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Phil Spinks pqspinks@ucdavis.edu Research:My research revolves around conservation genetics and systematics. Specifically, I am interested in applying molecular genetic techniques to problems in conservation biology, and also understanding processes that lead to and maintain patterns of genetic diversity at various levels from populations to deep phylogenetic history. My work combines laboratory and field studies to investigate phylogeography and ecology of the western pond turtle (Emys marmorata), and conservation phylogenetics and systematics of freshwater turtles. |
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Degrees:2004- PhD - University of California, Davis - Ecology1997- BS - University of California, Davis - Evolution and Ecology Publications:Spinks, P.Q. and H. B. Shaffer. 2007. Conservation phylogenetics of the Asian box turtles (Geoemydidae, Cuora): mitochondrial introgression, numts, and inferences from multiple nuclear loci. Conservation Genetics 8:641-657. PDFSpinks, P.Q. and H.B. Shaffer. 2005. Rangewide molecular analysis of the western pond turtle (Emys marmorata): cryptic variation, isolation by distance, and their conservation implications. Molecular Ecology, 14:2047-2064. PDF Steppan, S., R. Adkins, P. Q. Spinks, and C. Hale. 2005. Multigene phylogeny of the Old World mice, Murinae, reveals distinct geographic lineages and the declining utility of mitochondrial genes compared to nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37:370-388.PDF Spinks, Phillip Q., H.Bradley Shaffer, John B. Iverson, and William P. McCord. 2004. Phylogenetic hypotheses for the turtle family Geoemydidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32:164-182. PDF Spinks, P.Q., G.B. Pauly, J.J. Crayon and H.B. Shaffer. 2003. Survival of the western pond turtle (Emys marmorata) in an urban environment. Biological Conservation 113(2):257-267. PDF |
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