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6562
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2220

Overview

Mary V. Ashley is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly work addresses fundamental questions in genetics, ecology, and plant biology.

The scientist's research covers several subfields, including Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, and Cell Biology. These areas intersect with their main topics of study, which include Genetic diversity and population structure, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and animal studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Botanical Studies and Applications, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Mary V. Ashley has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed articles and other scholarly publications. Some notable papers include:

  • Answers Blowing in the Wind: A Quarter Century of Genetic Studies of Pollination in Oaks (2021), published in Forests
  • Dispersal ability correlates with range size in Amazonian habitat-restricted birds (2020), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Quercus Conservation Genetics and Genomics: Past, Present, and Future (2021), published in Forests
  • Heterospecific pollination by an invasive congener threatens the native American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens (2021), published in PLoS ONE
  • Quercus Genetics: Insights into the Past, Present, and Future of Oaks (2021), published in Forests

Frequent coauthors include Janet Rizner Backs, David N. Zaya, João M. G. Capurucho, John M. Bates, and John T. Belcik. Collaborative efforts with these researchers have contributed to publications across multiple venues.

Mary V. Ashley's most frequent publication venues reflect their interdisciplinary focus and include:

  • Forests
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • PLoS ONE
  • International Journal of Plant Sciences
  • Journal of Biogeography

Their work centers on understanding complex ecological interactions and genetic mechanisms, with implications for conservation genetics, species distribution modeling, and evolutionary biology. The diverse range of topics and venues illustrates a comprehensive approach to environmental science and molecular biology research, addressing both theoretical and applied aspects in these fields.

Best Publications

  • Microsatellite analysis of seed dispersal and parentage of saplings in bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa

    B. D. Dow;M. V. Ashley

  • Noninvasive paternity assignment in Gombe chimpanzees.

    Julie L. Constable;Mary V. Ashley;Jane Goodall;Anne E. Pusey

  • Evolutionarily enlightened management

    Mary V Ashley;Mary F Willson;Oliver R W Pergams;Dennis Jefferie O'Dowd

  • The paradox of forest fragmentation genetics.

    Andrea T. Kramer;Jennifer L. Ison;Mary V. Ashley;Henry F. Howe;Henry F. Howe

  • Characterization of highly variable (GA/CT) n microsatellites in the bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa

    B. D. Dow;M. V. Ashley;H. F. Howe

  • High levels of gene flow in bur oak revealed by paternity analysis using microsatellites

    BD Dow;MV Ashley

  • Plant Parentage, Pollination, and Dispersal: How DNA microsatellites have altered the landscape

    Mary V. Ashley

  • The breeding biology of lemon sharks at a tropical nursery lagoon.

    Kevin A. Feldheim;Samuel H. Gruber;Mary V. Ashley

  • The use of microsatellite analysis in population biology: background, methods and potential applications.

    M. V. Ashley;B. D. Dow

  • Global phylogeography and seascape genetics of the lemon sharks (genus Negaprion)

    J. K. Schultz;K. A. Feldheim;S. H. Gruber;M. V. Ashley

  • Population genetic structure of the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) in the western Atlantic: DNA microsatellite variation.

    K. A. Feldheim;S. H. Gruber;M. V. Ashley

  • Two decades of genetic profiling yields first evidence of natal philopatry and long‐term fidelity to parturition sites in sharks

    Kevin Andrew Feldheim;Samuel H. Gruber;Joseph DiBattista;Elizabeth A. Babcock

  • RECONSTRUCTION OF PARENTAL MICROSATELLITE GENOTYPES REVEALS FEMALE POLYANDRY AND PHILOPATRY IN THE LEMON SHARK, NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS

    Kevin A. Feldheim;Samuel H. Gruber;Mary V. Ashley

  • Is pollen limited? The answer is blowin' in the wind

    Walter D. Koenig;Mary V. Ashley

  • High variability and disomic segregation of microsatellites in the octoploid Fragaria virginiana Mill. (Rosaceae).

    M. V. Ashley;J. A. Wilk;S. M. N. Styan;S. M. N. Styan;K. J. Craft

  • Low Genetic Differentiation across Three Major Ocean Populations of the Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus

    Jennifer V. Schmidt;Jennifer V. Schmidt;Claudia L. Schmidt;Fusun Ozer;Robin E. Ernst

  • mtDNA diversity in rhesus monkeys reveals overestimates of divergence time and paraphyly with neighboring species.

    Don J. Melnick;G. A. Hoelzer;R. Absher;M. V. Ashley

  • Limited hybridization between Quercus lobata and Quercus douglasii (Fagaceae) in a mixed stand in central coastal California.

    Kathleen J. Craft;Mary V. Ashley;Walter D. Koenig

  • ANALYSIS OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA POLYMORPHISMS AMONG CHANNEL ISLAND DEER MICE.

    Mary Ashley;Christopher Wills

  • Microevolution in island rodents.

    Oliver R.W. Pergams;Mary V. Ashley

  • Reconstructing sibling relationships in wild populations

    Tanya Y. Berger-Wolf;Saad I. Sheikh;Bhaskar DasGupta;Mary V. Ashley

Frequent Co-Authors

Tanya Y. Berger-Wolf
Tanya Y. Berger-Wolf The Ohio State University
Bhaskar DasGupta
Bhaskar DasGupta University of Illinois at Chicago
Kevin A. Feldheim
Kevin A. Feldheim Field Museum of Natural History
Wanpracha Art Chaovalitwongse
Wanpracha Art Chaovalitwongse University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Samuel H. Gruber
Samuel H. Gruber University of Miami
Walter D. Koenig
Walter D. Koenig University of California, Berkeley
Ashfaq Khokhar
Ashfaq Khokhar Iowa State University
Joel S. Brown
Joel S. Brown University of Illinois at Chicago
Henry F. Howe
Henry F. Howe University of Illinois at Chicago
John M. Bates
John M. Bates Field Museum of Natural History

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