Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Among recent papers authored or co-authored, several are notable for their focus on paleogenomics, evolutionary biology, and ancient environmental DNA analysis:

  • Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs, 2022, Nature
  • The evolutionary history of extinct and living lions, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Collapse of the mammoth-steppe in central Yukon as revealed by ancient environmental DNA, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Environmental genomics of Late Pleistocene black bears and giant short-faced bears, 2021, Current Biology
  • Genomic Adaptations and Evolutionary History of the Extinct Scimitar-Toothed Cat, Homotherium latidens, 2020, Current Biology

Collaborations are an integral part of their academic activity. Frequently working with other researchers, the most common co-authors include Beth Shapiro, Matthew J. Wooller, Elizabeth Hall, R. D. E. MacPhee, and Duane Froese.

Best Publications

  • Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse.

    Ludovic Orlando;Aurelien Ginolhac;Guojie Zhang;Duane Froese

  • Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans

    Eline D. Lorenzen;David Nogués-Bravo;Ludovic Orlando;Jaco Weinstock

  • Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

    Eske Willerslev;John Davison;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel

  • Ancient DNA analyses exclude humans as the driving force behind late Pleistocene musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) population dynamics.

    Paula F. Campos;Eske Willerslev;Andrei Sher;Ludovic Orlando

  • Bison phylogeography constrains dispersal and viability of the Ice Free Corridor in western Canada

    Peter D. Heintzman;Duane Froese;John W. Ives;André E. R. Soares

  • Out of America: Ancient DNA Evidence for a New World Origin of Late Quaternary Woolly Mammoths

    Regis Debruyne;Genevieve Chu;Christine E. King;Kirsti Bos

  • Palaeobotany: Ice-age steppe vegetation in east Beringia

    Grant D. Zazula;Duane G. Froese;Charles E. Schweger;Rolf W. Mathewes

  • Arctic ground squirrels of the mammoth-steppe: paleoecology of Late Pleistocene middens (∼24000–29450 14C yr BP), Yukon Territory, Canada

    Grant D. Zazula;Duane G. Froese;Scott A. Elias;Svetlana Kuzmina

  • Timing and extent of plio-pleistocene glaciations in north-western canada and east-central alaska

    Alejandra Duk-Rodkin;René W. Barendregt;Duane G. Froese;Florence Weber

  • Regional differences in bone collagen δ13C and δ15N of Pleistocene mammoths: Implications for paleoecology of the mammoth steppe

    Paul Szpak;Darren R. Gröcke;Regis Debruyne;Ross D.E. MacPhee

  • Fossil and genomic evidence constrains the timing of bison arrival in North America.

    Duane Froese;Mathias Stiller;Mathias Stiller;Peter D. Heintzman;Alberto V. Reyes

  • Faunal record identifies Bering isthmus conditions as constraint to end-Pleistocene migration to the New World.

    Meirav Meiri;Adrian M. Lister;Matthew J. Collins;Noreen Tuross

  • Environmental genomics of Late Pleistocene black bears and giant short-faced bears.

    Mikkel Winther Pedersen;Bianca De Sanctis;Nedda F. Saremi;Martin Sikora

  • The evolutionary history of extinct and living lions

    Marc de Manuel;Ross Barnett;Marcela Sandoval-Velasco;Nobuyuki Yamaguchi

  • Mammuthus Population Dynamics in Late Pleistocene North America: Divergence, Phylogeography, and Introgression

    Jacob Enk;Alison Devault;Christopher Widga;Jeffrey Saunders

  • The Klondike goldfields and Pleistocene environments of Beringia

    Duane G. Froese;Grant D. Zazula;John A. Westgate;Shari J. Preece

  • Pleistocene graminoid-dominated ecosystems in the Arctic

    Mikhail S. Blinnikov;Benjamin V. Gaglioti;Donald A. Walker;Matthew J. Wooller

  • Solving the woolly mammoth conundrum: amino acid 15N-enrichment suggests a distinct forage or habitat

    Rachel Schwartz-Narbonne;Fred J. Longstaffe;Jessica Z. Metcalfe;Grant Zazula

  • Stable Carbon Isotope Compositions of Eastern Beringian Grasses and Sedges: Investigating Their Potential as Paleoenvironmental Indicators

    Matthew J. Wooller;Grant D. Zazula;Mary Edwards;Duane G. Froese

  • Full-glacial paleosols in perennially frozen loess sequences, Klondike goldfields, Yukon Territory, Canada

    Paul T. Sanborn;C.A. Scott Smith;Duane G. Froese;Grant D. Zazula

  • New Spruce ( Picea spp.) Macrofossils from Yukon Territory: Implications for Late Pleistocene Refugia in Eastern Beringia

    G.D. Zazula;A.M. Telka;C.R. Harington;C.E. Schweger

  • A new genus of horse from Pleistocene North America

    Peter D. Heintzman;Grant D. Zazula;Ross D. E. MacPhee;Eric Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

Duane G. Froese
Duane G. Froese University of Alberta
Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro University of California, Santa Cruz
Ross D. E. MacPhee
Ross D. E. MacPhee American Museum of Natural History
Matthew J. Wooller
Matthew J. Wooller University of Alaska Fairbanks
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Ludovic Orlando
Ludovic Orlando Paul Sabatier University
John Southon
John Southon University of California, Irvine
Fred J. Longstaffe
Fred J. Longstaffe University of Western Ontario
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Rolf W. Mathewes
Rolf W. Mathewes Simon Fraser University

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