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Fields of study
Evolution and systematics
Select publications
Ast J.C., I. Cleenwerck, K. Englebeen, H. Urbanczyk, F.L. Thompson, P. De Vos, and P.V. Dunlap. Photobacterium kishitanii sp. nov., a luminous marine bacterium. In press, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology.
Dunlap P.V., J.C. Ast, S. Kimura, A. Fukui, T. Yoshino, and H. Endo. Phylogenetic analysis of host-symbiont specificity and codivergence in bioluminescent symbioses. In press, Cladistics.
Kaeding A.J., J.C. Ast, M.M. Pearce, H. Urbanczyk, S. Kimura, H.
Endo, M. Nakamura, and P.V. Dunlap. Phylogenetic specificity and diversity in the bioluminescent symbioses of Photobacterium mandapamensis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73: 3173-3182.
Ast, J.C., and P.V. Dunlap. 2005. Phylogenetic resolution and habitat specificity of members of the Photobacterium phosphoreum species group. Environmental Microbiology 7: 1641 - 1654.
Dunlap, P.V. and J.C. Ast. 2005. Genomic and phylogenetic characterization of the luminous bacteria symbiotic with the deep-sea fish Chlorophthalmus albatrossis (Aulopiformes: Chlorophthalmidae). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71: 930-939.
Ast, J.C. and P.V. Dunlap. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of the lux operon distinguishes two evolutionarily distinct clades of Photobacterium leiognathi. Archives of Microbiology 18: 352-361.
Dunlap, P.V., A. Jiemjit, M.M. Pearce, C.R. Lavilla-Pitogo, and J.C. Ast. 2004. Genomic polymorphism in symbiotic populations of Photobacterium leiognathi. Environmental Microbiology 6: 145-158.
Rest , J.S., J.C. Ast , C.C. Austin, P.J. Waddell, E.A. Tibbetts, J.M. Hay and D.P. Mindell. 2003. Molecular systematics of primary reptilian lineages and the tuatara mitochondrial genome. Molecular and Phylogenetic Evolution 29: 289-297.
Ast, J.C. 2001. Mitochondrial DNA evidence and evolution in Varanoidea (Squamata). Cladistics 17: 211-226.
Mindell, D.P., M.D. Sorenson, D.E. Dimcheff, M. Hasegawa, J.C. Ast, and T. Yuri. 1999. Interordinal relationships of birds and other reptiles based on whole mitochondrial genomes. Systematic Biology 48: 138-152.
Sorenson, M.D., J.C. Ast, D.E. Dimcheff, T.Yuri, and D.P. Mindell. 1999. Primers for a PCR-based approach to mitochondrial genome sequencing in birds and other vertebrates. Molecular and Phylogenetic Evolution 12: 105-114.
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