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Addison Wynn
Museum SpecialistDepartment / Division
Education
- B.S. (Zoology), 1978, Mississippi State University
- M.S. (Zoology), 1982, University of Maryland, College Park
Research Interests
Collection management, with emphasis on the salamander and tissue collections. Taxonomy and systematics of blind snakes and salamanders.
Publications
Journal Article
- Conrad, Cyler, Barceló, Laura Pagès, Scheinberg, Lauren, Campbell, Patrick D., Wynn, Addison, Gibbs, James P., Aguilera, Washington Tapia, Cayot, Linda, Bruner, Kale, Pastron, Allen G., and Jones, Emily Lena. 2022. "Galápagos tortoise stable isotope ecology and the 1850s Floreana Island Chelonoidis niger niger extinction." Scientific Reports, 12, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26631-y.
- Grant, Evan H. Campbell, Mulder, Kevin P., Brand, Adrianne B., Chambers, Douglas B., Wynn, Addison H., Capshaw, Grace, Niemiller, Matthew L., Phillips, John G., Jacobs, Jeremy F., Kuchta, Shawn R., and Bell, Rayna C. 2022. "Speciation with gene flow in a narrow endemic West Virginia cave salamander (Gyrinophilus subterraneus)." Conservation Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-022-01445-7.
- Mulcahy, Daniel G., Ibáñez, Roberto D., Jaramillo, Cesar A., Crawford, Andrew J., Ray, Julie M., Gotte, Steve W., Jacobs, Jeremy F., Wynn, Addison H., Gonzalez-Porter, Gracia, McDiarmid, Roy W., Crombie, Ronald I., Zug, George R., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2022. "DNA barcoding of the National Museum of Natural History reptile tissue holdings raises concerns about the use of natural history collections and the responsibilities of scientists in the molecular age." PLOS ONE, 17, (3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264930.
- Pyron, R. Alexander, Beamer, David A., Holzheuser, Chace R., Lemmon, Emily Moriarty, Lemmon, Alan R., Wynn, Addison H., and O'Connell, Kyle A. 2022. "Contextualizing enigmatic extinctions using genomic DNA from fluid-preserved museum specimens of Desmognathus salamanders." Conservation Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01424-4.
- O'Connell, Kyle A., Mulder, Kevin P., Wynn, Addison, de Queiroz, Kevin, and Bell, Rayna C. 2021. "Genomic library preparation and hybridization capture of formalin-fixed tissues and allozyme supernatant for population genomics and considerations for combining capture- and RADseq-based single nucleotide polymorphism data sets." Molecular Ecology Resources, https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13481.
- Wynn, Addison H. 2021. "A new species of Gerrhopilus (family: Gerrhopilidae), with comments on the taxonomic status of Gerrhopilus ater suturalis (Brongersma)." Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, 304, (10) 2243–2248. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24726.
- Jablonski, Daniel, Wynn, Addison, Masroor, Rafaqat, Papenfuss, Theodore, Litvinchuk, Spartak N., and Mazepa, Glib. 2021. "The genus Pelophylax (Amphibia, Ranidae) in Pakistan: museum collections and possible distribution." Herpetozoa, 34 141–147. https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e64955.
- Bell, Rayna C., Mulcahy, Daniel G., Gotte, Steve W., Maley, Abigail J., Mendoza, Cerrie, Steffensen, Gregory, Barron, Joseph C., Hyman, Oliver, Flint, William, Wynn, Addison, McDiarmid, Roy W., and Mcleod, David S. 2020. "The Type Locality Project: collecting genomic-quality, topotypic vouchers and training the next generation of specimen-based researchers." Systematics and Biodiversity, 18, (6) 557–572. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2020.1769224.
- Uetz, Peter, Cherikh, Sami, Shea, Glenn, Ineich, Ivan, Campbell, Patrick D., Doronin, Igor V., Rosado, José, Wynn, Addison, Tighe, Kenneth A., McDiarmid, Roy, Lee, Justin L., Köhler, Gunther, Ellis, Ryan, Doughty, Paul, Raxworthy, Christopher J., Scheinberg, Lauren, Resetar, Alan, Sabaji, Mark, Schneider, Greg, Franzen, Michael, Glaw, Frank, Böhme, Wolfgang, Schweiger, Silke, Gemel, Richard, Couper, Patrick et al. 2019. "A global catalog of primary reptile type specimens." Zootaxa, 4695, (5) 438–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4695.5.2.
