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Last published 2025
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Christin L. Pruett

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Researcher

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)

Faculty Researcher

20 h-index 60 pubs 1,403 cited

  • Animals
  • Sparrows
  • Phylogeny
  • Alaska
  • Genetics, Population
  • Animal Migration
  • Geography
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Genetic Speciation
  • Avoidance Learning
  • Birds
  • Electricity
  • Wind
  • Demography
  • Gene Frequency

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

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.

Metrics

  • h-index: 20
  • Publications: 60
  • Citations: 1,403

Selected Publications

  • Migration ameliorates the deleterious effects of genomic offset to environment on population growth in a free-living bird (2025)
  • Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow (<i>Melospiza melodia</i>) in Alaska (2025)
    PeerJ 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Habitat fragmentation influences the population genetics of a Florida endemic: implications for recovery of a critically endangered plant (2025)
    Conservation Genetics 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Collaborative research efforts benefit both Primarily Undergraduate Institution faculty and students and a biotechnology company in reproducibility project (2025)
    PubMed DOI OpenAlex
  • miR-127/3p Inhibits Cell Migration in Lung Adenocarcinoma Under Hypoxic and Normal Oxygen Conditions (2024)
    PubMed DOI OpenAlex
  • Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow ( <i>Melospiza melodia</i> ) in Alaska (2024)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Candidate genes under selection in song sparrows co-vary with climate and body mass in support of Bergmann’s Rule (2023)
    Nature Communications 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Beringia as a high‐latitude engine of avian speciation (2023)
    Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 20 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • From genetics to biotechnology: Synthetic biology as a flexible course‐embedded research experience (2022)
    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Twitter: More than Tweets for Undergraduate Student Researchers (2022)
    Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Characterization of Microsatellite Loci for an Endangered Plant, Warea amplexifolia. (2020)
    The American Midland Naturalist DOI OpenAlex

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