Michael D. Sorenson, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
Biology Boston University, Boston, MA, United States 
Area:
avian evolutionary biology
Website:
http://www.bu.edu/biology/people/faculty/sorenson/

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2022 Spottiswoode CN, Tong W, Jamie GA, Stryjewski KF, DaCosta JM, Kuras ER, Green A, Hamama S, Taylor IG, Moya C, Sorenson MD. Genetic architecture facilitates then constrains adaptation in a host-parasite coevolutionary arms race. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119: e2121752119. PMID 35412865 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2121752119  0.32
2021 Larison B, Lindsay AR, Bossu C, Sorenson MD, Kaplan JD, Evers DC, Paruk J, DaCosta JM, Smith TB, Ruegg K. Leveraging genomics to understand threats to migratory birds. Evolutionary Applications. 14: 1646-1658. PMID 34178110 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13231  0.709
2020 Mapel XM, Gyllenhaal EF, Modak TH, DeCicco LH, Naikatini A, Utzurrum RB, Seamon JO, Cibois A, Thibault JC, Sorenson MD, Moyle RG, Barrow LN, Andersen MJ. Inter- and intra-archipelago dynamics of population structure and gene flow in a Polynesian bird. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107034. PMID 33276120 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107034  0.305
2020 D’Urban Jackson J, Bruford MW, Székely T, DaCosta JM, Sorenson MD, Russo IM, Maher KH, Cruz-López M, Galindo-Espinosa D, Palacios E, De Sucre-Medrano AE, Cavitt J, Pruner R, Morales AL, Gonzalez O, et al. Population differentiation and historical demography of the threatened snowy plover Charadrius nivosus (Cassin, 1858) Conservation Genetics. 21: 387-404. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-020-01256-8  0.419
2019 Wells CP, Lavretsky P, Sorenson MD, Peters JL, DaCosta JM, Turnbull S, Uyehara KJ, Malachowski CP, Dugger BD, Eadie JM, Engilis A. Persistence of an endangered native duck, feral mallards, and multiple hybrid swarms across the main Hawaiian Islands. Molecular Ecology. PMID 31736171 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.15286  0.43
2019 DaCosta JM, Miller MJ, Mortensen JL, Michael Reed J, Curry RL, Sorenson MD. Phylogenomics clarifies biogeographic and evolutionary history, and conservation status of West Indian tremblers and thrashers (Aves: Mimidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PMID 30999037 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2019.04.016  0.697
2019 Lavretsky P, DaCosta JM, Sorenson MD, McCracken KG, Peters JL. ddRAD-seq data reveal significant genome-wide population structure and divergent genomic regions that distinguish the mallard and close relatives in North America. Molecular Ecology. PMID 30941840 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.15091  0.327
2019 Dongmo J, DaCosta JM, Djieto-Lordon C, Ngassam P, Sorenson MD. Variable phylogeographic histories of five forest birds with populations in Upper and Lower Guinea: implications for taxonomy and evolutionary conservation Ostrich. 90: 257-270. DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2019.1642251  0.412
2017 Stryjewski KF, Sorenson MD. Mosaic genome evolution in a recent and rapid avian radiation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. PMID 29085063 DOI: 10.1038/S41559-017-0364-7  0.47
2017 Gomes ACR, Funghi C, Soma M, Sorenson MD, Cardoso GC. Multi-modal signalling in estrildid finches: song, dance and colour are associated with different ecological and life history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. PMID 28434197 DOI: 10.1111/Jeb.13102  0.31
2016 Fossøy F, Sorenson MD, Liang W, Ekrem T, Moksnes A, Møller AP, Rutila J, Røskaft E, Takasu F, Yang C, Stokke BG. Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs. Nature Communications. 7: 10272. PMID 26754355 DOI: 10.1038/Ncomms10272  0.444
2016 Peters JL, Lavretsky P, DaCosta JM, Bielefeld RR, Feddersen JC, Sorenson MD. Population genomic data delineate conservation units in mottled ducks (Anas fulvigula) Biological Conservation. 203: 272-281. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2016.10.003  0.409
2015 Pauli M, Chakarov N, Rupp O, Kalinowski J, Goesmann A, Sorenson MD, Krüger O, Hoffman JI. De novo assembly of the dual transcriptomes of a polymorphic raptor species and its malarial parasite. Bmc Genomics. 16: 1038. PMID 26645667 DOI: 10.1186/S12864-015-2254-1  0.46
