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Gene Hunt

Smithsonian InstitutionORCID 0000-0001-6430-5020Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1

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Evolutionary BiologyPaleobiologyPeer-reviewedOct 8, 2025

Using state space models to understand trait evolution in fossil lineages

Gene Hunt, Wilmer Martínez‐Rivera, Melanie Jane Hopkins…·Beckett Sterner

The paper applies state space models to analyze trait evolution in fossil lineages, finding that spine number in diatoms correlates with solar insolation changes.

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EcologyAbstracts with programs - Geological Society of AmericaPeer-reviewedJan 1, 2025

Measuring and modeling ecological rates with neutral theory

James G. Saulsbury, Scott L. Wing, Gene Hunt

This paper develops a method to measure ecological change rates using neutral theory, demonstrating its application to Quaternary pollen data to compare rates across sites and time.

DOI 10.1130/abs/2025am-8174

metagenomicsstatistical model

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