Publications

(*undergraduate student)

2026

Shennard, D. C. Mulliniks, E. Ferrufino, A. Manning, S. Choy, R. Ambosie, S. Thevasagayampillai, B. Pileggi, L. Zimmermann, C. Shen, A. Kimmel, R. Mapa, P.H. Gunaratne, E.R. Duboue, W.K. Meyer, B. Alward, S.E. McGaugh, J. E. Kowalko. CRISPR screening reveals genetic regulators associated with the evolution of eye degeneration. Under Review.

Richards, E. R.L. Moran, J. Wiese, A. Rastogi, O.W. North, J.E. Kowalko, N. Rohner, A. Keene, S.E. McGaugh. Genetic basis of sleep loss, eye loss, and feeding across different evolutionary origins of cavefish. In revision Genetics. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.31.703033

Choy, S. M. Enriquez, R. Ambosie, A.E. Manning, B.F. Mullin, R. Rodriquez-Morales, J. Abdelaziz, S. Jacobson, E. Lloyd, A. Kimmel, S. Lapko, I. Carino-Bazan, H. Bilandžija, A.C. Keene, E. Duboué, S.E. McGaugh, J.E. Kowalko. Analysis of multi-trait evolution across independently evolved cavefish populations reveals shared and independent evolution of suites of cave-associated traits. Revised version resubmitted Proceedings of the Royal Society. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.22.683983v1

Klabacka, R.L., A. M. Bronikowski, S.E. McGaugh, D.M. Reding, A. Lithio, D. Nettleton, L.S. Stevison, J. Judson, B. Christensen, R. McKee, D. Celani, T.S. Schwartz. Divergence in allelic variation and gene expression in molecular networks that underly aging between fast- and slow-aging garter snakes. Under Review.

Roback, E. Y., X. Maggs, E.S. Ricemeyer, A. Warlen, R.A. Carroll C. Elsik, A.C. Keene, N. Rohner, S.E. McGaugh, W.C. Warren. Pangenome discovery of repeated structural variation associated with extreme ecological adaptation in independently evolved cavefish. Under Review. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.25.690530

Kellermeyer, R., C. Seidel, W.B. Redwine, R. Moran, S. Bertho, C.P. Ornelas García, D. Alegre, J.K. Medley, Kyle Weaver, J. Unruh, B. Troutwine, Y. Wang, E. Collins, J. Rutkowski, S. McGaugh, L. Espinasa, and N. Rohner. 2026. Long-term hybridization in a karst window reveals the genetic basis of eye loss in cavefish. Under Review. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.25.620266

2025

Drabeck, D.H., M. Anderson, E.Y. Roback, E. Lusczek, A.N. Tri, J.F. Lassen, A.E. Kowalczyk, S.E. McGaugh, T.L. Iles. 2025. Genes underlying adaptive physiological shifts among hibernating mammals. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf188

North, O., L.C. Maza-Castañeda, A. Beck, A. Rastogi, A. Gluesenkamp, L. Gluesenkamp, N. Swanson, J. Hernández-Lozano, M. Garduño-Sánchez, J.A. Díaz-Cruz, J.E. Kowalko, S.E. McGaugh, A.C. Keene, C.P. Ornelas-García. 2025. Phylogenetic mapping of sleep loss in wild-caught cavefish. iScience. 28: 113940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113940

Kellermeyer, R. L., D. Alvarez-Ponce, J. Arsuaga, F. Chain, M. Dennis, M. Margres, R. Meisel, W. Meyere, T.S. Moon, K. Smith, C. Zhou, S. McGaugh. 2025. Roles and future opportunities for genomic architecture in understanding repeated evolution. Journal of Comparative and Integrative Biology. Journal of Integrative and Comparative Biology. icaf040, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaf040

Choy, S. S. Thakur, E. Polyakov, J. Abdelaziz, E. Lloyd, M. Enriquez, N. Jaya, A. Mensinger, Y. Fily, S.E. McGaugh, A.C. Keene, J.E. Kowalko. 2025. Mutations in the oca2 gene alter visually-dependent prey capture behavior in the Mexican tetra. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228 (7) jeb249881. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.249881

Powers, A.K., A. Amaismeier , K. Thiel, W. Anyonge, S.E. McGaugh , T.E. Boggs, C.J. Tabin, J.B. Gross. 2025. Genetic mapping of orofacial traits reveals a single genomic region associated with differences in multiple parameters of jaw size between Astyanax mexicanus surface and cavefish. Evolution & Development. e70003. doi: 10.1111/ede.70003.

