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Robert K. Wayne

University of California, Los Angeles · US
Area of research
Genetics · Ecology
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic diversity and population structure, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and Human-Animal Interaction Studies.
h-index
112
citations
42,907
works
402
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Genetic and Anatomical Determinants of Olfaction in Dogs and Wild Canids
Molecular Biology and Evolution 2025cited by 8position: middledoi
Genome sequencing of 2000 canids by the Dog10K consortium advances the understanding of demography, genome function and architecture
Genome biology 2023cited by 123position: middledoi
The genomic footprint of whaling and isolation in fin whale populations
Nature Communications 2023cited by 31position: lastdoi
Environmental <scp>DNA</scp> reveals invasive crayfish microbial associates and ecosystem‐wide biodiversity before and after eradication
Environmental DNA 2023cited by 2position: middledoi
The critically endangered vaquita is not doomed to extinction by inbreeding depression
Science 2022cited by 145position: middledoi
Hibernation slows epigenetic ageing in yellow-bellied marmots
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2022cited by 58position: middledoi
A manager’s guide to using eDNA metabarcoding in marine ecosystems
PeerJ 2022cited by 49position: middledoi
Comparative genomics uncovers the evolutionary history, demography, and molecular adaptations of South American canids
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022cited by 48position: lastdoi
Long-term Small Population Size, Deleterious Variation, and Altitude Adaptation in the Ethiopian Wolf, a Severely Endangered Canid
Molecular Biology and Evolution 2022cited by 43position: middledoi
Disease outbreaks select for mate choice and coat color in wolves
Science 2022cited by 36position: middledoi
Soil Microbial Community Composition and Tolerance to Contaminants in an Urban Brownfield Site
Microbial Ecology 2022cited by 33position: middledoi
Dire wolves were the last of an ancient New World canid lineage
Nature 2021cited by 74position: middledoi
Landscape analyses using eDNA metabarcoding and Earth observation predict community biodiversity in California
Ecological Applications 2021cited by 57position: middledoi
Strongly deleterious mutations are a primary determinant of extinction risk due to inbreeding depression
Evolution Letters 2020cited by 273position: middledoi
Sharing and reporting benefits from biodiversity research
Molecular Ecology 2020cited by 33position: middledoi
Genomic signatures of extensive inbreeding in Isle Royale wolves, a population on the threshold of extinction
Science Advances 2019cited by 332position: lastdoi
Puma genomes from North and South America provide insights into the genomic consequences of inbreeding
Nature Communications 2019cited by 141position: middledoi
<i>Anacapa Toolkit</i> : An environmental DNA toolkit for processing multilocus metabarcode datasets
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2019cited by 137position: middledoi
Dog10K: an international sequencing effort to advance studies of canine domestication, phenotypes and health
National Science Review 2019cited by 128position: middledoi
De Novo Mutation Rate Estimation in Wolves of Known Pedigree
Molecular Biology and Evolution 2019cited by 76position: middledoi
Aquatic Adaptation and Depleted Diversity: A Deep Dive into the Genomes of the Sea Otter and Giant Otter
Molecular Biology and Evolution 2019cited by 75position: lastdoi
Widespread anticoagulant poison exposure in predators in a rapidly growing South African city
The Science of The Total Environment 2019cited by 59position: middledoi
Author Correction: Puma genomes from North and South America provide insights into the genomic consequences of inbreeding
Nature Communications 2019cited by 6position: middledoi
Purging of Strongly Deleterious Mutations Explains Long-Term Persistence and Absence of Inbreeding Depression in Island Foxes
Current Biology 2018cited by 243position: lastdoi
Widespread, long‐term admixture between grey wolves and domestic dogs across Eurasia and its implications for the conservation status of hybrids
Evolutionary Applications 2018cited by 104position: lastdoi
Urbanization and anticoagulant poisons promote immune dysfunction in bobcats
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2018cited by 84position: middledoi
Natural Selection and Origin of a Melanistic Allele in North American Gray Wolves
Molecular Biology and Evolution 2018cited by 63position: lastdoi
Conservation genomics illuminates the adaptive uniqueness of North American gray wolves
Conservation Genetics 2018cited by 23position: lastdoi
Natural re-colonization and admixture of wolves (Canis lupus) in the US Pacific Northwest: challenges for the protection and management of rare and endangered taxa
Heredity 2018cited by 19position: lastdoi
Demographic history, selection and functional diversity of the canine genome
Nature Reviews Genetics 2017cited by 199position: middledoi

Grants

SG: Selection in Bottlenecked Populations
NSF1556705$155,8542016–2020PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: The Genetic and Anatomical Determinants of Olfaction
NSF1457106$804,4482015–2020PIRePORTER
EAGER: Functional genomics of genes under selection in natural populations
NSF1257716$130,9282012–2015PIRePORTER
The genomic and ecological context of a major gene under selection in natural populations
NSF1021397$770,4392010–2015PIRePORTER
Collaborative research: Understanding the role of environmental change on the long-term population dynamics of one surviving and two extinct arctic mammals
NSF0910272$185,3102009–2013PIRePORTER
IPY: Genomic-Scale SNP Genotyping of the Arctic Wolf: Ecology and Adaptation over Space and Time
NSF0733033$902,0102007–2011PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: A Complete Species Level Phylogeny of the Carnivora
NSF0614585$374,9922006–2010PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Analysis of a Forty Thousand Year Record of Genetic and Environmental Change in the Arctic
NSF0352604$349,2032004–2008PIRePORTER
Marker Analysis of Dog Breeds to Identify Genes of Large Phenotypic Effect
NSF0213905$50,0002002–2003PIRePORTER
Dissertation Research: Maintenance of Genetic Variation in an Island System
NSF0206760$6,9722002–2003PIRePORTER
Molecular Paleoecology of Permafrost Mammals
NSF9817937$434,6571999–2003PIRePORTER
Dissertation Research: A 2400-Year Genetic Record of Thomomys talpoides During Holocene Climate Change
NSF9801704$8,9911998–2000PIRePORTER
Analysis of DNA From Permafrost Specimens
NSF9617068$50,0001996–1997PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Bridgett M. vonHoldt · Princeton University15 papers (2012–2022)Kirk E. Lohmueller · University of California, Los Angeles10 papers (2015–2023)John P. Pollinger · University of California, Los Angeles8 papers (2012–2018)Elaine A. Ostrander · National Institutes of Health8 papers (2012–2018)Rena M. Schweizer · United States Department of Agriculture8 papers (2015–2019)Jacqueline A. Robinson · Princeton University8 papers (2015–2023)Beth Shapiro · Howard Hughes Medical Institute7 papers (2012–2023)Daniel R. Stahler · Arizona State University7 papers (2012–2022)Seth P. D. Riley · National Park Service5 papers (2014–2019)Laurel E. K. Serieys · Panthera Corporation5 papers (2014–2019)Ryan J. Harrigan · University of California, Los Angeles5 papers (2015–2021)Clare D. Marsden · Los Angeles Police Department4 papers (2012–2022)Meixi Lin · Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University4 papers (2019–2023)Sarah A. Hendricks · University of Idaho4 papers (2015–2018)Richard E. Green · University of California, Santa Cruz4 papers (2015–2019)Warren E. Johnson · The University of Texas at Austin4 papers (2015–2022)Douglas W. Smith · United States Geological Survey4 papers (2012–2022)Teia M. Schweizer · Colorado State University4 papers (2019–2022)Zhenxin Fan · Sichuan University4 papers (2014–2016)James A. Cahill · University of Florida4 papers (2015–2019)