Michael S. Blouin
Publications
Christie, M.R., M.L. Marine, R.A. French and M.S. Blouin. 2011. Genetic adaptation to captivity can occur in a single generation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1111073109 PDF
Phillipsen, I., C. Funk, E. Hoffman, K. Monsen and M.S. Blouin. 2011. Comparative analyses of effective population size within and among species: ranid frogs as a case study Evolution, 11:2179-2194 PDF
Criscione, CD, R. Vias, E. Paniagua and MS Blouin. 2011. More than meets the eye: detecting cryptic microgeographic population structure in a parasite with a complex life cycle Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05113.x PDF
Theriault, V, GR Moyer, LS Jackson, MS Blouin and MA Banks. 2011. Reduced reproductive success of hatchery coho salmon in the wild: insights into most likely mechanisms Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05058.x PDF
Christie, M.R., M.L. Marine and M.S. Blouin. 2011. Who are the missing parents? Grandparentage analysis identifies multiple sources of gene flow into a wild population. Molecular Ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04994.x. PDF
Blouin, M.S., I.C. Phillipsen and K.J. Monsen. 2010. Population structure and conservation genetics of the Oregon spotted frog, Rana pretiosa. Conservation Genetics, 11:2179-2194 PDF
Steinauer, M., M.S. Blouin and C. Criscione. 2010. Applying evolutionary genetics to schistosome epidemiology. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 10:433-443.PDF
Tennessen, J.A and M.S. Blouin. 2010. A revised leopard frog phylogeny allows a more detailed examination of adaptive evolution at ranatuerin-2 antimicrobial peptide loci Immunogenetics, 33:1247-1257.PDF
Blouin, M.S. V. Thuillier, B. Cooper, V. Amarasinghe, L. Cluzel, H. Araki and C. Grunau. No evidence for large differences in genomic methylation between wild and hatchery steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 67: 217-224. PDF
Tennessen, J.A.,
D.C. Woodhams, P. Chaurand, L.K. Reinert, D. Billheimer, Y. Shyr, R.M.
Caprioli, M.S. Blouin, and
Araki, H., B. Cooper and M.S. Blouin. 2009. Carry-over effect of captive breeding reduces reproductive fitness of wild-born descendents n the wild. Biology Letters doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0315 PDF
Phillipsen,
Araki, H., B. Berejikian, M. Ford, and M.S. Blouin. 2008 Fitness of hatchery-reared salmonids in the wild. Evolutionary Applications 1:342-355. PDF
Tennessen, J.A. and M.S. Blouin. 2008. Balancing selection at a frog antimicrobial peptide locus: fluctuating immune effector molecules? Molecular Biology and Evolution 25(12):2669-2680. PDF
Theron, A., C. Coustau, A. Rognon, S. Gourbire, and M.S. Blouin. 2008 Effects of laboratory culture on compatibility between snails and schistosomes. Parasitology, 135:1179-1188. PDF
Miranda, R.R., J.A. Tennessen, M.S. Blouin and .M.Rabelo. 2008.. Mitochondrial DNA variation of the dog hookworm Ancylostoma caninum in Brazilian populations. Veterinary Parasitology, 151:61-67. PDF
Araki, H., B. Cooper and M.S. Blouin. 2007. Genetic effects of captive breeding cause a rapid, cumulative fitness decline in the wild. Science, 318: 100-103. PDF
Tennessen J.A. and M.S. Blouin. 2007. Selection for antimicrobial peptide diversity in frogs leads to gene duplication and low allelic variation. Journal of Molecular Evolution 65:605-615 PDF
Moyer, G.R., D. Loomis, M. Blouin and M.A. Banks. 2007. The
influence of differential survival on Nb/N for progeny from multi- and
single-generation integrated hatchery stocks of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus
kisutch) Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 64:1258-1265 . PDF
Finn, D.S., M.S. Blouin and D.A. Lytle. 2007. Population genetic structure reveals terrestrial affinities for a headwater stream insect. Freshwater Biology 52:1881-1897. PDF
Araki, H., R.S. Waples and M.S. Blouin. 2007. A potential
bias in the temporal method for estimating Ne
in admixed populations under natural selection. Molecular Ecology, 16:2261-2271. PDF
Bender, R.C. C.P. Goodall, M.S. Blouin and C.J. Bayne. 2007.
A regulatory variant of Biomphalaria
glabrata SOD1 and its role in
susceptibility/resistance to Schistosoma
mansoni, Developmental and Comparative
Immunology, 9: 874-878.
PDF
Criscione, C.D. and M.S. Blouin. 2007. Parasite
phylogeographical congruence with salmon host evolutionarily significant units:
implications for salmon conservation. Molecular
Ecology 16:993-1005. PDF
Araki, H., W.R. Ardren, E. Olsen, B. Cooper and M.S. Blouin.
2007. Reproductive success of captive-bred steelhead trout in the wild:
evaluation of three hatchery programs in the
Araki, H., R.S. Waples, W.R. Ardren, B. Cooper and M.S. Blouin.
