What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
Michael S. Barker spends much of his time researching Genome, Genetics, Paleopolyploidy, Evolutionary biology and Phylogenetic tree.
His study in Genome is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Gene duplication and Selaginella.
His Evolutionary biology research includes elements of Plant genetics and Ploidy.
His work on Polyploid as part of general Ploidy research is frequently linked to Relative species abundance, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science.
His research integrates issues of Phylogenetics, Botany and Plant evolution in his study of Phylogenetic tree.
His Genome evolution research includes themes of GenBank, Expressed sequence tag, Genome project and Heliantheae.
His most cited work include:
- The frequency of polyploid speciation in vascular plants (822 citations)
- Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants (767 citations)
- The Selaginella genome identifies genetic changes associated with the evolution of vascular plants. (579 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of study are Evolutionary biology, Genome, Genetics, Phylogenetics and Gene.
His work deals with themes such as Phylogenetic tree, Ploidy, Polyploid, Genomics and Plant evolution, which intersect with Evolutionary biology.
His Genome research integrates issues from Gene duplication and Phylogenomics.
His research on Genetics often connects related areas such as Fern.
His study in Phylogenetics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Genetic algorithm and Identification.
In general Gene, his work in Gene family, RNA and Human evolutionary genetics is often linked to Single-nucleotide polymorphism linking many areas of study.
He most often published in these fields:
- Evolutionary biology (63.33%)
- Genome (61.67%)
- Genetics (45.83%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Evolutionary biology (63.33%)
- Genome (61.67%)
- Polyploid (15.00%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Michael S. Barker focuses on Evolutionary biology, Genome, Polyploid, Gene and Ploidy.
His Evolutionary biology research includes themes of Brassicaceae, Speciation, Clade, Genetic diversity and Genomics.
His Genome study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Phylogenetics.
His work in the fields of Phylogenetics, such as Coalescent theory, intersects with other areas such as Brassicales.
His research in the fields of Magnoliales and Laurales overlaps with other disciplines such as Flavonoid biosynthesis and Chimonanthus salicifolius.
His Plant evolution study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Phylogenomics and Paleopolyploidy.
Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Anthoceros genomes illuminate the origin of land plants and the unique biology of hornworts (47 citations)
- Access to RNA-sequencing data from 1,173 plant species: The 1000 Plant transcriptomes initiative (1KP) (38 citations)
- Polyploid plants have faster rates of multivariate niche differentiation than their diploid relatives (37 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
Evolutionary biology, Genome, Viridiplantae, Gene and Synteny are his primary areas of study.
He combines subjects such as Clade, Genetic diversity, Polyploid, Nuclear gene and Long terminal repeat with his study of Evolutionary biology.
His research integrates issues of Phylogenetics and Anthoceros in his study of Genome.
His Gene research is within the category of Genetics.
He has included themes like Gene duplication and Genome evolution in his Synteny study.
His Plant evolution research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Phylogenomics and Paleopolyploidy.
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