- Deichmann, Jessica L., Mulcahy, Daniel G., Vanthomme, Hadrien, Tobi, Elie, Wynn, Addison H., Zimkus, Breda M., and McDiarmid, Roy W. 2017. "How many species and under what names? Using DNA barcoding and GenBank data for west Central African amphibian conservation." PLOS ONE, 12, (11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187283.
- Kuchta, Shawn R., Haughey, Michael, Wynn, Addison H., Jacobs, Jeremy F., and Highton, Richard. 2016. "Ancient river systems and phylogeographical structure in the spring salamander, Gyrinophilus porphyriticus." Journal of Biogeography, 43, (4) 639–652. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12668.
- Wynn, Addison H., Diesmos, Arvin C., and Brown, Rafe M. 2016. "Two New Species of Malayotyphlops from the Northern Philippines, with Redescriptions of Malayotyphlops luzonensis (Taylor) and Malayotyphlops ruber (Boettger)." Journal of Herpetology, 50, (1) 157–168. https://doi.org/10.1670/14-104.
- Wynn, Addison H., Reynolds, Robert P., Buden, Donald W., Falanruw, Marjorie C., and Lynch, Brian. 2012. "The unexpected discovery of blind snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Micronesia: two new species of Ramphotyphlops from the Caroline Islands." Zootaxa, (31) 39–54.
- Vidal, Nicolas, Marin, Julie, Morini, Marina, Donnellan, Steve, Branch, William R., Thomas, Richard, Vences, Miguel, Wynn, Addison H., Cruaud, Corinne, and Hedges, S. Blair. 2010. "Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana." Biology Letters, 6, (4) 558–561. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0220.
- Watling, Dick, Wynn, Addison H., and Zug, George R. 2010. "Rediscovery of the Taveuni blind snake." Oryx, 44, (2) 165–166.
- Brandley, M. C., Wynn, Addison H., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2006. "Karyotype and relationships of Anolis desechensis." Journal of Herpetology, 40, (1) 136–139. https://doi.org/10.1670/98-05N.1.
- Wynn, Addison H. and Heyer, W. Ronald. 2001. "Do Geographically Widespread Species of Tropical Amphibians Exist? An Estimate of Genetic Relatedness Within the Neotropical Frog Leptodactylus fuscus (Schneider 1799) (Anura Leptodactylidae)." Tropical Zoology, 14 255–285.
- Buhlmann, K. A. and Wynn, Addison H. 1996. "Geographic Distribution, Gyrinophilus palleucus." Herpetological Review, 27, (3) 147–148.
- Wynn, Addison H. and Leviton, A. E. 1993. "2 New Species of Blind Snake, Genus Typhlops (Reptilia, Squamata, Typhlopidae), from the Philippine Archipelago." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 106, (1) 34–45.
- Wynn, Addison H. 1988. "Geographic Distribution: Typhlops ater." Herpetology Review, 19, (3) 60.
- Wynn, Addison H., Highton, R., and Jacobs, Jeremy F. 1988. "A New Species of Rock-Crevice Dwelling Plethodon from Pigeon Mountain, Georgia." Herpetologica, 44, (2) 135–143.
- Wynn, Addison H., Cole, Charles J., and Gardner, Alfred L. 1987. "Apparent Triploidy in the Unisexual Brahminy Blind Snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus." American Museum Novitates, 2868 1–7.
- Brandon, Ronald A., Jacobs, Jeremy F., Wynn, Addison H., and Sever, David M. 1986. "A Naturally Metamorphosed Tennessee Cave Salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus)." Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 61 1–2.
- Wynn, Addison H. 1986. "Linkage Disequilibrium and a Contact Zone in Plethodon cinereus on the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula." Evolution, 40, (1) 44–54.
- Wynn, Addison H. and Zug, George R. 1985. "Observations on the Reproductive Biology of Candoia carinata (Serpentes, Boidae)." The Snake, 17 15–24.
- Zug, George R., Wynn, Addison H., and Ruckdeschel, Carol. 1983. "Age Estimates of Cumberland Island Loggerhead Sea Turtles." Marine Turtle News, (25) 9–11.
Dataset
- O'Connell, Kyle A., Mulder, Kevin P., Bell, Rayna C., de Queiroz, Kevin, and Wynn, Addison H. 2021. [Dataset] Formalin-fixed and allozyme supernatant project. Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.13570859.V1.
Book
- Zug, George R., Wynn, Addison H., and Ruckdeschel, Carol. 1986. Age determination of loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, by incremental growth marks in the skeleton. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 427. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.427.