John C. Avise

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Professor Emeritus, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
School of Biological Sciences
University of Califonia at Davis, 1975, PhD in Genetics
Phone: (949) 824-3925
Fax: 949-824-2181
Email: javise@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
425 Steinhaus Hall
Mail Code: 2525
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
ecological and evolutionary genetics, natural history, conservation biology
Academic Distinctions
Past member of the editorial boards for 15 scientific journals
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (elected in 1985)
Lamar Dodd Award, Univ. of Georgia (1988)
Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (elected in 1991)
Sloan Foundation Fellow in Molecular Evolution (1992)
Earle R. Greene Award, Georgia Ornithological Society (1994)
President, Society for the Study of Evolution (1994)
Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union (elected in 1994)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected in 1994)
William Brewster Memorial Award, American Ornithologists’ Union (1997)
Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation (1998)
President, American Genetic Association (2000)
President, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (2004)
Molecular Ecology Prize, Journal of Molecular Ecology (2006)
Alfred Russel Wallace Award, International Biogeography Society (2007)
National Associate Award from the National Research Council (2008)
Distinguished Faculty Award for Research, Univ. of California, Irvine (2010)
Fellow, American Philosophical Society (elected in 2011)
American Fisheries Society Hall of Excellence (awarded in 2014)
Fellow, California Academy of Sciences (elected in 2018)
Research Abstract
Research in my laboratory involves use of genetic markers (e.g. from nuclear microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA sequences) to analyze the natural histories and evolution of wild animals. Topics range from micro- to macro-evolutionary: genetic parentage, mating patterns, geographic population structure, gene flow, hybridization, introgression, phylogeography, speciation, systematics, and phylogenetics. Research has been conducted on all major groups of vertebrates plus diverse invertebrates and has involved taxa from marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. The primary goal typically is to unveil ecological, behavioral, or evolutionary features of the organisms themselves; an important secondary aim is to elucidate molecular and evolutionary properties of various protein and DNA molecules. The theory and practice of evolutionary genetics are relevant to ecological issues and conservation biology, so these areas provide an underlying theme in much of my research. I have also published extensively on the relevance of evolutionary genetics to human affairs such as the science-religion interface, genetic engineering, current biodiversity challenges, and educational outreach by communicating science to the public via poetry, humor, and other forms of creative writing.
Publications
BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUMES

1) Avise, J.C. 1994. Molecular Markers, Natural History, and Evolution. Chapman & Hall, New York (511 pp.).

2) Avise, J.C. and Hamrick, J.L., eds. 1996. Conservation Genetics: Case Histories from Nature. Chapman & Hall, New York (512 pp.).

3) Avise, J.C. 1998. The Genetic Gods: Evolution and Belief in Human Affairs. Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA. (279 pp.).

4) Avise, J.C. 2000. Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species. Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA. (447 pp.).

5) Avise, J.C. (ed.). 2001. Mating Systems and Reproductive Behaviors in Poikilothermic Vertebrates. AGA Symposium (112 pp.).

6) Avise, J.C. 2001. Captivating Life: A Naturalist in the Age of Genetics. Smithsonian Press, Washington, D.C. (212 pp.).

7) Avise, J.C. 2002. Genetics in the Wild. Smithsonian Press, Washington, D.C. (248 pp.).

8) Avise, J.C. 2004. The Hope, Hype, and Reality of Genetic Engineering. Oxford Univ. Press, New York (242 pp.).

9) Avise, J.C. 2004. Molecular Markers, Natural History, and Evolution, 2nd Edition. Sinauer, Sunderland, MA. (684 pp.).

10) Avise, J.C. 2006. Evolutionary Pathways in Nature: A Phylogenetic Approach. Cambridge Univ. Press, New York (286 pp.).

11) Avise, J.C. 2007. A Field Guide to Little Known Genetically Engineered Organisms. BainBridge, Philadelphia, PA. (107 pp.).

12) Avise, J.C. 2007. On Evolution. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore, MD. (186 pp.).

13) Avise, J.C. and Ayala, F.J., eds. 2007. In the Light of Evolution I: Adaptation and Complex Design. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. (360 pp.).

14) Avise, J.C., Hubbell, S.P., and Ayala, F.J., eds. 2008. In the Light of Evolution II: Biodiversity and Extinction. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. (414 pp.).

15) Avise, J.C. 2008. Clonality: The Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution of Sexual Abstinence in Vertebrate Animals. Oxford Univ. Press, New York (237 pp.).

16) Avise, J.C. and Ayala, F.J., eds. 2009. In the Light of Evolution III: Two Centuries of Darwin. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. (414 pp.).

17) Avise, J.C. 2010. Inside the Human Genome: A Case for Non-intelligent Design. Oxford Univ. Press, New York (222 pp.).

18) Avise, J.C. and Ayala, F.J., eds. 2010. In the Light of Evolution IV: The Human Condition. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. (411 pp.).

19) Avise, J.C. (ed.). 2010. Molecular Ecology and Evolution: the Organismal Side. World Scientific, Singapore (561 pp.).

20) Avise, J.C. 2011. Hermaphroditism: A Primer on the Biology, Ecology, and Evolution of Dual Sexuality. Columbia Univ. Press, New York (232 pp.).

21) Strassmann, E., D.C. Queller, J.C. Avise, and F.J. Ayala (eds.). 2011. In the Light of Evolution, Volume V. Cooperation and Conflict. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. (449 pp.).

22) Streidter, G., J.C. Avise, and F.J. Ayala (eds.). 2012. In the Light of Evolution, Volume VI. Brain and Behavior. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. (412 pp.)

23) Avise, J.C. 2013. Evolutionary Perspectives on Pregnancy. Columbia University Press, New York (346 pp.).

24) Cela-Conde, C.J., R.G. Lombardo, J.C. Avise, and F.J. Ayala (eds.). 2014. In the Light of Evolution, Volume VII. The Human Mental Machinery. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. (378 pp.).

25) Ayala, F.J. and J.C. Avise (eds.). 2014. Essential Readings in Evolutionary Biology. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD., (547 pp).

26) Avise, J.C. 2014. Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Genetics: A Brief History of Shifting Paradigms. Elsevier, New York (164 pp).

27) Skyrms, B., J.C. Avise, and F.J. Ayala (eds.). 2014. In the Light of Evolution VIII. Darwinian Thinking in the Social Sciences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 111, Supplement (115 pp.).

28) Tibayrenc, M., J.C. Avise, and F.J. Ayala (eds.). 2015. In the Light of Evolution IX: Clonal Reproduction: Alternatives to Sex, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 112:8824-8936.

29) Avise, J.C. 2015. Sketches of Nature: A Geneticist’s Look at the Biological World During a Golden Era for Molecular Ecology. Elsevier Publishing Co., New York (267 pp.).

30) Avise, J.C. and F.J. Ayala (eds.). 2017. In the Light of Evolution X: Comparative Phylogeography. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. (415 pp.).

31) Avise, J.C. 2018. From Aardvarks to Zooxanthellae: The Definitive Lyrical Guide to Nature's Ways. Springer (157 pp.).

32) Avise, J.C. 2019. Avise’s Letters Home: Travel Diaries From 1974-2004. Outskirts Press, Denver, Colorado (629 pp.).


REPRESENTATIVE SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES (for a complete list of the >360 papers including their pdf files, see http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/johncavise/)

1) Avise, J.C. and R.K. Selander. 1972. Evolutionary genetics of cave-dwelling fishes of the genus Astyanax. Evolution 26:1-19.

