List of works - Kevin G McCracken

A morphometric analysis of the lungs of high-altitude ducks and geese

scientific article published on 15 March 2020

A parapatric propensity for breeding precludes the completion of speciation in common teal (Anas crecca, sensu lato).

scientific article published on 31 July 2012

ASYMMETRIC HYBRIDIZATION AND SEX-BIASED GENE FLOW BETWEEN EASTERN SPOT-BILLED DUCKS (ANAS ZONORHYNCHA) AND MALLARDS (A. PLATYRHYNCHOS) IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 2004

An Australian perspective of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic.

scientific article

An avian influenza virus from waterfowl in South America contains genes from North American avian and equine lineages

scientific article

Assessing changes in genomic divergence following a century of human-mediated secondary contact among wild and captive-bred ducks

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

Becoming pure: identifying generational classes of admixed individuals within lesser and greater scaup populations

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

Cardiovascular responses to progressive hypoxia in ducks native to high altitude in the Andes

scientific article published on 11 March 2020

Coevolution of male and female genital morphology in waterfowl

scientific article published in 2007

Comparative Analyses of Vertebrate Gut Microbiomes Reveal Convergence between Birds and Bats

scientific article published on 07 January 2020

Control of breathing and respiratory gas exchange in high-altitude ducks native to the Andes

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Convergent Evolution of Hemoglobin Function in High-Altitude Andean Waterfowl Involves Limited Parallelism at the Molecular Sequence Level

scientific article

Convergent changes in muscle metabolism depend on duration of high-altitude ancestry across Andean waterfowl

scientific article published on 30 July 2020

Convergent evolution on the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) pathway genes EGLN1 and EPAS1 in high-altitude ducks

scientific article published on 10 January 2019

Correction: Respiratory mechanics of eleven avian species resident at high and low altitude

scientific article published on 30 November 2020

Divergence and gene flow in the globally distributed blue-winged ducks

article

Divergent respiratory and cardiovascular responses to hypoxia in bar-headed geese and Andean birds

scientific article

Do common eiders nest in kin groups? Microgeographic genetic structure in a philopatric sea duck.

scientific article published on 14 January 2010

Evidence from the Genetics of Landbirds for a Forested Pleistocene Glacial Refugium in the Haida Gwaii Area

article

Gene flow and hybridization between numerically imbalanced populations of two duck species in the Falkland Islands

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Gene flow and hybridization between numerically imbalanced populations of two duck species on the subantarctic island of South Georgia

scientific article

Gene flow in the face of countervailing selection: adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in the betaA hemoglobin subunit of yellow-billed pintails in the Andes

article

Genetic and phenotypic divergence between low- and high-altitude populations of two recently diverged cinnamon teal subspecies

scientific article

Genomic approaches to understanding population divergence and speciation in birds

article

Geographical Gerontology: the constitution of a discipline

scientific article published on 24 April 2007

Gradual evolution towards flightlessness in steamer ducks

scientific article published on 23 May 2019

H7N3 avian influenza virus found in a South American wild duck is related to the Chilean 2002 poultry outbreak, contains genes from equine and North American wild bird lineages, and is adapted to domestic turkeys

scientific article

Heterogeneity in genetic diversity among non-coding loci fails to fit neutral coalescent models of population history

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Heteropatric speciation in a duck, Anas crecca

scientific article

How migratory thrushes conquered northern North America: a comparative phylogeography approach

scientific article

Identifying hybrids & the genomics of hybridization: Mallards & American black ducks of Eastern North America

scientific article published on 27 February 2019

Is homoplasy or lineage sorting the source of incongruent mtdna and nuclear gene trees in the stiff-tailed ducks (Nomonyx-Oxyura)?

scientific article

Late Pleistocene colonization of South Georgia by yellow-billed pintails pre-dates the Last Glacial Maximum

article

Migration-selection balance drives genetic differentiation in genes associated with high-altitude function in the speckled teal (Anas flavirostris) in the Andes

scientific article

Mito-nuclear discord in six congeneric lineages of Holarctic ducks (genus Anas).

scientific article published on 9 June 2014

Mitochondrial physiology in the skeletal and cardiac muscles is altered in torrent ducks, Merganetta armata, from high altitudes in the Andes.

scientific article

Molecular and Osteological Heron Phylogenies: Sources of Incongruence

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 1998

Molecular population genetics, phylogeography, and conservation biology of the mottled duck (Anas fulvigula)

article

Morphological and morphometric specializations of the lung of the Andean goose, Chloephaga melanoptera: A lifelong high-altitude resident

scientific article

Movements of birds and avian influenza from Asia into Alaska

scientific article

Multilocus coalescent analysis of haemoglobin differentiation between low- and high-altitude populations of crested ducks (Lophonetta specularioides).

