Publications

Barreto, F.S. and M.A. McCartney (2008).  Extraordinary AFLP fingerprint similarity despite strong assortative mating between reef fish color morphospecies.  Evolution 62:226–233. [PDF]

Slaughter, C., McCartney, M. A. and P. O. Yund (2008). A comparison of gamete compatibility between two blue mussel species in sympatry and in allopatry.  Biological Bulletin 214: 57–66. [PDF]

Shafer, T. H., McCartney, M.A. and L.M. Faircloth (2006) Identifying exoskeletal proteins in the blue crab from an expressed sequence tag (EST) library. Integrative and Comparative Biology 46: 978-990. [PDF]

Zigler, K. S., M. A. McCartney , D. R. Levitan, and H. A. Lessios (2005)  Sea urchin bindin divergence predicts gamete compatibility.  Evolution 59: 2399-2404. [PDF]

McCartney, M. A., Brayer, K., and D. R. Levitan (2004).  Polymorphic microsatellite loci from the red urchin, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, with comments on heterozygote deficit.  Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 226-228. [PDF]

McCartney, M. A. and Lessios, H. A. (2004) Adaptive evolution of sperm bindin tracks egg incompatibility in neotropical sea urchins of the genus EchinometraMolecular Biology and Evolution 21:732-745. [PDF]

McCartney, M. A., J. Acevedo, C. Heredia, C. Rico, B. Quenoville, E. Bermingham, and W. O. McMillan (2003).  Genetic mosaic in a marine species flock.  Molecular Ecology 12: 2963-2973. [PDF]

McCartney, M. A. and H.A. Lessios (2002).  A quantitative analysis of gametic incompatibility between closely related species of neotropical sea urchins. Biological Bulletin 202: 166-181. [PDF]

McCartney, M. A., Keller, G. and H. A. Lessios (2000).  Dispersal barriers in tropical oceans and speciation of Atlantic and eastern Pacific Echinometra sea urchins.  Molecular Ecology 9:1391-1400.  [PDF]

McCartney, M. A. (1997).  Sex allocation and male fitness gain in a colonial, hermaphroditic marine invertebrate.  Evolution 51:127-140.  [PDF]

Yund, P. O., and M. A. McCartney (1994).  Male reproductive success in sessile invertebrates: competition for fertilizations. Ecology 75:2151-2167.  [PDF]

 

 

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