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45
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7613
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4860
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525

Nicholas I. Mundy publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicholas I. Mundy sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 111 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Nicholas I. Mundy D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicholas I. Mundy sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nicholas I. Mundy is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Psychology. Their work encompasses a diverse range of subjects including animal behavior, primate ecology, neuroendocrine regulation, biochemical analysis, and genomics.

The scientist's research output includes studies in specialized subfields such as Social Psychology, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Immunology. The main topics covered in their publications emphasize Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, as well as Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota.

Recent papers authored by Nicholas I. Mundy document investigations into a variety of evolutionary and genetic mechanisms related to coloration, gene expression, and behavior in different animal species. Notable publications include:

  • Being red, blue and green: the genetic basis of coloration differences in the strawberry poison frog (Oophaga pumilio), 2020, BMC Genomics
  • Variation in Genetic Mechanisms for Plumage Polymorphism in Skuas (Stercorarius), 2021, Journal of Heredity
  • Seasonal but not sex-biased gene expression of the carotenoid ketolase, CYP2J19, in the sexually dichromatic southern red bishop (Euplectes orix), 2022, Royal Society Open Science
  • Evolution of threat response-related polymorphisms at the SLC6A4 locus in callitrichid primates, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolution of threat response-related polymorphisms at the SLC6A4 locus in callitrichid primates, 2024, Biology Letters

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Ariel Rodríguez, Roberto Ibáñez, Heike Pröhl, Hanlu Twyman, and India Heywood. These collaborations have contributed to multiple publications and developments in their research fields.

Nicholas I. Mundy's work appears regularly in various scientific venues, with multiple publications in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), BMC Genomics, Journal of Heredity, Royal Society Open Science, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Insights into hominid evolution from the gorilla genome sequence

    Aylwyn Scally;Julien Y. Dutheil;LaDeana W. Hillier;Gregory E. Jordan

  • A window on the genetics of evolution : MC1R and plumage colouration in birds

    Nicholas I Mundy

  • Evolution and selection of trichromatic vision in primates

    Alison K. Surridge;Daniel Osorio;Nicholas I. Mundy

  • The molecular basis of an avian plumage polymorphism in the wild: A melanocortin-1-receptor point mutation is perfectly associated with the melanic plumage morph of the bananaquit, Coereba flaveola

    Emmalize Theron;Kim Hawkins;Eldredge Bermingham;Robert E. Ricklefs

  • Conserved genetic basis of a quantitative plumage trait involved in mate choice

    Nicholas I. Mundy;Nichola S. Badcock;Tom Hart;Kim Scribner

  • Red Carotenoid Coloration in the Zebra Finch Is Controlled by a Cytochrome P450 Gene Cluster

    Nicholas I. Mundy;Jessica Stapley;Clair Bennison;Rachel Tucker

  • Mammalian melanism: natural selection in black and white

    Michael E.N Majerus;Nicholas I Mundy

  • The primate palette: The evolution of primate coloration

    Brenda J. Bradley;Nicholas I. Mundy

  • The effect of colour vision status on the detection and selection of fruits by tamarins (Saguinus spp.).

    Andrew C. Smith;Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith;Alison K. Surridge;Daniel Osorio

  • Demonstration of a foraging advantage for trichromatic marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi) dependent on food colour.

    N. G. Caine;N. I. Mundy

  • Adaptive Evolution of Four Microcephaly Genes and the Evolution of Brain Size in Anthropoid Primates

    Stephen H. Montgomery;Isabella Capellini;Chris Venditti;Robert A. Barton

  • Trans-specific evolution of opsin alleles and the maintenance of trichromatic colour vision in Callitrichine primates.

    Alison K. Surridge;Nicholas I. Mundy

  • Skin from Feet of Museum Specimens as a Non-Destructive Source of DNA for Avian Genotyping

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  • Brain evolution and development : adaptation, allometry and constraint.

    Stephen H. Montgomery;Nicholas I. Mundy;Robert A. Barton

  • Evolution of an avian pigmentation gene correlates with a measure of sexual selection

    Nicola J Nadeau;Terry Burke;Nicholas I Mundy

  • Reconstructing the ups and downs of primate brain evolution: implications for adaptive hypotheses and Homo floresiensis

    Stephen H Montgomery;Isabella Capellini;Robert A Barton;Nicholas I Mundy

  • Characterization of Japanese Quail yellow as a Genomic Deletion Upstream of the Avian Homolog of the Mammalian ASIP (agouti) Gene

    Nicola J Nadeau;Francis Minvielle;Shin'ichi Ito;Miho Inoue-Murayama

  • Candidate genes for carotenoid coloration in vertebrates and their expression profiles in the carotenoid-containing plumage and bill of a wild bird

    N. Walsh;James Dale;K. J. McGraw;M. A. Pointer

  • Avian haematozoan parasites and their associations with mosquitoes across Southwest Pacific Islands

    F. Ishtiaq;L. Guillaumot;Sonya Clegg;A. B. Phillimore

  • First evidence for functional vomeronasal 2 receptor genes in primates.

    Philipp Hohenbrink;Nicholas I. Mundy;Elke Zimmermann;Ute Radespiel

  • Evolution of a pigmentation gene, the melanocortin-1 receptor, in primates.

    N.I. Mundy;J. Kelly

Frequent Co-Authors

Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith University of Stirling
Staffan Andersson
Staffan Andersson University of Gothenburg
Ute Radespiel
Ute Radespiel University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Robert A. Barton
Robert A. Barton Durham University
Patricia C. Wright
Patricia C. Wright Stony Brook University
Edward E. Louis
Edward E. Louis University of Leicester
Terry Burke
Terry Burke University of Sheffield
Daniel Osorio
Daniel Osorio University of Sussex
Tomas Marques-Bonet
Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University
Francis Minvielle
Francis Minvielle INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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