Roback, E. Y., E. Ferrufino, R.L. Moran, D. Shennard, C. Mulliniks, J. Gallop*, J. Weagley, J. Miller, Y. Fily, C.P. Ornelas-Garcia, N. Rohner, J.E. Kowalko, S.E. McGaugh. 2025. Evolutionary history of premature termination codons in a system characterized by trait loss. Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf012

Wiese, J. E*. Richards, J. E. Kowalko, S. E. McGaugh. Loci associated with cave-derived traits concentrate in specific regions of the Mexican cavefish genome. 2025. Journal of Heredity. esae040, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esae040

2024

Drabeck, D.H. J. Wiese*, E. Gilbertson*, J. Arroyave, D. Arcila, S.E. Alter, R. Borowsky, D. Hendrickson, M. Stiassny, S.E. McGaugh. 2024. Gene loss and relaxed selection of plaat1 in vertebrates adapted to low light environments. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 291: 20232847 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2847

Warren, W., R. Carroll, L. Haggerty, A.Keene, S. McGaugh, D. Ogeh, E. Rice, E. Roback, N. Rohner, F. Smith, and M.X. 2024. Astyanax mexicanus surface and cavefish chromosome-scale assemblies for trait variation discovery. G3. jkae103, https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae103

Beck, A., H. Grunwald, R. Moran, R. Rodriguez-Morales, A. Powers, S. McGaugh, J.E. Kowalko. 2024. Defining the unseen: Population-specific markers for A. mexicanus blind cavefish. Zebrafish. https://doi.org/10.1089/zeb.2023.0105

2023

Garduño-Sánchez, M.J., Hernandez-Lozano, R.L. Moran, R. Miranda-Gamboa, J.B. Gross, N. Rohner, W.R. Elliott, J. Miller, L. Lozano-Vilano, S.E. McGaugh, C.P. Ornelas-García. Phylogeographic relationships and morphological evolution between cave and surface Astyanax mexicanus populations (De Fillipi 1853) (Actinopterygii, Characidae). Molecular Ecology. http://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17128

Powers, A.K., Hyacinthe, C. Riddle, M. Kwan Kim, Y., Amaismeier, A., Thiel, K. Martineau, B., Ferrante, E., Moran, R., McGaugh, S. E., Boggs, T., Gross, J.B., and C. J. Tabin1. Genetic mapping of craniofacial traits in the Mexican tetra reveals loci associated with bite differences in cavefish. BMC Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02149-3

Swanson, N. A.G. Gluesenkamp, A. Donny*, S.E. McGaugh. 2023. Developmental environment contributes to rapid trait shifts among newly colonized subterranean habitats. Zoological Research. Special Cavefish Issue. 44(4): 808−820 https://doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.488

Moran, R.L., E. Richards, C.P. Ornelas-García, J.B. Gross, A. Donny*, J. Wiese*, A.C. Keene, J.E. Kowalko, N. Rohner, and S.E. McGaugh. 2023. Selection-driven trait loss in independently evolved cavefish populations. Nature Communications 14, no. 1 (2023): 2557.

Enriquez, M.S. N. Swanson, T. Tait, A.G. Gluesenkamp, S.E. McGaugh, A.F. Mensinger. 2023. Evidence for rapid divergence of sensory systems between Texas populations of the Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1085975

2022

Drabeck, D.H., J. Holt*, S. E. McGaugh. Widespread convergent evolution of alpha-neurotoxin resistance in African mammals. Biology Letters. 18: 20220361. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0361

Weaver, S. S. E. McGaugh, TJY Kono, R. Macip-Rios, A. G. Gluesenkamp. Assessing genomic and ecological differentiation in the Mexican Mud Turtle, Kinosternon hirtipes. In Press. Journal of Heredity. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esac036

