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Chris Simon
Researcher at University of Connecticut
Publications - 123
Citations - 12328
Chris Simon is an academic researcher from University of Connecticut. The author has contributed to research in topics: Periodical cicadas & Phylogenetic tree. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 118 publications receiving 11403 citations. Previous affiliations of Chris Simon include Stony Brook University & University of Hawaii.
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Evolution, weighting, and phylogenetic utility of mitochondrial gene sequences and a compilation of conserved polymerase chain reaction primers
TL;DR: Molecular processes are reviewed, the correction of genetic distances and the weighting of DNA data are discussed, and an assessment of the phylogenetic usefulness of specific mitochondrial genes is provided.
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Incorporating molecular evolution into phylogenetic analysis, and a new compilation of conserved polymerase chain reaction primers for animal mitochondrial DNA
TL;DR: DNA data has been widely used in animal phylogenetic studies over the past 15 years to create more realistic models of evolution, evaluate the information content of data, test phylogenetic hypotheses, attach time to phylogenies, and understand the relative usefulness of mitochondrial and nuclear genes.
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Masting by eighteen new zealand plant species: the role of temperature as a synchronizing cue
Eric M. Schauber,Dave Kelly,Peter Turchin,Chris Simon,William G. Lee,Robert B. Allen,Ian J. Payton,Peter R. Wilson,Phil E. Cowan,R. E. Brockie +9 more
TL;DR: High intra- and intergeneric synchrony is demonstrated in mast seeding by 17 species of New Zealand plants from four families across >150 000 km2, and synchronous fruiting by these species was associated with anomalously high temperatures the summer before seedfall, a cue linked with the La Nina phase of ...
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The Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution of Periodical Cicadas
Kathy S. Williams,Chris Simon +1 more
TL;DR: Recent work supports and modifies previous hypotheses concerning periodical cicada intra- and interspecific interactions, movement patterns, juvenile development rates, life-cycle switching, the evolution of periodicity, and .the origination of broods and species.
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Conserved sequence motifs, alignment, and secondary structure for the third domain of animal 12S rRNA.
TL;DR: This work advocates the use of conserved motifs and other secondary structure information for assessing sequencing fidelity, and is similar to previous models but is more specific to mitochondrial DNA, fitting both invertebrate and vertebrate groups.