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Manuscripts in review, revision, or pre-prints that have not been published in peer-reviewed journals (including theses)
Gutiérrez-Barragán*, A., F.J. García-de León, A. Varela-Romero, M. Mateos, J.C. Garza, J.M. Grijalva-Chon, J.R. Romo-León. Detecting introgression in the Yaqui catfish, imperiled fish of northwest Mexico and USA (revision in progress).
Wang*, Y. 2021. Genotyping and mitochondrial phylogenomics of the asexual fish Poeciliopsis monacha-latidens. M. Sc. thesis, Texas A&M University. Link
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
55. Hurtado, L. A., M. Mateos, C. Wang*, V. M. Ndeda*, J. Pérez-Schultheiss, and M. Thiel. 2025. Contrasting phylogeographic patterns of sandy vs. rocky sympatric sister species of supralittoral Tylos isopods in Chile. Ecology and Evolution 15:e71803 doi: 10.1002/ece3.71803
Free Fulltext Supplementary files
54. Ramirez*, P., H. Martinez-Montoya*, R. Aramayo, M. Mateos. 2025. Diverse toxin repertoire but limited metabolic capacities inferred from the draft genome assemblies of three Spiroplasma (Citri clade) strains associated with Drosophila. Microbial Genomics. 11(6):001408 doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001408 Free Fulltext Supplementary files
53. Hurtado, L.A., M. Mateos, I.C. Caballero, T. Oladimeji, A. Adite, M.O. Awodiran, K.O. Winemiller, and M.B. Hamilton. 2024. Critically small contemporaneous effective population sizes estimated for stocks of the African bonytongue in western Africa. Fishes 2024, 9(6), 196; https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes9060196
52. Palacios*, M., A. González-Diaz, L. Arias Rodriguez, M. Mateos, R. Rodiles-Hernández, M. Tobler, G. Voelker. 2023. Population level genetic divergence and phylogenetic placement of Mexican shortfin mollies (Mollienesia, Poecilia, Poeciliidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 21(2):e220101 Free Fulltext
51. Ramirez*, P., J.C. Leavitt, J.J. Gill, and M. Mateos. 2023. Preliminary characterization of phage-like particles from the male-killing Mollicute Spiroplasma poulsonii (an endosymbiont of Drosophila). Current Microbiology 80 (1): 10.1007/s00284-022-03099-7 Fulltext biorxiv preprint
50. Oladimeji, T. E., Caballero***, I. C., Mateos, M., Awodiran, M. O., Winemiller, K. O., Adite, A., & Hurtado, L. A. 2022. Genetic Identification and Diversity of Stocks of The African Bonytongue, Heterotis niloticus (Osteoglossiformes: Arapaiminae), in Nigeria, West Africa. Scientific Reports 12:8417 Free Fulltext
49. Shults*, P, Hopken, M, Eyer, P-A, Blumenfeld, A, Mateos, M; Cohnstaedt, L, Vargo, E. 2022. Species delimitation and mitonuclear discordance within a species complex of biting midges. Scientific Reports 12:1730 Free Fulltext
48. López-Orozco, C. M., Y. M. Carpio-Díaz, R. Borja-Arrieta, Gabriel R. Navas S., I. S. Campos-Filho, S. Taiti, M. Mateos, A. Olazaran, I. C. Caballero, K. Jotty, H. Gómez-Estrada, and L. A. Hurtado. 2022. A glimpse into a remarkable unknown diversity of oniscideans in the Caribbean coasts revealed in a tiny island. European Journal of Taxonomy 793:1-50 DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.793.1643. https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1643/5905
47. DeWitt, T., N. Troendle*, M. Mateos, and R. Mauricio. 2021. Population genetics and independently replicated evolution of predator-associated burst speed ecophenotypy in mosquitofish. Heredity 128:45–55 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-021-00487-w https://rdcu.be/cCMyx
46. Lue, C-H, Buffington, M, Scheffer, S, Lewis, M, Elliott, T, Lindsey, A, Driskell, A, Jandova, A, Kimura, M, Carton, Y, Kula, R, Schlenke, T, Mateos, M, Govind, S, Varaldi, J, Guerrieri, E, Giorgini, M, Xingeng, W, Hoelmer, K, Daane, K, Abram, P, Pardikes, N, Brown, J, Thierry, M, Poirié, M, Goldstein, P, Miller, S, Tracey, W D, Davis, J, Jiggins, F, Wertheim, B, Lewis, O, Leips, J, Staniczenko, P, Hrcek, J. 2021. DROP: Molecular voucher database for identification of Drosophila parasitoids. Preprint. Molecular Ecology Resources https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13435
