2021
Vandewege, M.W., R.N. Platt, D.K. Merriman, D.A. Ray, F.G. Hoffmann. Under review. The PIWI/piRNA response is relaxed in a rodent that lacks mobilizing transposable elements. RNA. Pre-print
Gutierrez, J., R.N. Platt, J.C. Opazo, D.A. Ray, F.G. Hoffmann, M.W. Vandewege. Under review. Evolutionary history of the vertebrate Piwi gene family. PeerJ.
Hoffmann, F.G., J.F. Storz, S. Kuraku, M.W. Vandewege, J.C. Opazo. In press. Whole genome duplications and the diversification of the Globin-X genes of vertebrates. Genome Biology and Evolution. Advanced article.
Opazo, J.C, M.W. Vandewege, J. Gutierrez, K. Zavala, L. Vargas-Chacoff, F.J. Morera, G.A. Mardones. 2021. Independent duplications of the Gogi phosphoprotein 3 oncogene in birds. Scientific Reports 11:12483. PDF
2020
Vandewege M.W., C. G. Soterio-Caio, C.D. Phillips. 2020. Positive selection and gene expression analyses from salivary glands reveal discrete adaptations within the ecologically diverse bat family Phyllostomidae. Genome Biology and Evolution 12:1419-1428. PDF
Ghosh A., R.N. Patt II, M.W. Vandewege, R. Tabassum, C Hsu, S.R. Isberg, D.G. Peterson, J.W. Finger, T.J. Kieran, T.C. Glenn, J. Gongora, D.A. Ray. 2020. Identification and characterization of microRNAs (miRNAs) and their transposable element origins in the saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus poposus. Analytical Biochemistry. 602:113781. PDF
Pasquesi, G.I.M., B.W. Perry, M.W. Vandewege, R.P. Ruggiero, D.R. Schield, T.A. Castoe. 2020, Vertebrate lineages exhibit diverse patterns of transposable element regulation and expression across tissues. Genome Biology and Evolution 12:506-521. PDF
Storz, J.F., C. Natarajan, M.K. Grouleff, M.W. Vandewege, F.G. Hoffmann, X. You, B. Venkatesh, A. Fago. 2020. Oxygenation properties of hemoglobin and the origins of isoform multiplicity in an amphibious air-breathing fish, the blue-spotted mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris). Journal of Experimental Biology 223:jeb217307. PDF
Flores-Aldana, L, M.W. Vandewege, K. Zavala, C.K. Colenso, W. Gonzalez, S.E. Brauchi, J.C. Opazo. 2020. Evolutionary analyses reveal independent origins or gene repertoires and structural motifs associated to fast inactivation in calcium-selective TRPV channels. Scientific Reports 10:8684. PDF
2018
Perry B.W. et al (33 authors including M.W. Vandewege) 2018. Molecular adaptations for sensing and securing prey and insights into amniote genome diversity from the garter snake genome. Genome Biology and Evolution 10:2110-2129. PDF
Pasquesi, G.I., R.H. Adams, D.C. Card, D. Shield, A.B. Corbin, B.W. Perry, J. Reyes-Velasco, R.P. Ruggiero, M.W. Vandewege, J.A. Short, T.A. Castoe. 2018. Squamate reptiles challenge paradigms of genomic repeat element evolution set by birds and mammals. Nature Communications 9:2774. PDF
Platt, R.N., M.W. Vandewege, D.A. Ray. 2018. Invited Review: Mammalian transposable elements and their impacts on genome evolution. Chromosome Research 26:25-43. PDF
Hoffmann, F.G., M.W. Vandewege, J.F. Storz, J.C. Opazo. 2018. Gene turnover and diversification of the α- and β-globin gene families in sauropsid vertebrates. Genome Biology and Evolution 10:344-358. PDF
Platt, R.N., B.C. Faircloth, K.A.M. Sullivan, T. Kieran, T.C. Glenn, M.W. Vandewege, T.E. Lee, R.J. Baker, R.D. Stevens, D.A. Ray. 2018. Conflicting evolutionary histories of the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes in New World Myotis. Systematic Biology 67:236-249. PDF
2017
Céspedes, H.A., K. Zavala, M.W. Vandewege, J.C. Opazo. 2017. Evolution of the alpha2-adrenoreceptors in vertebrates: ADRA2D is absent in mammals and crocodiles. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 250:85-94. PDF
Zavala, K., M.W. Vandewege, F.G. Hoffmann, J.C. Opazo J.C. 2017. Evolution of the beta-andrenoreceptors in vertebrates. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 240:129-137. PDF
2016
