Search Results - "Crawford, Nicholas G."

smogd: software for the measurement of genetic diversity by CRAWFORD, NICHOLAS G

“…Software for the measurement of genetic diversity (SMOGD ) is a web-based application for the calculation of the recently proposed genetic diversity indices…”
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Ultraconserved Elements Anchor Thousands of Genetic Markers Spanning Multiple Evolutionary Timescales by Faircloth, Brant C., McCormack, John E., Crawford, Nicholas G., Harvey, Michael G., Brumfield, Robb T., Glenn, Travis C.

“…Although massively parallel sequencing has facilitated large-scale DNA sequencing, comparisons among distantly related species rely upon small portions of the…”
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A phylogeny of birds based on over 1,500 loci collected by target enrichment and high-throughput sequencing by McCormack, John E, Harvey, Michael G, Faircloth, Brant C, Crawford, Nicholas G, Glenn, Travis C, Brumfield, Robb T

“…Evolutionary relationships among birds in Neoaves, the clade comprising the vast majority of avian diversity, have vexed systematists due to the ancient, rapid…”
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Hybridization Reveals the Evolving Genomic Architecture of Speciation by Kronforst, Marcus R., Hansen, Matthew E.B., Crawford, Nicholas G., Gallant, Jason R., Zhang, Wei, Kulathinal, Rob J., Kapan, Durrell D., Mullen, Sean P.

“…The rate at which genomes diverge during speciation is unknown, as are the physical dynamics of the process. Here, we compare full genome sequences of 32…”
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The genetic basis of conspicuous coloration in the Guadeloupean anole: Evolution by sexual and ecological selection by Crawford, Nicholas G., McGreevy, Thomas J., Mullen, Sean P., Schneider, Christopher J.

“…Understanding how natural selection acts on the genome and contributes to the process of speciation is a primary aim of the study of evolution. Here we used…”
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Divergence in coloration and ecological speciation in the Anolis marmoratus species complex by Muñoz, Martha M., Crawford, Nicholas G., McGreevy Jr, Thomas J., Messana, Nicholas J., Tarvin, Rebecca D., Revell, Liam J., Zandvliet, Rosanne M., Hopwood, Juanita M., Mock, Elbert, Schneider, André L., Schneider, Christopher J.

“…Adaptive divergence in coloration is expected to produce reproductive isolation in species that use colourful signals in mate choice and species recognition…”
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Ultraconserved elements are novel phylogenomic markers that resolve placental mammal phylogeny when combined with species-tree analysis by McCormack, John E, Faircloth, Brant C, Crawford, Nicholas G, Gowaty, Patricia Adair, Brumfield, Robb T, Glenn, Travis C

“…Phylogenomics offers the potential to fully resolve the Tree of Life, but increasing genomic coverage also reveals conflicting evolutionary histories among…”
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A phylogenomic analysis of turtles by Crawford, Nicholas G., Parham, James F., Sellas, Anna B., Faircloth, Brant C., Glenn, Travis C., Papenfuss, Theodore J., Henderson, James B., Hansen, Madison H., Simison, W. Brian

“…[Display omitted] •2381 Ultraconserved element (UCE) loci resolve relationships among living turtles.•The UCE phylogeny is used to test and develop a…”
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Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations by Crawford, Nicholas G., Kelly, Derek E., Hansen, Matthew E. B., Beltrame, Marcia H., Fan, Shaohua, Bowman, Shanna L., Jewett, Ethan, Ranciaro, Alessia, Thompson, Simon, Lo, Yancy, Pfeifer, Susanne P., Jensen, Jeffrey D., Campbell, Michael C., Beggs, William, Hormozdiari, Farhad, Mpoloka, Sununguko Wata, Mokone, Gaonyadiwe George, Nyambo, Thomas, Meskel, Dawit Wolde, Belay, Gurja, Haut, Jake, NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, Rothschild, Harriet, Zon, Leonard, Zhou, Yi, Kovacs, Michael A., Xu, Mai, Zhang, Tongwu, Bishop, Kevin, Sinclair, Jason, Rivas, Cecilia, Elliot, Eugene, Choi, Jiyeon, Li, Shengchao A., Hicks, Belynda, Burgess, Shawn, Abnet, Christian, Watkins-Chow, Dawn E., Oceana, Elena, Song, Yun S., Eskin, Eleazar, Brown, Kevin M., Marks, Michael S., Loftus, Stacie K., Pavan, William J., Yeager, Meredith, Chanock, Stephen, Tishkoff, Sarah A.

“…Despite the wide range of skin pigmentation in humans, little is known about its genetic basis in global populations. Examining ethnically diverse African…”
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Developing a community-based genetic nomenclature for anole lizards by Kusumi, Kenro, Kulathinal, Rob J, Abzhanov, Arhat, Boissinot, Stephane, Crawford, Nicholas G, Faircloth, Brant C, Glenn, Travis C, Janes, Daniel E, Losos, Jonathan B, Menke, Douglas B, Poe, Steven, Sanger, Thomas J, Schneider, Christopher J, Stapley, Jessica, Wade, Juli, Wilson-Rawls, Jeanne

“…Comparative studies of amniotes have been hindered by a dearth of reptilian molecular sequences. With the genomic assembly of the green anole, Anolis…”
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More than 1000 ultraconserved elements provide evidence that turtles are the sister group of archosaurs by Crawford, Nicholas G., Faircloth, Brant C., McCormack, John E., Brumfield, Robb T., Winker, Kevin, Glenn, Travis C.