45. Higareda Alvear*, V.M., Mateos, M., Cortez Quezada, D., Tamborindeguy, C., and Martinez Romero, E. 2021. Differential gene expression in a tripartite interaction: Drosophila, Spiroplasma and parasitic wasps. PeerJ 9, e11020. https://peerj.com/articles/11020
44. Gerth, M., Martinez-Montoya*, H., Ramirez*, P., Masson, F., Griffin, J.S., Aramayo, R., Siozios, S., Lemaitre, B., Mateos, M., and Hurst, G.D.D. 2021. Rapid molecular evolution of Spiroplasma symbionts of Drosophila. Microbial Genomics 7: 000503 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/mgen/10.1099/mgen.0.000503 Preprint at bioRxiv
43. Mateos, M., H. Martinez Montoya*, S. B. Lanzavecchia, C. Conte, K. Guillen, B. M. Moran-Aceves, J. Toledo, P. Liedo, E. D. Asimakis, V. Doudoumis, G. A. Kyritsis, N. T. Papadopoulos, A. A. Avgoustinos, D. F. Segura, and G. Tsiamis. 2020. Wolbachia pipientis associated to tephritid fruit fly pests: from basic research to applications. Frontiers in Microbiology doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01080 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01080/full
42. Mateos, M., D. Kang, C. Klopp, H. Parrinello, M. D. García-Olazábal, M. Schumer, N. K. Jue, Y. Guiguen, and M. Schartl. 2019. Draft genome assembly and annotation of the Gila topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7:404 doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00404 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00404/full
41. Conway, K. W., M. Mateos, and R. C. Vrijenhoek. 2019. A new species of the livebearing fish genus Poeciliopsis from northern Mexico (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae). ZooKeys 883: 91–118 https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/37586/
In the news https://news.azpm.org/p/news-articles/2019/10/30/161019-scientists-recognize-new-fish-in-northern-mexico/
Video presentation of the status of P. jackschultzi by me at Desert Fishes Council 2020
P. jackschultzi listed as endangered in the IUCN Red List 10 Dec 2020
40. Macedo*, D., I. Caballero***, M. Mateos, R. Leblois, S. McCay**, and L. A. Hurtado. 2019. Population genetics and historical demographic inferences of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus in the US based on microsatellites. PeerJ 7: e7780 https://peerj.com/articles/7780/
39. Mateos, M., N. O. Silva*, P. Ramirez*, V. M. Higareda-Alvear*, R. Aramayo, and J. W. Erickson. 2019. Effect of heritable symbionts on maternally-derived embryo transcripts. Scientific Reports 9: 8847 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45371-0. Preprint available at https://doi.org/10.1101/607317
38. Mateos, M., O. Domínguez-Domínguez, A. Varela-Romero. 2019. A multilocus phylogeny of the fish genus Poeciliopsis: solving taxonomic uncertainties and preliminary evidence of reticulation. Ecology and Evolution 9:1845-1857 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4874 DataDryad doi:10.5061/dryad.s0b85c2
37. Mattos, G., P.C Paiva., M. Mateos, P.A. Haye, L.A. Hurtado. 2018. The cost of ignoring cryptic diversity in macroecological studies: Comment on Martínez et al. (2017). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 601:269-271 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12701
36. Ndeda*, V.M., Mateos M., Hurtado L.A. 2018. Evolution of African barbs from the Lake Victoria drainage system, Kenya. PeerJ 6:e5762 https://peerj.com/articles/5762/
35. Hurtado, L.A., M. Mateos, C. Wang*, C. Santamaria*, J. Jung, V. Khalaji-Pirbalouty, and W. Kim. 2018. Out of Asia: Mitochondrial evolutionary history of the globally introduced supralittoral isopod Ligia exotica. PeerJ. https://peerj.com/articles/4337/
34. Hurtado, L.A., M. Mateos, S. Liu*. 2017. Phylogeographic patterns of a lower intertidal isopod in the Gulf of California and the Caribbean and comparison with other intertidal isopods. Ecology and Evolution 7(1): 346–357. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2599. Free FullText
33. Hurtado, L.A., M. Mateos, G. Mattos, S. Liu*, P.A. Haye, P.C. Paiva. 2016. Multiple transisthmian divergences, extensive cryptic diversity, occasional long-distance dispersal and biogeographic patterns in a marine coastal isopod with an amphi-American distribution. Ecology and Evolution. 6(21): 7794–7808 doi:10.1002/ece3.2397 Free Fulltext
