Dr Si Creer - Publications

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Creer, S. and Sinniger, F. 2012. Cosmopolitanism of microbial eukaryotes in the global deep seas. Molecular Ecology. 21: 1033-1035.

Bik, H., Porazinska, D.L., Creer, S., Caporaso, J.G., Knight, R. and Thomas, W.K. 2012. Sequencing our way towards understanding global eukaryotic biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. http:/dx.doi.org/10.1016/).tree.2011.11.010

Pascoal, S., Carvalho, G., Creer, S., Rock, J., Kawaii, K., Mendo, S., Hughes, R. 2012. Plastic and heritable components of phenotypic variation in Nucella lapillus: an assessment using reciprocal transplant and common garden experiments. PLoS One 7(1): e30289. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030289

Fonseca V.G., Nichols, B., Lallias, D., Quince, C., Carvalho G.R., Power, D.M. and Creer, S. 2012. Sample richness and genetic diversity as drivers of chimera formation in nSSU metagenetic analyses. Nucleic Acids Research: doi: 10.1093/nar/gks002

Alexandrou, M.A., Oliveira, C. Maillard, M. McGill, R.A.R., Newton, J., Creer, S., and Taylor, M.I. 2011. Competition and phylogeny determine community structure in Mullerian co-mimics. Nature. 469: 84-89.

Matzen, J., dos Santos, A., Cunha M.R., Costa, F.O., Creer, S. and Carvalho, G.R. 2011. Multigene molecular systematics confirm species status of morphologically convergent Pagurus hermit crabs. PLoS One. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028233

Fonseca, V.G., Packer, M., Carvalho, G.R., Power, D., Lambshead, P.J.D. and Creer S. 2011. Isolation of marine meiofauna from sandy sediments: from decanting to DNA extraction. Nature Protocol Exchange. doi:10.1038/nprot.2010.157

Matzen, J., Creer, S., dos Santos, A., Costa, A.C., Cunha M.R., Costa, F.O. and Carvalho, G.R. 2011. Systematic and evolutionary insights derived from mtDNA COI barcode diversity in the Decapoda (Crustacea: Malacostraca). PLoS One. 6: e19449

Carvalho, G.R., Creer, S., Allen M., Costa F.O., Tsigenopoulos C.S., Le Goff-Vitry M., Magoulas A.M., Medlin L. & Metfies K. 2011. Genomics in the discovery and monitoring of marine biodiversity. In: An Introduction to Marine Genomics, (eds.) Boyen C and Cock, M. Springer-Verlag.

Creer, S. 2011. New technologies. pp. 46-47 in: Marine Benthic Nematode Molecular Protocol Handbook (Nematode Barcoding), eds PJD Lambshead and M. Packer. International Seabed Authority, Jamaica. Read the online version here.

Fonseca, V.G., Carvalho, G.R, Sung, W, Johnson, H.F, Power, D.M, Neill, S.P, Packer, M, Blaxter, ML, Lambshead, PJD, Thomas, WK, & Creer, S (2010) Second-generation environmental sequencing unmasks marine metazoan biodiversity. Nature Communications. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.038/ncomms1095

Fonseca et al. is featured in the Public Library of Science's (PLoS) Biodiversity Hub

Creer, S. 2010. Second-generation sequencing derived insights into the temporal biodiversity dynamics of freshwater protists. Molecular Ecology. 19:2829-2831

Creer, S., Fonseca, V.G., Porazinska D.L., Giblin-Davies, R.M., Sung, W., Power, D.M., Packer, M., Carvalho, G.R., Blaxter, M.L., Lambshead, P.J.D. and Thomas, W.K. 2010. Ultrasequencing of the meiofaunal biosphere: practice, pitfalls and promises. Molecular Ecology. 19: (Suppl. 1) 4-20. PDF * Joint first authors.

