Popular Press:

  • Elements. – Turtle origins uncovered – Greg Jones – Link
  • AFP – Scientists lift the lid on turtle evolution – Link

Journal Articles:

Comparative Genomics:
  • John A. St. John, Edward L. Braun, Sally R. Isberg, Lee G. Miles, Amanda Y. Chong, Jamie Gongora, Pauline Dalzell, Christopher Moran, Taisen Iguchi, Bertrand Bed’Hom, Shane C. Burgess, Amanda M. Cooksey, Todd A. Castoe, Arkhat Abzhanov, Llewellyn D. Densmore, Miryam Venegas-Anya, Matthew J. Greenwold, Roger H. Sawyer, Federico G. Hoffmann, Nicholas G. Crawford, Jennifer C. Drew, Scott V. Edwards, Matthew K. Fujita, Jonathan M. Howard, Brant C. Faircloth, Daniel E. Janes, Shahid Yar Khan, Satomi Kohno, A.P. Jason de Koning, Stacey L. Lance, Fiona M. McCarthy, John E. McCormack, Mark E. Merchant, Daniel G. Peterson, David D. Pollock, Nader Pourmand, Brian J. Raney, Kyria A. Roessler, Jeremy R. Sanford, Carl J. Schmidt, Eric W. Triplett, Tracey D. Tuberville, Erich D. Jarvis, Louis J. Guillette Jr, Travis C. Glenn, Richard E. Green and David A. Ray. 2012. Sequencing three crocodilian genomes to illuminate the evolution of archosaurs and amniotes. Genome Biology. 13, 415. Link
  • Kenro Kusumi, Rob J. Kulathinal, Arhat Abzhanov, Stephane Boissinot, Nicholas G. Crawford, Brant C. Faircloth, Travis C. Glenn, Daniel E. Janes, Jonathan B. Losos, Douglas B. Menke, Steven Poe, Thomas J. Sanger, Christopher J. Schneider, Jessica Stapley, Juli Wade, Jeanne Wilson-Rawls. 2011. Developing a community-based genetic nomenclature for anole lizards. BMC genomics, 12(1), 554. Link
Phylogenomics:
  • Nicholas G. Crawford, Brant C. Faircloth, John E. McCormack, Robb T. Brumfield, Kevin Winker, Travis C. Glenn. 2012. More than 1000 ultraconserved elements provide evidence that turtles are the sister group of archosaurs. Biology Letters. DOI
  • Brant C. Faircloth, John E. McCormack, Nicholas G. Crawford, Michael Harvey, Robb T. Brumfield, Travis C. Glenn. 2012. Ultraconserved elements anchor thousands of genetic markers for target enrichment spanning multiple evolutionary timescales. Systematic Biology. DOI
  • John E. McCormack, Brant C. Faircloth, Nicholas G. Crawford, Patricia Adair Gowaty, Robb T. Brumfield, Travis C. Glenn. 2011. Ultraconserved Elements Are Novel Phylogenomic Markers that Resolve Placental Mammal Phylogeny when Combined with Species Tree Analysis. Genome Research. Online Early. DOI
Software:
  • Nicholas G. Crawford. 2010. SMOGD: Software for the Measurement of Genetic Diversity. Molecular Ecology Resources, 10, 556-557. Link
    • SMOGD is accessible here
Microsatellite Primer Notes:
  • Nicholas G. Crawford, Maureen B. Peters, Cris Hagen, Travis C. Glenn, Stephen K. Davis, Christopher M. Somers. 2009. Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci from Sprague’s pipit, Anthus spragueii (Motacillidae:Passeriformes), a threatened grassland endemic songbird. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 315-317.
  • Caleb R. Hickman, Maureen B. Peters, Nicholas G. Crawford, Cris Hagen, Travis C. Glenn, Christopher M. Sommers. 2008. Development and characterization of microsatellite loci in the American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos). Molecular Ecology Resources, 8, 1439-1441.
  • Nicholas G. Crawford, Jaime Zaldvar-Rae, Cris Hagen, Amanda Schable, Erica Bree Rosenblum, Jeff A. Graves, Tod W. Reeder, Michael G. Ritchie, Travis C. Glenn. 2008. Thirteen polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci from whiptails of the genus Aspidoscelis (Teiidae: Squamata) and related cnemidophorine lizards. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8, 219-223.
  • Nicholas G. Crawford, Cris Hagen, Heather F. Sahli, Elizabeth A. Stacy, Travis C. Glenn. 2008. Fifteen polymorphic microsatellite loci from Hawaii’s Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae: Myrtales), a model species for ecology and evolution. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8, 308-310
  • Olga V. Tsyusko, Tracey D. Tuberville, Maureen B. Peters, Nicholas Crawford, Cris Hagen, Steve Weller, Ann Sakai, and Travis C. Glenn. 2007. Microsatellite markers isolated from polyploid woodsorrell (Oxalis alpina). Molecular Ecology Notes, 7, 1284-1286.
Masters Thesis:
  • Nicholas G. Crawford. 2007. Microsatellites in cnemidophorine lizards: their utility in investigating the landscape genetics of the plateau striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis velox Complex). Masters Thesis: San Diego State University.