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Jack W. Sites

Brigham Young University

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evolutionary biology avian biology ecology genetics phylogenetics zoology biology systematics biogeography marine biology ornithology molecular evolution population genetics entomology zoological taxonomy conservation biology animal ecology animal science animal taxonomy cytogenetics biodiversity molecular ecology speciation evolutionary genetics evolutionary taxonomies chromosome races wildlife mammalogy phylogenomics sceloporus grammicus complex zoogeography chromosome biology genome biology hybrid zone molecular phylogeny biological evolution spatial ecology arthropod taxonomy insect science livestock science mammalian biology environmental biology genetic diversity phylogenetic relationships central mexico chromosome evolution species limits population structure global ecology climatic change fish biology cladistics group evolution conservation genetics animal reproduction thermal niches species delimitation species boundaries squamate reptiles patagonian lizards evolutionary history historical biogeography phylogeny comparison taxonomy (biology) paleoclimatology gene evolution biodiversity conservation animal genetics avian evolution biodiversity loss vegetation science plant taxonomy archaeological dating nuclear organization glacial process marine biodiversity anthropology evolutionary anthropology biological anthropology human well-being

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A New Gecko (Phyllodactylidae: Homonota Whitii Group) From the Diaguita Highlands, Argentina, With an Updated Phylogeny for the Genus. Zoologica Scripta (2025)

Mariana MorandoKevin I. SánchezJuan E. VrdoljakCristian H. F. PérezJack W. SitesLuciano J. Avila

zoological taxonomyzoologyupdated phylogenybiologyphylogeneticssystematics

Allometric Analysis of Sexual Dimorphism and Morphological Variation in Two Chromosome Races of the Sceloporus Grammicus Complex (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) From Mexico. Vertebrate Zoology (2023)

Abraham LozanoJack W. Sites JrAurelio Ramírez-BautistaJonathon C. MarshallNuma P. PavónRaciel Cruz-Elizalde

sexual dimorphismzoologysceloporus grammicus complexallometric analysismorphological variationchromosome racesevolutionary biologyecologypopulation geneticsgenetics

Climate Change and Collapsing Thermal Niches of Desert Reptiles and Amphibians: Assisted Migration and Acclimation Rescue From Extirpation. The Science of The Total Environment (2023)

Barry SinervoRafael A. Lara ReséndizDonald B. MilesJeffrey E. LovichPhilip C. RosenHéctor GadsdenGamaliel Casteñada GaytánPatricia Galina TessaroVíctor H. LujaRaymond B. HueyAmy WhippleVíctor Sánchez CorderoJason B. RohrGabriel CaetanoJuan C. SantosJack W. SitesFausto R. Méndez de la Cruz

climate changespatial ecologytotal environmentarid environmentsacclimation rescueenvironmental scienceavian biologyanimal ecologythermal nichesmovement ecologyecologydesert reptiles

Complex Patterns of Diversification in the Gray Zone of Speciation: Model-Based Approaches Applied to Patagonian Liolaemid Lizards (Squamata: Liolaemus Kingii Clade). Systematic Biology (2023)

Kevin I SánchezEmilce G Diaz HuesaMaría F BreitmanLuciano J AvilaJack W SitesMariana Morando

gray zoneevolutionary ecologypatagonian liolaemid lizardsspeciationavian biologysystematicsevolutionary biologyecologycomplex patternsgenetics

Variation in Body Size and Reproductive Characteristics Among Chromosomal Races of the Sceloporus Grammicus Complex in México. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2023)

Raciel Cruz-ElizaldeAurelio Ramírez-BautistaUriel Hernández-SalinasCésar A Díaz-MarínJonathon C MarshallJack W SitesDulce María Galván-HernándezAaron García-RosalesChristian Berriozabal-Islas

reproductive biologyshort-term variabilityavian biologyhuman geneticspopulation geneticsgeneticscytogeneticsreproductive characteristicsgenomicschromosome biologybiologyevolutionary geneticsgenetic variationbody sizechromosomal racesgenome biologysystematicsmorphology (biology)evolutionary biologymammalian biology

Environmental Correlates of Phenotypic Evolution in Ecologically Diverse Liolaemus Lizards. Ecology and Evolution (2022)

Danielle L. EdwardsLuciano J. AvilaLorena MartinezJack W. SitesMariana Morando

evolutionary ecologyphenotypic evolutionenvironmental correlatesenvironmental scienceavian biologyanimal ecologyglobal ecologyevolutionary biologyenvironmental biologyecology

EXPLORATE: A New Pipeline to Explore Active Transposable Elements From Rna-Seq Data. Bioinformatics (2022)

Martin M FemeniasJuan C SantosJack W SitesLuciano J AvilaMariana Morando

genomicsrna-seq datadata scienceactive transposable elementsbioinformatics

A New Species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Squamata) of the Liolaemus Capillitas Clade (Squamata, Liolaemini, Liolaemus Elongatus-Kriegi Group) From Sierra De Velasco, La Rioja Province, Argentina. Zootaxa (2021)