scientific article

Neutral and functionally important genes shed light on phylogeography and the history of high-altitude colonization in a widespread New World duck

article

Old divergence and restricted gene flow between torrent duck (Merganetta armata) subspecies in the Central and Southern Andes

scientific article published on 15 August 2019

PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE MALLARD (ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS): HYBRIDIZATION, DISPERSAL, AND LINEAGE SORTING CONTRIBUTE TO COMPLEX GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 2005

PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE MALLARD (ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS): HYBRIDIZATION, DISPERSAL, AND LINEAGE SORTING CONTRIBUTE TO COMPLEX GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE

scientific article published in 2005

Phylogenetic and structural analysis of the HbA (alphaA/betaA) and HbD (alphaD/betaA) hemoglobin genes in two high-altitude waterfowl from the Himalayas and the Andes: Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) and Andean goose (Chloephaga melanoptera).

scientific article published on 29 April 2010

Phylogenetic relationships ofAmazonetta,Speculanas,Lophonetta, andTachyeres: four morphologically divergent duck genera endemic to South America

article

Phylogenetics of a recent radiation in the mallards and allies (Aves: Anas): inferences from a genomic transect and the multispecies coalescent

scientific article

Phylogenetics of wigeons and allies (Anatidae: Anas): the importance of sampling multiple loci and multiple individuals

scientific article

Population structure and genetic diversity of moose in Alaska.

scientific article

Quantifying social distancing arising from pandemic influenza.

scientific article

Reinterpreting the origins of flamingo lice: cospeciation or host-switching?

scientific article

Respiratory mechanics and morphology of Tibetan and Andean high-altitude geese with divergent life histories.

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Respiratory mechanics of eleven avian species resident at high and low altitude.

scientific article

Signatures of high-altitude adaptation in the major hemoglobin of five species of andean dabbling ducks

scientific article

Speciation, Subspecies Divergence, and Paraphyly in the Cinnamon Teal and Blue-winged Teal

article

The 20-cm Spiny Penis of the Argentine Lake Duck (Oxyura vittata)

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 2000

The 20-cm Spiny Penis of the Argentine Lake Duck (Oxyura vittata)

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 2000

The validity of ecogeographical rules is context-dependent: testing for Bergmann's and Allen's rules by latitude and elevation in a widespread Andean duck

scientific article published on 17 March 2014

Validation of a Pulse Oximetry System for High-Altitude Waterfowl by Examining the Hypoxia Responses of the Andean Goose (Chloephaga melanoptera)

article

What if New South Wales were more equal?

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

ddRAD-seq data reveal significant genome-wide population structure and divergent genomic regions that distinguish the mallard and close relatives in North America

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

List of works by Kevin G McCracken

A morphometric analysis of the lungs of high-altitude ducks and geese

A parapatric propensity for breeding precludes the completion of speciation in common teal (Anas crecca, sensu lato).

ASYMMETRIC HYBRIDIZATION AND SEX-BIASED GENE FLOW BETWEEN EASTERN SPOT-BILLED DUCKS (ANAS ZONORHYNCHA) AND MALLARDS (A. PLATYRHYNCHOS) IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

An Australian perspective of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic.

An avian influenza virus from waterfowl in South America contains genes from North American avian and equine lineages

Assessing changes in genomic divergence following a century of human-mediated secondary contact among wild and captive-bred ducks

Becoming pure: identifying generational classes of admixed individuals within lesser and greater scaup populations

Cardiovascular responses to progressive hypoxia in ducks native to high altitude in the Andes

Coevolution of male and female genital morphology in waterfowl

Comparative Analyses of Vertebrate Gut Microbiomes Reveal Convergence between Birds and Bats

Control of breathing and respiratory gas exchange in high-altitude ducks native to the Andes

Convergent Evolution of Hemoglobin Function in High-Altitude Andean Waterfowl Involves Limited Parallelism at the Molecular Sequence Level

Convergent changes in muscle metabolism depend on duration of high-altitude ancestry across Andean waterfowl

Convergent evolution on the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) pathway genes EGLN1 and EPAS1 in high-altitude ducks

Correction: Respiratory mechanics of eleven avian species resident at high and low altitude

Divergence and gene flow in the globally distributed blue-winged ducks

Divergent respiratory and cardiovascular responses to hypoxia in bar-headed geese and Andean birds

Do common eiders nest in kin groups? Microgeographic genetic structure in a philopatric sea duck.