“…We present the first genomic-scale analysis addressing the phylogenetic position of turtles, using over 1000 loci from representatives of all major reptile…”
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Influence of geographic isolation and the environment on gene flow among phenotypically diverse lizards by McGreevy, Thomas J., Crawford, Nicholas G., Legreneur, Pierre, Schneider, Christopher J.

“…Lizards in the genus Anolis comprise hundreds of species that display a wide range of phenotypic variation closely related to their environment. One example is…”
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Development and characterization of microsatellite loci in the American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) by HICKMAN, CALEB R, PETERS, MAUREEN B, CRAWFORD, NICHOLAS G, HAGEN, CRIS, GLENN, TRAVIS C, SOMERS, CHRISTOPHER M

“…We isolated and characterized nine microsatellite loci from the American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. The loci were screened in 23 individuals…”
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Polymorphic microsatellite loci from Sprague's pipit (Anthus spragueii), a grassland endemic passerine bird by CRAWFORD, NICHOLAS G, PETERS, MAUREEN B, HAGEN, CRIS, GLENN, TRAVIS C, DAVIS, STEPHEN K, SOMERS, CHRISTOPHER M

“…We developed 11 novel microsatellite loci for Sprague's pipit (Anthus spragueii), a songbird endemic to the Northern Great Plains of central North America…”
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PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES: Fifteen polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci from Hawaii's Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae: Myrtales), a model species for ecology and evolution by CRAWFORD, NICHOLAS G., HAGEN, CRIS, SAHLI, HEATHER F., STACY, ELIZABETH A., GLENN, TRAVIS C.

“…We developed 15 polymorphic microsatellite loci from the Hawaiian tree Metrosideros polymorpha. These loci were screened against two varieties from several…”
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Thirteen polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci from whiptails of the genus Aspidoscelis (Teiidae: Squamata) and related cnemidophorine lizards by CRAWFORD, NICHOLAS G., ZALDÍVAR-RAE, JAIME, HAGEN, CRIS, SCHABLE, AMANDA, ROSENBLUM, ERICA BREE, GRAVES, JEFF A., REEDER, TOD W., RITCHIE, MICHAEL G., GLENN, TRAVIS C.

“…We describe polymerase chain reaction primers and amplification conditions for 13 microsatellite DNA loci isolated from two bisexual species of whiptail…”
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Sequencing three crocodilian genomes to illuminate the evolution of archosaurs and amniotes by St John, John A, Braun, Edward L, Isberg, Sally R, Miles, Lee G, Chong, Amanda Y, Gongora, Jaime, Dalzell, Pauline, Moran, Christopher, Bed'hom, Bertrand, Abzhanov, Arkhat, Burgess, Shane C, Cooksey, Amanda M, Castoe, Todd A, Crawford, Nicholas G, Densmore, Llewellyn D, Drew, Jennifer C, Edwards, Scott V, Faircloth, Brant C, Fujita, Matthew K, Greenwold, Matthew J, Hoffmann, Federico G, Howard, Jonathan M, Iguchi, Taisen, Janes, Daniel E, Khan, Shahid Yar, Kohno, Satomi, de Koning, Ap Jason, Lance, Stacey L, McCarthy, Fiona M, McCormack, John E, Merchant, Mark E, Peterson, Daniel G, Pollock, David D, Pourmand, Nader, Raney, Brian J, Roessler, Kyria A, Sanford, Jeremy R, Sawyer, Roger H, Schmidt, Carl J, Triplett, Eric W, Tuberville, Tracey D, Venegas-Anaya, Miryam, Howard, Jason T, Jarvis, Erich D, Guillette, Jr, Louis J, Glenn, Travis C, Green, Richard E, Ray, David A

“…The International Crocodilian Genomes Working Group (ICGWG) will sequence and assemble the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), saltwater crocodile…”
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Divergence in coloration and ecological speciation in the A nolis marmoratus species complex by Muñoz, Martha M., Crawford, Nicholas G., McGreevy, Thomas J., Messana, Nicholas J., Tarvin, Rebecca D., Revell, Liam J., Zandvliet, Rosanne M., Hopwood, Juanita M., Mock, Elbert, Schneider, André L., Schneider, Christopher J.

“…Adaptive divergence in coloration is expected to produce reproductive isolation in species that use colourful signals in mate choice and species recognition…”
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A phylogeny of birds based on over 1,500 loci collected by target enrichment and high-throughput sequencing by McCormack, John E, Harvey, Michael G, Faircloth, Brant C, Crawford, Nicholas G, Glenn, Travis C, Brumfield, Robb T

“…(2013) PLoS ONE 8(1): e54848 Evolutionary relationships among birds in Neoaves, the clade comprising the vast majority of avian diversity, have vexed…”
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