Christin L. Pruett
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Also affiliated: Florida Institute of Technology (2009–2017); Oklahoma Wesleyan University (2008–2009); University of Alaska Fairbanks (2001–2018); Texas A&M University – Kingsville (1998–2000); Mitchell Institute (2004–2005); Tabor College (2016–2018); Phillips 66 (United States) (2007–2009); Oklahoma Biological Survey (2007–2008); Jefferson College (2016); University of Oklahoma (2008–2011); Texas A&M University (2004–2005)
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Christin L. Pruett's research investigates avian speciation and population genetics, with a recent focus on song sparrows ( *Melospiza melodia* ) in Alaska. Her work explores how geographic factors, such as Beringia, may act as engines of speciation in high-latitude environments. Pruett also examines the influence of climate and geography on genetic variation, specifically investigating how candidate genes under selection in song sparrows correlate with climate and body mass, aligning with Bergmann's Rule. Her publications also address the impact of migration on population growth in relation to environmental factors and the effects of habitat fragmentation on the genetic makeup of endangered plant species.
Pruett's scholarship extends to educational methodologies, with publications on integrating synthetic biology into biotechnology courses and using Twitter as a platform for undergraduate research experiences. Her work is supported by collaborations with colleagues at Ouachita Baptist University, including Nathan S. Reyna, Ruth Plymale, Anna Kathryn Rye, and Kassidy Gray. Pruett is recognized as a highly cited researcher, holding an h-index of 20 with 60 total publications and over 1,400 citations. She maintains an active lab website to disseminate her research findings.
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- h-index: 20
- Publications: 60
- Citations: 1,403
Selected Publications
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Migration ameliorates the deleterious effects of genomic offset to environment on population growth in a free-living bird (2025)
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Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow (<i>Melospiza melodia</i>) in Alaska (2025)
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Habitat fragmentation influences the population genetics of a Florida endemic: implications for recovery of a critically endangered plant (2025)
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Collaborative research efforts benefit both Primarily Undergraduate Institution faculty and students and a biotechnology company in reproducibility project (2025)
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miR-127/3p Inhibits Cell Migration in Lung Adenocarcinoma Under Hypoxic and Normal Oxygen Conditions (2024)
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Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow ( <i>Melospiza melodia</i> ) in Alaska (2024)
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Candidate genes under selection in song sparrows co-vary with climate and body mass in support of Bergmann’s Rule (2023)
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Beringia as a high‐latitude engine of avian speciation (2023)
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From genetics to biotechnology: Synthetic biology as a flexible course‐embedded research experience (2022)
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Twitter: More than Tweets for Undergraduate Student Researchers (2022)
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Characterization of Microsatellite Loci for an Endangered Plant, Warea amplexifolia. (2020)
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- Beringia as a high‐latitude engine of avian speciation
- Candidate genes under selection in song sparrows co-vary with climate and body mass in support of Bergmann’s Rule
- Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow ( <i>Melospiza melodia</i> ) in Alaska
- Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow (<i>Melospiza melodia</i>) in Alaska
- Migration ameliorates the deleterious effects of genomic offset to environment on population growth in a free-living bird
- Twitter: More than Tweets for Undergraduate Student Researchers
- From genetics to biotechnology: Synthetic biology as a flexible course‐embedded research experience
- miR-127/3p Inhibits Cell Migration in Lung Adenocarcinoma Under Hypoxic and Normal Oxygen Conditions
- Candidate genes under selection in song sparrows co-vary with climate and body mass in support of Bergmann’s Rule
- Migration ameliorates the deleterious effects of genomic offset to environment on population growth in a free-living bird
- Candidate genes under selection in song sparrows co-vary with climate and body mass in support of Bergmann’s Rule
- Migration ameliorates the deleterious effects of genomic offset to environment on population growth in a free-living bird
- Candidate genes under selection in song sparrows co-vary with climate and body mass in support of Bergmann’s Rule
- Migration ameliorates the deleterious effects of genomic offset to environment on population growth in a free-living bird
- Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow ( <i>Melospiza melodia</i> ) in Alaska
- Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow (<i>Melospiza melodia</i>) in Alaska
- Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow ( <i>Melospiza melodia</i> ) in Alaska
- Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow (<i>Melospiza melodia</i>) in Alaska
- Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow ( <i>Melospiza melodia</i> ) in Alaska
- Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow (<i>Melospiza melodia</i>) in Alaska
- Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow ( <i>Melospiza melodia</i> ) in Alaska
- Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow (<i>Melospiza melodia</i>) in Alaska
- Twitter: More than Tweets for Undergraduate Student Researchers
- Twitter: More than Tweets for Undergraduate Student Researchers
- Twitter: More than Tweets for Undergraduate Student Researchers
- Twitter: More than Tweets for Undergraduate Student Researchers
- From genetics to biotechnology: Synthetic biology as a flexible course‐embedded research experience
- From genetics to biotechnology: Synthetic biology as a flexible course‐embedded research experience
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