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Miscellaneous Publications

Occasional Papers

 

Phil Myers Publications
  • López-González, C., P. Myers, N de la Sancha, G. D’Elía y L. Valdez. in press. Historia de la Mastozoología en Paraguay. In: Historia de la Mastozoología en Latinoamérica. Red Latinoamericana de Mastozoología (RELAM).
  • Hellmann, J. J., K. J. Nadelhoffer, L. R. Iverson, L. H. Ziska, S. N. Matthews, P. Myers, A. M. Prasad, and M. P. Peters. 2010. Climate change impacts on terrestrial ecosystem in metropolitan Chicago and its surrounding, multi-state region. Journal of Great lakes Research 36 (supplement 2):74-85.
  • Ohazama, A., J. Blackburn, T. Porntaveetus, M.S. Ota, H.Y. Choi, E.B. Johnson, P. Myers, S.Oommen, K. Eto, J.A. Kessler, T. Kondo, G.J. Fraser, T. Streelman, U.F.J. Pardinas, A.S. Tucker, P.E Ortiz, C. Charles, L. Viriot, J. Herz, P.T. Sharpe. 2010. A role for suppressed incisor cuspal morphogenesis in the evolution of mammalian heterodont dentition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107:92-97.
  • Myers, P., and B. L.Lundrigan. 2010. Mammals. in K. J. Nadelhoffer, A. L. Hogg Jr., and B. A. Hazlett (eds). Up in Michigan: One Hundred Years of Environmental Change. Univ. Michigan Press.
  • Myers, P., B. L. Lundrigan, S. M. G. Hoffman, A. P. Haraminac, and S. H. Seto. 2009. Climate-induced changes in the small mammal communities of the Northern Great Lakes Region. Global Change Biology, 15:1434-1454.
  • Voss, R. S., P. Myers, F. Catzeflis, A. P. Carmignotto, J. Barreiro. 2009. The Six Opossums of Félix de Azara: Identification, Taxonomic History, Neotype Designations, and Nomenclatural Recommendations. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History, 331:406-433.
  • D’Elia, G., I. Mora, P. Myers, and R. D. Owen. 2008. New and noteworthy records of Rodentia (Erethizontidae, Sciuridae, Cricetidae) from Paraguay. Zootaxa, 1784:39-57.
  • Goncalvez, P. R., P. Myers, J. F. Vilela, J. A. de Oliveira. 2007. Systematics of the genus Akodon (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in southeastern Brazil and implications for the biogeography of the campos de altitude. Miscellaneous Publications, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 197:1-24.
  • Corace, R. G. III, B. L. Lundrigan, and P. Myers. 2006. Nest site habitat and prey use of a breeding pair of Great Gray Owls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Passenger Pigeon, 68:353-360.
  • Parr, C. S., R. Espinosa, T. Dewey, G. Hammond, P. Myers. 2005. Building a biodiversity content management system for science, education, and outreach. Data Science Journal, 4:1-11.
  • Lacey, E. A., and P. Myers (eds). 2005. Mammalian Diversification: from Chromosomes to Phylogeography. University of California Press.
  • D’Elia, G., U. F. J. Pardinas, and P. Myers. 2005. An introduction to the genus Bibimys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Phylogenetic position and alpha taxonomy. in E. A. Lacey and P. Myers, eds. Mammalian Diversification: from Chromosomes to Phylogeography. University of California Press.
  • Myers, P., B. L. Lundrigan, and B. Vande Kopple. 2005. Climate change and the distribution of Peromyscus in Michigan—is global warming already having an impact? pp. 101-125 in E. A. Lacey and P. Myers, eds. Mammalian Diversification: from Chromosomes to Phylogeography. University of California Publications in Zoology.
  • Myers, P., B.L. Lundrigan, B.W. Gillespie and M.L. Zelditch. 1996. Phenotypic plasticity in skull and dental morphology in the Prairie Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii). J. Morphology 229:229-237.
  • Myers, P., A. Taber and I. Gamarra de Fox. 2002. La mastozoologia en Paraguay. pp. 453-502 in Diversidad y Conservacion de los Mamiferos Neotropicales. G. Ceballos and J. A. Simonetti, eds. UNAM, Mexico, DF.
  • Carstens, B., B.L. Lundrigan and P. Myers. 2003. A phylogeny of the American nectar-feeding bats (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) from morphological and molecular data. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 9:23-53.
  • D'Elia, G., U.F.J. Pardinas and P. Myers. An introduction to the genus Bibimys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Phylogenetic position and alpha taxonomy. in E. A. Lacey and P. Myers, eds. Festschrift for James L. Patton. U. C. Press. (in press).
  • Myers, P., B. Lundrigan, and B. Vande Kopple. Climate change and the distribution of Peromyscus in Michigan -- is global warming already having an impact? In E. A. Lacey and P. Myers, eds. Festschrift for James L. Patton. U. C. press. (in press).

