Brian Bowen
PhD Georgia (Genetics), 1992

Associate Researcher, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
SOEST, University of Hawaii
PO Box 1346
Kaneohe, HI 96744
phone: (808) 236-7426
bbowen@hawaii.edu
www.hawaii.edu/HIMB/Faculty/bowen.html

 

Current students

Jeffrey Eble (MS) Reef fishes (Yellow tang)
Jennifer Schultz (PhD) Monk Seals

Tonatiuh Trejo (PhD) Deepwater snappers

Michelle Gaither (PhD) Invasive species (Ta’ape)


Post-doctoral fellows:
Dr. Matt Craig: Reef fish phylogenetics
Dr. Luiz Rocha: Reef fish phylogeography



 

Phylogeography and Conservation Genetics of Marine Vertebrates

My research program is designed to serve conservation goals by illuminating the evolutionary processes that generate biodiversity. In terrestrial systems, populations are usually defined by discontinuous fragments of habitat. These populations may eventually develop intrinsic reproductive barriers, the starting point for speciation. Hence habitat discontinuities may explain most cases of speciation on land, but what about speciation in the sea, where few such barriers exist? In the sea, the evolutionary rules may be different, or they may operate on a vastly different scale due to the connectivity of a trans-global aquatic medium.

My research goals include:

• resolve the life history traits (especially dispersal ability and habitat specificity) that influence dispersal and population separations in Pacific reef organisms.
• test evolutionary models for how biodiversity is generated in the sea, including predictions for allopatric speciation, the center of accumulation hypothesis, and the center of origin hypotheses.
• expand and refine the library of nuclear introns available for population genetic studies of marine fishes and other aquatic organisms.
• provide phylogeographic surveys in the service of marine conservation, particularly to define management units and to assist the design of marine protected areas.

Professional Societies

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
American Genetics Association
Society for Conservation Biology
International Society for Reef Studies
International Biogeography Society
Society for the Study of Evolution

Advisory Positions

2005-2006                Research Advisory Council, NW Hawaiian Islands Marine Sanctuary

2006-present           Science and Statistics Committee, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

2006-present           Research Council, UH School of Oceanography (SOEST)

2001-present           Steering Committee, North Atlantic Project

2000-2002                Lab for Conservation Genetics, Max Planck Inst., Scientific advisor

1998-present           Fundacao Pro-TAMAR (Brazil) Ad-Hoc Consultants Committee

1994-2000                IUCN Species Survival Commission, Marine Turtle Specialist

1994-2000                Conservation Committee, Soc. Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

Editorial Positions

2003-present Journal of Heredity, Associate Editor

2000-present Molecular Ecology, Editorial Review Board

1998-2000 Evolution, Associate Editor

1996-2004 Herpetological Review, Associate Editor

1993-1999 Genetica, Associate Editor

Grants and Contracts

2006-2007  Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative: Phylogeography of Hawaiian Yellow Tang  (Zebrasoma flavescens) (P.I.: $59,800)

2005-2007  Northwest Hawaii Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve: HIMB cooperative research (Co-P.I.: $184,000/year my share of 1.9 million/year)

2005-2006  WESTPAC: Phase one study of stock structure in the Opakapaka (Pristopomoides filamentosus) in Hawaii (P.I.: $40,890)

2005-07 Hawaii Sea Grant Program: Genetic stock resolution in deep water snappers Ehu (Etelis carbunculus) and Onaga (Etelis coruscans) (P.I.: $38,540)

2005-06 National Marine Fisheries Service: Stock structure in deepwater snappers. (P.I.: $50,000)

2005-08 National Science Foundation: Phylogeography of Indo-Pacific reef fishes (P.I.; $509,000).

2005-07 Hawaii Sea Grant Program: Stock structure in Hawaiian opihi (Gastropoda: Cellana spp.) (co-P.I.:$38,540)

2004-05 NOAA National Ocean Service: Isolation of Monk Seal microsatellite loci (co-P.I.: $20,000)

2004-05 Hawaii Sea Grant Program; Movement patterns and genetic population structure of the whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) (P.I.: $8,785)

2003-04 Hawaii Sea Grant Program; Genetic partitions and stock structure in Hawaiian opihi (Gastropoda: Cellana spp.) (P.I.; $9,992)

2003 National Marine Fisheries Service; Population genetic analysis of loggerhead sea turtle (P.I.; $8,450)

2002-03 National Marine Fisheries Service; Genetic analysis of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, stock structure in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico by means of nuclear and mitochondrial markers. (co-P.I.; $165,276)