2015 Lavretsky P, Dacosta JM, Hernández-Baños BE, Engilis A, Sorenson MD, Peters JL. Speciation genomics and a role for the Z chromosome in the early stages of divergence between Mexican ducks and mallards. Molecular Ecology. PMID 26414437 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.13402  0.395
2015 Wilder AP, Kunz TH, Sorenson MD. Population genetic structure of a common host predicts the spread of white-nose syndrome, an emerging infectious disease in bats. Molecular Ecology. PMID 26407297 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.13396  0.751
2015 DaCosta JM, Sorenson MD. ddRAD-seq phylogenetics based on nucleotide, indel, and presence-absence polymorphisms: Analyses of two avian genera with contrasting histories. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94: 122-135. PMID 26279345 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2015.07.026  0.479
2015 Ebel ER, DaCosta JM, Sorenson MD, Hill RI, Briscoe AD, Willmott KR, Mullen SP. Rapid diversification associated with ecological specialization in Neotropical Adelpha butterflies. Molecular Ecology. 24: 2392-405. PMID 25809206 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.13168  0.463
2014 DaCosta JM, Sorenson MD. Amplification biases and consistent recovery of loci in a double-digest RAD-seq protocol. Plos One. 9: e106713. PMID 25188270 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0106713  0.393
2014 Da Costa JM, Sorenson MD. An experimental test of host song mimicry as a species recognition cue among Male brood parasitic indigobirds (Vidua spp.) Auk. 131: 549-558. DOI: 10.1642/Auk-14-35.1  0.438
2011 Spottiswoode CN, Stryjewski KF, Quader S, Colebrook-Robjent JF, Sorenson MD. Ancient host specificity within a single species of brood parasitic bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108: 17738-42. PMID 21949391 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1109630108  0.475
2011 Sorenson MD, DaCosta JM. Genotyping HapSTR loci: phase determination from direct sequencing of PCR products. Molecular Ecology Resources. 11: 1068-75. PMID 21692999 DOI: 10.1111/J.1755-0998.2011.03036.X  0.336
2011 Culumber ZW, Fisher HS, Tobler M, Mateos M, Barber PH, Sorenson MD, Rosenthal GG. Replicated hybrid zones of Xiphophorus swordtails along an elevational gradient. Molecular Ecology. 20: 342-56. PMID 21210879 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2010.04949.X  0.455
2011 Turmelle AS, Kunz TH, Sorenson MD. A tale of two genomes: contrasting patterns of phylogeographic structure in a widely distributed bat. Molecular Ecology. 20: 357-75. PMID 21143331 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2010.04947.X  0.446
2010 Sorenson MD, Hauber ME, Derrickson SR. Sexual imprinting misguides species recognition in a facultative interspecific brood parasite. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 277: 3079-85. PMID 20484239 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2010.0592  0.422
2010 Bulgarella M, Sorenson MD, Peters JL, Wilson RE, McCracken KG. Phylogenetic relationships of Amazonetta, Speculanas, Lophonetta, and Tachyeres: Four morphologically divergent duck genera endemic to South America Journal of Avian Biology. 41: 186-199. DOI: 10.1111/J.1600-048X.2009.04819.X  0.478
2010 Mertl AL, Sorenson MD, Traniello JFA. Community-level interactions and functional ecology of major workers in the hyperdiverse ground-foraging Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Amazonian Ecuador Insectes Sociaux. 57: 441-452. DOI: 10.1007/S00040-010-0102-5  0.436
2009 Krüger O, Sorenson MD, Davies NB. Does coevolution promote species richness in parasitic cuckoos? Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 276: 3871-9. PMID 19692405 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2009.1142  0.477
2009 Balakrishnan CN, Sefc KM, Sorenson MD. Incomplete reproductive isolation following host shift in brood parasitic indigobirds. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 276: 219-28. PMID 18812294 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2008.0733  0.671
2009 Njabo KY, Sorenson MD. Origin of Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani in relation to historical climate change and the distribution of West African montane forests Ostrich. 80: 1-7. DOI: 10.2989/Ostrich.2009.80.1.1.759  0.748
