EDITED BOOKS

Etges, W. J., and M. A. F. Noor. 2002. Genetics of mate choice: From sexual selection to sexual isolation (edited volume). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. ISBN 1402010222, 260 pages. Publisher

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Link to those papers that are indexed in PubMed (not a complete list).

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2008

Forbes, A. A., T. H. Q. Powell, N. F. Lobo, M. A. F. Noor, and J. L. Feder. 2008. Polymorphic microsatellite loci for Diachasma alloeum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Molecular Ecology Resources, 8: 373-376.

Kulathinal, R. J., S. M. Bennett, C. L. Fitzpatrick, and M. A. F. Noor. 2008. Fine-scale mapping of recombination rate in Drosophila refines its correlation to diversity and divergence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, in press.

Schaeffer, S. W., A. Bhutkar, B. F. McAllister, M. Matsuda, L. M. Matzkin, P. M. O'Grady, C. Rohde, V. L. S. Valente, M. Aguade, W. W. Anderson, K. Edwards, A. C. L. Garcia, J. Goodman, J. Hartigan, E. Kataoka, R. T. Lapoint, E. R. Lozovsky, C. A. Machado, M. A. F. Noor, M. Papaceit, L. K. Reed, S. Richards, T. T. Rieger, S. M. Russo, H. Sato, C. Segarra, D. R. Smith, T. F. Smith, V. Strelets, Y. N. Tobari, Y. Tomimura, M. Wasserman, T. Watts, R. Wilson, K. Yoshida, T. A. Markow, W. M. Gelbart, T. C. Kaufman. 2008. Polytene chromosomal maps of 11 Drosophila species: The order of genomic scaffolds inferred from genetic and physical maps. Genetics, in press.

2007

Chang, A. S., and M. A. F. Noor. 2007. The genetics of hybrid male sterility between the allopatric species pair Drosophila persimilis and D. pseudoobscura bogotana: Dominant sterility alleles in collinear autosomal regions. Genetics, 176: 343-349 Abstract.

Cirulli, E. T., R. M. Kliman, and M. A. F. Noor. 2007. Fine-scale crossover rate heterogeneity in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 64: 129-135 Abstract.

Cirulli, E.T., and M. A. F. Noor. 2007. Localization and characterization of X-chromosome inversion breakpoints separating Drosophila mojavensis and D. arizonae. Journal of Heredity, 98: 111-114 Abstract.

Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium (Noor is 151st author of 417). 2007. Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny. Nature 450: 203-218 Abstract.

Etges, W. J., C. C. deOliveira, E. Gragg, D. Ortiz-Barrientos, M. A. F. Noor, and M. G. Ritchie. 2007. Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. I. Male courtship song, mating success and genotype x environment interactions. Evolution, 61: 1106-1119 Abstract. Hear actual fly courtship songs.

Machado, C. A., T. S. Haselkorn, and M. A. F. Noor. 2007. Evaluation of the genomic extent of effects of fixed inversion differences on intraspecific variation and interspecific gene flow in Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. Genetics, 175: 1289-1306 Abstract.

Moehring, A. J., K. C. Teeter, and M. A. F. Noor. 2007. Genome-wide patterns of expression in Drosophila pure species and hybrid males. II. Examination of multiple species hybridizations, platforms, and life-cycle stages. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 24: 137-145 Abstract.
---See comment in Faculty of 1000.

Noor, M. A. F.*, D. A. Garfield*, S. W. Schaeffer, and C. A. Machado. 2007. Divergence between the Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis genome sequences in relation to chromosomal inversions. Genetics, 177: 1417-1428 Abstract.

Ortiz-Barrientos, D., B. A. Counterman, and M. A. F. Noor. 2007. Gene expression divergence and the origin of hybrid dysfunctions. Genetica, 129: 71-81 Abstract.

Situma, C., A. J. Moehring, M. A. F. Noor, and S. A. Soper. 2007. Immobilized molecular beacons: A new strategy using UV-activated PMMA surfaces to provide large fluorescence sensitivities for reporting on molecular association events. Analytical Biochemistry, 363: 35-45 Abstract.

