Dr Brent Emerson
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Miraldo, A, Hewitt, GM, Dear, PH, Paulo, OS and Emerson, B (2012) Numts help to reconstruct the demographic history of the ocellated lizard (Lacerta lepida) in a secondary contact zone. Molecular Ecology, 21. pp. 1005-1018. ISSN 09621083
Yu, D, Ji, Y, Emerson, BC, Wang, X, Ye, C, Yang, C and Ding, Z (2012) Biodiversity soup: metabarcoding of arthropods for rapid biodiversity assessment and biomonitoring. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 3 (4). pp. 613-623. ISSN 2041210X
Yu, DW, Ji, YQ, Emerson, B.C, Ding, ZL, Wang, XY, Yang, CY and Ye, CX (2012) Biodiversity Soup: Metabarcoding of arthropods for rapid biodiversity assessment and biomonitoring. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. (In Press)
Manolopoulou, I, Legarreta, L, Emerson, BC, Brooks, S and Tavare, S (2011) A Bayesian approach to phylogeographic clustering. Interface Focus, 1 (6). pp. 909-921. ISSN 2042-8898
Spurgin, LG, Van Oosterhout, C, Illera, JC, Bridgett, S, Gharbi, K, Emerson, BC and Richardson, DS (2011) Gene conversion rapidly generates major histocompatibility complex diversity in recently founded bird populations. Molecular Ecology, 20 (24). pp. 5213-5225. ISSN 09621083
Michalczyk, L, Millard, AL, Martin, OY, Lumley, AJ, Emerson, BC and Gage, MJG (2011) Experimental Evolution Exposes Female and Male Responses to Sexual Selection and Conflict inTribolium Castaneum. Evolution, 65 (3). pp. 713-724. ISSN 00143820
Tosevski, I, Caldara, R, Jovic, J, Hernandez-Vera, G, Baviera, C, Gassmann, A and Emerson, BC (2011) Morphological, molecular and biological evidence reveal two cryptic species in Mecinus janthinus Germar (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), a successful biological control agent of Dalmatian toadflax, Linaria dalmatica (Lamiales, Plantaginaceae). Systematic Entomology, 36 (4). pp. 741-753. ISSN 03076970
Michalczyk, L, Millard, AL, Martin, OY, Lumley, AJ, Emerson, BC, Chapman, T and Gage, MJG (2011) Inbreeding Promotes Female Promiscuity. Science, 333 (6050). pp. 1739-1742. ISSN 0036-8075
Emerson, BC, Cicconardi, F, Fanciulli, PP and Shaw, PJA (2011) Phylogeny, phylogeography, phylobetadiversity and the molecular analysis of biological communities. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366 (1576). pp. 2391-2402. ISSN 0962-8436
Miraldo, A, Hewitt, GM, Paulo, OS and Emerson, BC (2011) Phylogeography and demographic history of Lacerta lepida in the Iberian Peninsula: multiple refugia, range expansions and secondary contact zones. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11 (1). p. 170. ISSN 1471-2148
Hansson, B, Holt, BG, Côté, IM and Emerson, BC (2011) Searching for Speciation Genes: Molecular Evidence for Selection Associated with Colour Morphotypes in the Caribbean Reef Fish Genus Hypoplectrus. PLoS ONE, 6 (6). e20394. ISSN 1932-6203
Zarza, E, Reynoso, VH and Emerson, BC (2011) Discordant patterns of geographic variation between mitochondrial and microsatellite markers in the Mexican black iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata) in a contact zone. Journal of Biogeography. no-no. ISSN 03050270
Michalczyk, L, Martin, OY, Millard, AL, Emerson, BC and Gage, MJG (2010) Inbreeding depresses sperm competitiveness, but not fertilization or mating success in male Tribolium castaneum. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277 (1699). pp. 3483-3491. ISSN 0962-8452
Navascues, M, Depaulis, F and Emerson, BC (2010) Combining contemporary and ancient DNA in population genetic and phylogeographical studies. Molecular Ecology Resources, 10 (5). pp. 760-772. ISSN 1755098X
Holt, B. G., Côté, I. M. and Emerson, BC (2010) Signatures of speciation? Distribution and diversity of Hypoplectrus (Teleostei: Serranidae) colour morphotypes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19 (4). pp. 432-441. ISSN 1466822X
Hernandez-Vera, G, Mitrovic, M, Jovic, J, Tosevski, I, Caldara, R, Gassmann, A and Emerson, BC (2010) Host-associated genetic differentiation in a seed parasitic weevil Rhinusa antirrhini (Coleptera: Curculionidae) revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data. Molecular Ecology, 19 (11). pp. 2286-2300. ISSN 09621083
Ruiz, C, Jordal, BH, Emerson, BC, Will, KW and Serrano, J (2010) Molecular phylogeny and Holarctic diversification of the subtribe Calathina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 55 (2). pp. 358-371. ISSN 10557903
Michalczyk, L, Millard, AL, Martin, OY, Lumley, AJ, Emerson, BC and Gage, MJG (2010) Experiment Evolution Exposes Female and Male Responses to Sexual Selection and Conflict in Tribolium Castaneum. Evolution, 65 (3). pp. 713-724. ISSN 00143820
Cicconardi, F, Nardi, F, Emerson, BC, Frati, F and Fanciulli, PP (2010) Deep phylogeographic divisions and long-term persistence of forest invertebrates (Hexapoda: Collembola) in the North-Western Mediterranean basin. Molecular Ecology, 19 (2). pp. 386-400. ISSN 09621083
Faria, CMA, Zarza, E, Reynoso, VH and Emerson, BC (2010) Predominance of single paternity in the black spiny-tailed iguana: conservation genetic concerns for female-biased hunting. Conservation Genetics, 11 (5). pp. 1645-1652. ISSN 1566-0621
Nguyen, Binh, Spillner, Andreas, Emerson, Brent C. and Moulton, Vincent (2010) Distinguishing between hot-spots and melting-pots of genetic diversity using haplotype connectivity. Algorithms for Molecular Biology, 5. p. 19. ISSN 1748-7188
Jorgensen, T.H. and Emerson, B.C. (2009) RPW8 and resistance to powdery mildew pathogens in natural populations of Arabidopsis lyrata. New Phytologist, 182. pp. 984-993.
