Research and Teaching Interests
Cell and Development, phylogenomics, evolutionary developmental genetics, computational biology, with emphass on butterfly colour patterns, Phylogenetics
Jeffrey Marcus
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- Lalonde, M. M. L.; McCullagh, B. S. and Marcus, J. M. (2018). The taxonomy and population structure of the buckeye butterflies (genus Junonia, Nymphalidae: Nymphalini) of Florida, USA. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 72 (2), 97–115. doi:10.18473/lepi.v72i2.a2.
- Living Prairie Mitogenomics Consortium (40 undergraduate co-authors) and Marcus, J. M. (2018). The complete mitochondrial genome of the giant casemaker caddisfly Phryganea cinerea (Insecta: Trichoptera: Phryganeidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 3 (1), 375-377. doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1450686.
- Marcus, J.M. (2018). Our love-hate relationship with DNA barcodes, the Y2K problem, and the search for next generation barcodes. AIMS Genetics 5 (1), 1-23. doi:10.3934/genet.2018.1.1.
- Abbasi, R. and Marcus, J.M. (2017). A new A-P compartment boundary and organizer in holometabolous insect wings. Scientific Reports 7, 16337. doi:10.1038/s***************** .
- Lalonde, M.M.L. and Marcus, J.M. (2017). The complete mitochondrial genome of the long-horned caddisfly Triaenodes tardus (Insecta: Trichoptera: Leptoceridae).Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 2 (2), 765–767. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1398619
- Living Prairie Mitogenomics Consortium (33 undergraduate co-authors) and Marcus, J.M. (2017). The complete mitochondrial genome of the lesser aspen webworm moth Meroptera pravella (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 2 (1), 344-346. doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1334525
- Peirson, D.S.J. and Marcus, J.M. (2017). The complete mitochondrial genome of the North American caddisfly Anabolia bimaculata (Insecta: Trichoptera: Limnephilidae).Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 2 (2), 595–597. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1372728
- Peters, M.J. and Marcus, J.M. (2017). Taxonomy as a hypothesis: testing the status of the Bermuda buckeye butterfly Junonia coenia bergi (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).Systematic Entomology 42 (1), 288–300. doi: 10.1111/syen.12214
- Peters, M.J. and Marcus, J.M. (2016). The complete mitochondrial genome of the Bermuda buckeye butterfly Junonia coenia bergi (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 1 (1), 739-741. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1159929
- Abbasi, R. and Marcus, J. M. (2015). Color pattern evolution in Vanessa butterflies (Nymphalidae: Nymphalini): Non-eyespot characters. Evolution & Development 17 (1), 63-81. doi:10.1111/ede.12109
- Abbasi, R. and Marcus, J. M. (2015). Color pattern homology and evolution in Vanessabutterflies (Nymphalidae: Nymphalini): Eyespot characters. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28 (11), 2009–2026. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12716
- Gemmell, A. P. and Marcus, J. M. (2015). A tale of two haplotypes: Evaluating the New World Junonia ring species hypothesis using the distribution of divergent COIhaplotypes. Systematic Entomology 40 (3), 532-546. doi: 10.1111/syen.12120
- McCullagh, B.S. and Marcus, J.M. (2015). The complete mitochondrional genome of Lemon Pansy, Junonia lemonias (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 18 (4), 749-755. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2015.08.006
- McCullagh, B.S.; Wissinger, S.A. and Marcus, J.M. (2015). Identifying PCR primers to facilitate molecular phylogenetics in Caddisflies (order Trichoptera). Zoological Systematics 40, doi: 10.11865/zs.20150 .
- Beaudette, K.; Hughes, T. M. and Marcus, J. M. (2014). Improved injection needles facilitate germ-line transformation of the buckeye butterfly Junonia coenia.Biotechniques 56, 142-144. doi:10.2144/000114147
- Borchers, T. E. and Marcus, J. M. (2014). Genetic Population Structure of Buckeye Butterflies (Junonia) from Argentina. Systematic Entomology 39 (2), 242-255. doi:10.1111/syen.12053
- Gemmell, A. P.; Borchers, T. E. and Marcus, J. M. (2014). Genetic Population Structure of Buckeye Butterflies (Junonia) from French Guiana, Martinique, and Guadeloupe.Psyche 2014 (897596), 1-21. doi: 10.1155/2014/897596
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