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Robert W. Murphy

Robert W. Murphy

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
63
Citations
17736
World Ranking
1945
National Ranking
123

Overview

Robert W. Murphy is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental science and molecular biology, with a focus on genetics and evolutionary studies.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of their work cover:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling

Key topics frequently addressed in their publications are:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • From asymmetrical to balanced genomic diversification during rediploidization: Subgenomic evolution in allotetraploid fish, 2020, Science Advances
  • Median-joining network analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes is neither phylogenetic nor evolutionary, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A combined approach of mitochondrial DNA and anchored nuclear phylogenomics sheds light on unrecognized diversity, phylogeny, and historical biogeography of the torrent frogs, genus Amolops (Anura: Ranidae), 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • The genome of Shaw's sea snake (Hydrophis curtus) reveals secondary adaptation to its marine environment, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Divergent sensory and immune gene evolution in sea turtles with contrasting demographic and life histories, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors of Robert W. Murphy include:

  • Jing Che
  • Sang Ngoc Nguyen
  • Ya-Ping Zhang
  • Manh Van Le
  • Luan Thanh Nguyen

Typical publication venues for the researcher are:

  • Zootaxa
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Russian Journal of Herpetology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

    Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

  • Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species

    David Haussler;Stephen J. O'Brien;Oliver A. Ryder;F. Keith Barker

  • Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa

    Hussam Zaher;Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin;John E. Cadle;Robert W. Murphy

  • Chicken domestication: an updated perspective based on mitochondrial genomes

    Miao Yw;Peng Ms;Peng Ms;Wu Gs;Ouyang Yn

  • Universal COI primers for DNA barcoding amphibians.

    Jing Che;Hong‐Man Chen;Hong‐Man Chen;Jun‐Xiao Yang;Jie‐Qiong Jin

  • Large-scale Molecular Phylogeny, Morphology, Divergence-Time Estimation, and the Fossil Record of Advanced Caenophidian Snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)

    Hussam Zaher;Robert W. Murphy;Juan Camilo Arredondo;Roberta Graboski;Roberta Graboski

  • Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal

    Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin;Hussam El Dine Zaher;Robert W. Murphy;Gustavo Scrocchi

  • Interrogating Genomic-Scale Data for Squamata (Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenians) Shows no Support for Key Traditional Morphological Relationships

    Frank T Burbrink;Felipe G Grazziotin;R Alexander Pyron;David Cundall

  • Draft genome sequence of the Tibetan antelope

    Ri Li Ge;Qingle Cai;Yong Yi Shen;Yong Yi Shen;A. San

  • Phylogeny of the Side-Blotched Lizards (Phrynosomatidae:Uta) Based on mtDNA Sequences: Support for a Midpeninsular Seaway in Baja California

    Darlene E. Upton;Robert W. Murphy

  • Whole-genome sequence of the Tibetan frog Nanorana parkeri and the comparative evolution of tetrapod genomes

    Yan Bo Sun;Zi Jun Xiong;Xue Yan Xiang;Shi Ping Liu

  • Assessing DNA Barcoding as a Tool for Species Identification and Data Quality Control

    Yong-Yi Shen;Xiao Chen;Robert W. Murphy;Robert W. Murphy

  • A fine line between sex and unisexuality: the phylogenetic constraints on parthenogenesis in lacertid lizards

    Robert W. Murphy;Robert W. Murphy;Jinzhong Fu;Jinzhong Fu;Ross D. Macculloch;Ilya S. Darevsky

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

    Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

  • Evolutionary drivers of phylogeographical diversity in the highlands of Mexico: a case study of the Crotalus triseriatus species group of montane rattlesnakes

    Robert W. Bryson;Robert W. Murphy;Robert W. Murphy;Amy Lathrop;David Lazcano-Villareal

  • Cryptic Species of a Cascade Frog from Southeast Asia: Taxonomic Revisions and Descriptions of Six New Species

    Raoul H. Bain;Amy Lathrop;Robert W. Murphy;Nikolai L. Orlov

  • Parallel evolution of auditory genes for echolocation in bats and toothed whales.

    Yong-Yi Shen;Lu Liang;Lu Liang;Gui-Sheng Li;Robert W. Murphy;Robert W. Murphy

  • Geological events play a larger role than Pleistocene climatic fluctuations in driving the genetic structure of Quasipaa boulengeri (Anura: Dicroglossidae)

    Fang Yan;Fang Yan;Weiwei Zhou;Haitao Zhao;Zhiyong Yuan;Zhiyong Yuan

  • The Nonavian Reptiles : Origins and Evolution

    Robert W. Murphy;Gustavo Aguirre-Léon

  • Genomic incompatibilities in the diploid and tetraploid offspring of the goldfish × common carp cross

    Shaojun Liu;Jing Luo;Jing Chai;Li Ren

Frequent Co-Authors

Ya-Ping Zhang
Ya-Ping Zhang Kunming Institute of Zoology
Nikolay A. Poyarkov
Nikolay A. Poyarkov Lomonosov Moscow State University
David M. Irwin
David M. Irwin University of Toronto
Truong Q. Nguyen
Truong Q. Nguyen University of California, San Diego
Bryan L. Stuart
Bryan L. Stuart North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Theodore J. Papenfuss
Theodore J. Papenfuss University of California, Berkeley
Warren E. Johnson
Warren E. Johnson Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Stephen J. O'Brien
Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University
Yong-Gang Yao
Yong-Gang Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Andrew J. Crawford
Andrew J. Crawford Universidad de Los Andes

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