Population Genetics, Conservation Biology, Vertebrate Biology



Books and Book Chapters:

            

Niemiller, M.L., and T.L. Poulson. In Press. Studies of the Amblyopsidae: past, present, and future. In: E. Trajano, M.E.          Bichuette & B.G. Kapoor (eds.): The Biology of Subterranean Fishes. Science Publishers, Enfield, NH, USA.
Niemiller, M.L., and R.G. Reynolds (Eds.). In Copyedit, due Fall 2011. The Amphibians of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee          Press, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Reynolds, R.G.. In Press. Status, conservation, and introduction of amphibians and reptiles in the Turks and Caicos Islands, British          West Indies. A. Hailey, B.S. Wilson, and J.A. Horrocks (eds.). Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas. Brill,          Netherlands.

News:




NY Times: When a Hybrid Takes Hold, the Outcome Can Be Bad
UTK.edu: Congrats to Ben Fitzpatrick for his recent paper in BMC Ecology, co-authored with a team of high school students
PHYSORG.com: Predators ignore peculiar prey
Science Daily: Predators Ignore Peculiar Prey, Bird And Salamander Study Finds
San Diego Zoo: Boas in the Caribbean
San Diego Zoo: Colorful Conservation for the Rainbow Boa
TCI Sun: Study of Turks Island Rainbow Boa to be conducted on Ambergris Cay
TCI Weekly News: Protecting the Rainbow Boa
The Economic Times: Salamanders need no isolation to evolve into species
The New Scientist: Salamanders formed new species despite interbreeding
Knoxville News Sentinel: Quarry Found Below Ground
Knoxville News Sentinel: Photos
NSF News: Interbreeding Between Invasive and Native Salamander Species Creates Hardy Hybrids...
LiveScience: Slimy Salamanders Caught Crossbreeding
Eureka Alert: UT researcher sheds new light on hybrid animals
Tennessee Journalist: Hybrid salamanders raise questions about the future of hybridization
Earth News: Salamander study challenges conservation logic
Science Centric: Thriving hybrid salamanders contradict common wisdom
Science Daily: Thriving Hybrid Salamanders Contradict Common Wisdom
Scientia: UT Biologist Finds New Evidence of Hybrid Animal Success
Bio-Medicine: UT researcher sheds new light on hybrid animals
Science News 09/22/07: Hybrid power: salamander invader ups survival of rare cousin
Dateline UCDAVIS: Surprise: Hybrid salamander species thriving
Biology Blog.com: Interbreeding Between Invasive and Native Salamander Species


                                      
        Figure 1 from Niemiller,
         Fitzpatrick, and Miller 2008.
    Figure 1 from Miller and Niemiller 2008.

          		                            
          Figure 1 from Reynolds
         and Fitzpatrick 2007.
        Barred Tiger Salamander larva Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium
Photo Credit: Brad Shaffer (Click to link to photos)


Recent Publications:


 Fitzpatrick, B.M., J.R. Johnson, D.K. Kump, J.J. Smith, S.R. Voss, and H.B. Shaffer. 2010. Rapid spread of invasive genes into a threatened native species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 107:3606-3610.    PDF


 Ryan, M. E., J. R. Johnson, and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2009. Invasive hybrid tiger salamander genotypes impact native amphibians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 106: 11166-11171.
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 Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. A. Fordyce, and S. Gavrilets. 2008. What, if anything, is sympatric speciation? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1452-1459.
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Fitzpatrick, B.M., J.S. Placyk JR, M.L. Niemiller, G.S. Casper, and G.M. Burghardt. 2008. Distinctiveness in the face of gene flow: hybridization between specialist and generalist gartersnakes. Molecular Ecology 17: 4107-4117.     PDF
Niemiller, M. L., Fitzpatrick, B. M. and B. T. Miller. 2008. Recent divergence with gene flow in Tennessee cave salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus) inferred from gene genealogies. Molecular Ecology 17:2258-2275.    PDF
Fitzpatrick, B. M. 2008. Dobzhansky–Muller model of hybrid dysfunction supported by poor burst-speed performance in hybrid tiger salamanders Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 342-351.     PDF
Bolnick, D. I. and B. M. Fitzpatrick 2007. Sympatric speciation: models and empirical evidence. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 38: 459-487.      PDF
Fitzpatrick, B. M. and H. B. Shaffer. 2007. Hybrid vigor between native and introduced salamanders raises new challenges for conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104: 15793-15798.     PDF
Reynolds, R. Graham and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2007. Assortative mating in poison-dart frogs based on an ecologically important trait. Evolution. 61: 2253-2259.     PDF

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