Research Publications
Voss, S.R., Kump, K.D., Putta, S., Pauly, N., Reynolds, A., Henry, R.J., Basa, S., Walker, J.A., and Smith, J.J. 2011. Origin of avian and amphibian chromosomes by fusion, fission, and retention of ancestral chromosomes. Genome Research 8:1306-1312.
Huggins P, Johnson C, Schoergendorfer A, Putta S, Stromberg A, and Voss SR. 2011. Identification of thyroid hormone responsive genes from the brain of the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). In press, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Cosden, R., Latterman, C., Romine, S., Voss, S.R., Gao, J., and MacLeod, J.N. 2011. Intrinsic repair of full-thickness articular cartilage defects in the axolotl salamander. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 19:200-205.
Sharanowski BJ, Robbertse B, Walker J, Voss SR, Yoder R, Spatafora J, Sharkey MJ. 2010. Expressed sequence tags reveal Proctotrupomorpha (minus Chalcidoidea) as sister to Aculeata (Hymenoptera: Insecta). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57:101-12.
Dixon JE, Allegrucci C, Redwood C, Kump DC, Bian Y, Chatfield J, Chen Y-S, Sottile V, Voss SR, Alberio R, Johnson AD. 2010. Axolotl nanog expression in mouse embryonic stem cells demonstrates pluripotency is conserved from urodele amphibians to mammals. Development 137:2973-80.
Page RB, Boley M, Smith JJ, Voss SR. 2010. Microarray analysis of a salamander hopeful monster reveals transcriptional signatures of paedomorphic brain development. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:199.
Fitzpatrick BM, Smith JJ, Voss SR, Shaffer HB. 2010. Rapid spread of invasive genes into a threatened native species. PNAS 107:3606-10.
Rao N, Jhamb D, Milner D, Li B, Song F, Wang M, Voss SR, Palakal M, King MW, Nye HLD, Cameron JA, Stocum DL. 2009. Proteomic analysis of blastema formation in regenerating axolotl limbs. BMC Biology 7:83.
LeVine H III, Ding Q, Walker JA, Voss SR, Augelli-Szafran CE. 2009. Clioquinol and other hydroxyquinoline derivatives inhibit A_(1–42) oligomer assembly. Neuroscience Letters 465: 99–103.
Fitzpatrick BM, Shaffer HB, Johnson JJ, Kump K, Voss SR. 2009. Genome-wide SNP-typing shows rapid allele fixation in a tiger salamander hybrid zone. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:176.
Page RB, Monaghan JR, Walker JA, Voss SR. 2009. An integrative model of transcriptional and morphological changes during TH-induced metamorphosis of the Mexican axolotl. General and Comparative Endocrinology 162:219-32.
Smith JJ, Voss SR. 2009. Amphibian sex determination: segregation and linkage analysis using members of the tiger salamander species complex (Ambystoma mexicanum and A. tigrinum). Heredity 102:542-548.
Monaghan JR, Epp L, Putta S, Page RB, Walker J, Zhu W, Pao GM, Verma IM, Hunter T, Bryant SV, Gardiner DM, Harkins TT, Voss SR. 2009. Microarray and DNA Sequence Analysis of Transcription During Nerve-Dependent Limb Regeneration. BMC Biology 7:1.
Smith JJ, Putta S, Zhu W, Pao GM, Verma IM, Hunter T, Bryant SV, Gardiner DM, Harkins TT, Voss SR. 2009. Genic regions of a large salamander genome contain long introns and novel genes. BMC Genomics 10:19.
Page RB, Voss SR, Samuels AK, Smith JJ, Putta S, Beachy CK. 2008. Effect of thyroid hormone concentration on the transcriptional response underlying induced metamorphosis in the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma). BMC Genomics 9:78.
Smith JJ, Voss SR. 2007. Chromosomal regions from bird and mammalian sex chromosomes were linked ancestrally. Genetics 177: 607-613.
Theodosiou M, Monaghan JR, Spencer ML, Voss SR, Noonan DJ. 2007. Isolation and characterization of axolotl NPDC-1 and its effects on retinoic acid receptor signaling. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B 147:260-270.
Putta S, Smith JJ, Voss SR. 2007. A new software tool for aligning transcript maps to sequenced genomes (MapToGenome): Identifying conserved chromosomal segments and evaluating genome assemblies. Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online 2:15-25.
Monaghan JR, Walker JA, Beachy CK, Voss SR. 2007. Microarray analysis of early gene expression during natural spinal cord regeneration in the salamander Ambystoma mexicanum. Journal of Neurochemistry 101:27-40.
Page RB, Monaghan JR, Samuels AK, Smith JJ, Beachy CK, Voss SR. 2007. Microarray analysis identifies keratin loci as sensitive biomarkers for thyroid hormone disruption in salamanders (Ambystoma). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Pharmacology and Toxicology, 145:15-27.
Smith JJ, Voss SR. 2006. Gene order data from a model amphibian: New perspectives on vertebrate genome structure and evolution. BMC Genomics 7:219.
