The Male Pregnancy, Sexual Selection, and Evolution Lab
1. Jones, A. G. and J. C. Avise. 1997. Microsatellite analysis of maternity and the mating system in the Gulf pipefish (Syngnathus scovelli), a species with male pregnancy and sex-role reversal. Molecular Ecology 6:203-213. pdf
2. Jones, A. G. and J. C. Avise. 1997. Polygynandry in the dusky pipefish Syngnathus floridae revealed by microsatellite DNA markers. Evolution 51:1611-1622. pdf
3. Jones, A. G., S. Östlund-Nilsson and J. C. Avise. 1998. A microsatellite assessment of sneaked fertilizations and egg thievery in the fifteenspine stickleback. Evolution 52:848-858. pdf
4. Jones, A. G., C. A. Stockwell, D. Walker and J. C. Avise. 1998. The molecular basis of a microsatellite null allele from the White Sands pupfish. Journal of Heredity 89:339-342. pdf
5. Stockwell, C. A., M. Mulvey, and A. G. Jones. 1998. Genetic evidence for two evolutionarily significant units of White Sands pupfish. Animal Conservation 1:213-225. pdf
6. Jones, A. G., C. Kvarnemo, G. I. Moore, L. W. Simmons, and J. C. Avise. 1998. Microsatellite evidence for monogamy and sex-biased recombination in the Western Australian seahorse, Hippocampus angustus. Molecular Ecology 7:1497-1505. pdf
7. Zane, L., W. S. Nelson, A. G. Jones and J. C. Avise. 1999. Microsatellite assessment of multiple paternity in natural populations of a live-bearing fish, Gambusia holbrooki. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12:61-69. pdf
8. Jones, A. G., G. Rosenqvist, A. Berglund, and J. C. Avise. 1999. Clustered microsatellite mutations in the pipefish Syngnathus typhle. Genetics 152:1057-1063. pdf
9. Jones, A. G., G. Rosenqvist, A. Berglund, and J. C. Avise. 1999. The genetic mating system of a sex-role-reversed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle): a molecular inquiry. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 46:357-365. pdf
10. Jones, A. G., G. Rosenqvist, A. Berglund, S. J. Arnold, and J. C. Avise. 2000. The Bateman gradient and the cause of sexual selection in a sex-role-reversed pipefish. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 267:677-680. pdf
11. Jones, A. G., G. Rosenqvist, A. Berglund, and J. C. Avise. 2000. Mate quality influences multiple maternity in the sex-role-reversed pipefish Syngnathus typhle. Oikos 90:321-326. pdf
12. Kvarnemo, C., G. I. Moore, A. G. Jones, W. S. Nelson, and J. C. Avise. 2000. Monogamous pair bonds and mate switching in the Western Australian seahorse Hippocampus subelongatus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 13:882-888. pdf
13. Jones, A. G. and J. C. Avise. 2001. Mating systems and sexual selection in male-pregnant pipefishes and seahorses: insights from microsatellite-based studies of maternity. Journal of Heredity 92: 150-158. pdf
14. Jones, A. G., D. Walker, K. Lindström, C. Kvarnemo, and J. C. Avise. 2001. Surprising similarity of sneaking rates and genetic mating patterns in two populations of the sand goby experiencing disparate sexual selection regimes. Molecular Ecology 10:461-469.pdf
15. Jones, A. G. 2001. GERUD1.0: A computer program for the reconstruction of parental genotypes from progeny arrays using multi-locus DNA data. Molecular Ecology Notes 1:215-218. pdf
16. McCoy, E. E., A. G. Jones, and J. C. Avise. 2001. The genetic mating system and tests for cuckoldry in a pipefish species in which males fertilize eggs and brood offspring externally. Molecular Ecology 10:1793-1800. pdf
17a. Arnold, S. J., M. E. Pfrender, and A. G. Jones. 2001. The adaptive landscape as a conceptual bridge between micro- and macro-evolution. Genetica 112/113:9-32. pdf
17b. Arnold, S. J., M. E. Pfrender, and A. G. Jones. 2001. The adaptive landscape as a conceptual bridge between micro- and macro-evolution. Pp. 9-32 in Microevolution -- Rate, Pattern, Process (A.P. Hendry, M.T. Kinnison, Eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers. (reprinting of publication 17a) pdf