Evidence from the Genetics of Landbirds for a Forested Pleistocene Glacial Refugium in the Haida Gwaii Area

Gene flow and hybridization between numerically imbalanced populations of two duck species in the Falkland Islands

Gene flow and hybridization between numerically imbalanced populations of two duck species on the subantarctic island of South Georgia

Gene flow in the face of countervailing selection: adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in the betaA hemoglobin subunit of yellow-billed pintails in the Andes

Genetic and phenotypic divergence between low- and high-altitude populations of two recently diverged cinnamon teal subspecies

Genomic approaches to understanding population divergence and speciation in birds

Geographical Gerontology: the constitution of a discipline

Gradual evolution towards flightlessness in steamer ducks

H7N3 avian influenza virus found in a South American wild duck is related to the Chilean 2002 poultry outbreak, contains genes from equine and North American wild bird lineages, and is adapted to domestic turkeys

Heterogeneity in genetic diversity among non-coding loci fails to fit neutral coalescent models of population history

Heteropatric speciation in a duck, Anas crecca

How migratory thrushes conquered northern North America: a comparative phylogeography approach

Identifying hybrids & the genomics of hybridization: Mallards & American black ducks of Eastern North America

Is homoplasy or lineage sorting the source of incongruent mtdna and nuclear gene trees in the stiff-tailed ducks (Nomonyx-Oxyura)?

Late Pleistocene colonization of South Georgia by yellow-billed pintails pre-dates the Last Glacial Maximum

Migration-selection balance drives genetic differentiation in genes associated with high-altitude function in the speckled teal (Anas flavirostris) in the Andes

Mito-nuclear discord in six congeneric lineages of Holarctic ducks (genus Anas).

Mitochondrial physiology in the skeletal and cardiac muscles is altered in torrent ducks, Merganetta armata, from high altitudes in the Andes.

Molecular and Osteological Heron Phylogenies: Sources of Incongruence

Molecular population genetics, phylogeography, and conservation biology of the mottled duck (Anas fulvigula)

Morphological and morphometric specializations of the lung of the Andean goose, Chloephaga melanoptera: A lifelong high-altitude resident

Movements of birds and avian influenza from Asia into Alaska

Multilocus coalescent analysis of haemoglobin differentiation between low- and high-altitude populations of crested ducks (Lophonetta specularioides).

Neutral and functionally important genes shed light on phylogeography and the history of high-altitude colonization in a widespread New World duck

Old divergence and restricted gene flow between torrent duck (Merganetta armata) subspecies in the Central and Southern Andes

PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE MALLARD (ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS): HYBRIDIZATION, DISPERSAL, AND LINEAGE SORTING CONTRIBUTE TO COMPLEX GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE

PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE MALLARD (ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS): HYBRIDIZATION, DISPERSAL, AND LINEAGE SORTING CONTRIBUTE TO COMPLEX GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE

Phylogenetic and structural analysis of the HbA (alphaA/betaA) and HbD (alphaD/betaA) hemoglobin genes in two high-altitude waterfowl from the Himalayas and the Andes: Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) and Andean goose (Chloephaga melanoptera).

Phylogenetic relationships ofAmazonetta,Speculanas,Lophonetta, andTachyeres: four morphologically divergent duck genera endemic to South America

Phylogenetics of a recent radiation in the mallards and allies (Aves: Anas): inferences from a genomic transect and the multispecies coalescent

Phylogenetics of wigeons and allies (Anatidae: Anas): the importance of sampling multiple loci and multiple individuals

Population structure and genetic diversity of moose in Alaska.

Quantifying social distancing arising from pandemic influenza.

Reinterpreting the origins of flamingo lice: cospeciation or host-switching?

Respiratory mechanics and morphology of Tibetan and Andean high-altitude geese with divergent life histories.

Respiratory mechanics of eleven avian species resident at high and low altitude.

Signatures of high-altitude adaptation in the major hemoglobin of five species of andean dabbling ducks

Speciation, Subspecies Divergence, and Paraphyly in the Cinnamon Teal and Blue-winged Teal

The 20-cm Spiny Penis of the Argentine Lake Duck (Oxyura vittata)

The 20-cm Spiny Penis of the Argentine Lake Duck (Oxyura vittata)

The validity of ecogeographical rules is context-dependent: testing for Bergmann's and Allen's rules by latitude and elevation in a widespread Andean duck

Validation of a Pulse Oximetry System for High-Altitude Waterfowl by Examining the Hypoxia Responses of the Andean Goose (Chloephaga melanoptera)

What if New South Wales were more equal?

ddRAD-seq data reveal significant genome-wide population structure and divergent genomic regions that distinguish the mallard and close relatives in North America