Wayne Lab

Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of California, Los Angeles

Research Current Lab Members Lab Alumni Affiliations and Links Selected Publications

Coat Variation in Domestic Dog is Goverened by Variants in Three Genes. E Cadieu, M Neff, P Quignon, K Walsh, K Chase, H Parker, B vonHoldt, et al. Science (2009) [abstract]

An Expressed Fgf4 Retrogene is Associated with Breed-defining Chondrodysplasia in Domestic Dogs. H Parker, B vonHoldt, P Quignon, E Margulies, S Shao, et al. Science (2009) [abstract]

Origin and status of the Great Lakes wolf. S Koblmueller, M Nord, RK Wayne, and JA Leonard. Molecular Ecology (2009) [abstract]

Linkage Disequilibrium and Demographic History of Wild and Domestic Canids. MM Gray, JM Granka, CD Bustamante, NB Sutter, AR Boyko, et al. Genetics (2009) [abstract]

Landscape genetics of California mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus): the roles of ecological and historical factors in generating differentiation. KM Pease, AH Freedman, JP Pollinger, JE McCormack, W Buermann, et al. Molecular Ecology (2009) [abstract]

Molecular and evolutionary history of melanism in North American gray wolves.T Anderson, B vonHoldt, S Candille, M Musiani, C Greco, et al. Science (2009) [abstract]

The genealogy and genetic viability of the reintroduced Yellowstone grey wolves. B vonHoldt, D Stahler, D Smith, D Earl, J Pollinger, and R Wayne. Molecular Ecology (2008) [abstract]

Genetic divergence and differentiation within Western Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma californica). K Delaney, S Zafar and R Wayne. The Auk (2008) [abstract]

Native Great Lakes wolves were not restored. JA Leonard and RK Wayne. Biology Letters (2008) [abstract]

Multigene phylogeny of the Mustelidae: Resolving relationships, tempo and biogeographic history of a mammalian adaptive radiation. K Koefpli, KA Deere, GJ Slater, C Begg, K Begg, et al. BMC Biology (2008) abstract]

Recent postglacial range expansion drives the rapid diversification of a songbird lineage in the genus Junco. B Mila, JE McCormack, G Castaneda, RK Wayne, TB Smith. Proc Roy Soc B (2007) [abstract]

Extensive population genetic structure in the giraffe. DM Brown, RA Brenneman, K Koepfli, JP Pollinger, B Mila, et al. BMC Biology (2007) [abstract]

Lessons learned from the dog genome. RK Wayne and EA Ostrander. Trends in Genetics (2007) abstract]

Differentiation of tundra/taiga and boreal coniferous forest wolves: genetics, coat colour and association with migratory caribou. M Musiani, JA Leonard, HD Cluff, C Cormack Gates, S Mariani, et al. Molecular Ecology (2007) [abstract]

A Single IGF1 Allele Is a Major Determinant of Small Size in Dogs. NB Sutter, CD Bustamante, K Chase, MM Gray, K Zhao, et al. Science (2007) [abstract]

Megafaunal Extinctions and the Disappearance of a Specialized Wolf Ecomorph. JA Leonard, C Vila, K Fox-Dobbs, PL Koch, RK Wayne, and B Van Valkenburgh. Current Biology (2007) [abstract]

Sea ice occurrence predicts genetic isolation in the Arctic fox. E Geffen, S Waidyaratne, L Dalen, A Angerbjorn, C Vila, et al. Molecular Ecology (2007) [abstract]

Phylogeny of the Procyonidae (Mammalia: Carnivora): Molecules, morphology and the Great American Interchange. K Koepfli, ME Gompper, E Eizirik, C Ho, L Linden, et al. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2007) [abstract]

Speciation and rapid phenotypic differentiation in the yellow-rumped warbler Dendroica coronata complex. B Mila, TB Smith, RK Wayne. Molecular Ecology (2006) [abstract]

Genomics and conservation genetics. MH Kohn, WJ Murphy, EA Ostrander, and RK Wayne. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2006) [abstract]

Adaptive units for conservation: Population distinction and historic extinctions in the Island Scrub-Jay. KS Delaney and RK Wayne. Conservation Biology (2005) [abstract]