Weisrock DW, Shaffer HB, Storz BL, Storz SR, Voss SR. 2006. The value of multiple nuclear gene sequences in phylogenetic analysis of species boundaries: a case study in the adaptive radiation of Mexican ambystomatid salamanders. Molecular Ecology 15:2489-2503.
Jones MT, Voss SR, Ptacek MB, Weisrock D, Tonkyn DW 2006. Population genetics and geographic variation in the shovel-nosed salamander, Desmognathus marmoratus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38:280-287.
Smith, J.J., Putta, S., Walker, J.A., Kump, D.C., Samuels, A.K., Monaghan, J.R., Weisrock, D.W., Staben, C., and Voss, S.R. 2005. Sal-Site: Integrating new and existing ambystomatid research and information resources. BMC Genomics 6:181.
Smith, J.J., Kump, K., Walker, J.A., Parichy, D.M., and Voss, S.R. 2005. A genetic linkage map for tiger salamander and mexican axolotl (Ambystoma): Enabling gene mapping, comparative genomics, and PCR marker development in Ambystoma. Genetics 171:1161-1171.
Voss, S.R. and J.J. Smith. 2005. Evolution of salamander life cycles: A major effect QTL contributes to both continuous and discrete variation for metamorphic timing. Genetics 170:275-181.
Samuels, A.K., D. Weisrock, J.J. Smith, S. Putta, J. Walker, K. France, and S.R. Voss. 2005. Transcriptional and phylogenetic analysis of 5 complete ambystomatid salamander mitochondrial genomes. Gene 349:43-53.
Putta, S., J.J. Smith, J. Walker, M. Rondet , D. Weisrock, J. Monaghan, K. Kump, D.C. King, N. J. Maness, B. Habermann, E. Tanaka, S.V. Bryant, D.M. Gardiner, D.M. Parichy, and S.R. Voss. 2004. From Biomedicine to Natural History Research: Expressed Sequence Tag Resources for Ambystomatid Salamanders. BMC Genomics 5:54.
Shaffer, H.B. Fellers, G.M., Voss, S.R., Oliver J.C., and Pauly, G.B. 2004. Species boundaries, phylogeography, and conservation genetics of the red-legged frog (Rana aurora/draytonii) complex. Molecular Ecology 13:2667-2677.
Voss, S.R., K. Prudic, J. Oliver, and H.B. Shaffer. 2003. Candidate gene analysis of metamorphic timing in ambystomatid salamanders. Molecular Ecology 12:1217-1223.
Riley, S.P.D., H.B. Shaffer, S.R. Voss, and B.M. Fitzpatrick 2003. Hybridization between a rare, native tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) and its introduced congener. Ecological Applications13:1263-1275.
Voss, S.R., J.J. Smith, D.M. Gardiner, and D.M. Parichy. 2001. Conserved vertebrate chromosomal segments in the large salamander genome. Genetics 158:735-746.
Voss, S.R. and H.B. Shaffer. 2000. Evolutionary genetics of metamorphic failure using wild-caught versus laboratory axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum). Molecular Ecology 9:1401-1408.
Voss, S.R., H.B. Shaffer, J. Taylor, R. Safi, and V. Laudet. 2000. Candidate gene analysis of thyroid hormone receptors in metamorphosing and non-metamorphosing salamanders. Heredity 85:107-114.
Shaffer, H.B., G.M. Fellers, A. Magee, and S.R. Voss. 2000. The genetics of amphibian declines: Population substructure and molecular differentiation in the Yosemite Toad, Bufo Canorus (Anura, Bufonidae) based on SSCP and mtDNA sequence data. Molecular Ecology 9:245-257.
Parichy, D.M., M. Stigson, and S.R. Voss. 1999. Genetic analysis of steel and the PG-M/Versican-encoding gene AxPG as candidates for the white (d) pigmentation mutant in the salamander Ambystoma mexicanum. Development, Genes, and Evolution 209:349-356.
Voss, S.R and H.B. Shaffer. 1997. Adaptive evolution via a major gene effect: paedomorphosis in the Mexican axolotl. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 94: 14185-14189.
Voss, S.R. and H.B. Shaffer. 1996. What insights into the developmental traits of urodeles does the study of interspecific hybrids provide? International Journal of Developmental Biology 40:885-893.
Shaffer, H.B. and S.R. Voss. 1996. Phylogenetic and mechanistic analysis of a developmentally integrated character complex: alternate life history modes in ambystomatid salamanders. American Zoologist 36:24-35.
Voss, S.R., D.G. Smith, C.K. Beachy and D.G. Heckel 1995. Allozyme variation among geographically isolated populations of the salamander Leurognathus marmoratus. Journal of Herpetology 29:493-497.
Voss, S.R. 1995. Genetic basis of paedomorphosis in the axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum: a test of the single gene hypothesis. Journal of Heredity 86:441-447.
Voss, S.R. 1993. The relationship between stream order and length of larval period in the salamander Eurycea wilderae. Copeia 1993:736-742.
Voss, S.R. 1993. Effect of temperature on body size, developmental stage, and timing of hatching in Ambystoma maculatum. Journal of Herpetology 27:329-333.
