{{short description|American ecologist and evolutionary biologist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Amy Reed McCune | fields = Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | alma_mater = Brown University Yale University | birth_date = 1954 }}
'''Amy Reed McCune''' is an American ecologist and evolutionary biologist. She is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://ecologyandevolution.cornell.edu/amy-r-mccune|title=Amy McCune|last=|first=|date=|website=Cornell Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106145049/http://ecologyandevolution.cornell.edu:80/amy-r-mccune |archive-date=2016-11-06 |access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref> McCune specializes in the history of life through the study of fish. McCune’s research examines a variety of fish taxa, from ancient lineages such as lungfishes, sturgeons, and gars to modern fish. Studying groups such as zebrafish, cichlids, and pupfishes, addressing why certain species have certain traits. Her lab focuses on evolution, using methodologies including paleobiology, phylogenetics, genetics, and morphologyne was appointed Senior Associate Dean of the Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ecologyandevolution.cornell.edu/content/amy-mccune-appointed-senior-associate-dean-cornell-cals|title=Amy McCune Appointed Senior Associate Dean at Cornell CALS|last=Hayes|first=Matt|date=April 26, 2017|work=Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) News|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref> Contributing to departmental governance and broader institutional planning. In 2017, McCune was appointed Senior Associate Dean of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department. McCune is also a Faculty Curator of Ichthyology at the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates.<ref name=":0" /> In this role, she provided direct oversight of the ichthyological collections, including fish fossils important to palaeobiological studies. Assisting the museum’s mission to advance the study of vertebrate diversity through fossils.
== Education == McCune received a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in biology from Brown University in 1976.<ref name=":0" /> McCune received a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in biology from Yale University in 1982.<ref name=":0" /> McCune was a Miller Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley (1982–1983).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cornellsun.com/2010/09/08/the-scientist-amy-mccune/|title=The Scientist: Amy McCune|last=Sun|first=The Cornell Daily|date=2010-09-08|website=The Cornell Daily Sun|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>
== Career == McCune became an assistant professor at Cornell University in 1983.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://cals.cornell.edu/about/leadership/sad/bios/|title=Senior Associate Deans {{!}} CALS|website=cals.cornell.edu|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref> McCune served as the chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from 2011 to 2017.<ref name=":0" /> McCune is also a faculty curator of fishes at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cumv.cornell.edu/people.html|title=PEOPLE|website=Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates|language=en|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>
== Selected publications == * {{Cite journal |last1=Lencer |first1=E. S. |last2=Riccio |first2=M. |last3=McCune |first3=A. R. |year=2016 |title=Changes in growth rates of oral jaw elements produce evolutionary novelty in Bahamian pupfish |journal=Journal of Morphology |volume=277 |issue=7 |pages=935–47|doi=10.1002/jmor.20547 |pmid=27103074 |s2cid=46769821 }} * {{Cite journal |last1=Longo |first1=S. J. M. |last2=Riccio |first2=M. |last3=McCune |first3=A. R. |year=2013 |title=Homology of lungs and gas bladders: insights from arterial vasculature |journal=Journal of Morphology |volume=274 |issue=6 |pages=687–703|doi=10.1002/jmor.20128 |pmid=23378277 |s2cid=29995935 }} * {{Cite journal |last1=Cass |first1=A. N. |last2=Servetnick |first2=M. D. |last3=McCune |first3=A. R. |year=2013 |title=Expression of a lung developmental cassette in the adult and developing zebrafish swimbladder |journal=Evolution and Development |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=119–132|doi=10.1111/ede.12022 |pmid=25098637 |s2cid=20544066 }} * {{Cite journal |last1=Wagner |first1=C. E. |last2=McCune |first2=A. R. |last3=Lovette |first3=I. J. |year=2012 |title=Recent speciation in sympatric Tanganyikan cichlid colour-morphs |journal=Molecular Ecology |volume=21 |issue=13 |pages=3283–3292|doi=10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05607.x |pmid=22612462 }} * {{Cite journal |last1=McCune |first1=A. R. |last2=Schimenti |first2=J. C. |year=2012 |title=Using Genetic Networks and Homology to Understand the