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List of Publications (in press or published) from the Molecular Genetics Program, National Zoological Park (1991 to February 2003)
Published or in press:
1. *Akst, E. P., P. D. Boersma, and R. C. Fleischer. 2002. A comparison of genetic diversity between the Gal·pagos Penguin and the Magellanic Penguin. Conservation Genetics 3:375-383.
2. *Ambs, S. M., D. J. Boness, W. D. Bowen, E. A. Perry and R. C. Fleischer. 1999. Extra-consort fertilizations in grey seals: the effects of female location and age. Animal Behaviour 58:527-535.
3. Andersson, M., J. Wallander, L. Oring, E. Akst, M. Reed, and R. C. Fleischer. 2003. Adaptive seasonal trend in brood sex ratio: test in two sister species with contrasting mating systems. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
4. Auerbach, M. and R. Fleischer. 1992. Host race formation in a leaf-mining moth. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships, pp. 201-202. Dordrecht: Kluwer Acad. Publ.
5. *Boness, D. J., W. D. Bowen and J. M. Francis. 1993. Implications of DNA fingerprinting for mating systems and reproductive strategies of pinnipeds. Symposium of the Zoological Society, London 66:61-93.
6. *Bourget, D., D. Fonseca, G. Vourch, M.-P. Dubois, F. Chandre, C. Severini, and M. Raymond. 1998. The acetylcholinesterase gene Ace: a diagnostic marker for the pipiens and quinquefasciatus forms of the Culex pipiens Complex. Journal of the American Mosquito Association 14:390-396.
7. Carr, S. M. and E. A. Perry. 1994. Intra- and inter-familial systematic relationships of phocid seals as indicated by mitochondrial DNA sequences. NOAA Technical Reports: Transactions of the Marine Mammal Genetics Conference, La Jolla, California, 1994.
8. *Chu, M., W. D. Koenig, A. Godinez, C. E. McIntosh, and R. C. Fleischer. 2002. Social and genetic monogamy in territorial and loosely colonial populations of the Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens). Auk 119:770-777.
9. *Cibois, A., B. Slikas, T. S. Schulenberg, and E. Pasquet. 2001. An endemic radiation of Malagasy songbirds is revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Evolution 55:1198-1206.
10. Conant, S., R. C. Fleischer, M. P. Morin, and C. L. Tarr. 1992. When endangered species are aliens: some thoughts on the conservation of rare species. Pacific Science 46:401-402.
11. *Cooper, A., R. Fleischer, H. James and N. Tuross. 1994. Studies of the effects of bone consolidants on endogenous DNA. Ancient DNA Newsletter 2:15-16.
12. *Cooper, A. 1994. Ancient DNA sequences reveal unsuspected phylogenetic relationships within New Zealand wrens (Acanthisittidae). Experientia 50:558-563.
13. *Cooper, A. and R. A. Cooper. 1995. The Oligocene bottleneck and New Zealand biota: genetic record of a past environmental crisis. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, 261:293-302.
14. *Cooper, A., J. Rhymer, H. James, S. Olson, C. McIntosh, M. Sorenson and R. Fleischer. 1996. Ancient DNA and island endemics. Nature 381:484.
15. *Cooper, A. and D. Penny. 1997. Mass survival of birds across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary: molecular evidence. Science 275:1109-1113.
16. *Cooper, A. 1997. Studies of avian ancient DNA: from Jurassic park to modern island extinctions. Pages 345-373 in (Ed. D. P. Mindell) Avian Molecular Evolution and Systematics. Academic Press.
17. *Davis C, B. Keane, B. Swanson, S. Loew, P. M. Waser, C. Strobeck and R. C. Fleischer. 2000. Characterization of microsatellite loci in bannertailed and giant kangaroo rats, Dipodomys spectabilis and Dipodomys ingens. Molecular Ecology 9:642-644.
18. *Delehanty, D. J., R. C. Fleischer, M. A. Colwell, and L. W. Oring. 1998. Female benefits and the absence of extra-pair fertilization in Wilson's phalaropes. Animal Behavior 55:995-1002.
