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Joseph A. Cook is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers a broad spectrum of topics, notably:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure

Joseph A. Cook has published frequently in several scientific journals. The most common publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Mammalogy
  • BioScience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Viruses

Significant recent papers authored include:

  • "Digitization and the Future of Natural History Collections" (2020, BioScience)
  • "The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education" (2020, PeerJ)
  • "Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities" (2022, Journal of Biogeography)
  • "Preserve a Voucher Specimen! The Critical Need for Integrating Natural History Collections in Infectious Disease Studies" (2021, mBio)
  • "DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits" (2023, Science)

The scientist collaborates extensively with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Jonathan L. Dunnum
  • Jocelyn P. Colella
  • Schuyler Liphardt
  • Mariel Campbell
  • Stephen E. Greiman

Best Publications

  • Genetic footprints of demographic expansion in North America, but not Amazonia, during the Late Quaternary.

    Enrique P. Lessa;Joseph A. Cook;James L. Patton

  • Holarctic phylogeography of the root vole (Microtus oeconomus): implications for late Quaternary biogeography of high latitudes

    Cecilia Brunhoff;KE Galbreath;KE Galbreath;VB Fedorov;JA Cook

  • The Molecular Phylogenetics of Tuco-Tucos (genusCtenomys,Rodentia: Octodontidae) Suggests an Early Burst of Speciation☆

    Enrique P Lessa;Joseph A Cook

  • Immune responses during human schistosomiasis mansoni. I. In vitro lymphocyte blastogenic responses to heterogeneous antigenic preparations from schistosome eggs, worms and cercariae.

    Daniel G. Colley;Joseph A. Cook;George L. Freeman;Richard K. Bartholomew

  • Microsatellite markers for American mink (Mustela vison) and ermine (Mustela erminea).

    Melissa A. Fleming;Elaine A. Ostrander;Joseph A. Cook

  • Phylogeography of a post-glacial colonizer: Microtus longicaudus (Rodentia: muridae).

    C. J. Conroy;J. A. Cook

  • MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS OF A HOLARCTIC RODENT (MICROTUS: MURIDAE)

    Chris J. Conroy;Joseph A. Cook

  • MtDNA evidence for repeated pulses of speciation within arvicoline and murid rodents

    Chris J. Conroy;Joseph A. Cook

  • Phylogeography of endemic ermine (Mustela erminea) in southeast Alaska

    Melissa A. Fleming;Joseph A. Cook

  • The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education.

    Freek T. Bakker;Alexandre Antonelli;Julia A. Clarke;Joseph A. Cook

  • Isolation and Characterization of a Hantavirus from Lemmus sibiricus: Evidence for Host Switch during Hantavirus Evolution

    Olli Vapalahti;Åke Lundkvist;Vadim Fedorov;Christopher J. Conroy

  • Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities

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  • Genetic consequences of Pleistocene glaciations for the tundra vole (Microtus oeconomus) in Beringia

    Kurt E. Galbreath;Joseph A. Cook

  • Phylogeography of the dusky shrew, Sorex monticolus (Insectivora, Soricidae): insight into deep and shallow history in northwestern North America.

    John R. Demboski;Joseph A. Cook

  • The next generation of natural history collections

    David E. Schindel;Joseph A. Cook

  • Northern host-parasite assemblages: history and biogeography on the borderlands of episodic climate and environmental transition.

    Eric P. Hoberg;Kurt E. Galbreath;Joseph A. Cook;Susan J. Kutz

  • Natural History Collections as Emerging Resources for Innovative Education

    Joseph A. Cook;Scott V. Edwards;Eileen A. Lacey;Robert P. Guralnick

  • Divergent lineage of a novel hantavirus in the banana pipistrelle (Neoromicia nanus) in Côte d'Ivoire

    Laarni Sumibcay;Blaise Kadjo;Se Hun Gu;Hae Ji Kang

  • Natural history collections-based research: progress, promise, and best practices.

    Bryan S. McLean;Kayce C. Bell;Jonathan L. Dunnum;Bethany Abrahamson

  • Phylogenetically distinct hantaviruses in the masked shrew (Sorex cinereus) and dusky shrew (Sorex monticolus) in the United States.

    Satoru Arai;Shannon N. Bennett;Laarni Sumibcay;Joseph A. Cook

  • Evolutionary Insights from a Genetically Divergent Hantavirus Harbored by the European Common Mole (Talpa europaea)

    Hae Ji Kang;Shannon N. Bennett;Laarni Sumibcay;Satoru Arai

  • Hantavirus in northern short-tailed shrew, United States.

    Satoru Arai;Jin Won Song;Laarni Sumibcay;Shannon N. Bennett

  • A phylogeographic perspective on endemism in the Alexander Archipelago of southeast Alaska

    J.A. Cook;A.L. Bidlack;C.J. Conroy;J.R. Demboski

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra L. Talbot
Sandra L. Talbot United States Geological Survey
Richard Yanagihara
Richard Yanagihara University of Hawaii at Manoa
Eric P. Hoberg
Eric P. Hoberg United States Department of Agriculture
Enrique P. Lessa
Enrique P. Lessa University of the Republic
Susan J. Kutz
Susan J. Kutz University of Calgary
Heikki Henttonen
Heikki Henttonen Natural Resources Institute Finland
Scott V. Edwards
Scott V. Edwards Harvard University
Maarten P.M. Vanhove
Maarten P.M. Vanhove Hasselt University
Vasyl V. Tkach
Vasyl V. Tkach University of North Dakota
Anson V. Koehler
Anson V. Koehler University of Melbourne

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