research overview
- Current projects include education research, writing two books (teaching and learning evolution and births and death across scales of biology). Closed down lab and stopped taking on new graduate students.
- Contact Info
Martin, Andrew
Positions
- Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research Areas
Research
keywords
- Evolution, ecology, genetics, conservation biology, education
Publications
selected publications
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- Cutthroat Trout Diversity in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Special Publication- American Fisheries Society. 323-+. 2018
- Species Conceptualization and Delimitation: A Framework for the Taxonomic Revision of Cutthroat Trout. Special Publication- American Fisheries Society. 33-51. 2018
- Application of Phylogenetic Techniques in Studies of Soil Microbial Communities. 608-617. 2007
- Phylogenetic approaches for the study of soil microbial communities 2007
- Molecular clocks 2001
- The Isthmus of Panama, molecular clocks, and the historical biogeography of neotropical freshwater fishes 1997
- The inter-relationships of lamniform sharks: Testing phylogenetic hypotheses with sequence data 1997
- Independent origins of filter-feeding in megamouth and basking sharks (Order Lamniformes) inferred from phylogenetic analysis of cytochrome b gene sequences 1997
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Neotropical Fish Collections 1997
- Systematics of the Lamnidae and the origination time of Carcharodon carcharias inferred from the comparative analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences 1993
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conference proceeding
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Preliminary calibration results for the HST/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph.
Proceedings of SPIE.
93-99.
2003
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Preliminary calibration results for the HST/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph.
Proceedings of SPIE.
93-99.
2003
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journal article
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To Tidy or not When Teaching R Skills in Biology Classes.
International Journal of Higher Education.
39-39.
2022
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Ecological divergence of a habitat constructed to harbor an endangered species.
Conservation Science and Practice.
2021
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Design-based learning for a sustainable future: student outcomes resulting from a biomimicry curriculum in an evolution course.
Evolution: Education and Outreach.
2020
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Inferences of environmental and biotic effects on patterns of eukaryotic alpha and beta diversity for the spring systems of Ash Meadows, Nevada.
Oecologia.
931-944.
2019
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Gunnison's prairie dog subspecies (Cynomys gunnisoni gunnisoni) and phylogenetic relationship within the genus Cynomys.
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources.
397-398.
2019
- Building Bridges: An Active Learning Lesson in Evolution and Collaboration. Journal of College Science Teaching. 46-58. 2019
- Identifying Students’ Progress and Mobility Patterns in Higher Education Through Open-Source Visualization. 1-18. 2019
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FOLLOWING THE FATE OF FACILITATED MIGRATION IN A SMALL DESERT SPRING.
Southwestern Naturalist.
8-16.
2018
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A Quantitative Framework for the Analysis of Two-Stage Exams.
International Journal of Higher Education.
33-33.
2018
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Overcoming barriers to active interventions for genetic diversity.
Biodiversity and Conservation.
1753-1765.
2017
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Measuring Student Interactions Using Networks: Insights Into the Learning Community of a Large Active Learning Course.
Journal of College Science Teaching.
90-99.
2017
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the Warm Springs pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis.
Mitochondrial DNA Part A: DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis.
2349-2350.
2016
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The genetic legacy of more than a century of stocking trout: a case study in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
1565-1574.
2015
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Constructional Morphology Within the Head of Hammerhead Sharks (Sphyrnidae).
Journal of Morphology.
526-539.
2015
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DNA from historical and trophy samples provides insights into white shark population origins and genetic diversity.
Endangered Species Research.
233-241.
2015
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Discerning invasion history in an ephemerally connected system: landscape genetics of Procambarus clarkii in Ash Meadows, Nevada.
Biological Invasions.
1719-1734.
2014
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Evidence for two subspecies of Gunnison's prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni), and the general importance of the subspecies concept.
Biological Conservation.
1-11.
2014
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Fitness landscape of sympatric pupfishes a useful tool for visualizing speciation.
Molecular Ecology.
2144-2145.
2014
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Geographically disjunct populations and widespread genets in an endangered halophilic plant, the Amargosa niterwort (Nitrophila mohavensis).
Conservation Genetics.
