Publications
“Using evolutionary conserved modules in gene networks as a strategy to leverage high throughput gene expression queries”, PloS one, vol. 5, no. 10.1371, 2010.
, “Uncovering a gene duplication of the photoreceptive protein, opsin, in scallops (bivalvia: Pectinidae)”, Integrative and comparative biology, p. ict063, 2013.
, “Toward Developing Models to Study the Disease, Ecology, and Evolution of the Eye in Mollusca*”, American Malacological Bulletin, vol. 26, no. 1/2, pp. 3-18, 2008.
, “Structural differences and differential expression among rhabdomeric opsins reveal functional change after gene duplication in the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians (Pectinidae)”, BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 250, 2016.
, “Rates of molecular evolution vary in vertebrates for insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), a pleiotropic locus that regulates life history traits”, General and comparative endocrinology, vol. 178, no. 1, pp. 164-173, 2012.
, “Phylogeny of North American amblemines (Bivalvia, Unionoida): prodigious polyphyly proves pervasive across genera”, Invertebrate Biology, vol. 124, no. 2, pp. 131-164, 2005.
, “Phylogenetic convergence and multiple shell shape optima for gliding scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae)”, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2017.
, “Persistent high levels of tetraploidy in salamanders of the Ambystoma jeffersonianum complex”, Journal of Herpetology, pp. 530-535, 1997.
, “New insights into the evolutionary history of photoreceptor cells”, Trends in ecology & evolution, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 465-467, 2005.
, “Mouse retinal development: a dark horse model for systems biology research”, Bioinformatics and biology insights, vol. 5, p. 99, 2011.
, “Morphological convergence of shell shape in distantly related scallop species (Mollusca: Pectinidae)”, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 163, no. 2, pp. 571-584, 2011.
, “Molluscan Studies”, Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 80, pp. 400-411, 2014.
, “Molecular systematics of the North American freshwater bivalve genus Quadrula (Unionidae: Ambleminae) based on mitochondrial ND1 sequences”, Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 1-11, 2003.
, “Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Kinosternon flavescens based on complete mitochondrial control region sequences”, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 149-162, 2001.
, “Molecular phylogenetics of the Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and effect of increased taxon sampling and outgroup selection on tree topology”, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 1178-1188, 2008.
, “Model toxin level does not directly influence the evolution of mimicry in the salamander Plethodon cinereus”, Evolutionary Ecology, pp. 1-13, 2015.
, “Model toxin level does not directly influence the evolution of mimicry in the salamander Plethodon cinereus”, Evolutionary Ecology, pp. 1-13, 2015.
, “Isolation and characterization of nine microsatellite markers for the endangered winged-mapleleaf mussel, Quadrula fragosa (Bivalvia, Unionidae)”, Mol Ecol Resour, vol. 9, pp. 1460-1466, 2009.
, “Introduction to the Symposium “Molluscan Models: Advancing Our Understanding of the Eye”*”, American Malacological Bulletin, vol. 26, no. 1/2, pp. 1-2, 2008.
, “Identification of ‘extinct’freshwater mussel species using DNA barcoding”, Molecular Ecology Resources, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 711-724, 2008.
, “Hierarchical phylogenetics as a quantitative analytical framework for evolutionary developmental biology”, Bioessays, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 1158-1166, 2005.
, “Gene duplication and the origins of morphological complexity in pancrustacean eyes, a genomic approach”, BMC evolutionary biology, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 123, 2010.
, “EnRICH: extraction and ranking using integration and criteria heuristics”, BMC systems biology, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 4, 2013.
, “Discovery of genetically distinct sympatric lineages in the freshwater mussel Cyprogenia aberti (Bivalvia: Unionidae)”, Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 425-434, 2006.
, , “Convergent and parallel evolution in life habit of the scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae)”, BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 164, 2011.
, “Conservation genetics of two endangered unionid bivalve species, Epioblasma florentina walkeri and E. capsaeformis (Unionidae: Lampsilini)”, Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 385-392, 2002.
, “Congruence and Conflict Between Molecular and Reproductive Characters When Assessing Biological Diversity in the Western Fanshell Cyprogenia aberti (Bivalvia, Unionidae) 1”, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, vol. 95, no. 2, pp. 248-261, 2008.
, “Complete mtDNA sequence of the North American freshwater mussel, Lampsilis ornata (Unionidae): an examination of the evolution and phylogenetic utility of mitochondrial genome organization in Bivalvia (Mollusca)”, Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 20, no. 11, pp. 1854-1866, 2003.
, “Charting evolution’s trajectory: using molluscan eye diversity to understand parallel and convergent evolution”, Evolution: Education and Outreach, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 439-447, 2008.
, “Batesian mimics influence the evolution of conspicuousness in an aposematic salamander”, Journal of evolutionary biology, 2015.
, “ARE CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS REFLECTED IN THE MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY OF FOSSIL AND RECENT SCALLOPS FROM THE TROPICAL AMERICAS?”, 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, 2014.
, “Phylogenetic relationships of the pectinidae and the evolution of sexual reproductive modes: How important is dispersal life history?”, JOURNAL OF SHELLFISH RESEARCH, vol. 26, no. 4. NATL SHELLFISHERIES ASSOC C/O DR. SANDRA E. SHUMWAY, UNIV CONNECTICUT, 1080 SHENNECOSSETT RD, GROTON, CT 06340 USA, pp. 1344-1345, 2007.
, “Comparative transcriptomics: A study using the mirror eye of the scallop, Argopecten irradians”, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 51. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA, pp. E234-E234, 2011.
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