Noor D. White Carreiro, PhD
Evolutionary Geneticist
Publications
As well as writing peer-reviewed scientific articles, I am passionate about communicating science to the public. Below I list my academic publications, as well as pieces I've written as popular science articles. For my academic stats, see my Google Scholar or ORCID pages. Below are images of my journal covers.
Peer-reviewed Articles
2022
Zhao M, Kurtis SM, White ND, Moncrieff AE, Brumfield RT, Braun EL, Kimball RT (2021). Exploring Conflicts in Whole Genome Phylogenetics: A Case Study within Manakins (Aves: Pipridae). Systematic Biology, DOI:10.1093/sysbio/syac062. PDF
2021
White ND, Batz ZA, Braun EL, Braun MJ, Carleton KL, Kimball RT, Swaroop A (2021). A Novel Exome Probe Set Captures Phototransduction Genes Across Birds (Aves), Enabling Efficient Analysis of Vision Evolution. Molecular Ecology Resources. DOI:10.1111/1755-0998.13496.
2019
White ND, Braun MJ (2019). Extracting Phylogenetic Signal from Phylogenomic Data: Higher-Level Relationships of the Nightbirds (Strisores). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 141:106611. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106611.
Chen A, White ND, Benson RBJ, Braun MJ, Field DJ (2019). Total-evidence Framework Reveals Complex Morphological Evolution in Nightbirds (Strisores). Diversity, 11:9. DOI:10.3390/d11090143.
Kimball RT, Oliveros CH, Wang N, White ND, Barker FK, Field DJ, Ksepka DT, Chesser RT, Moyle RG, Braun MJ, Brumfield RT, Faircloth BC, Smith BT, Braun EL (2019). A phylogenomic supertree of birds. Diversity, 11:109 *Cover article, Recipient of 2020 Best Paper award. DOI:10.3390/d11070109.
Oliveros CH, Field DJ, Ksepka DT, Barker FK, Aleixo A, Andersen MJ, Alström P, Benz BW, Braun EL, Braun MJ, Bravo GA, Brumfield RT, Chesser RT, Claramunt S, Cracraft J, Cuervo AM, Derryberry EP, Glenn TC, Harvey MG, Hosner PA, Joseph L, Kimball RT, Mack AL, Miskelly CM, Peterson AT, Robbins MB, Sheldon FH, Silveira FB, Smith BT, White ND, Moyle RG, Faircloth BC (2019). Earth history and the passerine superradiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116:7916-7925. *Cover article. DOI:10.1073/pnas.181320611.
2018
Tamashiro TA, White ND, Braun MJ, Faircloth BC, Braun EL, Kimball RT (2018). What are the roles of taxon sampling and model fit in tests of cyto-nuclear discordance using avian mitogenomic data? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 130: 132-142. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.008.
2017
White ND, Mitter CM and Braun MJ (2017). Ultraconserved Elements Resolve the Phylogeny of Potoos (Aves: Nyctibiidae). Journal of Avian Biology, 48: 872–880. DOI:10.1111/jav.01313.
Costa TVV, Whitney BM, White ND, Braun MJ, Silveira LF and Cleere N (2017). A Systematic Reappraisal of the Rufous Potoo (Nyctibius bracteatus) and Description of a New Genus. Journal of Ornithology, 159: 367-377. DOI:10.1007/s10336-017-1511-2.
2016
White ND, Barrowclough GF, Groth JG and Braun MJ (2016). A multi-gene estimate of higher-level phylogenetic relationships among nightjars (Aves: Caprimulgidae). Ornitología Neotropical, 27: 223-236. DOI:10.58843/ornneo.v27i0.88.
2015
Faircloth BC, Branstetter MG, White ND, Brady SG (2015). Target enrichment of ultraconserved elements from arthropods provides a genomic perspective on relationships among Hymenoptera. Molecular Ecology Resources, 15:489-501. DOI:10.1111/1755-0998.12328.
2011
Sawyer JM, Glass S, Li T, Shemer G, White ND, Starostina NG, Kipreos ET, Jones CD, and Goldstein G (2011). Overcoming Redundancy: An RNAi Enhancer Screen for Morphogenesis Genes in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics, 188: 549-564 *Cover article. DOI:10.1534/genetics.111.129486.
Popular Science Writing
2011
Nathe M, White ND (2011) Now We’re Talking Synths. Endeavors, Spring 2011: 14-15.
White ND (2011) Believe Nothing They Tell You. Endeavors, Winter 2011: 5.
White ND (2011) HIV in Semen Differs from HIV in Blood. Endeavors, Winter 2011: 4.
White ND (2010) Is Smoking in your Genes? Endeavors, Fall 2010: 4.
Websites
White ND (2016). Noor D. White. http://noorwhite.com
White ND (2013). The Michael J. Braun Lab. http://braunlab.umd.edu/
White ND (2011). How-To BLAST. http://labs.bio.unc.edu/CDJones/blast.html
Other Resources
Faircloth BC, Glenn TC, White ND (2014). Illumina Library Prep Protocol.
In the course of my work I write a variety of bioinformatic scripts, where I thought they might be helpful to others I have posted them on my GitHub page.