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  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Wayne P. Maddison is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with an emphasis on genetics and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. Maddison's work encompasses various topics including spider taxonomy and behavior studies, lepidoptera biology and taxonomy, genetic diversity and population structure, as well as genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Their frequent publication venues reflect a focus on biodiversity, taxonomy, and systematics. These venues include:

  • ZooKeys
  • Zootaxa
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists
  • Journal of Zoology

Maddison has coauthored numerous papers with collaborators such as Junxia Zhang, Kiran Marathe, Kun Yu, Krushnamegh Kunte, and Paul Y. C. Ng. The collaboration counts range from three to twelve joint publications with these frequent coauthors.

Selected recent papers authored by Maddison include:

  • A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini), 2020, ZooKeys
  • Sitticine jumping spiders: phylogeny, classification, and chromosomes (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticini), 2020, ZooKeys
  • The Species as a Reproductive Community Emerging From the Past, 2023, Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists

Other associated papers in related fields include studies on jumping spiders and regional spider species which contribute to the taxonomic and ecological understanding within arachnology.

Major thematic areas covered by Maddison's research are:

  • Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Hymenoptera Taxonomy and Phylogeny
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

In recognition of their contributions, Maddison was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2011 within the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • MacClade: Analysis of phylogeny and character evolution

    David R. Maddison;Wayne P. Maddison

  • Gene Trees in Species Trees

    Wayne P. Maddison

  • Estimation of levels of gene flow from DNA sequence data.

    R R Hudson;M Slatkin;W P Maddison

  • Outgroup analysis and parsimony

    Wayne P. Maddison;Michael J. Donoghue;David R. Maddison

  • Inferring phylogeny despite incomplete lineage sorting.

    Wayne P. Maddison;L. Lacey Knowles

  • Estimating a binary character's effect on speciation and extinction.

    Wayne P. Maddison;Peter E. Midford;Sarah P. Otto

  • A cladistic measure of gene flow inferred from the phylogenies of alleles.

    Montgomery Slatkin;Wayne P. Maddison

  • Estimating Trait-Dependent Speciation and Extinction Rates from Incompletely Resolved Phylogenies

    Richard G. FitzJohn;Wayne P. Maddison;Sarah P. Otto

  • A METHOD FOR TESTING THE CORRELATED EVOLUTION OF TWO BINARY CHARACTERS: ARE GAINS OR LOSSES CONCENTRATED ON CERTAIN BRANCHES OF A PHYLOGENETIC TREE?

    Wayne P. Maddison

  • Macclade: Analysis of Phylogeny and Character Evolution/Version 3

    Wayne P. Maddison;David R. Maddison

  • The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target‐gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling

    Ward C. Wheeler;Jonathan A. Coddington;Louise M. Crowley;Dimitar Dimitrov;Dimitar Dimitrov

  • Squared-Change Parsimony Reconstructions of Ancestral States for Continuous-Valued Characters on a Phylogenetic Tree

    Wayne P. Maddison

  • The Unsolved Challenge to Phylogenetic Correlation Tests for Categorical Characters

    Wayne P. Maddison;Richard G. FitzJohn

  • The Tree of Life Web Project

    David R. Maddison;Katja-Sabine Schulz;Wayne P. Maddison

  • Missing Data versus Missing Characters in Phylogenetic Analysis

    Wayne P. Maddison

  • RECONSTRUCTING CHARACTER EVOLUTION ON POLYTOMOUS CLADOGRAMS

    Wayne Maddison

  • NULL MODELS FOR THE NUMBER OF EVOLUTIONARY STEPS IN A CHARACTER ON A PHYLOGENETIC TREE.

    Wayne P. Maddison;Montgomery Slatkin

  • A Combined Molecular Approach to Phylogeny of the Jumping Spider Subfamily Dendryphantinae (Araneae: Salticidae)

    Marshal C. Hedin;Wayne P. Maddison

  • Sexual selection driving diversification in jumping spiders

    Susan E. Masta;Wayne P. Maddison

  • Exploring power and parameter estimation of the BiSSE method for analyzing species diversification

    Matthew P Davis;Peter E. Midford;Wayne P. Maddison

  • Interactive analysis of phylogeny and character evolution using the computer program MacClade.

    Wayne Paul Maddison;David Robert Maddison

Frequent Co-Authors

Leticia Avilés
Leticia Avilés University of British Columbia
Ingi Agnarsson
Ingi Agnarsson University of Iceland
Montgomery Slatkin
Montgomery Slatkin University of California, Berkeley
Sarah P. Otto
Sarah P. Otto University of British Columbia
Jonathan A. Coddington
Jonathan A. Coddington National Museum of Natural History
Charles E. Griswold
Charles E. Griswold California Academy of Sciences
Ward C. Wheeler
Ward C. Wheeler American Museum of Natural History
Ronald R. Hoy
Ronald R. Hoy Cornell University
Eileen A. Hebets
Eileen A. Hebets University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Gustavo Hormiga
Gustavo Hormiga George Washington University

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