2008 Harrigan RJ, Mazza ME, Sorenson MD. Computation vs. cloning: evaluation of two methods for haplotype determination. Molecular Ecology Resources. 8: 1239-48. PMID 21586011 DOI: 10.1111/J.1755-0998.2008.02241.X  0.661
2008 Njabo KY, Bowie RC, Sorenson MD. Phylogeny, biogeography and taxonomy of the African wattle-eyes (Aves: Passeriformes: Platysteiridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48: 136-49. PMID 18291681 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2008.01.013  0.761
2008 Brown JW, Rest JS, García-Moreno J, Sorenson MD, Mindell DP. Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineages. Bmc Biology. 6: 6. PMID 18226223 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-6-6  0.401
2008 Muñoz-Fuentes V, Green AJ, Sorenson MD. Comparing the genetics of wild and captive populations of White-headed Ducks Oxyura leucocephala: Consequences for recovery programmes Ibis. 150: 807-815. DOI: 10.1111/J.1474-919X.2008.00866.X  0.463
2007 Brennan PL, Prum RO, McCracken KG, Sorenson MD, Wilson RE, Birkhead TR. Coevolution of male and female genital morphology in waterfowl. Plos One. 2: e418. PMID 17476339 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0000418  0.629
2007 Krüger O, Davies NB, Sorenson MD. The evolution of sexual dimorphism in parasitic cuckoos: sexual selection or coevolution? Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 274: 1553-60. PMID 17439849 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2007.0281  0.392
2007 Muñoz-Fuentes V, Vilà C, Green AJ, Negro JJ, Sorenson MD. Hybridization between white-headed ducks and introduced ruddy ducks in Spain. Molecular Ecology. 16: 629-38. PMID 17257118 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2006.03170.X  0.443
2007 Balakrishnan CN, Sorenson MD. Dispersal ecology versus host specialization as determinants of ectoparasite distribution in brood parasitic indigobirds and their estrildid finch hosts. Molecular Ecology. 16: 217-29. PMID 17181733 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2006.03142.X  0.636
2007 Chilton G, Sorenson MD. Genetic identification of eggs purportedly from the extinct Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) Auk. 124: 962-968. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[962:Gioepf]2.0.Co;2  0.413
2007 Sefc KM, Payne RB, Sorenson MD. Single base errors in PCR products from avian museum specimens and their effect on estimates of historical genetic diversity Conservation Genetics. 8: 879-884. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-006-9240-8  0.582
2007 Sefc KM, Payne RB, Sorenson MD. Genetic differentiation after founder events: An evaluation of F ST estimators with empirical and simulated data Evolutionary Ecology Research. 9: 21-39.  0.443
2006 Muñoz-Fuentes V, Green AJ, Sorenson MD, Negro JJ, Vilà C. The ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis in Europe: natural colonization or human introduction? Molecular Ecology. 15: 1441-53. PMID 16629802 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2006.02886.X  0.399
2006 Balakrishnan CN, Sorenson MD. Song discrimination suggests premating isolation among sympatric indigobird species and host races Behavioral Ecology. 17: 473-478. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arj052  0.657
2006 Payne RB, Sorenson MD. Song lines Natural History. 115: 41.  0.392
2005 Edwards SV, Kingan SB, Calkins JD, Balakrishnan CN, Jennings WB, Swanson WJ, Sorenson MD. Speciation in birds: genes, geography, and sexual selection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102: 6550-7. PMID 15851678 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0501846102  0.689
2005 Sefc KM, Payne RB, Sorenson MD. Genetic continuity of brood-parasitic indigobird species. Molecular Ecology. 14: 1407-19. PMID 15813780 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2005.02492.X  0.694
2005 McCracken KG, Sorenson MD. Is homoplasy or lineage sorting the source of incongruent mtDNA and nuclear gene trees in the stiff-tailed ducks (Nomonyx-Oxyura)? Systematic Biology. 54: 35-55. PMID 15805009 DOI: 10.1080/10635150590910249  0.366
2005 Kulikova IV, Drovetski SV, Gibson DD, Harrigan RJ, Rohwer S, Sorenson MD, Winker K, Zhuravlev YN, McCracken KG. Phylogeography of the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos): Hybridization, dispersal, and lineage sorting contribute to complex geographic structure Auk. 122: 949-965. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0949:Potmap]2.0.Co;2  0.684
