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METAGENOMICS

Ideating iDNA: Lessons and limitations from leeches in legacy collections. 
PloS ONE, 14(2), p.e0212226. 2019

Horizontal transfer of retrotransposons between bivalves and other aquatic species of multiple phyla.
PNAS 115: E4227-E4235. 2018

Evidence of horizontal transmission of the cancer-inducing Steamer retrotransposon among ecological cohort bivalve species.
Dis. Aquatic Org. 124: 165-168. 2017

Characterization of the digestive tract microbiota of Hirudo orientalis (medicinal leech) and antibiotic resistance profile.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 133(3):408e-418e. 2014

New gammaproteobacteria associated with bloodfeeding leeches and a broad phylogenetic analysis of leech endosymbionts.
Applied Environmental Microbiology, 71: 5219-5224. 2005.

GENOMICS

Draft genome of the European medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudiniformes) with emphasis on anticoagulants.
Nature. Scientific reports. 10: 9885

Applying Evolutionary Genetics to Developmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment.
Reproductive Toxicology. 69:174-186

The mitogenome of the bed bug Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae).
Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 1: 425-427. 2016.

Comparative mitogenomics of leeches (Annelida: Clitellata): genome conservation and Placobdella-specific trnD gene duplication.
PlosONE15-47320R3. 2016.

Genome assembly and geospatial phylogenomics of the bed bug Cimex lectularius
Nature Communications, 7:10164. 2016.

Multiplexed pyrosequencing of nine sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Actiniaria) mitochondrial genomes. 
Mitochondrial DNA, 4: 1-7. 2016.

Genome-wide search for leech antiplatelet proteins in the non-blood-feeding leech Helobdella robusta (Rhyncobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) reveals evidence of secreted anticoagulants.
Invert Biol. 130:344-350. 2011.

Genome-wide screen for Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes that regulate host immunity.
PLoS One. 5(12):e15120. 2010.

The transcriptome of the Bermuda fireworm Odontosyllis enopla (Annelida: Syllidae) reveals a firefly-like luciferase and putative epitoky-related genes.
PloS ONE,13 (8) e0200944. 2018.

Marine leech anticoagulants and diversity.
Journal of Parasitology. 104: 210-220. 2018.

When predator becomes prey: investigating the salivary transcriptome of the shark‐feeding leech Pontobdella macrothela (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae).
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179: 725-737. 2016.

Comparative Transcriptomic Analyses of 3 Species of Placobdella (Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) Confirms a Single Origin of Blood Feeding in Leeches.
Journal of Parasitology, 102: 143-150

Pyrosequencing the salivary transcriptome of Haemadipsa interrupta (Annelida: Clitellata: Haemadipsidae): anticoagulant diversity and insight into the evolution of anticoagulation capabilities in leeches. 
Invertebrate Biology 133:74-98. 2014.

Diversity and selective pressures of anticoagulants in three medicinal leeches (Hirudinida: Hirudinidae, Macrobdellidae). 
Ecol Evol. 3:918-933. 2013.

Bacterial symbiont and salivary peptide evolution in the context of leech phylogeny.
Parasitology. 138(13):1815-27. 2011

Salivary transcriptome of the North American medicinal leech, Macrobdella decora.
Journal of Parasitology, 96: 1211-1221. 2010.

LEECHES

Broad geographic sampling and DNA barcoding do not support the presence of Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) in North America.
Zootaxa. In Press. 2019.

Leeches from Chiapas, Mexico with a new species of Erpobdella (Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae).
Amer Mus Novitates. 3895: 1-5. 2017.

Phylogenetic analysis of Placobdella (Hirudinea: Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) with consideration of COI variation. Molecular
Phyogenetics and Evolution. 114: 234-248. 2017.

Diversity of features of the female reproductive system and other morphological characters in leeches (Clitellata: Hirudinida) in phylogenetic conception. 
Cladistics 30: 540-554. 2014.

The Eyes Have It: Long Distance Dispersal by an Intraorbital Leech Parasite of Birds.
Journal of Parasitology. 99: 1137-1139. 2013.

Evaluation of the evolution of jaw morphology in New World hirudiniform leeches, with a description of a new blood-feeding species of Oxyptychus (Annelida: Hirudiniformes) from the Peruvian Amazon. 
Invertebrate Systematics. 26:17-24. 2012. 

