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Faculty of Science, McMaster University
Professor, Biology, Faculty of Science
Adjunct Research Scientist, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University

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- Polyploidization and Sex Chromosome Evolution in Amphibians. 385-410. 2012
- Indonesia's protected areas need more protection: suggestions from island examples. 53-77. 2007
conferences
- Hybrid speciation in amphibians: synergy, conflict, and sex chromosomes of allopolyploid genomes. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 140-140. 2016
- Reconstructing the evolutionary history of Asian primates using mitochondrial, Y-chromosome and autosomal DNA sequences.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 227-227. 2000
- Areas of Genetic Endemism (AGE) in southeast Asian primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 206-206. 1999
- Asymmetric subgenome evolution in the frog genus Xenopus: reduction and expansion of tandem repeats
- Niche evolution across the highly reticulate phylogeny of the allopolyploid African clawed frog (Xenopus)
- Parasite fauna of Xenopus species in relation to ecological zones of Nigeria
- Sex chromosome conservation through multiple allotetraploidization events in the African clawed frog subgenus Silurana, genus Xenopus
- Synthetic sex chromosomes by CRISPR/Cas9: Haplosufficiency mediates the origin of a new Y chromosome and concomitant extinction of an ancestral W chromosome
- Synthetic sex chromosomes generated by CRISPR/Cas9: Haplosufficiency mediates the origin of a new Y chromosome and concomitant extinction of an ancestral W chromosome
journal articles
- Rapid Sex Chromosome Turnover in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus) and the Origins of New Sex Chromosomes.. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE). 41:msae234. 2024
- Functional dissection and assembly of a small, newly evolved, W chromosome-specific genomic region of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. PLoS Genetics. 19:e1010990-e1010990. 2023
- Species Delimitation, Phylogenomics, and Biogeography of Sulawesi Flying Lizards: A Diversification History Complicated by Ancient Hybridization, Cryptic Species, and Arrested Speciation. Systematic Biology. 72:885-911. 2023
- Consequences of polyploidy and divergence as revealed by cytogenetic mapping of tandem repeats in African clawed frogs (Xenopus, Pipidae). European Journal of Wildlife Research. 69:81. 2023
- Large-scale functional screen identifies genetic variants with splicing effects in modern and archaic humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120:e2218308120. 2023
- Population genomics and subgenome evolution of the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis in southern Africa. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 13:jkac325. 2023
- Mitonuclear Interactions and the Origin of Macaque Societies. Genome Biology and Evolution. 15:evad010. 2023
- Divergent subgenome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus calcaratus. Gene. 851:146974-146974. 2023
- New insights into Xenopus sex chromosome genomics from the Marsabit clawed frog X. borealis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 35:1777-1790. 2022
- Population genomics ofXenopus laevisin southern Africa 2022
- Neofunctionalization of a Noncoding Portion of a DNA Transposon in the Coding Region of the Chimerical Sex-Determining Gene dm-W in Xenopus Frogs. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE). 39:msac138. 2022
- Evolution of genes involved in the unusual genitals of the bear macaque, Macaca arctoides. Ecology and Evolution. 12:e8897. 2022
- Mitonuclear interactions and introgression genomics of macaque monkeys ( Macaca ) highlight the influence of behaviour on genome evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 288:20211756. 2021
- A brief review of vertebrate sex evolution with a pledge for integrative research: towards ‘sexomics’. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 376:20200426-20200426. 2021
- Sex chromosome degeneration, turnover, and sex-biased expression of sex-linked transcripts in African clawed frogs ( Xenopus ). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 376:20200095-20200095. 2021
- A frog with three sex chromosomes that co-mingle together in nature: Xenopus tropicalis has a degenerate W and a Y that evolved from a Z chromosome. PLoS Genetics. 16:e1009121-e1009121. 2020
- Mitogenomics of macaques (Macaca) across Wallace's Line in the context of modern human dispersals. Journal of Human Evolution. 146:102852-102852. 2020
- Erratum to: Developmental systems drift and the drivers of sex chromosome evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE). 37:1844-1844. 2020
- Evolution of genes involved in the unusual genitals of the bear macaque,Macaca arctoides 2020
- Developmental Systems Drift and the Drivers of Sex Chromosome Evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE). 37:799-810. 2020