18. Jones, A. G., M. S. Blouin, and S. J. Arnold. 2001. Genetic variation in two populations of the rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) assessed using novel tetranucleotide microsatellite loci. Molecular Ecology Notes 1:293-296. pdf
19. Jones, A. G., D. Walker, C. Kvarnemo, K. Lindström, and J. C. Avise. 2001. How cuckoldry can decrease the opportunity for sexual selection: data and theory from a genetic parentage analysis of the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 98:9151-9156. pdf
20. Jones, A. G., D. Walker, and J. C. Avise. 2001. Genetic evidence for extreme polyandry and extraordinary sex-role reversal in a pipefish. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 268:2531-2535. pdf
21. Jones, A. G., E. M. Adams, and S. J. Arnold. 2002. Topping off: a mechanism of first-male sperm precedence in a vertebrate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99:2078-2081. pdf
22. Jones, A. G. 2002. The evolution of alternative cryptic female choice strategies in age-structured populations. Evolution 56: 2530-2536. pdf
23. Jones, A. G., J. R. Arguello, and S. J. Arnold. 2002. Validation of Bateman’s principles: a genetic study of sexual selection and mating patterns in the rough-skinned newt. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 269:2533-2539. pdf
24. Avise, J. C., A. G. Jones, D. Walker, J. A. DeWoody, and collaborators. 2002. Genetic mating systems and reproductive natural histories of fishes: Lessons for ecology and evolution. Annual Review of Genetics 36:19-45. pdf
25. Jones, A. G., G. I. Moore, C. Kvarnemo, D. Walker, and J. C. Avise. 2003. Sympatric speciation as a consequence of male pregnancy in seahorses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100:6598-6603. pdf
26. Jones, A. G., S. J. Arnold, and R. Bürger. 2003. Stability of the G-matrix in a population experiencing pleiotropic mutation, stabilizing selection, and genetic drift. Evolution 57:1747-1760. pdf
27. Jones, A. G. and W. R. Ardren. 2003. Methods of parentage analysis in natural populations. Molecular Ecology 12:2511-2523. pdf
28. Pampoulie, C., E. Gysels, B. Hellemans, G. E. Maes, V. Leentjes, A. G. Jones, and F. A. M. Volckaert. 2004. Evidence for fine scale genetic structure and estuarine colonisation in a high gene flow marine goby (Pomatoschistus minutus). Heredity 92:434-445. pdf
29. Watts, R. A., C. A. Palmer, R. C. Feldhoff, P. W. Feldhoff, L. D. Houck, A. G. Jones, M. E. Pfrender, S. M. Rollman, and S. J. Arnold. 2004. Stabilizing selection on behavior and morphology masks positive selection on the signal in a salamander pheromone signaling complex. Molecular Biology and Evolution 21:1032-1041. pdf
30. Hoffman, E. A., J. R. Arguello, N. Kolm, A. Berglund, and A. G. Jones. 2004. Eleven polymorphic microsatellite loci in a coral reef fish, Pterapogon kauderni. Molecular Ecology Notes 4:342-344. pdf
31. Jones, A. G., S. J. Arnold, and R. Bürger. 2004. Evolution and stability of the G-matrix on a landscape with a moving optimum. Evolution 58:1639-1654. pdf
32. Jones, A. G., J. R. Arguello, and S. J. Arnold. 2004. Molecular parentage analysis in experimental newt populations: the response of mating system measures to variation in the operational sex ratio. The American Naturalist 164:444-456. pdf
33. Jones, A. G. 2004. Male pregnancy and the formation of seahorse species. The Biologist 51:216-221. pdf
34. Hoffman, E. A., N. Kolm, A. Berglund, J. R. Arguello, and A. G. Jones. 2005. Genetic structure in the coral-reef-associated Bangaii cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni. Molecular Ecology 14:1367-1375. pdf
