Faye Romero PhD Candidate. Evolutionary and population genomics.
University of Rochester, NY.

Publications

2024. Romero, F.G., F.E.G. Beaudry, E. Hovmand Warner, T.N. Nguyen, J.W. Fitzpatrick, N. Chen. A new high-quality genome assembly and annotation for the threatened Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens). bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.05.588142v1.

2023. Porter, C. K., F.G. Romero, D. Adams, R.C.K. Bowie, E. Riddell. Adaptive and non-adaptive convergent evolution in feather reflectance of Channel Islands songbirds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290:20231914. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1914.

2023. Mason N.M., E.A. Riddell, F.G. Romero, C. Cicero, R.C.K. Bowie. Plumage balances camouflage and thermoregulation in horned larks (Eremophila alpestris). The American Naturalist, 201(2):E23-E40. DOI: 10.1086/722560.

Submitted. Alexandre, N.M.*, Romero, F.G.*, E. Grames, Z. Migicovsky, C.J. Battey, L. Stein, T. Barnes, S. Akalu, H. Sridhar, G. Montross, A. Rico-Guevara. Supplemental feeding drives rapid evolution of Anna’s Hummingbird bills. *Equal contribution

Submitted. Alexandre, N.M., M.J. Christmas, T.J. Barnes, I. Chen, J.W. Lee, D.J. Inouye, A.B. Mudd, Z. Migicovsky, T. Linderoth, S.R. Kolora, F.E. Alzaben, F.G. Romero, R. Nielsen, T.S. Korneliussen, H. Sridhar, G.M. Montross, C.F. Williams, B.D. Inouye, S. McDevitt, D.S. Rokhsar, A. Egar, B.G. Hogan, M.C. Stoddard, N.K. Whiteman. Genomic coupling of bill length and migratory arrival time in a hummingbird mirrors flowering phenology.