2001-03 Department of Agriculture; Genetic issues in hard clam aquaculture (P.I.; $175,149)

1999-01 National Marine Fisheries Service; Identification of loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, stock structure in the southeastern U.S. and adjacent regions using nuclear DNA markers (P.I.; $80,476)

1999-00 Florida Marine Research Institute; Ecology and systematics of bonefish (Albula spp.) in Florida waters (P.I.; $44,100)

1999 Disney Conservation Fund; Origin and population structure of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from two Florida developmental habitats as determined by mtDNA markers (co-P.I.; $20,000)

1999 Disney Conservation Fund; Identification of Hybrid sea turtle hatchlings from the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge (co-P.I.; $1,500)

1999 National Marine Fisheries Service; Genetic identity of juvenile loggerhead turtles captured at the St. Lucie power plant (P.I.; $6,200)

1999 Georgia Dept of Natural Resources; Temporal variation in loggerhead turtle strandings from Georgia (P.I.; $9,600)

1998-00 National Science Foundation: Population structure and biodiversity of Atlantic Reef Fishes (P.I.; 147,000)

1998-99 National Marine Fisheries Service; Genetic identities of loggerhead turtles stranded in the Southeast U.S. (P.I.; $98, 952)

1998 Turner Foundation, through Archie Carr Center For Sea Turtle Research; Innovative Solutions In Marine Turtle Conservation (co-P.I.; $20,000)

1998 Royal Caribbean Foundation; Sea turtle conservation (co-P.I.; $50,000)

1998 Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection; Albula spp. differentiation in the Florida keys (P.I.; $14,970)

1997-99 National Biological Service, Conservation genetics of the timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus (P.I.; $15,000)

1997-98 Florida Dept. Environ. Protection: Origin of marine turtles in Florida Bay (P.I.; $10,000)

1997-98 Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources: Origin of loggerhead turtles stranded on the Georgia coast (P.I.; $9,000)

1996-97 Florida Dept. of Environ. Protection: Phylogeography of bonefish (Albula spp.) in Florida waters: how many populations and how many species? (P.I.; $30,000)

1996-98 National Biological Service: Population structure of marine turtles in the southeastern U.S. (P.I.; $67,000)

1995-96 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Evolutionary distinctiveness of the pallid, shovelnose, and Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus spp.) (co-P.I.; $4,000)

1995-96 Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Comm.: Genetic tools for forensic identification of meat and byproducts from the alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii) (P.I.; $5,000)

1995-96 National Marine Fisheries Service: Population structure of hawksbill turtles (P.I.; $20,000)

1994-96 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Conservation genetics, population structure and phylogeography of the alligator snapping turtle (P.I.; $5,000)

1994-97 National Science Foundation: Global biogeography of coastal marine fishes: Sardinops and Engraulis (P.I.; $36,000)

1993-95 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Genetic analysis of sea turtle populations in the western Atlantic Ocean with emphasis on the southeast United States(P.I.; $20,000)

1993-96 National Science Foundation: Population structure and conservation genetics of marine turtles (P.I.; $121,000)

1993-94 U.S. Agency for International Development: Conservation genetics workshop for biologists from developing nations (P.I.; $64,000)

1992-94 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. MtDNA analysis of hawksbill turtle populations in the Caribbean region (co-P.I.; $40,000)

1989-91 National Science Foundation Diss. Improve. Grant: Evolutionary history of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas (co-P.I.; $12,000

1987-89 National Geographic Society Research Grant: Population structure of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas (co-P.I.; $17,000)

Awards

1992 University of Georgia, Charles C. Anderson Memorial Award for research excellence in a dissertation thesis

1991 Annual Marine Turtle Symposium, award for best student paper

1990 American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Stoye award for best student paper in herpetology

Scientific Publications

 

79) Bird, C.E., B.S. Holland, B.W. Bowen & R.J. Toonen.  2007. Contrasting population structure in three endemic Hawaiian limpets (Cellana spp.) with similar life histories.  Molecular Ecology. In press  

78) Craig, M.T., J.A. Eble, D.R. Robertson, B.W. Bowen.  2007. High genetic connectivity across the Indian and Pacific Oceans in the reef fish Myripristis berndti (Holocentridae). Marine Ecology Progress Series 334:245-254.

77) Daly-Engel, T., R. Grubbs, B.W. Bowen, and R.J. Toonen. 2007. Frequency of multiple paternity in an unexploited tropical population of sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64:198-204.

