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Kevin Winker

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

I study the patterns and processes of avian evolution at population, subspecies, and species levels.

Ecology Evolutionary Studies Genetics Taxonomy Zoology

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Alaska - Fairbanks

Work details

Professor and Curator of Birds

University of Alaska Fairbanks

University of Alaska Museum & Department of Biology and Wildlife

University of Alaska Museum

PeerJ Contributions

Articles 7
Preprints 2

October 13, 2025

Evidence of positive selection and a novel phylogeny among five subspecies of song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) in Alaska

Caitlyn C. Oliver Brown, Keiler A. Collier, David J. X. Tan, Kendall Mills, Fern Spaulding, Travis C. Glenn, Christin Pruett, Kevin Winker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19986 PubMed 41112773

September 16, 2020

An empirical examination of sample size effects on population demographic estimates in birds using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data

Jessica F. McLaughlin, Kevin Winker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9939 PubMed 32995092

October 11, 2019

Adapterama I: universal stubs and primers for 384 unique dual-indexed or 147,456 combinatorially-indexed Illumina libraries (iTru & iNext)

Travis C. Glenn, Roger A. Nilsen, Troy J. Kieran, Jon G. Sanders, Natalia J. Bayona-Vásquez, John W. Finger, Todd W. Pierson, Kerin E. Bentley, Sandra L. Hoffberg, Swarnali Louha, Francisco J. Garcia-De Leon, Miguel Angel del Rio Portilla, Kurt D. Reed, Jennifer L. Anderson, Jennifer K. Meece, Samuel E. Aggrey, Romdhane Rekaya, Magdy Alabady, Myriam Belanger, Kevin Winker, Brant C. Faircloth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7755 PubMed 31616586

October 5, 2018

Ultraconserved elements (UCEs) illuminate the population genomics of a recent, high-latitude avian speciation event

Kevin Winker, Travis C. Glenn, Brant C. Faircloth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5735 PubMed 30310754

August 30, 2016

An examination of species limits in the Aulacorhynchus “prasinus” toucanet complex (Aves: Ramphastidae)

Kevin Winker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2381 PubMed 27635345

November 12, 2013

How migratory thrushes conquered northern North America: a comparative phylogeography approach

Carrie M. Topp, Christin L. Pruett, Kevin G. McCracken, Kevin Winker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.206 PubMed 24255819

October 8, 2013

Decadal changes and delayed avian species losses due to deforestation in the northern Neotropics

David W. Shaw, Patricia Escalante, John H. Rappole, Mario A. Ramos, Richard J. Oehlenschlager, Dwain W. Warner, Kevin Winker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.179 PubMed 24133637

July 13, 2018 - Version: 1

Ultraconserved elements (UCEs) illuminate the population genomics of a recent, high-latitude avian speciation event

Kevin Winker, Travis C Glenn, Brant C Faircloth

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27035v1

April 22, 2016 - Version: 1

Mitochondrial DNA suggests recent origins in two coastal avian subspecies in northwestern North America

Rebecca Cheek, Kyle K Campbell, Robert Dickerman, Berry Wijdeven, Kevin Winker

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1985v1