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Michael D. Sorenson

Michael D. Sorenson

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
55
Citations
10685
World Ranking
2998
National Ranking
1056

Overview

Michael D. Sorenson is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research focuses particularly on topics such as genetic diversity and population structure, avian ecology and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, genomics and phylogenetic studies, species distribution and climate change, and research related to Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael D. Sorenson include:

  • Jeffrey M. DaCosta
  • Claire N. Spottiswoode
  • Christopher N. Balakrishnan
  • Wesley C. Warren
  • Timothy B. Sackton

Sorenson's recent publications span a range of journals and topics. Some notable papers include:

  • Evolution of Chromosomal Inversions across an Avian Radiation, 2024, published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Genetic architecture facilitates then constrains adaptation in a host-parasite coevolutionary arms race, 2022, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Leveraging genomics to understand threats to migratory birds, 2021, published in Evolutionary Applications
  • Inter- and intra-archipelago dynamics of population structure and gene flow in a Polynesian bird, 2020, published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Population differentiation and historical demography of the threatened snowy plover Charadrius nivosus (Cassin, 1858), 2020, published in Conservation Genetics

Their work has appeared in a variety of publication venues, with the most frequent being bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) where they have published five papers. Additional journals include Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, and Evolutionary Applications.

Best Publications

  • Primers for a PCR-based approach to mitochondrial genome sequencing in birds and other vertebrates.

    Michael D. Sorenson;Jennifer C. Ast;Derek E. Dimcheff;Tamaki Yuri

  • Numts : A challenge for avian systematics and population biology

    Michael D. Sorenson;Thomas W. Quinn

  • Speciation in birds: genes, geography, and sexual selection.

    Scott V. Edwards;Sarah B. Kingan;Jennifer D. Calkins;Christopher N. Balakrishnan

  • Multiple independent origins of mitochondrial gene order in birds

    David P. Mindell;Michael D. Sorenson;Derek E. Dimcheff

  • Multiple independent transpositions of mitochondrial DNA control region sequences to the nucleus

    Michael D. Sorenson;Robert C. Fleischer

  • Speciation by host switch in brood parasitic indigobirds

    Michael D. Sorenson;Michael D. Sorenson;Kristina M. Sefc;Robert B. Payne

  • Interordinal Relationships of Birds and Other Reptiles Based on Whole Mitochondrial Genomes

    David P. Mindell;Michael D. Sorenson;Derek E. Dimcheff;Masami Hasegawa

  • Comparing Molecular Evolution in Two Mitochondrial Protein Coding Genes (Cytochromeband ND2) in the Dabbling Ducks (Tribe: Anatini)☆

    Kevin P Johnson;Michael D Sorenson

  • Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineages

    Joseph W Brown;Joshua S Rest;Jaime García-Moreno;Michael D Sorenson

  • Genetic evidence for female host-specific races of the common cuckoo

    H. Lisle Gibbs;Michael D. Sorenson;Karen Marchetti;Karen Marchetti;M. de L. Brooke

  • Phylogeny and biogeography of dabbling ducks (genus: Anas): a comparison of molecular and morphological evidence

    Kevin P. Johnson;Michael D. Sorenson

  • CHAPTER 8 – Phylogenetic Relationships among and within Select Avian Orders Based on Mitochondrial DNA

    David P. Mindell;Michael D. Sorenson;Christopher J. Huddleston;Hector C. Miranda

  • Coevolution of Male and Female Genital Morphology in Waterfowl

    Patricia L.R. Brennan;Patricia L.R. Brennan;Richard O. Prum;Kevin G. McCracken;Michael D. Sorenson

  • An extra nucleotide is not translated in mitochondrial ND3 of some birds and turtles.

    D P Mindell;M D Sorenson;D E Dimcheff

  • Imprinting and the origin of parasite–host species associations in brood-parasitic indigobirds, Vidua chalybeata

    Robert B. Payne;Laura L. Payne;Jean L. Woods;Michael D. Sorenson

  • Amplification Biases and Consistent Recovery of Loci in a Double-Digest RAD-seq Protocol

    Jeffrey M. DaCosta;Michael D. Sorenson

  • Dopamine receptor genetic polymorphisms and body composition in undernourished pastoralists: An exploration of nutrition indices among nomadic and recently settled Ariaal men of northern Kenya

    Dan T. A. Eisenberg;Benjamin Campbell;Peter B. Gray;Michael D. Sorenson

  • Computation vs. cloning: evaluation of two methods for haplotype determination

    Ryan J. Harrigan;Maureen E. Mazza;Michael D. Sorenson

  • Is Homoplasy or Lineage Sorting the Source of Incongruent mtDNA and Nuclear Gene Trees in the Stiff-Tailed Ducks (Nomonyx-Oxyura)?

    Kevin G. McCracken;Michael D. Sorenson

  • mtDNA from fossils reveals a radiation of Hawaiian geese recently derived from the Canada goose (Branta canadensis)

    Ellen E. Paxinos;Helen F. James;Storrs L. Olson;Michael D. Sorenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert B. Payne
Robert B. Payne University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kristina M. Sefc
Kristina M. Sefc University of Graz
David P. Mindell
David P. Mindell University of California, San Francisco
Kevin P. Johnson
Kevin P. Johnson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas H. Kunz
Thomas H. Kunz Boston University
Robert C. Fleischer
Robert C. Fleischer Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Andy J. Green
Andy J. Green Spanish National Research Council
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University
Nicholas B. Davies
Nicholas B. Davies University of Cambridge
Storrs L. Olson
Storrs L. Olson National Museum of Natural History

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