2) Avise, J.C. and G.B. Kitto. 1973. Phosphoglucose isomerase gene duplication in the bony fishes: an evolutionary history. Biochem. Genet. 8:113-132.

3) Avise, J.C. and M.H. Smith. 1974. Biochemical genetics of sunfish I. Geographic variation and subspecific intergradation in the bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus. Evolution 28:42-56.

4) Avise, J.C. and M.H. Smith. 1974. Biochemical genetics of sunfish II. Genic similarity between hybridizing species. Amer. Natur. 108:458-472.

5) Avise, J.C., M.H. Smith, R.K. Selander, T.E. Lawlor, and P.R. Ramsey. 1974. Biochemical polymorphism and systematics in the genus Peromyscus. V. Insular and mainland species of the subgenus Haplomylomys. Syst. Zool. 23:226-238.

6) Avise, J.C., M.H. Smith, and R.K. Selander. 1974. Biochemical polymorphism and systematics in the genus Peromyscus. VI. Systematic relationships in the boylii species group. J. Mammal. 55:751-763.

7) Avise, J.C. 1974. Systematic value of electrophoretic data. Syst. Zool. 23:465-481.

9) Avise, J.C., J.J. Smith, and F.J. Ayala. 1975. Adaptive differentiation with little genic change between two native California minnows. Evolution 29:411-426.

10) Avise, J.C. and F.J. Ayala. 1975. Genetic change and rates of cladogenesis. Genetics 81:757-773.

12) Avise, J.C. and F.J. Ayala. 1976. Genetic differentiation in speciose versus depauperate phylads: evidence from the California minnows. Evolution 30:46-58.

19) Avise, J.C. and J.R. Gold. 1977. Chromosomal divergence and speciation in two families of North American fishes. Evolution 31:1-13.

23) Avise, J.C. and S.W. Duvall. 1977. Allelic expression and genetic distance in hybrid macaque monkeys. J. Hered. 68:23-30.

24) Avise, J.C. and M.H. Smith. 1977. Gene frequency comparisons between sunfish (Centrarchidae) populations at various stages of evolutionary divergence. Syst. Zool. 26:319-335.

25) Avise, J.C. 1977. Is evolution gradual or rectangular? Evidence from living fishes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74:5083-5087.

26) Avise, J.C. 1977. Genic heterozygosity and rate of speciation. Paleobiology 3:422-432.

28) Avise, J.C. 1978. Variances and frequency distributions of genetic distance in evolutionary phylads. Heredity 40:225-237.

29) Avise, J.C., M.H. Smith, and R.K. Selander. 1979. Biochemical polymorphism and systematics in the genus Peromyscus. VII. Geographic differentiation in members of the truei and maniculatus species groups. J. Mammal. 60:177-192.

30) Avise, J.C. and J. Felley. 1979. Population structure of freshwater fishes. I. Genetic variation of bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) populations in man-made reservoirs. Evolution 33:15-26.

32) Avise, J.C., R.A. Lansman, and R.O. Shade. 1979. The use of restriction endonucleases to measure mitochondrial DNA sequence relatedness in natural populations. I. Population structure and evolution in the genus Peromyscus. Genetics 92:279-295.

36) Avise, J.C., C. Giblin-Davidson, J. Laerm, J.C. Patton, and R.A. Lansman. 1979. Mitochondrial DNA clones and matriarchal phylogeny within and among geographic populations of the pocket gopher, Geomys pinetis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76:6694-6698.

37) Avise, J.C., J.C. Patton, and C.F. Aquadro. 1980. Evolutionary genetics of birds. I. Relationships among North American thrushes and allies. Auk 97:135-147.

39) Avise, J.C., J.C. Patton, and C.F. Aquadro. 1980. Evolutionary genetics of birds. II. Conservative protein evolution in North American sparrows and relatives. Syst. Zool. 29:323-334.

40) Avise, J.C., J.C. Patton, and C.F. Aquadro. 1980. Evolutionary genetics of birds. III. Comparative molecular evolution in New World warblers (Parulidae) and rodents (Cricetinae). J. Hered. 71:303-310.

42) Lansman, R.A., R.O. Shade, J.F. Shapira, and J.C. Avise. 1981. The use of restriction endonucleases to measure mitochondrial DNA sequence relatedness in natural populations. III. Techniques and potential applications. J. Mol. Evol. 17:214-226.

43) Aquadro, C.F. and J.C. Avise. 1981. Genetic divergence between rodent species assessed by using two-dimensional electrophoresis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78:3784-3788.

46) Laerm, J., J.C. Avise, J.C. Patton, and R.A. Lansman. 1982. Genetic determination of the status of an endangered species of pocket gopher in Georgia. J. Wildl. Mgt. 46:513-518.

47) Avise, J.C., C.F. Aquadro, and J.C. Patton. 1982. Evolutionary genetics of birds. V. Genetic distances within Mimidae (mimic thrushes) and Vireonidae (vireos). Biochem. Genet. 20:95-104.

48) Avise, J.C. and C.F. Aquadro. 1982. A comparative summary of genetic distances in the vertebrates: patterns and correlations. Evol. Biol. 15:151-185.

49) Douglas, M.E. and J.C. Avise. 1982. Speciation rates and morphological divergence in fishes: tests of gradual versus rectangular modes of evolutionary change. Evolution 36:224-232.

51) Aquadro, C.F. and J.C. Avise. 1982. Evolutionary genetics of birds. VI. A reexamination of protein divergence using varied electrophoretic conditions. Evolution 36:1003-1019.

52) Chapman, R.W., J.C. Stephens, R.A. Lansman, and J.C. Avise. 1982. Models of mitochondrial DNA transmission genetics and evolution in higher eukaryotes. Genet. Res. 40:41-57.

53) Aquadro, C.F. and J.C. Avise. 1982. An assessment of "hidden" heterogeneity within electromorphs at three enzyme loci in deer mice. Genetics 102:269-284.

55) Neigel, J.E. and J.C. Avise. 1983. Clonal diversity and population structure in a reef-building coral, Acropora cervicornis: self-recognition analysis and demographic interpretation. Evolution 37:437-453.

56) Patton, J.C. and J.C. Avise. 1983. An empirical evaluation of qualitative Hennigian analyses of protein electrophoretic data. J. Mol. Evol. 19:244-254.

57) Neigel, J.E. and J.C. Avise. 1983. Histocompatibility bioassays of population structure in marine sponges: clonal structure in Verongia longissima and Iotrochota birotulata. J. Heredity 74:134-140.

58) Lansman, R.A., J.C. Avise, C.F. Aquadro, J.F. Shapira, and S.W. Daniel. 1983. Extensive genetic variation in mitochondrial DNA's among geographic populations of the deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus. Evolution 37:1-16.

59) Lansman, R.A., J.C. Avise, and M.D. Huettel. 1983. Critical experimental test of the possibility of "paternal leakage" of mitochondrial DNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 80:1969-1971.

63) Avise, J.C., J.F. Shapira, S.W. Daniel, C.F. Aquadro, and R.A. Lansman. 1983. Mitochondrial DNA differentiation during the speciation process in Peromyscus. Mol. Biol. Evol. 1:38-56.

64) Avise, J.C., J.E. Neigel, and J. Arnold. 1984. Demographic influences on mitochondrial DNA lineage survivorship in animal populations. J. Mol. Evol. 20:99-105.

66) Avise, J.C., E. Bermingham, L.G. Kessler, and N.C. Saunders. 1984. Characterization of mitochondrial DNA variability in a hybrid swarm between subspecies of bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus). Evolution 38:931-941.