Perry, A.*, S.E. McGaugh, A.C. Keene, H. Blackmon. 2022. CaveCrawler: An interactive analysis suite for cavefish bioinformatics. G3. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkac132

Moran, R. L. J. B. Jaggard, E. Y. Roback, A. Kenzior, N. Rohner, J. Kowalko, C. P. Ornelas García, S. E. McGaugh, A. C. Keene. 2022. Hybridization underlies localized trait evolution in cavefish. iScience 25: 103778. https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)00048-7

2021

Qiu, Y. C. O’Connor, R. Della Coletta, J. Renk, P. Monnahan, J. Noshay, Z. Liang, A. Gilbert, S. Anderson, S.E. McGaugh, N. Springer, C. Hirsch. Population level variation of transposable elements in a maize diversity panel. G3. 11: https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab238

McGaugh, S. E., A. Lorenz, L.E. Flagel. 2021. The utility of genomic prediction models in evolutionary genetics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 288: 20210693. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0693

O’Gorman, M. S. Thakur, G. Imrie1, R.L. Moran2, S. Choy1, I. Sifuentes-Romero1, H. Bilandžija, K. J. Renner, E. Duboue, N. Rohner, S. E. McGaugh, A. C. Keene, J. E. Kowalko. Pleiotropic function of the oca2 gene underlies the evolution of sleep loss and albinism in cavefish. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.077

Commentary: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.016

Mack, K.L., J. B. Jaggard, J.L. Persons, C.N. Passow, B.A. Stahl, E. Ferrufino, D. Tsuchiya, S.E. Smith, B. Slaughter, T.J.Y. Kono, J. Kowalko, N. Rohner, A.C. Keene, S. E. McGaugh. Convergent dysregulation of the circadian clock in cavefish populations. PLoS Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009642

Riddle, M.R., F. Damen, A. Aspiras, J. A. Tabin, S. McGaugh, C. Tabin. Genetic mapping of metabolic traits in the blind Mexican cavefish reveals sex-dependent quantitative trait loci associated with cave adaptation. BMC Ecology and Evolution . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01823-8

Warren et al. A chromosome level genome of Astyanax mexicanus surface fish for comparing population-specific genetic differences contributing to trait evolution. Nature Communications. 12. 1447. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21733-z?fbclid=IwAR1ILg-CqpLpw2eT5kTw4TRs0yY0olH0X1onzmBKUwBxRLVP8DTP7JINMSI

2020

Stevison, L.S. and S.E. McGaugh. It’s time to stop sweeping recombination rate under the genome scan rug. Invited News and Views. Molecular Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/mec.15690

Brandt, S., S. Cotner, Z. Koth, S. E. McGaugh. Scientist Spotlights: Online assignments to promote inclusion in Ecology and Evolution. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6849

McGaugh, S.E., J. Kowalko, E. Duboue, P. Lewis, T. Franz-Odendaal, N. Rohner, J.B. Gross, A.C. Keene. Dark world rises: The emergence of cavefish as a model for the study of evolution, development, behavior, and disease. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22978

McGaugh, S. E., C. N. Passow, J.B. Jaggard, B.A. Stahl, A. C. Keene. Unique transcriptional signatures of sleep loss across independently evolved cavefish populations. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22949

Monnahan, PJ., J.-M. Michno, C. O’Connor, A. B. Brohammer, N.M. Springer, S.E. McGaugh, C.N. Hirsch. Using multiple reference genomes to identify and resolve annotation inconsistencies. BMC Genomics. https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-020-6696-8

2019

McGaugh, S.E., S.B. Weaver, E. Gilbertson, B. Garrett, M. Rudeen, S. Grieb, J. Roberts, A. Donny, P. Marchetto, A. G. Gluesenkamp. 2019. Evidence for rapid phenotypic and behavioral change in a recently established cave population of Astyanax mexicanus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz162

Salehi, S., S. Cotner, S. Azarin, E. Carlson, D. Challou, M. Driessen, V.E. Ferry, E.E. Goldberg, W. Harcombe, S. Jensen, S. E. McGaugh, D. Wassenberg, A. Wynveen, A. Yonas, C.J. Ballen. 2019. Gender performance gaps across different assessment methods and the underlying mechanisms. Frontiers in Education. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2019.00107

