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David Ray
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
1,050 Points

Contributions by role

Author 135
Reviewer 15
Editor 900

Contributions by subject area

Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Evolutionary Studies
Genetics
Molecular Biology
Conservation Biology
Genomics
Zoology
Biochemistry
Agricultural Science
Entomology
Biodiversity
Ecology
Taxonomy
Plant Science
Immunology
Population Biology

David A Ray

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

I am a broadly trained evolutionary biologist. I also taught high school Biology, Chemistry and Physics before returning to graduate school and earning my PhD from Texas Tech University in 2002. After that, I held postdoctoral and assistant professor positions at Louisiana State University, West Virginia University and Mississippi State University before returning to TTU as an associate professor. My research interests are in organismal and genome evolution with an emphasis on the impacts of transposable elements on both.

Conservation Biology Evolutionary Studies Genomics Molecular Biology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Texas Tech University

Work details

Associate Professor

Texas Tech University
September 2013
Biological Sciences

Websites

  • The Ray Laboratory
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Edited 7
November 5, 2021
Evolutionary history of the vertebrate Piwi gene family
Javier Gutierrez, Roy Platt, Juan C. Opazo, David A. Ray, Federico Hoffmann, Michael Vandewege
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12451 PubMed 34760405

Academic Editor on

November 2, 2020
Transcriptome and gene expression analysis of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) during developmental stages
Hongjun Yang, Danping Xu, Zhihang Zhuo, Jiameng Hu, Baoqian Lu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10223 PubMed 33194414
June 19, 2020
Mitochondrial genome of the nonphotosynthetic mycoheterotrophic plant Hypopitys monotropa, its structure, gene expression and RNA editing
Viktoria Yu Shtratnikova, Mikhail I. Schelkunov, Aleksey A. Penin, Maria D. Logacheva
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9309 PubMed 32601550
July 16, 2019
Assessing subspecies status of leopards (Panthera pardus) of northern Pakistan using mitochondrial DNA
Muhammad Asad, Francesco Martoni, James G. Ross, Muhammad Waseem, Fakhar-i- Abbas, Adrian M. Paterson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7243 PubMed 31341733
December 19, 2018
First steps towards mitochondrial pan-genomics: detailed analysis of Fusarium graminearum mitogenomes
Balázs Brankovics, Tomasz Kulik, Jakub Sawicki, Katarzyna Bilska, Hao Zhang, G Sybren de Hoog, Theo AJ van der Lee, Cees Waalwijk, Anne D. van Diepeningen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5963 PubMed 30588394
May 11, 2018
The evaluation of anoxia responsive E2F DNA binding activity in the red eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans
Kyle K. Biggar, Kenneth B. Storey
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4755 PubMed 29770276
February 12, 2018
Genus-level phylogeny of cephalopods using molecular markers: current status and problematic areas
Gustavo Sanchez, Davin H.E. Setiamarga, Surangkana Tuanapaya, Kittichai Tongtherm, Inger E. Winkelmann, Hannah Schmidbaur, Tetsuya Umino, Caroline Albertin, Louise Allcock, Catalina Perales-Raya, Ian Gleadall, Jan M. Strugnell, Oleg Simakov, Jaruwat Nabhitabhata
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4331 PubMed 29456885
February 2, 2018
Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the “copper moss” Mielichhoferia elongata reveals independent nad7 gene functionality loss
Denis V. Goryunov, Svetlana V. Goryunova, Oxana I. Kuznetsova, Maria D. Logacheva, Irina A. Milyutina, Alina V. Fedorova, Michael S. Ignatov, Aleksey V. Troitsky
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4350 PubMed 29416956