2006

Counterman, B. A., and M. A. F. Noor. 2006. Multilocus test for introgression between the cactophilic species Drosophila mojavensis and D. arizonae. American Naturalist, 168: 682-696 Abstract.

Hamill, R. M., M. A. F. Noor, E. T. Watson, and M. G. Ritchie. 2006. New microsatellite loci for the European bushcricket, Ephippiger ephippiger (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 6: 340-342.

Kandul, N. P., K. M. Wright, E. V. Kandul, and M. A. F. Noor. 2006. No evidence for learned mating discrimination in male Drosophila pseudoobscura. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 6: 54 Abstract or full text.

Masly, J. P., C. D. Jones, M. A. F. Noor, J. Locke, and H. A. Orr. 2006. Gene transposition as a novel cause of hybrid sterility in Drosophila. Science, 313: 1448-1450 Abstract.
---See comments in Nature Reviews Genetics.

Michalak, P., and M. A. F. Noor. 2006. Genetics of reproductive isolation and species differences in model organisms. In: Evolutionary Genetics: Concepts and Case Studies, C. W. Fox and J. B. Wolf, eds, pp. 387-398. Oxford University Press: New York.

Noor, M. A. F., and J. A. Coyne. 2006. Speciation in the new millennium: What's left to know? Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, 52: 431-441 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F., and J. L. Feder. 2006. Speciation genetics: Evolving approaches. Nature Reviews Genetics, 7: 851-861 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F. and D. Ortiz-Barrientos. 2006. Simulating natural conditions in the laboratory: A re-examination of sexual isolation between sympatric and allopatric populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. Behavior Genetics, 36: 322-327 Abstract.

Ortiz-Barrientos, D., A. S. Chang, and M. A. F. Noor. 2006. A recombinational portrait of the Drosophila pseudoobscura genome. Genetical Research, 87: 23-31 Abstract. Supplementary Excel list of primers

Velez, S., M. S. Taylor, M. A. F. Noor, N. F. Lobo, and J. L. Feder. 2006. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the apple maggot fly Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 6: 90-92.

2005

Leman, S. C., Y. Chen, J. E. Stajich, M. A. F. Noor, and M. K. Uyenoyama. 2005. Likelihoods from summary statistics: Recent divergence between species. Genetics, 171: 1419-1436 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F. 2005. Patterns of evolution of genes disrupted in expression in Drosophila species hybrids. Genetical Research, 85: 119-125 Abstract.

Ortiz-Barrientos, D., and M. A. F. Noor. 2005. Evidence for a one-allele assortative mating locus. Science, 310: 1467 Abstract.
---See comments in Faculty of 1000.

Richards, S., Y. Liu, B. R. Bettencourt, P. Hradecky, S. Letovsky, R. Nielsen, K. Thornton, et al. (M. A. F. Noor is 45th of 52 authors). 2005. Comparative genome sequencing of Drosophila pseudoobscura: Chromosomal, gene, and cis-element evolution. Genome Research, 15: 1-18 Abstract.

2004

Boyle, A. S. and M. A. F. Noor. 2004. Variation in recombination rate may bias human genetic disease mapping studies. Genetica, 122: 245-252 Abstract.

Brown, K. M., L. M. Burk, L. M. Henagan, and M. A. F. Noor. 2004. A test of the chromosomal rearrangement model of speciation in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Evolution, 58: 1856-1860 Abstract.

Counterman, B. A., D. Ortiz-Barrientos, and M. A. F. Noor. 2004. Using comparative genomic data to test for faster-X evolution. Evolution, 58: 656-660 Abstract.

Michalak, P. and M. A. F. Noor. 2004. Association of misexpression with sterility in hybrids of Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 59: 277-282 Abstract.

Ortiz-Barrientos, D., B. A. Counterman, and M. A. F. Noor. 2004. The genetics of speciation by reinforcement. PLoS Biology, 2: e416 Abstract.
---See comments in Faculty of 1000, Nature Reviews Genetics, The Scientist, and PLoS Biology.

Staten, R., S. Dixon Schully, and M. A. F. Noor. 2004. A microsatellite linkage map of Drosophila mojavensis. BMC Genetics 5: 12 Abstract, or full text.