Loomis, C., R. Peuß3, J. B. Jaggard, Y. Wang, S. McKinney, S. Raftopoulos, A. Raftopoulos, D. Whu, M. Green, S.E. McGaugh, N. Rohner, A.C. Keene, E. Duboue. 2019. An adult brain atlas reveals broad neuroanatomical changes in independently evolved populations of Mexican cavefish. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnana.2019.00088

Ballen, C.J. , S.M. Aguillon, A. Awwad, A.E. Bjune, D. Challou, A.G. Drake, M. Driessen, A. Ellozy, V.E. Ferry, E.E. Goldberg, W. Harcombe, S. ensen, C. Jørgensen, Z. Koth, S.E. McGaugh, C. Mitry, B. Mosher, H. Mostafa, R.H. Petipas, P. A.G. Soneral, S. Watters, D. Wassenberg, S.L. Weiss, A. Yonas, K.R. Zamudio, S. Cotner. 2019. Smaller classes promote equitable student participation in STEM. BioScience. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz069

Stahl, B.A. , R.Peuss, B. McDole, A. Kenzior, J.B. Jaggard, K. Gaudenz, J. Krishnan, S.E. McGaugh, E.R. Duboue, A.C. Keene, N. Rohner. 2019. Stable transgenesis in Astyanax mexicanus using the Tol2 transposase system. Developmental Dynamics. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/dvdy.32

Passow, C.N., A.M. Bronikowski, H. Blackmon, S. Parsai, T.S. Schwartz, S.E. McGaugh. 2019. Contrasting patterns of rapid molecular evolution within the p53-network across mammal and reptile lineages. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11: 629-643. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy273

Passow, C.N., T. J. Y. Kono, B. A. Stahl, J. B. Jaggard, A.C. Keene, S.E. McGaugh. 2019. RNAlater and flash freezing storage methods nonrandomly influence observed gene expression in RNAseq experiments. Molecular Ecology Resources. 19: 456-464. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12965

2018

Herman, A., Y. Brandvain, J. Weagley, W.R. Jeffery, A.C. Keene, T.J. Y. Kono, H. Bilandžija, R. Borowsky, L. Espinasa, K. O'Quin, C.P. Ornelas-García, M. Yoshizawa, B. Carlson, E. Maldonado, J.B. Gross, R.A. Cartwright, N. Rohner, W.C. Warren, S.E. McGaugh. 2018. The role of gene flow in rapid and repeated evolution of cave related traits in Mexican tetra, Astyanax mexicanus. In press. Molecular Ecology. 27: 4397-4416. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mec.14877

Kono, T.J.Y., A.B. Brohammer, S.E. McGaugh, C. Hirsch. 2018. Tandem duplicate genes in maize are abundant and date to two distinct periods of time. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 8: 3049-3058. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200580

Perry B.W., D.C. Card, J.W. McGlothlin, G.I. M. Pasquesi, R.H. Adams, D.R. Schield, N.R. Hales, A.B. Corbin, J.P. Demuth, F.G. Hoffmann, M.W. Vandewege, R. Schott, N. Bhattacharyya, B.S.W. Chang, N.R. Casewell, G.Whiteley, J. Reyes-Velasco, S.P. Mackessy, K.B. Storey, K.K. Biggar, C.N. Passow, C.-H. Kuo, S.E. McGaugh, A.M. Bronikowski, J. deKoning, S.V. Edwards, M. E. Pfrender 18 , P. Minx, E.D. Brodie III, E.D. Brodie, Jr., W.C. Warren, and T.A. Castoe. 2018. Molecular adaptations for sensing and securing prey, and insight into amniote genome diversity, from the garter snake genome. Genome Biology and Evolution. 10: 2110-2129. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy157

Yoshizawa, M., Settle, A., Hermosura, M., Tuttle, L., Centraro, N., Passow, C. N., & S. E McGaugh. 2018. The evolution of a series of behavioral traits is associated with autism-risk genes in cavefish. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18: 89. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1199-9