76) Bowen, B.W., W.S. Grant, Z. Hillis-Starr, D. Shaver, K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, and A.L. Bass. 2006. Mixed stock analysis reveals the migrations of juvenile hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Caribbean Sea. Molecular Ecology 16(1):49-60.

75) Schultz, J.K., R.L. Pyle, E. DeMartini, and B.W. Bowen. 2006. Genetic homogeneity among color morphs of the flame angelfish, Centropyge loriculus. Marine Biology 151(1):167-175.

74) Daly-Engel, T., R. Grubbs, K. Holland, R.J. Toonen, and B.W. Bowen. 2006. Multiple paternity assessments for three species of congeneric sharks (Carcharhinus) in Hawaii.  Environmental Biology of Fishes 76:419-424.

73) Grant, W.S., and B.W. Bowen.  2006. Living in a tilted world: climate change and geography limit speciation in Old World anchovies (Genus Engraulis). Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 88: 673-690.

72) Bowen, B.W., A.L. Bass, A.J. Muss, J. Carlin, and D.R. Robertson. 2006. Phylogeography of two Atlantic squirrelfishes (family Holocentridae): Exploring pelagic larval duration and population connectivity.   Marine Biology 149:899-913.

71) Duncan, K.M., A.P. Martin, B.W. Bowen, and G.H. de Couet. 2006. Global phylogeography of the scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini). Molecular Ecology 15:2239-2251

70) Bowen, B.W., A. Muss, L.A. Rocha, and W.S. Grant.  2006. Shallow mtDNA coalescence in Atlantic pygmy angelfishes (genus Centropyge) indicates a recent invasion from the Indian Ocean. Journal of Heredity 97:1-12.

69) Rocha, L.A., D.R. Robertson, C.R. Rocha, J.L. Van Tassell, M.T. Craig, and B.W. Bowen. 2005. Recent invasion of the tropical Atlantic by an Indo-Pacific coral reef fish. Molecular Ecology 14:3921-3928.

67) Bowen, B.W., A.L. Bass, L. Soares, and R.J. Toonen. 2005. Conservation implications of complex population structure: lessons from the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta). Molecular Ecology 14: 2389-2402.

66) Grant, W.S., R.W. Leslie, and B.W. Bowen. 2005. Molecular genetic assessment of bipolarity in the anchovy genus Engraulis. Journal of Fish Biology 67:1-24.

65) Bowen, B.W. and J. Roman. 2005. Gaia's handmaidens: the Orlog model for conservation. Conservation Biology 19:1037-1043

64) Lecomte, F.L., W.S. Grant, J.J. Dodson, R. Rodriguez-Sanchez, and B.W. Bowen. 2004. Living with uncertainty: genetic imprints of climate shifts in East Pacific anchovy (Engraulis mordax) and sardine (Sardinops sagax). Molecular Ecology 13: 2169-2182.

63) Bowen, B.W., A.L. Bass, S.-M. Chow, M. Bostrom, K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, T. Okuyama, B. Bolker, S. Epperly, E. LaCasella, D. Shaver, M. Dodd, S. Hopkins-Murphy, J.A. Musick, M. Swingle, K. Rankin-Baransky, W. Teas, W. Witzell, and P. Dutton. 2004. Natal homing in juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta). Molecular Ecology 13: 3797-3808.

62) Briggs, J.C., B.W. Bowen and M.A. Rex. 2004. Introduction to Biogeography of the Sea. Pp. 233-237 In Lomolino and Brown (eds.) Frontiers in Biogeography. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland MA.

61) Branch, L.C., A.-M. Clark, P.E. Moler, and B.W. Bowen. 2003. Habitat specificity, fragmented landscapes, and the phylogeography of three lizards in Florida scrub. Conservation Genetics 4:199-212.

60) Clark, A.-M., P.E. Moler, E. Possardt, A.H. Savitsky, W.S. Brown, and B.W. Bowen. 2003. Phylogeography of the timber rattlesnake Crotalus horridus, based on mtDNA sequences. Journal of Herpetology 37:145-154.

59) Bowen, B.W. 2003. What is a loggerhead turtle? The genetic perspective. In A.B. Bolten and B. Witherington (eds.) The Biology of Loggerhead Sea Turtles. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

58) Carlin, J.L., D.R. Robertson, and B.W. Bowen. 2003. Ancient divergences and recent connections in two tropical Atlantic reef fishes Epinephelus adscensionis and Rypticus saponaceous (Percoidei: Serranidae). Marine Biology 143: 1057-1069.

