Pitcher Plant (left) [photo: G.Rasic]; Mormon Metalmark (right) [photo: J.Hobbs] Dr. Nusha Keyghobadi
Molecular ecology and landscape genetics
PUBLICATIONS
Crawford L. A., S. Desjardins and N. Keyghobadi. 2011 (Online First) Fine-scale genetic structure of an endangered population of the Mormon metalmark butterfly (Apodemia mormo) revealed using AFLPs. Conservation Genetics. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0202-4.
Koscinski, D., L. A. Crawford, H. A. Keller and N. Keyghobadi. 2011. Effects of different methods of non-lethal tissue sampling on butterflies. Ecological Entomology 36: 301-308.
Maxwell, S. A., H. M. A. Thistlewood and N. Keyghobadi. 2010 (Early View). Analysis of single-copy, nuclear microsatellite markers from flies collected on sticky traps. Journal of Applied Entomology DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2010.01578.x
Rasic, G. and N. Keyghobadi. 2009. Microsatellite loci characterization in the pitcher plant flesh fly, Fletcherimyia fletcheri Aldrich (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 1460-1466 (part of “ Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 May 2009–31 July 2009 ”) .
Keyghobadi, N., L. A. Crawford, and S. A. Maxwell. 2009. Successful analysis of AFLPs from non-lethally sampled wing tissues in butterflies. Conservation Genetics 10: 2021-2024.
Taylor, G. M., N. Keyghobadi, and P. S. Schmidt. 2009. The geography of crushing: variation in claw performance of the invasive crab Carcinus maenas. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 377: 48 - 53.
Rasic, G., S. A. Maxwell, and N. Keyghobadi. 2009. Characterization of microsatellite loci for the pitcher plant midge, Metriocnemus knabi Coq. (Diptera: Chironomidae). Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 1388 - 1391.
Maxwell, S.A., G. Rasic, and N. Keyghobadi. 2009. Characterization of microsatellite loci for the western cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis indifferens (Diptera: Tephritidae). Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 1025 - 1028.
Keyghobadi, N. 2007. The genetic implications of habitat fragmentation for animals. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 1049-1064.
Meglécz, E., S. J. Anderson, D. Bourguet, R. Butcher, A. Caldas, A. Cassel-Lundhagen, A. Coeur d'Acier, D. A. Dawson, N. Faure, C. Fauvelot, P. Franck, G. Harper, N. Keyghobadi, C. Kluetsch, M. Muthulakshmi, J. Nagaraju, A. Patt, F. Péténian, J.-F. Silvain, H. R. Wilcock. 2007. Microsatellite flanking region similarities among different loci within insect species. Insect Molecular Biology 16: 175-185.
Keyghobadi, N., D. LaPointe, R. C. Fleischer, and D. M. Fonseca. 2006. Fine-scale population genetic structure of a wildlife disease vector: the southern house mosquito on the island of Hawaii. Molecular Ecology 15: 3919-3930.
Keyghobadi, N., K. P. Unger, J. D. Weintraub, and D. M. Fonseca. 2006. Remnant populations of the regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) in Pennsylvania: local genetic structure in a high gene flow species. Conservation Genetics 7: 309-313.
Smith, J. L.*, N. Keyghobadi*, M. A. Matrone, R. L. Escher, and D. M. Fonseca. 2005. Cross-species comparison of microsatellite loci in the Culex pipiens complex and beyond. Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 697-700. (*equal authorship).
Keyghobadi, N., J. Roland, and C. Strobeck. 2005. Genetic differentiation and gene flow among populations of the alpine butterfly, Parnassius smintheus, vary with landscape connectivity. Molecular Ecology 14: 1897-1909.
Keyghobadi, N., J. Roland, S.F. Matter, and C. Strobeck. 2005. Among- and within-patch components of genetic diversity respond at different rates to habitat fragmentation: an empirical demonstration. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 272: 553-560.
D. M. Fonseca, N. Keyghobadi, C. A. Malcolm, C. Mehmet, F. Schaffner, M. Mogi, R. C. Fleischer, and R. C. Wilkerson. 2004. Emerging vectors in the Culex pipiens complex. Science 303: 1535-1538.
N. Keyghobadi, M. A. Matrone, G. D. Ebel, L. D. Kramer, and D. M. Fonseca. 2004. Microsatellite loci from the northern house mosquito (Culex pipiens), a principal vector of West Nile virus in North America. Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 20-22.
Keyghobadi, N., J. Roland, S. Fownes, and C. Strobeck. 2003. Ink marks and molecular markers: Examining effects of landscape on dispersal using both mark-recapture and molecular methods. in "Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight: Butterflies as Model Study Systems". Boggs, C., W. Watt, and P. Ehrlich (eds.). pp. 169-183. University of Chicago Press.
Matter, S.F., J. Roland, N. Keyghobadi, and K. Sabourin. 2003. The effects of isolation, habitat area, and resources on the abundance, density, and movement of the butterfly, Parnassius smintheus. American Midland Naturalist 150: 26-36.
Keyghobadi, N., J. Roland, and C. Strobeck. 2002. Isolation of novel microsatellite loci in the Rocky Mountain Apollo butterfly, Parnassius smintheus. Hereditas 136: 247-250.
Roland, J., N. Keyghobadi, and S. Fownes. 2000. Alpine Parnassius butterfly dispersal: effects of landscape and population size. Ecology 81: 1642-1653.
Keyghobadi, N., J. Roland, and C. Strobeck. 1999. Influence of landscape on the population genetic structure of the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus (Papilionidae). Molecular Ecology 8: 1481-1495.

