Thomas L Turner

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Genomic islands of speciation in Anopheles gambiae
    Thomas L Turner
    Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, California, USA
    PLoS Biol 3:e285. 2005
  2. ncbi Locus- and population-specific selection and differentiation between incipient species of Anopheles gambiae
    Thomas L Turner
    Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 24:2132-8. 2007
  3. ncbi Genomic analysis of adaptive differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster
    Thomas L Turner
    Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Genetics 179:455-73. 2008
  4. ncbi Population resequencing reveals local adaptation of Arabidopsis lyrata to serpentine soils
    Thomas L Turner
    Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Nat Genet 42:260-3. 2010
  5. ncbi Investigating natural variation in Drosophila courtship song by the evolve and resequence approach
    Thomas L Turner
    Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
    Genetics 191:633-42. 2012
  6. ncbi Genomic analysis of differentiation between soil types reveals candidate genes for local adaptation in Arabidopsis lyrata
    Thomas L Turner
    Center for Population Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 3:e3183. 2008
  7. ncbi Population-based resequencing of experimentally evolved populations reveals the genetic basis of body size variation in Drosophila melanogaster
    Thomas L Turner
    Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Department, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
    PLoS Genet 7:e1001336. 2011

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Genomic islands of speciation in Anopheles gambiae
    Thomas L Turner
    Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, California, USA
    PLoS Biol 3:e285. 2005
    ..Concentrating future mapping experiments on these regions should reveal the genes responsible for reproductive isolation between forms...
  2. ncbi Locus- and population-specific selection and differentiation between incipient species of Anopheles gambiae
    Thomas L Turner
    Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 24:2132-8. 2007
    ..There is reduced variation in the M form in Cameroon at this location and increased divergence to the outgroup Anopheles arabiensis, supporting an association of adaptation with reproductive isolation...
  3. ncbi Genomic analysis of adaptive differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster
    Thomas L Turner
    Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Genetics 179:455-73. 2008
    ..This portrait of differentiation provides a genomic perspective on adaptation and the maintenance of variation through spatially varying selection...
  4. ncbi Population resequencing reveals local adaptation of Arabidopsis lyrata to serpentine soils
    Thomas L Turner
    Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Nat Genet 42:260-3. 2010
    ..lyrata indicates parallel differentiation of the same polymorphism at one locus, confirming ecological adaptation, and different polymorphisms at two other loci, which may indicate convergent evolution...
  5. ncbi Investigating natural variation in Drosophila courtship song by the evolve and resequence approach
    Thomas L Turner
    Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
    Genetics 191:633-42. 2012
    ..Though our power was adequate using this experimental technique, the ability to differentiate causal variants from those affected by linked selection requires further development...
  6. ncbi Genomic analysis of differentiation between soil types reveals candidate genes for local adaptation in Arabidopsis lyrata
    Thomas L Turner
    Center for Population Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 3:e3183. 2008
    ..One gene in particular, calcium-exchanger 7, appears to be an excellent candidate gene for adaptation to low CaratioMg ratio in A. lyrata...
  7. ncbi Population-based resequencing of experimentally evolved populations reveals the genetic basis of body size variation in Drosophila melanogaster
    Thomas L Turner
    Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Department, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
    PLoS Genet 7:e1001336. 2011
    ..By using significantly associated polymorphisms as a priori candidates in follow-up studies, these data are expected to provide considerable power to determine the genetic basis of natural variation in body size...