Warren E Johnson

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Affiliation: National Cancer Institute
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Molecular genetics and evolution of melanism in the cat family
    Eduardo Eizirik
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
    Curr Biol 13:448-53. 2003
  2. ncbi Mitochondrial introgressions into the nuclear genome of the domestic cat
    Agostinho Antunes
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
    J Hered 98:414-20. 2007
  3. ncbi The evolution of cats. Genomic paw prints in the DNA of the world's wild cats have clarified the cat family tree and uncovered several remarkable migrations in their past
    Warren E Johnson
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, USA
    Sci Am 297:68-75. 2007
  4. ncbi The adaptive evolution of the mammalian mitochondrial genome
    Rute R da Fonseca
    REQUIMTE, Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687, 4169 007 Porto, Portugal
    BMC Genomics 9:119. 2008
  5. ncbi Disparate phylogeographic patterns of molecular genetic variation in four closely related South American small cat species
    W E Johnson
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
    Mol Ecol 8:S79-94. 1999
  6. ncbi The late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment
    Warren E Johnson
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
    Science 311:73-7. 2006
  7. ncbi The evolutionary dynamics of the lion Panthera leo revealed by host and viral population genomics
    Agostinho Antunes
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
    PLoS Genet 4:e1000251. 2008
  8. ncbi Development of Y chromosome intraspecific polymorphic markers in the Felidae
    Shu Jin Luo
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
    J Hered 98:400-13. 2007
  9. ncbi Subspecies genetic assignments of worldwide captive tigers increase conservation value of captive populations
    Shu Jin Luo
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
    Curr Biol 18:592-6. 2008
  10. ncbi The Near Eastern origin of cat domestication
    Carlos A Driscoll
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
    Science 317:519-23. 2007

