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Ronald S. Burton is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans key areas within Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The subfields of study include Ecology, Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Oceanography.

Their work focuses on topics such as physiological and biochemical adaptations, genetic diversity and population structure, fish ecology and management studies, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, marine and fisheries research, identification and quantification in food, as well as marine biology and ecology research.

Frequently published venues for their research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS ONE, Ecology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, and Journal of Heredity.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Improving metabarcoding taxonomic assignment: A case study of fishes in a large marine ecosystem, 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Strong selective effects of mitochondrial DNA on the nuclear genome, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The role of mitonuclear incompatibilities in allopatric speciation, 2022, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Efficacy of metabarcoding for identification of fish eggs evaluated with mock communities, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Recovery from hybrid breakdown reveals a complex genetic architecture of mitonuclear incompatibilities, 2021, Molecular Ecology

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Timothy M. Healy
  • Thiago G. Lima
  • Emma S. Choi
  • Daniela Zárate
  • Lucas D. Martz

Best Publications

  • Genetic assessment of connectivity among marine populations

    Michael E. Hellberg;Ronald S. Burton;Joseph E. Neigel;Stephen R. Palumbi

  • Quantifying larval retention and connectivity in marine populations with artificial and natural markers

    Simon R. Thorrold;Geoffrey P. Jones;Michael E. Hellberg;Ronald S. Burton

  • INTRASPECIFIC PHYLOGEOGRAPHY ACROSS THE POINT CONCEPTION BIOGEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY.

    Ronald S. Burton

  • A disproportionate role for mtDNA in Dobzhansky- Muller incompatibilities?

    Ronald S. Burton;Felipe S. Barreto

  • Cytonuclear Genomic Interactions and Hybrid Breakdown

    Ronald S. Burton;Ricardo J. Pereira;Felipe S. Barreto

  • Natural selection and the evolution of mtDNA-encoded peptides: evidence for intergenomic co-adaptation

    Pierre U Blier;Ronald S Burton

  • INTERPOPULATION HYBRID BREAKDOWN MAPS TO THE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME

    Christopher K. Ellison;Ronald S. Burton

  • Nuclear and mitochondrial gene genealogies and allozyme polymorphism across a major phylogeographic break in the copepod Tigriopus californicus.

    Ronald S. Burton;Bang-Ning Lee

  • Disruption of Mitochondrial Function in Interpopulation Hybrids of Tigriopus Californicus

    Christopher K. Ellison;Ronald S. Burton

  • The sorry state of F2 hybrids: consequences of rapid mitochondrial DNA evolution in allopatric populations.

    R. S. Burton;C. K. Ellison;J. S. Harrison

  • Functional coadaptation between cytochrome c and cytochrome c oxidase within allopatric populations of a marine copepod

    Paul D. Rawson;Ronald S. Burton

  • Allozyme and mitochondrial DNA evidence of population subdivision in the purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

    S. Edmands;P. E. Moberg;R. S. Burton

  • THE RECRUITMENT SWEEPSTAKES HAS MANY WINNERS: GENETIC EVIDENCE FROM THE SEA URCHIN STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS

    Jonathan M. Flowers;Stephen C. Schroeter;Ronald S. Burton

  • POPULATION GENETICS OF TIGRIOPUS CALIFORNICUS. II. DIFFERENTIATION AMONG NEIGHBORING POPULATIONS.

    Ronald S. Burton;Marcus W. Feldman

  • HYBRID BREAKDOWN IN DEVELOPMENTAL TIME IN THE COPEPOD TIGRIOPUS CALIFORNICUS.

    Ronald S. Burton

  • Investigating the molecular basis of local adaptation to thermal stress: population differences in gene expression across the transcriptome of the copepod Tigriopus californicus

    Sean D Schoville;Felipe S Barreto;Gary W Moy;Anastasia Wolff

  • Genomic signatures of mitonuclear coevolution across populations of Tigriopus californicus

    Felipe S. Barreto;Felipe S. Barreto;Eric T. Watson;Thiago G. Lima;Thiago G. Lima;Christopher S. Willett

  • Population Genetics of Tigriopus californicus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): I. Population Structure Along the Central California Coast

    RS Burton;MW Feldman;JW Curtsinger

  • Genetic heterogeneity among adult and recruit red sea urchins, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

    P. E. Moberg;R. S. Burton

  • RNA-seq reveals regional differences in transcriptome response to heat stress in the marine snail Chlorostoma funebralis.

    Lani U. Gleason;Ronald S. Burton

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus W. Feldman
Marcus W. Feldman Stanford University
Bernie May
Bernie May University of California, Davis
Brian Palenik
Brian Palenik University of California, San Diego
Octavio Aburto-Oropeza
Octavio Aburto-Oropeza University of California, San Diego
Brice X. Semmens
Brice X. Semmens University of California, San Diego
Michael E. Hellberg
Michael E. Hellberg Louisiana State University
Andrew Thompson
Andrew Thompson Murdoch University
Carolyn S. Friedman
Carolyn S. Friedman University of Washington
George Sugihara
George Sugihara University of California, San Diego
Paul H. Barber
Paul H. Barber University of California, Los Angeles

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