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A lack of genetic diversity and minimal adaptive evolutionary divergence in introduced Mysis shrimp after 50 years by Cheek, Rebecca G., McLaughlin, Jessica F., Gamboa, Maybellene P., Marshall, Craig A., Johnson, Brett M., Silver, Douglas B., Mauro, Alexander A., Ghalambor, Cameron K.

“…The successes of introduced populations in novel habitats often provide powerful examples of evolution and adaptation. In the 1950s, opossum shrimp (Mysis…”
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Population genomics indicate three different modes of divergence and speciation with gene flow in the green-winged teal duck complex by Spaulding, Fern, McLaughlin, Jessica F., Cheek, Rebecca G., McCracken, Kevin G., Glenn, Travis C., Winker, Kevin

“…[Display omitted] •Resolved uncertainty in the green-winged teal and the yellow-billed teal complex.•Ultraconserved elements were used to resolve phylogenic…”
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Habitat‐linked genetic variation supports microgeographic adaptive divergence in an island‐endemic bird species by Cheek, Rebecca G., Forester, Brenna R., Salerno, Patricia E., Trumbo, Daryl R., Langin, Kathryn M., Chen, Nancy, Scott Sillett, T., Morrison, Scott A., Ghalambor, Cameron K., Chris Funk, W.

“…We investigated the potential mechanisms driving habitat‐linked genetic divergence within a bird species endemic to a single 250‐km2 island. The island…”
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ONeSAMP 3.0: estimation of effective population size via single nucleotide polymorphism data from one population by Hong, Aaron, Cheek, Rebecca G, De Silva, Suhashi Nihara, Mukherjee, Kingshuk, Yooseph, Isha, Oliva, Marco, Heim, Mark, W. Funk, Chris, Tallmon, David, Boucher, Christina

“…Abstract The genetic effective size (Ne) is arguably one of the most important characteristics of a population as it impacts the rate of loss of genetic…”
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First Documented Observation of Island Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma insularis) Precopulatory Display by Cheek, Rebecca G., Harris, Michelle L., Kennedy, Anna

“…We report what we believe is the first documented observation of Island Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma insularis) copulation behavior. We compare our observations to…”
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Lack of avian predators is associated with behavioural plasticity in nest construction and height in an island songbird by Hays, Sarah C., Cheek, Rebecca G., Mouton, James C., Sillett, T. Scott, Ghalambor, Cameron K.

“…Orange-crowned warblers, Leiothlypis celata sordida, breeding on the California Channel Islands exhibit remarkable variation in their nest structure and…”
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