Alfred L Roca

Summary

Affiliation: University of Illinois
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The mastodon mitochondrial genome: a mammoth accomplishment
    Alfred L Roca
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Trends Genet 24:49-52. 2008
  2. ncbi Forest elephant mitochondrial genomes reveal that elephantid diversification in Africa tracked climate transitions
    Adam L Brandt
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Mol Ecol 21:1175-89. 2012
  3. ncbi Successful genotyping of microsatellites in the woolly mammoth
    Yasuko Ishida
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
    J Hered 103:459-64. 2012
  4. ncbi Distinguishing forest and savanna African elephants using short nuclear DNA sequences
    Yasuko Ishida
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    J Hered 102:610-6. 2011
  5. ncbi Evidence for selection at HIV host susceptibility genes in a West Central African human population
    Kai Zhao
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    BMC Evol Biol 12:237. 2012
  6. ncbi Reconciling apparent conflicts between mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenies in African elephants
    Yasuko Ishida
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e20642. 2011
  7. ncbi Genetic variation at hair length candidate genes in elephants and the extinct woolly mammoth
    Alfred L Roca
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    BMC Evol Biol 9:232. 2009
  8. ncbi A nuclear DNA phylogeny of the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)
    Cristian Capelli
    Istituto di Medicina Legale, , Rome, Italy
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 40:620-7. 2006
  9. ncbi The Near Eastern origin of cat domestication
    Carlos A Driscoll
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
    Science 317:519-23. 2007
  10. ncbi Genomic inferences from Afrotheria and the evolution of elephants
    Alfred L Roca
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, Basic Research Program, SAIC Frederick and National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
    Curr Opin Genet Dev 15:652-9. 2005

Collaborators

  • Warren E Johnson
  • Taras K Oleksyk
  • Sergios Orestis Kolokotronis
  • S K Wasser
  • W J Murphy
  • Ross D E MacPhee
  • Mark S Springer
  • Yasuko Ishida
  • Kai Zhao
  • Nicholas J Georgiadis
  • Adam L Brandt
  • Alex D Greenwood
  • Carlos A Driscoll
  • Cristian Capelli
  • Nicholas Georgiadis
  • Kenine E Comstock
  • Stephen Fratpietro
  • Cheryl A Winkler
  • Virginia E Fox
  • Yirmed Demeke
  • Victor A David
  • Peter J van Coeverden de Groot
  • Keith E A Leggett
  • Robert M Stephens
  • Eric H Harley
  • Karsten Hupe
  • David W Macdonald
  • Dominique Pontier
  • Andrew C Kitchener
  • Eli Geffen
  • STEPHEN J O'BRIEN
  • Miguel Delibes
  • Marilyn Menotti-Raymond
  • Nobuyuki Yamaguchi
  • Francesca Brisighelli
  • Elaine A Ostrander
  • Jill Pecon-Slattery

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi The mastodon mitochondrial genome: a mammoth accomplishment
    Alfred L Roca
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Trends Genet 24:49-52. 2008
    ..However, it also suggests that a complex evolutionary picture could ultimately emerge and points to similarities between the early evolution of the Elephantidae and that of the gorilla-human-chimpanzee clade...
  2. ncbi Forest elephant mitochondrial genomes reveal that elephantid diversification in Africa tracked climate transitions
    Adam L Brandt
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Mol Ecol 21:1175-89. 2012
    ....
  3. ncbi Successful genotyping of microsatellites in the woolly mammoth
    Yasuko Ishida
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
    J Hered 103:459-64. 2012
    ....
  4. ncbi Distinguishing forest and savanna African elephants using short nuclear DNA sequences
    Yasuko Ishida
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    J Hered 102:610-6. 2011
    ..Nuclear genotyping of museum, dung, or ivory samples will provide better-informed conservation management of Africa's elephants...
  5. ncbi Evidence for selection at HIV host susceptibility genes in a West Central African human population
    Kai Zhao
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    BMC Evol Biol 12:237. 2012
    ....
  6. ncbi Reconciling apparent conflicts between mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenies in African elephants
    Yasuko Ishida
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e20642. 2011
    ....
  7. ncbi Genetic variation at hair length candidate genes in elephants and the extinct woolly mammoth
    Alfred L Roca
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    BMC Evol Biol 9:232. 2009
    ....
  8. ncbi A nuclear DNA phylogeny of the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)
    Cristian Capelli
    Istituto di Medicina Legale, , Rome, Italy
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 40:620-7. 2006
  9. ncbi The Near Eastern origin of cat domestication
    Carlos A Driscoll
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
    Science 317:519-23. 2007
    ..Domestic cats derive from at least five founders from across this region, whose descendants were transported across the world by human assistance...
  10. ncbi Genomic inferences from Afrotheria and the evolution of elephants
    Alfred L Roca
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, Basic Research Program, SAIC Frederick and National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
    Curr Opin Genet Dev 15:652-9. 2005
    ..The elephant genome sequence might prove useful for comparative genomic studies of these advanced traits, which have appeared independently in only three mammalian orders: primates, cetaceans and proboscideans...
  11. ncbi Cytonuclear genomic dissociation in African elephant species
    Alfred L Roca
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
    Nat Genet 37:96-100. 2005
    ..The persistence of residual forest elephant mitochondria in savanna elephant herds renders evolutionary interpretations based on mitochondrial DNA alone misleading and preserves a genomic record of ancient habitat changes...
  12. ncbi Mesozoic origin for West Indian insectivores
    Alfred L Roca
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, Basic Research Program, SAIC Frederick, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
    Nature 429:649-51. 2004
    ..Efforts to prevent extinction of the two surviving solenodon species would conserve an entire lineage as old or older than many mammalian orders...
  13. ncbi Genomically intact endogenous feline leukemia viruses of recent origin
    Alfred L Roca
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
    J Virol 78:4370-5. 2004
    ....
  14. ncbi Patterns of molecular genetic variation among African elephant populations
    Kenine E Comstock
    Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, D4-100, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
    Mol Ecol 11:2489-98. 2002
    ..The savannah elephants show significantly lower genetic diversity than forest elephants, probably reflecting a founder effect in the recent history of the savannah species...