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Overview

Robin S. Waples is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has a prominent research profile in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their scientific output spans multiple subfields, including Genetics, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science.

Their research topics cover a spectrum of genetic and ecological areas, with a notable focus on genetic diversity and population structure, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, fish ecology and management studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, evolution and genetic dynamics, genetic mapping and diversity in both plants and animals, and animal behavior and reproduction.

Recent publications by Robin S. Waples include:

  • What Is Ne, Anyway?, 2022, Journal of Heredity
  • Practical application of the linkage disequilibrium method for estimating contemporary effective population size: A review, 2023, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Guidelines for genetic data analysis, 2023, The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Implications of Large-Effect Loci for Conservation: A Review and Case Study with Pacific Salmon, 2021, Journal of Heredity
  • Pseudoreplication in genomics-scale datasets, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Robin S. Waples frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors who have contributed to multiple publications, including Marty Kardos, Devon E. Pearse, Eric J. Ward, Gordon Luikart, and Brian K. Hand.

Their work has been published in several key scientific venues, predominantly in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Heredity, Molecular Ecology Resources, Molecular Ecology, and Evolutionary Applications.

Best Publications

  • NeEstimator v2: re-implementation of software for the estimation of contemporary effective population size (Ne ) from genetic data.

    C. Do;R. S. Waples;D. Peel;G. M. Macbeth

  • What is a population? An empirical evaluation of some genetic methods for identifying the number of gene pools and their degree of connectivity.

    Robin S. Waples;Oscar Gaggiotti

  • Separating the wheat from the chaff: patterns of genetic differentiation in high gene flow species

    R. S. Waples

  • ldne: a program for estimating effective population size from data on linkage disequilibrium.

    Robin S. Waples;Chi Do

  • Genetic monitoring as a promising tool for conservation and management

    Michael K. Schwartz;Gordon Luikart;Gordon Luikart;Robin S. Waples

  • Linkage disequilibrium estimates of contemporary Ne using highly variable genetic markers: a largely untapped resource for applied conservation and evolution

    Robin S. Waples;Chi Do

  • Pacific Salmon, Oncorhynchus spp., and the Definition of "Species" Under the Endangered Species Act

    Robin S. Waples

  • A generalized approach for estimating effective population size from temporal changes in allele frequency.

    Robin S. Waples

  • A bias correction for estimates of effective population size based on linkage disequilibrium at unlinked gene loci

    Robin S. Waples

  • Assignment methods: matching biological questions with appropriate techniques

    Stephanie Manel;Oscar E. Gaggiotti;Robin S. Waples

  • The alluring simplicity and complex reality of genetic rescue

    David A. Tallmon;Gordon Luikart;Robin S. Waples

  • Compromising genetic diversity in the wild: unmonitored large-scale release of plants and animals

    Linda Laikre;Michael K. Schwartz;Robin S. Waples;Nils Ryman

  • A MULTISPECIES APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF GENE FLOW IN MARINE SHORE FISHES.

    Robin S. Waples

  • Evolutionarily Significant Units and the Conservation of Biological Diversity under the Endangered' Species Act

    Robin S. Waples

  • Genetic interactions Between Hatchery and Wild Salmonids: Lessons from the Pacific Northwest

    Robin S. Waples

  • Phenotypic plasticity and population viability: the importance of environmental predictability.

    Thomas E. Reed;Robin S. Waples;Daniel E. Schindler;Jeffrey J. Hard

  • Evaluating the performance of a multilocus Bayesian method for the estimation of migration rates.

    Pierre Faubet;Robin S. Waples;Oscar E. Gaggiotti

  • Understanding and Estimating Effective Population Size for Practical Application in Marine Species Management

    Matthew P. Hare;Leonard Nunney;Michael K. Schwartz;Daniel Eduardo Ruzzante

  • Testing for Hardy–Weinberg Proportions: Have We Lost the Plot?

    Robin S. Waples

  • Integrating genetic data into management of marine resources: how can we do it better?

    Robin S Waples;André E Punt;Jason M Cope

  • Compromising genetic diversity in thewild: unmonitored large-scale releaseof plants and animals

    Linda Laikre;Michael K. Schwartz;Robin Waples;Nils Ryman

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon Luikart
Gordon Luikart University of Montana
Jeffrey A. Hutchings
Jeffrey A. Hutchings Dalhousie University
Michael K. Schwartz
Michael K. Schwartz US Forest Service
Daniel E. Schindler
Daniel E. Schindler University of Washington
Clint C. Muhlfeld
Clint C. Muhlfeld United States Geological Survey
Nils Ryman
Nils Ryman Stockholm University
Oscar E. Gaggiotti
Oscar E. Gaggiotti University of St Andrews
Fred W. Allendorf
Fred W. Allendorf University of Montana
David A. Tallmon
David A. Tallmon University of Alaska Southeast
Stefano Mariani
Stefano Mariani Liverpool John Moores University

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