57) Rocha, L.A., A.L. Bass, D.R. Robertson, and B.W. Bowen. 2002. Adult habitat preferences, larval dispersal, and the comparative phylogeography of three Atlantic surgeonfishes (Teleostei: Acanthuridae) Molecular Ecology 11:243-252.

56) Quattro, J.M., T.W. Greig, D.K. Coykendoll, B.W. Bowen, and J.D. Baldwin. 2002. Genetic issues in aquatic species management: the shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the southeastern United States. Conservation Genetics 3:155-166.

55) Urena-Padilla, A.R., H.C. Kistler, B.W. Bowen, and D.E. Legard. 2002. Etiology and population genetics of Colletotrichium spp. causing crown and fruit rot of strawberry. Phytopathology 92:1245-1252.

54) Muss, A., D.R. Robertson, C.A. Stepien, P. Wirtz, and B.W. Bowen. 2001. Phylogeography of the genus Ophioblennius: the role of ocean currents and geography in reef fish evolution. Evolution 55:561-572.

53) Colborn, J., R.E. Crabtree, J.B. Shaklee, E. Pfeiler, and B.W. Bowen. 2001. The evolutionary enigma of bonefishes (Albula spp.): cryptic species and ancient separations in a globally-distributed shorefish. Evolution 55:807-820.

52) Bowen, B.W., A.L. Bass, L.A. Rocha, W.S. Grant and D.R. Robertson. 2001. Phylogeography of the trumpetfish (Aulostomus spp.): ring species complex on a global scale. Evolution 55:1029-1039.

51) Rankin-Baransky, K., C.J. Williams, A.L. Bass, B.W. Bowen, and J.R. Spotila. 2001. Origin of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) strandings in the northwest Atlantic as determined by mtDNA analysis. J. Herpetology 35:638-646.

50) Roman, J. and B.W. Bowen. 2000. The mock turtle syndrome: genetic identification of turtle meat purchased in the southeast United States. Animal Conservation 3:61-65.

49) Jones J.B., H. Bouzar, R.E. Stall, E.C. Almira, P.D. Roberts, B.W. Bowen, J. Sudberry, P.M. Strickler, J. Chun. 2000. Systematic analysis of xanthomonads (Xanthomonas spp.) associated with pepper and tomato lesions. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50:1211-1219.

48) Campton, D.E., A.L. Bass, F.A. Chapman, and B.W. Bowen. 2000. Genetic distinction of pallid, shovelnose, and Alabama sturgeon: emerging species and the U.S. endangered species act. Conservation Genetics 1:17-32.

47) Avise, J.E., W.S. Nelson, B.W. Bowen, and D. Walker. 2000. Phylogeography of colonially-nesting seabirds, with special reference to global matrilineal patterns in the sooty tern (Sterna fuscata). Molecular Ecology 9:1783-1792.

46) Roman, J., S. Santhuff, P. Moler, and B.W. Bowen. 1999. Cryptic evolution and population structure of the alligator snapping turtle, Macroclemys temminckii. Conservation Biology 13:135-142.

45) Clark, A.M., B.W. Bowen, and L.C. Branch. 1999. Effects of natural habitat fragmentation on an endemic lizard (Sceloporus woodi): an historical perspective based on an mtDNA gene genealogy. Molecular Ecology 8:1093-1104.

44) Karl, S.A. and B.W. Bowen. 1999. Evolutionary significant units versus geopolitical taxonomy: molecular systematics of an endangered sea turtle (genus Chelonia). Conservation Biology 13:990-999.

43) Dutton, P.H., B.W. Bowen, D.W. Owens, A. Barragan and S.K. Davis. 1999. Global phylogeography of the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea. J. Zoology 248:397-409.

42) Bowen, B.W. 1999. Preserving genes, ecosystems, or species? Healing the fractured foundations of conservation policy. Molecular Ecology 8:S5-S10.

41) Roman, J., D. Walker, and B.W. Bowen. 1999. Genetic tools for forensic identification of snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii and Chelydra serpentina) products in the marketplace. Herpetological Review 30:218-219.

40) Encalada, S.E., K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, J.C. Zurita, B. Schroeder, E. Possardt, C.J. Sears, and B.W. Bowen. 1998. Population structure of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting colonies in the Atlantic and Mediterranean regions as inferred from mtDNA control region sequences. Marine Biology 130:567-575.

