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Overview

L. Lacey Knowles is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple scientific disciplines, with a focus on genetics, environmental science, and agricultural and biological sciences.

The main fields of study for Knowles include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

They work extensively within several subfields, notably:

  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology

The topics covered by Knowles's research highlight their focus on biodiversity and evolutionary processes:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Incorporating the speciation process into species delimitation (2021), published in PLoS Computational Biology
  • Conceptual and empirical bridges between micro- and macroevolution (2023), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Decimated little brown bats show potential for adaptive change (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • Using gradient Forest to predict climate response and adaptation in Cork oak (2021), published in Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Diversification history of clown tree frogs in Neotropical rainforests (Anura, Hylidae, Dendropsophus leucophyllatus group) (2020), published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Joyce Rodrigues do Prado
  • Joaquín Ortego
  • Katja C. Seltmann
  • Jorrit H. Poelen
  • Julie M. Allen

Knowles often publishes in the following venues:

  • Molecular Ecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Journal of Biogeography

Best Publications

  • Inferring phylogeny despite incomplete lineage sorting.

    Wayne P. Maddison;L. Lacey Knowles

  • Delimiting Species without Monophyletic Gene Trees

    L. Lacey Knowles;Bryan C. Carstens

  • Multispecies coalescent delimits structure, not species

    Jeet Sukumaran;L. Lacey Knowles

  • STEM: species tree estimation using maximum likelihood for gene trees under coalescence

    Laura Salter Kubatko;Bryan C. Carstens;L. Lacey Knowles

  • Did the Pleistocene glaciations promote divergence? Tests of explicit refugial models in montane grasshopprers

    L. Lacey Knowles

  • Estimating Species Phylogeny from Gene-Tree Probabilities Despite Incomplete Lineage Sorting: An Example from Melanoplus Grasshoppers

    Bryan C. Carstens;L. Lacey Knowles

  • Unforeseen Consequences of Excluding Missing Data from Next-Generation Sequences: Simulation Study of RAD Sequences

    Huateng Huang;L. Lacey Knowles

  • Distribution modelling and statistical phylogeography: an integrative framework for generating and testing alternative biogeographical hypotheses

    Corinne L. Richards;Bryan C. Carstens;L. Lacey Knowles

  • Does niche divergence accompany allopatric divergence in Aphelocoma jays as predicted under ecological speciation? Insights from tests with niche models.

    John E. McCormack;Amanda J. Zellmer;L. Lacey Knowles

  • Ecological niche models in phylogeographic studies: applications, advances and precautions

    Diego F. Alvarado-Serrano;L. Lacey Knowles

  • TESTS OF PLEISTOCENE SPECIATION IN MONTANE GRASSHOPPERS (GENUS MELANOPLUS) FROM THE SKY ISLANDS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA

    L. Lacey Knowles

  • Calibrating divergence times on species trees versus gene trees: implications for speciation history of Aphelocoma jays.

    John E. McCormack;Joseph Heled;Kathleen S. Delaney;A. Townsend Peterson

  • The burgeoning field of statistical phylogeography.

    L. Lacey Knowles

  • Toward a paradigm shift in comparative phylogeography driven by trait-based hypotheses.

    Anna Papadopoulou;L. Lacey Knowles

  • Shifting distributions and speciation: species divergence during rapid climate change

    Bryan C. Carstens;L. Lacey Knowles

  • In defence of model-based inference in phylogeography.

    Mark A. Beaumont;Rasmus Nielsen;Christian Robert;Jody Hey

  • Bayesian species delimitation combining multiple genes and traits in a unified framework

    Claudia Solís-Lemus;L. Lacey Knowles;Cécile Ané

  • Estimating Species Trees: Methods of Phylogenetic Analysis When There Is Incongruence across Genes

    L. Lacey Knowles

  • Coupling genetic and ecological-niche models to examine how past population distributions contribute to divergence.

    L. Lacey Knowles;Bryan C. Carstens;Marcia L. Keat

  • Intergenomic conflict revealed by patterns of sex-biased gene expression

    Timothy Connallon;Lacey Lacey Knowles

Frequent Co-Authors

Evan P. Economo
Evan P. Economo Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Bryan C. Carstens
Bryan C. Carstens The Ohio State University
Benoit Guénard
Benoit Guénard University of Hong Kong
Timothy Connallon
Timothy Connallon Monash University
Laurent Excoffier
Laurent Excoffier University of Bern
Alexandros Stamatakis
Alexandros Stamatakis Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies
Christopher W. Dick
Christopher W. Dick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jukka Corander
Jukka Corander University of Oslo
David J. Balding
David J. Balding University of Melbourne
Ziheng Yang
Ziheng Yang University College London

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