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Richard H. Adams Data-verified
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37 h-index
106 pubs
6,827 cited
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Richard H. Adams' research focuses on the application of computational and statistical methods to evolutionary biology and phylogenetics. His work investigates the complex relationships between traits, evolutionary history, and data, particularly through the development and application of robust phylogenetic regression techniques. Adams has published on topics ranging from the evolutionary history of beetles along the Antarctic Polar Front to the genomic basis of invasive species like the Diaprepes root weevil, exploring their adaptations and potential for spread.
His research also delves into the evolutionary patterns of other organisms, including rattlesnake venom gene expression and the demographic history of bed bugs in relation to human expansion. Adams is supported by a National Science Foundation grant for modeling the phylogenetic architecture of biodiversity. He has a significant publication record, with 110 publications and over 7,200 citations, and an h-index of 39, indicating a substantial impact in his field. He actively collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station.
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- h-index: 37
- Publications: 106
- Citations: 6,827
Selected Publications
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Rediscovery of the greater chestnut weevil highlights the power of digital platforms in biodiversity research and conservation (2025)
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Estimation of genome-wide coupling in rattlesnake hybrids provides insight into the process of speciation and its progress (2025)
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Robust regression rescues poor phylogenetic decisions (2025)
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250 Million Years of Convergent Evolution and Functional Divergence of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 28 Genes in Xylophagous Beetles (Cerambycidae and Buprestidae): Insights Into Horizontal Gene Transfer, Gene Dynamics, Synteny and Adaptive Divergence (2025)
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Genomic architecture of the pole borer, <i>Neandra brunnea</i> (Cerambycidae: Parandrinae) <i>,</i> sheds light on the evolution of wood-feeding in longhorn beetles (2025)
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Were bed bugs the first urban pest insect? Genome-wide patterns of bed bug demography mirror global human expansion (2025)
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Unique physiological and regulatory activity drives divergent toxin and non-toxin gene expression in rattlesnake accessory venom glands (2025)
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Flood-Irrigated Rice as Affected by Phosphorus Fertilizer Source (2025)
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Insights into longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae) evolution from comparative analyses of the red-headed ash borer (<i>Neoclytus acuminatus acuminatus</i>) genome (2025)
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Mitochondrial DNA Genetic Variation of Feral and Managed Honey Bee, Apis mellifera1 , Colonies from Oklahoma (2025)
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A Tale of Too Many Trees: A Conundrum for Phylogenetic Regression (2025)
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Disentangling a genome-wide mosaic of conflicting phylogenetic signals in Western Rattlesnakes (2025)
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TraitTrainR: accelerating large-scale simulation under models of continuous trait evolution (2024)
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A chromosome-level reference genome for the common bed bug, <i>Cimex lectularius,</i> with identification of sex chromosomes (2024)
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Functional and evolutionary insights into chemosensation and specialized herbivory from the genome of the red milkweed beetle, <i>Tetraopes tetrophthalmus</i> (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) (2024)
Federal Grants 1 $399,831 total
NSF
PI
Aug 2025 - Jul 2028
STAR: Modeling the phylogenetic architecture of biodiversity
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Duane D. McKenna
University of Memphis (US)
9 shared publications
- Fifty million years of beetle evolution along the Antarctic Polar Front
- The genome of the invasive and broadly polyphagous Diaprepes root weevil, <i>Diaprepes abbreviatus</i> (Coleoptera), reveals an arsenal of putative polysaccharide-degrading enzymes