68) Avise, J.C. and N.C. Saunders. 1984. Hybridization and introgression among species of sunfish (Lepomis): analysis by mitochondrial DNA and allozyme markers. Genetics 108:237-255.

70) Kessler, L.G. and J.C. Avise. 1984. Systematic relationships among waterfowl (Anatidae) inferred from restriction endonuclease analysis of mitochondrial DNA. Syst. Zool. 33:370-380.

72) Kessler, L.G. and J.C. Avise. 1985. A comparative description of mitochondrial DNA differentiation in selected avian and other vertebrate genera. Mol. Biol. Evol. 2:109-125.

73) Kessler, L.G. and J.C. Avise. 1985. Microgeographic lineage analysis by mitochondrial genotype: variation in the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus). Evolution 39:831-837.

74) Neigel, J.E. and J.C. Avise. 1985. The precision of histocompatibility response in clonal recognition in tropical marine sponges. Evolution 39:724-732.

77) Avise, J.C. 1986. Mitochondrial DNA and the evolutionary genetics of higher animals. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 312:325-342.

78) Saunders, N.C., L. G. Kessler, and J.C. Avise. 1986. Genetic variation and geographic differentiation in mitochondrial DNA of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. Genetics 112:613-627.

79) Lamb, T. and J.C. Avise. 1986. Directional introgression of mitochondrial DNA in a hybrid population of treefrogs: the influence of mating behavior. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83:2526-2530.

80) Bermingham, E., T. Lamb, and J.C. Avise. 1986. Size polymorphism and heteroplasmy in the mitochondrial DNA of lower vertebrates. J. Hered. 77:249-252.

81) Avise, J.C., G.S. Helfman, N.C. Saunders, and L.S. Hales. 1986. Mitochondrial DNA differentiation in North Atlantic eels: population genetic consequences of an unusual life history pattern. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83:4350-4354.

82) Avise, J.C. and D.Y. Shapiro. 1986. Evaluating kinship of newly settled juveniles within social groups of the coral reef fish, Anthias squamipinnis. Evolution 40:1051-1059.

83) Bermingham, E. and J.C. Avise. 1986. Molecular zoogeography of freshwater fishes in the southeastern United States. Genetics 113:939-965.

86) Lamb, T. and J.C. Avise. 1987. Morphological variability in genetically defined categories of anuran hybrids. Evolution 41:157-165.

87) Avise, J.C. and C.F. Aquadro. 1987. Malate dehydrogenase isozymes provide a phylogenetic marker for the Piciformes (woodpeckers and allies). Auk 104:324-328.

88) Asmussen, M.A., J. Arnold, and J.C. Avise. 1987. Definition and properties of disequilibrium statistics for associations between nuclear and cytoplasmic genotypes. Genetics 115:755-768.

89) Avise, J.C., C.A. Reeb, and N.C. Saunders. 1987. Geographic population structure and species differences in mitochondrial DNA of mouthbrooding marine catfishes (Ariidae) and demersal spawning toadfishes (Batrachoididae). Evolution 41:991-1002.

90) Avise, J.C. and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1987. Mode of inheritance and variation of mitochondrial DNA in hybridogenetic fishes of the genus Poeciliopsis. Mol. Biol. Evol. 4:514-525.

91) Avise, J.C., J. Arnold, R.M. Ball, E. Bermingham, T. Lamb, J.E. Neigel, C.A. Reeb, and N.C. Saunders. 1987. Intraspecific phylogeography: the mitochondrial DNA bridge between population genetics and systematics. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 18:489-522.

92) Ball, R.M., S. Freeman, F.C. James, E. Bermingham, and J.C. Avise. 1988. Phylogeographic population structure of red-winged blackbirds assessed by mitochondrial DNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85:1558-1562.

93) Arnold, J., M.A. Asmussen, and J.C. Avise. 1988. An epistatic mating system model can produce permanent cytonuclear disequilibria in a hybrid zone. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85:1893-1896.

94) Avise, J.C., R.M. Ball, and J. Arnold. 1988. Current versus historical population sizes in vertebrate species with high gene flow: a comparison based on mitochondrial DNA lineages and inbreeding theory for neutral mutations. Mol. Biol. Evol. 5:331-344.

95) Avise, J.C. and R.M. Zink. 1988. Molecular genetic divergence between avian sibling species: King and Clapper Rails, Long-billed and Short-billed Dowitchers, Boat-tailed and Great-tailed Grackles, and Tufted and Black-crested Titmice. Auk 105:516-528.

96) Lamb, T., J.C. Avise, and J.W. Gibbons. 1989. Phylogeographic patterns in mitochondrial DNA of the desert tortoise (Xerobates agassizi), and evolutionary relationships among the North American gopher tortoises. Evolution 43:76-87.

97) Bowen, B.W., A.B. Meylan, and J.C. Avise. 1989. An odyssey of the green sea turtle: Ascension Island revisited. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86:573-576.

99) Avise, J.C., B.W. Bowen, and T. Lamb. 1989. DNA fingerprints from hypervariable mitochondrial DNA genotypes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 6:258-269.

100) Avise, J.C. and W.S. Nelson. 1989. Molecular genetic relationships of the extinct Dusky Seaside Sparrow. Science 243:646-648.

101) Avise, J.C. 1989. Gene trees and organismal histories: a phylogenetic approach to population biology. Evolution 43:1192-1208.

102) Asmussen, M., J. Arnold, and J.C. Avise. 1989. The effects of assortative mating and migration on cytonuclear associations in hybrid zones. Genetics 122:923-934.

103) Avise, J.C. 1989. A role for molecular genetics in the recognition and conservation of endangered species. Trends Ecol. Evol. 4:279-281.

104) Ball, R.M., Jr., J.E. Neigel, and J.C. Avise. 1990. Gene genealogies within the organismal pedigrees of random-mating populations. Evolution 44:360-370.

105) Avise, J.C., C.D. Ankney, and W.S. Nelson. 1990. Mitochondrial gene trees and the evolutionary relationship of mallard and black ducks. Evolution 44:1109-1119.

106) Reeb, C.A. and J.C. Avise. 1990. A genetic discontinuity in a continuously distributed species: mitochondrial DNA in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Genetics 124:397-406.

107) Avise, J.C., W.S. Nelson, J. Arnold, R.K. Koehn, G.C. Williams, and V. Thorsteinsson. 1990. The evolutionary genetic status of Icelandic eels. Evolution 44:1254-1262.

108) Zink, R.M. and J.C. Avise. 1990. Patterns of mitochondrial DNA and allozyme evolution in the avian genus Ammodramus. Syst. Zool. 39:148-161.

110) Avise, J.C. and R.M. Ball. 1990. Principles of genealogical concordance in species concepts and biological taxonomy. Oxford Surv. Evol. Biol. 7:45-67.

111) Meylan, A.B., B.W. Bowen, and J.C. Avise. 1990. A genetic test of natal homing versus social facilitation models for green turtle migration. Science 248:724-727.

112) Bowen, B.W. and J.C. Avise. 1990. Genetic structure of Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico populations of sea bass, menhaden, and sturgeon: the influence of zoogeographic factors and life-history patterns. Marine Biol. 107:371-381.

113) Neigel, J.E., R.M. Ball., Jr., and J.C. Avise. 1991. Estimation of single generation migration distances from geographic variation in animal mitochondrial DNA. Evolution 45:423-432.

114) Quattro, J.M., J.C. Avise, and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1991. Molecular evidence for multiple origins of hybridogenetic fish clones (Poeciliidae: Poeciliopsis). Genetics 127:391-398.

