Hellberg, M. E. 2007. Footprints on water: the genetic wake of dispersal among reefs. Coral Reefs 26: 463-473. [PDF] Latiolais, J. M., M. S. Taylor, K.Roy and M. E. Hellberg. 2006. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of strombid gastropod morphological diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 41: 436-444. [abstract | PDF] Baums, I. B., M. W. Miller and M. E. Hellberg. 2006. Geographic variation in clonal structure in a reef building Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata. Ecological Monographs 76: 503- 519. [abstract | PDF] Dixon Schully, S. and M. E. Hellberg. 2006. Positive selection on nucleotide substitutions and indels in accessory gland proteins of the Drosophila pseudoobscura subgroup. Journal of Molecular Evolution 62: 793-802. [abstract | PDF] Hellberg, M. E. 2006. No variation and low synonymous substitution rates in coral mtDNA despite high nuclear variation. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6: 24. [abstract | PDF] Taylor, M. S. and M. E. Hellberg. 2006. Comparative phylogeography of a genus of coral reef fishes: biogeographical and genetical concordance in the Caribbean. Molecular Ecology 15: 695-707. [abstract | PDF] Hellberg, M. E. 2006. Genetic approaches to understanding marine metapopulation dynamics. Pp. 431-455 in Marine Metapopulations, J. Kritzer and P. F. Sale (eds.). Academic, San Diego. Baums, I. B., M. W. Miller, and M. E. Hellberg. 2005. Regionally isolated populations of an imperiled Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata. Molecular Ecology 14: 1377-1390. [abstract | PDF] Taylor, M. S. and M. E. Hellberg. 2005. Marine radiations at small geographic scales: speciation in neotropical reef gobies (Elacatinus). Evolution 59: 374-385. [abstract | PDF] Baums, I. B., C. R. Hughes, and M. E. Hellberg. 2005. Mendelian microsatellite loci for the Caribbean coral Acropora palmata. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 288: 115-127. [abstract | PDF] Taylor, M. S. and M. E. Hellberg. 2003. Genetic evidence for local retention of pelagic larvae in a Caribbean reef fish. Science 299: 107-109. [abstract | PDF] McGovern, T. M. and M. E. Hellberg. 2003. Cryptic species, cryptic endosymbionts, and geographical variation in chemical defences in the bryozoan Bugula neritina. Molecular Ecology 12: 1207-1215. [abstract | PDF] Hellberg, M. E. and M. S. Taylor. 2002. Genetic analysis of sexual reproduction in the dendrophylliid coral Balanophyllia elegans. Marine Biology 141: 629-637. [abstract | PDF] Swearer, S. E., J. S. Shima, M. E. Hellberg, S. R. Thorrold, G. P. Jones, D. R. Robertson, S. G. Morgan, K. A. Selkoe, G. M. Ruiz, and R. R. Warner. 2002. Evidence of self-recruitment in demersal marine populations. Bull. Mar. Sci. 70 Suppl.: 251-271. [abstract | PDF] Hellberg, M. E., R. S. Burton, J. E. Neigel, and S. R. Palumbi. 2002. Genetic assessment of connectivity among marine populations. Bull. Mar. Sci. 70 Suppl.: 273-290. [abstract | PDF] Thorrold, S. R., G. P. Jones, M. E. Hellberg, R. S. Burton, S. E. Swearer, J. E. Neigel, S. G. Morgan, and R. R. Warner. 2002. Quantifying larval retention and connectivity in marine populations with artificial and natural markers. Bull. Mar. Sci. 70 Suppl.: 291-308. [abstract | PDF] Hellberg, M. E., D. P. Balch, and K. Roy. 2001. Climate-driven range expansion and morphological evolution in a marine gastropod. Science 292: 1707-1710 [abstract | PDF] Roy, K., D. P. Balch, and M. E. Hellberg. 2001. Spatial patterns of morphological diversity across the Indo-Pacific: analyses using strombid gastropods. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 268: 2503-2508. [ PDF] Hellberg, M. E., G. W. Moy, and V. D. Vacquier. 2000. Positive selection and propeptide repeats promote rapid interspecific divergence of a gastropod sperm protein. Molecular Biology and Evolution 17: 458-466. [abstract | PDF] Hellberg, M. E. and V. D. Vacquier. 1999. Rapid evolution of fertilization selectivity and lysin cDNA sequences in teguline gastropods. Molecular Biology and Evolution 1999 16: 839-848. [abstract | PDF] Hellberg, M. E. 1998. Sympatric sea shells along the sea's shore: the geography of speciation in the marine gastropod Tegula. Evolution 52: 1311-1324. [abstract | PDF] Hellberg, M. E. 1996. Dependence of gene flow on geographic distance in two solitary corals with different larval dispersal capabilities. Evolution 50: 1167-1175. [abstract | PDF] Hellberg, M. E. 1995. Stepping-stone gene flow in the solitary coral Balanophyllia elegans: equilibrium and nonequilibrium at different spatial scales. Marine Biology 123: 573-581. [abstract] Vacquier, V. D., W. J. Swanson, and M. E. Hellberg. 1995. What have we learned about sea urchin sperm bindin? Develop. Growth Differ. 37: 1-10. Hellberg, M. E. 1994. Relationships between inferred levels of gene flow and geographic distance in a philopatric coral, Balanophyllia elegans. Evolution 48: 1829-1854. [abstract | PDF] |
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