35. Kolm, N., E. A. Hoffman, J. Olsson, A. Berglund, and A. G. Jones. 2005. Group stability and homing behavior but no kin group structures in a coral reef fish. Behavioral Ecology 16:521-527. pdf
36. Adams, E. M., A. G. Jones, and S. J. Arnold. 2005. Multiple paternity in a natural population of a salamander with long-term sperm storage. Molecular Ecology 14:1803-1810. pdf
37. Jones, A. G. 2005. GERUD2.0: A computer program for the reconstruction of parental genotypes from half-sib progeny arrays with known or unknown parents. Molecular Ecology Notes 5:708-711. pdf
38. Jones, A. G., G. Rosenqvist, A. Berglund, and J. C. Avise. 2005. The measurement of sexual selection using Bateman’s principles: an experimental test in the sex-role-reversed pipefish Syngnathus typhle. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45:874-884. pdf
39. Hoffman, E. A., K. B. Mobley, and A. G. Jones. 2006. Male pregnancy and the evolution of body segmentation in seahorses and pipefishes. Evolution 60:404-410. pdf
40. Hoffman, E. A., F. W. Schueler, A. G. Jones, and M. S. Blouin. 2006. An analysis of selection on a colour polymorphism in the northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens). Molecular Ecology 15:2627-2641. pdf
41. Harlin-Cognato, A., E. A. Hoffman, and A. G. Jones. 2006. Gene cooption without duplication during the evolution of a male-pregnancy gene in pipefish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103:19407-19412. pdf
42. Kvarnemo, C., G. I. Moore, and A. G. Jones. 2007. Sexually selected females in the monogamous Western Australian seahorse. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274:521-525. pdf
43. Jones, A. G., S. J. Arnold, and R. Bürger. 2007. The mutation matrix and the evolution of evolvability. Evolution 61:727-745. pdf
44. Mobley, K. B. and A. G. Jones. 2007. Geographical variation in the mating system of the dusky pipefish (Syngnathus floridae). Molecular Ecology 16:2596-2606. pdf
45. Jones, A. G. 2008. A theoretical quantitative genetic study of negative species interactions and extinction times in changing environments. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:119. pdf
46. Arnold, S. J., R. Bürger, P. A. Hohenlohe, B. C. Ajie, and A. G. Jones. 2008. Understanding the evolution and stability of the G-matrix. Evolution 62:2451-2461. pdf
47. Partridge, C., I. Ahnesjö, C. Kvarnemo, K. Mobley, A. Berglund, and A. G. Jones. 2009. The effect of perceived female parasite load on post-copulatory male choice in a sex-role-reversed pipefish. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63:345-354. pdf
48. Coleman, S. W., A. Harlin-Cognato, and A. G. Jones. 2009. Reproductive isolation, reproductive mode, and sexual selection: tests of the viviparity-driven conflict hypothesis. The American Naturalist 173:291-303. pdf
49. Mobley, K. B., T. Amundsen, E. Forsgren, P. A. Svensson, and A. G. Jones. 2009. Multiple mating and a low incidence of cuckoldry for nest-holding males in the two-spotted goby, Gobiusculus flavescens. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:6. pdf
50. Mobley, K. B. and A. G. Jones. 2009. Environmental, demographic, and genetic mating system variation among five geographically distinct dusky pipefish (Syngnathus floridae) populations. Molecular Ecology 18:1476-1490. pdf
51. Ratterman, N. L., G. G. Rosenthal, and A. G. Jones. 2009. Sex recognition via chemical cues in the sex-role-reversed Gulf pipefish (Syngnathus scovelli). Ethology 115:339-346. pdf
52. Jones, A. G. 2009. On the opportunity for sexual selection, the Bateman gradient and the maximum intensity of sexual selection. Evolution 63:1673-1684. pdf Male Newt Sample Data Female Newt Sample Data
53. Jones, A. G. and N. L. Ratterman. 2009. Mate choice and sexual selection: What have we learned since Darwin? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106:10001-10008. pdf
