Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2014

Citation

Published in Earth-Science Reviews 135 (2014), pp. 38–47

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Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. Used by permission.

Abstract

The development of a genomics-derived discipline within geology is timely, as a result of major advances in acquiring and processing geologically relevant genetic data. This paper articulates the emerging field of “geogenomics,” which involves the use of large-scale genetic data to constrain geological hypotheses. The paper introduces geogenomics and discusses how hypotheses can be ad-dressed through collaboration between geologists and evolutionary biologists. As an example, geogenomic methods are applied to evaluate competing hypotheses regarding the timing of the Andean uplift, the closure of the Isthmus of Panama, the onset of trans-Amazon drainage, and Quaternary climate variation in the Neotropics.

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