Aspiras, A., M. Riddle, K. Gaudenz, R. Peuß, J. Sung, B. Martineau, M. Peavey, A. Box, J.A. Tabin, S.E. McGaugh, R. Borowsky, C.J. Tabin and N. Rohner. 2018. Insulin resistance in cavefish as an adaptation to a nutrient-poor environment. Nature. 555: 647 - 651. doi:10.1038/nature26136

Featured in News and Views: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03242-0

Gross, J. B., J. Weagley, B.A. Stahl, L. Ma, L. Espinasa, S.E. McGaugh. 2018. A local duplication of Melanocortin receptor 1 locus in Astyanax. Genome. Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics Special Issue. 61: 254-265. DOI: 10.1139/gen-2017-0049

Brohammer, A.B., T.J.Y. Kono, N.M. Springer, S.E. McGaugh, C.N. Hirsch. 2018. Limited role of differential fractionation in genome content variation and function in maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines. The Plant Journal. 93: 131–141.

2017

Andrew, A., B.W. Perry, D.C. Card, D.R. Schield, R.P. Ruggiero, S.E. McGaugh, A. Choudhary, S. M. Secor, and T. A. Castoe. 2017. Growth and stress response mechanisms underlying post-feeding regenerative organ growth in the Burmese python. BMC Genomics. 18(1): 338. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3743-1

McGaugh, S.E., Schwartz. T. S. 2017. Here and there, but not everywhere: the repeated loss of uncoupling protein 1 in amniotes. Biology Letters. 13: 20160749. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0749

2016

Mitchell, T.S., E.M. Myers, J.K. Tucker. S. E. McGaugh. 2016. Righting ability in hatchling turtles does not predict survival during dispersal in the field. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 120 (3): 553-562. doi: 10.1111/bij.12896

2015

McGaugh, S.E., A.M. Bronikowski, C-H Kuo, D.M. Reding, E.A. Addis, L.E. Flagel, F.J. Janzen, T.S. Schwartz. 2015. Rapid molecular evolution across amniotes of the IIS/TOR network (Insulin and Insulin-like Signaling/Target of Rapamycin). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1419659112

O’Quin, K. and S.E. McGaugh. 2015. The genetic bases of troglomorphy in Astyanax: How far we have come and where do we go from here? in Biology and Evolution of the Mexican Cavefish. eds Alex Keene, Suzanne McGaugh, and Masato Yoshizawa, Elsevier.

2014 and earlier

McGaugh, S.E., J.B. Gross, B. Aken, M. Blin, R. Borowsky, D. Chalopin, H. Hinaux, W. R. Jeffery, A. Keene, L. Ma, P. Minx, D. Murphy, K.E. O’Quin, S. Rétaux, N. Rohner, S.M.J. Searle, B.A. Stahl, C. Tabin, J.-N. Volff, M. Yoshizawa, W.C. Warren. 2014. The cavefish genome reveals candidate genes for eye loss. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6307

Sethuraman, A., S.E. McGaugh , C.H. Chandler, J.L. Christiansen, S. Hayden, A. LeClere, J. Monson-Miller, E.M. Myers, R.T. Paitz, J.M. Refsnider, T. VanDeWalle & F.J. Janzen. 2014. Molecular phylogeography and population genetics of Blanding’s turtle (Emys blandingii) in the midwestern United States. Conservation Genetics. 15:61–73 doi:10.1007/s10592-013-0521-8

The Painted Turtle Genome Consortium. 2013. The western painted turtle genome, a model for the evolution of extreme physiological adaptations in a slowly evolving lineage. Genome Biology 14: R28 doi:10.1186/gb-2013-14-3-r28

Featured in synopsis http://www.genomeweb.com/sequencing/slow-evolution-turtle-genome

Manzano-Winkler, B., S.E. McGaugh, M.A.F. Noor. How hot are Drosophila hotspots? Examining recombination rate variation and associations with nucleotide diversity, divergence, and maternal age in Drosophila pseudoobscura. PLoS One 8(8):e71582. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071582

McGaugh, S.E., C.Heil, B. Manzano-Winkler, L. Loewe, S. Goldstein, T. Himmel & M.A.F. Noor. 2012. Recombination modulates how selection affects linked sites in Drosophila. PLoS Biology. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.100142

Featured in synopsis section of the issue: doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001423

Hoehn, K.B.*, S.E. McGaugh & M.A.F. Noor. 2012. Genomic effects of premature termination codon polymorphisms in the Drosophila pseudoobscura subclade. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 75: 141-150.

