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D-Index
66
Citations
25210
World Ranking
1653
National Ranking
100

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael C. Whitlock is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their scientific contributions focus primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these broad fields, their work explores Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research covers several main topics including genetic diversity and population structure, evolution and genetic dynamics, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, species distribution and climate change, forest ecology and management, and animal behavior and reproduction.

Whitlock's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Variation in recombination rate affects detection of outliers in genome scans under neutrality, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • How useful is genomic data for predicting maladaptation to future climate?, 2024, Global Change Biology
  • The immediate costs and long-term benefits of assisted gene flow in large populations, 2022, Conservation Biology
  • Global adaptation complicates the interpretation of genome scans for local adaptation, 2020, Evolution Letters
  • The WZA: A window-based method for characterizing genotype-environment associations, 2023, Molecular Ecology Resources

They have frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including Tom R. Booker, Sam Yeaman, Jared A. Grummer, Brandon M. Lind, and Pooja Singh.

Michael C. Whitlock has published often in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Evolution Letters, Molecular Ecology, Global Change Biology, and Conservation Biology.

Awards received by Whitlock include the Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2019, Academy of Science), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013), and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2011).

Best Publications

  • The incomplete natural history of mitochondria

    J. William O. Ballard;Michael C. Whitlock

  • Indirect measures of gene flow and migration: FST≠1/(4Nm+1)

    Michael C Whitlock;David E McCauley

  • Assisted Gene Flow to Facilitate Local Adaptation to Climate Change

    Sally N. Aitken;Michael C. Whitlock

  • Combining probability from independent tests: the weighted Z-method is superior to Fisher's approach

    M. C. Whitlock

  • Finding the Genomic Basis of Local Adaptation: Pitfalls, Practical Solutions, and Future Directions.

    Sean Hoban;Joanna L. Kelley;Katie E. Lotterhos;Michael F. Antolin

  • Perspective: Evolution and detection of genetic robustness.

    J. Arjan G. M. de Visser;Joachim Hermisson;Günter P. Wagner;Lauren Ancel Meyers

  • THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF ADAPTATION UNDER MIGRATION–SELECTION BALANCE

    Sam Yeaman;Michael C. Whitlock

  • The relative power of genome scans to detect local adaptation depends on sampling design and statistical method

    Katie E. Lotterhos;Michael C. Whitlock

  • Evaluation of demographic history and neutral parameterization on the performance of FST outlier tests.

    Katie E. Lotterhos;Michael C. Whitlock

  • MULTIPLE FITNESS PEAKS AND EPISTASIS

    Michael C. Whitlock;Patrick C. Phillips;Francisco B.-G. Moore;Stephen J. Tonsor

  • The effective size of a subdivided population.

    Michael C. Whitlock;N. H. Barton

  • SOME POPULATION GENETIC CONSEQUENCES OF COLONY FORMATION AND EXTINCTION: GENETIC CORRELATIONS WITHIN FOUNDING GROUPS.

    Michael C. Whitlock;David E. McCauley

  • Reliable Detection of Loci Responsible for Local Adaptation: Inference of a Null Model through Trimming the Distribution of FST*

    Michael C. Whitlock;Katie E. Lotterhos

  • Estimating Effective Population Size and Migration Rates From Genetic Samples Over Space and Time

    Jinliang Wang;Michael C Whitlock

  • Evolutionary inference from QST

    Michael C. Whitlock

  • The Red Queen Beats the Jack-Of-All-Trades: The Limitations on the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity and Niche Breadth

    Michael C. Whitlock

  • FIXATION OF NEW ALLELES AND THE EXTINCTION OF SMALL POPULATIONS: DRIFT LOAD, BENEFICIAL ALLELES, AND SEXUAL SELECTION

    Michael C. Whitlock

  • G'ST and D do not replace FST.

    Michael C. Whitlock

  • Fixation probability and time in subdivided populations.

    Michael C Whitlock

  • The Probability of Fixation in Populations of Changing Size

    Sarah P. Otto;Michael C. Whitlock

  • EVOLUTION AND DETECTION OF GENETIC ROBUSTNESS

    J. Arjan G. M. De Visser;Joachim Hermisson;Lauren Ancel Meyers;Homayoun Bagheri-Chaichian

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin Fowler
Kevin Fowler University College London
Howard D. Rundle
Howard D. Rundle University of Ottawa
Aneil F. Agrawal
Aneil F. Agrawal University of Toronto
Sarah P. Otto
Sarah P. Otto University of British Columbia
Patrick C. Phillips
Patrick C. Phillips University of Oregon
Loren H. Rieseberg
Loren H. Rieseberg University of British Columbia
Dolph Schluter
Dolph Schluter University of British Columbia
Mark A. McPeek
Mark A. McPeek Dartmouth College
Denis Bourguet
Denis Bourguet University of Montpellier
Mark D. Rausher
Mark D. Rausher Duke University

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