JERRY ALLEN COYNE

Summary

Affiliation: University of Chicago
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Science, religion, and society: the problem of evolution in America
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Evolution 66:2654-63. 2012
  2. ncbi Evolution of protein expression: new genes for a new diet
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, 1102 E 57 St, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Curr Biol 17:R1014-6. 2007
  3. ncbi The genetic basis of sexual dimorphism in birds
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Evolution 62:214-9. 2008
  4. ncbi Sympatric speciation
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Curr Biol 17:R787-8. 2007
  5. ncbi Comment on "Gene regulatory networks and the evolution of animal body plans"
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Science 313:761; author reply 761. 2006
  6. ncbi Does the desaturase-2 locus in Drosophila melanogaster cause adaptation and sexual isolation?
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, 1101 E 57 Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Evolution 60:279-91. 2006
  7. ncbi Impact of experimental design on Drosophila sexual isolation studies: direct effects and comparison to field hybridization data
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57 Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Evolution 59:2588-601. 2005
  8. ncbi Evolution. Ernst Mayr (1904-2005)
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637, USA
    Science 307:1212-3. 2005
  9. ncbi Genetic studies of two sister species in the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup, D. yakuba and D. santomea
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Genet Res 84:11-26. 2004
  10. ncbi Little evidence for sympatric speciation in island birds
    J A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Evolution 54:2166-71. 2000

Research Grants

  1. GENETIC BASIS OF SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN DROSOPHILA
    Jerry Coyne; Fiscal Year: 2009
  2. GENETIC BASIS OF SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN DROSOPHILA
    Jerry Coyne; Fiscal Year: 2007
  3. GENETIC BASIS OF SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN DROSOPHILA
    Jerry Coyne; Fiscal Year: 2005
  4. GENETIC BASIS OF SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN DROSOPHILA
    Jerry Coyne; Fiscal Year: 2001
  5. GENETIC BASIS OF SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN DROSOPHILA
    Jerry Coyne; Fiscal Year: 2009