115) Avise, J.C., J.C. Trexler, J. Travis, and W.S. Nelson. 1991. Poecilia mexicana is the recent female parent of the unisexual fish P. formosa. Evolution 45:1530-1533.

117) Avise, J.C. 1991. Ten unorthodox perspectives on evolution prompted by comparative population genetic findings on mitochondrial DNA. Annu. Rev. Genet. 25:45-69.

119) Bowen, B.W., A.B. Meylan, and J.C. Avise. 1991. Evolutionary distinctiveness of the endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle. Nature 352:709-711.

120) Lamb, T., T.R. Jones, and J.C. Avise. 1992. Phylogeographic histories of representative herpetofauna of the southwestern U.S.: mitochondrial DNA variation in the desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) and the chuckwalla (Sauromalus obesus). J. Evol. Biol. 5:465-480.

121) Quattro, J.M., J.C. Avise, and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1992. An ancient clonal lineage in the fish genus Poeciliopsis (Atheriniformes: Poeciliidae). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89:348-352.

122) Avise, J.C., B.W. Bowen, T. Lamb, A.B. Meylan, and E. Bermingham. 1992. Mitochondrial DNA evolution at a turtle's pace: evidence for low genetic variability and reduced microevolutionary rate in the Testudines. Mol. Biol. Evol. 9:457-473.

123) Quattro, J.M., J.C. Avise, and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1992. Mode of origin and sources of genotypic diversity in triploid gynogenetic fish clones (Poeciliopsis: Poeciliidae). Genetics 130:621-628.

124) Lamb, T. and J.C. Avise. 1992. Molecular and population genetic aspects of mitochondrial DNA variability in the diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin. J. Hered. 83:262-269.

125) Avise, J.C. 1992. Molecular population structure and the biogeographic history of a regional fauna: a case history with lessons for conservation biology. Oikos 63:62-76.

126) Bowen, B.W., A.B. Meylan, J. Perran Ross, C.J. Limpus, G.H. Balazs, and J.C. Avise. 1992. Global population structure and natural history of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in terms of matriarchal phylogeny. Evolution 46:865-881.

127) Avise, J.C., J.M. Quattro, and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1992. Molecular clones within organismal clones: mitochondrial DNA phylogenies and the evolutionary histories of unisexual vertebrates. Evol. Biol. 26:225-246.

128) Avise, J.C., R.T. Alisauskas, W.S. Nelson, and C.D. Ankney. 1992. Matriarchal population genetic structure in an avian species with female natal philopatry. Evolution 46:1084-1096.

129) Karl, S.A., B.W. Bowen, and J.C. Avise. 1992. Global population genetic structure and male-mediated gene flow in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas): RFLP analyses of anonymous nuclear loci. Genetics 131:163-173.

130) Karl, S.A. and J.C. Avise. 1992. Balancing selection at allozyme loci in oysters: implications from nuclear RFLPs. Science 256:100-102.

131) Ball, R.M., Jr. and J.C. Avise. 1992. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeographic differentiation among avian populations and the evolutionary significance of subspecies. Auk 109:626-636.

132) Karl, S.A. and J.C. Avise. 1993. PCR-based assays of Mendelian polymorphisms from anonymous single-copy nuclear DNA: techniques and applications for population genetics. Mol. Biol. Evol. 10:342-361.

134) Rising, J.D. and J.C. Avise. 1993. Application of genealogical-concordance principles to the taxonomy and evolutionary history of the sharp-tailed sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus). Auk 110:844-856.

136) Scribner, K.T. and J.C. Avise. 1993. Cytonuclear genetic architecture in mosquitofish populations and the possible roles of introgressive hybridization. Mol. Ecol. 2:139-149.

137) Bowen, B.W., J.C. Avise, J.I. Richardson, A.B. Meylan, D. Margaritoulis, and S.R. Hopkins-Murphy. 1993. Population structure of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Conserv. Biol. 7:834-844.

138) Bowen, B.W., W.S. Nelson, and J.C. Avise. 1993. A molecular phylogeny for marine turtles: trait mapping, rate assessment, and conservation relevance. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:5574-5577.

139) Neigel, J.E. and J.C. Avise. 1993. Application of a random walk model to geographic distributions of animal mitochondrial DNA variation. Genetics 135:1209-1220.

140) Avise, J.C. 1993. The evolutionary biology of aging, sexual reproduction, and DNA repair. Evolution 47:1293-1301.

145) Scribner, K.T. and J.C. Avise. 1994. Population cage experiments with a vertebrate: the temporal demography and cytonuclear genetics of hybridization in Gambusia fishes. Evolution 48:155-171.

146) Bowen, B.W., N. Kamezaki, C.J. Limpus, G.R. Hughes, A.B. Meylan, and J.C. Avise. 1994. Global phylogeography of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) as indicated by mitochondrial DNA haplotypes. Evolution 48:1820-1828.

147) Avise, J.C. 1994. The real message from Biosphere 2. Conserv. Biol. 8:327-329.

149) Scribner, K.T. and J.C. Avise. 1994. Cytonuclear genetics of experimental fish hybrid zones inside Biosphere 2. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91:5066-5069.

152) Avise, J.C., W.S. Nelson, and H. Sugita. 1994. A speciational history of "living fossils": molecular evolutionary patterns in horseshoe crabs. Evolution 48:1986-2001.

153) Walker, D., V.J. Burke, I. Barák, and J.C. Avise. 1995. A comparison of mtDNA restriction sites vs. control region sequences in phylogeographic assessment of the musk turtle (Sternotherus minor). Mol. Ecol. 4:365-373.

154) Avise, J.C. 1995. Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism and a connection between genetics and demography of relevance to conservation. Conserv. Biol. 9:686-690.

156) Karl, S.A., B.W. Bowen, and J.C. Avise. 1995. Hybridization among the ancient mariners: characterization of marine turtle hybrids with molecular genetic assays. J. Hered. 86:262-268.

163) Avise, J.C. 1996. Three fundamental contributions of molecular genetics to avian ecology and evolution. Ibis 138:16-25.

164) Hare, M.P., S.A. Karl, and J.C. Avise. 1996. Anonymous nuclear DNA markers in the American oyster and their implications for the heterozygote deficiency phenomenon in marine bivalves. Mol. Biol. Evol. 13:334-345.

165) Hare, M.P. and J.C. Avise. 1996. Molecular genetic analysis of a stepped multilocus cline in the American oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Evolution 50:2305-2315.

166) Wollenberg, K., J. Arnold, and J.C. Avise. 1996. Recognizing the forest for the trees: testing temporal patterns of cladogenesis using a null model of stochastic diversification. Mol. Biol. Evol. 13:833-849.

167) Nelson, W.S., P.A. Prodöhl, and J.C. Avise. 1996. Development and application of long-PCR for the assay of full-length animal mitochondrial DNA. Mol. Ecol. 5:807-810.

168) Prodöhl, P.A., W.J. Loughry, C.M. McDonough, W.S. Nelson, and J.C. Avise. 1996. Molecular documentation of polyembryony and the micro-spatial dispersion of clonal sibships in the nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 263:1643-1649.

170) Avise, J.C., P.C. Pierce, M.J. Van Den Avyle, M.H. Smith, W.S. Nelson, and M.A. Asmussen. 1997. Cytonuclear introgressive swamping and species turnover of bass after an introduction. J. Hered. 88:14-20.

171) Jones, A.G. and J.C. Avise. 1997. Microsatellite analysis of maternity and the mating system in the Gulf pipefish Syngnathus scovelli, a species with male pregnancy and sex-role reversal. Mol. Ecol. 6:203-213.