Stevison, L. S., B. A. Counterman, and M. A. F. Noor. 2004. Molecular population genetics of X-linked accessory gland proteins in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Journal of Heredity, 95: 114-118 Abstract.

2003

Dixon, S. M., J. A. Coyne, and M. A. F. Noor. 2003. The evolution of conspecific sperm precedence in Drosophila, Molecular Ecology, 12: 1179-1184 Abstract.
---See comment in Faculty of 1000.

Michalak, P., and M. A. F. Noor. 2003. Genome-wide patterns of expression in adult Drosophila pure-species and hybrid males, Molecular Biology and Evolution, 20: 1070-1076 Abstract, Supplementary Data.

Noor, M. A. F., and R. M. Kliman. 2003. Variability on the dot chromosome in the Drosophila simulans clade. Genetica, 118: 51-58 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F., P. Michalak, and D. Donze. 2003. Characterization of a male-predominant antisense transcript underexpressed in hybrids of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. Genetics, 165: 1823-1830 Abstract.

Servedio, M. R., and M. A. F. Noor. 2003. The role of reinforcement in speciation: Theory and data. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 34: 339-364 Abstract.

Alvarez, D., M. A. F. Noor, and M. Ruiz-Garcia. 2002. Comparative genetic structure between tropical Colombian and North American Drosophila pseudoobscura populations. Biotropica, 34: 81-92 Abstract.

2002

Espinoza, N. R., and M. A. F. Noor. 2002. Population genetics of a polyploid: Is there hybridization between lineages of Hyla versicolor? Journal of Heredity, 93: 81-85 Abstract.

McGuire, H. L., and M. A. F. Noor. 2002. Microsatellite loci for great white herons and great blue herons (Aves, Ardeidae, Ardea herodias). Molecular Ecology Notes, 2: 170-172 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F. 2002. Is the Biological Species Concept showing its age? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 17: 153-154.

Ortiz-Barrientos, D., J. Reiland, J. Hey, and M. A. F. Noor. 2002. Recombination and the divergence of hybridizing species. Genetica, 116: 167-178 Abstract.

Reiland, J., S. Hodge, and M. A. F. Noor. 2002. Strong founder effect in Drosophila pseudoobscura colonizing New Zealand from North America, J. Heredity, 93: 415-420 Abstract.

Reiland, J., and M. A. F. Noor. 2002. Lack of qualitative RNA misexpression in sterile male F1 hybrids of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis, BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2: 16 Abstract, or full text.

2001

Kliman, R. M., B. T. Rogers, and M. A. F. Noor. 2001. Differences in (G+C) content between species and speciation. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 209: 131-140 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F., A. L. Cunningham, and J. C. Larkin. 2001. Consequences of recombination rate variation on QTL mapping studies: Simulations based on the Drosophila melanogaster genome. Genetics, 159: 581-588 Abstract.
---See comment in Trends in Genetics (v 17, p624).

Noor, M. A. F., K. L. Grams, L. A. Bertucci, Y. Almendarez, J. Reiland, and K. R. Smith. 2001. The genetics of reproductive isolation and the potential for gene exchange between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis via backcross hybrid males. Evolution, 55: 512-521 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F., K. L. Grams, L. A. Bertucci, and J. Reiland. 2001. Chromosomal inversions and the reproductive isolation of species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 98: 12084-12088. Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F., R. M. Kliman, and C. A. Machado. 2001. Evolutionary history of microsatellites in the obscura group of Drosophila. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 18: 551-556 Abstract.

Williams, M. A., A. G. Blouin, and M. A. F. Noor. 2001. Courtship songs of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. II. Genetics of species differences. Heredity, 86: 68-77 Abstract. Hear actual fly courtship songs.

2000

Noor, M. A. F. 2000. Effects of dominance on runaway sexual selection. Adaptive Behavior, 8: 255-266 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F. 2000. On the evolution of female mating preferences as pleiotropic byproducts of adaptive evolution. Adaptive Behavior, 8: 3-12 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F., N. A. Johnson, and J. Hey. 2000. Gene flow between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. Evolution, 54: 2174-2175.