- Generation, Coordination, and Evolution of Neural Circuits for Vocal Communication. Journal of Neuroscience. 40:22-36. 2020
- Hybridization in human evolution: Insights from other organisms. New Directions for Evaluation. 28:189-209. 2019
- Xenopus fraseri: Mr. Fraser, where did your frog come from?. PLoS ONE. 14:e0220892-e0220892. 2019
- Divergent subgenome evolution after allopolyploidization in African clawed frogs (Xenopus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 31:1945-1958. 2018
- Correction to ‘Speciation over the edge: gene flow among non-human primate species across a formidable biogeographic barrier’. Royal Society Open Science. 5:180736-180736. 2018
- Synchronous diversification of Sulawesi's iconic artiodactyls driven by recent geological events. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 285:20172566-20172566. 2018
- Divergent Evolutionary Trajectories of Two Young, Homomorphic, and Closely Related Sex Chromosome Systems. Genome Biology and Evolution. 10:742-755. 2018
- Synchronous diversification of Sulawesi’s iconic artiodactyls driven by recent geological events 2018
- Speciation over the edge: gene flow among non-human primate species across a formidable biogeographic barrier. Royal Society Open Science. 4:170351-170351. 2017
- Evolution of the Largest Mammalian Genome. Genome Biology and Evolution. 9:1711-1724. 2017
- Limited genomic consequences of hybridization between two African clawed frogs, Xenopus gilli and X. laevis (Anura: Pipidae). Scientific Reports. 7:1091. 2017
- Chromosome divergence during evolution of the tetraploid clawed frogs, Xenopus mellotropicalis and Xenopus epitropicalis as revealed by Zoo-FISH. PLoS ONE. 12:e0177087-e0177087. 2017
- Probing forebrain to hindbrain circuit functions in Xenopus. Genesis. 55. 2017
- A novel strain of cynomolgus macaque cytomegalovirus: implications for host-virus co-evolution. BMC Genomics. 17:277. 2016
- Multicopy gene family evolution on primate Y chromosomes. BMC Genomics. 17:157. 2016
- Sequential Turnovers of Sex Chromosomes in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus) Suggest Some Genomic Regions Are Good at Sex Determination. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 6:3625-3633. 2016
- Pan‐African phylogeography of a model organism, the African clawed frog ‘Xenopus laevis’. Molecular Ecology. 24:909-925. 2015
- Genetics, Morphology, Advertisement Calls, and Historical Records Distinguish Six New Polyploid Species of African Clawed Frog (Xenopus, Pipidae) from West and Central Africa. PLoS ONE. 10:e0142823-e0142823. 2015
- Molecular Polymorphism and Divergence of Duplicated Genes in Tetraploid African Clawed Frogs <b><i>(Xenopus)</i></b>. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 145:243-252. 2015
- Polyploidy in Amphibia. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 145:315-330. 2015
- Preface. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 145:185-186. 2015
- Reduced Representation Genome Sequencing Suggests Low Diversity on the Sex Chromosomes of Tonkean Macaque Monkeys. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE). 31:2425-2440. 2014
- A Novel Reproductive Mode in Frogs: A New Species of Fanged Frog with Internal Fertilization and Birth of Tadpoles. PLoS ONE. 9:e115884-e115884. 2014
- Carving out turf in a biodiversity hotspot: multiple, previously unrecognized shrew species co‐occur onJavaIsland,Indonesia. Molecular Ecology. 22:4972-4987. 2013
- A comparison of host-defense peptides in skin secretions of female Xenopus laevis×Xenopus borealis and X. borealis×X. laevis F1 hybrids. Peptides. 45:1-8. 2013
- A Large Pseudoautosomal Region on the Sex Chromosomes of the Frog Silurana tropicalis. Genome Biology and Evolution. 5:1087-1098. 2013
- Genomic Dynamics of Transposable Elements in the Western Clawed Frog (Silurana tropicalis). Genome Biology and Evolution. 5:998-1009. 2013
- Stochastic faunal exchanges drive diversification in widespread Wallacean and Pacific island lizards (Squamata: Scincidae: Lamprolepis smaragdina). Journal of Biogeography. 40:507-520. 2013
- The Effect of Nonindependent Mate Pairing on the Effective Population Size. Genetics. 193:545-556. 2013
- The Pipid Root. Systematic Biology. 61:913-926. 2012
- Single-locus species delimitation: a test of the mixed Yule–coalescent model, with an empirical application to Philippine round-leaf bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 279:3678-3686. 2012
- The odds of duplicate gene persistence after polyploidization. BMC Genomics. 12:599. 2011
- The Rift Valley is a major barrier to dispersal of African clawed frogs (Xenopus) in Ethiopia. Molecular Ecology. 20:4216-4230. 2011
- “Patchy-Tachy” Leads to False Positives for Recombination. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE). 28:2549-2559. 2011
- Adaptive Radiation and Ecological Opportunity in Sulawesi and Philippine Fanged Frog (Limnonectes) Communities. The American Naturalist. 178:221-240. 2011