Wichmann I.A., K. Zavala, F.G. Hoffmann, M.W. Vandewege, A.H. Corvalán, J.D. Amigo, G.I. Owen, J.C. Opazo. 2016. Evolutionary history of the reprimo tumor suppressor gene family in vertebrates with a description of a new reprimo gene lineage. Gene 591:245-254. PDF
Vandewege M.W., R.N. Platt, R.A. Ray, F.G. Hoffmann. 2016. Transposable element targeting by piRNAs in Laurasiatherians with distinct transposable element histories. Genome Biology and Evolution 8:(5):1327-1337. PDF
Williams, C.L., K.A. Dill-McFarland, M.W. Vandewege, D.L. Sparks, S.T. Williard, A.J. Kouba, , G. Suen, A.E. Brown. 2016. Dietary shift and dysbiosis may trigger mucous stools in giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Frontiers in Microbiology 7:661. PDF
Vandewege M.W., S. Mangum, T.A. Castoe, T. Gabaldon, D.A. Ray, F.G. Hoffmann. 2016. Contrasting patterns of evolutionary diversification in the olfactory repertoires of reptile and bird genomes. Genome Biology and Evolution 8(3):470-480. PDF
2015
I. Mali, A. Villamizar-Gomez, T.M. Guerra, M.W. Vandewege, M.R.J. Forstner. 2015. Population Genetics of the Texas spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera emoryi) under various anthropogenic pressures in two distinct regions of their range in Texas. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 14(2):148-156. PDF
Campanini, E.B., M.W. Vandewege, N.E. Pillai, T. Boon-Hui, J.C. Jones, B. Venkatesh, F.G. Hoffmann. 2015. Early evolution of vertebrate Mybs: an integrative perspective combining synteny, phylogenetic, and gene expression analyses. Genome Biology and Evolution 7(11):3009-3021. PDF
2014
Green R.E. et al (55 authors including M.W. Vandewege). The genomes of three crocodilians provide insight into archosaur evolution. 2014. Science 346(6215):1254449. PDF
Platt R.N., M.W. Vandewege, C. Kern, C.J. Schmidt, F.G. Hoffmann, D.A. Ray. 2014. Large numbers of novel miRNAs originate from DNA transposons and are coincident with a large species radiation in bats. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31(6): 1536-1545. PDF
Mali I., M.W. Vandewege, S.K. Davis, M.R.J. Forstner. 2014. Magnitude of the Freshwater Turtle Exports from the US: Long Term Trends and Early Effects of Newly Implemented Harvest Management Regimes. PLoS One 9(1):e86478. PDF
2013
Castoe T.A. et al. (39 authors including M.W. Vandwege). 2013. The Burmese Python genome reveals the molecular basis for extreme adaptation in snakes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 110(51):20645-20650. PDF
Vandewege M.W., T.M. Swannack, K.L. Greuter, D.J. Brown, and M.R.J. Forstner. 2013. Breeding site fidelity and terrestrial movement of an endangered amphibian, the Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 8(2):435-446. PDF
Vandewege M.W., C.J. Phillips, J.K. Wickliffe, and F.G. Hoffmann. 2013. Evolution of the ABPA subunit of androgen-binding protein in the submaxillary glands in New and Old World rodent taxa. Journal of Molecular Evolution 76(5):324-331. PDF
Prior to 2013
Vandewege M.W., D. J. Brown, and M.R.J. Forstner. 2012. Bufo (=Anaxyrus) houstonensis (Houston toad) head-start juvenile dispersal. Herpetological Review. 43(1):117-118. PDF
Vandewege M.W., D. Rodriguez, J. Weaver, T.D. Hibbitts, M.R.J. Forstner, and L.D. Densmore III. 2012. Evidence of hybridization in Elaphe bairdi and Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri including comparative population genetics inferred from microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Herpetology. 46(1): 56-63 PDF
Vandewege M.W., A. Harper, V.R. Farallo, M.R.J. Forstner.2010. Geographic Distribution Gastrophryne olivacea. Herpetological Review 40(4): 445-446. PDF
Vandewege, M.W., R.N. Platt, D.K. Merriman, D.A. Ray, F.G. Hoffmann. Under review. The PIWI/piRNA response is relaxed in a rodent that lacks mobilizing transposable elements. RNA. Pre-print
Gutierrez, J., R.N. Platt, J.C. Opazo, D.A. Ray, F.G. Hoffmann, M.W. Vandewege. Under review. Evolutionary history of the vertebrate Piwi gene family. PeerJ.