172) Walker, D., W.S. Nelson, K.A. Buhlmann, and J.C. Avise. 1997. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and subspecies issues in the monotypic freshwater turtle Sternotherus odoratus. Copeia 1997:16-21.

173) Ortí, G., M.P. Hare, and J.C. Avise. 1997. Detection and isolation of nuclear haplotypes by PCR-SSCP. Mol. Ecol. 6:575-580.

175) Avise, J.C. and K. Wollenberg. 1997. Phylogenetics and the origin of species. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:7748-7755.

176) Jones, A.G. and J.C. Avise. 1997. Polygynandry in the dusky pipefish Syngnathus floridae revealed by microsatellite DNA markers. Evolution 51:1611-1622.

177) Ortí, G., D.E. Pearse, and J.C. Avise. 1997. Phylogenetic assessment of length variation at a microsatellite locus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:10745-10749.

178) Walker, D., G. Ortí, and J.C. Avise. 1998. Phylogenetic distinctiveness of a threatened aquatic turtle (Sternotherus depressus). Conserv. Biol. 12:639-645.

180) Hare, M.P. and J.C. Avise. 1998. Population structure in the American oyster as inferred by nuclear gene genealogies. Mol. Biol. Evol. 15:119-128.

181) Prodöhl, P.A., W.J. Loughry, C.M. McDonough, W.S. Nelson, E.A. Thompson, and J.C. Avise. 1998. Genetic maternity and paternity in a local population of armadillos assessed by microsatellite DNA markers and field data. Amer. Natur. 151:7-19.

182) Walker, D., P.E. Moler, K.A. Buhlmann, and J.C. Avise. 1998. Phylogeographic uniformity in mitochondrial DNA of the snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). Anim. Conserv. 1:55-60.

183) Jones, A.G., G.A. Stockwell, D. Walker, and J.C. Avise. 1998. The molecular basis of a microsatellite null allele from the White Sands pupfish. J. Hered. 89:339-342.

184) Jones, A.G., S. Östlund-Nilsson, and J.C. Avise. 1998. A microsatellite assessment of sneaked fertilizations and egg thievery in the fifteenspine stickleback. Evolution 52:848-858.

185) Avise, J.C. 1998. The history and purview of phylogeography: a personal reflection. Mol. Ecol. 7:371-379.

186) Avise, J.C. and D. Walker. 1998. Pleistocene phylogeographic effects on avian populations and the speciation process. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 265:457-463.

187) Loughry, W.J., P.A. Prodöhl, C.M. McDonough, and J.C. Avise. 1998. Polyembryony in armadillos. Amer. Sci. 86:274-279.

188) Johns, G.C. and J.C. Avise. 1998. Tests for ancient species flocks based on molecular phylogenetic appraisals of Sebastes rockfishes and other marine fishes. Evolution 52:1135-1146.

189) Walker, D. and J.C. Avise. 1998. Principles of phylogeography as illustrated by freshwater and terrestrial turtles in the southeastern United States. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 29:23-58.

191) Wollenberg, K. and J.C. Avise. 1998. Sampling properties of genealogical pathways underlying population pedigrees. Evolution 52:957-966.

192) Johns, G.C. and J.C. Avise. 1998. A comparative summary of genetic distances in the vertebrates from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Mol. Biol. Evol. 15:1481-1490.

193) Avise, J.C., D. Walker, and G.C. Johns. 1998. Speciation durations and Pleistocene effects on vertebrate phylogeography. Proc. Roy Soc. Lond. B 265:1707-1712.

194) Avise, J.C. 1998. Conservation genetics in the marine realm. J. Hered. 89:377-382.

195) Jones, A.G., C. Kvarnemo, G.I. Moore, L.W. Simmons, and J.C. Avise. 1998. Microsatellite evidence for monogamy and sex-biased recombination in the Western Australian seahorse Hippocampus angustus. Mol. Ecol. 7:1497-1505.

196) DeWoody, J.A., D.E. Fletcher, S.D. Wilkins, W.S. Nelson, and J.C. Avise. 1998. Molecular genetic dissection of spawning, parentage, and reproductive tactics in a population of redbreast sunfish, Lepomis auritus. Evolution 52:1802-1810.

198) Zane, L., W.S. Nelson, A.G. Jones, and J.C. Avise. 1999. Microsatellite assessment of multiple paternity in natural populations of a live-bearing fish, Gambusia holbrooki. J. Evol. Biol. 12:61-69.

199) Jones, A.G., G. Rosenqvist, A. Berglund, and J.C. Avise. 1999. The genetic mating system of a sex-role-reversed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle): a molecular inquiry. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 46:357-365.

200) Avise, J.C. and D. Walker. 1999. Species realities and numbers in sexual vertebrates: Perspectives from an asexually transmitted genome. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:992-995.

201) Jones, A.G., G. Rosenqvist, A. Berglund, and J.C. Avise. 1999. Clustered microsatellite mutations in the pipefish Syngnathus typhle. Genetics 152:1057-1063.

202) Avise, J.C. and G.C. Johns. 1999. Proposal for a standardized temporal scheme of biological classification for extant species. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:7358-7363.

203) DeWoody, J.A., Y.D. DeWoody, A.C. Fiumera, and J.C. Avise. 2000. On the number of reproductives contributing to a half-sib progeny array. Genet. Res. 75:95-105.

205) DeWoody, J.A., D.E. Fletcher, S.D. Wilkins, and J.C. Avise. 2000. Parentage and nest guarding in the tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi) assayed by microsatellite markers (Perciformes: Percidae). Copeia 2000:740-747.

206) DeWoody, J.A. and J.C. Avise. 2000. Microsatellite variation in marine, freshwater and anadromous fishes compared with other animals. J. Fish Biol. 56:461-473.

207) DeWoody, J.A., D. Walker, and J.C. Avise. 2000. Genetic parentage in large half-sib clutches: theoretical estimates and empirical appraisals. Genetics 154:1907-1912.

208) Jones, A.G., G. Rosenqvist, A. Berglund, and J.C. Avise. 2000. Mate quality influences multiple maternity in the sex-role-reversed pipefish Syngnathus typhle. Oikos 90:321-326.

209) Jones, A.G., G. Rosenqvist, A. Berglund, S.J. Arnold, and J.C. Avise. 2000. The Bateman gradient and the cause of sexual selection in a sex-role-reversed pipefish. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 267:677-680.

210) Nelson, W.S., T. Dean, and J.C. Avise. 2000. Matrilineal history of the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow inferred from mitochondrial DNA polymorphism. Mol. Ecol. 9:809-813.

212) Kvarnemo, C., G.I. Moore, A.G. Jones, W.S. Nelson, and J.C. Avise. 2000. Monogamous pair bonds and mate switching in the Western Australian seahorse Hippocampus subelongatus. J. Evol. Biol. 13:882-888.

213) DeWoody, J.A., D.E. Fletcher, M. Mackiewicz, S.D. Wilkins, and J.C. Avise. 2000. The genetic mating system of spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus): mate numbers and the influence of male reproductive parasites. Mol. Ecol. 9:2119-2128.

215) Avise, J.C., W.S. Nelson, B.W. Bowen, and D. Walker. 2000. Phylogeography of colonially nesting seabirds, with special reference to global matrilineal patterns in the sooty tern (Sterna fuscata). Mol. Ecol. 9:1783-1792.

