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Martin Irestedt is affiliated with the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Sweden. Their research spans multiple fields within biological sciences, with a strong focus on genetics, molecular biology, and ecology.

Their main fields of study include:

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

Within these broader fields, their work frequently addresses several subfields:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling

The main topics of Martin Irestedt's research involve:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

Their publication record features contributions in several frequent venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Avian Research
  • Communications Biology
  • Zoologica Scripta

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Martin Irestedt include:

  • The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education (2020) in PeerJ
  • Identifying the causes and consequences of assembly gaps using a multiplatform genome assembly of a bird-of-paradise (2020) in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • The avian W chromosome is a refugium for endogenous retroviruses with likely effects on female-biased mutational load and genetic incompatibilities (2021) in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The formation of avian montane diversity across barriers and along elevational gradients (2022) in Nature Communications
  • Satellite DNA evolution in Corvoidea inferred from short and long reads (2022) in Molecular Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Martin Irestedt include:

  • Per G. P. Ericson
  • Knud A. Jønsson
  • Mozes P. K. Blom
  • Filip Thörn
  • Per Alström

Best Publications

  • A Gondwanan origin of passerine birds supported by DNA sequences of the endemic New Zealand wrens

    Per G. P. Ericson;Les Christidis;Alan Cooper;Martin Irestedt;Martin Irestedt

  • Ecological and evolutionary determinants for the adaptive radiation of the Madagascan vangas.

    Knud A. Jonsson;Pierre-Henri Fabre;Susanne A. Fritz;Rampal S. Etienne

  • Evolution, biogeography, and patterns of diversification in passerine birds

    Per G. P. Ericson;Martin Irestedt;Ulf S. Johansson

  • Systematic relationships and biogeography of the tracheophone suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes).

    Martin Irestedt;Jon Fjeldså;Ulf S Johansson;Ulf S Johansson;Per G.P Ericson

  • Nuclear DNA from old collections of avian study skins reveals the evolutionary history of the Old World suboscines (Aves, Passeriformes)

    Martin Irestedt;Jan I. Ohlson;Dario Zuccon;Mari Källersjö

  • 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

  • Identifying the causes and consequences of assembly gaps using a multiplatform genome assembly of a bird-of-paradise.

    Valentina Peona;Mozes P.K. Blom;Mozes P.K. Blom;Luohao Xu;Reto Burri

  • An unexpectedly long history of sexual selection in birds-of-paradise

    Martin Irestedt;Knud A Jønsson;Jon Fjeldså;Les Christidis;Les Christidis

  • Sapayoa aenigma: a New World representative of 'Old World suboscines'.

    Jon Fjeldsa;Dario Zuccon;Martin Irestedt;Ulf S. Johansson

  • Phylogeny of major lineages of suboscines (Passeriformes) analysed by nuclear DNA sequence data

    Martin Irestedt;Martin Irestedt;Ulf S. Johansson;Ulf S. Johansson;Thomas J. Parsons;Per G. P. Ericson

  • Supermatrix phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian Meliphagides radiation (Aves: Passeriformes)

    Petter Zahl Marki;Petter Zahl Marki;Knud A. Jønsson;Martin Irestedt;Jacqueline M.T. Nguyen

  • Phylogeny and classification of the New World suboscines (Aves, Passeriformes).

    Jan I. Ohlson;Martin Irestedt;Per G. P. Ericson;Jon Fjeldså

  • Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world's babblers (Aves: Passeriformes).

    Tianlong Cai;Alice Cibois;Per Alström;Robert G. Moyle

  • Inter-familial relationships of the shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes) based on nuclear DNA sequence data.

    Per G P Ericson;Ida Envall;Martin Irestedt;Martin Irestedt;Janette A Norman

  • Phylogenetic relationships of typical antbirds (Thamnophilidae) and test of incongruence based on Bayes factors

    Martin Irestedt;Martin Irestedt;Jon Fjeldså;Johan A A Nylander;Per G P Ericson

  • Systematic affinities of the lyrebirds (Passeriformes: Menura), with a novel classification of the major groups of passerine birds

    Per G.P Ericson;Les Christidis;Martin Irestedt;Martin Irestedt;Janette A Norman

  • Dynamic evolutionary history and gene content of sex chromosomes across diverse songbirds

    Luohao Xu;Luohao Xu;Gabriel Auer;Valentina Peona;Alexander Suh

  • Parallel evolution of lichen growth forms in the family Roccellaceae (Arthoniales, Ascomycota)

    Anders Tehler;Martin Irestedt

  • Evidence of taxon cycles in an Indo-Pacific passerine bird radiation (Aves: Pachycephala).

    Knud Andreas Jønsson;Martin Irestedt;Les Christidis;Sonya M. Clegg

  • A large-scale phylogenetic revision of Roccellaceae (Arthoniales) reveals eight new genera

    Damien Ertz;Anders Tehler;Martin Irestedt;Andreas Frisch

  • Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: evidence from the Campephagidae and other Crown Corvida (Aves).

    Knud Andreas Jønsson;Martin Irestedt;Jerome Fuchs;Per Gp Ericson

Frequent Co-Authors

Per G. P. Ericson
Per G. P. Ericson Swedish Museum of Natural History
Jon Fjeldså
Jon Fjeldså University of Copenhagen
Knud A. Jønsson
Knud A. Jønsson Swedish Museum of Natural History
Per Alström
Per Alström Uppsala University
Janette A Norman
Janette A Norman Southern Cross University
Rauri C. K. Bowie
Rauri C. K. Bowie University of California, Berkeley
Leslie Christidis
Leslie Christidis Southern Cross University
Fumin Lei
Fumin Lei Chinese Academy of Sciences
Carsten Rahbek
Carsten Rahbek University of Copenhagen
Damien Ertz
Damien Ertz Meise Botanic Garden

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