Hoffmann, F.G., J.F. Storz, S. Kuraku, M.W. Vandewege, J.C. Opazo. In press. Whole genome duplications and the diversification of the Globin-X genes of vertebrates. Genome Biology and Evolution. Advanced article.
Opazo, J.C, M.W. Vandewege, J. Gutierrez, K. Zavala, L. Vargas-Chacoff, F.J. Morera, G.A. Mardones. 2021. Independent duplications of the Gogi phosphoprotein 3 oncogene in birds. Scientific Reports 11:12483. PDF
2020
Vandewege M.W., C. G. Soterio-Caio, C.D. Phillips. 2020. Positive selection and gene expression analyses from salivary glands reveal discrete adaptations within the ecologically diverse bat family Phyllostomidae. Genome Biology and Evolution 12:1419-1428. PDF
Ghosh A., R.N. Patt II, M.W. Vandewege, R. Tabassum, C Hsu, S.R. Isberg, D.G. Peterson, J.W. Finger, T.J. Kieran, T.C. Glenn, J. Gongora, D.A. Ray. 2020. Identification and characterization of microRNAs (miRNAs) and their transposable element origins in the saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus poposus. Analytical Biochemistry. 602:113781. PDF
Pasquesi, G.I.M., B.W. Perry, M.W. Vandewege, R.P. Ruggiero, D.R. Schield, T.A. Castoe. 2020, Vertebrate lineages exhibit diverse patterns of transposable element regulation and expression across tissues. Genome Biology and Evolution 12:506-521. PDF
Storz, J.F., C. Natarajan, M.K. Grouleff, M.W. Vandewege, F.G. Hoffmann, X. You, B. Venkatesh, A. Fago. 2020. Oxygenation properties of hemoglobin and the origins of isoform multiplicity in an amphibious air-breathing fish, the blue-spotted mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris). Journal of Experimental Biology 223:jeb217307. PDF
Flores-Aldana, L, M.W. Vandewege, K. Zavala, C.K. Colenso, W. Gonzalez, S.E. Brauchi, J.C. Opazo. 2020. Evolutionary analyses reveal independent origins or gene repertoires and structural motifs associated to fast inactivation in calcium-selective TRPV channels. Scientific Reports 10:8684. PDF
2018
Perry B.W. et al (33 authors including M.W. Vandewege) 2018. Molecular adaptations for sensing and securing prey and insights into amniote genome diversity from the garter snake genome. Genome Biology and Evolution 10:2110-2129. PDF
Pasquesi, G.I., R.H. Adams, D.C. Card, D. Shield, A.B. Corbin, B.W. Perry, J. Reyes-Velasco, R.P. Ruggiero, M.W. Vandewege, J.A. Short, T.A. Castoe. 2018. Squamate reptiles challenge paradigms of genomic repeat element evolution set by birds and mammals. Nature Communications 9:2774. PDF
Platt, R.N., M.W. Vandewege, D.A. Ray. 2018. Invited Review: Mammalian transposable elements and their impacts on genome evolution. Chromosome Research 26:25-43. PDF
Hoffmann, F.G., M.W. Vandewege, J.F. Storz, J.C. Opazo. 2018. Gene turnover and diversification of the α- and β-globin gene families in sauropsid vertebrates. Genome Biology and Evolution 10:344-358. PDF
Platt, R.N., B.C. Faircloth, K.A.M. Sullivan, T. Kieran, T.C. Glenn, M.W. Vandewege, T.E. Lee, R.J. Baker, R.D. Stevens, D.A. Ray. 2018. Conflicting evolutionary histories of the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes in New World Myotis. Systematic Biology 67:236-249. PDF
2017
Céspedes, H.A., K. Zavala, M.W. Vandewege, J.C. Opazo. 2017. Evolution of the alpha2-adrenoreceptors in vertebrates: ADRA2D is absent in mammals and crocodiles. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 250:85-94. PDF
Zavala, K., M.W. Vandewege, F.G. Hoffmann, J.C. Opazo J.C. 2017. Evolution of the beta-andrenoreceptors in vertebrates. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 240:129-137. PDF
2016
