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Stephen L. Cameron

Researcher at Purdue University

Publications -  136
Citations -  8990

Stephen L. Cameron is an academic researcher from Purdue University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome & Phylogenetic tree. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 133 publications receiving 7708 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephen L. Cameron include Brigham Young University & Lincoln University (New Zealand).

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Insect Mitochondrial Genomics: Implications for Evolution and Phylogeny

TL;DR: Insects are model systems for studying aberrant mt genomes, including truncated tRNAs and multichromosomal genomes, and greater integration of nuclear and mt genomic studies is necessary to further the understanding of insect genomic evolution.
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Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle

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TL;DR: The genome sequences of the body louse and its primary bacterial endosymbiont Candidatus Riesia pediculicola are presented, providing a reference for studies of holometabolous insects.
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A Genomic Perspective on the Shortcomings of Mitochondrial DNA for “Barcoding” Identification

TL;DR: The natural history of mtDNA is reviewed and problems for barcoding which are particularly associated with mtDNA and inheritance are discussed, including reduced effective population size, maternal inheritance, recombination, inconsistent mutation rate, heteroplasmy, and compounding evolutionary processes.
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), and an examination of mitochondrial gene variability within butterflies and moths.

TL;DR: Comparisons of gene variability across the order suggest that the mitochondrial genes most frequently used in phylogenetic analysis of the Lepidoptera, cox1 and cox2, are amongst the least variable genes in the genome and phylogenetic resolution could be improved by using alternative, higher variability genes such as nad2, nad3, n ad4 and nad5.
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Integrative taxonomy, or iterative taxonomy?

TL;DR: The term ‘iterative taxonomy’ is proposed for current practice that treats species boundaries as hypotheses to be tested with new evidence, and a search for biological or evolutionary explanations for discordant evidence can be used to distinguish between competing species boundary hypotheses.