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Kevin de Queiroz is affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research predominantly spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Kevin de Queiroz has contributed research published in various reputable venues, including:

  • Bulletin of Phylogenetic Nomenclature
  • Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Zootaxa

Recent papers coauthored by de Queiroz feature a range of biological and ecological topics:

  • "Convergent patterns of adaptive radiation between island and mainland Anolis lizards," 2021, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "DNA barcoding of the National Museum of Natural History reptile tissue holdings raises concerns about the use of natural history collections and the responsibilities of scientists in the molecular age," 2022, PLoS ONE
  • "Discovery of a New Species of Enigmatic Odd-Scaled Snake (Serpentes: Xenodermidae: Achalinus) from Ha Giang Province, Vietnam," 2020, Copeia
  • "Interspecific Gene Flow and Mitochondrial Genome Capture during the Radiation of Jamaican Anolis Lizards (Squamata; Iguanidae)," 2021, Systematic Biology
  • "Genomic library preparation and hybridization capture of formalin-fixed tissues and allozyme supernatant for population genomics and considerations for combining capture- and RADseq-based single nucleotide polymorphism data sets," 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources

Kevin de Queiroz frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Rayna C. Bell
  • Andrew D. Gottscho
  • Daniel G. Mulcahy
  • Jonathan M. Huie
  • Ivan Prates

Best Publications

  • Species Concepts and Species Delimitation

    Kevin De Queiroz

  • The General Lineage Concept of Species, Species Criteria, and the Process of Speciation

    Kevin de Queiroz

  • Contingency and Determinism in Replicated Adaptive Radiations of Island Lizards

    Jonathan B. Losos;Todd R. Jackman;Todd R. Jackman;Allan Larson;Allan Larson;Kevin de Queiroz;Kevin de Queiroz

  • Phylogenetic relationships within squamata

    Richard Despard Estes;Kevin de Queiroz;Jacques Gauthier

  • Ernst Mayr and the modern concept of species

    Kevin de Queiroz

  • The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals

    Jessica Alföldi;Federica Di Palma;Manfred Grabherr;Christina Williams

  • Phylogeny as a central principle in taxonomy: phylogenetic definitions of taxon names.

    Kevin de Queiroz;Jacques Gauthier

  • The General Lineage Concept of Species and the Defining Properties of the Species Category

    Kevin de Queiroz

  • Toward a phylogenetic system of biological nomenclature

    Kevin de Queiroz;Jacques Gauthier

  • PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS AND THE SPECIES PROBLEM

    Kevin de Queiroz;Michael J. Donoghue

  • Niche lability in the evolution of a Caribbean lizard community

    Jonathan B. Losos;Manuel Leal;Manuel Leal;Richard E. Glor;Kevin de Queiroz

  • A phylogenetic analysis of lepidosauromorpha

    Jacques Gauthier;Richard Despard Estes;Kevin de Queiroz

  • Principles of Systematic Zoology, 2nd Edition.

    Kevin de Queiroz;Ernst Mayr;Peter D. Ashlock

  • A unified concept of species and its consequences for the future of taxonomy

    Kevin de Queiroz

  • Different species problems and their resolution.

    Kevin de Queiroz

  • Phylogenetic Relationships and Tempo of Early Diversification in Anolis Lizards

    Todd R. Jackman;Allan Larson;Kevin De Queiroz;Jonathan B. Losos

  • A phylogeny of iguanidae

    Richard Etheridge;Kevin de Queiroz

  • Systematics and the Darwinian Revolution

    Kevin de Queiroz

  • The Ontogenetic Method for Determining Character Polarity and its Relevance to Phylogenetic Systematics

    Kevin de Queiroz

  • Admixture determines genetic diversity and population differentiation in the biological invasion of a lizard species.

    Jason J Kolbe;Allan Larson;Jonathan B Losos;Kevin de Queiroz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan B. Losos
Jonathan B. Losos Washington University in St. Louis
Allan Larson
Allan Larson Washington University in St. Louis
Michael J. Donoghue
Michael J. Donoghue Yale University
John B. Iverson
John B. Iverson Earlham College
Richard E. Glor
Richard E. Glor University of Kansas
Matthew Breen
Matthew Breen North Carolina State University
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh Uppsala University
Molly R. Morris
Molly R. Morris Ohio University
Sarah Young
Sarah Young University of North Georgia
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute

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