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Citations
22603
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12266
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5244

Overview

Wesley M. Brown is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences, psychology, and education, with an emphasis on various subfields including sociology and political science, developmental and educational psychology, and education itself.

Their work primarily focuses on topics related to educator training and historical pedagogy, educational strategies and epistemologies, as well as science education and pedagogy. These themes illustrate an engagement with the ways educators are prepared, how knowledge is constructed and conveyed, and how science education can be developed and improved.

Wesley M. Brown has published in the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, reflecting a connection to academic discussions on literacy and education. The titles of their recent scholarly contributions include:

  • Science teachers designing text use for equitable Next Generation Science instruction (2023) in the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy

Collaborative efforts feature prominently in their work, with frequent co-authors including Cynthia Greenleaf and Kathleen A. Hinchman. These partnerships indicate active engagement with other researchers in related areas of education and literacy.

The integration of social sciences and psychology informs Brown's approach to educational research, combining theoretical and applied perspectives to explore complex dynamics in teaching and learning environments. The focus on developmental and educational psychology suggests an interest in how individuals acquire knowledge and skills over time within educational settings.

Best Publications

  • Rapid evolution of animal mitochondrial DNA.

    Wesley M. Brown;Matthew George;Allan C. Wilson

  • Mitochondrial DNA sequences of primates: tempo and mode of evolution.

    Wesley M. Brown;Ellen M. Prager;Alice Wang;Allan C. Wilson

  • EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL MITOCHONDRIAL DNA: RELEVANCE FOR POPULATION BIOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS

    C. Moritz;T. E. Dowling;W. M. Brown

  • Big trees from little genomes: mitochondrial gene order as a phylogenetic tool.

    Jeffrey L Boore;Wesley M Brown

  • Gene translocation links insects and crustaceans

    Jeffrey L. Boore;Dennis V. Lavrov;Wesley M. Brown

  • Polymorphism in mitochondrial DNA of humans as revealed by restriction endonuclease analysis.

    Wesley M. Brown

  • Deducing The Pattern Of Arthropod Phylogeny From Mitochondrial-dna Rearrangements

    Jeffrey L. Boore;Timothy M. Collins;David Stanton;David Stanton;L. Lynne Daehler

  • POLYMORPHIC SITES AND THE MECHANISM OF EVOLUTION IN HUMAN MITOCHONDRIAL DNA

    Rebecca L. Cann;Wesley M. Brown;Allan C. Wilson

  • Tandem duplications in animal mitochondrial DNAs: variation in incidence and gene content among lizards.

    Craig Moritz;Wesley M. Brown

  • Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA comparisons reveal extreme rate variation in the molecular clock.

    Lisa Vawter;Wesley M. Brown

  • Mitochondrial Genomes of Galathealinum, Helobdella, and Platynereis: Sequence and Gene Arrangement Comparisons Indicate that Pogonophora Is Not a Phylum and Annelida and Arthropoda Are Not Sister Taxa

    Jeffrey L. Boore;Wesley M. Brown

  • A novel type of RNA editing occurs in the mitochondrial tRNAs of the centipede Lithobius forficatus

    Dennis V. Lavrov;Wesley M. Brown;Jeffrey L. Boore

  • Complete mtDNA Sequences of Two Millipedes Suggest a New Model for Mitochondrial Gene Rearrangements: Duplication and Nonrandom Loss

    Dennis V. Lavrov;Jeffrey L. Boore;Wesley M. Brown

  • A comparison of the small ribosomal RNA genes from the mitochondrial DNA of the great apes and humans: sequence, structure, evolution, and phylogenetic implications.

    James E. Hixson;Wesley M. Brown

  • Complete DNA sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the black chiton, Katharina tunicata.

    J L Boore;W M Brown

  • Evolutionary tree for apes and humans based on cleavage maps of mitochondrial DNA

    S D Ferris;A C Wilson;W M Brown

  • Trichinella spiralis mtDNA: a nematode mitochondrial genome that encodes a putative ATP8 and normally structured tRNAS and has a gene arrangement relatable to those of coelomate metazoans.

    Dennis V. Lavrov;Wesley M. Brown

  • Amphioxus mitochondrial DNA, chordate phylogeny, and the limits of inference based on comparisons of sequences.

    Gavin J. P. Naylor;Wesley M. Brown

  • Nonneutral Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Humans and Chimpanzees

    Michael W. Nachman;Wesley M. Brown;Mark Stoneking;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Phylogenetic position of the Pentastomida and (pan)crustacean relationships

    Dennis V. Lavrov;Wesley M. Brown;Jeffrey L. Boore;Jeffrey L. Boore

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey L. Boore
Jeffrey L. Boore University of California, Berkeley
Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University
Thomas E. Dowling
Thomas E. Dowling Wayne State University
Allan C. Wilson
Allan C. Wilson University of California, Berkeley
Gavin J. P. Naylor
Gavin J. P. Naylor Florida Museum of Natural History
Deborah R. Smith
Deborah R. Smith University of Kansas
Jerome Vinograd
Jerome Vinograd California Institute of Technology
Gerald R. Smith
Gerald R. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Fred Kraus
Fred Kraus University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael W. Nachman
Michael W. Nachman University of California, Berkeley

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