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  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Philip W. Hedrick is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Subfields of study in their work include Genetics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science.

Their work focuses on topics such as Genetic diversity and population structure, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Plant and animal studies, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Plant Reproductive Biology, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their research include Science, Conservation Genetics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Heredity, and Science Advances.

Recent publications by Hedrick include:

  • The crucial role of genome-wide genetic variation in conservation, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Post-2020 goals overlook genetic diversity, 2020, Science
  • Authors' Reply to Letter to the Editor: Continued improvement to genetic diversity indicator for CBD, 2021, Conservation Genetics
  • Some hope and many concerns on the future of the vaquita, 2022, Heredity
  • Planned cull endangers Swedish wolf population, 2022, Science

They have collaborated frequently with co-authors including Linda Laikre, Fred W. Allendorf, Kerstin Johannesson, Nils Ryman, and Cristiano Vernesi.

In recognition of their contributions to science, Hedrick was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1989.

Best Publications

  • A STANDARDIZED GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION MEASURE

    Philip W. Hedrick

  • PERSPECTIVE: HIGHLY VARIABLE LOCI AND THEIR INTERPRETATION IN EVOLUTION AND CONSERVATION.

    Philip W. Hedrick

  • Assessing population structure: FST and related measures

    Patrick G. Meirmans;Philip W. Hedrick

  • Gametic disequilibrium measures: proceed with caution

    Philip W. Hedrick

  • INBREEDING DEPRESSION IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

    Philip W. Hedrick;Steven T. Kalinowski

  • Genetic Polymorphism in Heterogeneous Environments

    Philip W. Hedrick;Michael E. Ginevan;Evelyn P. Ewing

  • GENETIC POLYMORPHISM IN HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS: A DECADE LATER

    Philip W. Hedrick

  • Adaptive introgression in animals: examples and comparison to new mutation and standing variation as sources of adaptive variation.

    Philip W. Hedrick

  • Conservation genetics: where are we now?

    Philip W. Hedrick

  • Understanding Inbreeding Depression, Purging, and Genetic Rescue

    Philip W. Hedrick;Aurora Garcia-Dorado

  • Perspective: detecting adaptive molecular polymorphism: lessons from the MHC.

    Daniel Garrigan;Philip W. Hedrick

  • Purging inbreeding depression and the probability of extinction: full-sib mating

    Philip W Hedrick

  • Pathogen resistance and genetic variation at MHC loci.

    Philip W. Hedrick

  • Genetic Polymorphism in Heterogeneous Environments: The Age of Genomics

    Philip W. Hedrick

  • Conservation Genetics: Techniques and Fundamentals.

    Philip W. Hedrick;Philip S. Miller

  • Evolution and ecology of MHC molecules: from genomics to sexual selection

    Scott V. Edwards;Philip W. Hedrick

  • The crucial role of genome-wide genetic variation in conservation.

    Marty Kardos;Ellie E Armstrong;Sarah W Fitzpatrick;Samantha Hauser

  • Conservation genetics in transition to conservation genomics

    N. Joop Ouborg;Cino Pertoldi;Volker Loeschcke;Rudolf Bijlsma

  • Genetic rescue guidelines with examples from Mexican wolves and Florida panthers

    Philip W. Hedrick;Richard Fredrickson

  • Evidence for Balancing Selection at Hla

    Philip W. Hedrick;Glenys Thomson

  • DETECTING ADAPTIVE MOLECULAR POLYMORPHISM: LESSONS FROM THE MHC

    Daniel Garrigan;Philip W. Hedrick

  • Genetics and Conservation@@@Genetics and Conservation, A Reference for Managing Wild Animal and Plant Populations.

    Philip W. Hedrick;C. Schonewald-Cox;S. Chambers;B. MacBryde

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred W. Allendorf
Fred W. Allendorf University of Montana
Glenys Thomson
Glenys Thomson University of California, Berkeley
John A. Vucetich
John A. Vucetich Michigan Technological University
Robert K. Wayne
Robert K. Wayne University of California, Los Angeles
William Klitz
William Klitz University of California, Berkeley
Walter M. Boyce
Walter M. Boyce University of California, Davis
Sean Hoban
Sean Hoban Morton Arboretum
Michael William Bruford
Michael William Bruford Cardiff University
Myriam Heuertz
Myriam Heuertz University of Bordeaux
Ranajit Chakraborty
Ranajit Chakraborty University of North Texas Health Science Center

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