19. Dumbacher, J. P. 1999. The evolution of toxicity in Pitohuis: I. Effects of homobatrachotoxin on chewing lice (Order Phthiraptera). Auk 116:.
20. Dumbacher, J. P. , T. F. Spande, and J. W. Daly. 2000. Batrachotoxin alkaloids from passerine birds: A second toxic genus (Ifrita kowaldi) from New Guinea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.,.
21. * Dumbacher, J. P. and R. C. Fleischer. 2001. Phylogenetic evidence for Mullerian mimicry in toxic pitohui birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 268:1971-1976.
22. *Fjeldså. J., S.M. Goodman, T. Schulenberg, and B. Slikas. 2001. Molecular evidence for relationship of Malagasy birds. Pp. xx-xx in Proc. 22 Int. Ornithol. Congr. (N. Adams and R. Slotow, eds.). University of Natal, Durban.
23. Fleischer, R. C., S. I. Rothstein and L. Miller. 1991. Mitochondrial-DNA variation indicates gene flow between subspecies of the brown-headed cowbird. Condor 93:185-189.
24. Fleischer, R. C., S. C. Conant and M. Morin. 1991. Population bottlenecks and genetic variation in native and introduced populations of the Laysan Finch (Telespyza cantans). Heredity 66:125-130.
25. Fleischer, R. C., R. N. Williams, and A. J. Baker. 1991. Genetic variation within and among Hawaiian populations of the common myna (Acridotheres tristis). Journal of Heredity 82:205-208.
26. Fleischer, R. C. and M. T. Murphy. 1992. Relationships among allozyme heterozygosity, morphology, and lipid levels in house sparrows during winter. Journal of Zoology 226:409-419.
27. Fleischer, R. C. and N. G. Smith. 1992. Giant cowbird eggs in the nests of two icterid hosts: The use of morphology and electrophoretic variants to identify individuals and species. Condor 94:572-578.
28. *Fleischer, R., G. Fuller, F. Garcia, and D. Ledig. 1994. Genetic variation and subspecies relationships in endangered clapper rails in California. Journal für Ornithologie. 135:45.
29. *Fleischer, R. C., C. L. Tarr, and T. K. Pratt. 1994. Genetic structure in the palila, an endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper, as assessed by DNA fingerprinting. Molecular Ecology 3:383-392.
30. *Fleischer, R. C. and C. L. Tarr. 1995. Plain wren destroys egg of dusky antbird. Journal of Field Ornithology 66:404-405.
31. *Fleischer, R. C., G. Fuller and D. Ledig. 1995. Genetic structure of endangered clapper rail (Rallus longirostris) populations in southern California. Conservation Biology 9:1234-1243.
32. *Fleischer, R. C. 1996. Application of molecular methods to the assessment of genetic mating systems in vertebrates. Pg. 133-161 in (J. D. Ferraris and S. R. Palumbi, eds.) Molecular Zoology: Advances, Strategies and Protocols, Wiley-Liss.
33. *Fleischer, R. C. and S. S. Loew. 1996. Construction and screening of microsatellite-enriched genomic libraries. Pg. 461-468 in (J. D. Ferraris and S. R. Palumbi, eds.) Molecular Zoology: Advances, Strategies and Protocols, Wiley-Liss.
34. *Fleischer, R. C., C. L. Tarr, E. S. Morton, A. Sangmeister and K. C. Derrickson. 1997. Mating system of the dusky antbird, a tropical passerine, as assessed by DNA fingerprinting. Condor 99:512-514.
35. *Fleischer, R. C. 1998. Genetics and avian conservation. Pp. 29-47 in (J. Marzluff and R. Sallabanks, eds.) Avian Conservation: Research and Management. Island Press, Washington, DC.
36. *Fleischer, R. C., C. E. McIntosh and C. L. Tarr. 1998. Evolution on a volcanic conveyor belt: using phylogeographic reconstructions and K-Ar based ages of the Hawaiian Islands to estimate molecular evolutionary rates. Molecular Ecology 7:533-545.
