Andrew D. Sweet
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Assistant Professor
Also affiliated: SUNY Oneonta (1978); Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique (2010); Illinois Department of Natural Resources (2014–2016); University of Nottingham (1993); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2014–2020); State Street (United States) (2019–2021); Illinois College (2014); Purdue University West Lafayette (2019–2021); Society for Classical Studies (2010); University of Illinois System (2018); QED Labs (2015); Laboratoire d’Imagerie Biomédicale (2010); Illinois Archaeological Survey (2014–2022); MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (2013); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2011–2014)
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Andrew D. Sweet's research program focuses on the evolutionary biology of parasites, particularly avian lice, and their hosts. His work investigates the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying host specificity, dispersal patterns, and adaptive radiation in these host-parasite systems. Sweet has received significant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for collaborative research aimed at unraveling the phylogenetic and evolutionary patterns of fragmented mitochondrial genomes in parasitic lice, a project totaling $496,624.
His recent publications explore diverse topics within evolutionary and molecular biology. These include comprehensive phylogenetic analyses of fruit flies to understand host breadth, the impact of long-distance avian dispersal on parasite evolution, and the recovery of ancient DNA from packrat middens. Sweet's research also delves into the independent evolution of highly variable mitochondrial genomes in parasitic lice and the correlation between mitochondrial genome fragmentation and increased molecular evolution rates. He has also examined inbreeding and host-associated genetic structure in lice from endangered seals and published draft genome assemblies of avian lice and their associates.
With an h-index of 22 and over 1,300 citations across 96 publications, Sweet is recognized as a highly cited researcher. He actively collaborates with colleagues at Arkansas State University, including Than J. Boves, Asela Wijeratne, Paige Brewer, and Alexander J. Worm, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications. Sweet maintains an active lab website to disseminate his research findings.
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- h-index: 23
- Publications: 96
- Citations: 1,374
Selected Publications
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Kinship Analysis Confirms Tolerant Galapagos Mockingbirds Are a Source of Nest Flies That Threaten Darwin's Finches (2026)
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Phylogenomic analysis of pigeons and doves (Columbiformes) informs molecular evolution of a potential magnetoreceptor (2026)
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The Complete Genome Sequences of 11 Species of Kingbirds (Tyrannus, Tyrannidae, Passeriformes) (2025)
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Phylogeography of <i>Pennella</i> (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae) indicates interoceanic dispersal mediated by cetacean and fish hosts (2025)
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Phylogenomics reveals the timescale of diversification in Amblycera (2025)
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Repeated Successful Nest Sharing and Cooperation Between Western Kingbirds (<i>Tyrannus verticalis</i>) and a Female Western Kingbird × Scissor‐Tailed Flycatcher (<i>T. forficatus</i>) Hybrid (2025)
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Cospeciation (2024)
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The Complete Genome Sequence of Splendidofilaria pectoralis (Onchocercidae, Rhabditida, Chromadorea, Nematoda) (2024)
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Repeated Successful Nest Sharing and Cooperation between Western Kingbirds (Tyrannus verticalis) and a Female Western Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (T. forficatus) Hybrid (2024)
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New State Record of Phytomyza Ditmani Kulp (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Arkansas (2024)
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Biogeographic History of Pigeons and Doves Drives the Origin and Diversification of Their Parasitic Body Lice (2024)
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Purifying selection drove the adaptation of mitochondrial genes along with correlation of gene rearrangements and evolutionary rates in two subfamilies of Whitefly (Insecta: Hemiptera) (2024)
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Mitochondrial genome fragmentation is correlated with increased rates of molecular evolution (2024)
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Genomic data reveal unexpected relatedness between a brown female Eastern Bluebird and her brood (2024)
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Origin and diversification of a globally distributed group of parasitic feather lice (2024)
Federal Grants 1 $496,624 total
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- Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites
- Independent evolution of highly variable, fragmented mitogenomes of parasitic lice
- High levels of inbreeding with spatial and host‐associated structure in lice of an endangered freshwater seal
- Draft genome assemblies of the avian louse <i>Brueelia nebulosa</i> and its associates using long-read sequencing from an individual specimen
- Mitochondrial genome fragmentation is correlated with increased rates of molecular evolution
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
- Dispersal-Limited Symbionts Exhibit Unexpectedly Wide Variation in Host Specificity
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- Population genomics of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
- Host specificity varies widely in dispersal-limited symbionts
- Repeated Successful Nest Sharing and Cooperation between Western Kingbirds (Tyrannus verticalis) and a Female Western Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (T. forficatus) Hybrid
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
- Mitochondrial genome fragmentation is correlated with increased rates of molecular evolution
- Biogeographic History of Pigeons and Doves Drives the Origin and Diversification of Their Parasitic Body Lice
- Phylogenomics reveals the timescale of diversification in Amblycera
- Mitochondrial genome fragmentation is correlated with increased rates of molecular evolution
- Origin and diversification of a globally distributed group of parasitic feather lice
- A comprehensive phylogeny helps clarify the evolutionary history of host breadth and lure response in the Australian Dacini fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)
- Independent evolution of highly variable, fragmented mitogenomes of parasitic lice
- Draft genome assemblies of the avian louse <i>Brueelia nebulosa</i> and its associates using long-read sequencing from an individual specimen
- Biogeographic influences on the evolution and historical dispersal of the Australo‐Pacific Dacini fruit flies (Tephritidae: Dacinae)
- Dispersal-Limited Symbionts Exhibit Unexpectedly Wide Variation in Host Specificity
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- Population genomics of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
- Host specificity varies widely in dispersal-limited symbionts
- Dispersal-Limited Symbionts Exhibit Unexpectedly Wide Variation in Host Specificity
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- Population genomics of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
- Host specificity varies widely in dispersal-limited symbionts
- Genomic data reveal unexpected relatedness between a brown female Eastern Bluebird and her brood
- Repeated Successful Nest Sharing and Cooperation between Western Kingbirds (Tyrannus verticalis) and a Female Western Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (T. forficatus) Hybrid
- Repeated Successful Nest Sharing and Cooperation Between Western Kingbirds (<i>Tyrannus verticalis</i>) and a Female Western Kingbird × Scissor‐Tailed Flycatcher (<i>T. forficatus</i>) Hybrid
- The Complete Genome Sequences of 11 Species of Kingbirds (Tyrannus, Tyrannidae, Passeriformes)
- Mitochondrial genome fragmentation is correlated with increased rates of molecular evolution
- Phylogenomics reveals the timescale of diversification in Amblycera
- Mitochondrial genome fragmentation is correlated with increased rates of molecular evolution
- Mitochondrial genome fragmentation is correlated with increased rates of molecular evolution
- Phylogenomics reveals the timescale of diversification in Amblycera
- Mitochondrial genome fragmentation is correlated with increased rates of molecular evolution
- Mitochondrial genome fragmentation is correlated with increased rates of molecular evolution
- Phylogenomics reveals the timescale of diversification in Amblycera
- Mitochondrial genome fragmentation is correlated with increased rates of molecular evolution
- Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites
- Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites
- Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites
- Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites
- Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites
- Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites
- Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites
- Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites
- Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites
- Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites
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