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Thomas L. Parchman is affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their research spans several main fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these fields, they focus on subfields such as Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including Genetic diversity and population structure, Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics.

Thomas L. Parchman has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed papers, with some recent publications as follows:

  • "Model-based genotype and ancestry estimation for potential hybrids with mixed-ploidy," 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "Large-scale mutation in the evolution of a gene complex for cryptic coloration," 2020, Science
  • "Ecology shapes epistasis in a genotype-phenotype-fitness map for stick insect colour," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Complex evolutionary processes maintain an ancient chromosomal inversion," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Genome-wide RAD sequencing resolves the evolutionary history of serrate leaf Juniperus and reveals discordance with chloroplast phylogeny," 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Some frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Joshua P. Jahner
  • Elizabeth A. Leger
  • Matthew L. Forister
  • Trevor M. Faske
  • Alison C. Agneray

Publications by Thomas L. Parchman appear regularly in certain academic venues, with the highest number of contributions in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Genome‐wide association genetics of an adaptive trait in lodgepole pine

    Thomas L. Parchman;Zachariah Gompert;Joann Mudge;Faye D. Schilkey

  • Transcriptome sequencing in an ecologically important tree species: assembly, annotation, and marker discovery

    Thomas L Parchman;Katherine S Geist;Johan A Grahnen;Craig W Benkman

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.

    Shaohong Feng;Josefin Stiller;Yuan Deng;Joel Armstrong;Joel Armstrong

  • Stick Insect Genomes Reveal Natural Selection’s Role in Parallel Speciation

    Víctor Soria-Carrasco;Zachariah Gompert;Aaron A. Comeault;Timothy E. Farkas

  • Reciprocal Selection Causes a Coevolutionary Arms Race between Crossbills and Lodgepole Pine

    Craig W. Benkman;Thomas L. Parchman;Amanda Favis;Adam M. Siepielski

  • Genomics of isolation in hybrids.

    Zachariah Gompert;Thomas L. Parchman;C. Alex Buerkle

  • The genomic consequences of adaptive divergence and reproductive isolation between species of manakins

    T. L. Parchman;Z. Gompert;M. J. Braun;R. T. Brumfield

  • Do highly divergent loci reside in genomic regions affecting reproductive isolation? A test using next-generation sequence data in Timema stick insects

    Patrik Nosil;Thomas L Parchman;Jeffrey L Feder;Zach Gompert

  • Genomic consequences of multiple speciation processes in a stick insect

    Patrik Nosil;Zach Gompert;Timothy E. Farkas;Aaron A. Comeault

  • Experimental evidence for ecological selection on genome variation in the wild.

    Zachariah Gompert;Aaron A. Comeault;Timothy E. Farkas;Jeffrey L. Feder

  • Modern approaches to study plant–insect interactions in chemical ecology

    Lee A. Dyer;Casey S. Philbin;Kaitlin M. Ochsenrider;Lora A. Richards

  • Intraspecific phytochemical variation shapes community and population structure for specialist caterpillars

    Andrea E. Glassmire;Christopher S. Jeffrey;Matthew L. Forister;Thomas L. Parchman

  • DIVERSIFYING COEVOLUTION BETWEEN CROSSBILLS AND BLACK SPRUCE ON NEWFOUNDLAND

    Thomas L. Parchman;Craig W. Benkman

  • An introduced and a native vertebrate hybridize to form a genetic bridge to a second native species.

    David B. McDonald;Thomas L. Parchman;Michael R. Bower;Wayne A. Hubert

  • Selection on a Genetic Polymorphism Counteracts Ecological Speciation in a Stick Insect

    Aaron A. Comeault;Samuel M. Flaxman;Ruediger Riesch;Ruediger Riesch;Emma Curran

  • Patterns of genetic variation in the adaptive radiation of New World crossbills (Aves: Loxia).

    Thomas L. Parchman;Craig W. Benkman;Seth C. Britch

  • Individual variation in spatial memory performance in wild mountain chickadees from different elevations

    R. Croston;D.Y. Kozlovsky;C.L. Branch;T.L. Parchman

  • Highly variable reproductive isolation among pairs of Catostomus species

    Elizabeth G. Mandeville;Thomas L. Parchman;David B. McDonald;C. Alex Buerkle

  • Model-based genotype and ancestry estimation for potential hybrids with mixed-ploidy.

    Vivaswat Shastry;Paula E Adams;Dorothea Lindtke;Elizabeth G Mandeville

  • RADseq approaches and applications for forest tree genetics

    Thomas L. Parchman;Joshua P. Jahner;Kathryn A. Uckele;Lanie M. Galland

  • Predictably harsh environment is associated with reduced cognitive flexibility in wild food-caching mountain chickadees

    Rebecca Croston;Carrie L. Branch;Angela M. Pitera;Dovid Y. Kozlovsky

  • A New Species of the Red Crossbill (Fringillidae: Loxia) from Idaho

    Craig W. Benkman;Julie W. Smith;Patrick C. Keenan;Thomas L. Parchman

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Alex Buerkle
C. Alex Buerkle University of Wyoming
Craig W. Benkman
Craig W. Benkman University of Wyoming
Patrik Nosil
Patrik Nosil University of Sheffield
Zachariah Gompert
Zachariah Gompert Utah State University
Matthew L. Forister
Matthew L. Forister University of Nevada Reno
Jeffrey L. Feder
Jeffrey L. Feder University of Notre Dame
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University
Lee A. Dyer
Lee A. Dyer University of Nevada Reno
Michael J. Braun
Michael J. Braun University of Maryland, College Park
Barney A. Schlinger
Barney A. Schlinger University of California, Los Angeles

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