Navascues, M. and Emerson, B.C. (2009) Elevated substitution rate estimates from ancient DNA: model violation and bias of Bayesian methods. Molecular Ecology, 18. pp. 4390-4397.
Zarza, E., Reynoso, V.H. and Emerson, B.C. (2009) Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the black spiny tailed iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata) and the corss-utility in other Ctenosaura. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9. pp. 117-119.
Emerson, B.C. and Gillespie, R.G. (2008) Phylogenetic approaches to community assembly and structure over space and time. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 23 (11). pp. 619-630.
Emerson, BC (2008) Speciation on islands: what are we learning? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 95 (1). pp. 47-52.
Caldara, R., Desanic, M., Gassman, A., Legarreta, L., Emerson, B.C. and Tosevski, I. (2008) On the taxonomical identity of Rhinusa hispida (Brulle) and its synonyms (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Zootaxa, 1805. pp. 61-68.
Holt, B.G., Emerson, B.C., Newton, J., Gage, M.J.G and Cote, I.M. (2008) Stable isotope analysis of the Hypoplectrus marine species flock. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 357. pp. 283-289.
Illera, J.C., Emerson, B.C. and Richardson, D.S. (2008) Genetic characterization, distribution and prevalence of avian pox and avian malaria in the Berthelot's pipit (Anthus berthelotii) in Macaronesia. Parasitology Research, 103. pp. 1435-1443.
Illera, J.C., Richardson, D.S. and Emerson, B.C. (2008) Phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and speciation in the avian genus Saxicola. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 48. pp. 1145-1154.
Jorgensen, T.H. and Emerson, B.C. (2008) Functional variation in a disease resistance gene in populations of Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Ecology, 17(22). pp. 4912-4923.
Navascues, M., Vendramin, G.G. and Emerson, B.C. (2008) The effect of altitude on the pattern of gene flow in the endemic Canary Island pine, Pinus canariensis. Silvae Genetica, 57 (6). pp. 357-363.
Zarza, Ec., Reynoso, B.H. and Emerson, B.C. (2008) Diversification in the Neotropics: mitochondrial and nuclear phylogeography of the iguana Ctenosaura pectinata, and related species. Molecular Ecology, 17 (14). pp. 3259-3275.
Benton, M.J. and Emerson, B.C. (2007) How did life become so diverse? The dynamics of diversification according to the fossil record and molecular phylogenetics. Palaeontology, 50. pp. 23-40.
Brooks, S.P., Manolopoulou, I. and Emerson, B.C. (2007) A new Bayesian framework for inferring population histoy from DNA sequence data. Bayesian Statistics, 8. pp. 1-26.
Debout, Gabriel, Ventelon-Debout, M, Emerson, Brent and Yu, Douglas (2007) PCR primers for polymorphic microsatellite loci in the plant-ant Azteca ulei cordiae (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 7 (4). pp. 607-609. ISSN 14718278
Emerson, B.C. (2007) Alarm bells for the molecular clock? No support for Ho et al's model of time dependent molecular rate estimates. Systematic Biology, 56 (2). pp. 337-345. ISSN 1063-5157
Emerson, B.C. and Kolm, N. (2007) Response to comments on Species Diversity Can Drive Diversification. Ecography, 30 (3). pp. 334-338.
Emerson, B.C. and Kolm, N. (2007) Species diversity can drive speciation: reply. Ecology, 88. pp. 2135-2138.
Gillespie, R.G. and Emerson, B.C. (2007) Adaptation under a microscope. Nature, 446. pp. 386-387.
Illera, J..C., Emerson, B.C. and Richardson, D.S. (2007) Population history of Berthelot's pipit: colonisation, gene flow and morphological divergence in Macaronesia. Molecular Ecology, 16. pp. 4599-4612.
Navascues, M. and Emerson, B.C. (2007) Restoration of genetic diversity in reforested areas of the endemic Canary Island pine, Pinus canariensis. Forest Ecology and Management, 244. pp. 122-128.