Domingues C.P., Creer S., Taylor MI., Queiroga H., Carvalho GR. Genetic structure of Carcinus maenas withinits native range: larval dispersal and oceanographic variability. Marine Ecology Progress Series 410: 111–123, 2010 DOI: 10.3354/meps08610 PDF

Domingues CP., Creer S., Taylor MI., Queiroga H.,Carvalho GR. Temporal genetic homogeneity among shore crab(Carcinus maenas) larval events supplied to an estuarine system on the Portuguese northwest coast. Heredity (2010), 1–9 PDF

Pascoal, S. Creer, S. Taylor, M.I., Queiroga, H., Carvalho, G. and Mendo, S. 2009. Development and application of microsatellites in Carcinus maenas: Genetic differentiation between Northern and Central Portuguese populations. 2009. PLoS One 4: e7268. PDF

Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Pook, C.E. and Thorpe R.S. 2009. Inclusion of nuclear intron sequence data helps to identify the Asian sister group of New World pitvipers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 54: 172-178. PDF

Guo, P., Malhotra, A., Creer, S., and Pook, C.E. 2009.An evaluation of the systematic value of skull morphology in the Trimeresurus radiation (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) of Asian pitvipers. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 47: 378-384. PDF

Guo, P., Malhotra, A., Li, C., Creer, S., Pook, C.E. and Wen, T. 2009.Systematics of the Protobothrops jerdonii complex (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae) inferred from morphometric data and molecular phylogeny. Herpetological Journal 19: 85-96. PDF

Creer, S. 2007. Choosing and using introns in molecular phylogenetics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics 3: 99-108. PDF

Guo, P., Malhotra, A. Li, P.P., Pook, C.E. and Creer, S. 2007. New evidence on the phylogenetic position of the poorly known Asian pitviper Protobothrops kaulbacki (Serpentes : Viperidae : Crotalinae) with a redescription of the species and a revision of the genus Protobothrops. Herpetological Journal 17: 237-246. PDF

Creer, S., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R.S., and Pook, C.E. 2006. Optimal intron analyses in the Trimeresurus radiation of Asian pitvipers. Systematic Biology 55: 57-72. PDF

Creer, S. 2005. On the application of molecular barcodes in toxinological research. Toxicon 46: 709-710. PDF

Creer, S., Malhotra, A., and Thorpe, R.S., and Pook, C.E. 2005. Targetting optimal introns for phylogenetic analyses in non-model taxa: experimental results in Asian pitvipers. Cladistics 21: 390-395. PDF

Creer, S., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R.S., Chou, W.-H., and Stenson, A.G. 2004. The utility of AFLPs for corroborating mitochondrial DNA phylogeographical pattern in the Taiwanese bamboo viper, Trimeresurus stejnegeri. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17: 100-107. PDF

*Creer, S*., Malhotra, A. and Thorpe, R.S. 2003a. Assessing the phylogenetic utility of four mitochondrial genes and a nuclear intron in the Asian pitviper genus Trimeresurus : separate, simultaneous, and conditional data combination analyses. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20: 1240-1251. PDF

Creer, S., Malhotra, A. Thorpe, R.S., Stöcklin, R., Favreau, P., and Chou, W.-H. 2003b. Genetic and ecological correlates of intraspecific variation in pitviper venom composition detected using matrix assisted laser desorption time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) and isoelectric focusing. Journal of Molecular Evolution 56: 317-329. PDF

Creer, S., Chou, W.-H., Malhotra, A. and Thorpe, R.S. 2002. Offshore insular variation in the diet of the Taiwanese bamboo viper, Trimeresurus stejnegeri (Schmidt). Zoological Science 19: 907-913. PDF

Creer, S., Malhotra, A. Thorpe, R.S., and Chou, W.-H. 2001. Multiple causation of phylogeographical pattern as revealed by nested clade analysis of the bamboo viper (Trimeresurus stejnegeri) within Taiwan. Molecular Ecology 10: 1967-1981. PDF

Creer, S. 1999. Geographic variation in the venom composition of the Taiwanese bamboo viper (Trimeresurus stejnegeri) in the small, yet environmentally heterogenous island of Taiwan. Toxicon 37. 2. 289-290, from the 13th European Toxinology conference, London.

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* Awarded the Joseph B. Slowinski Award for International Excellence in snake systematics in 2004, by the Center for North American Herpetology.