Redescription, Phylogenetic Placement, and Taxonomic Reassignment of Mesobdella lineata (Sciacchitano, 1959) (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida).
American Museum Novitates 3711 :1-11. 2011.

Insights into the evolutionary history of Indo-Pacific bloodfeeding terrestrial leeches (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Haemadipisdae).
Invert Syst. 24: 456-472. 2011.

Phylogeny of macrophagous leeches (Hirudinea, Clitellata) based on molecular data and evaluation of the barcoding locus.
Zoologica Scripta 40: 194-203. 2011.

Barcoding, types and the Hirudo files: Using information content to critically evaluate the identity of DNA barcodes.
Mitochondrial DNA. 21: 198–205. 2011.

DNA barcoding reveals Mexican diversity within the freshwater leech genus Helobdella
Mitochondrial DNA. 21 Suppl 1:24-9. 2010. 

Leech collections from Washington State, USA, with the description of two new species of Placobdella
Amer Mus Novitates, N3701. 2010. 

Sanguijuelas. 
CONABIO. Biodiversitas, 90: 1-5. 2010

Tyrannobdella rex n. gen. n. sp. and the evolutionary origins of mucosal leech infestations. 
PLoS ONE, 5(4): e10057. 2010.

Poly-paraphyly of Hirudinidae: Many lineages of medicinal leeches.
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9:246-256. 2009.

Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis (Central Newt). Leech Infestation.
Herp. Rev. 39: 205-206. 2008.

Characterization of the Digestive-Tract Microbiota of Hirudo orientalis, a European Medicinal Leech. 
Appl. Environmental Microbiology 74: 6151-6154. 2008.

Evolution of habitat preference in Clitellata (Annelida). Biological
Journal of the Linnean Society, 95: 447-464. 2008.

Placobdella lamothei (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), a new leech parasite of freshwater turtles from Mexico. 
Rev. Mexicana de Biodiversidad.  79: 135-139. 2008.

On the evolution, classification and biogeography of some haemadipsoid leeches (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Hirudiniformes).
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 46:142-54. 2008.

Diverse molecular data demonstrate that commercially available medicinal leeches are not Hirudo medicinalis.
Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 274:1481-1487. 2007.

Novel role for Aeromonas jandaei as digestive-tract symbiont of North American medicinal leeches. 
Applied environmental Microbiology, 73: 655-658. 2007.

A new species of leech from the New York Metropolitan Area.
American Museum Novitates, 3578. 2007.

A molecular phylogeny of annelids.
Cladistics 23, 41-63. 2007.

A new species of leech, Placobdella burresonae N. Sp. (Annelida: Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae) from Rana pretiosa (Amphibia: Ranidae) in Oregon.
Journal of Parasitology 92: 855. 2006.

Hirudinida.
Chapter 9: Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Annelida, Rouse, G and Pliejel, F (eds.) Enfield, NH. Pp. 393-429. 2006.

Phylogeny and revision of Erpobdelliformes (Annelida, Arhynchobdellida) from Mexico based on nuclear and mithochondrial gene sequences.
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 76: 191-198. 2005.

Phylogenetic evaluation of systematics and biogeography of the leech family Glossphoniidae.
Invertebrate Systematics, 19: 105-112. 2005.

DNA-barcoding evidence for widespread introductions of a leech from the South American Helobdella triserialis complex.
Conservation Genetics. 6: 467-472. 2005.

Phylogeny of the New World medicinal leech family Macrobdellidae (Oligochaeta: Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida).
Zool Scripta 34: 559-564. 2005.

Review of the evolution of life history strategies and phylogeny of the Hirudinida (Annelida: Oligochaeta).
Lauterbornia 52: 5-25. 2004.

Twelve variable microsatellite loci for the North American medicinal leech, Macrobdella decora.
Mol Ecol Notes 4: 491-493. 2004.

Leech collections from Chile Including two new species of Helobdella.
American Museum Novitates, 3457. 2004.

Two new Species of Salifid Leeches (Arhynchobdellida: Erpobdelliformes: Salifidae) from South Africa and Madagascar.
American Museum Novitates, 3457. 2004.

