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Overview

Luke J. Harmon is a researcher affiliated with the University of Idaho in the United States. Their body of work spans key areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. Their research contributions include multiple publications that explore topics in genetics, ecology, evolution, and paleontology.

Their main subfields of study include genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, paleontology, ecological modeling, and broader ecological research. They focus on a range of topics such as evolution and paleontology studies, genetic diversity and population structure, species distribution and climate change, evolution and genetic dynamics, plant and animal studies, animal behavior and reproduction, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Luke J. Harmon has published extensively, with a notable portion appearing in specific scientific venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Systematic Biology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Some of their recent research papers include:

  • "Conceptual and empirical bridges between micro- and macroevolution," 2023, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Causes and Consequences of Apparent Timescaling Across All Estimated Evolutionary Rates," 2021, published in Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • "A unified model of species abundance, genetic diversity, and functional diversity reveals the mechanisms structuring ecological communities," 2021, published in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "Hybridizing salamanders experience accelerated diversification," 2020, published in Scientific Reports
  • "When adaptive radiations collide: Different evolutionary trajectories between and within island and mainland lizard clades," 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaborative work is a significant component of Luke J. Harmon's research career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Bob Week
  • Austin H. Patton
  • Catherine E. Wagner
  • Jeremias N. Brand
  • Lukas Schärer

Best Publications

  • GEIGER: investigating evolutionary radiations.

    Luke J. Harmon;Jason T. Weir;Chad D. Brock;Richard E. Glor

  • geiger v2.0: an expanded suite of methods for fitting macroevolutionary models to phylogenetic trees

    Matthew W. Pennell;Jonathan M. Eastman;Graham J. Slater;Joseph W. Brown

  • Phylogenetic Signal, Evolutionary Process, and Rate

    Liam J. Revell;Luke J. Harmon;David C. Collar

  • Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates

    Michael E. Alfaro;Francesco Santini;Chad Brock;Hugo Alamillo

  • Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data.

    Luke J Harmon;Luke J Harmon;Jonathan B Losos;T Jonathan Davies;Rosemary G Gillespie

  • Tempo and Mode of Evolutionary Radiation in Iguanian Lizards

    Luke J. Harmon;James A. Schulte;Allan Larson;Jonathan B. Losos

  • Ecological explanations for (incomplete) speciation

    Patrik Nosil;Luke J. Harmon;Luke J. Harmon;Ole Seehausen;Ole Seehausen

  • Ecological opportunity and the origin of adaptive radiations

    J. B. Yoder;E. Clancey;S. Des Roches;J. M. Eastman

  • Ecological opportunity and sexual selection together predict adaptive radiation

    Catherine E. Wagner;Luke J. Harmon;Ole Seehausen;Ole Seehausen

  • Evolutionary diversification in stickleback affects ecosystem functioning

    Luke J. Harmon;Luke J. Harmon;Blake Matthews;Blake Matthews;Simone Des Roches;Jonathan M. Chase

  • Nested radiations and the pulse of angiosperm diversification: increased diversification rates often follow whole genome duplications

    David C. Tank;Jonathan M. Eastman;Matthew W. Pennell;Pamela S. Soltis

  • INTEGRATING FOSSILS WITH MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES IMPROVES INFERENCE OF TRAIT EVOLUTION

    Graham J. Slater;Luke J. Harmon;Michael E. Alfaro

  • Did Genome Duplication Drive the Origin of Teleosts? A Comparative Study of Diversification in Ray-Finned Fishes

    Francesco Santini;Luke J Harmon;Giorgio Carnevale;Michael E Alfaro

  • The case for ecological neutral theory

    James Rosindell;James Rosindell;James Rosindell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Stephen P. Hubbell;Fangliang He;Fangliang He;Luke J. Harmon

  • A novel Bayesian method for inferring and interpreting the dynamics of adaptive landscapes from phylogenetic comparative data.

    Josef C. Uyeda;Luke J. Harmon

  • Species diversity is dynamic and unbounded at local and continental scales.

    Luke J. Harmon;Susan Harrison

  • A NOVEL COMPARATIVE METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SHIFTS IN THE RATE OF CHARACTER EVOLUTION ON TREES

    Jonathan M. Eastman;Michael E. Alfaro;Paul Joyce;Andrew L. Hipp;Andrew L. Hipp

  • Comparing Adaptive Radiations Across Space, Time, and Taxa

    Rosemary G Gillespie;Gordon M Bennett;Luc De Meester;Jeffrey L Feder

  • An integrative view of phylogenetic comparative methods: connections to population genetics, community ecology, and paleobiology

    Matthew W. Pennell;Matthew W. Pennell;Luke J. Harmon

  • Goldilocks Meets Santa Rosalia: An Ephemeral Speciation Model Explains Patterns of Diversification Across Time Scales.

    Erica Bree Rosenblum;Erica Bree Rosenblum;Brice A. J. Sarver;Joseph W. Brown;Simone Des Roches

  • Finding Our Way through Phenotypes.

    Andrew R. Deans;Suzanna E. Lewis;Eva Huala;Salvatore S. Anzaldo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ole Seehausen
Ole Seehausen University of Bern
Michael E. Alfaro
Michael E. Alfaro University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan B. Losos
Jonathan B. Losos Washington University in St. Louis
Erica Bree Rosenblum
Erica Bree Rosenblum University of California, Berkeley
Blake Matthews
Blake Matthews Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
T. Jonathan Davies
T. Jonathan Davies University of British Columbia
Jonathan B. Shurin
Jonathan B. Shurin University of California, San Diego
Graham J. Slater
Graham J. Slater University of Chicago
Richard E. Glor
Richard E. Glor University of Kansas
Jason J. Kolbe
Jason J. Kolbe University of Rhode Island

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