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Universal method for producing ROX-labeled size standards suitable for automated genotypingJ Andrew DeWoody
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47905-1159, USA
Biotechniques 37:348, 350, 352. 2004- On the estimation of genome-wide heterozygosity using molecular markersY D Dewoody
The Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 1159, USA
J Hered 96:85-8. 2005..Thus, associations between fitness (or other phenotypes) and heterozygosity should be established firmly on causative factors and not on simple correlations... - Inferring population history and demography using microsatellites, mitochondrial DNA, and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genesDavid H Bos
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, USA
Evolution 62:1458-68. 2008..We find strong evidence of natural selection acting on MHC genes and estimate long-term effective population sizes (N(e)) that are very large, making small selection intensities significant evolutionary forces in this population... - Condition-dependent mate choice and a reproductive disadvantage for MHC-divergent male tiger salamandersDavid H Bos
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Mol Ecol 18:3307-15. 2009.... - Microsatellite mutation rates in the eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum) differ 10-fold across lociZafer Bulut
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 1159, USA
Genetica 136:501-4. 2009.... - Characterization of expressed class II MHC sequences in the banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis) reveals multiple DRB lociJoseph D Busch
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Immunogenetics 60:677-88. 2008..Collectively, these data suggest that class II diversity in heteromyid rodents is based on polylocism and departs from the muroid architecture... - Extensive mitochondrial DNA transfer in a rapidly evolving rodent has been mediated by independent insertion events and by duplicationsDeborah A Triant
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Gene 401:61-70. 2007..Our data suggest that numt translocation in Microtus is more extensive than in either Mus or in Rattus, consistent with the elevated rate of speciation, karyotypic rearrangement, and mitochondrial DNA evolution in Microtus... - Parental relatedness and major histocompatibility effects on early embryo survivorship in Atlantic salmonSara M Turner
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Genetica 137:99-109. 2009..Overall, our data are consistent with the contention that excess MHC heterozygosity in Atlantic salmon juveniles is due to sexual selection as well as differential survival of offspring due to MHC genotype... - The influence of density and sex on patterns of fine-scale genetic structureJoseph D Busch
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
Evolution 63:2302-14. 2009..Because few organisms maintain discreet kin clusters, we predict that density will be negatively associated with SGS in other species... - Comparative transcriptomics and gene expression in larval tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) gill and lung tissues as revealed by pyrosequencingSoo Hyung Eo
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Gene 492:329-38. 2012..Given the tissue-specific differences we observed in transcriptomes, these data reinforce the idea that changes in gene expression serve as a primary mechanism underlying phenotypic plasticity... - Polymorphism of alternative splicing of major histocompatibility complex transcripts in wild tiger salamandersZafer Bulut
The Bindley Bioscience Center and Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 1159, USA
J Mol Evol 67:68-75. 2008..However, indirect evidence (comparative expression patterns across 3 million years of evolution) suggests that the truncated Amti-DAB transcript may be functional and maintained by natural selection... - Discovery and evaluation of candidate sex-determining genes and xenobiotics in the gonads of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)Matthew C Hale
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA
Genetica 138:745-56. 2010..Our results suggest that exogenous parasites (trematodes) and pathogens (protozoans) apparently have infected lake sturgeon gonads, and the trematodes have horizontally transferred some genes to the lake sturgeon genome... - Next-generation pyrosequencing of gonad transcriptomes in the polyploid lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens): the relative merits of normalization and rarefaction in gene discoveryMatthew C Hale
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
BMC Genomics 10:203. 2009..We used Roche 454 pyrosequencing to characterize gene expression in polyploid lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) gonads... - Amphibian malformations and inbreedingRod N Williams
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Biol Lett 4:549-52. 2008..Environmental contaminants or other extrinsic factors may lead to genome alternations that ultimately cause malformations, but our data indicate that inbreeding is not a causal mechanism... - Recent demographic bottlenecks are not accompanied by a genetic signature in banner-tailed kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spectabilis)Joseph D Busch