216) Dewoody, J.A., D.E. Fletcher, S.D. Wilkins, W.S. Nelson, and J.C. Avise. 2000. Genetic monogamy and biparental care in an externally fertilizing fish, the largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 267:2431-2437.

217) Avise, J.C. 2000. Cladists in wonderland. Evolution 54:1828-1832.

219) Jones, A.G., D. Walker, K. Lindström, C. Kvarnemo, and J.C. Avise. 2001. Surprising similarity of sneaking rates and genetic mating patterns in two populations of sand goby experiencing disparate sexual selection regimes. Mol. Ecol. 10:461-469.

222) Jones, A.G. and J.C. Avise. 2001. Mating systems and sexual selection in male-pregnant pipefishes and seahorses: insights from microsatellite-based studies of maternity. J. Hered. 92:150-158.

223) DeWoody, J.A. and J.C. Avise. 2001. Genetic perspectives on the natural history of fish mating systems. J. Hered. 92:167-172.

224) Pearse, D.E. and J.C. Avise. 2001. Turtle mating systems: behavior, sperm storage, and genetic paternity. J. Hered. 92:206-211.

226) Pearse, D.E., F.J. Janzen, and J.C. Avise. 2001. Genetic markers substantiate long-term storage and utilization of sperm by female painted turtles. Heredity 86:378-384.

227) McCoy, E.E., A.G. Jones, and J.C. Avise. 2001. The genetic mating system and tests for cuckoldry in a pipefish species in which males fertilize eggs and brood offspring externally. Mol. Ecol. 10:1793-1800.

228) DeWoody, J.A., D.E. Fletcher, S.D. Wilkins, and J.C. Avise. 2001. Genetic documentation of filial cannibalism in nature. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:5090-5092.

229) Jones, A.G., D. Walker, C. Kvarnemo, K. Lindström, and J.C. Avise. 2001. How cuckoldry can decrease the opportunity for sexual selection: data and theory from a genetic parentage analysis of the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:9151-9156.

231) Jones, A.G., D. Walker, and J.C. Avise. 2001. Genetic evidence for extreme polyandry and extraordinary sex-role reversal in a pipefish. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 268:2531-2535.

232) Avise, J.C. 2001. Evolving genomic metaphors: a new look at the language of DNA. Science 294:86-87.

233) Pearse, D.E., C.M. Eckerman, F.J. Janzen, and J.C. Avise. 2001. A genetic analogue of 'mark-recapture' methods for estimating population size: an approach based on molecular parentage assessments. Mol. Ecol. 10:2711-2718.

234) Pearse, D.E., F.J. Janzen, and J.C. Avise. 2002. Multiple paternity, sperm storage, and reproductive success of female and male painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) in nature. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 51:164-171.

236) Porter, B.A., A.C. Fiumera, and J.C. Avise. 2002. Egg mimicry and allopaternal care: two mate-attracting tactics by which nesting striped darter (Etheostoma virgatum) males enhance reproductive success. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 51:350-359.

237) Mackiewicz, M., D.E. Fletcher, S.D. Wilkins, J.A. DeWoody, and J.C. Avise. 2002. A genetic assessment of parentage in a natural population of dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) based on microsatellite markers. Mol. Ecol. 11:1877-1883.

238) Fiumera, A.C., J.A. DeWoody, M.A. Asmussen, and J.C. Avise. 2002. Estimating the proportion of offspring attributable to candidate adults. Evol. Ecol. 16:549-565.

239) Avise, J.C., A.G. Jones, D. Walker, J.A. DeWoody, B. Dakin, A. Fiumera, D. Fletcher, M. Mackiewicz, D. Pearse, B. Porter, and S.D. Wilkins. 2002. Genetic mating systems and reproductive natural histories of fishes: Lessons for ecology and evolution. Annu. Rev. Genet. 36:19-45.

240) Walker, D., B.A. Porter, and J.C. Avise. 2002. Genetic parentage assessment in the crayfish Orconectes placidus, a high-fecundity invertebrate with extended maternal brood care. Mol. Ecol. 11:2115-2122.

241) Fiumera, A.C., B.A. Porter, G.D. Grossman, and J.C. Avise. 2002. Intensive genetic assessment of the mating system and reproductive success in a semi-closed population of the mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi. Mol. Ecol. 11:2367-2377.

244) Avise, J.C. 2003. The best and the worst of times for evolutionary biology. BioScience 53:247-255.

245) Mank, J.E. and J.C. Avise. 2003. Microsatellite variation and differentiation in North Atlantic eels. J. Hered. 94:310-314.

246) Jones, A.G., G.I. Moore, C. Kvarnemo, D. Walker, and J.C. Avise. 2003. Sympatric speciation as a consequence of male pregnancy in seahorses. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:6598-6603.

248) Avise, J.C. 2004. Making sense of life: explaining biological development with models, metaphors, and machines. Persp. Biol. Medicine 47:145-148.

250) Avise, J.C., A.J. Power, and D. Walker. 2004. Genetic sex determination, gender identification, and pseudohermaphroditism in the knobbed whelk, Busycon carica (Mollusca; Melongenidae). Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 271:641-646.

252) Fletcher, D.E., E.E. Dakin, B.A. Porter, and J.C. Avise. 2004. Spawning behavior and genetic parentage in the pirate perch (Aphredoderus sayanus), a fish with an enigmatic reproductive morphology. Copeia 2004:1-10.

253) Fiumera, A.C., B.A. Porter, G. Looney, M.A. Asmussen, and J.C. Avise. 2004. Maximizing offspring production while maintaining genetic diversity in supplemental breeding of highly fecund managed species. Conserv. Biol. 18:94-101.

255) Dakin, E.E. and J.C. Avise. 2004. Microsatellite null alleles in parentage analysis. Heredity 93:504-509.

256) Avise, J.C. 2004. What is the field of biogeography, and where is it going? Taxon 53:893-898.

257) Mank, J.E. and J.C. Avise. 2004. Individual organisms as units of analysis: Bayesian-clustering alternatives in population genetics. Genet. Res. 84:135-143.

258) Walker, D., A.J. Power, and J.C. Avise. 2005. Sex-linked markers facilitate genetic parentage analyses in knobbed whelk broods. J. Hered. 92:108-113.

260) Jones, A.G., G. Rosenqvist, A. Berglund, and J.C. Avise. 2005. The measurement of sexual selection using Bateman's principles: an experimental test in the sex-role-reversed pipefish Syngnathus typhle. Integr. Comp. Biol. 45:874-884.

262) Kuo, C.-H. and J.C. Avise. 2005. Phylogeographic breaks in low-dispersal species: the emergence of concordance across gene trees. Genetica 124:179-186.

263) Mank, J.E, D.E.L. Promislow, and J.C. Avise. 2005. Phylogenetic perspectives on the evolution of parental care in ray-finned fishes. Evolution 59:1570-1578.

264) Mackiewicz, M., B.A. Porter, E.A. Dakin, and J.C. Avise. 2005. Cuckoldry rates in the molly miller (Scartella cristata; Blennidae), a hole-nesting marine fish with alternative reproductive tactics. Marine Biol. 148:213-221.

265) Mank, J.E. and J.C. Avise. 2006. Supertree analysis of the roles of viviparity and habitat in the evolution of atherinomorph fishes. J. Evol. Biol. 19:734-740.

266) Mank, J.E., D.E.L. Promislow, and J.C. Avise. 2006. Evolution of alternative sex-determining mechanisms in Teleost fishes. Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 87:83-93.

267) Mank, J.C. and J.C. Avise. 2006. Cladogenetic correlates of genomic expansions in the recent evolution of actinopterygiian fishes. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 273:33-38.

