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Last published 2025
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Christin L. Pruett

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Associate Professor

Also affiliated: Florida Institute of Technology (2009–2017); University of Alaska Fairbanks (2001–2018); Texas A&M University System (2005); Texas A&M University – Kingsville (1998–2000); Tabor College (2016–2018); Oklahoma Biological Survey (2007–2008); Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute (1998–2000); University of Oklahoma (2008–2011); Texas A&M University (2004–2005)

20 h-index 61 pubs 1,411 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 populations, focusing on genetic diversity, population structure, and behavioral ecology. Her work has examined the genetic effects of colonization in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) and explored the potential impacts of wind energy development on prairie grouse populations, including avoidance behavior and mortality patterns.

Her research also addresses broader ecological questions related to bird migration. Pruett has studied the movement of birds and the potential introduction of avian influenza from Asia into Alaska. Her publications have contributed to understanding population genetics, speciation, and the conservation of island populations. Pruett has an h-index of 20, with over 60 publications and 1,406 citations, and is recognized as a highly cited researcher. She collaborates with researchers at Ouachita Baptist University, including Nathan S. Reyna, Ruth Plymale, Anna Kathryn Rye, and Kassidy Gray.

Metrics

  • h-index: 20
  • Publications: 61
  • Citations: 1,411

Positions

  • Associate Professor publications 2020–2025
    Ouachita Baptist University Biology ORCID

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 (Melospiza melodia) 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
  • Retention of neutral genetic diversity and connectivity within the metapopulation of Florida Scrub-Jay at Kennedy Space Center (2024)
    Journal of Field Ornithology DOI OpenAlex
  • Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow ( Melospiza melodia ) 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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