Wichmann I.A., K. Zavala, F.G. Hoffmann, M.W. Vandewege, A.H. Corvalán, J.D. Amigo, G.I. Owen, J.C. Opazo. 2016. Evolutionary history of the reprimo tumor suppressor gene family in vertebrates with a description of a new reprimo gene lineage. Gene 591:245-254. PDF
Vandewege M.W., R.N. Platt, R.A. Ray, F.G. Hoffmann. 2016. Transposable element targeting by piRNAs in Laurasiatherians with distinct transposable element histories. Genome Biology and Evolution 8:(5):1327-1337. PDF
Williams, C.L., K.A. Dill-McFarland, M.W. Vandewege, D.L. Sparks, S.T. Williard, A.J. Kouba, , G. Suen, A.E. Brown. 2016. Dietary shift and dysbiosis may trigger mucous stools in giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Frontiers in Microbiology 7:661. PDF
Vandewege M.W., S. Mangum, T.A. Castoe, T. Gabaldon, D.A. Ray, F.G. Hoffmann. 2016. Contrasting patterns of evolutionary diversification in the olfactory repertoires of reptile and bird genomes. Genome Biology and Evolution 8(3):470-480. PDF
2015
I. Mali, A. Villamizar-Gomez, T.M. Guerra, M.W. Vandewege, M.R.J. Forstner. 2015. Population Genetics of the Texas spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera emoryi) under various anthropogenic pressures in two distinct regions of their range in Texas. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 14(2):148-156. PDF
Campanini, E.B., M.W. Vandewege, N.E. Pillai, T. Boon-Hui, J.C. Jones, B. Venkatesh, F.G. Hoffmann. 2015. Early evolution of vertebrate Mybs: an integrative perspective combining synteny, phylogenetic, and gene expression analyses. Genome Biology and Evolution 7(11):3009-3021. PDF
2014
Green R.E. et al (55 authors including M.W. Vandewege). The genomes of three crocodilians provide insight into archosaur evolution. 2014. Science 346(6215):1254449. PDF
Platt R.N., M.W. Vandewege, C. Kern, C.J. Schmidt, F.G. Hoffmann, D.A. Ray. 2014. Large numbers of novel miRNAs originate from DNA transposons and are coincident with a large species radiation in bats. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31(6): 1536-1545. PDF
Mali I., M.W. Vandewege, S.K. Davis, M.R.J. Forstner. 2014. Magnitude of the Freshwater Turtle Exports from the US: Long Term Trends and Early Effects of Newly Implemented Harvest Management Regimes. PLoS One 9(1):e86478. PDF
2013
Castoe T.A. et al. (39 authors including M.W. Vandwege). 2013. The Burmese Python genome reveals the molecular basis for extreme adaptation in snakes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 110(51):20645-20650. PDF
Vandewege M.W., T.M. Swannack, K.L. Greuter, D.J. Brown, and M.R.J. Forstner. 2013. Breeding site fidelity and terrestrial movement of an endangered amphibian, the Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 8(2):435-446. PDF
Vandewege M.W., C.J. Phillips, J.K. Wickliffe, and F.G. Hoffmann. 2013. Evolution of the ABPA subunit of androgen-binding protein in the submaxillary glands in New and Old World rodent taxa. Journal of Molecular Evolution 76(5):324-331. PDF
Prior to 2013
Vandewege M.W., D. J. Brown, and M.R.J. Forstner. 2012. Bufo (=Anaxyrus) houstonensis (Houston toad) head-start juvenile dispersal. Herpetological Review. 43(1):117-118. PDF
Vandewege M.W., D. Rodriguez, J. Weaver, T.D. Hibbitts, M.R.J. Forstner, and L.D. Densmore III. 2012. Evidence of hybridization in Elaphe bairdi and Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri including comparative population genetics inferred from microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Herpetology. 46(1): 56-63 PDF
Vandewege M.W., A. Harper, V.R. Farallo, M.R.J. Forstner.2010. Geographic Distribution Gastrophryne olivacea. Herpetological Review 40(4): 445-446. PDF