Observations on the Leech Placobdella ornata Feeding from Bony Tissues of Turtles.
Journal of Parasitology. 90: 1186-1188. 2004.

Arhynchobdellida (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Hirudinida): Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolution.
Mol. Phylog. Evol. 30: 213-225. 2004.

Leech mycetome endosymbionts are a new lineage of alphaproteobacteria related to the Rhizobiaceae.
Mol. Phylog. Evol. 30: 178-186. 2003.

Phylogeny of the leech genus Helobdella (Glossiphoniidae) based on mitochondrial gene sequences and morphological data and a special consideration of the triserialis complex.
Zool. Scripta 32: 23-33. 2002.

Phylogeny and revision of the leech family Erpobdellidae (Hirudinida: Oligochaeta).
Invertebrate Taxonomy, 16: 1-6. 2002.

The Freshwater leeches (Hirudinea) of Southern Africa with a key to all species. In: Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates in Southern Africa.
Water Research Commission. Book 5,. 2002.

Validating Livanow: Molecular Data Agree that Leeches, Branchiobdellidans and Acanthobdella peledina form a Monophyletic Group of Oligochaetes.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 21: 346-351. 2001.

Phylogenetic assessment of the Branchiobdellidae (Annelida: Clitellata) using 18S rDNA and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I characters.
Zool. Scripta, 30:215-222. 2001.

Hirudinea from the Apolobamba in the Bolivian Andes, including new species of Helobdella (Clitellata: Hirudinea).
American Museum Novitates, 3341: 14 pp. 2001.

Leeches of Laguna Volcán including a new species of Helobdella.
American Museum Novitates. 3313: 11 pp 2001.

Phylogeny of the leech family Glossiphoniidae based on mitochondrial gene sequences and morphological data.
J. Parasitol. 85, 815-823. 1999.

Higher level relationships of leeches (Annelida: Clitellata: Euhirudinea) based on morphology and gene sequences.
Mol. Phylog. Evol. 12, 350-359 . 1999.

Phylogeny of leeches (Hirudinea) based on mitochondrial cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit I.
Mol. Phylog. Evol. 9: 156-162. 1998.

Leeches (Oligochaeta?: Euhirudinea), their phylogeny and the evolution of life-history strategies.
Hydrobiologia 334: 277-285. 1996.

Phylogeny of the Euhirudinea: Independent evolution of blood feeding by leeches?
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 73: 1048-1064. 1995.

The leech as a tool for studying comparative haematology.
Comparative Haematology International, 2: 75-78. 1992.

Bleeding in human volunteers from the bite of the American medicinal leech Macrobdella decora compared with its European counterpart Hirudo medicinalis.
Comparative Haematology International, 1: 214-216. 1991.

EVERYTHING ELSE

Systematics and evolution of syllids (Annelida, Syllidae).
Cladistics, 28:234-250. 2012.

Phylogeny of Syllidae (Polychaeta) based on combined molecular analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes.
Cladistics 23: 552-564. 2007.

he phylogenetic position of Siboglinidae (Polychaeta, Annelida), inferred from 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, and morphological data.
Cladistics, 20: 518 –533. 2004.

Fallacies of False Attribution as the Defense of BPA by Brooks Dowling, van Veller, and Hoberg.
Cladistics 20: 376-377. 2004.

Towards a Tree of Life for the Annelida.
Assembling the Tree of Life. Oxford University Press, New York. 2004.

Molecular phylogenetic determination of the phylogenetic position of the genus Colpodella (= Spiromonas).
American Museum Novitates, 3314. 10 pp. 2001.

Women in Biological Sciences.
Science, 283, 1115. 1999.

Siddall, M. E., Fitzhugh, K, and Coates, K. 1998. Problems determining the phylogenetic position of echiurans and pogonophorans with limited data.
Cladistics, 14: 401-410.

CONSERVATION

Caught red handed: iDNA points to wild source for CITES-protected contraband leeches. 
Eur. J. Wildl. Res., 66:1-10. 2020.

Biological inventory of Ranomafana National Park tetrapods using leech-derived iDNA.
Eur. J. Wild. Res. 65: 70. 2019.

Debugging Diversity – a global scale exploration of terrestrial blood feeding leeches as a vertebrate monitoring tool.
Molecular Ecology Resources. 18: 1282-1298. 2018.