39) Bolten, A.B., K.A. Bjorndal, H.R. Martins, T. Dellinger, M.J. Biscoito, S.E. Encalada, and B.W. Bowen. 1998. Trans-Atlantic developmental migrations of loggerhead sea turtles demonstrated by mtDNA sequence analyses. Ecological Applications 8:1-7.

38) Lahanas, P.N., K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, S. Encalada, M.M. Miyamoto, R.A. Valverde, and B.W. Bowen. 1998. Genetic composition of a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding ground population: evidence for multiple origins. Marine Biology 130:345-352.

37) Bowen, B.W., A.M. Clark, F.A. Abreu-Grobois, A. Chavez, H. Reichart, and R.J. Ferl. 1998. Global phylogeography of the ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys spp.) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Genetica 101:179-189.

36) Garcia-Rodriguez, A.I., B.W. Bowen, D. Domning, A. Mignucci-Giannoni, M. Marmontel, R. A. Montoya-Ospina, B. Morales-Vela, M. Rudin, R.K. Bonde, and P.M. McGuire. 1998. Phylogeography of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus): how many populations and how many taxa? Molecular Ecology 7:1137-1149.

35) Grant, W.S. and B.W. Bowen. 1998. Shallow population histories in deep evolutionary lineages of marine fishes: insights from the sardines and anchovies and lessons for conservation. J. of Heredity 89: 415-426.

34) Bass, A.L., C.J. LaGueux, and B.W. Bowen. 1998. Origin of green turtles, Chelonia mydas, at "sleeping rocks" off the northeast coast of Nicaragua. Copeia 1998:1064-1069.

33) Baldwin, J.D., A.L. Bass, B.W. Bowen, and W.H. Clark, Jr. 1998. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the marine shrimp genus Penaeus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10:399-407.

32) Grant, W.S., A.M. Clark, and B.W. Bowen. 1998. Why RFLP analysis of control region sequences failed to resolve sardine (Sardinops) biogeography: insights from mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b sequences. Canadian J. of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55:2539-2547.

31) Bowen, B.W. 1998. What is wrong with ESUs? The gap between evolutionary theory and conservation principles. J. Shellfish Research 17:1355-1358.

30) Bowen, B.W. and W.S. Grant. 1997. Phylogeography of the sardines (Sardinops spp.): assessing biogeographic models and population histories in temperate upwelling zones. Evolution 51: 1601-1610.

29) Bowen, B.W. 1997. Complex population structure and the conservation genetics of migratory marine mammals: lessons from sea turtles. In Molecular Genetics of Marine Mammals, A.E. Dizon, S.J. Chivers, and W.F. Perrin (eds.), J. Marine Mammalogy, Special Publication 3:77-84.

28) Bass, A.L., D.A. Good, K.A. Bjorndal, J.I. Richardson, Z.-M. Hillis, J.A. Horrocks, and B.W. Bowen. 1996. Testing models of female migratory behavior and population structure in the Caribbean hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, with mtDNA control region sequences. Molecular Ecology 5:321-328.

27) Bowen, B.W., A.L. Bass, A. Garcia, C. E. Diez, R. van Dam, A. Bolten, K.A. Bjorndal, M.M. Miyamoto and R.J. Ferl. 1996. The origin of hawksbill turtles in a Caribbean feeding area as indicated by genetic markers. Ecological Applications 6:566-572.

26) Bowen, B.W. and W.N. Witzell (eds.) 1996. Proceedings of the international symposium on sea turtle conservation genetics. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-396

25) Encalada, S.E., P.N. Lahanas, K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, M.M. Miyamoto, and B.W. Bowen. 1996. Phylogeography and population structure of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea: a mitochondrial DNA control region sequence assessment. Molecular Ecology 5:473-484.

24) Bowen, B.W. and S.A. Karl. 1996. Population structure, phylogeography, and molecular evolution. Pp. 29-50 In The Biology of Sea Turtles, P.L. Lutz and J.A. Musick (eds.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL

23) Bowen, B.W., F.A. Abreu-Grobois, G.H. Balazs, N. Kamezaki, C.J. Limpus, and R.J. Ferl. 1995. Trans-Pacific migrations of the loggerhead sea turtle demonstrated with mitochondrial DNA markers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92:3731-3734.

22) Bowen, B.W. 1995. Tracking marine turtles with genetic markers; voyages of the ancient mariners. BioScience 45:528-534.