- Description of a new octoploid frog species (Anura: Pipidae: Xenopus ) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a discussion of the biogeography of African clawed frogs in the Albertine Rift. Journal of Zoology. 283:276-290. 2011
- EVOLUTION OF THE CLOSELY RELATED, SEX-RELATED GENES DM-W AND DMRT1 IN AFRICAN CLAWED FROGS (XENOPUS). Evolution. 65:698-712. 2011
- Evolution of advertisement calls in African clawed frogs. Behaviour. 148:519-549. 2011
- Phylogeography and historical demography of Polypedates leucomystax in the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines: Evidence for recent human-mediated range expansion?. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57:598-619. 2010
- An enigmatic mortality event in the only population of the Critically Endangered Cameroonian frogXenopus longipes. African Journal of Herpetology. 59:111-122. 2010
- Sex-Linked Inheritance in Macaque Monkeys: Implications for Effective Population Size and Dispersal to Sulawesi. Genetics. 185:923-937. 2010
- Genetic Structure of Herpetofauna on Halmahera Island, Indonesia: Implications for Aketajawe‐Lolobata National Park. Conservation Biology. 24:553-562. 2010
- Regulatory Evolution of a Duplicated Heterodimer Across Species and Tissues of Allopolyploid Clawed Frogs (Xenopus). Journal of Molecular Evolution. 68:236-247. 2009
- Duplicate gene evolution and expression in the wake of vertebrate allopolyploidization. BMC Ecology and Evolution. 8:43. 2008
- Single-Species Microarrays and Comparative Transcriptomics. PLoS ONE. 3:e3279-e3279. 2008
- A coalescent framework for comparing alternative models of population structure with genetic data: evolution of Celebes toads. Biology Letters. 4:430-433. 2008
- A new species of clawed frog (genus Xenopus) from the Itombwe Massif, Democratic Republic of the Congo: implications for DNA barcodes and biodiversity conservation. Zootaxa. 1780:55-68. 2008
- Genome evolution and speciation genetics of clawed frogs (Xenopus and Silurana). Frontiers in Bioscience - Landmark. Volume:4687-4687. 2008
- Ancestry Influences the Fate of Duplicated Genes Millions of Years After Polyploidization of Clawed Frogs (Xenopus). Genetics. 176:1119-1130. 2007
- Multiple Mechanisms Promote the Retained Expression of Gene Duplicates in the Tetraploid Frog Xenopus laevis. PLoS Genetics. 2:e56-e56. 2006
- Evolution of RAG-1 in Polyploid Clawed Frogs. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE). 22:1193-1207. 2005
- A mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of African clawed frogs: phylogeography and implications for polyploid evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33:197-213. 2004
- UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGINS OF AREAS OF ENDEMISM IN PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSES: A REPLY TO BRIDLE ET AL.. Evolution. 58:1397-1400. 2004
- UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGINS OF AREAS OF ENDEMISM IN PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSES: A REPLY TO BRIDLE ET AL. Evolution. 58:1397-1397. 2004
- Phylogenetics of Fanged Frogs: Testing Biogeographical Hypotheses at the Interface of the Asian and Australian Faunal Zones. Systematic Biology. 52:794-819. 2003
- DIVERSIFICATION OF SULAWESI MACAQUE MONKEYS: DECOUPLED EVOLUTION OF MITOCHONDRIAL AND AUTOSOMAL DNA. Evolution. 57:1931-1946. 2003
- MONKEYS AND TOADS DEFINE AREAS OF ENDEMISM ON SULAWESI. Evolution. 57:1436-1443. 2003
- DIVERSIFICATION OF SULAWESI MACAQUE MONKEYS: DECOUPLED EVOLUTION OF MITOCHONDRIAL AND AUTOSOMAL DNA. Evolution. 57:1931-1931. 2003
- Electrophoresis artefacts — a previously unrecognized cause of error in microsatellite analysis. Molecular Ecology Resources. 1:325-328. 2001
- HYBRIDIZATION AND POPULATION GENETICS OF TWO MACAQUE SPECIES IN SULAWESI, INDONESIA. Evolution. 55:1686-1702. 2001
- HYBRIDIZATION AND POPULATION GENETICS OF TWO MACAQUE SPECIES IN SULAWESI, INDONESIA. Evolution. 55:1686-1686. 2001
- Origin of the Sulawesi macaques (Cercopithecidae: Macaca) as suggested by mitochondrial DNA phylogeny. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 66:539-560. 1999
- Origin of the Sulawesi macaques (Cercopithecidae:Macaca) as suggested by mitochondrial DNA phylogeny. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 66:539-560. 1999
- Absence of Extensive Introgression between Xenopus gilli and Xenopus laevis laevis (Anura: Pipidae) in Southwestern Cape Province, South Africa. Ichthyology and Herpetology. 1998:504-504. 1998
- Comparative molecular phylogeography of two Xenopus species, X. gilli and X. laevis, in the south‐western Cape Province, South Africa. Molecular Ecology. 6:333-343. 1997
- Erratum: Comparative molecular phylogeography of two Xenopus species, X. gilli and X. laevis, in the south-western Cape Province, South Africa (Molecular Ecology (1997) 6 (21-28)). Molecular Ecology. 6:502. 1997
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