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2009

Roa-Varón, A. and G. Ortí. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships among families of Gadiformes (Teleostei, Paracanthopterygii) based on nuclear and mitochondrial data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.020  pdf

Li, C., M.L. Bessert, J. Macrander, and  G. Ortí. 2009. Low variation but strong population structure in mitochondrial control region of plains topminnow, Fundulus sciadicus. Journal of Fish Biology 74: 1037-1048. pdf

Ortí, G. and  Li, C. 2009. Phylogeny and Classification (Chapter 1). Pp 1-24 in: "Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Fish (Agnatha and Osteichthyes)," Series Editor B.M.G. Jamieson, Science Publishers, Enfield, New Hampshire. (in press) temp pdf

2008

Li, C., G. Lu, and G. Ortí. 2008 Optimal Data Partitioning and a Test Case for Ray-finned Fishes (Actinopterygii) Based on Ten Nuclear Loci. Systematic Biology, 57(4): 519–539 (pdf)

Ortí, G., A. Sivasundar, K. Dietz, and M. Jégu. 2008. Phylogeny of the Serrasalmidae (Characiformes) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences.  Genetics and Molecular Biology 31, 1 (suppl): 343-351 (pdf).

Gomes, G., H. Schneider, M. Vallinoto, S. Santos, G. Ortí and I. Sampaio.  2008. Can Lutjanus purpureus (South red snapper) be “legally” considered a red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus)? Genetics and Molecular Biology 31, 1(suppl): 372-376 (pdf)

2007

Bessert, M., J. Brozek, and G. Ortí. 2007. Impact of nest substrate limitations on patterns of illegitimacy in the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Journal of Heredity 98: 716 - 722 (pdf)

Steinauer, M.L., B.B. Nickol, and G. Ortí. 2007. Cryptic speciation and patterns of phenotypic variation of a highly variable acanthocephalan parasite. Molecular Ecology 6: 4097-4109 (pdf)

Bessert, M., and G. Ortí. 2007. Genetic effects of habitat fragmentation on blue sucker populations in the upper Missouri River (Cycleptus elongatus Lesueur, 1918). Conservation Genetics, online first Aug 2007 (pdf)

Li, C., G. Ortí, G. Zhang, and G. Lu. 2007. A practical approach to phylogenomics: the phylogeny of ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii) as a case study. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 44 (pdf - full text)

Ross, C., J. French, and G. Ortí. 2007. Germ Line Chimerism and Paternal Care in Marmosets (Callithrix kuhlii). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104 (15): 6278–6282. (pdf)

Guilgur, L.G., G. Ortí, P,H. Strobl-Mazzulla, J.I. Fernandino, L.A. Miranda & G. Somoza. 2007. Characterization of the cDNAs encoding three GnRH forms in the pejerrey fish Odontesthes bonariensis (Atheriniformes) and the evolution of GnRH precursors. Journal of Molecular Evolution 64:614–627. (pdf)

Li, C, M.L. Bessert, J. Macrander, G. Ortí. 2007. Microsatellite loci for the plains topminnow (Fundulus sciadicus, Fundulidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 691–693. (pdf)

Chen, W-J., R. R. Ruiz-Carus, and G. Ortí, 2007. Relationships among four genera of mojarras (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gerreidae) from the western Atlantic and their tentative placement among percomorph fishes. Journal of Fish Biology 70: 202-218. (pdf)

Li, C. and G. Ortí. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of Clupeiformes (Actinopterygii) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 386-398. (pdf)

Concheiro Pérez, G.A., O. Rican, G. Ortí, E. Bermingham, I. Doadrio, and R. Zardoya. 2007. Phylogeny and biogeography of 91 species of heroine cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae) based on sequences of the cytochrome b gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 91-110. (pdf)

Bessert, M., C. Sitzman, and G. Ortí. 2007. Avoiding paralogy: diploid loci for allotetraploid blue sucker fish (Cycleptus elongatus, Catostomidae). Conservation Genetics 8: 995–998. (pdf)

2006

Zhang H., Hoffmann F., He J., He X., Kankasa C., West J.T., Mitchell C.D., Ruprecht R.M., Ortí G., and Wood C. 2006. Characterization of HIV-1 subtype C envelope glycoproteins from perinatally infected children with different courses of disease. Retrovirology 2006, 3:73. (pdf)

2005

Zhang, H., F. Hoffmann, J. He, Xiang He, C. Kankasa, R. Ruprecht, J.T. West, G. Ortí, and C. Wood. 2005. Evolution of subtype C HIV-1 Env in a slowly progressing Zambian infant. Retrovirology 2:67. get pdf