37. *Fleischer, R. C., S. Olson, H. F. James and A. C. Cooper. 2000. The identity of the extinct Hawaiian eagle (Haliaeetus) as determined by mitochondrial DNA sequence. Auk 117:1051-1056.
38. Fleischer, R. C. 2000. Bad eggs. Nature 406:937-938 (review of N. B. Davies’ Cuckoos, Cowbirds and other Cheats).
39. *Fleischer, R. C. and C. E. McIntosh. 2001. Molecular systematics and biogeography of the Hawaiian avifauna. Studies in Avian Biology 22:51-60.
40. *Fleischer, R. C., C. L. Tarr, H. F. James, B. Slikas and C. E. McIntosh. 2001. Phylogenetic placement of the po`o-uli Melamprosops phaeosoma based on mitochondrial DNA sequence and osteological characters. Studies in Avian Biology 22:98-103.
41. * Fleischer, R. C., E. A. Perry, K. Muralidharan, E. Stevens, and C. M. Wemmer. 2001. Phylogeography of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) based on mitochondrial DNA. Evolution 55:1882-1892.
42. Fleischer, R. C. 2003. Extinct birds (book review). Condor
43. *Fonseca, D., C. Atkinson and R. Fleischer. 1998. Microsatellite primers for Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus, the vector of avian malaria in Hawaii. Molecular Ecology 7:1617-1618.
44. *Fonseca, D. M., D. A. LaPointe and R. C. Fleischer. 2000. Bottlenecks and multiple introductions: population genetics of the vector of avian malaria in Hawaii. Molecular Ecology 9:1803-1814.
45. *Goldsworthy, S., D. Boness, and R. Fleischer. 1998. Mate choice among sympatric fur seals: female preference for conphenotypic males. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 45:253-267.
46. * Goldsworthy, S., J. Francis, D. Boness and R. Fleischer. 2000. Variation in the mitochondrial control region in the Juan Fernandez fur seal (Actocephalus philippii). Journal of Heredity 91:371-377.
47. Gonzalez, S. F. Alvarez and J.E. Maldonado. 2002. Morphometric differentiation of the endangered Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus L. 1758). Journal of Mammalogy 83:1127-1140
48. *Good, S. V., D. F. Williams, K. Ralls and R. C. Fleischer. 1997. Population structure of Dipidomys ingens (Heteromyidae): The role of spatial heterogeneity in maintaining genetic diversity. Evolution 51:1296-1310.
49. *Grativol, A. D., J. Ballou and R. C. Fleischer. 2001. Microsatellite variation within and among recently fragmented populations of the golden lion-tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia). Conservation Genetics 2:1-9.
50. *Greenberg, R., P. Cordero, S. Droege and R. Fleischer. 1998. Morphological adaptation with no mitochondrial DNA differentiation in the Coastal Plain Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana nigrescens). Auk 115:706-712.
51. *Hagedorn, M., S. L. Lance, D. M. Fonseca, F. W. Kleinhans, D. Artimov, R. Fleischer, A. T. M. S. Hoque, M. B. Hamilton and B. S. Pukazhenthi. 2002. Altering fish embryos with Aquaporin-3: An essential step toward successful cryopreservation. Biology of Reproduction 67:961-966.
52. * Haggerty, T. M., E. S. Morton and R. C. Fleischer. 2001. Genetic monogamy in Carolina Wrens (Thryothorus ludovicianus). Auk 118:215-219.
53. *Hahn, D. C. and R. C. Fleischer. 1995. DNA fingerprint similarity between female and juvenile brown-headed cowbirds trapped together. Animal Behaviour 49:1577-1580.
54. *Hamilton, M. B. 1999. Four primer pairs for the amplification of chloroplast intergenic regions with intraspecific variation. Molecular Ecology 8:521-523.