Detail Information

Publications21

  1. ncbi Science, religion, and society: the problem of evolution in America
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Evolution 66:2654-63. 2012
    ..Widespread acceptance of evolution in America, then, may have to await profound social change...
  2. ncbi Evolution of protein expression: new genes for a new diet
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, 1102 E 57 St, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Curr Biol 17:R1014-6. 2007
    ..A new study identifies gene duplication of a salivary enzyme as a recent adaptation to changes in diet among human populations, highlighting the diverse ways that gene regulation can evolve...
  3. ncbi The genetic basis of sexual dimorphism in birds
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Evolution 62:214-9. 2008
    ..Observing hybrid phenotypes is a useful approach to studying the genetics and evolution of dimorphic traits...
  4. ncbi Sympatric speciation
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Curr Biol 17:R787-8. 2007
  5. ncbi Comment on "Gene regulatory networks and the evolution of animal body plans"
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Science 313:761; author reply 761. 2006
    ..I question some of their assumptions and show that natural selection adequately explains the origin of new phyla...
  6. ncbi Does the desaturase-2 locus in Drosophila melanogaster cause adaptation and sexual isolation?
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, 1101 E 57 Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Evolution 60:279-91. 2006
    ..melanogaster--may also be doubtful...
  7. ncbi Impact of experimental design on Drosophila sexual isolation studies: direct effects and comparison to field hybridization data
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57 Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Evolution 59:2588-601. 2005
    ..santomea females and D. yakuba males, matings that occur only rarely in the laboratory...
  8. ncbi Evolution. Ernst Mayr (1904-2005)
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637, USA
    Science 307:1212-3. 2005
  9. ncbi Genetic studies of two sister species in the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup, D. yakuba and D. santomea
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Genet Res 84:11-26. 2004
    ..santomea/D. yakuba divergence and two other speciation events in the D. melanogaster subgroup involving island colonization...
  10. ncbi Little evidence for sympatric speciation in island birds
    J A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Evolution 54:2166-71. 2000
    ..We conclude that, at present, there is little evidence for sympatric speciation in island birds...
  11. ncbi Relative paucity of genes causing inviability in hybrids between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans
    J A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Genetics 150:1091-103. 1998
    ....
  12. ncbi Sexual isolation between two sibling species with overlapping ranges: Drosophila santomea and Drosophila yakuba
    Jerry A Coyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Evolution 56:2424-34. 2002
    ..There has also been significant evolutionary change in the duration of copulation between these species; this difference involves genetic changes in both sexes, with at least two genes responsible in males and at least one in females...
  13. ncbi Ecological adaptation during incipient speciation revealed by precise gene replacement
    Anthony J Greenberg
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Science 302:1754-7. 2003
    ..We conclude that ecological adaptation likely accompanies sexual isolation between the two behavioral races of D. melanogaster...
  14. ncbi Multilocus analysis of introgression between two sympatric sister species of Drosophila: Drosophila yakuba and D. santomea
    Ana Llopart
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Genetics 171:197-210. 2005
    ..g., pigmentation and male genitalia)...
  15. ncbi Pigmentation and mate choice in Drosophila
    Anna Llopart
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Nature 419:360; discussion 360. 2002
    ..Here we show that the mate discrimination observed by Kopp et al. may in fact have resulted from the nature of the strains and comparisons they used in their study and so could be irrelevant to mate choice in nature...
  16. ncbi Genetics of a difference in pigmentation between Drosophila yakuba and Drosophila santomea
    Ana Llopart
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, 1101 East 57 Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Evolution 56:2262-77. 2002
    ..santomea and D. yakuba diverged about 400,000 years ago, a time similar to the divergences between two other well-studied pair of species in the subgroup, both of which also involved island colonization...
  17. ncbi Mathematical consequences of the genealogical species concept
    Richard R Hudson
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Evolution 56:1557-65. 2002
    ..If genealogical species status is defined as more than 95% of sampled nuclear loci showing reciprocal monophyly, this status is attained after roughly 9-12 N generations...
  18. ncbi Temperature-based extrinsic reproductive isolation in two species of Drosophila
    Daniel R Matute
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, 1101 E 57 Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Evolution 63:595-612. 2009
    ....
  19. ncbi Intrinsic reproductive isolation between two sister species of Drosophila
    Daniel R Matute
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, 1101 E 57 Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Evolution 64:903-20. 2010
    ..Although these species diverged relatively recently, they are clearly separated by many isolating barriers that act both before and after mating...
  20. ncbi A test of the snowball theory for the rate of evolution of hybrid incompatibilities
    Daniel R Matute
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Science 329:1518-21. 2010
    ..This observation verifies a key prediction of the DM model...
  21. ncbi Little effect of the tan locus on pigmentation in female hybrids between Drosophila santomea and D. melanogaster
    Daniel R Matute
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, 1101 E 57 Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Cell 139:1180-8. 2009
    ..Earlier results implicating tan may have been based on a type of transgenic analysis that can give misleading results about the genes involved in an evolutionary change...

Research Grants12

  1. GENETIC BASIS OF SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN DROSOPHILA
    Jerry Coyne; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..We will perform laboratory studies of tolerance and preference to understand these anomalies. Our results may be relevant to understanding the origin of species in other animal groups, including humans. ..
  2. GENETIC BASIS OF SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN DROSOPHILA
    Jerry Coyne; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..We will perform laboratory studies of tolerance and preference to understand these anomalies. Our results may be relevant to understanding the origin of species in other animal groups, including humans. ..
  3. GENETIC BASIS OF SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN DROSOPHILA
    Jerry Coyne; Fiscal Year: 2005
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  4. GENETIC BASIS OF SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN DROSOPHILA
    Jerry Coyne; Fiscal Year: 2001
    ..The proposed research will focus on phenotypes in each of these three categories, subjecting each to a gene mapping protocol. ..
  5. GENETIC BASIS OF SPECIES DIFFERENCES IN DROSOPHILA
    Jerry Coyne; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..We will perform laboratory studies of tolerance and preference to understand these anomalies. Our results may be relevant to understanding the origin of species in other animal groups, including humans. ..