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Publications23

  1. ncbi Molecular genetics and evolution of melanism in the cat family
    Eduardo Eizirik
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
    Curr Biol 13:448-53. 2003
    ..The inferred multiple origins and independent historical elevation in population frequency of felid melanistic mutations suggest the occurrence of adaptive evolution of this visible phenotype in a group of related free-ranging species...
  2. ncbi Mitochondrial introgressions into the nuclear genome of the domestic cat
    Agostinho Antunes
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
    J Hered 98:414-20. 2007
    ..The catalog of cat numts provides a valuable resource for future studies in Felidae species, including its use as a tool to avoid numt contaminations that may confound population genetics and phylogenetic studies...
  3. ncbi The evolution of cats. Genomic paw prints in the DNA of the world's wild cats have clarified the cat family tree and uncovered several remarkable migrations in their past
    Warren E Johnson
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, USA
    Sci Am 297:68-75. 2007
  4. ncbi The adaptive evolution of the mammalian mitochondrial genome
    Rute R da Fonseca
    REQUIMTE, Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687, 4169 007 Porto, Portugal
    BMC Genomics 9:119. 2008
    ....
  5. ncbi Disparate phylogeographic patterns of molecular genetic variation in four closely related South American small cat species
    W E Johnson
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
    Mol Ecol 8:S79-94. 1999
    ..guigna diverged 0.4 million years ago (Ma), compared with 1.7 Ma for L. colocolo, 2.0 Ma for O. geoffroyi, and 3.7 Ma for L. tigrinus...
  6. ncbi The late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment
    Warren E Johnson
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
    Science 311:73-7. 2006
    ..The phylogenetic performance of distinct gene classes showed that Y-chromosome segments are appreciably more informative than mitochondrial DNA, X-linked, or autosomal genes in resolving the rapid Felidae species radiation...
  7. ncbi The evolutionary dynamics of the lion Panthera leo revealed by host and viral population genomics
    Agostinho Antunes
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
    PLoS Genet 4:e1000251. 2008
    ..In particular, lion and FIV(Ple) variation affirms that the large, well-studied lion population occupying the greater Serengeti Ecosystem is derived from three distinct populations that admixed recently...
  8. ncbi Development of Y chromosome intraspecific polymorphic markers in the Felidae
    Shu Jin Luo
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
    J Hered 98:400-13. 2007
    ....
  9. ncbi Subspecies genetic assignments of worldwide captive tigers increase conservation value of captive populations
    Shu Jin Luo
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
    Curr Biol 18:592-6. 2008
    ..Assessment of verified subspecies ancestry offers a powerful tool that, if applied to tigers of uncertain background, may considerably increase the number of purebred tigers suitable for conservation management...
  10. ncbi The Near Eastern origin of cat domestication
    Carlos A Driscoll
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
    Science 317:519-23. 2007
    ..Domestic cats derive from at least five founders from across this region, whose descendants were transported across the world by human assistance...
  11. ncbi Big cat genomics
    STEPHEN J O'BRIEN
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
    Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 6:407-29. 2005
    ..Conservation, stabilization, and management of the big cats are important areas that derive benefit from the genome resources expanded and applied to highly successful species, imperiled by an expanding human population...
  12. ncbi Evolution of feline immunodeficiency virus in Felidae: implications for human health and wildlife ecology
    Jill Pecon-Slattery
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, United States
    Vet Immunol Immunopathol 123:32-44. 2008
    ....
  13. ncbi Patterns of molecular genetic variation among cat breeds
    Marilyn Menotti-Raymond
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
    Genomics 91:1-11. 2008
    ....
  14. ncbi Genetic characterization of feline leukemia virus from Florida panthers
    Meredith A Brown
    National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 14:252-9. 2008
    ..These unique features may also account for the severity of the outbreak after cross-species transmission to the panther...
  15. ncbi Phylogeography and genetic ancestry of tigers (Panthera tigris)
    Shu-Jin Luo
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
    PLoS Biol 2:e442. 2004
    ..These results provide an explicit basis for subspecies recognition and will lead to the improved management and conservation of these recently isolated but distinct geographic populations of tigers...
  16. ncbi Evolutionary analysis of a large mtDNA translocation (numt) into the nuclear genome of the Panthera genus species
    Jae-Heup Kim
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center (NCI-FCRDC, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA
    Gene 366:292-302. 2006
    ..The tiger cymtDNA shared around 90% sequence identity with the homologous numt sequence, suggesting an origin for the Panthera numt at around 3.5 million years ago, prior to the radiation of the five extant Panthera species...
  17. ncbi Genetic restoration of the Florida panther
    Warren E Johnson
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
    Science 329:1641-5. 2010
    ..This intensive management program illustrates the challenges of maintaining populations of large predators worldwide...
  18. ncbi Initial sequence and comparative analysis of the cat genome
    Joan U Pontius
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC Frederick, Inc, NCI Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
    Genome Res 17:1675-89. 2007
    ..9-fold) coverage mammal genome sequence...
  19. ncbi Molecular evidence for species-level distinctions in clouded leopards
    Valerie A Buckley-Beason
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
    Curr Biol 16:2371-6. 2006
    ..n. diardi in Borneo and Sumatra, would support reclassification of N. n. diardi as a new species (Neofelis diardi)...
  20. ncbi Life on the edge: the long-term persistence and contrasting spatial genetic structure of distinct brown trout life histories at their ecological limits
    Agostinho Antunes
    CIBIO UP, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485 661 Vairão, Portugal
    J Hered 97:193-205. 2006
    ..These peripheral populations are of high conservation value and should be preserved to help conserve the future potential of the species...
  21. ncbi A molecular phylogeny of living primates
    Polina Perelman
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA
    PLoS Genet 7:e1001342. 2011
    ....
  22. ncbi Ecological and biogeographical inferences on two sympatric and enigmatic Andean cat species using genetic identification of faecal samples
    Constanza Napolitano
    Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular, and Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Deparamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
    Mol Ecol 17:678-90. 2008
    ..These insights will facilitate and provide tools and hypotheses for much-needed research and conservation efforts on these species and this ecosystem...
  23. ncbi Molecular genetic insights on cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) ecology and conservation in Namibia
    Laurie L Marker
    Cheetah Conservation Fund, PO Box 1755, Otjiwarongo, Namibia
    J Hered 99:2-13. 2008
    ..The long-term maintenance of current patterns of genetic variation in Namibia depends on retaining habitat characteristics that promote natural dispersal and gene flow of cheetahs...