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Genomic Variation Lab
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Dr. Molly Stephens |
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Graduate Group in Ecology Department of Animal Science One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 mrstephens@ucdavis.edu |
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Education
Ph.D. 2007, University of California, Davis
M.A. 2001, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Thesis research: Phylogeography of the Bufo boreas (Anura, Bufonidae) species complex and the biogeography of California
B.S. 1997, Westmont College, Santa
Barbara, CA
Research
Hybridization in native golden trout - examines the effects of hybridization between native golden trout subspecies and introduced non-native rainbow trout using microsatellite and SNP markers to detect and quantify patterns of introgression
Conservation genetics of western and Yosemite Toads - a study of two sister species of native toads, their evolutionary relationships, and population genetic structure within each species
Selected Publications
Stephens, M.R. 2007. "Systematics, Genetics and Conservation of Golden Trout." Doctoral dissertation, University of California, Davis. [pdf]
Sprowles, A.E., M.R. Stephens,
N.W. Clipperton, and B.P. May. “Fishing for SNPs: a targeted locus approach
for Single Nucleotide Polymorphism discovery in rainbow trout.” (in press,
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society).
Cordes, J.F., M.R. Stephens, M.A.
Blumberg, and B.P. May. 2006. “Identifying Introgressive Hybridization in
Native Populations of California Golden Trout based on Molecular Markers.”
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134:110-128.
Submitted:
Cordes, J.F., M.R. Stephens, and B.P. May. “Introgressive hybridization of California golden trout Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita in the South Fork Kern River and transplanted populations.”
In preparation:
Stephens, M.R., A.J. Finger, N.W. Clipperton, and B.P. May. “Single
Nucleotide Polymorphism markers improve hybridization assessment for native
California golden trout.”
Stephens, M.R., N.W. Clipperton, and
B.P. May. “Conservation genetic status of native Little Kern golden trout using
SNP and microsatellite markers.”
Stephens, M.R., A.E. Sprowles, J.K. Pedroia, B.P. May. “Evaluation of native rainbow trout subspecies relationships.”
