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Professor

Positions:

Professor, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

overview

Mammalian comparative genomics, phylogeny, biogeography, and molecular evolution, with a specific emphasis on feline evolutionary genomics, including: gene mapping, sex chromosome genetics, speciation and mechanisms of male hybrid sterility.

education and training

Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research - (Frederick, Maryland, United States), Postdoctoral Training 2003
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa - (Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States) 1997
B.S. in Biological Sciences, Illinois State University - (Normal, Illinois, United States) 1992

selected publications

Academic Articles158

Murphy, W. J., & Harris, A. J. (2024). Toward telomere-to-telomere cat genomes for precision medicine and conservation biology.. Genome Research. 34(5), 655-664.
Bredemeyer, K. R., vonHoldt, B. M., Foley, N. M., Childers, I., Brzeski, K. E., & Murphy, W. J. (2024). The value of hybrid genomes: Building two highly contiguous reference genome assemblies to advance Canis genomic studies.. Journal of Heredity. esae013.
Foley, N. M., Harris, A. J., Bredemeyer, K. R., Ruedi, M., Puechmaille, S. J., Teeling, E. C., Criscitiello, M. F., & Murphy, W. J. (2024). Karyotypic stasis and swarming influenced the evolution of viral tolerance in a species-rich bat radiation.. 4(2), 100482-100482.
Yuan, J., Kitchener, A. C., Lackey, L. B., Sun, T., Jiangzuo, Q., Tuohetahong, Y., ... Li, G. (2024). The genome of the black-footed cat: Revealing a rich natural history and urgent conservation priorities for small felids.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121(2), e2310763120.
Lescroart, J., Bonilla-Snchez, A., Napolitano, C., Buitrago-Torres, D. L., Ramrez-Chaves, H. E., Pulido-Santacruz, P., ... Eizirik, E. (2023). Extensive Phylogenomic Discordance and the Complex Evolutionary History of the Neotropical Cat Genus Leopardus.. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE). 40(12), msad255.

Chapters8

Murphy, W. J. (2016). Evolution, phylogeny, ecology, and conservation of the clade Glires: Lagomorpha and Rodentia. Wilson, D. E., Lacher, T. E., & Mittermeier, R. A. (Eds.), Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 15-26. Lynx Edicions.
Eizirik, E., & Murphy, W. J. (2009). Carnivores (Carnivora). Hedges, S. B., & Kumar, S. (Eds.), The Timetree of Life. 504-507. OUP Oxford.
Murphy, W. J., & Eizirik, E. (2009). Placental Mammals (Eutheria). Hedges, S. B., & Kumar, S. (Eds.), The Timetree of Life. 471-474. OUP Oxford.
Page, J. E., & Murphy, W. J. (2008). Construction of radiation hybrid panels.. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). Murphy, W. J. (Eds.), Phylogenomics. 51-64. Springer Nature.
Springer, M. S., Murphy, W. J., Eizirik, E., Madsen, O., Scally, M., Douady, C. J., ... O'Brien, S. J. (2007). A Molecular Classification for the Living Orders of Placental Mammals and the Phylogenetic Placement of Primates. Ravosa, M. J., & Dagosto, M. (Eds.), PRIMATE ORIGINS: Adaptations and Evolution. 1-28. Springer Nature.