- Comparative analyses of the banded alder borer (<i>Rosalia funebris</i>) and Asian longhorned beetle (<i>Anoplophora glabripennis</i>) genomes reveal significant differences in genome architecture and gene content among these and other Cerambycidae
- TraitTrainR: accelerating large-scale simulation under models of continuous trait evolution
- Functional and evolutionary insights into chemosensation and specialized herbivory from the genome of the red milkweed beetle, <i>Tetraopes tetrophthalmus</i> (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Michael DeGiorgio
Florida Atlantic University (US)
8 shared publications
- Robust Phylogenetic Regression
- Of Traits and Trees: Probabilistic Distances under Continuous Trait Models for Dissecting the Interplay among Phylogeny, Model, and Data
- Robust phylogenetic regression
- A Tale of Too Many Trees: A Conundrum for Phylogenetic Regression
- Likelihood-Based Tests of Species Tree Hypotheses
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Todd A. Castoe
The University of Texas at Arlington (US)
7 shared publications
- Were bed bugs the first urban pest insect? Genome-wide patterns of bed bug demography mirror global human expansion
- Diverse Gene Regulatory Mechanisms Alter Rattlesnake Venom Gene Expression at Fine Evolutionary Scales
- A chromosome-level reference genome for the common bed bug, <i>Cimex lectularius,</i> with identification of sex chromosomes
- Disentangling a genome-wide mosaic of conflicting phylogenetic signals in Western Rattlesnakes
- TraitTrainR: accelerating large-scale simulation under models of continuous trait evolution
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Yannick Francioli
The University of Texas at Arlington (US)
6 shared publications
- Were bed bugs the first urban pest insect? Genome-wide patterns of bed bug demography mirror global human expansion
- Diverse Gene Regulatory Mechanisms Alter Rattlesnake Venom Gene Expression at Fine Evolutionary Scales
- A chromosome-level reference genome for the common bed bug, <i>Cimex lectularius,</i> with identification of sex chromosomes
- Disentangling a genome-wide mosaic of conflicting phylogenetic signals in Western Rattlesnakes
- Author response for "Were bed bugs the first urban pest insect? Genome-wide patterns of bed bug demography mirror global human expansion"
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Raquel Assis
5 shared publications
- Robust Phylogenetic Regression
- Robust phylogenetic regression
- A Tale of Too Many Trees: A Conundrum for Phylogenetic Regression
- A tale of too many trees: a conundrum for phylogenetic regression
- Robust regression rescues poor phylogenetic decisions
Terrence Sylvester
University of Memphis (US)
5 shared publications
- The genome of the invasive and broadly polyphagous Diaprepes root weevil, <i>Diaprepes abbreviatus</i> (Coleoptera), reveals an arsenal of putative polysaccharide-degrading enzymes
- Comparative analyses of the banded alder borer (<i>Rosalia funebris</i>) and Asian longhorned beetle (<i>Anoplophora glabripennis</i>) genomes reveal significant differences in genome architecture and gene content among these and other Cerambycidae
- Functional and evolutionary insights into chemosensation and specialized herbivory from the genome of the red milkweed beetle, <i>Tetraopes tetrophthalmus</i> (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
- Insights into longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae) evolution from comparative analyses of the red-headed ash borer (<i>Neoclytus acuminatus acuminatus</i>) genome
- Genomic architecture of the pole borer, <i>Neandra brunnea</i> (Cerambycidae: Parandrinae) <i>,</i> sheds light on the evolution of wood-feeding in longhorn beetles
Rongrong Shen
University of Memphis (US)
5 shared publications
- The genome of the invasive and broadly polyphagous Diaprepes root weevil, <i>Diaprepes abbreviatus</i> (Coleoptera), reveals an arsenal of putative polysaccharide-degrading enzymes
- Comparative analyses of the banded alder borer (<i>Rosalia funebris</i>) and Asian longhorned beetle (<i>Anoplophora glabripennis</i>) genomes reveal significant differences in genome architecture and gene content among these and other Cerambycidae
- Functional and evolutionary insights into chemosensation and specialized herbivory from the genome of the red milkweed beetle, <i>Tetraopes tetrophthalmus</i> (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
- Insights into longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae) evolution from comparative analyses of the red-headed ash borer (<i>Neoclytus acuminatus acuminatus</i>) genome