54. Small, C. M., G. E. Carney, Q. Mo, M. Vannucci, and A. G. Jones. 2009. A microarray analysis of sex- and gonad-biased gene expression in the zebrafish: Evidence for masculinization of the transcriptome. BMC Genomics 10:579. pdf
55. Jones, A. G., C. M. Small, K. A. Paczolt, and N. L. Ratterman. 2010. A practical guide to methods of parentage analysis. Molecular Ecology Resources 10:6-30. pdf
56. Paczolt, K. A. and A. G. Jones. 2010. Postcopulatory sexual selection and sexual conflict in the evolution of male pregnancy. Nature 464:401-404. pdf
57. Braga Goncalves, I., K. B. Mobley, I. Ahnesjö, G. Sagebakken, A. G. Jones, and C. Kvarnemo. 2010. Reproductive compensation in broad-nosed pipefish females. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 277:1581-1587. pdf
58. Mobley, K. B., C. M. Small, N.K. Jue, and A. G. Jones. 2010. Population structure of the dusky pipefish (Syngnathus floridae) from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, as revealed by mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite analyses. Journal of Biogeography 37:1363-1377. pdf
59. Partridge, C., A. Boettcher, and A. G. Jones. 2010. Short-term exposure to a synthetic estrogen disrupts mating dynamics in a pipefish. Hormones and Behavior 58:800-807. pdf
60. Coleman, S. W. and A. G. Jones. 2011. Patterns of multiple paternity and maternity in fishes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103:735-760. pdf
61. Mobley, K. B., C. M. Small, and A. G. Jones. 2011. The genetics and genomics of Syngnathidae: pipefishes, seahorses and seadragons. Journal of Fish Biology 78:1624-1646. pdf
62. Mobley, K. B., I. Ahnesjö, C. Kvarnemo, C. Partridge, A. Berglund, and A. G. Jones. 2011. The effect of maternal body size on embryo survivorship in the broods of pregnant male pipefish. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65:1169-1177. pdf
63. Kvarnemo, C., K. B. Mobley, C. Partridge, A. G. Jones, and I. Ahnesjö. 2011. Evidence of paternal nutrient provisioning to embryos in broad-nosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle. Journal of Fish Biology 78:1725-1737. pdf
64. Krakauer, A. H., M. S. Webster, E. H. DuVal, A. G. Jones, and S. M. Shuster. 2011. The opportunity for sexual selection: not mismeasured, just misunderstood. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24:2064-2071. pdf
65. Jones, A. G., N. L. Ratterman, and K. A. Paczolt. 2012. The adaptive landscape in sexual selection research. In: The Adaptive Landscape in Evolutionary Biology (E. Svensson, R. Calsbeek, eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford. pdf
66. Partridge, C., A. Boettcher, and A. G. Jones. 2012. Population structure of the Gulf pipefish in and around Mobile Bay and the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Heredity 103:821-830. pdf
67. Jones, A. G., R. Bürger, S. J. Arnold, P. A. Hohenlohe, and J. C. Uyeda. 2012. The effects of stochastic and episodic movement of the optimum on the evolution of the G-matrix and the response of the trait mean to selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25:2210-2231. pdf
68. Mobley, K. B. and A. G. Jones. 2012. Overcoming statistical bias to estimate genetic mating system parameters in open populations: A comparison of Bateman’s principles between the sexes in a sex-role-reversed pipefish. Evolution, in press.
69. Jones, A. G. and J. C. Avise. 2003. Quick guide: Male pregnancy. Current Biology 13:R791-R791. pdf
70. Jones, A. G. 2004. Sea turtles: Old viruses and new tricks. Current Biology 14:R842-R843. pdf
71. Paczolt, K. A. and A. G. Jones. 2010. Evidence for male allocation in pipefish? Reply. Nature 466:E12-E12. pdf
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