Papers benefiting from the LSU Collection of Genetic Resources, 1994-2004
Herpetology
Abreu-Grobois, F.A., A.L. Bass, R.B. Duenas, P.H. Dutton, S.E. Encalada, and N.N.
Fitzsimmons. 1996. Mitochondrial DNA d-loop sequences of marine turtles. Marine
Turtle Genetics Symposium Proceedings, Miami, FL, Pp. 147-162 In Bowen, B.W. and
W.N. Witzell (eds.) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sea Turtle
Conservation Genetics. NOAA Tech. Mem. NMFS-SEFSC-396. 173 pp.
Abreu-Grobois, F.A., A.L. Bass, P.H. Dutton, and S.E. Encalada. 1996. PCR-RFLP analysis of
sea turtle populations in the era of DNA. Marine Turtle Genetics Symposium
Proceedings Miami, FL, Pp. 55-68 In Bowen, B.W. and W.N. Witzell (eds.) Proceedings
of the International Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation Genetics NOAA Tech. Mem.
NMFS-SEFSC-396. 173 pp.
Anderson, R. E. 1996. Biochemical Systematics of Coluber constrictor. M.S. Thesis,
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA.
Bass, A.L., D.A. Good, K.A. Bjorndal, J.I. Richardson, Z.-M. Hillis, J.A. Horrocks, and B.W.
Bowen. 1996. Testing models of female migratory behavior and population structure in
the Caribbean hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, with mtDNA control region
sequences. Molecular Ecology, 5:321-328.
Bass, A.L. 1999. Genetic analysis to elucidate the natural history and behavior of hawksbill
turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the wider Caribbean: a review and re-analysis.
Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3(2):195-199.
Bauer, A.M., Branch, W.R., and D.A. Good. 1996. A new species of rock-dwelling
Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Richtersveld, South Africa. Occ. Pap.
Mus. Nat. Sci. Louisiana St. Univ. 71:1-13.
Bauer AM, and Good DA. 1996. Phylogenetic systematics of the day geckos, genus Rhoptropus
(Reptilia: Gekkonidae), of south-western Africa. J ZOOL 238: 635-663 Part 4 APR
1996.
Bauer, A.M., Good, D.A., and Branch, W.R. 1997. The taxonomy of the southern African leaftoed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus" and
the description of five new genera. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 49:447-497.
Bowen, B.W., A.L. Bass, A. Garcia, C.E. Diez, R. van Dam, K.A. Bjorndal, A. Bolten, M.
Myamoto, R. Ferl. 1996. Origin of hawksbill turtles in a Caribbean feeding area as
indicated by genetic markers. Ecological Applications, 6(2):566-572.
Branch, W.R., A.M. Bauer and D.A. Good. 1995. Species limits in the Phyllodactylus lineatus
complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), with the elevation of two taxa to specific status and the
description of two new species. J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr. 44:33-54.
Branch WR, Bauer AM, Good DA. 1996. A review of the Namaqua gecko, Pachydactylus
namaquensis (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from southern Africa, with the description of two
new species. S AFR J ZOOL 31: (2) 53-69 APR 1996.
Burbrink, F. T. 2000. Systematics of the polymorphic North American rat snake (Elaphe
obsoleta). Ph.D. Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Burbrink, F. T. 2001. Systematics of the Eastern Ratsnake Complex (Elaphe obsoleta).
Herpetological Monographs 15:1-53.
Burbrink, F. T. 2002. Phylogeographic analysis of the cornsnake (Elaphe guttata) complex as
inferred from maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. Mol Phyl Evol 25:465-476.
Burbrink, F. T., R. Lawson, and J. B. Slowinski. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of
the polytypic North American rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta): a critique of the subspecies
concept. Evolution 54:2107-2118.
Carlin, J. L. 1997. Morphological and genetic differentiation between long-tailed (Eurycea
longicauda) and three-lined (E. guttolineata) salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae).
Herpetologica 53(2): 206-217.
Cole, J. C., H. C. Dessauer, C. R. Townsend, and M. G. Arnold. 1995. Kentropix borckianus
(Squamata: Teiidae): A unisexual lizard of hybrid origin in the Guiana Region, South
America. Amer. Mus. Novitates 3145:1-23.
Cole, J. C., H. C. Dessauer. 1995. Unisexual lizards (Genus Cnemidophorus) of the Madrean
Archipelago. Pp. 267-273 in L. F. DeBano, P. F. Ffaliott, A. Ortega-Rubio, G. J.
Gottfried, R. H. Hamre, and C. B. Edminstere (Tech. Coordi.), Biodiversity and
Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands of Southwestern United
States and Northwestern Mexico. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMGRT-264, Fort Collins, CO.
Creer, D. A., K. de Queiroz, T. R. Jackman, J. B. Losos, and A. Larson. 2001. Systematics of
the Anolis roquet series of the southern Lesser Antilles. J. Herpetol. 35(3):428-441.
Crother, B. I., and J. S. Thompson. 1998 Biochemical genetics of the disjunct populations of
Nerodia floridana (Colubridae: Serpentes) Copeia 1998:715-719.
Jorge da Silva, N., and J.W. Sites, Jr. 2001. Phylogeny of South American triad coral snakes
(Elapidae: Micrurus) based on molecular characters. Herpetologica 57(1):1-22.
Davis, L. M., T. C. Glenn, R. M. Elsey, I. L. Brisbin, W. E. Rhodes, H. C. Dessauer, and R. H.
