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1162
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431

Overview

Warren E. Johnson is affiliated with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. The main subfields include genetics, ecology, molecular biology, paleontology, and social psychology.

Their scientific work covers a range of topics, with particular focus on genetic diversity and population structure, wildlife ecology and conservation, genomics and phylogenetic studies, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, evolution and paleontology studies, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, and environmental DNA in biodiversity studies.

Warren E. Johnson has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Incomplete lineage sorting and phenotypic evolution in marsupials, 2022, Cell
  • The evolutionary history of extinct and living lions, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Standards recommendations for the Earth BioGenome Project, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Reference genomes for conservation, 2022, Science

Their frequent co-authors include Tomàs Marquès-Bonet, Guojie Zhang, Eduardo Eizirik, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, and Anna K. Childers.

Warren E. Johnson's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cell
  • Science
  • Current Biology
  • Evolutionary Applications

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

  • Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

    Erich D. Jarvis;Siavash Mirarab;Andre J. Aberer;Bo Li;Bo Li;Bo Li

  • Molecular phylogenetics and the origins of placental mammals

    William J. Murphy;Eduardo Eizirik;Eduardo Eizirik;Warren E. Johnson;Ya Ping Zhang

  • A Molecular Phylogeny of Living Primates

    Polina L. Perelman;Warren E. Johnson;Christian Roos;Hector Seuanez

  • Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation.

    Guojie Zhang;Guojie Zhang;Cai Li;Qiye Li;Bo Li

  • Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life.

    Harris A. Lewin;Gene E. Robinson;W. John Kress;William J. Baker

  • The late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment.

    Warren E. Johnson;Eduardo Eizirik;Eduardo Eizirik;Eduardo Eizirik;Jill Pecon-Slattery;Jill Pecon-Slattery;Jill Pecon-Slattery;William J. Murphy;William J. Murphy;William J. Murphy

  • 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

  • The Near Eastern Origin of Cat Domestication

    Carlos A. Driscoll;Marilyn Menotti-Raymond;Alfred L. Roca;Karsten Hupe

  • Genetic Restoration of the Florida Panther

    Warren E. Johnson;David P. Onorato;Melody E. Roelke;E. Darrell Land

  • A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group

    A.C. Kitchener;C. Breitenmoser-Würsten;E. Eizirik;A. Gentry

  • The adaptive evolution of the mammalian mitochondrial genome.

    Rute R da Fonseca;Rute R da Fonseca;Warren E Johnson;Stephen J O'Brien;Maria João Ramos

  • Genomic ancestry of the American puma (Puma concolor)

    Melanie Culver;Warren E. Johnson;Jill Pecon-Slattery;Stephen J. O'Brien

  • Biogeographic variation of food habits and body size of the America puma.

    J. Agustin Iriarte;William L. Franklin;Warren E. Johnson;Kent H. Redford

  • Initial sequence and comparative analysis of the cat genome

    Joan U. Pontius;James C. Mullikin;Douglas R. Smith;Agencourt Sequencing Team

  • Molecular Genetics and Evolution of Melanism in the Cat Family

    Eduardo Eizirik;Naoya Yuhki;Warren E. Johnson;Marilyn Menotti-Raymond

  • Phylogeography, population history and conservation genetics of jaguars (Panthera onca, Mammalia, Felidae).

    Eduardo Eizirik;Jae-Heup Kim;Marilyn Menotti-Raymond;Peter G. Crawshaw

  • Phylogeography and genetic ancestry of tigers (Panthera tigris).

    Shu Jin Luo;Shu Jin Luo;Jae Heup Kim;Jae Heup Kim;Warren E. Johnson;Joelle Van Der Walt;Joelle Van Der Walt

  • The tiger genome and comparative analysis with lion and snow leopard genomes

    Yun Sung Cho;Li Hu;Haolong Hou;Hang Lee

  • Phylogenetic reconstruction of the felidae using 16S rRNA and NADH-5 mitochondrial genes

    Warren E. Johnson;Stephen J. O'Brien

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. O'Brien
Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University
Agostinho Antunes
Agostinho Antunes University of Porto
Eduardo Eizirik
Eduardo Eizirik Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Guojie Zhang
Guojie Zhang Zhejiang University
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University
Oliver A. Ryder
Oliver A. Ryder University of California, San Diego
Wesley C. Warren
Wesley C. Warren University of Missouri
Richard E. Green
Richard E. Green University of California, Santa Cruz
Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro University of California, Santa Cruz

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