Bloodlines: mammals, leeches, and conservation in southern Asia.
Systematics and Biodiversity. 16: 488-496. 2018.

Transformational principles for NEON sampling of mammalian parasites and pathogens: a response to Springer and colleagues.
Bioscience 66:917-919. 2016.

Using terrestrial haematophagous leeches to enhance tropical biodiversity monitoring programs in Bangladesh.
Journal of Applied Ecology. 55: 2071-2081.

iDNA from terrestrial haemophagous leeches as a wildlife surveying and monitoring tool – prospects, pitfalls and avenues to be developed. 
Frontiers in Zoology, 12, 24. 2015.

Evaluating Hypotheses on the Origin and Diversification of the Ringneck Snake, Diadophis punctatus, (Colubridae: Dipsadinae).
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society I158:629-640. 2009.

Isolation and characterization of 14 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the ringneck snake Diadophis punctatus (Colubridae: Dipsadinae).
Conservation Genetics, DOI 10.1007/s10592-009-9917-x. 2009.

Phylogeography of Diadophis punctatus: extensive lineage diversity and repeated patterns of historical demography in a trans-continental snake.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 46:1049-70. 2008.

PARASITES

Reinvention and Resolve.
Journal of Parasitology. 102, 566-571. 2016.

From the worm in a bottle of mezcal: iDNA confirmation of a leech parasitizing the Antillean manatee.
J Parasitol. 102:553-555. 2016.

In silico hybridization enables transcriptomic illumination of the nature and evolution of Myxozoa.
BMC Genomics 16 (1), 840. 2015.

The road to Cnidaria: History of phylogeny of the Myxozoa.
Journal of Parasitology 101: 269-274. 2015. 2014.

A new Haplosporidium species, a parasite of the marine false limpet Siphonaria lessoni (Gastropoda, Siphonariidae) from Patagonia.
Comparative Parasitology, 88: 63-73. 2014.

DNA Barcoding of Parasitic Nematodes: Is it Kosher? 
Journal of Parasitology 98: 692-694. 2012

Scanning Electron Microscopy and Molecular Characterization of A New Haplosporidium Species (Haplosporidia), A Parasite of the Marine Gastropod Siphonaria pectinata (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Siphonariidae) In the Gulf of Mexico.
Journal of Parasitology, 97(6), 1062-1066. 2011.

Molecular phylogenetic evidence of a haplosporidian parasite infecting the polychaete Syllis nipponica (Imajima, 1966). 
Parasitology Research. 99:309-12. 2006.

Molecular Phylogeny of the Phylum Haplosporida Based on Two Independent Gene Sequences.
Journal of Parasitology, 90: 1111-1122. 2004.

Resolution and independence.
Journal of Parasitology, 88: 1055-1058. 2002.

Recent advances in our knowledge of the Myxozoa.
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 48: 395-413. 2001.

Developmental stages of Haemogregarina delagei in the leech Oxytonostoma typica.
Can. J. Zool. 79: 1897-1900 2001.

Transmission of Haemogregarina balli from painted turtles to snapping turtles through the leech Placobdella ornata.
J. Parasitol. 87: 1217-1218. 2001.

Molecular phylogeny of the other tissue coccidia: Lankesterella and Caryospora.
Journal of Parasitology. 87: 121-127. 2001.

‘Total evidence’ refutes the inclusion of Perkinsus species in the phylum Apicomplexa.
Parasitology, 115: 165-176. 1997.

Phylogenetic analysis of Perkinsus based on Actin Gene sequences.
Journal of Parasitology 83: 417-423. 1997.

Phylogeny of the Haplosporidia (Eukaryota: Alveolata) based on small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence.
Journal of Parasitology. 82: 616-623. 1996.

Small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence of Minchinia teredinis (Haplosporidia: Haplosporidiidae) and a specific DNA probe and PCR primers for its detection.
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 65: 300-308. 1995.

Detection of Haplosporidium nelsoni (Haplospoidia: Haplosporidiidae) in oysters by PCR amplification.
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 23: 145-152. 1995.

Molecular phylogenetic evidence that the phylum Haplosporidia has an alveolate ancestry.
Mol. Biol. Evol.12: 573-581. 1995.

