Papers Hot off the Press (Cal Poly students' names in bold)

Beardsley's lab

Beardsley, P.M., Bloom, M.V. & Wise, S.B. 2012. Challenges and opportunities for teaching and designing effective K-12 evolution curricula. In Evolution Challenges: Integrating research and practice in teaching and learning about evolution. Rosengren, Brem, Evans, and Sinatra, Eds. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Omoto, J., Maestas, M., Rahnama-Vaghef, A., Choi, Y., Salto, G., Sanchez, R., Anderson, C., & Eskandari, S. 2012. Functional Consequences of Sulfhydryl Modification of the γ-Aminobutyric Acid Transporter 1 at a Single Solvent-Exposed Cysteine Residue. Journal of Membrane Biology online 10.1007/s00232-012-9492-9

Erickson, G.M., Gignac, P.M., Steppan, S.J., Lappin, A.K., et al. 2012. Insights into the Ecology and Evolutionary Success of Crocodilians Revealed through Bite-Force and Tooth-Pressure Experimentation. PLoS ONE 7(3): e31781 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031781

Questad, E.J., Thaxton, J.M. & Cordell, S. 2012. Patterns and consequences of re-invasion into a Hawaiian dry forest restoration. Biological Invasions dio:10.1007/s10530-012-0253-6

Diaz, S., Smith, J.R., Zaleski, S.F. & Murray, S.N. 2012. Effectiveness of the California State Ban on the Sale of Caulerpa Species in Aquarium Retail Stores in Southern California. Environmental Management 50: 89-96 doi:10.1007/s00267-012-9860-3

Ornelas-Gatdula, E., Camacho-García, Y., Schrödl, M., Padula, V., Hooker, Y., Gosliner, T.M., & Valdés, A. 2012. Molecular systematics of the “Navanax aenigmaticus” species complex (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia): Coming full circle. Zoologica Scripta online doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00538.x
Hanson, D., Hirano, Y., & Valdés, A. 2012. Population genetics of Haminoea (Haloa) japonica Pilsbry, 1895, a widespread non-indigenous sea slug (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) in North America and Europe. Biological Invasions online doi:10.1007/s10530-012-0294-x
Ortigosa, D. & Valdés, A. 2012. A new species of Felimare (formerly Mexichromis) (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia: Chromodorididae) from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The Nautilus 126: 98-104.
Ornelas-Gatdula, E. & Valdés, A. 2012. Two cryptic and sympatric species of Philinopsis (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia, Cephalaspidea) in the Bahamas distinguished using molecular and anatomical data. Journal of Molluscan Studies 78: 313-320. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eys022

Peltz, L., Gomez, J., Marquez, M., Alencastro, F., Atashpanjeh, N., Quang, T., Bach, T., & Zhao, Y. 2012. Resveratrol Exerts Dosage and Duration Dependent Effect on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Development. PLoS ONE 7(5): e37162. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037162

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