2005 Payne RB, Barlow CR, Balakrishnan CN, Sorenson MD. Song mimicry of Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara and other finches by the brood-parasitic Cameroon Indigobird Vidua camerunensis in West Africa Ibis. 147: 130-143. DOI: 10.1111/J.1474-919X.2004.00378.X  0.742
2005 Muñoz-Fuentes V, Green AJ, Negro JJ, Sorenson MD. Population structure and loss of genetic diversity in the endangered white-headed duck, Oxyura leucocephala Conservation Genetics. 6: 999-1015. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-005-9093-6  0.465
2004 Sorenson MD, Balakrishnan CN, Payne RB. Clade-limited colonization in brood parasitic finches (Vidua spp.). Systematic Biology. 53: 140-53. PMID 14965909 DOI: 10.1080/10635150490265021  0.719
2004 Payne RB, Sorenson MD. Behavioral and genetic identification of a hybrid vidua: Maternal origin and mate choice in a brood-parasitic finch Auk. 121: 156-161. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[0156:Bagioa]2.0.Co;2  0.619
2003 Ramon ML, Lobel PS, Sorenson MD. Lack of mitochondrial genetic structure in hamlets (Hypoplectrus spp.): recent speciation or ongoing hybridization? Molecular Ecology. 12: 2975-80. PMID 14629378 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-294X.2003.01966.X  0.457
2003 García-Moreno J, Sorenson MD, Mindell DP. Congruent avian phylogenies inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57: 27-37. PMID 12962303 DOI: 10.1007/S00239-002-2443-9  0.472
2003 Sorenson MD, Sefc KM, Payne RB. Speciation by host switch in brood parasitic indigobirds. Nature. 424: 928-31. PMID 12931185 DOI: 10.1038/Nature01863  0.644
2003 Sorenson MD, Oneal E, Garcia-Moreno J, Mindell DP. More taxa, more characters: the hoatzin problem is still unresolved. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 20: 1484-98. PMID 12777516 DOI: 10.1093/Molbev/Msg157  0.763
2003 Balakrishnan CN, Monfort SL, Gaur A, Singh L, Sorenson MD. Phylogeography and conservation genetics of Eld's deer (Cervus eldi). Molecular Ecology. 12: 1-10. PMID 12492873 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-294X.2003.01751.X  0.636
2003 Sefc KM, Payne RB, Sorenson MD. Phylogenetic relationships of African sunbird-like warblers: Moho (Hypergerus atriceps), Green Hylia (Hylia prasina) and Tit-hylia (Pholidornis rushiae) Ostrich. 74: 8-17. DOI: 10.2989/00306520309485365  0.604
2003 Sefc KM, Payne RB, Sorenson MD. Microsatellite amplification from museum feather samples: Effects of fragment size and template concentration on genotyping errors Auk. 120: 982-989. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2003)120[0982:Mafmfs]2.0.Co;2  0.549
2002 Sorenson MD, Payne RB. Molecular genetic perspectives on avian brood parasitism. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42: 388-400. PMID 21708732 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/42.2.388  0.644
2002 Paxinos EE, James HF, Olson SL, Sorenson MD, Jackson J, Fleischer RC. mtDNA from fossils reveals a radiation of Hawaiian geese recently derived from the Canada goose (Brantacanadensis). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99: 1399-404. PMID 11818543 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.032166399  0.614
2002 Payne RB, Hustler K, Stjernstedt R, Sefc KM, Sorenson MD. Behavioural and genetic evidence of a recent population switch to a novel host species in brood-parasitic indigobirds Vidua chalybeata Ibis. 144: 373-383. DOI: 10.1046/J.1474-919X.2002.00065.X  0.607
2001 Sorenson MD, Payne RB. A single ancient origin of brood parasitism in African finches: implications for host-parasite coevolution. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 55: 2550-67. PMID 11831669 DOI: 10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055[2550:Asaoob]2.0.Co;2  0.648
2001 Sefc KM, Payne RB, Sorenson MD. Characterization of microsatellite loci in village indigobirds Vidua chalybeata and cross-species amplification in estrildid and ploceid finches Molecular Ecology Notes. 1: 252-254. DOI: 10.1046/J.1471-8278.2001.00095.X  0.627
2000 Cao Y, Sorenson MD, Kumazawa Y, Mindell DP, Hasegawa M. Phylogenetic position of turtles among amniotes: evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Gene. 259: 139-48. PMID 11163971 DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00425-X  0.395