Priscilla Tucker's Publications
  • Polly Campbell, Jeffrey M. Good, Matthew D. Dean, Priscilla K. Tucker, and Michael W. Nachman (2012) The contribution of the Y chromosome to hybrid male sterility in house mice. Genetics, in press
  • Phifer-Rixey, M, F.Bonhomme, P, Boursot, GA Churchill, J Piálek, P Tucker, and M Nachman (2012) Adaptive evolution and effective population size in wild house mice. Molecular Biology and Evolution, in press.
  • Janoušek, V, L Wang, K Luzynski, P Dufková, M Mrkvicová Vyskočilová, M W Nachman, P Munclinger, M Macholán, J Piálek, and PK Tucker (2012) Genome-wide architecture of reproductive isolation in a naturally occurring hybrid zone between Mus musculus musculus and M. m. domesticus. Molecular Ecology, in press
  • Wang, L., K. Luzynski, J. Pool, V Janoušek, P Dufková, M Mrkvicová Vyskočilová, K Teeter, MW Nachman, P Munclinger, M Macholán, J Piálek, and PK Tucker (2011) Measures of linkage disequilibrium among neighboring SNPs indicate asymmetries across the house mouse hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology 20: 2985–3000.
  • Vošlajerová Bímová, B, M Macholán, SJE Baird, P Munclinger, P Dufková, CM. Laukaitis, RC Karn, K. Luzynski, PK Tucker, J Piálek (2011) Reinforcement selection acting on the European house mouse hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology 20: 2403–2424
  • Yang H, J Wang, JP Didion, RJ Buus, TA Bell, CE Welsh, F Bonhomme, AH-T Yu, MW Nachman, J Pialek, P Tucker, P Boursot, L McMillan, GA Churchill, F Pardo-Manuel de Villena (2011) Subspecific origin and haplotype diversity in the laboratory mouse. Nature Genetics 43: 648–655.
  • Chatfield, MW, HKH Kozak, BM Fitzpatrick, and PK Tucker (2010) Patterns of differential introgression in a salamander hybrid zone: inferences from genetic data and ecological niche modeling. Molecular Ecology 19, 4265–4282.
  • Teeter, KC LM Thibodeau, Z Gompert, CA Buerkle, MW Nachman, and PK Tucker (2010) The variable genomic architecture of isolation between hybridizing species of house mouse. Evolution 64, 472-485
  • Johnsen, JJ, GG Levy, RJ Westrick, PK Tucker, and D Ginsburg (2008) The endothelial-cell specific regulatory mutation, Mvwf1, is a common murine founder allele. Mammalian Genome 19:32-40.
  • Teeter, KC, BA Payseur, LW Harris, MA Bakewell, LM Thibodeau, JE O’Brien, JG Krenz, MA Sans-Fuentes, MW Nachman, and PK Tucker (2008) Genome-wide patterns of gene flow across a house mouse hybrid zone. Genome Research 18:67-76.
  • Tucker, P.K. "Evolutionary History of the genus Mus" (in press). In: Eye, Retina, and the Visual Systems of the Mouse, Chalupa, LM and Williams, R. (eds) The MIT Press, Cambridge.
  • Johnsen, J.J., G. G. Levy, R. J. Westrick, P. K. Tucker, and D. Ginsburg (2008) The endothelial-cell specific regulatory mutation, Mvwf1, is a common murine founder allele. Mammalian Genome 19:32-40.
  • Teeter, K.C., B.A. Payseur, L.W. Harris, M.A. Bakewell, L.M. Thibodeau, J.E. OÕBrien, J.G. Krenz, M.A. Sans-Fuentes, M.W. Nachman, and P.K. Tucker. (2008) Genome-wide patterns of gene flow across a house mouse hybrid zone. Genome Research 18:67-76.
  • Tucker, P.K. "Systematics of the genus Mus" (2007) pp. 13-23. In: Mouse in Biomedical Research, 2nd ed. Fox J, Barthold S, Davisson MT, Newcomer C, Quimby F, Smith A (eds.), Elsevier Press, Boston
  • Sanstedt, S and P.K. Tucker (2006) Inefficient purifying selection: the Mammalian Y chromosome in the rodent genus Mus. Mammalian Genome 17:14-21.
  • Podlaha, O., D. Webb, P. K. Tucker, and J. Zhang (2005) Positive selection for indel substitutions in the rodent sperm protein Catsper1. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22:1845-1852.
  • Sanstedt, S and P.K. Tucker (2005) Male-driven evolution in closely related species of the mouse genus Mus. Journal of Molecular Evolution 61:138-144.
  • Tucker, P.K., S. Sandstedt and B. L. Lundrigan (2005) Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Mus : examining gene trees and species trees. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 84:653-662.
  • Bozikova, E.P., Muncliner, K. Teeter, P.K. Tucker, M. Macholan, and J. Pialek (2005) Mitochondrial DNA in the hybrid zone between Mus musculus musculus and Mus musculus domesticus: a comparison of two transects. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 84:363-378.
  • Sanstedt, S. and P.K. Tucker (2004) Evolutionary strata on the X chromosome in the mouse genus Mus. Genome Research 14:267-272.
  • Tucker, P.K., R.A. Adkins, and J.S. Rest (2003) Differential Rates of Evolution for the ZFY-related zinc finger genes, Zfy, Zfx and Zfa in the mouse genus Mus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20:999-1005.
  • Jansa, S.A., B.L. Lundrigan, P.K. Tucker (2003) Tests for positive selection on immune and reproductive genes in closely related species of the murine genus Mus. Journal of Molecular Evolution 56:294-307.
  • Lundrigan, B., S. Jansa, and P.K. Tucker (2002) Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Mus, based on maternally, paternally, and biparentally inherited characters. Systematic Biology 53:410-431.
  • Tucker, P.K., A. Munson, S. Kanekar, H. Schlecht, M. Vetter, L. Laemle, T. Glaser (2001) The eyeless mouse mutation (ey1) removes an alternative start codon from the Rx/rax homeobox gene and acts as a hypomorphic gene. Genesis 31:43-53.
  • Schaner, P., N. Richards, A. Wadhawa, I. Aksentijevich, D. Kastner, P. Tucker, and D. Gumucio (2001) Rapid evolution of pyrin in Primates: Role of positive selection. Nature Genetics 27:318-321.