Noor, M. A. F. and J. C. Larkin. 2000. A re-evaluation of 12S ribosomal RNA variability in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 17: 938-941 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F., M. Pascual, and K. R. Smith. 2000. Genetic variation in the spread of Drosophila subobscura from a nonequilibrium population. Evolution, 54: 696-703 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F., M. D. Schug, and C. F. Aquadro. 2000. Microsatellite variation in populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura and Drosophila persimilis. Genetical Research, 75: 25-35 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F., and K. R. Smith. 2000. Recombination, statistical power, and genetic studies of sexual isolation in Drosophila. Journal of Heredity, 91: 99-103 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F., M. A. Williams, D. Alvarez, and M. Ruiz-Garcia. 2000. Lack of evolutionary divergence in courtship songs of Drosophila pseudoobscura subspecies. Journal of Insect Behavior, 13: 255-262.

Warner, R. D. and M. A. F. Noor. 2000. High frequency of microsatellites in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Genes and Genetic Systems, 75: 115-118 Abstract.

1999 and earlier

Noor, M. A. F. 1999. Reinforcement and other consequences of sympatry. Heredity, 83: 503-508 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F. 1998. Diurnal activity patterns of Drosophila subobscura and D. pseudoobscura in sympatric populations. American Midland Naturalist, 140: 34-41 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F., and C. F. Aquadro. 1998. Courtship songs of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. Analysis of variation. Animal Behaviour, 56: 115-125 Abstract. Hear actual fly courtship songs.

Schug, M. D., C. M. Hutter, M. A. F. Noor, and C. F. Aquadro. 1998. Mutation and evolution of microsatellites in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetica, 102/103: 359-367 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F. 1997. Genetics of sexual isolation and courtship dysfunction in male hybrids of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. Evolution, 51: 809-815 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F. 1997. Environmental effects on male courtship in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Journal of Insect Behavior, 10: 305-312.

Noor, M. A. F. 1997. How often does sympatry affect sexual isolation in Drosophila? American Naturalist, 149: 1156-1163.

Kelly, J. K., and M. A. F. Noor. 1996. Speciation by reinforcement: A model derived from studies of Drosophila. Genetics, 143: 1485-1497 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F. 1996. Absence of species discrimination in Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis males. Animal Behaviour, 52:1205-1210 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F., and J. A. Coyne. 1996. Genetics of a difference in the cuticular hydrocarbons between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. Genetical Research, 68: 117-123 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. 1995. Incipient sexual isolation in Drosophila pseudoobscura bogotana Ayala & Dobzhansky (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 71: 125-129 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. 1995. Long-term changes in obscura group Drosophila species composition at Mather, California. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 71:71-74.

Noor, M. A. 1995. Speciation driven by natural selection in Drosophila. Nature (London), 375: 674-675 Abstract.

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Barnwell, C. V., K. R. Kommaraju, and M. A. F. Noor. 2008. Disruption of Drosophila melanogaster dmbrca2 (CG30169) affects rates of female meiotic crossing over. Drosophila Information Service 91: in press.

Noor, M. A. F. 2008. M. J. D. White's book "Modes of Speciation". In: Evolution: The First Four Billion Years, in press.

Allen, E. C., and M. A. F. Noor. 2007. Relative mating success of hybrid and pure species males to highly discriminating D. pseudoobscura females. Drosophila Information Service, 90: 10-14.

Garfield, D. A., and M. A. F. Noor. 2007. Characterization of novel repetitive element Leviathan in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Drosophila Information Service, 90: 1-9 Abstract.

Noor, M. A. F. 2007. What are the evolutionary forces affecting variation within populations? In: Biology: The Dynamic Science, P. J. Russell et al., eds., Thompson Brooks/ Cole, p. 439.

Noor, M. A. F., and A. S. Chang. 2006. Evolutionary genetics: Jumping into a new species. Current Biology, 16: R890-R892 abstract.

Noor, M. A. F., K. J. Zimmerman, and K. C. Teeter. 2006. Data sharing: How much doesn't get submitted to GenBank? PLoS Biology, 4: e228.

