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Wade R. Roberts
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Also affiliated: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (2019); Oregon State University (2019); Washington State University (2016–2020)
Postdoc Researcher
10 h-index
66 pubs
395 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Wade R. Roberts' research focuses on the evolutionary genomics of diatoms, microscopic algae crucial to marine and freshwater ecosystems. His work investigates the genetic basis of their adaptation to diverse environmental conditions, including salinity gradients and transitions between marine and freshwater habitats. Roberts has published studies utilizing phylotranscriptomics and phylogenomics to understand the complex evolutionary history and reticulate evolutionary patterns within diatom species complexes. His research has explored the relationship between genome size and diatom abundance in polar oceans, and the impact of genome-wide changes on metabolic processes during local adaptation. He has collaborated extensively with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Andrew J. Alverson, Elizabeth C. Ruck, Eveline Pinseel, and Kala M. Downey, contributing to 66 publications with an h-index of 10 and 386 citations.
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- h-index: 10
- Publications: 66
- Citations: 395
Selected Publications
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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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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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Diatom abundance in the polar oceans is predicted by genome size (2024)
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Dataset from: Resolving marine–freshwater transitions by diatoms through a fog of gene tree discordance (2023)
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Supporting data for Bryłka et al., 2023 Gene duplication, shifting selection, and functional diversification of silicon transporter proteins in marine and freshwater diatoms. (2023)
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Dataset from: Resolving marine–freshwater transitions by diatoms through a fog of gene tree discordance (2023)
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Supporting data for Bryłka et al., 2023 Gene duplication, shifting selection, and functional diversification of silicon transporter proteins in marine and freshwater diatoms. (2023)
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Gene Duplication, Shifting Selection, and Dosage Balance of Silicon Transporter Proteins in Marine and Freshwater Diatoms (2023)
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Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes (2023)
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Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes (2023)
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Resolving Marine–Freshwater Transitions by Diatoms Through a Fog of Gene Tree Discordance (2023)
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Nitzschia sp. Nitz4 variant calling (2022)
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Nitzschia sp. Nitz4 variant calling (2022)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Andrew J. Alverson
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
19 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
- Resolving Marine–Freshwater Transitions by Diatoms Through a Fog of Gene Tree Discordance
- Phylotranscriptomics reveals the reticulate evolutionary history of a widespread diatom species complex
- Diatom abundance in the polar oceans is predicted by genome size
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
Showing 5 of 19 shared publications
Elizabeth C. Ruck
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
15 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
- Resolving Marine–Freshwater Transitions by Diatoms Through a Fog of Gene Tree Discordance
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
Showing 5 of 15 shared publications
Eveline Pinseel
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
11 shared publications
In database
- Resolving Marine–Freshwater Transitions by Diatoms Through a Fog of Gene Tree Discordance
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Resolving marine–freshwater transitions by diatoms through a fog of discordant gene trees
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
Kala M. Downey
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
5 shared publications
In database
- Resolving Marine–Freshwater Transitions by Diatoms Through a Fog of Gene Tree Discordance
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Resolving marine–freshwater transitions by diatoms through a fog of discordant gene trees
- Dataset from: Resolving marine–freshwater transitions by diatoms through a fog of gene tree discordance
- Dataset from: Resolving marine–freshwater transitions by diatoms through a fog of gene tree discordance
Teofil Nakov
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
Karolina Bryłka
Lund University (SE)
4 shared publications
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Gene Duplication, Shifting Selection, and Dosage Balance of Silicon Transporter Proteins in Marine and Freshwater Diatoms
- Supporting data for Bryłka et al., 2023 Gene duplication, shifting selection, and functional diversification of silicon transporter proteins in marine and freshwater diatoms.
- Supporting data for Bryłka et al., 2023 Gene duplication, shifting selection, and functional diversification of silicon transporter proteins in marine and freshwater diatoms.
Anastasiia Onyshchenko
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
3 shared publications
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
Jeffrey A. Lewis
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 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 genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
Per R. Jonsson
University of Gothenburg (SE)
3 shared publications
- 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
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
Olga Kourtchenko
University of Gothenburg (SE)
3 shared publications
- 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
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
Anke Kremp
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (DE)
3 shared publications
- 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
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
Matthew I. M. Pinder
University of Gothenburg (SE)
3 shared publications
- 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
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
Conny Sjöqvist
Åbo Akademi University (FI)
3 shared publications
- 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
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
Mats Töpel
Ghent University (BE)
3 shared publications
- 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
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
Anna Godhe
University of Gothenburg (SE)
3 shared publications
- 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
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
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