Siddall, M. E. 1995. Phylogeny of adeleid blood parasites and systematic revision of the haemogregarine complex.
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 42: 116-125.

Seasonal changes in erythrocyte osmotic fragility in American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) in relation to infection with the piroplasm Haemohormidium terranovae.
Journal of Fish Biology, 47: 1-6. 1995.

Light and electron microscopic examination of so-called piroplasms of fishes from Atlantic Canada and systematic revision of the Haemohormiidae (incertae sedis).
Journal of Parasitology, 80: 1018-1025. 1994.

The development of a hemogregarine of Lycodes raridens from Alaska in its definitive leech host.
Journal of Parasitology. 80: 569-575. 1994.

Infection with the piroplasm Haemohormidium terranovae in relation to haematocrit and mortality of American Plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides).
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 51: 959-964. 1994.

Cytopathological changes induced by Haemogregarina (sensu lato) myoxocephali in its fish host and leech vector.
Journal of Parasitology, 79: 297-301. 1993.

Ultrastructure of merogonic development of Haemogregarina (sensu lato) myoxocephali (Apicomplexa: Adeleina) in the marine leech Malmiana scorpii and localization of infective stages in the salivary cells.
European Journal of Protistology, 29: 191-201. 1993.

An ultrastructural study of Brugerolleia algonquinensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Diplomonadida: Diplomonadina), a flagellate parasite from the blood of frogs from Ontario, Canada.
European Journal of Protistology, 29: 72-80. 1993.

Ultrastructure of gametogenesis and sporogony of Haemogregarina (sensu lato) myoxocephali (Apicomplexa: Adeleina) in the marine leech Malmiana scorpii.
Journal of Protozoology, 39: 545-554. 1992.

Alternative leech vectors of frog and turtle trypanosomes.
Journal of Parasitology, 78: 562-563. 1992.

Phylogenetic analysis of the Diplomonadida (Wenyon, 1926) Brugerolle, 1975: Evidence for heterochrony in protozoa and against Giardia lamblia as a “missing link”.
Journal of Protozoology, 39: 361-367. 1992.

Hohlzylinders.
Parasitol. Today 8, 90-91. 1992.

Prevalence and intensity of Haemogregarina balli (Apicomplexa: Adeleina: Haemogregarinidae) in three turtle species from Ontario, with observations on intraerythrocytic development.
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 70: 123-128. 1992.

The demise of a phylum of protists: Myxozoa and other parasitic Cnidaria.
Journal of Parasitology 81: 961-967. 1995.

Phylogeny and the reversibility of parasitism.
Evolution, 47: 308-313. 1993.

1994. Parasites and reproductive output in Chelydra serpentina.
Copeia, 1994: 228-231.

Phylogeny of Plasmodium species: Estimation and inference.
Journal of Parasitology, 78: 567-568. 1992.

Merogonic development of Haemogregarina balli (Apicomplexa: Adeleina: Haemogregarinidae) in the leech Placobdella ornata (Glossiphoniidae), its transmission to a chelonian intermediate host and phylogenetic implications.
Journal of Parasitology, 77: 426-436.

Gametogenesis and sporogonic development of Haemogregarina balli (Apicomplexa: Adeleina: Haemogregarinidae) in the leech Placobdella ornata.
Journal of Protozoology, 37: 511-520.

Ultrastructural observations on developmental stages of Lankesterella minima (Apicomplexa) in experimentally infected Rana catesbeiana tadpoles.
Journal of Parasitology, 76: 97-103. 1990.

PHYLOGENOMICS

A phylogenomic framework, evolutionary timeline and genomic resources for comparative studies of decapod crustaceans. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(1901), p.20190079. 2019.

Worms that suck: phylogenetics of leeches, crayfish worms, and Acanthobdellida (Hirudinea).
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 129-134. 2018.

Phylogenomics of Annelida revisited: a cladistics approach using genome-wide EST data mining.
Cladistics. 4:435-448. 2013.

Phylogenomics of Reichenowia parasitica, an alphaproteobacterial endosymbiont of the freshwater leech Placobdella parasitica.
PLoS ONE 6(11): e28192.