Ortiz-Barrientos, D., E. T. Watson, and M. A. F. Noor. 2006. Ethanol attraction and survival in adult Drosophila pseudoobscura. Drosophila Information Service, 89: 46-51 Abstract.

Bourgeois, G., L. S. Stevison, D. Ortiz-Barrientos, and M. A. F. Noor. 2005. Characterization of UDP-glycosyltransferase genes in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Drosophila Information Service 88: 12-15.

Noor, M. A. F., and N. A. Johnson. 2005. Perspectives: A kingpin of academic inclusive fitness: The history and contributions of Bruce Grant. Genetics 171: 867-871.

Bourgeois, G., and M. A. F. Noor. 2004. Confirming the ancestral allele of exuperantia2 (exu2) of Drosophila pseudoobscura. Drosophila Information Service 87: 52-53.

Dixon Schully, S., and M. A. F. Noor. 2004. Evaluating the mode of reinforcement in Drosophila pseudoobscura: Discrimination enhancement vs. preference evolution. Drosophila Information Service 87: 68-71.

Ritchie, M. G., and M. A. F. Noor. 2004. Gene replacement and the genetics of speciation. Heredity 93: 1-2.

Bertucci, L. A., and M. A. F. Noor. 2003. Transcripts involved in spermatogenesis are not qualitatively underexpressed in hybrids of Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana. Drosophila Information Service 86: 14-16.

Noor, M. A. F. 2003. Evolutionary biology: Genes to make new species. Nature 423:699-700.

Alvarez, D., M. Ruiz-Garcia, M. A. F. Noor, and V. M. Salceda. 2001. Comparative genetic structure among Colombian and Mexican Drosophila pseudoobscura populations by using 14 microsatellite markers: a first approach. Drosophila Information Service 84: 75-82.

Bertucci, L. A., and M. A. F. Noor. 2001. Single fly total RNA preparations for RT-PCR. Drosophila Information Service 84: 166-168.

Campbell, R. V., and M. A. F. Noor. 2001. Assessing hybrid male fertility in Drosophila species: Correlation between sperm motility and production of offspring. Drosophila Information Service 84: 6-9.

Noor, M. A. F., and H. Akashi. 1999. Drosophila evolutionary genetics. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Noor, M. A. F. 1998. Evolving approaches to animal behavior. Book review of "Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach" by J. Alcock, BioScience 48:865-868.

Noor, M. A. F. 1998. Courtship songs: a noninvasive method of identifying North American obscura-subgroup Drosophila males in field collections. Drosophila Information Service 81:134-136.

Noor, M. A. F., J. R. Wheatley, K. A. Wetterstrand, and H. Akashi. 1998. Western North American obscura-group Drosophila collection data, summer 1997. Drosophila Information Service 81:136-137.

Noor, M. A. F. 1996. Activity level of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis hybrid males. Drosophila Information Service 77:51-52.

Noor, M. A. 1995. Reinforcement in speciation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10:492.

Noor, M. A. and J. A. Coyne. 1995. A factor causing distorted sex ratios in Drosophila simulans. Drosophila Information Service 76:151-152.

Noor, M. A. and J. A. Coyne. 1995. Sterility in D. pseudoobscura/D. p. bogotana hybrid males. Drosophila Information Service 76:143.

Noor, M. A. 1994. Progress report on invasion of Drosophila subobscura in a California locality. Drosophila Information Service 75:67-68.

SUBMITTED PUBLICATIONS

Barnwell, C. V., and M. A. F. Noor. 2008. Failure to replicate two mate preference QTLs across multiple strains of Drosophila pseudoobscura. submitted.

Catron, D. J., and M. A. F. Noor. 2008. Gene expression disruptions of organism versus organ in Drosophila species hybrids. submitted.

Kandul, N. P., and M. A. F. Noor. 2008. Rampant splicing and exon turnover of Drosophila Bruno-3. submitted.

Larracuente, A. M., M. A. F. Noor, and A. G. Clark. 2008. Translocation of Y-linked genes to the dot chromosome in D. pseudoobscura. submitted.

Runcie, D. E., and M. A. F. Noor. 2008. Sequence signatures of a recent chromosomal rearrangement in Drosophila mojavensis. submitted.

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