Sawyer. In press. Genetic structure of six populations of American alligators: A
microsatellite analysis. Proc. 1998 Conference on Crocodilian Biology and Evolution,
Brisbane, Australia.
de Queiroz, A. and R. Lawson. 1994. Phylogenetic relationships of the garter snakes based on
DNA sequence and allozyme variation. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 53: 209-229.
Dessauer, H. C., C. J. Cole, and C. R. Townsend. 2000. Hybridization among western whiptail
lizards (Cnemidophorus tigris) in southwestern New Mexico: Population genetics,
morphology, and ecology in three contact zones. Bull. Amer. Mus. Natur. Hist. in press.
Dessauer, H. C., T. W. Roeder, C. J. Cole, and A. Knight. 1996. Rapid screening of DNA
diversity using dot-blot technology and allele-specific oligonucleotides: Maternity of
hybrids and unisexual clones of hybrid origin. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 6:366-372.
Devitt, T. J. 2003. Systematics of the western lyresnake (Trimomrphodon biscutatus) complex:
Implications for North and Middle American aridland biogeography. Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Feldman, C. R. 2000. Comparative Phylogeography of 3 squamate reptiles in California: Contia
tenuis, Diadophis punctatus, and Elgaria multicarinata. Master's Thesis, San Francisco
State University.
Fitzgerald, L.A., J.A. Cook, and A.L. Aquino. 1999. The molecular phylogenetics and
conservation of Tupinambis (Sauria: Teiidae). Copeia 1999 (4):894-905.
Gergus, E.W.A. 1994. Systematics and biogeography of Bufo microscaphus (Anura: Bufonidae),
with a preliminary report on B. americanus group phylogeny. M.S. thesis, San Diego
State University. vii + 72 pp., 9 figures, 4 tables.
Gergus, E.W.A. 1998. Systematics of the Bufo microscaphus complex: allozyme evidence.
Herpetologica 54(3): 317-325.
Glenn, T. C., L. M. Davis, H. C. Dessauer, R. M. Elsey, and R. H. Sawyer. Submitted. Multiple
paternity within clutches of American Alligators. Copeia.
Glenn, T. C., H. C. Dessauer, and M. J. Braun. 1998. Characterization of microsatellite DNA
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Glenn, T. C., W. Stephan, H. C. Dessauer, and M. J. Braun. 1996. Allelic diversity in alligator
microsatellite loci is negatively correlated with GC content of flanking sequences and
evolutionary conservation of PCR amplifiability. Molecular Biology and Evolution
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Good, D.A. and A.M. Bauer. 1995. Allozyme evidence for the affinities of the Namaqua day
gecko, Phelsuma ocellata. J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr. 44:1-9.
Good, D.A., Bauer, A.M., and Branch, W.R. 1997. A new species of Phyllodactylus (Squamata:
Gekkonidae) from the Karoo National Park, South Africa. Afr. J. Herpetol. 45 [1996]:4958.
Good, D.A., Bauer, A.M., and Sadlier, R.A. 1997. Allozyme evidence for the phylogeny of the
giant New Caledonian geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Rhacodactylus), with comments
on the status of R. leachianus henkeli. Aust. J. Zool. 45:317-330.
Henderson, R. W., and S. B. Hedges. 1995. Origin of West Indian populations of the
geographically widespread boa Corallus enydris inferred from mitochondrial DNA
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Jackman, T. R. A. Larson, K. de Queiroz, and J. B. Losos. 1999. Phylogenetic Relationships
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Jorge da Silva, Jr., Nelson. 1995. Molecular systematics and evolution of venoms in the South
American "triad" coral snakes (Micrurus, Elapidae). Ph.D. thesis, Department of
Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
Jorge da Silva, Jr., N., and J.W. Sites, Jr. Phylogeny of South American triad coral snakes
(Elapidae, Micrurus) based on molecular characters.
Keogh, J. S. 1997. Phylogenetic Studies on Australo-Papuan Elapid Snakes Based on
Morphology and DNA. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Sydney (Australia).
Keogh, J. S. 1998. Molecular phylogeny of elapid snakes and a consideration of their
biogeographic history. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 63, 177-203.
Keogh, J. S., Shine, R. and Donnellan, S. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of terrestrial
Australo-Papuan elapid snakes based on cytochrome b and 16S rRNA sequences.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10, 67-81.
King, R. B. and R. Lawson. 1996. Sex linked inheritance of fumarate hydratase alleles in
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Lamb, T. and Bauer, A. 2000. Systematics of the Pachydactylus rugosus complex of southern
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Lance, V. A., T. Cort, J. Masuoka, R. Lawson and P. Saltmna. 1995. Unusually high zinc
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Leaché, A. D. and T. W. Reeder (2002). Molecular systematics of the eastern fence lizard
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Markezich, A. L., C. J. Cole, and H. C. Dessauer. 1997. The blue and green whiptail lizards
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Orange, D. I. 1997. Comparative biogeography within and among four species of lizards in
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Pellegrino, K. C. M., M. T. Rodrigues, et al. 2001. A molecular perspective on the evolution of
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Reeder, T. W. 1995. Phylogenetic relationships among phrynosomatid lizards as inferred from
mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences: Substitutional bias and the information
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Reeder, T. W., Charles J. Cole, and H. Dessauer. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships of
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Reeder, T. W., and R. R. Montanucci. 2001. A phylogenetic analysis of the horned lizard genus
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Schell, D. M., and T. M. Schwaner. 1999. Nitrogen isotope ratios and quick death in Tasmania.
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Thompson, J. S. 1994. Genetic Variation of the Allopatric Populations of the Florida Green
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Bates, J. M., and R. M. Zink. 1994. Evolution into the Andes: molecular evidence for species
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