Devon DeRaad

Understanding evolution through a genomic lens

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In Review

     26. Gompert Z, DeRaad DA, & Buerkle CA (2024). A next generation of hierarchical Bayesian analyses of hybrid zones enables direct quantification of variation in introgression in R. bioRxiv, 2024-03.

Published

     25. DeCicco LH, DeRaad DA, Holland P, Pikacha D, Gumo Tigulu I, Tako R, Boseto D, Sweet PR, & Moyle RG (2024). Phylogeography of the Island Leaf Warbler (Aves: Phylloscopus poliocephalus) in northern Melanesia reveals rapid secondary sympatry or ecological speciation on Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists, 3(2), 1-14.

     24. DeRaad DA, Files AN, DeCicco LH, Martin RP, McCullough JM, Holland P, Pikacha D, Tigulu IG, Boseto D, Lavery TH, Andersen MJ, & Moyle RG (2024). Genomic patterns in the dwarf kingfishers of northern Melanesia reveal a mechanistic framework explaining the paradox of the great speciators. Evolution Letters, qrae035, 1-15.

     23. Baca SM, Gustafson GT, DeRaad DA, Alexander A, Hime PM, & Short AE (2024). A shallow‐scale phylogenomics approach reveals repeated patterns of diversification among sympatric lineages of cryptic Neotropical aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Systematic Entomology, xx(xx), 1-20.

     22. Lavery TH, DeRaad DA, Holland PS, Olson KV, DeCicco LH, Seddon JM, Leung LK, & Moyle RG (2024). Parallel evolution in an island archipelago revealed by genomic sequencing of Hipposideros leaf-nosed bats. Evolution, 78(6), 1183-1192.
• Media coverage in AAAS EurekAlert!, Newsweek, and Evolution Digest.

     21. DeRaad DA, Cobos ME, Hofmeister NR, DeCicco LH, Venkatraman MX, Nishiumi I, McKay B, Zou FS, Kawakami K, Kim CH, Lin RS, Yao CT, Garrett KL, Aguillon SM, McCormack JE, Mays Jr. HL, Peterson AT, Moyle RG, & Shultz AJ (2024). On the brink of explosion? Identifying the source and potential spread of introduced Zosterops white-eyes in North America. Biological Invasions, 26(5), 1615-1639.
• Media coverage in LAist.

     20. Ramirez BR, Freeland RJ, Muhlheim A, Zellmer AJ, DeRaad DA, Kirsch EJ, Mutchler MJ, Secor MB, Reckling KR, Schedl ME, Durham B, Tsai WLE, Terrill RS, Sannapareddy S, Sivakumar AH, Garrett KL, & McCormack JE (2024). Convergent niche shifts of endangered parrots (genus Amazona) during successful establishment in urban southern California. Diversity and Distributions, 30(4), 1-15.
• Media coverage in the LA Times and Daily Mail.

     19. DeRaad DA, Escalona M, Benham PM, Marimuthu MP, Sahasrabudhe RM, Nguyen O, Chumchim N, Beraut E, Fairbairn CW, Seligmann W, Bowie RC, Cicero C, McCormack JE, & Wayne RK (2023). De novo assembly of a chromosome-level reference genome for the California Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma californica. Journal of Heredity, 114(6), 669-680.

     18. DeCicco LH, DeRaad DA, Ostrow EN, & Moyle RG (2023). A complete species-level phylogeny of the Erythrura parrotfinches (Aves: Estrildidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 187, 1-10.

     17. DeRaad DA, McCullough JM, DeCicco LH, Hime PM, Joseph L, Andersen MJ, & Moyle RG (2023). Mitonuclear discordance results from incomplete lineage sorting, with no detectable evidence for gene flow, in a rapid radiation of Todiramphus kingfishers. Molecular Ecology, 32(17), 4844-4862.
• Molecular Ecology Cover Article

     16. Benham PM, Cicero C, DeRaad DA, McCormack JE, Wayne RK, Escalona M, Beraut E, Marimuthu MP, Nguyen O, Nachman MW, & Bowie RC (2023). A highly contiguous reference genome for the Steller’s jay (Cyanocitta stelleri). Journal of Heredity, 114(5), 549-560.