- Genomic architecture of the pole borer, <i>Neandra brunnea</i> (Cerambycidae: Parandrinae) <i>,</i> sheds light on the evolution of wood-feeding in longhorn beetles
Na Ra Shin
University of Memphis (US)
5 shared publications
- The genome of the invasive and broadly polyphagous Diaprepes root weevil, <i>Diaprepes abbreviatus</i> (Coleoptera), reveals an arsenal of putative polysaccharide-degrading enzymes
- Comparative analyses of the banded alder borer (<i>Rosalia funebris</i>) and Asian longhorned beetle (<i>Anoplophora glabripennis</i>) genomes reveal significant differences in genome architecture and gene content among these and other Cerambycidae
- Insights into longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae) evolution from comparative analyses of the red-headed ash borer (<i>Neoclytus acuminatus acuminatus</i>) genome
- 250 Million Years of Convergent Evolution and Functional Divergence of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 28 Genes in Xylophagous Beetles (Cerambycidae and Buprestidae): Insights Into Horizontal Gene Transfer, Gene Dynamics, Synteny and Adaptive Divergence
- Rediscovery of the greater chestnut weevil highlights the power of digital platforms in biodiversity research and conservation
Mataya Duncan
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
5 shared publications
In database
- A Tale of Too Many Trees: A Conundrum for Phylogenetic Regression
- A tale of too many trees: a conundrum for phylogenetic regression
- TraitTrainR: accelerating large-scale simulation under models of continuous trait evolution
- Robust regression rescues poor phylogenetic decisions
- 250 Million Years of Convergent Evolution and Functional Divergence of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 28 Genes in Xylophagous Beetles (Cerambycidae and Buprestidae): Insights Into Horizontal Gene Transfer, Gene Dynamics, Synteny and Adaptive Divergence
Robert F. Mitchell
Pennsylvania State University (US)
4 shared publications
- Comparative analyses of the banded alder borer (<i>Rosalia funebris</i>) and Asian longhorned beetle (<i>Anoplophora glabripennis</i>) genomes reveal significant differences in genome architecture and gene content among these and other Cerambycidae
- Functional and evolutionary insights into chemosensation and specialized herbivory from the genome of the red milkweed beetle, <i>Tetraopes tetrophthalmus</i> (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
- Insights into longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae) evolution from comparative analyses of the red-headed ash borer (<i>Neoclytus acuminatus acuminatus</i>) genome
- Genomic architecture of the pole borer, <i>Neandra brunnea</i> (Cerambycidae: Parandrinae) <i>,</i> sheds light on the evolution of wood-feeding in longhorn beetles
Jenniffer Roa Lozano
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- A Tale of Too Many Trees: A Conundrum for Phylogenetic Regression
- A tale of too many trees: a conundrum for phylogenetic regression
- TraitTrainR: accelerating large-scale simulation under models of continuous trait evolution
Drew R. Schield
University of Virginia (US)
3 shared publications
- Diverse Gene Regulatory Mechanisms Alter Rattlesnake Venom Gene Expression at Fine Evolutionary Scales
- Disentangling a genome-wide mosaic of conflicting phylogenetic signals in Western Rattlesnakes
- Estimation of genome-wide coupling in rattlesnake hybrids provides insight into the process of speciation and its progress
Justin M. Bernstein
The University of Texas at Arlington (US)
3 shared publications
- Diverse Gene Regulatory Mechanisms Alter Rattlesnake Venom Gene Expression at Fine Evolutionary Scales
- Disentangling a genome-wide mosaic of conflicting phylogenetic signals in Western Rattlesnakes
- Estimation of genome-wide coupling in rattlesnake hybrids provides insight into the process of speciation and its progress
Stephen P. Mackessy
University of Northern Colorado (US)
3 shared publications
- Diverse Gene Regulatory Mechanisms Alter Rattlesnake Venom Gene Expression at Fine Evolutionary Scales
- Disentangling a genome-wide mosaic of conflicting phylogenetic signals in Western Rattlesnakes
- Estimation of genome-wide coupling in rattlesnake hybrids provides insight into the process of speciation and its progress
Lindsay S. Miles
3 shared publications
- Were bed bugs the first urban pest insect? Genome-wide patterns of bed bug demography mirror global human expansion
- A chromosome-level reference genome for the common bed bug, <i>Cimex lectularius,</i> with identification of sex chromosomes
- Author response for "Were bed bugs the first urban pest insect? Genome-wide patterns of bed bug demography mirror global human expansion"
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