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Andrew James Alverson
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High Impact
Professor
Also affiliated: Iowa State University (2001–2002); Indiana University Bloomington (2008–2013); Indiana University (2008–2013); The University of Texas at Austin (2003–2007)
37 h-index
126 pubs
7,448 cited
Research Areas
Biomedical Subjects
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Andrew James Alverson, a Professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, conducts research focused on the evolution of plant genomes, particularly mitochondrial genomes. His work investigates the mechanisms behind genome size expansion, the high mutation rates observed in some plant mitochondria, and the implications of horizontal gene transfer. Alverson has published extensively on these topics, including studies on the "fossilized" mitochondrial genome of *Liriodendron tulipifera* and the origins of multichromosomal mitochondrial genomes in plants like cucumber.
His research also extends to chloroplast genomics and phylogenetic analyses. Alverson has developed and applied methods for obtaining and analyzing whole chloroplast genome sequences to resolve plant relationships, as demonstrated in his work on *Vitis* (Vitaceae). He has received significant federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for collaborative research on the phylogeny, systematics, and adaptation of marine epizoic diatoms.
Alverson's scholarly contributions are recognized by a high-impact researcher designation, evidenced by his h-index of 37 and over 7,000 citations. He maintains an active research group and collaborates closely with colleagues at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Eveline Pinseel, Wade R. Roberts, Elizabeth C. Ruck, and Kala M. Downey.
Metrics
- h-index: 37
- Publications: 126
- Citations: 7,448
Positions
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Professor 2023–presentUniversity of Arkansas Department of Biological Sciences ORCID
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Associate Professor 2018–2023University of Arkansas Biological Sciences ORCID
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Assistant Professor 2012–2018University of Arkansas Biological Sciences ORCID
Selected Publications
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The 100 Diatom Genomes Project (2026)
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Gene loss under constant cold reveals “natural knockout” loci in Antarctic notothenioid fishes (2026)
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Disentangled Assembly Graphs Reveal Hidden Eukaryotic Diversity in <scp>eDNA</scp> Metagenomic Data (2026)
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Phylogenetic classification of diatoms (2026)
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Phylogenetic classification of diatoms (2026)
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A phylogenetic classification of diatoms (Bacillariophyta) (2026)
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Reference genome for the benthic marine diatom <i>Psammoneis japonica</i> : Bacterial associations and repeat‐driven genome size evolution in diatoms (2025)
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Disentangled assembly graphs reveal hidden eukaryotic diversity in metagenomic data (2025)
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Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species (2025)
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Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution (2025)
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Three reference genomes for freshwater diatom ecology and evolution (2025)
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The Divergent Responses of Salinity Generalists to Hyposaline Stress Provide Insights Into the Colonisation of Freshwaters by Diatoms (2024)
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The Cretaceous Diatom Database: A tool for investigating early diatom evolution (2024)
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Diatom abundance in the polar oceans is predicted by genome size (2024)
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The divergent responses of salinity generalists to hyposaline stress provide insights into the colonization of freshwaters by diatoms (2024)
Federal Grants 1 $918,053 total
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Elizabeth C. Ruck
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
36 shared publications
In database
- Phylogeny, ecology, morphological evolution, and reclassification of the diatom orders Surirellales and Rhopalodiales
- Serial Gene Losses and Foreign DNA Underlie Size and Sequence Variation in the Plastid Genomes of Diatoms
- Phylogenomics reveals an extensive history of genome duplication in diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Improved Reference Genome for <i>Cyclotella cryptica</i> CCMP332, a Model for Cell Wall Morphogenesis, Salinity Adaptation, and Lipid Production in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
Showing 5 of 36 shared publications
Teofil Nakov
Universidad de Costa Rica
31 shared publications
In database
- Accelerated diversification is related to life history and locomotion in a hyperdiverse lineage of microbial eukaryotes (Diatoms, Bacillariophyta)
- Diatoms diversify and turn over faster in freshwater than marine environments*
- Phylogeny, ecology, morphological evolution, and reclassification of the diatom orders Surirellales and Rhopalodiales
- Serial Gene Losses and Foreign DNA Underlie Size and Sequence Variation in the Plastid Genomes of Diatoms
- Phylogenomics reveals an extensive history of genome duplication in diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
Showing 5 of 31 shared publications
Wade R. Roberts
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
23 shared publications
In database
- Improved Reference Genome for <i>Cyclotella cryptica</i> CCMP332, a Model for Cell Wall Morphogenesis, Salinity Adaptation, and Lipid Production in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
- Resolving Marine–Freshwater Transitions by Diatoms Through a Fog of Gene Tree Discordance
