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W. Kelley Thomas is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, agricultural and biological sciences, and medicine. A significant focus of their work lies in molecular biology and plant science, with additional expertise in ecology, infectious diseases, and physiology.

Their scientific contributions span numerous specific areas including:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Microbial Infections and Disease Research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies

W. Kelley Thomas frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Joseph L. Sevigny, Stephen Simpson, Louis S. Tisa, Krystalynne Morris, and Erik Swanson.

Their publications have appeared regularly in various scientific journals, notably:

  • Journal of Genomics
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

Recent papers authored or coauthored by W. Kelley Thomas include:

  • "The Transition From Stochastic to Deterministic Bacterial Community Assembly During Permafrost Thaw Succession" (2020), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Variable Spontaneous Mutation and Loss of Heterozygosity among Heterozygous Genomes in Yeast" (2020), published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Target enrichment of metazoan mitochondrial DNA with hybridization capture probes" (2020), published in Ecological Indicators
  • "Draft Genome Sequences of 10 Bacterial Strains Isolated from Root Nodules of Alnus Trees in New Hampshire" (2020), published in Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • "Draft Genome Sequence for Frankia sp. Strain BMG5.11, a Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Isolated from Elaeagnus angustifolia" (2020), published in Microbiology Resource Announcements

The scope of Thomas's work reflects a strong integration of genomics, microbial ecology, and symbiotic plant-microbe interactions, emphasizing bacterial and yeast genomic studies alongside broader ecological implications. Their involvement in high-impact areas such as nitrogen-fixing symbiosis and pathogen research connects molecular-level insights with agricultural and environmental applications.

Best Publications

  • A molecular evolutionary framework for the phylum Nematoda

    Mark L. Blaxter;Paul De Ley;Paul De Ley;James R. Garey;Leo X. Liu

  • The ecoresponsive genome of Daphnia pulex

    John K. Colbourne;Michael E. Pfrender;Michael E. Pfrender;Donald Gilbert;W. Kelley Thomas

  • Genetic drift, selection and the evolution of the mutation rate

    Michael Lynch;Matthew S. Ackerman;Jean Francois Gout;Hongan Long

  • A genome-wide view of the spectrum of spontaneous mutations in yeast

    Michael Lynch;Way Sung;Krystalynne Morris;Nicole Coffey

  • Molecular and morphological characterisation of two reproductively isolated species with mirror-image anatomy ({Nematoda}: {Cephalobidae})

    Paul De Ley;Marie-Anne Felix;Linda M. Frisse;Steven A. Nadler

  • Sequencing our way towards understanding global eukaryotic biodiversity

    Holly M. Bik;Dorota L. Porazinska;Simon Creer;J. Gregory Caporaso

  • The ecologist's field guide to sequence‐based identification of biodiversity

    Simon Creer;Kristy Deiner;Serita Frey;Dorota Porazinska

  • High mutation rate and predominance of insertions in the Caenorhabditis elegans nuclear genome

    Dee R. Denver;Krystalynne Morris;Michael Lynch;W. Kelley Thomas

  • Second-generation environmental sequencing unmasks marine metazoan biodiversity

    Vera G. Fonseca;Gary R. Carvalho;Way Sung;Harriet F. Johnson

  • The marsupial mitochondrial genome and the evolution of placental mammals.

    A. Janke;G. Feldmaier-Fuchs;W. K. Thomas;A. von Haeseler

  • Evaluating high-throughput sequencing as a method for metagenomic analysis of nematode diversity

    Dorota L. Porazinska;Robin M. Giblin‐Davis;Lina Faller;William Farmerie

  • High Direct Estimate of the Mutation Rate in the Mitochondrial Genome of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Dee R. Denver;Krystalynne Morris;Michael Lynch;Larissa L. Vassilieva

  • Length heteroplasmy of sturgeon mitochondrial DNA: an illegitimate elongation model.

    N E Buroker;J R Brown;T A Gilbert;P J O'Hara

  • A genome-wide view of Caenorhabditis elegans base-substitution mutation processes

    Dee R. Denver;Peter C. Dolan;Larry J. Wilhelm;Way Sung

  • Phylogenetic relationships among Bursaphelenchus species (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae) inferred from nuclear ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA sequence data.

    Weimin Ye;Robin M. Giblin-Davis;Helen Braasch;Krystalynne Morris

  • An integrated approach to fast and informative morphological vouchering of nematodes for applications in molecular barcoding

    Paul De Ley;Irma Tandingan De Ley;Krystalynne Morris;Eyualem Abebe

  • The transcriptional consequences of mutation and natural selection in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Dee R Denver;Dee R Denver;Krystalynne Morris;J Todd Streelman;Stuart K Kim

  • Spatial and temporal continuity of kangaroo rat populations shown by sequencing mitochondrial DNA from museum specimens

    W. Kelley Thomas;Svante Pääbo;Francis X. Villablanca;Allan C. Wilson

  • Chronic nitrogen additions fundamentally restructure the soil fungal community in a temperate forest

    Eric W. Morrison;Serita D. Frey;Jesse J. Sadowsky;Linda T.A. van Diepen

  • Metagenetic community analysis of microbial eukaryotes illuminates biogeographic patterns in deep-sea and shallow water sediments.

    Holly M. Bik;Way Sung;Paul De Ley;James G. Baldwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Lynch
Michael Lynch Arizona State University
Dorota L. Porazinska
Dorota L. Porazinska University of Florida
Michael E. Pfrender
Michael E. Pfrender University of Notre Dame
Mark Blaxter
Mark Blaxter Wellcome Sanger Institute
Allan C. Wilson
Allan C. Wilson University of California, Berkeley
Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Simon Creer
Simon Creer Bangor University
John K. Colbourne
John K. Colbourne University of Birmingham
Ulf Gyllensten
Ulf Gyllensten Uppsala University

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