21) Bowen, B.W. 1995. Molecular genetic studies of marine turtles. Pp. 585-588 In Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles, Second Edition, K. Bjorndal (ed.) Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

20) Bowen, B.W. and J.C. Avise. 1995. Conservation genetics of marine turtles. Pp. 190-237 In Conservation Genetics: Case Histories from Nature, J.C. Avise and J.L. Hamrick (eds). Chapman and Hall, NY.

19) Karl, S.A., B.W. Bowen, and J.C. Avise. 1995. Hybridization among the ancient mariners: identification and characterization of marine turtle hybrids with molecular genetic assays. J. of Heredity 86:262-268.

18) Sears, C.J., B.W. Bowen, R.W. Chapman, S.B. Galloway, S.R. Hopkins-Murphy, and C.M. Woodley. 1995. Demographic composition of the juvenile loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) feeding population off Charleston, South Carolina: evidence from mitochondrial DNA markers. Marine Biology 123:869-874

17) Allard, M.W., M.M. Miyamoto, K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, and B.W. Bowen. 1994. Support for natal homing in green turtles from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia 1994:34-41

16) Ferl, R.J., G. Lu, and B.W. Bowen. 1994. Evolutionary implications of the family of 14-3-3 brain protein homologs in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetica 92:129-138.

15) Encalada, S.E., S. Eckert, and B.W. Bowen. 1994. Forensic applications of mitochondrial DNA markers: origin of a confiscated green turtle. Marine Turtle Newsletter 66:1-3.

14) Avise, J.C. and B.W. Bowen. 1994. Investigating sea turtle migration using DNA markers. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 4:882-886.

13) Bowen, B.W., T.A. Conant, and S.R. Hopkins-Murphy. 1994. Where are they now? The Kemp's ridley headstart project. Conservation Biology 8:853-856.

12) Bowen, B.W., N. Kamezaki, C.J. Limpus, G.H. Hughes, A.B. Meylan and J.C. Avise. 1994. Global phylogeography of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) as indicated by mitochondrial DNA haplotypes. Evolution 48:1820-1828.

11) Bowen, B.W., W.S. Nelson, and J.C. Avise. 1993. A molecular phylogeny for marine turtles: trait mapping, rate assessment, and conservation relevance. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 5574-5577.

10) Bowen, B.W., J.C. Avise, J.I. Richardson, A.B. Meylan, D. Margaritoulis, and S. Hopkins-Murphy. 1993. Population structure of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in the northwest Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Conservation Biology 7:834-844.

9) Laurent, L., J. Lescure, L. Excoffier, B.W. Bowen, M. Domingo, M. Hadjichristophorou, L. Kornaraki, and G. Trabuchet. 1993. Genetic relationships between Mediterranean and Atlantic populations of loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta with a mitochondrial marker. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la vie 316:1233-1239.

8) Avise, J.C., B.W. Bowen, E. Bermingham, A.B. Meylan, and T. Lamb. 1992. Mitochondrial DNA evolution at a turtle's pace: evidence for low genetic variability and reduced microevolutionary rate in the Testudines. Mol. Biol. Evol. 9(3): 457-473.

7) Bowen, B.W., A.B. Meylan, J.P. Ross, C.J. Limpus, G.H. Balazs and J.C. Avise. 1992. Global population structure and natural history of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in terms of matriarchal phylogeny. Evolution 46: 865-881.

6) Karl, S.A., B.W. Bowen, and J.C. Avise. 1992. Global population structure and male-mediated gene flow in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas): RFLP analysis of anonymous nuclear DNA regions. Genetics 131:163-173.

5) Bowen, B.W., A.B. Meylan, and J.C. Avise. 1991. Evolutionary distinctiveness of the endangered Kemp's ridley. Nature 352:709-711.

4) Bowen, B.W. and J.C. Avise. 1990. The genetic structure of Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico populations of sea bass, menhaden, and sturgeon: the influence of zoogeographic factors and life history patterns. Marine Biology 107:371-381.

3) Meylan, A.B., B.W. Bowen and J.C. Avise. 1990. A genetic test of the natal homing versus social facilitation models for green turtle migration. Science 248:724-727.

2) Bowen, B.W., A. B. Meylan, and J.C. Avise. 1989. An odyssey of the green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas: Ascension Island revisited. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86:573-576.

1) Avise, J.C., B.W. Bowen and T. Lamb. 1989. DNA fingerprints from hypervariable mitochondrial genotypes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 6(3):258-269.

 

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