McGaugh, S.E. 2012. Comparative population genetics of aquatic turtles in the desert. Conservation Genetics 13:1561–1576.

Graham, A. M., J. Merrill, S. E. McGaugh & M.A.F. Noor. 2012. Geographic selection in the small heat shock gene complex differentiating populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura. Journal of Heredity 103: 400-407.

McGaugh, S.E. & M.A.F. Noor. 2012. Genomic impacts of chromosomal inversions in parapatric Drosophila species. Transactions of Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 367: 422-429.

McGaugh, S.E., R.M. Bowden, C.-H. Kuo & F. J. Janzen. 2011. Field-measured narrow sense heritability of the threshold for sex determination in a turtle with temperature dependent sex-determination. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13: 75-90.

McGaugh, S.E. & F.J. Janzen. 2011. Effective heritability of targets of sex-ratio selection under environmental sex determination. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 784-794.

Neuman-Lee, L.A.*, S. McGaugh, M. Pfrender & F. J. Janzen. 2011. Using mitochondrial DNA to determine the origin of a snake found in Alaska. Journal of Herpetology65: 63-65.

Schwanz, L.E., D. Warner, S.E. McGaugh, R. Di-Terlizzi, A. Bronikowski. 2010. Seasonal and age-related shifts in physiological maintenance in a long-lived ectotherm, the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta). Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 88-97.

Featured in the editorial focus "Painted turtles vary maintenance investment over time".

Short-listed (1 of 8) for the Journal of Experimental Biology’s Outstanding Paper Prize for 2011

McGaugh, S.E., L.E. Schwanz, R.M. Bowden, J.E. Gonzalez & F.J. Janzen. 2010. Inheritance and plasticity of nest-site choice in the field in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 277: 1219-1226.

Howeth, J.G., S.E. McGaugh, & D.A. Hendrickson. 2008. Contrasting demographic and genetic estimates of dispersal in the endangered Coahuilan box turtle: A contemporary approach to conservation. Molecular Ecology 17: 4209-4221.

McGaugh, S.E., C.M. Eckerman & F.J. Janzen. 2008. Molecular phylogeography of Apalone spinifera (Testudines: Trionychidae). Zoologica Scripta 37: 289-304.

McGaugh, S.E. 2008. Color variation among habitat types in the spiny softshell turtles (Trionychidae: Apalone) of Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 42: 347– 353.

McGaugh, S.E. & F.J. Janzen. 2008. The status of Apalone atra populations in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, México, preliminary data. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7: 88-95.

McGaugh, S.E., E.A. Alacs, S.V. Edwards, C.R. Feldman, A. Georges, J.W. Sites Jr. & N. Valenzuela. 2007. Molecules to organisms: research applications of modern genetic tools for turtle biology and conservation. In: Shaffer, H. B., FitzSimmons, N.N., Georges, A., and Rhodin, A.G.J. (Eds). Defining Turtle Diversity: Proceedings of a Workshop on Genetics, Ethics, and Taxonomy of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises. Chelonian Research Monographs 4: 47-72.

McGaugh, S. D. Hendrickson, G. Bell, H. Cabral, K. Lyons, L. McEachron, & O. Munoz 2006. Fighting an aggressive wetlands invader: a case study of giant reed (Arundo donax) and its threat to Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, México. In: Ma. De Lourdes Lozano-Vilano and Armando J. Contreras-Balderas (Eds.). Studies of North American Desert Fishes: In Honor of E. P. (Phil) Pister, Conservationist. Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico. pp 151-161.

Reports

Lesavoy, B.S.*, McGaugh, S.E. & M.A.F. Noor 2014. Mitochondrial DNA variation and structure among North American populations of Megaselia scalaris. http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2014/06/13/006288

McGaugh, S.E. & M.A.F. Noor 2009. Drosophila lowei collections from Mount Lemmon, Arizona, in 2009. Drosophila Information Service. 92.

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