2000 Gibbs HL, Sorenson MD, Marchetti K, Brooke MD, Davies NB, Nakamura H. Genetic evidence for female host-specific races of the common cuckoo. Nature. 407: 183-6. PMID 11001055 DOI: 10.1038/35025058  0.474
2000 Johnson KP, McKinney F, Wilson R, Sorenson MD. The evolution of postcopulatory displays in dabbling ducks (Anatini): a phylogenetic perspective. Animal Behaviour. 59: 953-963. PMID 10860522 DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1999.1399  0.424
2000 Payne RB, Payne LL, Woods JL, Sorenson MD. Imprinting and the origin of parasite-host species associations in brood-parasitic indigobirds, Vidua chalybeata. Animal Behaviour. 59: 69-81. PMID 10640368 DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1999.1283  0.756
1999 Mindell DP, Sorenson MD, Dimcheff DE, Hasegawa M, Ast JC, Yuri T. Interordinal relationships of birds and other reptiles based on whole mitochondrial genomes. Systematic Biology. 48: 138-52. PMID 12078637 DOI: 10.1080/106351599260490  0.651
1999 Sorenson MD, Cooper A, Paxinos EE, Quinn TW, James HF, Olson SL, Fleischer RC. Relationships of the extinct moa-nalos, flightless Hawaiian waterfowl, based on ancient DNA. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 266: 2187-93. PMID 10649633 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.1999.0907  0.608
1999 Sorenson MD, Ast JC, Dimcheff DE, Yuri T, Mindell DP. Primers for a PCR-based approach to mitochondrial genome sequencing in birds and other vertebrates. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 12: 105-14. PMID 10381314 DOI: 10.1006/Mpev.1998.0602  0.595
1999 Johnson KP, Sorenson MD. Phylogeny and biogeography of dabbling ducks (genus: Anas): A comparison of molecular and morphological evidence Auk. 116: 792-805. DOI: 10.2307/4089339  0.466
1999 Johnson KP, McKinney F, Sorenson MD. Phylogenetic constraint on male parental care in the dabbling ducks Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 266: 759-763. DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.1999.0702  0.392
1998 Mindell DP, Sorenson MD, Dimcheff DE. An extra nucleotide is not translated in mitochondrial ND3 of some birds and turtles. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 15: 1568-71. PMID 12572620 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Molbev.A025884  0.317
1998 Johnson KP, Sorenson MD. Comparing molecular evolution in two mitochondrial protein coding genes (cytochrome b and ND2) in the dabbling ducks (Tribe: Anatini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 10: 82-94. PMID 9751919 DOI: 10.1006/Mpev.1997.0481  0.348
1998 Mindell DP, Sorenson MD, Dimcheff DE. Multiple independent origins of mitochondrial gene order in birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 95: 10693-7. PMID 9724766 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.95.18.10693  0.346
1997 Worthy TH, Holdaway RN, Sorenson MD, Cooper AC. Description of the first complete skeleton of the extinct New Zealand goose Cnemiornis calcitrans (Aves: Anatidae), and a reassessment of the relationships of Cnemiornis Journal of Zoology. 243: 695-723. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.1997.Tb01971.X  0.399
1996 Sorenson MD, Fleischer RC. Multiple independent transpositions of mitochondrial DNA control region sequences to the nucleus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 93: 15239-43. PMID 8986794 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.93.26.15239  0.602
1996 Cooper A, Rhymer J, James HF, Olson SL, McIntosh CE, Sorenson MD, Fleischer RC. Ancient DNA and island endemics. Nature. 381: 484. PMID 8632821 DOI: 10.1038/381484A0  0.506
1995 Sorenson MD. Evidence of conspecific nest parasitism and egg discrimination in the sora Condor. 97: 819-821. DOI: 10.2307/1369192  0.407
1993 Arnold TW, Sorenson MD, Rotella JJ. Relative success of overwater and upland mallard nests in southwestern Manitoba Journal of Wildlife Management. 57: 578-581. DOI: 10.2307/3809285  0.363
1992 Sorenson MD. Comment: Why is conspecific nest parasitism more frequent in waterfowl than in other birds? Canadian Journal of Zoology. 70: 1856-1858. DOI: 10.1139/z92-253  0.32
1991 Sorenson MD. The functional significance of parasitic egg laying and typical nesting in redhead ducks: an analysis of individual behaviour Animal Behaviour. 42: 771-796. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80122-8  0.396
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