David W. Weisrock

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David William Weisrock (born August 23, 1972 ) is an American zoologist , geneticist , evolutionary biologist, and university professor.

Career

David W. Weisrock studied from 1990 to 1997 at Iowa State University in Ames , Iowa . There he graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in Genetics and in 1997 with a Master of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He continued his studies at Washington University in St. Louis , Missouri , where he received his Ph.D. PhD in evolution, ecology and population biology. From 2003 to 2006 he was a postdoc at the University of Kentucky in Lexington , Kentucky and from 2006 to 2008 he was a postdoctoral fellow at Duke University in Raleigh , North Carolina .

Weisrock has been Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Biology since 2008 and is now an Associate Professor of Weisrock Labs at the University of Kentucky. Weisrock Labs conduct genetic and evolutionary research on a wide range of taxonomic groups. These include salamanders such as the North American tiger salamanders and Kentucky populations of the mud devil , Malagasy lemurs , alpine stone flies and Mesenchytraeus solifugus, and other cryosphere invertebrates .

In 2013 Weisrock and several colleagues published the first descriptions of Marohita mouse lemur and Anosy mouse lemur . In 2016 he co-authored the first description of Microcebus manitatra , Ganzhorns Mausmaki and Microcebus boraha .

Publications (selection)

  • David W. Weisrock et al. Molecular phylogenetic reconstruction of the endemic Asian salamander family Hynobiidae (Amphibia, Caudata) . In: Zootaxa , Volume 3626, pp. 77-93, doi : 10.11646 / zootaxa.3626.1.3 .
  • David W. Weisrock et al. Comparative molecular phylogeography of North American softshell turtles (Apalone): implications for regional and wide-scale historical evolutionary forces . In: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2000, Volume 14, No. 1, pp. 152-164, doi : 10.1006 / mpev.1999.0689 .
  • David W. Weisrock et al. Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography among salamandrids of the "true" salamander clade: rapid branching of numerous highly divergent lineages in Mertensiella Luschani associated with the rise of Anatolia . In: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2001, Volume 18, No. 3, pp. 434-448, doi : 10.1006 / mpev.2000.0905 .
  • David W. Weisrock et al. Phylogeographic analysis of mitochondrial gene flow and introgression in the salamander, Plethodon shermani . In: Molecular ecology 2005, Volume 14, No. 5, pp. 1457-1472, doi : 10.1111 / j.1365-294X.2005.02524.x .
  • David W. Weisrock et al. Resolving deep phylogenetic relationships in salamanders: analyzes of mitochondrial and nuclear genomic data . In: Systematic biology 2005, Volume 54, No. 5, pp. 758-777, doi : 10.1080 / 10635150500234641 .
  • David W. Weisrock: A molecular assessment of phylogenetic relationships and lineage accumulation rates within the family Salamandridae (Amphibia, Caudata) . In: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2006, Volume 41, No. 2, pp. 368-83, doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev 2006.05.008 .
  • Linn F. Groeneveld, David W. Weisrock, Rodin M. Rasoloarison , Anne D. Yoder and Peter M. Kappeler : Species delimitation in lemurs: multiple genetic loci reveal low levels of species diversity in the genus Cheirogaleus . In: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, Volume 9, Article 30, doi : 10.1186 / 1471-2148-9-30 .
  • David W. Weisrock et al .: Delimiting species without nuclear monophyly in Madagascar's mouse lemurs . In: PloS one 2010, Volume 5, No. 3, Article e9883, doi : 10.1371 / journal.pone.0009883 .
  • David W. Weisrock et al .: Concatenation and concordance in the reconstruction of mouse lemur phylogeny: an empirical demonstration of the effect of allele sampling in phylogenetics . In: Molecular biology and evolution 2012, Volume 29, No. 6, pp. 1615-1630, doi : 10.1093 / molbev / mss008 .
  • David W. Weisrock: Concordance analysis in mitogenomic phylogenetics . In: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2012, Volume 65, No. 1, pp. 194-202, doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2012.06.003 .
  • Rodin M. Rasoloarison, David W. Weisrock, Anne D. Yoder, Daniel Rakotondravony and Peter M. Kappeler: Two New Species of Mouse Lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Microcebus) from Eastern Madagascar . In: International Journal of Primatology 2013, Volume 34, No. 3, pp. 455-469, doi : 10.1007 / s10764-013-9672-1 .
  • Scott Hotaling , Mary E. Foley, Nicolette M. Lawrence, Jose Bocanegra, Marina B. Blanco , Rodin Rasoloarison, Peter M. Kappeler, Meredith A. Barrett , Anne D. Yoder, David W. Weisrock: Species discovery and validation in a cryptic radiation of endangered primates: coalescent-based species delimitation in Madagascar's mouse lemurs. In: Molecular Ecology 2016, Volume 25, pp. 2029-2045, doi : 10.1111 / mec.13604 (first description of three mouse lemurs ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Curriculum Vitae. David Weisrock , résumé on the University of Kentucky website, accessed March 30, 2019.
  2. ↑ David Weisrock , the University of Kentucky website, accessed on 30 March of 2019.
  3. ↑ Current Research Interests in the Lab , Weisrock Labs website, accessed March 30, 2019.
  4. ↑ Rodin M. Rasoloarison , David W. Weisrock, Anne D. Yoder , Daniel Rakotondravony and Peter M. Kappeler : Two New Species of Mouse Lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Microcebus) from Eastern Madagascar . In: International Journal of Primatology 2013, Volume 34, No. 3, pp. 455-469, doi : 10.1007 / s10764-013-9672-1 .
  5. ↑ Scott Hotaling et al .: Species discovery and validation in a cryptic radiation of endangered primates: coalescent-based species delimitation in Madagascar's mouse lemurs. In: Molecular Ecology 2016, Volume 25, pp. 2029-2045, doi : 10.1111 / mec.13604 .
personal data
SURNAME Weisrock, David W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Weisrock, David William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American zoologist, geneticist, and evolutionary biologist
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd August 1972