268) Mank, J.E., D.W. Hall, M. Kirkpatrick, and J.C. Avise. 2006. Sex chromosomes and male ornaments: a comparative evaluation in ray-finned fishes. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 273:233-236.

269) Mank, J.E. and J.C. Avise. 2006. Phylogenetic conservation of chromosome numbers in Actinopterygiian fishes. Genetica 127:321-327.

270) Mackiewicz, M., A. Tatarenkov, A. Perry, J.R. Martin, D.F. Elder, Jr., D.L. Bechler, and J.C. Avise. 2006. Microsatellite documentation of male-mediated outcrossing between inbred laboratory strains of the self-fertilizing mangrove killifish (Kryptolebias marmoratus). J. Hered. 97:508-513.

271) Mank, J.E. and J.C. Avise. 2006. Comparative phylogenetic analysis of male alternative reproductive tactics in ray-finnned fishes. Evolution 60:1311-1316.

272) Avise, J.C. 2006. The ontogeny of molecular ecology. Mol. Ecol. 15:2687-2689.

273) Mank, J.E. and J.C. Avise. 2006. The evolution of reproductive and genomic diversity in ray-finned fishes: Insights from phylogeny and comparative analysis. J. Fish Biol. 69:1-27.

274) Mackiewicz, M., A. Tatarenkov, B.J. Turner, and J.C. Avise. 2006. A mixed-mating strategy in a hermaphroditic vertebrate. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 273:2449-2452.

276) Mackiewicz, M., A. Tatarenkov, D.S. Taylor, B.J. Turner, and J.C. Avise. 2006. Extensive outcrossing and androdioecy in a vertebrate species that otherwise reproduces as a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103:9924-9928.

277) Walker, D., A.J. Power, M. Sweeney-Reeves, and J.C. Avise. 2007. Multiple paternity and female sperm usage along egg-case strings of the knobbed whelk, Busycon carica (Mollusca; Melongenidae). Marine Biol. 151:53-61.

279) Avise, J.C. and D. Mitchell. 2007. Time to standardize taxonomies. Syst. Biol. 56:130-133.

282) Tatarenkov, A., H. Gao, M. Mackiewicz, D.S. Taylor, B.J. Turner, and J.C. Avise. 2007. Strong population structure despite evidence of recent migration in a selfing hermaphroditic vertebrate, the mangrove killifish (Kryptolebias marmoratus). Mol. Ecol. 16:2701-2711.

283) Tatarenkov, A. and J.C. Avise. 2007. Rapid concerted evolution in animal mitochondrial DNA. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 274:1795-1798.

284) Jones, B., G.D. Grossman, D.C.I. Walsh, B.A. Porter, J.C. Avise, and A.C. Fiumera. 2007. Estimating differential reproductive success from nests of related individuals, with application to a study of the mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi. Genetics 176:2427-2439.

286) Kuo, C.-H. and J.C. Avise. 2008. Does organismal pedigree impact the magnitude of topological congruence among gene trees for unlinked loci? Genetica 132:219-225.

290) Avise, J.C. 2008. Three ambitious (and rather unorthodox) assignments for the field of biodiversity genetics. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105:11564-11570.

291) Avise, J.C. 2008. The natural history of the sexual genome: proactive drivers and passive drifters. Persp. Biol. Medicine 51:484-489.

292) Avise, J.C. and T.J. Robinson. 2008. Hemiplasy: a new term in the lexicon of phylogenetics. Syst. Biol. 57:503-507.

293) Robinson, T.J., A. Ruiz-Herrera, and J.C. Avise. 2008. Hemiplasy and homoplasy in the karyotypic phylogenies of mammals. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105:14477-14481.

295) Barreto, F.S. and J.C. Avise. 2008. Polygynandry and sexual size dimorphism in the sea spider Ammothea hilgendorfi (Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae), a marine arthropod with brood-carrying males. Mol. Ecol. 17:4164-4175.

296) Tatarenkov, A., C.I.M. Healey, G.F. Grether, and J.C. Avise. 2008. Pronounced reproductive skew in a natural population of green swordtails, Xiphophorus helleri. Mol. Ecol. 17:4522-4534.

298) Mank, J.E. and J.C. Avise. 2009. Evolutionary diversity and turn-over of sex determination in teleost fishes. Sexual Develop. 3:60-67.

299) Avise, J.C. and J.E. Mank. 2009. Evolutionary perspectives on hermaphroditism in fishes. Sexual Develop. 3:152-163.

301) Avise, J.C. 2009. Phylogeography: retrospect and prospect. J. Biogeogr. 36:3-15.

302) Ayala, F.J. and J.C. Avise. 2009. Darwin at 200. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106:2475-2476.

305) Byrne, R.J. and J.C. Avise. 2009. Multiple paternity and extra-group fertilizations in a natural population of California grunion (Leuresthes tenuis), a beach-spawning marine fish. Marine Biol. 156:1681-1690.

306) Tatarenkov, A., S.M.Q. Lima, D.S. Taylor, and J.C. Avise. 2009. Long-term retention of self-fertilization in a fish clade. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106:14456-14459.

307) Avise, J.C. 2010. Conservation genetics enters the genomics era. Conserv. Genet. 11:665-669.

309) Roman, J., P.R. Ehrlich, R.M. Pringle, and J.C. Avise. 2010. Facing extinction: nine steps to save biodiversity. Solutions 1:50-61.

310) Tatarenkov, A., C.I.M. Healey, and J.C. Avise. 2010. Microgeographic population structure of green swordtail fish: genetic differentiation despite abundant migration. Mol. Ecol. 19:257-268.

312) Avise, J.C. 2010. Footprints of non-sentient design inside the human genome. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107:8969-8976.

316) Barreto, F.S. and J.C. Avise. 2010. Quantitative measures of sexual selection reveal no evidence for sex-role reversal in a sea spider with prolonged paternal care. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 277:2951-2956.

319) Tatarenkov, A., B.C. Ring, J.F. Elder, D.L. Bechler and J.C. Avise. 2010. Genetic composition of laboratory stocks of the self-fertilizing fish Kryptolebias marmoratus: A valuable resource for experimental research. PLoS ONE 5(9):e12863 [doi:1371/journal.pone.0012863].

320) Avise, J.C. and J.-X. Liu. 2010. Multiple mating and its relationship to alternative modes of gestation in male-pregnant versus female-pregnant fish species. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107:18915-18920.

321) Avise, J.C. 2011. Interview with John C. Avise: recipient of the Alfred Russel Wallace Award. Frontiers Biogeog. 2:103-111.

322) Avise, J.C. and J.-X. Liu. 2011. On the temporal inconsistencies of Linnean taxonomic ranks. Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 102:707-714.

323) Liu, J.-X. and J.C. Avise. 2011. High degree of multiple paternity in the viviparous shiner perch, Cymatogaster aggregata, a fish with long-term female sperm storage. Marine Biol. 158:893-301.

326) Lukoschek, V. and J.C. Avise. 2011. Genetic monandry in six viviparous species of true sea snakes. J. Hered. 102:347-351.

327) Lukoschek, V., S. Keogh, and J.C. Avise. 2012. Evaluating fossil calibrations for dating phylogenies in light of rates of molecular evolution: a comparison of three approaches. Syst. Biol.61:22-43.

328) Barreto, F.S. and J.C. Avise. 2011. The genetic mating system of a sea spider with male-biased sexual size dimorphism: evidence for paternity skew despite random mating success. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 65:2595-1604.

