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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Jody Hey is affiliated with Temple University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields including molecular biology, genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and aging.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of areas such as genomics and phylogenetic studies, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, genetic associations and epidemiology, genetic diversity and population structure, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, evolution and genetic dynamics, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Jody Hey has published multiple papers across various journals. Recent publications include:

  • Weak selection on synonymous codons substantially inflates dN/dS estimates in bacteria, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Further resolution of the house mouse (Mus musculus) phylogeny by integration over isolation-with-migration histories, 2020, BMC Evolutionary Biology
  • The Pop-Gen Pipeline Platform: A Software Platform for Population Genomic Analyses, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Divergence time estimation using ddRAD data and an isolation-with-migration model applied to water vole populations of Arvicola, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Emerging Frontiers in the Study of Molecular Evolution, 2020, Journal of Molecular Evolution

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Alyssa M. Pivirotto
  • Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond
  • Vitor Antonio Corrêa Pavinato
  • Andrew E. Webb
  • Hannah Verdonk

Jody Hey publishes mainly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Biology and Evolution, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and BMC Evolutionary Biology.

Recognition for their work includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Multilocus Methods for Estimating Population Sizes, Migration Rates and Divergence Time, With Applications to the Divergence of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis

    Jody Hey;Rasmus Nielsen

  • Integration within the Felsenstein equation for improved Markov chain Monte Carlo methods in population genetics

    Jody Hey;Rasmus Nielsen

  • Isolation with Migration Models for More Than Two Populations

    Jody Hey

  • The limits of selection during maize domestication

    Rong-Lin Wang;Adrian Stec;Jody Hey;Lewis Lukens

  • Principles of population genetics (2nd edn)

    Jody Hey

  • Divergence Population Genetics of Chimpanzees

    Yong Jin Won;Jody Hey

  • A coalescent estimator of the population recombination rate.

    Jody Hey;John Wakeley

  • The mind of the species problem.

    Jody Hey

  • Divergence with Gene Flow: Models and Data

    Catarina Pinho;Jody Hey

  • Estimating Ancestral Population Parameters

    John Wakeley;Jody Hey

  • On the failure of modern species concepts

    Jody Hey

  • On the number of New World founders: a population genetic portrait of the peopling of the Americas.

    Jody Hey

  • The population genetics of the origin and divergence of the Drosophila simulans complex species

    Richard M. Kliman;Peter Andolfatto;Jerry A. Coyne;Frantz Depaulis

  • Understanding and confronting species uncertainty in biology and conservation

    Jody Hey;Robin S Waples;Michael L Arnold;Roger K Butlin

  • Inferring the History of Speciation from Multilocus DNA Sequence Data: The Case of Drosophila pseudoobscura and Close Relatives

    Carlos A. Machado;Richard M. Kliman;Jeffrey A. Markert;Jody Hey

  • The study of structured populations--new hope for a difficult and divided science.

    Jody Hey;Carlos A. Machado

  • Understanding the origin of species with genome-scale data: modelling gene flow

    Vitor Sousa;Jody Hey

  • Reduced natural selection associated with low recombination in Drosophila melanogaster.

    R M Kliman;J Hey

  • Gene flow and natural selection in the origin of Drosophila pseudoobscura and close relatives.

    Rong Lin Wang;John Wakeley;Jody Hey

  • X chromosome evidence for ancient human histories

    Eugene E. Harris;Jody Hey

Frequent Co-Authors

Vitor C. Sousa
Vitor C. Sousa University of Lisbon
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley
David Houle
David Houle Florida State University
Sarah A. Tishkoff
Sarah A. Tishkoff University of Pennsylvania
Laurent Excoffier
Laurent Excoffier University of Bern
David J. Balding
David J. Balding University of Melbourne
Jukka Corander
Jukka Corander University of Oslo
Ziheng Yang
Ziheng Yang University College London
Mark A. Beaumont
Mark A. Beaumont University of Bristol
François Rousset
François Rousset University of Montpellier

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