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H. Lessios

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H. Lessios — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 51
Works: 127
Citations: 11K

Most-cited papers

Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography.
G. Mittelbach, D. Schemske, H. Cornell, A. P. Allen +18 more
2007Ecology Letters1,673 citations Open access
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Formation of the Isthmus of Panama
A. O'Dea, H. Lessios, A. Coates, R. Eytan +31 more
2016Science Advances829 citations Open access
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The Great American Schism: Divergence of Marine Organisms After the Rise of the Central American Isthmus
H. Lessios
2008540 citations
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POPULATION STRUCTURE AND SPECIATION IN TROPICAL SEAS: GLOBAL PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA URCHIN DIADEMA
H. Lessios, Bailey D. Kessing, J. Pearse
2001Evolution; international journal of organic evolution461 citations
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Crossing the impassable: genetic connections in 20 reef fishes across the eastern Pacific barrier
H. Lessios, D. R. Robertson
2006Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences277 citations Open access
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PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE PANTROPICAL SEA URCHIN TRIPNEUSTES: CONTRASTING PATTERNS OF POPULATION STRUCTURE BETWEEN OCEANS
H. Lessios, J. Kane, D. R. Robertson
2003Evolution; international journal of organic evolution259 citations
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PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE PANTROPICAL SEA URCHIN EUCIDARIS IN RELATION TO LAND BARRIERS AND OCEAN CURRENTS
H. Lessios, Bailey D. Kessing, D. R. Robertson, G. Paulay
1999Evolution; international journal of organic evolution246 citations
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Dispersal barriers in tropical oceans and speciation in Atlantic and eastern Pacific sea urchins of the genus Echinometra
Michael A. McCartney, G. Keller, H. Lessios
2000Molecular Ecology240 citations
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Specimen collection: an essential tool.
L. Rocha, A. Aleixo, G. Allen, F. Almeda +119 more
2014Science231 citations Open access
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The Great Diadema antillarum Die-Off: 30 Years Later.
H. Lessios
2016Annual Review of Marine Science224 citations Open access
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Massive gene flow across the world's most potent marine biogeographic barrier
H. Lessios, Bailey D. Kessing, D. R. Robertson
1998Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences210 citations Open access
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TEST FOR SIMULTANEOUS DIVERGENCE USING APPROXIMATE BAYESIAN COMPUTATION
M. Hickerson, E. Stahl, H. Lessios
2006Evolution; international journal of organic evolution173 citations
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A threat to coral reefs multiplied? Four species of crown-of-thorns starfish
C. Vogler, J. Benzie, H. Lessios, P. H. Barber +1 more
2008Biology Letters160 citations Open access
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Host-associated microbiomes drive structure and function of marine ecosystems
Laetitia G. E. Wilkins, M. Leray, A. O'Dea, B. Yuen +17 more
2019PLoS Biology122 citations Open access
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Historical biogeography and speciation in the reef fish genus Haemulon (Teleostei: Haemulidae).
L. Rocha, K. Lindeman, C. Rocha, H. Lessios
2008Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution120 citations
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Demographic history of Diadema antillarum, a keystone herbivore on Caribbean reefs
H. Lessios, M. Garrido, Bailey D. Kessing
2001Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences119 citations Open access
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Diadema antillarum populations in Panama twenty years following mass mortality
H. Lessios
2005Coral reefs114 citations
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SPECIATION ON THE COASTS OF THE NEW WORLD: PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND THE EVOLUTION OF BINDIN IN THE SEA URCHIN GENUS LYTECHINUS
Kirk S. Zigler, H. Lessios
2004Evolution; international journal of organic evolution104 citations
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SEA URCHIN BINDIN DIVERGENCE PREDICTS GAMETE COMPATIBILITY
K. Zigler, Michael A. McCartney, D. Levitan, H. Lessios
2005Evolution; international journal of organic evolution103 citations
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Phylogeography unplugged: comparative surveys in the genomic era
B. Bowen, K. Shanker, N. Yasuda, M. Malay +12 more
2014100 citations Open access
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A silent invasion
M. Miglietta, H. Lessios
2009Biological Invasions88 citations
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The molecular biogeography of the Indo‐Pacific: Testing hypotheses with multispecies genetic patterns
Eric D. Crandall, Cynthia Riginos, C. Bird, L. Liggins +17 more
2019Global Ecology and Biogeography86 citations Open access
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ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION OF BINDIN IN THE GENUS HELIOCIDARIS IS CORRELATED WITH THE SHIFT TO DIRECT DEVELOPMENT
Kirk S. Zigler, E. C. Raff, E. Popodi, R. Raff +1 more
2003Evolution; international journal of organic evolution84 citations
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Reproductive isolation between species of sea urchins
H. Lessios
200783 citations
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Evolution of bindin in the pantropical sea urchin Tripneustes: comparisons to bindin of other genera.
K. Zigler, H. Lessios
