Michael C. Whitlock

University of British Columbia — Canada

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

68h-index24.0kcitations173works13.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Evolution and Genetic Dynamics(86), Genetic diversity and population structure(78), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock(31), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals(31), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(28)

Publications173 total

The genetic architecture of local adaptation is historically contingent
2026Open Access
Evolutionary rescue in a consumer-resource system depends on the affected ecological traits and the population’s resident life-history
2025Open Access
FST and genetic diversity in an island model with background selection
PLoS Genetics·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
The genetic architecture of repeated local adaptation to climate in distantly related plants
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2024· 33 citedOpen Access
How useful is genomic data for predicting maladaptation to future climate?
Global Change Biology·2024· 47 citedOpen Access
<i>F</i> <sub> <i>ST</i> </sub> and genetic diversity in an island model with background selection
2024Open Access
Core genes driving climate adaptation in plants
2023· 6 citedOpen Access
The evolution of genetic covariance and modularity as a result of multigenerational environmental fluctuation
Evolution Letters·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
The <scp>WZA</scp> : A window‐based method for characterizing genotype–environment associations
Molecular Ecology Resources·2023· 38 citedOpen Access
How useful is genomic data for predicting maladaptation to future climate?
2023· 12 citedOpen Access
Using genome scans to identify genes used repeatedly for adaptation
Evolution·2022· 26 citedOpen Access
The immediate costs and long‐term benefits of assisted gene flow in large populations
Conservation Biology·2022· 45 cited
Using genome scans to identify genes used repeatedly for adaptation
2022· 3 citedOpen Access
The WZA: A window-based method for characterizing genotype-environment association
2021· 5 cited
The WZA: A window-based method for characterizing genotype-environment association
2021· 5 citedOpen Access
The genetics of assisted gene flow: immediate costs and long-term benefits
2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Growth genes are implicated in the evolutionary divergence of sympatric piscivorous and insectivorous rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
BMC Ecology and Evolution·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
Growth Genes Are Implicated in The Evolutionary Divergence of Sympatric Piscivorous and Insectivorous Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss)
Research Square (Research Square)·2021Open Access
Effectiveness of Classifiers to Identify Hand Gestures with Motion Capture Coordinate Markers
2021· 1 cited
Global adaptation complicates the interpretation of genome scans for local adaptation
Evolution Letters·2020· 41 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Katie E. Lotterhos(5), Aneil F. Agrawal(4), Régis Ferrière(4), David E. McCauley(3), Sam Yeaman(3), Sally N. Aitken(2), J. Arjan G. M. de Visser(2), Joachim Hermisson(2), Günter P. Wagner(2), Lauren Ancel Meyers(2), Homayoun C. Bagheri(2), Jeffrey L. Blanchard(2), Lin Chao(2), James M. Cheverud(2), Santiago F. Elena(2), Walter Fontana(2), Greg Gibson(2), Thomas F. Hansen(2), David C. Krakauer(2), Richard C Lewontin(2)