LUCIANO JAVIER AVILAJUAN ESTEBAN VRDOLJAKCINTIA DÉBORA MEDINAJUAN GARCÍA MASSINICRISTIAN HERNÁN FULVIO PEREZJACK W. JR. SITESMARIANA MORANDO

zoologybotanybiologyliolaemus elongatus-kriegi groupliolaemus capillitas clade

An Integrative Approach to Address Species Limits in the Southernmost Members of the Liolaemus Kingii Group (Squamata: Liolaemini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2021)

Kevin I. SánchezLuciano J. AvilaJack W. Sites Jr.Mariana Morando

group evolutionspecies limitsliolaemus kingii groupmolecular evolutionavian biologybiologyphylogeneticssystematicsevolutionary biologymarine biologyecologysouthernmost members

Molecular Phylogeny of the “Salty” Liolaemus Species (Reptilia: Squamata): Anomalus Group, Endemic of the Argentina Monte Desert. Cuadernos de herpetología/Cuadernos de herpetología (2021)

Mariana MorandoMelisa OlaveJack W. Sites Jr.Luciano Javier Avila

liolaemus speciesargentina monte desertphylogeneticsevolutionary biologymolecular phylogenyanomalus group

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Jack W. Sites

Brigham Young University

Affiliations

College of Life Sciences

Biology

NoneJack W. Sites is currently serving as a Biology faculty at Brigham Young University.

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A New Gecko (Phyllodactylidae: Homonota Whitii Group) From the Diaguita Highlands, Argentina, With an Updated Phylogeny for the Genus. Zoologica Scripta (2025)

Mariana MorandoKevin I. SánchezJuan E. VrdoljakCristian H. F. PérezJack W. SitesLuciano J. Avila

zoological taxonomyzoologyupdated phylogenybiologyphylogeneticssystematics

Allometric Analysis of Sexual Dimorphism and Morphological Variation in Two Chromosome Races of the Sceloporus Grammicus Complex (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) From Mexico. Vertebrate Zoology (2023)

Abraham LozanoJack W. Sites JrAurelio Ramírez-BautistaJonathon C. MarshallNuma P. PavónRaciel Cruz-Elizalde

sexual dimorphismzoologysceloporus grammicus complexallometric analysismorphological variationchromosome racesevolutionary biologyecologypopulation geneticsgenetics

Climate Change and Collapsing Thermal Niches of Desert Reptiles and Amphibians: Assisted Migration and Acclimation Rescue From Extirpation. The Science of The Total Environment (2023)

climate changespatial ecologytotal environmentarid environmentsacclimation rescueenvironmental scienceavian biologyanimal ecologythermal nichesmovement ecologyecologydesert reptiles

Complex Patterns of Diversification in the Gray Zone of Speciation: Model-Based Approaches Applied to Patagonian Liolaemid Lizards (Squamata: Liolaemus Kingii Clade). Systematic Biology (2023)

Kevin I SánchezEmilce G Diaz HuesaMaría F BreitmanLuciano J AvilaJack W SitesMariana Morando

gray zoneevolutionary ecologypatagonian liolaemid lizardsspeciationavian biologysystematicsevolutionary biologyecologycomplex patternsgenetics

Variation in Body Size and Reproductive Characteristics Among Chromosomal Races of the Sceloporus Grammicus Complex in México. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2023)

Environmental Correlates of Phenotypic Evolution in Ecologically Diverse Liolaemus Lizards. Ecology and Evolution (2022)

Danielle L. EdwardsLuciano J. AvilaLorena MartinezJack W. SitesMariana Morando

evolutionary ecologyphenotypic evolutionenvironmental correlatesenvironmental scienceavian biologyanimal ecologyglobal ecologyevolutionary biologyenvironmental biologyecology

EXPLORATE: A New Pipeline to Explore Active Transposable Elements From Rna-Seq Data. Bioinformatics (2022)

Martin M FemeniasJuan C SantosJack W SitesLuciano J AvilaMariana Morando

genomicsrna-seq datadata scienceactive transposable elementsbioinformatics

LUCIANO JAVIER AVILAJUAN ESTEBAN VRDOLJAKCINTIA DÉBORA MEDINAJUAN GARCÍA MASSINICRISTIAN HERNÁN FULVIO PEREZJACK W. JR. SITESMARIANA MORANDO

zoologybotanybiologyliolaemus elongatus-kriegi groupliolaemus capillitas clade

An Integrative Approach to Address Species Limits in the Southernmost Members of the Liolaemus Kingii Group (Squamata: Liolaemini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2021)

Kevin I. SánchezLuciano J. AvilaJack W. Sites Jr.Mariana Morando

group evolutionspecies limitsliolaemus kingii groupmolecular evolutionavian biologybiologyphylogeneticssystematicsevolutionary biologymarine biologyecologysouthernmost members

Molecular Phylogeny of the “Salty” Liolaemus Species (Reptilia: Squamata): Anomalus Group, Endemic of the Argentina Monte Desert. Cuadernos de herpetología/Cuadernos de herpetología (2021)

Mariana MorandoMelisa OlaveJack W. Sites Jr.Luciano Javier Avila

liolaemus speciesargentina monte desertphylogeneticsevolutionary biologymolecular phylogenyanomalus group

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