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Last published 2026
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Tyler K. Chafin

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Senior Bioinformatician

Also affiliated: University of California, Merced (2021); University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy (2021); University of Colorado Boulder (2021–2022); Wellcome Sanger Institute (2024–2026); Department of Medical Sciences (2021); Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (2022–2026)

Faculty Researcher

14 h-index 55 pubs 624 cited

  • Animals
  • Software
  • Hybridization, Genetic
  • Genome
  • Genetics, Population
  • Genomics
  • Computational Biology
  • Phylogeny
  • Turtles
  • Cyprinidae
  • Humans
  • North America
  • Ecosystem
  • Gene Flow
  • Rivers

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Tyler K. Chafin's research focuses on the application of genomics and bioinformatics to understand biological diversity and evolutionary processes. His work often involves developing and utilizing computational tools for species delimitation and population genetics. Recent publications investigate the genomic basis of hybridization in fish complexes, the use of machine learning for species identification in turtles, and the community genomics approach to natural hybridization in various taxa. Chafin has also contributed to understanding microbial biogeography through the study of invasive species and has developed software packages, such as ClineHelpR, for genomic data analysis. His research network includes frequent collaboration with Michael E. Douglas, Bradley T. Martin, Wade Louis, and Teofil Nakov, all affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

  • h-index: 14
  • Publications: 55
  • Citations: 624

Selected Publications

  • btmartin721/SNPio: Release v1.7.3 (2026)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • btmartin721/SNPio: Release v1.7.4 (2026)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • btmartin721/SNPio: Release v1.7.2 (2026)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • btmartin721/SNPio: Release v1.7.0 (2026)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • btmartin721/SNPio: Release v1.7.1 (2026)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • SNPio: a Python interface for population genomic data processing (2026)
    BMC Bioinformatics DOI OpenAlex
  • btmartin721/SNPio: Release v1.6.16 (2026)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • btmartin721/SNPio: Release v1.7.4 (2026)
    Open MIND DOI OpenAlex
  • SNaQ.jl: Improved scalability for level-1 phylogenetic network inference (2026)
    Bioinformatics 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • andersen-lab/Freyja: 2.0.3 (2026)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • Data from: SNaQ.jl: Improved scalability for phylogenetic network inference (2025)
    Open MIND DOI OpenAlex
  • SNaQ.jl: Improved Scalability for Phylogenetic Network Inference (2025)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Historic and contemporary selection define conservation units for a short-range endemic within an anthropogenically-altered riverscape (2025)
    Global Ecology and Conservation DOI OpenAlex
  • AdmixPipe v3: facilitating population structure delimitation from SNP data (2023)
    Bioinformatics Advances 7 citations DOI OpenAlex

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