55. *Hamilton, M. B. and R. C. Fleischer. 1999. Cloned microsatellite repeats differ between 4-base restriction endonucleases. Journal of Heredity 56:1-3
56. *Hamilton, M. B., E. L. Pincus, A. DiFiore and R. C. Fleischer. 1999. A universal linker and ligation procedure for construction of genomic libraries enriched for microsatellites. BioTechniques 27:500-507.
57. *Hamilton, M. B. 1999. Tropical tree gene flow and seed dispersal. Nature 401:129-130.
58. * Hoelzel, A. R., S. D. Goldsworthy, and R. C. Fleischer. 2002. Population genetic structure. Pp. 325-352 in (A. R. Hoelzel, Ed.) Marine Mammal Biology, An Evolutionary Approach, Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.
59. * Hoelzel, A. R., R. C. Fleischer, C. Campagna, B. Le Boeuf and G. Alvord. 2002. Impact of a population bottleneck on symmetry and genetic diversity in the northern elephant seal. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 15:567-575.
60. *Houde, P., A. Cooper, E. Leslie, A. E. Strand and G. A. Montano. 1997. Phylogeny and evolution of 12S rDNA in Gruiformes (Aves). Pages 121-158 in (Ed. D. P. Mindell) Avian Molecular Evolution and Systematics. Academic Press.
61. *Jarvi, S.I., G. F. Gee, M. M. Miller and W. E. Briles. 1995. A complex alloantigen system in Florida sandhill cranes Grus canadensis pratensis: evidence for the major histocampatibility (B) system. Journal of Heredity 86:348-353.
62. Jarvi. S. I., R. Goto, W. E. Briles and M. M. Miller. 1996. Characterization of Mhc genes in a multigenerational family of ring‑necked pheasants. Immunogenetics 43:125-135.
63. * Jarvi, S. I., C. T. Atkinson and R. C. Fleischer. 2001. Immunogenetics and resistance to avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum) in Hawaiian honeycreepers. Studies in Avian Biology 22:254-263.
64. *Johnson, K. P. and M. D. Sorenson. 1998. Comparing molecular evolution in two mitochondrial protein coding genes (Cytochrome b and ND2) in the dabbling ducks (Tribe: Anatini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10:82-94.
65. *Johnson, K. P. and M. D. Sorenson. 1999. Phylogeny and biogeography of dabbling ducks (Genus: Anas): A comparison of molecular and morphological evidence. Auk 116:792-805.
66. *Joseph, L., B. Slikas, K. Rankin-Baransky, B. Bazartseren, D. Alpers, and A.E. Gilbert. In press. DNA evidence concerning the identities of Crax viridirostris Sclater, 1875 and C. estudilloi Allen, 1977. Ornitología Neotropical.
67. *Jung, R. E., E. S. Morton, and R. C. Fleischer. 1994. Vocalizations, mate preference, and parentage of a Zonotrichia albicollis X Junco hyemalis hybrid. Wilson Bulletin 106:189-202.
68. *Loew, S. S. In press. The role of population genetics in conservation biology. In (Scott Ferson, ed.) Quantitative Methods for Conservation Biology. Springer Verlag.
69. *Loew, S. S. and R. C. Fleischer. 1996. Multilocus DNA fingerprinting protocol. Pg. 456-461 in (J. Ferraris and S. Palumbi, eds.) Molecular Zoology: Advances, Strategies and Protocols, Wiley-Liss.
70. Maldonado, J. E., C. Vila, and R. K. Wayne. 2001. Tripartite genetic subdivisions in the ornate shrew (Sorex ornatus). Molecular Ecology 10:127-147.
71. *Morton E. S., B. J. M. Stutchbury, J. S.Howlett and W. H. Piper. 1998. Genetic monogamy in blue-headed vireos and a comparison with a sympatric vireo with extrapair paternity. Behavioral Ecology 9:515-524 .
72. *Neudorf, D. L., B. J. M. Stutchbury and W. H. Piper. 1997. Covert extraterritorial behavior of female hooded warblers. Behavioral Ecology 8: 595-600.
