(*Undergraduate Student, **Graduate Student, ***High School Student)

In Press:

2012:

2011:

Bentz BJ, RR Bracewell**, KE Mock, and ME Pfrender. 2011. Complex genetic architecture underlies plasticity in development time and adult size of Dendroctonus ponderosae, the Mountain Pine Beetle. Evolutionary Ecology 25:1269-1288.

Bracewell** RR, ME Pfrender, KE Mock, and BJ Bentz. 2011. Cryptic Postzygotic Isolation in an Eruptive Species of Bark Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Evolution 65:961-975.

Castoe TA, AM Bronikowski, ED Brodie III, SV Edwards, ME Pfrender, MD Shapiro, DD Pollock, and WC Warren. 2011. A proposal to sequence the genome of a garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis). Standards in Genomic Sciences 4:257-270.

Colbourne, JK, ME Pfrender, D Gilbert, WK Thomas, A Tucker, TH Oakley, S Tokishita, A Aerts, GJ Arnold, M Kumar Basu, DJ Bauer, CE Cáceres, L Carmel, C Casola, J-H Choi, C Detter, Q Dong, S Dusheyko, BD Eads, T Fröhlich, KA Geiler-Samerotte, D Gerlach, P Hatcher, S Jogdeo, J Krijgsveld, EV Kriventseva, D Kültz, C Laforsch, E Lindquist, J Lopez, JR Manak, J Muller, J Pangilinan, RP Patwardhan, S Pitluck, EJ Pritham, A Rechtsteiner, M Rho, IB Rogozin, O Sakarya, A Salamov, S Schaack, H Shapiro, Y Shiga, C Skalitzky, Z Smith, A Souvorov, W Sung, Z Tang, D Tsuchiya, H Tu, H Vos, M Wang, YI Wolf, H Yamagata, T Yamada, Y Ye, JR Shaw, J Andrews, TJ Crease, H Tang, SM Lucas, HM Robertson, P Bork, EV Koonin, EM Zdobnov, I Grigoriev, M Lynch and JL Boore. 2011. The ecoresponsive genome of Daphnia pulex. Science 331:555-561. (Supplemental Online Material)(Commentaries by Dieter Ebert and Diethard Tautz)

Hellmann JJ, and ME Pfrender.Future Human Intervention in Ecosystems and the Critical Role for Evolutonary Biology. Conservation Biology 25:1143-1147.

Latta** LC, IV, M Baker, T Crowl, JJ Parnell, B Weimer, D DeWald, and ME Pfrender. 2011. Species and Genotype Diversity Drive Community and Ecosystem Properties in Experimental Microcosms. Evolutionary Ecology 25:107-1125.

Latta** LC, IV, S Frederick*, and ME Pfrender. Diet Restriction and Life History Trade-offs in short- and Long-lived species of Daphnia. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A ePub 309A.

Neuman-Lee L, S McGaugh, ME Pfrender, FJ Janzen. Using Mitochondrial DNA to Determine the Origin of a Snake Found in Alaska. Journal of Herpetology 45:63-65.

Orsini L, E Decaester, L De Meester, ME Pfrender, and JK Colbourne, 2011. Genomics in the Ecological Arena. Biology Letters 7:2-3.

Parnell JJ, SJ Callister, G Rompato, CD Nicora, L Pasa-Tolic, A Williamson***, and ME Pfrender. 2011. Time-course Analysis of the Shewanella Amazonensis SB2B Proteome in Response to Sodium Chloride Shock. Scientific Reports 1:25.

Parnell JJ, G Rompato, TA Crowl, BC Weimer, and ME Pfrender. 2011.Phylogenetic Distance in Great salt Lake Microbial Communities. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 64:267-273.

Simon J-C, ME Pfrender, R Tollrian, D Tagu, and JK Colbourne. 2011. Genomics of Environmentally-induced Phenotypes in Two Extremely Plastic Organisms. Journal of Heredity 102:512-525.