329) Kumar RJB, G. Bernardi, and J.C. Avise. 2011. Spatio-temporal genetic structure in the California grunion Leuresthes tenuis and relatedness in the genus Leuresthes. J. Hered. 104:521-531.

330) Avise, J.C. and J.-X. Liu. 2011. Multiple mating and its relationship to brood size in pregnant fishes versus pregnant mammals and other viviparous vertebrates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108:7091-7095.

331) Strassmann J.E., D.C. Queller, J.C. Avise, and F.J. Ayala. 2011. In the Light of Evolution V. Cooperation and conflict (an introduction). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108 (Suppl. 2):10787-10791.


332) Ridley, P., D. Millar, and J.C. Avise. 2011. Common Birds of Upper Newport Bay. Newport Bay Conservancy Special Publication (94 pp.).

333) Liu J.-X., A. Tatarenkov, T.D. Beacham, V. Gorbachev, S. Wildes, and J.C. Avise. 2011. Effects of Pleistocene Climatic Fluctuations on the Phylogeographic and Demographic Histories of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasi). Mol. Ecol. 20:3879-3893.

334) Avise, J.C., A. Tatarenkov, and J.-X. Liu. 2011. Multiple mating and clutch size in invertebrate brooders versus pregnant vertebrates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108:11512-11517.

335) Tatarenkov, A., S.M.Q. Lima, and J.C. Avise. 2011. Extreme hommogeneity and low genetic diversity in Kryptolebias ocellatus from southeastern Brazil suggest a recent foundation for this androdioecious fish population. J. Fish Biol. 79:2095-2105.

337) Avise, J.C. 2012. Clones, hermaphrodites, and pregnancies: Nature's oddities offer evolutionary lessons on reproduction. J. Zool. 286:1-14.

338) Avise, J.C. 2012. Educational lessons from evolutionary properties of the sexual genome. Pp. 249-265 in: Philosophical Issues in Biology Education, Kampourakis, K. ed. Springer, New York.

339) Ryrne, R.J. and J.C. Avise. 2012. Genetic mating system of the brown smoothhound shark (Mustelus henlei), including a literature review of multiple paternity in other elasmobranch species. Marine Biol. 159:749-756.

343) Avise, J.C. and A. Tatarenkov. 2012. Allard's argument versus Baker's contention for the adaptive significance of selfing in a hermaphroditic fish. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109:18862-18867.

344) Liu, J., A. Tatarenkov, T.A. O'Rear, P.B. Moyle, and J.C. Avise. 2013. Molecular evidence for multiple paternity in a population of the viviparous tule perch Hysterocarpus traksi. J. Hered. 104:217-222.

345) Cela-Conde, C.J., R.G. Lombardo, J.C. Avise, and F.J. Ayala. 2013. In the Light of Evolution VII. The Human Mental Machinery (an introduction). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110 (suppl. 2):10339-10342.

348) Mesak, F., A. Tatarenkov, R.L. Earley, and J.C. Avise. 2014. Hundreds of SNPs versus dozens of SSRs: which dataset better characterizes natural clonal lineages in a self-fertilizing fish? Frontiers Ecol. Evol. 2 (article74):1-8.

349) Tatarenkov, A., R.L. Earley, N.M. Perlman, D.S. Taylor, B.J. Turner, and J.C. Avise. 2015. Genetic subdivision and variation in selfing rates among Central American populations of the mangrove rivulus, Kryptolebias marmoratus. J. Hered. 106:276-284.

350) Avise, J.C. and A. Tatarenkov. 2015. Population genetics and evolution of the mangrove rivulus (Kryptolebias marmoratus), the world’s only self-fertilizing hermaphroditic vertebrate. J. Fish Biol. 87:519-538.

351) Avise, J.C. 2015. Evolutionary Perspectives on clonal reproduction in vertebrate animals. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112:8867-8873.

352) Tibayrenc, M., J.C. Avise, and F.J. Ayala. 2015. In the light of Evolution IX. Clonal reproduction: Alternatives to sex (an introduction). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112:8824-8826.

353) Redelings, B.D., S. Kumagai, A. Tatarenkov, L. Wang, A.K. Sakai, S.G. Weller, T.M. Culley, J.C. Avise, and M.K. Uyenoyama. 2015. Bayesian co-estimation of selfing rate and locus-specific mutation rates for a partially selfing population. Genetics 201:1171-1188.

354) Furness, A.I., A. Tatarenkov, and J.C. Avise. 2015. A genetic test for whether pairs of hermaphrodites can cross-fertilize in a selfing killifish. Journal of Heredity 106:749-752.

355) Tatarenkov, A., F. Mesak, and J.C. Avise. 2015. Complete mitochondrial genome of a self-fertilizing fish Kryptolebias marmoratus (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae) from Florida. Mitochondrial DNA (published online): doi:10.3109/19401736.2015.1115861.

356) Mesak, F., A. Tatarenkov, and J.C. Avise. 2016. Transcriptomics of diapause in an isogenic self-fertilizing vertebrate. BMC Genomics 16:989-1000.

357) Furness, A.I., D.N. Reznick, and J.C. Avise. 2016. Ecological, evolutionary, and human-mediated determinants of Poeciliid species richness on Caribbean Islands. Journal of Biogeography 43:1349-1359.

358) Avise, J.C., B.W. Bowen, and F.J. Ayala. 2016. In the Light of Evolution. Comparative Phylogeography (an introduction). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 113:7957-7961.

359) Tatarenkov, A., S.M.Q. Lima, R.L. Earley, W.M. Berbel-Filho, F.B.M. Vermeulen, D.S. Taylor, K. Marson, B.J. Turner, and J.C. Avise. 2017. Deep and concordant subdivisions in the self-fertilizing mangrove killifishes(Kryptolebias) revealed by nuclear and mtDNA markers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 20:1-21.

360) Lima, S.M., T.F. Araujo, W.M. Berbel-Filho, H. Lazzarotto, A. Tatarenkov, and J.C. Avise. 2017. Headwater capture evidenced by paleo-rivers reconstruction and population genetic structure of the armored catfish (Pareiorhaphis garbei) in the Serro do Mar mountains of southeastern Brazil. Frontiers in Genetics 8(199):1-8.

361) Furness, A.I., D.N. Reznick, A. Tatarenkov, and J.C. Avise. 2018. The evolution of diapause in Rivulus (Laimosemion). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 20:1-18.

362) Tatarenkov, A., R.L. Earley, D.S. Taylor, W.P. Davis, and J.C. Avise. 2018. Natural hybridization between divergent lineages in a selfing hermaphroditic fish: ramifications for species concepts and taxonomy. Royal Society Biology Letters 14:2018.0118.

363) Avise, J.C. 2019. A Brief History of Evolution and Creation (lyrical script for a hip-hop musical play). Pp. 221 - 263 in: Passion for Life (Bermejo D, ed.). Alianza Editorial, Madrid, Spain.

364) Berbel-Filho W.M., A. Tatarenkov, G. Pacheco, H.M.V. Espirito-Santo. M.G. Lira, G. Leaniz, J.C. Avise, C. Rodriguez-Lopez, S.M.Q. Lima and S. Consuegra. ????. Hybridization events between species with different mating systems revealed by the genetic structure of the mangrove killifish Kryptolebias ocellatus. Submitted.

365) Tatarenkov, A., R.L. Earley, D.S. Taylor, W.P. Davis, and J.C. Avise. ???? Extensive hybridization and past introgression between divergent lineages in a quasi-clonal hermaphroditic fish: ramifications for species concepts and taxonomy. J. Evol. Biol., in press.
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