73. *Norman J. A., L. Christidis, L. Joseph , B. Slikas and D. Alpers. 2002. Unravelling a biogeographical knot:origin of the leapfrogí distribution pattern of Australo-Papuan sooty owls (Strigiformes)and logrunners (Passeriformes). Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 269: 2127-2133.
74. *Nusser, J. A., R. Goto, D. Ledig, R. C. Fleischer, and M. M. Miller. 1996. Genetic diversity of populations of the endangered light-footed clapper rail revealed by RAPD analysis. Molecular Ecology 5:463-472.
75. Omland, K. E. 1999. The assumptions and challenges of ancestral state reconstructions. Systematic Biology, in press.
76. Omland, K. E. 1999. Review of “Avian Molecular Evolution and Systematics.” D. P. Mindell (ed). Systematic Biology 48:225-226.
77. *Omland, K. E., C. L. Tarr, W. I. Boarman, J. M. Marzluff and R. C. Fleischer. 2000. Cryptic genetic variation and paraphyly in ravens. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, in press.
78. Omland, K. E. and Lanyon, S. M. 2000. Reconstructing plumage evolution in orioles (Icterus): repeated convergence and reversal in patterns. Evolution. 53 (6): in press.
79. *Oring, L., R. C, Fleischer, M. Reed, and K. Marsden. 1992. Cuckoldry via stored sperm in the polyandrous spotted sandpiper. Nature 359:631-633.
80. *Oring, L. W., J. M. Reed, J. A. R. Alberico, and R. C. Fleischer. 1993. Female control of paternity: more than meets the eye. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8:259.
81. Ortega, J., J. E. Maldonado, H. T. Arita, G. S. Wilkinson, and R. C. Fleischer. 2002. Characterization of microsatellite loci in the Jamaican Fruit-eating bat Artibeus jamaicensis and cross-species amplification. Molecular Ecology Notes 2:462-464.
82. *Paxinos, E., C. McIntosh, K. Ralls, and R. Fleischer. 1997. A non-invasive method for distinguishing among canid species: amplification and enzyme restriction of DNA from dung. Molecular Ecology 6:483-486.
83. *Paxinos, E. E., H. F. James, S. L. Olson, J. D. Ballou, J. A. Leonard, and R. C. Fleischer. 2002. Prehistoric decline of genetic diversity in the nene. Science 296:1827.
84. *Paxinos, E. E., H. F. James, S. L. Olson, M. D. Sorenson and R. C. Fleischer. 2002. MtDNA from fossils reveals a radiation of Hawaiian geese recently derived from the Canada goose (Branta canadensis). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 99:1399-1404.
85. Perry, E. A., S. M. Carr, S. Bartlett and W. S. Davidson. 1995. The evolution of reproductive behavior in pagophilic seals of the northwest Atlantic as indicated by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Journal of Mammalogy 76:22-31.
86. Perry, E. A. In press. The ringed seal, Phoca hispida. In: The Complete Book of North American Seals (ed. D. Wilson). Smithsonian Press.
87. Perry, E. A. In press. The spotted seal, Phoca largha. In: The Complete Book of North American Seals (ed. D. Wilson). Smithsonian Press.
88. *Perry, E. A., D. J. Boness, and R. C. Fleischer. 1998. DNA fingerprinting evidence of nonfilial nursing in grey seals. Molecular Ecology. 7:81-85.
89. Piper, W. H. 1994. Courtship, copulation, nesting behavior and brood parasitism in the Venezuelan stripe-backed wren. Condor 96, 654-671.
90. Piper, W. H., P. Parker & K. N. Rabenold. 1995. Facultative dispersal by juvenile males in the cooperative stripe-backed wren. Behavioral Ecology 6:337-342.
91. Piper, W. H. 1995. Social dominance in young white-throated sparrows: effects of early social experience and the unstable period. Auk 112:878-889.
92. *Piper, W. H., D. C. Evers, M. W. Meyer, K. B. Tischler, J. D. Kaplan and R. C. Fleischer. 1997. Genetic monogamy in the common loon (Gavia immer). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 40:119-126.
