Tyler K. Chafin Data-verified
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Tyler K. Chafin's research focuses on the application of computational methods, including machine learning, to address questions in population genetics and species delimitation. He has investigated hybridization in various species, from fish in the Colorado River to North American box turtles. Chafin has also explored the microbial biogeography of freshwater environments, specifically the introduction and spread of the diatom Discostella asterocostata.
His work includes the development of analytical tools for genomic data. He is the creator of ClineHelpR, an R package designed for detecting and visualizing genomic clines. Chafin's research network includes frequent collaborators from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, such as Michael E. Douglas and Marlis R. Douglas, with whom he has co-authored numerous publications. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 12 and 573 total citations across 49 publications.
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- h-index: 13
- Publications: 49
- Citations: 586
Selected Publications
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andersen-lab/Freyja: 2.0.3 (2026)
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Data from: SNaQ.jl: Improved scalability for phylogenetic network inference (2025)
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Historic and contemporary selection define conservation units for a short-range endemic within an anthropogenically-altered riverscape (2025)
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AdmixPipe v3: facilitating population structure delimitation from SNP data (2023)
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Riverscape community genomics: A comparative analytical approach to identify common drivers of spatial structure (2022)
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Trait-based predictors of genomic diversity within freshwater fish communities of the Ozarks (2022)
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Riverscape community genomics: A comparative analytical approach to identify common drivers of spatial structure (2022)
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Relictual Hybridization and Biogeography of Massasauga Rattlesnakes ( <i>Sistrurus</i> spp.) (2022)
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ClineHelpR: an R package for genomic cline outlier detection and visualization (2021)
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Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout (2021)
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Taxonomic Uncertainty and the Anomaly Zone: Phylogenomics Disentangle a Rapid Radiation to Resolve Contentious Species ( <i>Gila robusta</i> Complex) in the Colorado River (2021)
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Parallel introgression, not recurrent emergence, explains apparent elevational ecotypes of polyploid Himalayan snowtrout (2021)
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Microbial biogeography through the lens of exotic species: the recent introduction and spread of the freshwater diatom Discostella asterocostata in the United States (2021)
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The choices we make and the impacts they have: Machine learning and species delimitation in North American box turtles ( <i>Terrapene</i> spp.) (2021)
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Are populations of economically important bonefish and queen conch 'open' or 'closed' in the northern caribbean basin? (2021)
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