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

Testing the impact of two key scan parameters on the quality and repeatability of measurements from CT scan data. 
Palaeontol. Electron. Accepted. PDF. 2020.

Description of a soft‐bodied invertebrate with microcomputed tomography and revision of the genus Chtonobdella (Hirudinea: Haemadipsidae). 
Zoologica Scripta DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12165. 2016.

Microcomputed tomography of Chtonobdella.
Dryad Digital Repository,dryad.50s1g. 2016.

THEORY

Teaching Biodiversity and evolutionary biology in a North American marine coastal environment. 
American Biology Teacher, 73:72-77. 2011.

On MaHo.
Cladistics 27: 335-336. 2011.

Unringing a bell: metazoan phylogenomics and the partition bootstrap.
Cladistics, 26: 444-452. 2010.

Barcoding Bamboozled by Bacteria: Convergence to Metazoan Mitochondrial Primer Targets by Marine Microbes.
Systematic Biology. 58:445-451. 2009.

The unholy trinity: taxonomy, species delimitation and DNA barcoding.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London – Biological Sciences, 360: 1905 – 1916. 2005.

Bracing for another decade of deception: The Promise of Secondary BPA.
Cladistics. 21: 90 – 99. 2005.

Measures of stratigraphic fit to phylogeny and their sensitivity to tree size, tree shape, and scale.
Cladistics, 20: 64-75. 2004.

Brooks Parsimony Analysis: A valiant failure.
Cladistics 19: 554-564. 2003.

Incorrect evaluation of the information content of multistate characters. Cladistics, 19: 269-272. 2003.

Characteristic attributes in cancer microarrays,
Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 35: 111-122. 2002.

Measures of Support. In: Techniques in Molecular Evolution and Systematics, (Desalle , R and Giribet, G., eds).
Methods and Tools in Biosciences and Medicine Series, Birkhauser Boston. 2002.

Parsimony Analysis. In: Techniques in Molecular Evolution and Systematics, (Desalle , R and Giribet, G., eds).
Methods and Tools in Biosciences and Medicine Series, Birkhauser Boston. 2002.

On the cladistic use of riboprinting.
Cladistics, 17:290-297. 2001.

Biases in maximum likelihood and parsimony: a simulation approach to a ten-taxon case.
Cladistics. 17:266-281. 2001.

Philosophy and phylogenetic inference: A comparison of likelihood and parsimony methods in the context of Karl Popper’s writings on corroboration.
Cladistics, 17, 395-399. 2001.

Systematic analysis of DNA microarray data: ordering and interpreting patterns of gene expression.
Genome Research, 11: 1149-1155. 2001.

Computer intensive randomization in systematics.
Cladistics, 17, S35-S52. 2001.

Randomization analyses: mimicry, geographic variation and cultural evolution of song in brood-parasitic straw-tailed whydahs, Vidua fischeri.
Ethology 106: 261-282. 2000.

Notes on likelihood.
Cladistics. 15: 439-440. 1999.

Noise.
Cladistics. 15: 51-64. 1999.

Long-branch abstractions.
Cladistics,15: 9-24. 1999.

Success of parsimony in the four-taxon case: Long-branch repulsion by likelihood in the Farris Zone.
Cladistics, 14: 209-220. 1998.

Stratigraphic fit to phylogenies: A proposed solution.
Cladistics, 14: 201-208. 1998.

Probabilism and Phylogenetic Inference.
Cladistics, 13: 313-336. 1997.

The AIDS pandemic is new, but is HIV not new?
Cladistics 13:267-273. 1997.

Prior Agreement: Arbitration or Arbitrary.
Syst. Biol.46:766-770. 1997.

Stratigraphic Indices in the Balance: A Reply to Hitchin and Benton.
Syst. Biol. 46:569-573. 1997.

Uneconomical Diagnosis of Cladograms: Comments on Wheeler and Nixon’s Method for Sankoff Optimization.
Cladistics, 13:153-159. 1997.

Phylogenetic Covariance Probability: Confidence and Historical Associations.
Systematic Biology 45: 48-66. 1995.

Stratigraphic consistency and the shape of things.
Systematic Biology 45: 111-115. 1995.

Another monophyly index: Revisiting the jackknife.
Cladistics 11:33-56. 1995.