32. Palacios, M., G. Voelker, L. Arias-Rodriguez, M. Mateos, M. Tobler. 2016. Phylogenetic analyses of the subgenus Mollienesia (Poecilia, Poeciliidae, Teleostei) reveal taxonomic inconsistencies, cryptic biodiversity, and spatio-temporal aspects of diversification in Middle America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 230-244 doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.025 Abstract
31. Koralewski, T.E, M. Mateos, K.V. Krutovsky. 2016. Conflicting genomic signals affect phylogenetic inference in four species of North American pines. AoB Plants 8:plw019 doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plw019 Free Fulltext
30. Mateos, M., L. Winter**, C. Winter**, V. Higareda-Alvear*, E. Martinez-Romero, J. Xie*. 2016. Independent origins of resistance or susceptibility of parasitic wasps to a defensive symbiont. Ecology and Evolution 6(9): 2679–2687. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2085 Free Fulltext
29.Hurtado, L.A., X. De La Rosa-Reyna , M. Mateos, D.J. Shaver, R. Metz, J. Thiltges, J. Hill, M.A. Reyes-Lopez, C. Johnson. 2016. Thousands of SNPs in the critically endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) revealed by ddRAD-seq: opportunities for previously elusive conservation genetics research. Gulf of Mexico Science 33(2):214-218 https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.3302.08 Free Fulltext
28.Santamaria*, C., M. Mateos, T. DeWitt, L.A. Hurtado. 2016. Constrained body shape among highly genetically divergent allopatric lineages of the supralittoral isopod Ligia occidentalis (Oniscidea). Ecology and Evolution 6(5):1537–1554. Free Fulltext
27.Xie*, J., C. Winter**, L. Winter**, and M. Mateos. 2015. Rapid spread of the defensive endosymbiont Spiroplasma in Drosophila hydei under high parasitoid wasp pressure. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 91: 2–11. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiu017 Free Fulltext
26.Santamaria*, C.A., M. Mateos, and L.A. Hurtado. 2014. Diversification at the narrow sea-land interface in the Caribbean: phylogeography of endemic supralittoral Ligia isopods. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2: 42 doi: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00042. Free Fulltext
25.Hurtado, L.A., E.J. Lee*, M. Mateos, and S. Taiti. 2014. Global diversification at the harsh sea-land interface: Mitochondrial phylogeny of the supralittoral isopod genus Tylos (Tylidae, Oniscidea). PLoS ONE 8: e94081. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094081 Free Fulltext
highlighted in the Science and the Sea radio program:
http://www.scienceandthesea.org/program/201412/spreading-out
24. Xie*, J., S. Butler**, G. Sanchez**, and M. Mateos. 2014. Male killing Spiroplasma protects Drosophila melanogaster against two parasitoid wasps. Heredity 112:399–408 doi:10.1038/hdy.2013.118
highlighted in the Heredity podcast:
http://www.nature.com/multimedia/podcast/hdy/hdypodcast_1311.mp3
23.Santamaria*, C.A., M. Mateos, S. Taiti, T.J. DeWitt, and L.A. Hurtado. 2013. A complex evolutionary history in a remote archipelago: phylogeography and morphometrics of the Hawaiian endemic Ligia isopods. PLoS ONE 8: e85199. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085199 Free Fulltext
22. Eberl, R., M. Mateos, R.K. Grosberg, C.A. Santamaria*, and L.A. Hurtado. 2013. Phylogeography of the supralittoral isopod Ligia occidentalis around the Point Conception marine biogeographic boundary. J. Biogeography 40: 2361-2372 Abstract
21. Hurtado, L.A., E.J. Lee*, and M. Mateos. 2013. Contrasting phylogeography of sandy vs. rocky supralittoral isopods in the megadiverse and geologically dynamic Gulf of California and adjacent areas. PLoS ONE 8:e67827. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067827 Free Fulltext
20.Martinez*, H., J. Toledo, P. Liedo, and Mateos, M. 2012. Survey of heritable endosymbionts in southern Mexico populations of the fruit fly species Anastrepha striata and A. ludens. Current Microbiology 65: 711–718. 10.1007/s00284-012-0223-3