93. *Piper, W. H., J. D. Paruk, D. C. Evers, M. W. Meyer, K. B. Tischler, M. Klich, and J. J. Hartigan. 1997. Local movements of color-marked loons. Journal of Wildlife Management 61:1253-1261.
94. *Ralls, K., K. Pilgrim, P. J. White, E. E. Paxinos, M. K. Schwartz, and R C. Fleischer. 2001. Kinship, social relationships, and den sharing in kit foxes. Journal of Mammalogy 858-866.
95. *Rave, E. H., R. C. Fleischer, F. Duvall, and J. M. Black. 1994. Genetic analyses through DNA fingerprinting of captive populations of nene. Conservation Biology 8:744-751.
96. *Rave, E. H. 1995. Genetic analyses of wild populations of Hawaiian geese using DNA fingerprinting. Condor 97:82-90.
97. *Rave, E. H., R. C. Fleischer, F. Duvall, and J. M. Black. 1998. Effects of inbreeding on reproductive success in captive populations of Hawaiian geese. Wildfowl 49:36-44.
98. *Reed, J. M., R. C. Fleischer, J. Eberhard, and L. W. Oring. 1995. Minisatellite DNA variability in two populations of Spotted Sandpipers Actitis macularia in Minnesota, U.S.A. Wader Study Group Bulletin 77:3 pp.
99. *Rosenbaum, H. C., R. L. Brownell Jr., M. W. Brown, C. Schaeff, V. Portway, et al. 2000. World-wide genetic differentiation of Eubalaena: questioning the number of right whale species. Molecular Ecology 9:1793-1802.
100. * Rothstein, S., J. Patten, and R. Fleischer. 2002. Phylogeny, specialization, and brood parasiteóhost coevolution: some possible pitfalls of parsimony. Behavioral Ecology 13:1-10.
101. *Rowe, D. L., M. T. Murphy, R. C. Fleischer and P. G. Wolf. 2001. High frequency of extra-pair paternity in Eastern Kingbirds. Condor 103:845-850.
102. *Ryder, O. A. and R. Fleischer. 1996. Genetics research and its application in zoos. Pg. 255-262 in (D. Kleiman, M. Allen, K. Thompson, S. Lumpkin, eds.) Wild Mammals in Captivity. University of Chicago Press.
103. *Schaeff, C. M., D. J. Boness and W. D. Bowen. 1999. Female distribution, genetic relatedness, and fostering behaviour in harbour seals, Phoca vitulina. Animal Behaviour 57:427-434.
104. *Schwartz, M. K., D. J. Boness, C. M. Schaeff, P. M. Majluf, E. A. Perry, and R. C. Fleischer. 1999. Female-solicited extrapair matings in Humboldt penguins fail to produce extrapair fertilizations. Behavioral Ecology 10:242-50.
105. Shapiro, L. H. 1998. Hybridization and geographic variation in two meadow katydid contact zones. Evolution 52: 784-796.
106. *Shapiro, L. H. and J. P. Dumbacher. 2001. Adenylate kinase intron 5: A new nuclear locus for avian systematics. Auk 118:248-255.
107. *Slikas, B., I. B. Jones, S. R. Derrickson and R. C. Fleischer. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of Micronesian white-eyes (Aves:Passeriformes:Zosteropidae), based on mitochondrial sequence data. Auk 117:355-365.
108. *Slikas, B., S. L. Olson, H. F. James, and R.C. Fleischer. 2002. Rapid, independent evolution of flightlessness in four species of Pacific island rails (Rallidae): an analysis based on mitochondrial sequence data. Journal of Avian Biology 33:5-14.
109. *Smith, D. A., K. Ralls, B. Davenport, B. Adams and J. Maldonado. 2001. Canine assistants for conservationists. Science 291:435.
110. *Smyth, A. P., B. Orr, and R. C. Fleischer. 1993. Electrophoretic variants of egg white transferrin indicate a low rate of intraspecific brood parasitism in colonial cliff swallows in the Sierra Nevada, California. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 32:79-84.