953-962.
2013
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Do pathogens reduce genetic diversity of their hosts? Variable effects of sylvatic plague in black-tailed prairie dogs.
Molecular Ecology.
2441-2455.
2013
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Historical stocking data and 19th century DNA reveal human-induced changes to native diversity and distribution of cutthroat trout.
Molecular Ecology.
5194-5207.
2012
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Interactions Among Symbionts of Oropsylla spp. (Siphonoptera: Ceratophyllidae).
Journal of Medical Entomology.
492-496.
2012
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Connectivity of prairie dog colonies in an altered landscape: inferences from analysis of microsatellite DNA variation.
Conservation Genetics.
407-418.
2012
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Dramatic shifts in the gene pool of a managed population of an endangered species may be exacerbated by high genetic load.
Conservation Genetics.
349-358.
2012
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Negative Supercoiling Creates Single-Stranded Patches of DNA That Are Substrates for AID-Mediated Mutagenesis.
PLoS Genetics.
2012
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Antipodean white sharks on a Mediterranean walkabout? Historical dispersal leads to genetic discontinuity and an endangered anomalous population.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences.
1679-1686.
2011
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Soil rotifer communities are extremely diverse globally but spatially autocorrelated locally.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
4406-4410.
2011
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Phylogeny of hammerhead sharks (family Sphyrnidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear genes (vol 55, pg 572, 2010).
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
414-414.
2011
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Population genetic structure of the prairie dog flea and plague vector, Oropsylla hirsuta.
Parasitology.
71-79.
2011
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The conservation genetics of Ash Meadows pupfish populations. I. The Warm Springs pupfish Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis.
Conservation Genetics.
1847-1857.
2010
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Barcoding bushmeat: molecular identification of Central African and South American harvested vertebrates.
Conservation Genetics.
1389-1404.
2010
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Phylogeny of hammerhead sharks (Family Sphyrnidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear genes.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
572-579.
2010
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Bacterial communities of disease vectors sampled across time, space, and species.
The ISME Journal.
223-231.
2010
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Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 August 2009-30 September 2009.
Molecular Ecology Resources.
232-236.
2010
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Environmental DNA sequencing primers for eutardigrades and bdelloid rotifers..
BMC Ecology and Evolution.
25.
2009
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Evidence that chytrids dominate fungal communities in high-elevation soils.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
18315-18320.
2009
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Population structure and genetic management of Rio Grande cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii virginalis).
Conservation Genetics.
1209-1221.
2009
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Species-level diversification of African dwarf crocodiles (Genus Osteolaemus): A geographic and phylogenetic perspective.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
496-506.
2009
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The earliest stages of ecosystem succession in high-elevation (5000 metres above sea level), recently deglaciated soils.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences.
2793-2802.
2008
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Phylogenetic Relationships and Functional Genes: Distribution of a Gene (mnxG) Encoding a Putative Manganese-Oxidizing Enzyme in Bacillus Species.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
7265-7271.
2008
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Insights and inferences about integron evolution from genomic data.
BMC Genomics.
2008
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Hybridization dynamics between Colorado's native cutthroat trout and introduced rainbow trout.
Journal of Heredity.
149-156.
2008
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Bacterial communities of Bartonella-Positive fleas: Diversity and community assembly patterns.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
1667-1670.
2008
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Characterization of Bartonella strains isolated from black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus).
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases.
1-5.
2008
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Widespread occurrence and phylogenetic placement of a soil clone group adds a prominent new branch to the fungal tree of life.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
635-644.
2008
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Across the great divide: genetic forensics reveals misidentification of endangered cutthroat trout populations.
Molecular Ecology.
4445-4454.
2007
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Characterization of tetranucleotide microsatellites for Rio Grande cutthroat trout and rainbow trout, and their cross-amplification in other cutthroat trout subspecies.
Molecular Ecology Resources.
594-596.
2007
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Biogeochemical consequences of rapid microbial turnover and seasonal succession in soil.
Ecology.
1379-1385.
2007
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Microbial community succession in an unvegetated, recently deglaciated soil.
Microbial Ecology.
110-122.
