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Overview

Robert D. Reed is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the areas of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's work covers a range of subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Atmospheric Science. Their research topics frequently focus on Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Lepidoptera Biology and Taxonomy, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, as well as melanin and skin pigmentation.

Robert D. Reed has published extensively across various venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science
  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • eLife

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Reed are:

  • Genomic architecture of a genetically assimilated seasonal color pattern, 2020, Science
  • Chromosome Fusion Affects Genetic Diversity and Evolutionary Turnover of Functional Loci but Consistently Depends on Chromosome Size, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Deep cis-regulatory homology of the butterfly wing pattern ground plan, 2022, Science
  • High level of novelty under the hood of convergent evolution, 2023, Science
  • The Dryas iulia Genome Supports Multiple Gains of a W Chromosome from a B Chromosome in Butterflies, 2021, Genome Biology and Evolution

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Anyi Mazo-Vargas
  • Martik Chatterjee
  • Luca Livraghi
  • Noah K. Brady
  • James J. Lewis

Best Publications

  • Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

    Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;James R. Walters;Adriana D. Briscoe

  • Genomic architecture and introgression shape a butterfly radiation

    Nathaniel B. Edelman;Paul B. Frandsen;Paul B. Frandsen;Michael Miyagi;Bernardo Clavijo

  • optix Drives the Repeated Convergent Evolution of Butterfly Wing Pattern Mimicry

    Robert D. Reed;Riccardo Papa;Riccardo Papa;Arnaud Martin;Heather M. Hines

  • doublesex is a mimicry supergene

    K. Kunte;W. Zhang;A. Tenger-Trolander;D. H. Palmer

  • Diversification of complex butterfly wing patterns by repeated regulatory evolution of a Wnt ligand

    Arnaud Martin;Riccardo Papa;Nicola J. Nadeau;Ryan I. Hill

  • Positive selection of a duplicated UV-sensitive visual pigment coincides with wing pigment evolution in Heliconius butterflies

    Adriana D. Briscoe;Seth M. Bybee;Gary D. Bernard;Furong Yuan

  • Single master regulatory gene coordinates the evolution and development of butterfly color and iridescence.

    Linlin Zhang;Anyi Mazo-Vargas;Robert D Reed

  • Butterfly wing pattern evolution is associated with changes in a Notch/Distal-less temporal pattern formation process.

    Robert D Reed;Michael S Serfas;Michael S Serfas

  • Search for heavy resonances decaying to a W or Z boson and a Higgs boson in the qq¯⁽´⁾bb¯ final state in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

    Morad Aaboud;Alexander Kupco;Peter Davison;Samuel Webb

  • A Partitioned Likelihood Analysis of Swallowtail Butterfly Phylogeny (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

    Michael S. Caterino;Robert D. Reed;May M. Kuo;Felix A. H. Sperling

  • Macroevolutionary shifts of WntA function potentiate butterfly wing-pattern diversity

    Anyi Mazo-Vargas;Carolina Concha;Luca Livraghi;Darli Massardo

  • Warning signals are seductive: relative contributions of color and pattern to predator avoidance and mate attraction in Heliconius butterflies.

    Susan D. Finkbeiner;Susan D. Finkbeiner;Adriana D. Briscoe;Robert D. Reed;Robert D. Reed;Robert D. Reed

  • Search for charged Higgs bosons decaying into a top quark and a bottom quark at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

    Morad Aaboud;Alexander Kupco;Samuel Webb;Timo Dreyer

  • Cross-section measurements of the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of τ-leptons in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

    Morad Aaboud;Alexander Kupco;Samuel Webb;Timo Dreyer

  • Wnt signaling underlies evolution and development of the butterfly wing pattern symmetry systems.

    Arnaud Martin;Robert D. Reed

  • Genome editing in butterflies reveals that spalt promotes and Distal-less represses eyespot colour patterns

    Linlin Zhang;Robert D. Reed

  • Genetic Basis of Melanin Pigmentation in Butterfly Wings.

    Linlin Zhang;Arnaud Martin;Michael W. Perry;Karin R. L. van der Burg

  • UV photoreceptors and UV-yellow wing pigments in Heliconius butterflies allow a color signal to serve both mimicry and intraspecific communication.

    Seth M. Bybee;Furong Yuan;Monica D. Ramstetter;Jorge Llorente-Bousquets

  • Genomic hotspots for adaptation: the population genetics of Müllerian mimicry in Heliconius erato.

    Brian A. Counterman;Felix Araujo-Perez;Heather M. Hines;Simon W. Baxter

  • Interaction of process partitions in phylogenetic analysis: an example from the swallowtail butterfly genus Papilio.

    R. D. Reed;F. A. H. Sperling

Frequent Co-Authors

W. Owen McMillan
W. Owen McMillan Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Chris D. Jiggins
Chris D. Jiggins University of Cambridge
Marcus R. Kronforst
Marcus R. Kronforst University of Chicago
James Mallet
James Mallet Harvard University
Adriana D. Briscoe
Adriana D. Briscoe University of California, Irvine
Georg Halder
Georg Halder KU Leuven
H. Frederik Nijhout
H. Frederik Nijhout Duke University
Mathieu Joron
Mathieu Joron University of Montpellier
Daniel E. Neafsey
Daniel E. Neafsey Broad Institute
Nick Patterson
Nick Patterson Harvard University

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