Zoology

For more information on my research program, please see my lab webpage.

Recent Publications

Robertson JM, Lips KR, Heist EJ. 2008. Fine scale gene flow and individual movements among subpopulations of Centrolene prosoblepon (Anura : Centrolenidae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 56: 13-26.

Herrington SJ, Hettiger KN, Heist EJ, et al. 2008. Hybridization between longnose and alligator gars in captivity, with comments on possible gar hybridization in nature. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137: 158-164.

Schrey NM, Schrey AW, Heist EJ, et al. 2008. Fine-scale genetic population structure of southern pine beetle (Coleoptera : Curculionidae) in Mississippi forests. Environmental Entomology 37: 271-276.

Schrey NM, Schrey AW, Heist EJ, et al. 2007. Microsatellite loci for the southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis) and cross-species amplification in Dendroctonus. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 857-859.

Schrey AW, Heist EJ. 2007. Stock structure of pallid sturgeon analyzed with microsatellite loci. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 23: 297-303.

Schrey AW, Sloss B, Sheehan RJ, Heidinger RC, Heist EJ. 2007. Genetic discrimination of middle Mississippi River Scaphirhynchus sturgeon into pallid, shovelnose, and putative hybrids with multiple microsatellite loci. Conservation Genetics 8: 683-693.

Keeney DB, Heist EJ. 2006. Worldwide phylogeography of the blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) inferred from mitochondrial DNA reveals isolation of western Atlantic populations coupled with recent Pacific dispersal. Molecular Ecology 15: 3669-3679.

Yassin YA, Heist EJ, Ibrahim KM. 2006. PCR primers for polymorphic microsatellite loci in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera : Acrididae). Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 784-786.

Keeney DB, Heupel MR, Hueter RE, Heist EJ. 2005. Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analyses of the genetic structure of blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) nurseries in the northwestern Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea. Molecular Ecology 14: 1911-1923.

Heist, E. J and K. A. Feldheim. In Press. Genetics and Collection Management. American Zoological Association Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual.

Hueter, R. E., M. R. Huepel, E. J. Heist, and D. B. Keeney. In Press The implications of philopatry in sharks for the management of shark fisheries. NAFO Journal.

Heist, E. J. 2004. Genetics of Sharks, Skates and Rays. Chapter 16 in Biology of Sharks and their Relatives. (Carrier, J., J. Musick, and M. Heithaus, eds.) CRC Press.

Keeney, D. B. M. Heupel, R. E. Hueter, and E. J. Heist. 2003. Genetic heterogeneity among blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, continental nurseries along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology 143:1039-1046.

Keeney, D. B. and E. J. Heist. 2003. Characterization of microsatellite loci isolated from the blacktip shark and their utility in requiem and hammerhead sharks. Molecular Ecology Notes 3:501-504.

Reading, B. J., P. S. Wills, R C. Heidinger, and E. J. Heist. 2003. Development of microsatellite markers for muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) and cross-species amplification in two other Esocids. Molecular Ecology Notes 3:447-449.

Monty, A., E. J. Heist, E. R. Wagle, R. E. Emerson E. H. Nicholson, and G. A. Feldhamer. Genetic variation and population assessment of eastern woodrats in southern Illinois. Southeast Naturalist 2:243-260.

Schrey, A., and E. J. Heist. 2003. Microsatellite Analysis of Population Structure in the Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 60:670-675.