2007
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Testing for differentiation of microbial communities using phylogenetic methods: Accounting for uncertainty of phylogenetic inference and character state mapping.
Microbial Ecology.
408-417.
2006
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Advocacy dressed up as science:: response to Ramey et al. (2005).
Animal Conservation.
248-249.
2006
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Mistaken view of taxonomic validity undermines conservation of an evolutionarily distinct mouse: a response to Ramey et al. (2005).
Animal Conservation.
237-243.
2006
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The devil's in the details:: genetic and phenotypic divergence between artificial and native populations of the endangered pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis).
Animal Conservation.
316-321.
2006
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Global phylogeography of the scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini).
Molecular Ecology.
2239-2251.
2006
- Using coalescent simulations to test the impact of quaternary climate cycles on divergence in an alpine plant-insect association. Evolution. 1004-1013. 2006
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Landscape structure and plague occurrence in black-tailed prairie dogs on grasslands of the western USA.
Landscape Ecology.
941-955.
2005
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Historical biogeography of two alpine butterflies in the Rocky Mountains: broad-scale concordance and local-scale discordance.
Journal of Biogeography.
1943-1956.
2005
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Characterization of 14 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus).
Molecular Ecology Resources.
71-73.
2005
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Marked genetic divergence among sky island populations of Sedum lanceolatum (Crassulaceae) in the rocky mountains.
American Journal of Botany.
477-486.
2005
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Spatial variation in Streptomyces genetic composition and diversity in a prairie soil.
Microbial Ecology.
601-612.
2004
- The rate and pattern of cladogenesis in microbes. Evolution. 946-955. 2004
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Phylogeny of elasmobranchs based on LSU and SSU ribosomal RNA genes.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
214-224.
2004
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Integron diversity in heavy-metal-contaminated mine tailings and inferences about integron evolution.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
1160-1168.
2004
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Evolutionary history of Ash Meadows pupfish (genus Cyprinodon) populations inferred using microsatellite markers.
Conservation Genetics.
769-782.
2004
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Historic cycles of fragmentation and expansion in Parnassius smintheus (Papilionidae) inferred using mitochondrial DNA.
Evolution.
113-127.
2004
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Molecular and metabolic characterization of cold-tolerant alpine soil Pseudomonas sensu stricto.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
483-489.
2004
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Seasonal dynamics of previously unknown fungal lineages in tundra soils.
Science.
1359-1361.
2003
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Perils of paralogy: Using HSP70 genes for inferring organismal phylogenies.
Systematic Biology.
570-587.
2002
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Phylogenetic approaches for describing and comparing the diversity of microbial communities.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
3673-3682.
2002
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Conservation of a dinucleotide simple sequence repeat locus in sharks.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
205-213.
2002
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Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in pupfish (genus Cyprinodon).
Conservation Genetics.
197-204.
2002
- Phylogeny of living elasmobranchs based on LSU and SSU rRNA-gene sequences.. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 1627-1628. 2001
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Sex-biased dispersal of great white sharks - In some respects, these sharks behave more like whales and dolphins than other fish..
Nature.
139-140.
2001
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Is tetralogy true? Lack of support for the "one-to-four rule".
Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE).
89-93.
2001
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The phylogenetic placement of Chondrichthyes: inferences from analysis of multiple genes and implications for comparative studies.
Genetica.
349-357.
2001
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Choosing among alternative trees of multigene families.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
430-439.
2000
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Regional endemism and cryptic species revealed by molecular and morphological analysis of a widespread species of Neotropical catfish.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences.
1135-1141.
2000
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Increasing genomic complexity by gene duplication and the origin of vertebrates.
The American Naturalist.
111-128.
1999
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Substitution rates of organelle and nuclear genes in sharks: Implicating metabolic rate (again).
Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE).
996-1002.
1999
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Marine incursion into South America.
Nature.
421-422.
1998
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To Tidy or not When Teaching R Skills in Biology Classes.
International Journal of Higher Education.
39-39.
2022
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa 1992
- M.S., University of Hawaii at Manoa 1990
- B.S., University of Arizona 1986
awards and honors
International Activities
geographic focus
- Ecuador Country
- South America Continent