     15. McCormack JE, Hill MM, DeRaad DA, Kirsch EJ, Reckling KR, Mutchler MJ, Ramirez BR, Campbell RM, Salter JF, Pizarro AK, Tsai WLE, & Bonaccorso E (2023). An elevational shift facilitated the Mesoamerican diversification of Azure‐hooded Jays (Cyanolyca cucullata) during the Great American Biotic Interchange. Ecology and Evolution, 13(8), 1-17.

     14. McCullough JM, DeCicco LH, Herr MW, Holland P, Pikacha D, Lavery TH, Olson KV, DeRaad DA, Tigulu IG, Mapel XM, Klicka LB, Famoo R, Hobete J, Runi L, Rusa G, Tippet A, Boseto D, Brown RM, Moyle RG, & Andersen MJ (2023). A Survey of Terrestrial Vertebrates of Tetepare Island, Solomon Islands, Including Six New Island Records. Pacific Science, 76(4), 411-435.

     13. Pizarro AK, DeRaad DA, & McCormack JE (2023). Temporal stability of the hybrid zone between Calocitta magpie‐jays revealed through comparison of museum specimens and iNaturalist photos. Ecology and Evolution, 13(3), 1-7.

     12. DeRaad DA, Applewhite EE, Tsai WLE, Terrill RS, Kingston SE, Braun MJ, & McCormack JE (2023). Hybrid zone or hybrid lineage: a genomic reevaluation of Sibley’s classic species conundrum in Pipilo towhees. Evolution, 77(3), 852-869.

     11. DeRaad DA, McCormack JE, Chen NA, Peterson AT, & Moyle RG (2022). Combining species delimitation, species trees, and tests for gene flow clarifies complex speciation in scrub-jays. Systematic Biology, 71(6), 1453-1470.
• Media coverage in KU Today, The Wildlife Society, and Science Daily.

     10. DeRaad DA (2022). SNPfiltR: an R package for interactive and reproducible SNP filtering. Molecular Ecology Resources, 22(6), 2443-2453.

     9. DeRaad DA, Manthey JD, Ostrow EN, DeCicco LH, Andersen MJ, Hosner PA, Shult HT, Joseph L, Dumbacher JP, & Moyle RG (2022). Population connectivity across a highly fragmented distribution: Phylogeography of the Chalcophaps doves. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 166, 1-11.

     8. DeRaad DA, Cobos ME, Alkishe A, Ashraf U, Ahadji‐Dabla KM, Nuñez‐Penichet C, & Peterson AT (2021). Genome‐environment association methods comparison supports omnigenic adaptation to ecological niche in malaria vector mosquitoes. Molecular Ecology, 30(23), 6468-6485.

     7. Nuñez-Penichet C, Osorio-Olvera L, Gonzalez VH, Cobos ME, Jiménez L, DeRaad DA, Alkishe A, Contreras-Díaz RG, Nava-Bolaños A, Utsumi K, Ashraf U, Adeboje A, Peterson AT, & Soberon J (2021). Geographic potential of the world’s largest hornet, Vespa mandarinia Smith (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), worldwide and particularly in North America. PeerJ, 9, 1-24.

     6. Guo TV, Mosah S, McCullough JM, DeRaad DA, DeCicco LH, Tigulu IG, Famoo R, Hobete J, Runi L, Rusa G, Tippet A, Boseto D, Brown RM, Moyle RG, & Andersen MJ (2020). Detailed description of the nest, eggs, and juvenile plumage of the Solomons Nightjar (Eurostopodus nigripennis). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 132(4), 1028-1034.

     5. DeCicco LH, Benz BW, DeRaad DA, Hime PM, & Moyle RG (2020). New Guinea Erythrura parrotfinches: one species or two?. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 140(3), 351-358.

     4. DeRaad DA, Maley JM, Tsai WLE, & McCormack JE (2019). Phenotypic clines across an unstudied hybrid zone in Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii). The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 136(2), 1-11.

     3. Venkatraman MX, DeRaad DA, Tsai WLE, Zarza E, Zellmer AJ, Maley JM, & McCormack, JE (2019). Cloudy with a chance of speciation: integrative taxonomy reveals extraordinary divergence within a Mesoamerican cloud forest bird. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 126(1), 1-15.

     2. Sieburth D, DeRaad DA, & Maley JM (2018). Evidence of intergradation within the Golden-cheeked Woodpecker. Western Birds, 49(4), 285-288.

     1. Blanco DC, DeRaad DA, & Maley JM (2017). Geographic Variation and Intergradation in the Elegant Quail. Western Birds, 48(3), 181-196.