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Mol Ecol 16:2450-62. 2007..We interpret our kangaroo rat data in light of the broader literature and conclude that in natural populations connected by dispersal, demographic bottlenecks may prove difficult to detect using molecular genetic data... - Molecular analyses of mitochondrial pseudogenes within the nuclear genome of arvicoline rodentsDeborah A Triant
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 195 Marsteller Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Genetica 132:21-33. 2008..3 x 10(-8) substitutions/per site/per year. Furthermore, we performed comparative analyses among all species to estimate the age of this mitochondrial transfer at nearly 4 MYA, predating the origin of most arvicolines... - Prospects for inferring pairwise relationships with single nucleotide polymorphismsJeffrey C Glaubitz
Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, 195 Marsteller St, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 2033, USA
Mol Ecol 12:1039-47. 2003.... - Molecular characterization of major histocompatibility complex class II alleles in wild tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum)David H Bos
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 715 W State St, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Immunogenetics 57:775-81. 2005..Our tiger salamander data suggest that the monomorphism and immunodeficiencies associated with axolotl class II genes is a relic of their unique historical demography, not their phylogenetic legacy... - Evolutionary rates of mitochondrial genomes correspond to diversification rates and to contemporary species richness in birds and reptilesSoo Hyung Eo
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 1159, USA
Proc Biol Sci 277:3587-92. 2010..Thus, the nuclear data buttress our mtDNA findings... - The quantification of spermatozoa by real-time quantitative PCR, spectrophotometry, and spermatophore cap sizeJacqueline M Doyle
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Mol Ecol Resour 11:101-6. 2011..These methods may help explain variation in fertilization success where sperm competition is mediated by sperm quantity... - Parentage analysis detects cryptic precapture dispersal in a philopatric rodentPeter M Waser
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
Mol Ecol 15:1929-37. 2006..For species in which mothers can be more reliably trapped than juveniles, using offspring genotypes to locate parents is a novel way that genetic techniques can contribute to the analysis of animal dispersal... - Insights into the mating habits of the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum) as revealed by genetic parentage analysesDavid Gopurenko
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Mol Ecol 15:1917-28. 2006..Collectively, these data provide the first direct evidence for polygynandry in a wild population of tiger salamanders... - Using naturally shed feathers for individual identification, genetic parentage analyses, and population monitoring in an endangered Eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) population from KazakhstanJamie A Rudnick
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN 47907 1159, USA
Mol Ecol 14:2959-67. 2005..The pristine habitat at our study site supports an EIE population that is probably the most demographically robust in the world; thus, our results caution that populations in marginal habitats may not be self-sustaining... - Transgenic male mating advantage provides opportunity for Trojan gene effect in a fishRichard D Howard
Departments of Biological Sciences, Forestry and Natural Resources, and Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:2934-8. 2004..Finally, we model the impact of alternative mating tactics by WT males on transgene spread. Such tactics may reduce the rate of transgene spread, but not the outcome... - Accelerated molecular evolution in Microtus (Rodentia) as assessed via complete mitochondrial genome sequencesDeborah A Triant
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 195 Marsteller Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Genetica 128:95-108. 2006..The root cause of accelerated evolution in Microtus remains uncertain, but merits further investigation... - The effects of contig length and depth on the estimation of SNP frequencies, and the relative abundance of SNPs in protein-coding and non-coding transcripts of tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum)Soo Hyung Eo
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
BMC Genomics 13:259. 2012..abstract:.. - The spatial distribution of avian relatives: do obligate army-ant-following birds roost and feed near family members?Johel Chaves-Campos
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
Mol Ecol 17:2963-74. 2008..Hence, we found limited potential for kin selection to favour group living and suggest that other factors, particularly direct benefits (e.g. food intake), are probably more important than indirect effects (nepotism)... - Haplotype inference from diploid sequence data: evaluating performance using non-neutral MHC sequencesDavid H Bos
Bindley Bioscience Center and Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Hereditas 144:228-34. 2007.... - Genetic mating systems and reproductive natural histories of fishes: lessons for ecology and evolutionJohn C Avise
Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA
Annu Rev Genet 36:19-45. 2002..Additional phenomena addressed by genetic parentage analyses in fishes include clustered mutations, filial cannibalism, and local population size. All results are discussed in the context of relevant behavioral and evolutionary theory...