2010:

Feldman** CR, ED Brodie, JR., ED Brodie, III, and ME Pfrender. 2010. Genetic Architecture of a Feeding Adaptation: Garter Snake (Thamnophis) Resistance to Tetrodotoxin Bearing Prey. PRSLB 277:3317-3325.

Latta** LC, IV, DL Fisk**, RA Knapp, and ME Pfrender. 2010. Genetic Resilience of Daphnia Populations Following Experimental Removal of Introduced Fish. Conservation Genetics 11:1737-1745.

Parnell JJ, G Rompato, LC Latta IV, ME Pfrender, J VanNostrand, Z He, J Zhou, G Anderson, P Champine, B Ganesan, and BC Weimer. 2010. Functional Biogeography as Evidence of Gene Transfer in Hypersaline Microbial Communities. PLoSOne 5:e12919.

Pfrender ME, et al. 2010. Genetic approaches to biodiversity assessment in freshwater ecosystems. Quarterly Review of Biology 85:319-340.

Scoville** AG, and ME Pfrender. 2010. Phenotypic plasticity facilitates rapid parallel adaptation to an introduced predator. PNAS 107:4260-4263.

Spanier KI, F Leese, C Mayer, JK Colbourne, D Gilbert, ME Pfrender, R Tollrian. 2010. Predator-induced defenses in Daphnia pulex: Selection and evaluation of internal reference genes for gene expression studies with real-time PCR. BMC Molecular Biology 11:50.(Supplementary File)

2009:

Callister SJ, JJ Parnell, ME Pfrender, and SA Hashsham. 2009. Relating Perturbation Magnitude to Temporal Gene Expression in Biological Systems. BMC Research Notes 2:43.

Feldman** CR, ED Brodie, JR., ED Brodie, III, and ME Pfrender. 2009. Testing the evolutionary origins of beneficial alleles during the repeated adaptation of garter snakes (Thamnophis) to deadly prey. PNAS 106:13415-13420.

Kanaga** MK, LC Latta** IV, KE Mock, RL Lindroth, and ME Pfrender. 2009. Plant genotypic diversity and environmental stress interact to negatively affect arthropod community diversity. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 3:249-258.

Latta** LC, IV, RP O’Donnell**, and ME Pfrender. 2009. Vertical Distribution of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Changes in Response to Kairomones Produced by Grazers and Predators. Oikos 118:853-858.

Parnell JJ, TA Crowl, BC Weimer, and ME Pfrender. 2009. Biodiversity in microbial communities: system scale patterns and mechanisms. Molecular Ecology 18:1455-1462.

2008:

Homel** K, P Budy, ME Pfrender, TA Whitesel, L Bjerregaard**, and K Mock. 2008. Evaluating genetic structure among resident and migratory forms of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in Northeast Oregon. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 17:465-474.

Kanaga** MK, RJ Ryel, KE Mock, and ME Pfrender. 2008. Quantitative genetic variation within a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) population. Can. J. Forestry Research 38:1690-1694.

Shaw JR, ME Pfrender, BD Eads, R Klapper, A Callaghan, RM Sibly, I Colson, B Jansen, D Gilbert, and JK Colbourne. 2008. Daphnia as an emerging model for toxicological genomics. In: Advances in Experimental Biology vol. 2 (eds. C Hogstrand and P Kille). Elsevier Press, London.

Stillman JH, JK Colbourne, C Lee, NH Patel, MR Phillips, DW Towle, BD Eads, GW Gelembiuk, RP Henry, EA Johnson, ME Pfrender, and NB Terwilliger. 2008. Recent Advances in Crustacean Genomics. Integrative and Comparative Biology 48:852-868.

2007:

Bushman BS, SR Larson, MD Peel, and ME Pfrender. 2007. Population structure and genetic diversity in North American Hedysarum boreale Nutt. (Hedysarae: Fabaceae). Crop Science 47:1281-1288.