- Diatom abundance in the polar oceans is predicted by genome size
- Phylotranscriptomics reveals the reticulate evolutionary history of a widespread diatom species complex
Showing 5 of 23 shared publications
Eveline Pinseel
Ghent University
20 shared publications
In database
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- The dynamic response to hypo‐osmotic stress reveals distinct stages of freshwater acclimation by a euryhaline diatom
- Resolving Marine–Freshwater Transitions by Diatoms Through a Fog of Gene Tree Discordance
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
Showing 5 of 20 shared publications
Kala M. Downey
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
19 shared publications
In database
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Improved Reference Genome for <i>Cyclotella cryptica</i> CCMP332, a Model for Cell Wall Morphogenesis, Salinity Adaptation, and Lipid Production in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- Transcriptional Response of Osmolyte Synthetic Pathways and Membrane Transporters in a Euryhaline Diatom During Long‐term Acclimation to a Salinity Gradient
- The dynamic response to hypo‐osmotic stress reveals distinct stages of freshwater acclimation by a euryhaline diatom
- Resolving Marine–Freshwater Transitions by Diatoms Through a Fog of Gene Tree Discordance
Showing 5 of 19 shared publications
Edward C. Theriot
The University of Texas at Austin (US)
11 shared publications
- Phylogeny, ecology, morphological evolution, and reclassification of the diatom orders Surirellales and Rhopalodiales
- Serial Gene Losses and Foreign DNA Underlie Size and Sequence Variation in the Plastid Genomes of Diatoms
- Towards a phylogenetic classification of species belonging to the diatom genus Cyclotella (Bacillariophyceae): Transfer of species formerly placed in Puncticulata, Handmannia, Pliocaenicus and Cyclotella to the genus Lindavia
- Next-generation phenomics for the Tree of Life
- Using phylogeny to model cell size evolution in marine and freshwater diatoms
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
Kathryn Judy
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
10 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Transcriptional Response of Osmolyte Synthetic Pathways and Membrane Transporters in a Euryhaline Diatom During Long‐term Acclimation to a Salinity Gradient
- The dynamic response to hypo‐osmotic stress reveals distinct stages of freshwater acclimation by a euryhaline diatom
- The Divergent Responses of Salinity Generalists to Hyposaline Stress Provide Insights Into the Colonisation of Freshwaters by Diatoms
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Norman J. Wickett
University of Vienna (AT)
9 shared publications
- Phylogenomics reveals an extensive history of genome duplication in diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- Signal, Uncertainty, and Conflict in Phylogenomic Data for a Diverse Lineage of Microbial Eukaryotes (Diatoms, Bacillariophyta)
- Recurrent Loss, Horizontal Transfer, and the Obscure Origins of Mitochondrial Introns in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- Transcriptomic Insights into the Life History of Bolidophytes, the Sister Lineage to Diatoms
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Anastasiia Onyshchenko
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
9 shared publications
- Recurrent Loss, Horizontal Transfer, and the Obscure Origins of Mitochondrial Introns in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
- A single loss of photosynthesis in the diatom order Bacillariales (Bacillariophyta)
- A single loss of photosynthesis in diatoms
- Supporting Data For Onyshchenko Et Al. 2018 Single Loss Of Photosynthesis In Diatoms
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Karolina Bryłka
Lund University (SE)
8 shared publications
- Uncertainties surrounding the oldest fossil record of diatoms
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- The Cretaceous Diatom Database: A tool for investigating early diatom evolution
- Looking for the oldest diatoms
- Perspectives on the emergence of diatoms and their impact on the global biogeochemical cycle of silica
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Jeffrey A. Lewis
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
7 shared publications
In database
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
- The dynamic response to hypo‐osmotic stress reveals distinct stages of freshwater acclimation by a euryhaline diatom
- The Divergent Responses of Salinity Generalists to Hyposaline Stress Provide Insights Into the Colonisation of Freshwaters by Diatoms
- The dynamic response to hypoosmotic stress reveals distinct stages of freshwater acclimation by a euryhaline diatom
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Daniel J. Conley
Lund University (SE)
7 shared publications
- Uncertainties surrounding the oldest fossil record of diatoms
- The Cretaceous Diatom Database: A tool for investigating early diatom evolution
- Looking for the oldest diatoms
- Perspectives on the emergence of diatoms and their impact on the global biogeochemical cycle of silica
- Gene Duplication, Shifting Selection, and Dosage Balance of Silicon Transporter Proteins in Marine and Freshwater Diatoms
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Matthew Parks
University of Central Oklahoma (US)
6 shared publications
- Phylogenomics reveals an extensive history of genome duplication in diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- Signal, Uncertainty, and Conflict in Phylogenomic Data for a Diverse Lineage of Microbial Eukaryotes (Diatoms, Bacillariophyta)
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Signal, Uncertainty, And Conflict In Phylogenomic Data For A Diverse Lineage Of Microbial Eukaryotes (Diatoms, Bacillariophyta)
- Signal, Uncertainty, And Conflict In Phylogenomic Data For A Diverse Lineage Of Microbial Eukaryotes (Diatoms, Bacillariophyta)
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Olga Kourtchenko
University of Gothenburg (SE)
6 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Anke Kremp
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (DE)
6 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
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