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Michelle R. Gaither is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broad fields, their work spans ecology, molecular biology, genetics, nature and landscape conservation, and aquatic science.

The main topics of Gaither's research include environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, identification and quantification in food, microbial community ecology and physiology, genetic diversity and population structure, genomics and phylogenetic studies, coral and marine ecosystem studies, as well as research data management practices.

Gaither has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with recent publications that cover diverse aspects of environmental DNA and genomic data management. Some of their recent papers are:

  • One size does not fit all: Tuning eDNA protocols for high- and low-turbidity water sampling, 2021, Environmental DNA
  • Comparing eDNA metabarcoding primers for assessing fish communities in a biodiverse estuary, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Poor data stewardship will hinder global genetic diversity surveillance, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Building a global genomics observatory: Using GEOME (the Genomic Observatories Metadatabase) to expedite and improve deposition and retrieval of genetic data and metadata for biodiversity research, 2020, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Marine environmental DNA: Approaches, applications, and opportunities, 2020, Advances in marine biology

Gaither frequently publishes in various academic venues, with multiple papers appearing in Environmental DNA and Ecology and Evolution, as well as contributions to PLoS ONE, PeerJ, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Collaboration plays a key role in Gaither's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Robert J. Toonen, Emily Farrell, Eric D. Crandall, Samuel Greaves, and Girish Kumar.

Best Publications

  • Comparative phylogeography of the ocean planet.

    Brian W. Bowen;Michelle R. Gaither;Joseph D. DiBattista;Matthew Iacchei

  • A review of contemporary patterns of endemism for shallow water reef fauna in the Red Sea

    Joseph D. DiBattista;Joseph D. DiBattista;May B. Roberts;Jessica Bouwmeester;Jessica Bouwmeester;Brian W. Bowen

  • Genetic evaluation of marine biogeographical barriers: perspectives from two widespread Indo-Pacific snappers (Lutjanus kasmira and Lutjanus fulvus)

    Michelle R. Gaither;Robert J. Toonen;D. Ross Robertson;Serge Planes

  • On the origin of endemic species in the Red Sea

    Joseph D. DiBattista;Joseph D. DiBattista;J. Howard Choat;Michelle R. Gaither;Michelle R. Gaither;Jean-Paul A. Hobbs

  • Origins of species richness in the Indo‐Malay‐Philippine biodiversity hotspot: evidence for the centre of overlap hypothesis

    Michelle R. Gaither;Luiz A. Rocha

  • Defining Boundaries for Ecosystem-Based Management: A Multispecies Case Study of Marine Connectivity across the Hawaiian Archipelago.

    Robert J. Toonen;Kimberly R. Andrews;Iliana B. Baums;Christopher E. Bird

  • Phylogeography of the reef fish Cephalopholis argus (Epinephelidae) indicates Pleistocene isolation across the indo-pacific barrier with contemporary overlap in the coral triangle

    Michelle R Gaither;Brian W Bowen;Tiana-Rae Bordenave;Luiz A Rocha

  • Reefs and islands of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean: why it is the world's largest no-take marine protected area.

    Charles (Charles R. C.) Sheppard;M. Ateweberhan;B. W. Bowen;P. Carr

  • After continents divide: comparative phylogeography of reef fishes from the Red Sea and Indian Ocean

    Joseph D. DiBattista;Michael L. Berumen;Michael L. Berumen;Michelle R. Gaither;Luiz A. Rocha

  • Genomic signatures of geographic isolation and natural selection in coral reef fishes.

    Michelle R. Gaither;Michelle R. Gaither;Moisés A. Bernal;Moisés A. Bernal;Richard R. Coleman;Brian W. Bowen

  • The Genomic Observatories Metadatabase (GeOMe): A new repository for field and sampling event metadata associated with genetic samples.

    John Deck;Michelle R. Gaither;Rodney Ewing;Christopher E. Bird;Christopher E. Bird

  • A practical guide to sample preservation and pre-PCR processing of aquatic environmental DNA.

    Girish Kumar;Jeff E. Eble;Michelle R. Gaither

  • High Connectivity in the Deepwater Snapper Pristipomoides filamentosus (Lutjanidae) across the Indo-Pacific with Isolation of the Hawaiian Archipelago

    Michelle R. Gaither;Shelley A. Jones;Christopher Kelley;Stephen J. Newman

  • Fishes that rule the world: circumtropical distributions revisited

    Michelle R Gaither;Michelle R Gaither;Brian W Bowen;Luiz A Rocha;John C Briggs

  • One size does not fit all: Tuning eDNA protocols for high- and low-turbidity water sampling

    Girish Kumar;Emily Farrell;Ashley M. Reaume;Jeff A. Eble

  • Seascape genetics along environmental gradients in the Arabian Peninsula: insights from ddRAD sequencing of anemonefishes

    Pablo Saenz-Agudelo;Pablo Saenz-Agudelo;Joseph D. Dibattista;Joseph D. Dibattista;Marek J. Piatek;Michelle R. Gaither;Michelle R. Gaither

  • Preservation of corals in salt-saturated DMSO buffer is superior to ethanol for PCR experiments

    M. R. Gaither;Z. Szabó;M. W. Crepeau;C. E. Bird

  • Twisted sister species of pygmy angelfishes: discordance between taxonomy, coloration, and phylogenetics

    Joseph D. DiBattista;Ellen Waldrop;Brian W. Bowen;Jennifer K. Schultz

  • The molecular biogeography of the Indo-Pacific: testing hypotheses with multispecies genetic patterns

    Eric D. Crandall;Cynthia Riginos;Chris E. Bird;Libby Liggins;Libby Liggins

  • Large-scale introduction of the Indo-Pacific damselfish Abudefduf vaigiensis into Hawai'i promotes genetic swamping of the endemic congener A. abdominalis

    Richard R. Coleman;Michelle R. Gaither;Michelle R. Gaither;Bethany Kimokeo;Frank G. Stanton

  • biogeographical barriers: perspectives from two widespread Indo-Pacific snappers (Lutjanus kasmira and Lutjanus fulvus)

    Michelle R. Gaither;Robert J. Toonen;D. Ross Robertson;Serge Planes

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian W. Bowen
Brian W. Bowen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Joseph D. DiBattista
Joseph D. DiBattista Griffith University
Robert J. Toonen
Robert J. Toonen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Luiz A. Rocha
Luiz A. Rocha California Academy of Sciences
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Cynthia Riginos
Cynthia Riginos University of Queensland
Jean-Paul A. Hobbs
Jean-Paul A. Hobbs Curtin University
J. Howard Choat
J. Howard Choat James Cook University
Jeffrey M. Leis
Jeffrey M. Leis University of Tasmania
Christopher P. Meyer
Christopher P. Meyer Smithsonian Institution

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