Steinauer, M.L., B.B. Nickol, R. Broughton, G. Ortí. 2005. First Sequenced Mitochondrial Genome from the Phylum Acanthocephala (Leptorhynchoides thecatus) and Its Phylogenetic Position Within Metazoa. Journal of Molecular Evolution 60:706-715. get pdf

2004

Chen, W.-J., G. Ortí, A. Meyer. 2004. Novel evolutionary relationship among four fish model systems. Trends in Genetics 20(9):424-431. get pdf

López, J.A., W-J Chen, and G. Ortí. 2004. Esociform Phylogeny. Copeia 2004 (3):449 - 464. download pdf

2003

Bessert, M. and G. Ortí. 2003 Microsatellite loci for paternity analysis in the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 3(4): download pdf

Brant, S. and G. Ortí. 2003. Evidence for gene flow in parasitic nematodes between two host species of shrews. Molecular Ecology 12: 2853-2859. download pdf)

Brant, S. and G. Ortí. 2003. Phylogeography of the Northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda (Insectivora: Soricidae): past fragmentation and postglacial recolonization. Molecular Ecology 12: 1435-1449. download pdf

2002

Zhang, H., G. Ortí, Q. Du, J. He, C. Kankasa, G. Bhat, and C. Wood 2002. Phylogenetic and phenotypic analysis of HIV-1 Env gp120 in cases of subtype C mother to child transmission. AIDS Res. Hum. Retrov. 18:1415-1423. download pdf

Brant, S.V. and G. Ortí. 2002. A molecular phylogeny of short-tailed shrews, Blarina (Insectivora: Soricidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (22): 163-173. download pdf

2001

Farias, I.P., G. Ortí, I. Sampaio, H. Schneider, and A. Meyer 2001. The cytochrome b gene as a phylogenetic marker: the limits of resolution for analyzing relationships among cichlid fishes. Journal of Molecular Evolution 53: 89-103. download pdf

Sivasundar, A., E. Bermingham, and G. Ortí. 2001. Population structure and biogeography of migratory freshwater fishes (Prochilodus: Characiformes) in major South American rivers. Molecular Ecology 10: 407-418. Full text or download pdf

2000 and earlier

Huang, Y., G. Ortí, M. Sutherlin, A.Duhachek, and A. Zera. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of North American field crickets inferred from mitochondrial DNA data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17(1): 48-57. Full text

Farias, I.P., G. Ortí, and A. Meyer. 2000. Total evidence: molecules, morphology and the phylogenetics of cichlid fishes. Molecular and Developmental Evolution 288: 76-92. Full text or download pdf

Farias, I.P., G. Ortí, I. Sampaio, H. Schneider, and A. Meyer. 1999. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of the family cichlidae: monophyly and fast molecular evolution of the Neotropical assemblage.Journal of Molecular Evolution 48:703-711. Full text or download pdf

Walker, D., G. Ortí, and J.C. Avise. 1998. Phylogenetic distinctiveness of a threatened aquatic turtle (Sternotherus depressus). Conservation Biology 12:639-645 . download pdf

Ortí, G., D.E. Pearse, and J.C. Avise. 1997. Phylogenetic assessment of length variation at a microsatellite locus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:10745-10749. download pdf

Ortí, G, M.P. Hare, and J.C. Avise. 1997. Detection and isolation of nuclear haplotypes by PCR-SSCP. Molecular Ecology 6: 575-580. pdf

Ortí, G. and A. Meyer. 1997. The radiation of characiform fishes and the limits of resolution of mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences. Systematic Biology 46:75-100. download pdf

Ortí, G. 1997. The Radiation of Characiform Fishes: Evidence from Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Sequences. Pp. 215-239 In: "Molecular Systematics of Fishes", T.D. Kocher and C. Stepien Eds., Academic Press, San Diego, California.

Billerbeck, J.M., G. Ortí, and D.O. Conover. 1997. Latitudinal variation in vertebral number has a genetic basis in the Atlantic silverside, Menidia menidia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54:1796-1801.