Martinez_et_al_2012_Supporting_figures.pdf
19.Silva* N.O., L.L. Guenther**, J. Xie*, and M. Mateos. 2012. Infection densities of three Spiroplasma strains in the host Drosophila melanogaster. Symbiosis. 57: 83–93. Free Fulltext
18. Mateos, M., L. A. Hurtado, C. A. Santamaria*, V. Leignel, and D. Guinot. 2012. Molecular systematics of the deep-sea hydrothermal vent endemic brachyuran family Bythograeidae: a comparison of three Bayesian species tree methods. PLoS ONE 7:e32066. Free Fulltext
17. Tobler, M., M. Palacios*, L. Chapman, I. Mitrofanov, D. Bierbach, M. Plath, L Arias-Rodriguez, F J. García de León, and M. Mateos. 2011. Evolution in Extreme Environments: Replicated phenotypic differentiation in livebearing fish inhabiting sulfidic springs. Evolution 65: 2213–2228 Free Fulltext
16. Xie*, J., B. Tiner**, I. Vilchez*, and M. Mateos. 2011. Effect of the Drosophila endosymbiont Spiroplasma on parasitoid wasp development and on the reproductive fitness of wasp-attacked fly survivors. Evolutionary Ecology 25: 1065–1079. doi:10.1007/s10682-010-9453-7 Free Fulltext
15. Culumber, Z., H. Fisher, M. Tobler, M. Mateos, P. Barber, M. Sorenson, and G. Rosenthal. 2011. Replicated hybrid zones of Xiphophorus swordtails along an elevational gradient. Molecular Ecology 20: 342–356. Abstract
14. Xie*, J., I. Vilchez*, and M. Mateos. 2010. Spiroplasma bacteria enhance survival of Drosophila hydei attacked by the parasitic wasp Leptopilina heterotoma. PLoS One 5: e12149. Free Fulltext
13.Hurtado, L.A., M. Mateos and C.A. Santamaria. 2010. Phylogeography of Supralittoral Rocky Intertidal Ligia Isopods in the Pacific Region from Central California to Central Mexico. PLoS One 5: e11633. Free Fulltext
12. O’Neill, M.J., B.R. Lawton, M. Mateos, D.M. Liscinsky, G.C. Ferreri, T. Hrbek, R.W. Meredith, D.N. Reznick and R.J. O’Neill. 2007. Ancient and continuing Darwinian selection on Insulin-like Growth Factor II in Placental fishes. PNAS: 104(30): 12404-12409. Free Fulltext
11.Mateos, M., S.J. Castrezana, B.J. Nankivell, A.M. Estes, T.A. Markow and N.A. Moran. 2006. Heritable endosymbionts of Drosophila. Genetics: 174: 363–376. Free Fulltext
10.Mateos, M. and T.A. Markow. 2005. Ribosomal intergenic spacer (IGS) length variation across the Drosophilinae (Diptera: Drosophilidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 5: 46. Free Fulltext
9.Weider, L.J., J.J. Elser, T.J. Crease, M. Mateos, T.A. Markow and J.B. Cotner. 2005. Functional ecological significance of ribosomal(r)DNA variation: Impacts on the evolutionary ecology of organisms. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics 36: 219–242 pdf
8.Mateos, M. 2005. Comparative phylogeography of the genera Poecilia and Poeciliopsis in Central Mexico. J. Biogeography 32: 775–780. pdf
7.Mateos, M. and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 2005. Independent origins of allotriploidy in the fish genus Poeciliopsis. J. Heredity 89: 32–39. pdf Fig1 from this paper
6.Hurtado, L.A., M. Mateos, R.A. Lutz, and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 2003. Coupling of bacterial endosymbiont and mitochondrial genes in the hydrothermal vent clam Calyptogena magnifica. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69: 2058–2064. pdf
5.Reznick, D. N., M. Mateos, and M. S. Springer. 2002. Independent origins and rapid evolution of the placenta in the fish genus Poeciliopsis. Science 298: 1018–1020. pdf
4.Mateos, M., O. I. Sanjur and R. C. Vrijenhoek. 2002. Historical biogeography of the fish genus Poeciliopsis (Cyprinodontiformes). Evolution 56: 972–984. pdf
3.Mateos, M. and R. C. Vrijenhoek. 2002. Ancient vs. reticulate origin of a hemiclonal lineage. Evolution 56: 985–992. pdf
2.Hurtado, L. A., M. Mateos, R. A. Lutz, and R. C. Vrijenhoek. 2002. Molecular evidence for multiple species of Oasisia (Annelida: Siboglinidae) at eastern Pacific hydrothermal vents. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43: 377–380.
1.Hurtado, L., S. Castrezana, M. Mateos, D. McLaurin, M.K. Tello, J. Campoy and T. Markow. 1997. Developmental instability and environmental stress in natural populations of Drosophila pachea. Ecotoxicology 6: 233–238.