Katherine Ralls
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Recent Articles
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Parker L, Campana M, Quinta J, Cypher B, Rivera I, Fleischer R, et al.
Mol Ecol Resour
. 2021 Nov;
22(4):1345-1361.
PMID: 34779133
Understanding predator population dynamics is important for conservation management because of the critical roles predators play within ecosystems. Noninvasive genetic sampling methods are useful for the study of predators like...
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Haslam M, Fujii J, Espinosa S, Mayer K, Ralls K, Tinker M, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2019 Mar;
9(1):4417.
PMID: 30872658
Wild sea otters (Enhydra lutris) are the only marine mammals that habitually use stones while foraging, using them to break open hard-shelled foods like marine snails and bivalves. However, the...
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Fenster C, Ballou J, Dudash M, Eldridge M, Frankham R, Lacy R, et al.
Yale J Biol Med
. 2018 Dec;
91(4):491-501.
PMID: 30588214
Humans are responsible for a cataclysm of species extinction that will change the world as we see it, and will adversely affect human health and wellbeing. We need to understand...
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Gagne R, Tinker M, Gustafson K, Ralls K, Larson S, Tarjan L, et al.
Evol Appl
. 2018 Nov;
11(10):1779-1790.
PMID: 30459829
Conservation genetic techniques and considerations of the evolutionary potential of a species are increasingly being applied to species conservation. For example, effective population size ( ) estimates are useful for...
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Good S, Williams D, Ralls K, Fleischer R
Evolution
. 2017 Jun;
51(4):1296-1310.
PMID: 28565504
The giant kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ingens (Heteromyidae), is an endangered rodent that inhabits approximately 3% of its estimated historic range. Its current distribution is centered in two geographic areas, situated...
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Mercure A, Ralls K, Koepfli K, Wayne R
Evolution
. 2017 Jun;
47(5):1313-1328.
PMID: 28564903
Gene flow can effectively suppress genetic divergence among widely separated populations in highly mobile species. However, the same may not be true of species that typically disperse over shorter distances....
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Ralls K, Mcinerney N, Gagne R, Ernest H, Tinker M, Fujii J, et al.
Biol Lett
. 2017 Mar;
13(3).
PMID: 28330975
Many ecological aspects of tool-use in sea otters are similar to those in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins. Within an area, most tool-using dolphins share a single mitochondrial haplotype and are more...
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Fourteen tail feathers: An autosomal recessive trait in california condors (Gymnogyps californianus)
Pryor D, Ralls K
Zoo Biol
. 2016 Nov;
36(1):1-4.
PMID: 27862255
Eight pairs of California Condors (Gymnogyps californianus) have produced 12 chicks with 14 tail feathers instead of the normal 12. The 14 tail feather trait appears to follow an autosomal...
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Dines J, Mesnick S, Ralls K, May-Collado L, Agnarsson I, Dean M
Evolution
. 2015 May;
69(6):1560-1572.
PMID: 25929734
Mating with multiple partners is common across species, and understanding how individual males secure fertilization in the face of competition remains a fundamental goal of evolutionary biology. Game theory stipulates...