2003Molecular biology and evolution79 citations Open access
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Adaptive evolution of sperm bindin tracks egg incompatibility in neotropical sea urchins of the genus Echinometra.
Michael A. McCartney, H. Lessios
2004Molecular biology and evolution77 citations
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Speciation genes in free-spawning marine invertebrates.
H. Lessios
2011Integrative and Comparative Biology73 citations
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A phylogenomic resolution of the sea urchin tree of life
Nicolás Mongiardino Koch, S. E. Coppard, H. Lessios, D. Briggs +2 more
2018BMC Evolutionary Biology72 citations Open access
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Phylogenetic relationships of spatangoid sea urchins (Echinoidea): taxon sampling density and congruence between morphological and molecular estimates
B. Stockley, Andrew B. T. Smith, T. Littlewood, H. Lessios +1 more
200569 citations
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Evolutionary animation: How do molecular phylogenies compare to Mayr's reconstruction of speciation patterns in the sea?
S. Palumbi, H. Lessios
2005Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America69 citations Open access
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Quantitative Analysis of Gametic Incompatibility Between Closely Related Species of Neotropical Sea Urchins
Michael A. McCartney, H. Lessios
2002The Biological Bulletin68 citations
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Phylogeography and bindin evolution in Arbacia, a sea urchin genus with an unusual distribution
H. Lessios, S. Lockhart, R. Collin, Giovanna Sotil +9 more
2012Molecular Ecology64 citations Open access
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Indo-Pacific echinoids in the tropical eastern Pacific
H. Lessios, Bailey D. Kessing, Gerard M. Wellington, A. Graybeal
1996Coral reefs59 citations
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250 Million Years of Bindin Evolution
K. Zigler, H. Lessios
2003The Biological Bulletin55 citations Open access
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A scuticociliate causes mass mortality of Diadema antillarum in the Caribbean Sea
I. Hewson, Isabella T Ritchie, James S. Evans, Ashley Altera +44 more
2023Science Advances53 citations Open access
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Hybridization and introgression between Indo-Pacific species of Diadema
H. Lessios, J. Pearse
199652 citations
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Evolution of sea urchin retroviral-like (SURL) elements: evidence from 40 echinoid species.
P. González, H. Lessios
1999Molecular biology and evolution50 citations Open access
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Connectivity of populations within and between major biogeographic regions of the tropical Pacific in Conus ebraeus, a widespread marine gastropod
T. F. Jr Duda, H. Lessios
2009Coral reefs42 citations
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Echinoids of the Pacific waters of Panama: status of knowledge and new records.
H. Lessios
2005Revista de Biología Tropical39 citations
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Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Astropecten Gray (Paxillosida: Astropectinidae) on a global scale: molecular evidence for morphological convergence, species-complexes and possible cryptic speciation
D. Zulliger, H. Lessios
201037 citations Open access
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Genetic divergence and assortative mating between colour morphs of the sea urchin Paracentrotus gaimardi
I. Calderón, C. Ventura, Xavier Turon, H. Lessios
2010Molecular Ecology32 citations Open access
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Hundreds of genetic barcodes of the species-rich hydroid superfamily Plumularioidea (Cnidaria, Medusozoa) provide a guide toward more reliable taxonomy
Carlos J. Moura, H. Lessios, J. Cortés, M. Nizinski +3 more
2018Scientific Reports31 citations Open access
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Phylogeography of the sand dollar genus Mellita: cryptic speciation along the coasts of the Americas.
S. E. Coppard, K. Zigler, H. Lessios
2013Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution31 citations
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Lack of character displacement in the male recognition molecule, bindin, in Altantic sea urchins of the genus Echinometra.
Laura B. Geyer, H. Lessios
2009Molecular biology and evolution30 citations Open access
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Gene Flow in Coral Reef Organisms of the Tropical Eastern Pacific
H. Lessios, I. Baums
201728 citations
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Characterization of the Sperm Molecule Bindin in the Sea Urchin Genus Paracentrotus
I. Calderón, X. Turon, H. Lessios
2009Journal of Molecular Evolution28 citations Open access
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Annual reproductive periodicity of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum Philippi in the Canary Islands
M. Garrido, R. Haroun, H. Lessios
200027 citations
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Appearance of an early closure of the Isthmus of Panama is the product of biased inclusion of data in the metaanalysis
H. Lessios
2015Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America26 citations Open access
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Phylogeography of Petrolisthes armatus, an invasive species with low dispersal ability
A. Hiller, H. Lessios
2017Scientific Reports25 citations Open access
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NATURAL HYBRIDIZATION IN THE SEA URCHIN GENUS PSEUDOBOLETIA BETWEEN SPECIES WITHOUT APPARENT BARRIERS TO GAMETE RECOGNITION
K. Zigler, Maria Byrne, E. C. Raff, H. Lessios +1 more
2012Evolution; international journal of organic evolution25 citations
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