Evolution of Phenotypic Traits |journal=Current Genomics |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=74–84|doi=10.2174/138920212799034785 |pmid=22942677 |pmc=3269019 }} * {{Cite journal |last1=Rabosky |first1=D. |last2=McCune |first2=A. R. |year=2010 |title=Reinventing species selection with molecular phylogenies |journal=Trends in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=68–74|doi=10.1016/j.tree.2009.07.002 |pmid=19740566 }} * {{Cite journal |last1=Wagner |first1=C. E. |last2=McCune |first2=A. R. |year=2009 |title=Contrasting patterns of spatial genetic structure in sympatric rock-dwelling cichlid fishes |journal=Evolution |volume=63 |issue=5 |pages=1312–1326|doi=10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00612.x |pmid=19154384 }} * {{Cite book |last1=McCune |first1=A. R. |year=2004 |chapter=Diversity and speciation of semionotid fishes in Mesozoic rift lakes |title=Adaptive Speciation |editor1=U. Dieckman |editor2=M. Doebli |editor3=J. A. J. Metz |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=362–379 |doi=10.1017/CBO9781139342179.021|isbn=978-0-521-82842-0 }} * {{Cite journal |last1=McCune |first1=A. R. |last2=Carlson |first2=R. L. |year=2004 |title=Twenty ways to lose your bladder: Common natural mutants in zebrafish and widespread convergence of swim bladder loss among teleost fishes |journal=Evolution and Development |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=246–259|doi=10.1111/j.1525-142X.2004.04030.x |pmid=15230965 |s2cid=39502888 }} * {{Cite journal |last1=McClure |first1=M. |last2=McCune |first2=A. R. |year=2003 |title=Evidence for developmental linkage of pigment patterns with body size and shape in Danios (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) |journal=Evolution |volume=57 |issue=8 |pages=1863–1875|doi=10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00594.x |pmid=14503628 }} * {{Cite journal |last1=McCune |first1=A. R. |last2=Fuller |first2=R. C. |last3=Aquilina |first3=A. A. |last4=Dawley |first4=R. M. |last5=Fadool |first5=J. M. |last6=Houle |first6=D. |last7=Travis |first7=J. |last8=Kondrashov |first8=A. S. |year=2002 |title=A low genomic number of recessive lethals in natural populations of bluefin killifish and zebrafish |journal=Science |volume=296 |issue=5577 |pages=2398–2401|doi=10.1126/science.1071757 |pmid=12089444 |bibcode=2002Sci...296.2398M |s2cid=41962098 }} * {{Cite book |last1=McCune |first1=A. R. |last2=Lovejoy |first2=N. R. |year=1998 |chapter=The relative rate of sympatric and allopatric speciation in fishes: Tests using DNA sequence divergence between sister species and among clades |title=Endless Forms: Species and Speciation |editor1=D. J. Howard |editor2=S. H. Berlocher |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=172–185 |isbn=9780195109016}} * {{Cite journal |last1=McCune |first1=A. R. |year=1996 |title=Biogeographic and stratigraphic evidence for rapid speciation in semionotid fishes |journal=Paleobiology |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=34–48|doi=10.1017/S0094837300016006 |bibcode=1996Pbio...22...34M |s2cid=88420145 }} * {{Cite journal |last1=Normark |first1=B. B. |last2=McCune |first2=A. R. |last3=Harrison |first3=R. G. |year=1991 |title=Phylogenetic relationships of neopterygian fishes inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences |journal=Molecular Biology and Evolution |volume=8 |issue=6 |pages=819–834|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040685 |pmid=1663569 }} * {{Cite journal |last1=McCune |first1=A. R. |year=1990 |title=Morphological anomalies in the ''Semionotus'' complex: Relaxed selection during colonization of an expanding lake |journal= Evolution |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=71–85|doi=10.2307/2409525 |jstor=2409525 }}
== Notable Contributions ==
* Studies on rapid speciation in Mesozoic semionotoid fishes, genetic networks underlying phenotypic evolution, and developmental changes in jaw morphology. Her work has been published in high-impact journals advancing the understanding of fish evolution and broader evolutionary principles.
== Awards and honors ==
* NSF grant for the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates (2006–2008).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0641422|title=NSF Award Search: Award#0641422 - Completing the Rehousing of the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates Bird and Mammal Collections|website=www.nsf.gov|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref> * NSF grant for the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates (2002–2004).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0138123|title=NSF Award Search: Award#0138123 - A New Facility for the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Moving, Compactors, and Cases|website=www.nsf.gov|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref>
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