111. *Sorenson, M. D. and R. C. Fleischer. 1996. Multiple independent transpositions of mitochondrial DNA control region sequences to the nucleus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 93:15239-15243.
112. *Sorenson, M. D., A. Cooper, E. E. Paxinos, T. W. Quinn, H. F. James, S. L. Olson and R. C. Fleischer. 1999. Relationships of the extinct moa-nalos, flightless Hawaiian waterfowl, based on ancient DNA. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 266:2187-2194.
113. * Steeves, T. E., J. D. Darling, C. M. Schaeff, P. E. Rosel, and R. C. Fleischer. 2001. Preliminary analysis of mitochondrial DNA variation in a southern feeding group of eastern North Pacific gray whales. Conservation Genetics 2:379-384.
114. *Stutchbury, B. J., J. H. Rhymer, and E. S. Morton. 1994. Extra-pair paternity in hooded warblers. Behavioral Ecology 5:384-392.
115. *Stutchbury, B. J., W. H. Piper, D. L. Neudorf, S. A. Tarof, J. M. Rhymer, G. Fuller and R. C. Fleischer. 1997. Correlates of extra-pair fertilization success in hooded warblers. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 40:119-126.
116. *Stutchbury B.J.M., E.S. Morton and W.H. Piper. Extra-pair mating system of a synchronously breeding tropical songbird. Journal of Avian Biology 29:72-78.
117. *Tarof, S. A., B. J. M. Stutchbury, W. H. Piper and R. C. Fleischer. 1998. Does breeding density covary with extra-pair fertilizations in Hooded Warblers? Journal of Avian Biology 29:145-154.
118. *Tarr, C. L. and R. C. Fleischer. 1993. Mitochondrial DNA variation and evolutionary relationships in the `Amakihi complex. Auk 110:825-831.
119. *Tarr, C. L. and R. C. Fleischer. 1995. Evolutionary relationships of the Hawaiian honeycreepers (Aves: Drepanidinae). Pg. 147-159 in (W. Wagner and V. Funk, eds.) Hawaiian Biogeography: Evolution in a Hot-Spot Archipelago. Smithsonian Institution Press.
120. *Tarr. C. L. 1995. Amplification and determination of mitochondrial control‑region sequences in oscine passerines. Molecular Ecology 4:527-529.
121. *Tarr, C. L. and R. C. Fleischer. 1998. Primers for polymorphic GT microsatellites isolated from the Mariana crow, Corvus kubaryi. Molecular Ecology 7:253-255.
122. *Tarr, C. L., S. Conant and R. C. Fleischer. 1998. Founder events and variation at microsatellite loci in an insular passerine bird, the Laysan finch (Telespiza cantans). Molecular Ecology 7:719-731.
123. *Tarr, C. L., and R. C. Fleischer. 1999. Population boundaries and genetic diversity in the endangered Mariana crow (Corvus kubaryi). Molecular Ecology 8:941-950.
124. *Tarr, C. L., J. Ballou, M. P. Morin and S. Conant. 2000. Microsatellite variation in simulated and natural populations of the Laysan finch (Telespiza cantans). Conservation Genetics 1:135-146.
125. Visnak. R. and J. P. Dumbacher. 1999. Comparison of four fumigants for removing avian lice. Journal of Field Ornithology 70:42-48.
126. *Wooninck. L., J. E. Strassmann, R. C. Fleischer and R. R. Warner. 1998. Characterization of microsatellite loci in a pelagic spawner: the bluehead wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum. Molecular Ecology 7:1613-1614.
127. *Wooninck, L. M., R. R. Warner and R. C. Fleischer. 2000. Relative fitness components measured with competitive PCR. Molecular Ecology 9:1409-1414.
128. Worthy TH, Cooper A, Sorenson MD. 1997. Description of the first complete skeleton of Cnemiornis calcitrans Owen, (Aves: Anatidae), and a reassessment of its relationships. J. Zoology.
*Indicates that laboratory or data analyses completed in the MGL (i.e., not merely preparation of manuscript).
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