Fisk** D, LC Latta, IV**, RA Knapp, and ME Pfrender. 2007. Rapid evolution in response to introduced predators I: Rates and patterns of morphological and life-history trait divergence. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7:22. (Designated as Highly Accessed)

Latta** LC, IV, J Bakelar*, RA Knapp, and ME Pfrender. 2007. Rapid evolution in response to introduced predators II: The contribution of adaptive plasticity. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7:21. IF 4.373

Mock KE, BJ Bentz, EM O’Neill**, JP Chong**, JT Orwin*, and ME Pfrender. 2007. Landscape-scale genetic variation in a forest outbreak species, the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Molecular Ecology 16:553-568.

2006:

Deng H-W, J Li, ME Pfrender, J-L Li, H Deng. 2006. Upper limit of the rate and per generation effects of deleterious genomic mutations. Genetical Research, Camb. 88:57-65.

2005:

Mead LS, RS Nauman, D Clayton, DH Olson, and ME Pfrender. 2005. Newly discovered populations of salamanders from Siskiyou County California represent a species distinct from Plethodon stormi. Herpetologica 61:158-177.

2004:

Pfrender ME, J Hicks, and M Lynch. 2004. Biogeographic patterns and current distribution of molecular genetic variation among populations of speckled Dace (Rhinichthys osculus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30:490-502.

Watts RA, CA Palmer, RC Feldhoff, PW Feldhoff, LD Houck, AG Jones, ME Pfrender, SM Rollmann, and SJ Arnold. 2004. Discordant Modes of Evolution at Different Levels in a Pheromone Signaling System. Molecular Biology and Evolution 21:1032-1041.

2003:

Dunham SM, A Kretzer, and ME Pfrender. 2003. Characterization of the extent and distribution of Pacific golden chanterelle (Cantharellus formosus) individuals using co-dominant microsatellite loci. Molecular Ecology 12:1607-1618.

2001:

Arnold SJ, ME Pfrender, and AG Jones. 2001. The adaptive landscape as a conceptual bridge between micro- and macroevolution. Genetica 112-113:9-32.

Morgan KK, J Hicks, K Spitze, L Latta, M Pfrender, C Weaver, M Ottone, and M Lynch. 2001. Patterns of genetic architecture for life-history traits and molecular markers in a subdivided species. Evolution 55:1753-1761.

2000:

Fernando P, ME Pfrender, S Encalada, and R Lande. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA variation, phylogeography and population structure of the Asian Elephant. Heredity 84:362-372.

Pfrender ME, K Spitze, J Hicks, K Morgan, L Latta, and M Lynch. 2000. Lack of concordance between genetic diversity estimates at the molecular and quantitative-trait levels. Conservation Genetics 1:263-269.

Pfrender ME, and M Lynch. 2000. Quantitative genetic variation in Daphnia: temporal changes in genetic architecture. Evolution 54:1502-1509.

Pfrender ME, K Spitze, and N Lehman. 2000. Multi-locus evidence for rapid ecologically-based speciation in Daphnia. Molecular Ecology 9:1717-1735.

1999:

Lynch M, ME Pfrender, K Spitze, N Lehman, D Allen, J Hicks, L Latta, M Ottene, F Bogues, and J Colbourne. 1999. The quantitative and molecular genetic architecture of a subdivided species. Evolution 53:100-110.

1998:

Nussbaum RA, and ME Pfrender. 1998. Revision of the African caecilian genus Schistometopum Parker (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae). Misc. Pub. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. 187:1-32.

Pfrender ME, WE Bradshaw, and CA Kleckner. 1998. Patterns in the geographical range sizes of ectotherms in North America. Oecologia 115:439-444.

Pfrender ME, and H-W Deng. 1998. Genetic and environmental control of diapause termination in Daphnia. Arch. Hydrobiol. 52:237-251.

1995:

Lehman N, ME Pfrender, PA Morin, TJ Crease, and M Lynch. 1995. A hierarchical molecular phylogeny within the genus Daphnia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 4:395-407.