Andreas S. Chavez

Environmental Science · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1973

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Genetic diversity and population structure Archaeology and Natural History Ecology and biodiversity studies

Publications

Citations

1,177

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Active years

Publishing since 1973

Research summary

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Andreas S. Chavez studies the genetics and genomics of wild mammals, examining how species adapt to their environments and diverge into new species. His work spans topics such as high-altitude adaptation in mice, venom composition in shrews, squirrel speciation and coat color evolution, and DNA methylation (chemical modifications to DNA that affect gene activity) as it relates to aging and life span across mammals. Students in this area would engage with fieldwork-derived samples combined with genomic and epigenetic laboratory techniques.

Wildlife genetics and genomicsAdaptation and speciation in mammalsEpigenetics and aging (DNA methylation)Population genetics of house mice and squirrelsComparative multi-omics in non-model organisms

Publication output has been modest and fluctuating over the last decade, with no publications from 2017-2019, a cluster of activity in 2020-2021, and one to two papers per year since then.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.8/year recently

Recent publications

Epigenetic predictors of species maximum life span and other life-history traits in mammals
Science Advances · 2024
DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits
Science · 2023
The genomics of rapid climatic adaptation and parallel evolution in North American house mice
PLoS Genetics · 2021
The genomic basis of high-elevation adaptation in wild house mice (<i>Mus musculus domesticus</i>) from South America
Genetics · 2021
A Comprehensive Multi-Omic Approach Reveals a Relatively Simple Venom in a Diet Generalist, the Northern Short-Tailed Shrew, Blarina brevicauda
Genome Biology and Evolution · 2020
Habitat-based isolating barriers are not strong in the speciation of ecologically divergent squirrels (Tamiasciurus douglasii and T. hudsonicus)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 2020
Evolution of Pelage Luminance in Squirrels (Sciuridae)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution · 2020
Revision of widespread red squirrels (genus: Tamiasciurus) highlights the complexity of speciation within North American forests
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2016

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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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