Ortí, G. and A. Meyer. 1996. Molecular evolution of ependymin and the phylogenetic resolution of early divergences among teleost fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 13 (4): 556-573. download pdf

Ortí, G., P. Petry, J. A. Porto, M. Jegú, and A. Meyer. 1996. Patterns of nucleotide change in mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes and the phylogeny of piranhas. Journal of Molecular Evolution 42 (2): 169-182. download pdf

Funk, D.J., D.J. Futuyma, G. Ortí, and A. Meyer. 1995. A history of host associations and evolutionary diversification for Ophraella. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Evolution 49 (5): 1008-1017. download pdf

Funk, D.J., D.J. Futuyma, G. Ortí, and A. Meyer. 1995. Mitochondrial DNA sequences and multiple data sets: A phylogenetic study of phytophagous beetles (Chrysomelidae: Ophraella.). Molecular Biology and Evolution 12 (4): 627-640. download pdf

Milinkovitch, M., G. Ortí, and A. Meyer. 1995. Novel phylogeny of whales revisited but not revised. Molecular Biology and Evolution 12 (3): 518-520. download pdf

Alves-Gomes, J.A., G. Ortí, M. Haygood, W. Heiligenberg, and A. Meyer. 1995. Phylogenetic analysis of the South American electric fishes (order Gymnotiformes) and the evolution of their electrogenic system: A synthesis based on morphology, electrophysiology, and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Molecular Biology and Evolution 12 (2): 298-318. download pdf

Ortí, G., M.A. Bell, T.E. Reimchen, and A. Meyer. 1994. Global survey of mitochondrial DNA sequences in the threespine stickleback: Evidence for recent migrations. Evolution 48 (3): 608-622. download pdf

Bell, M.A. and G. Ortí. 1994. Pelvic reduction in threespine stickleback from Cook Inlet Lakes: Geographical distribution and intrapopulation variation. Copeia 1994(2): 314-325.

Milinkovitch, M., G. Ortí, and A. Meyer. 1993. Revised phylogeny of whales suggested by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Nature 361: 346-348

Bell, M.A., G. Ortí, and J.A. Walker, and J.P. Koenings. 1993. Evolution of pelvic reduction in threespine stickleback fish: A test of competing hypotheses. Evolution 47(3): 906-914. download pdf

Meyer, A., C.H. Biermann, and G. Ortí. 1993. The phylogenetic position of the zebrafish (Danio rerio), a model system in developmental biology: an invitation to the comparative method. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B. 252: 231-236. download pdf

Segura, E.T., M.E. Cuello, S. Petriella, and G. Ortí. 1987. Antidiuretic responses to osmotic, ionic, or volume stimulation of the brain in the unanesthetized toad, Bufo arenarum Hensel. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 87A(1): 107-110.

Amutio, V.G., G. Ortí, J. Muñiz Saavedra, P. Villano, y A. Espinach Ros. 1985. Criacutea intensiva de larvas de bagre sapo, Rhamdia sapo (C&V). Revista de la Asociación de Ciencias Naturales del Litoral 16: 15-23.

Espinach Ros, A., V.G. Amutio, J.P. Mestre Arceredillo, G. Ortí, and A. Nani. 1984. Induced breeding of the South American catfish, Rhamdia sapo (C&V). Aquaculture 37: 141-146.

 

Book reviews, abstracts, and other non-refereed publications

G. Ortí. 2001. Book review: "Phylogenetic analysis of Morphological data."Edited by John, J. Wiens. Smithsonian Institution Press. Quarterly Review of Biology 76(4): 480.

G. Ortí. 1998. Book review: "So fruitful a Fish: Ecology, Conservation and Aquaculture of the Amazon's Tambaqui." By C. Araujo-Lima and M. Goulding. Columbia University Press, New York. Quarterly Review of Biology 73(2): 228-229.

Porto, J.I.R.; C.M. Nakayama, E. Feldberg, and G. Ortí. 1998. Estudo genético-evolutivo em piranhas do grupo Serrasalmus rhombeus: sequenciamento do gene mitocondrial 16S. VII Symposium of Evolutionary and Applied Cytogenetics of Neotropical Fishes, Londrina-PR, Brasil, October 14-16. (abstract) A3.

G. Ortí. 1994. Book reviews: The Africa-South America Connection. Edited by W. George and R. Lavocat. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1993. Biological Relationships between Africa and South America. Edited by P. Goldblatt, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1993. Quarterly Review of Biology 69(3): 423-424.

G. Ortí. and R.P. Vari. 1997 (web page authors and coordinators). Characiformes pages for the Tree of Life Project. http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html and http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/systematics/Orti/

Sverlij, S.B., A. Espinach Ros, and G. Ortí. 1993. Sinopsis sobre los datos biológicos y pesqueros del sabalo, Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1847). FAO Synopsis sobre la Pesca No 154. Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, 64 pp.