Publications
BM vonHoldt*, RY Kartzinel*, CD Huber, V Underwood, Y Zhen, K Ruegg, KE Lohmueller, and TB Smith. 2018. Growth factor gene IGF1 is associated with bill size in the black-bellied seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus. Nature Communications 9:4855 [open access]
*contributed equally
BM vonHoldt, E Shuldiner, I Janowitz Koch, RY Kartzinel, A Hogan, L Brubaker, S Wanser, D Stahler, CDL Wynne, EA Ostrander, JS Sinsheimer, MAR Udell. 2017. Structural variants in genes associated with human Williams-Beuren Syndrome underlie stereotypical hyper-sociability in domestic dogs. Science Advances 3: e1700398. [open access]
RY Kartzinel, D Spalink, TJ Givnish, and DM Waller. 2016. Divergence and isolation of cryptic sympatric taxa within the annual legume Amphicarpaea bracteata. Ecology and Evolution 6:3367-3379. [open access]
H Jennings*, K Wallin*, J Brennan*, A Del Valle*, A Guzman*, D Hein*, S Hunter*, A Lewandowski*, S Olson*, H Parsons*, S Scheidt*, Z Wang*, A Werra*, RY Kartzinel, and TJ Givnish. 2016. Inbreeding, low genetic diversity, and spatial genetic structure in the endemic Hawaiian lobeliads Clermontia fauriei and Cyanea pilosa ssp. longipedunculata. Conservation Genetics 17: 497-502. [pdf]
* indicates student contributors
RY Shirk and JL Hamrick. 2014. Multivariate adaptation but no increase in competitive ability in invasive populations of Geranium carolinianum. Evolution 68: 2945-2959. [pdf]
RY Shirk and JL Hamrick. 2014. High but variable outcrossing rates in the invasive Geranium carolinianum (Geraniaceae). American Journal of Botany 101: 1200-1206. [pdf]
TJ Theim, RY Shirk, and TJ Givnish. 2014. Spatial genetic structure in four species of Psychotria and implications for tropical diversity. American Journal of Botany 101: 1189-1199. [pdf]
RY Shirk, JL Hamrick, C Zhang, and S Qiang. 2014. Patterns of genetic diversity reveal multiple introductions and recurrent founder effects during range expansion in invasive populations of Geranium carolinianum (Geraniaceae). Heredity 112: 497-507. [pdf]
LC Brouillette, C Mason, RY Shirk, and LA Donovan. 2014. Evidence of adaptive differentiation for some, but not all, leaf economic traits in the desert sunflower Helianthus anomalus. New Phytologist 201: 1316-1327. [pdf]
RY Shirk, TC Glenn, S-M Chang, and JL Hamrick. 2013. Development and characterization of microsatellite primers in Geranium carolinianum (Geraniaceae) with 454 sequencing. Applications in Plant Sciences 1(8):1300006. [pdf]
MHH Stevens, R Shirk, and C Steiner. 2006. Water and fertilizer have opposite effects on plant species richness in a mesic early successional habitat. Plant Ecology 183: 27-34. [pdf]
*contributed equally
BM vonHoldt, E Shuldiner, I Janowitz Koch, RY Kartzinel, A Hogan, L Brubaker, S Wanser, D Stahler, CDL Wynne, EA Ostrander, JS Sinsheimer, MAR Udell. 2017. Structural variants in genes associated with human Williams-Beuren Syndrome underlie stereotypical hyper-sociability in domestic dogs. Science Advances 3: e1700398. [open access]
- Coverage in The New York Times, the BBC, National Geographic, and other media outlets
RY Kartzinel, D Spalink, TJ Givnish, and DM Waller. 2016. Divergence and isolation of cryptic sympatric taxa within the annual legume Amphicarpaea bracteata. Ecology and Evolution 6:3367-3379. [open access]
H Jennings*, K Wallin*, J Brennan*, A Del Valle*, A Guzman*, D Hein*, S Hunter*, A Lewandowski*, S Olson*, H Parsons*, S Scheidt*, Z Wang*, A Werra*, RY Kartzinel, and TJ Givnish. 2016. Inbreeding, low genetic diversity, and spatial genetic structure in the endemic Hawaiian lobeliads Clermontia fauriei and Cyanea pilosa ssp. longipedunculata. Conservation Genetics 17: 497-502. [pdf]
* indicates student contributors
RY Shirk and JL Hamrick. 2014. Multivariate adaptation but no increase in competitive ability in invasive populations of Geranium carolinianum. Evolution 68: 2945-2959. [pdf]
RY Shirk and JL Hamrick. 2014. High but variable outcrossing rates in the invasive Geranium carolinianum (Geraniaceae). American Journal of Botany 101: 1200-1206. [pdf]
TJ Theim, RY Shirk, and TJ Givnish. 2014. Spatial genetic structure in four species of Psychotria and implications for tropical diversity. American Journal of Botany 101: 1189-1199. [pdf]
RY Shirk, JL Hamrick, C Zhang, and S Qiang. 2014. Patterns of genetic diversity reveal multiple introductions and recurrent founder effects during range expansion in invasive populations of Geranium carolinianum (Geraniaceae). Heredity 112: 497-507. [pdf]
LC Brouillette, C Mason, RY Shirk, and LA Donovan. 2014. Evidence of adaptive differentiation for some, but not all, leaf economic traits in the desert sunflower Helianthus anomalus. New Phytologist 201: 1316-1327. [pdf]
RY Shirk, TC Glenn, S-M Chang, and JL Hamrick. 2013. Development and characterization of microsatellite primers in Geranium carolinianum (Geraniaceae) with 454 sequencing. Applications in Plant Sciences 1(8):1300006. [pdf]
MHH Stevens, R Shirk, and C Steiner. 2006. Water and fertilizer have opposite effects on plant species richness in a mesic early successional habitat. Plant Ecology 183: 27-34. [pdf]