Alonso, M.R., Goodacre, S.L., Emerson, B.C., Ibanez, M., Hutterer, R. and Groh, K. (2006) Canarian land snail diversity: conflict between anatomical amd molecular data on the phylogenetic placement of five new species of Napaeus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 89. pp. 169-187.
Debout, G.D.G., Pereyra, R., Emerson, B.C. and Yu, D.W. (2006) Characterisation of polymorphic microsatellites in the castration parasite plant-ant Allomerus octoarticulatus cf. demerae (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 6. pp. 182-184.
Emerson, B.C., Forgie, S., Goodacre, S. and Oromi, P. (2006) Testing phylogeographic predictions on an active volcanic island: Brachyderes rugatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on La Palma (Canary Islands). Molecular Ecology, 15 (2). pp. 449-458. ISSN 0962-1083
Forgie, S.A., Goodacre, S., Taylor, M.I and Emerson, B.C. (2006) Characterisation of microsatellite loci in Brachyderes rugatus, the Canary Island's pine weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 6. pp. 820-822.
Jordal, B.H., Emerson, B.C. and Hewitt, G.M. (2006) Apparent 'sympatric' speciation in ecologically similar herbivorous beetles facilitated by multiple colonizations of an island. Molecular Ecology, 15. pp. 2935-2947.
Navascues, M., Vaxevanidou, Z., Gonzalez-Martinez, S.C., Climent, J., Gil, L. and Emerson, B.C. (2006) Chloroplast microsatellites reveal colonisation and metapopulation dynamics in the Canary Island pine. Molecular Ecology, 15. pp. 2691-2698.
Emerson, BC and Kolm, N (2005) Ecology: Is speciation driven by species diversity? (Reply). Nature, 438 (7064). E2-E2. ISSN 0028-0836
Emerson, BC and Hewitt, GM (2005) Phylogeography. Current Biology, 15 (10). R367-R371. ISSN 09609822
Emerson, B.C. and Kolm, N. (2005) Species diversity can drive speciation. Nature, 434 (7036). pp. 1015-1017. ISSN 0028-0836
Emerson, B.C. and Oromi, P. (2005) Diversification of the forest beetle genus Tarphius in the Canary Islands, and the evolutionary origins of island endemics. Evolution, 59 (3). pp. 586-598. ISSN 0014-3820
Navascues, M. and Emerson, B.C. (2005) Chloroplast microsatellite evolution in conifers: measures of genetic diversity and the effect of homoplasy. Molecular Ecology, 14. pp. 1333-1341.
Xiao, S., Emerson, B.C., Ratanasut, K., Patrick, E., O'Neil, C., Bancroft, I. and Turner, J.G. (2004) Origin and maintenance of a broad-spectrum disease resistance locus in Arabidopsis. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 21. pp. 1661-1672.
Devoto, A., Hartmann, H.A., Piffanelli, P., Elliott, C., Simmons, C., Taramino, G., Goh, C-S., Cohen, F.E., Emerson, B.C., Schulze-Lefert, P. and Panstruga, R. (2003) Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the plant-specific seven transmembrane MLO family. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 56. pp. 77-88.
Emerson, B.C. (2003) Genes, geology and biodiversity: faunal and floral diversity on the island of Gran Canaria. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 26. pp. 9-20.
Emerson, B.C. (2002) Evolution on oceanic islands: molecular phylogenetic approaches to understanding pattern and process. Molecular Ecology, 11. pp. 951-966.
Salomone, N., Emerson, B.C., Hewitt, G.M. and Bernini, F. (2002) Phylogenetic relationships among the Canary Island Steganacaridae (Acari, Oribatida) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Molecular Ecology, 11. pp. 79-89.
Emerson, B.C., Ibrahim, K.M. and Hewitt, G.M. (2001) Selection of evolutionary models for phylogenetic hypothesis testing using parametric methods. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 14. pp. 620-631.
Emerson, B.C., Paradis, E. and Thebaud, C. (2001) Revealing the demographic histories of species using DNA sequences. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 16. pp. 707-716.
Rees, D.J., Emerson, B.C., Oromi, P. and Hewitt, G.M. (2001) Mitochondrial DNA, ecology and morphology: interpreting the phylogeography of the Nesotes (Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae) of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). Molecular Ecology, 10. pp. 427-434.
Rees, D.J., Emerson, B.C., Oromi, P. and Hewitt, G.M. (2001) Reconciling gene trees with organism history: the mtDNA phylogeography of three Nesotes species (Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae) on the western Canary Islands. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 14. pp. 139-147.
Rees, D.J., Emerson, B.C., Oromi, P. and Hewitt, G.M. (2001) The diversification of the genus Nesotes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Canary Islands: Evidence from mtDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 21. pp. 321-326.
Monograph
Emerson, B.C. and Kolm, N. (2005) Is speciation driven by species diversity. Letter. UNSPECIFIED.
Conference or Workshop Item
Gardiner, L.M., Emerson, B.C. and Roberts, D.L. (2006) Premliminary phylogeny of the South East Asian genus Vanda (Orchidaceae). In: 18th World Orchid Conference, 2005.