2007. Effective population size of steelhead trout: influence of variance in
reproductive success, hatchery programs, and genetic compensation between
life-history forms. Molecular Ecology
16:953-966 PDF
Hoffman, E.A., Schueler, F.W., A.G. Jones and M.S. Blouin. 2006. An analysis of selection on a color polymorphism in the northern leopard frog. Molecular Ecology, 15:2627-2641. PDF
Criscione, C.D., B. Cooper and M.S. Blouin. 2006. Parasite genotypes identify source populations of migratory fish more accurately than fish genotypes. Ecology 87:823-828. PDF
Criscione, C.D. and M.S. Blouin. 2006. Minimal selfing, few clones, and no among-host genetic structure in a hermaphroditic parasite with asexual larval propagation. Evolution, 60:553-562. PDF
Araki, H. and M.S. Blouin. 2005. Unbiased estimation of
relative reproductive success of different groups: evaluation and correction of
bias caused by parentage assignment errors. Molecular
Ecology, 13:4907-4110. PDF
Vilas, R., C.D. Criscione and M.S. Blouin. 2005. A comparison between mitochondrial DNA and the ribosomal internal transcribed regions in prospecting for cryptic species of platyhelminth parasites. Parasitology, 131:1-8. PDF
Criscione, C.D., R. Poulin and M.S. Blouin. 2005. Molecular ecology of parasites: elucidating ecological and microevolutionary processes. Molecular Ecology 14:2247-2257. PDF
Criscione, C.D. and M.S. Blouin. 2005. Eleven polymorphic microsatellite loci for the salmonid trematode Plagioporus shawi. Molecular Ecology Notes. 5:562-564 PDF
Criscione, C.D. and M.S. Blouin. 2005.Effective sizes of macroparasite populations: a conceptual model. Trends in Parasitology 21: 212-217. PDF
Funk,
W.C., M.S. Blouin, P.S. Corn, B.A. Maxell, D.S. Pilliod, S.Amish and F.W.
Allendorf. 2005. Population structure of
Hoffman,
E.A., F.W. Schueler and M. S. Blouin. 2004. Effective population sizes and temporal
stability of genetic structure in Rana pipiens, the Northern leopard
frog. Evolution 58:2536-2545. PDF
Monsen, K.J. and M.S. Blouin. 2004. Extreme isolation by distance in the Cascades frog, Rana cascadae. Conservation Genetics 5:827-835. PDF.
Hoffman, E. and M.S. Blouin. 2004. Evolutionary history of the northern leopard frog: reconstruction of phylogeny, phylogeography and historical changes in population demography from mitochondrial DNA. Evolution 58:145-159 PDF.
Hoffman, E. and M.S. Blouin. 2004. Historical data refute recent range contraction as an explanation for low genetic diversity in isolated frog populations. Molecular Ecology 13:271-276. PDF
Criscione, C.D. and M.S. Blouin. 2004. Life cycles shape parasite evolution: comparative population genetics of salmon trematodes. Evolution 58:198-202. PDF
Monsen, K.J. and M.S. Blouin. 2003. Genetic structure in a montane ranid frog: restricted gene flow and nuclear-mitochondrial discordance. Molecular Ecology, 12:3275-3286. PDF
Blouin, M.S. 2003. DNA-based methods for pedigree reconstruction and kinship analysis in natural populations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18: 503-511. PDF
Langdon, C., S. Evans, D. Jacobson and M. Blouin 2003. Yields of cultured Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas Thunberg improved after one generation of selection. Aquaculture 220: 227-244.
Hoffman, E.A., W.R. Ardren and M.S. Blouin. 2003. Nine polymorphic microsatellite loci in the northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens). Mol. Ecol. Notes 3:115-116.
Criscione, C. D., V. Watral, C. M. Whipps, M. S. Blouin, S.
R. M. Jones, and M. L. Kent. 2002. Ribosomal DNA sequences indicate isolated
populations of Ichthyophonus hoferi in geographic sympatry in the
northeastern
Blouin, M.S. 2002. Molecular prospecting for cryptic species of nematodes: mitochondrial DNA vs. internal transcribed spacer. International Journal for Parasitology 32: 527-531. PDF
Jones, A., M.S. Blouin and S.J. Arnold. 2001. Genetic variation in two populations of the rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulose) assessed using novel tetranucleotide microsatellite loci. Molecular Ecology Notes 1:293-296.
Hawdon, J.H., L.
Tiehua, Z. Bin and M. Blouin. 2001. Genetic structure of the human hookworm, Necator americanus, in
Liu, J., R.E. Berry and M. Blouin. 2001. Detection and identification of symbiotic bacteria (Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus) from entomopathogenic nematodes (Heterorhabditis and Steinernema). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 77:87-91
Blouin, M.S. and S.T. Brown. 2000. Effects of temperature-induced variation in anuran larval growth rate on head width and leg length at metamorphosis. Oecologia 125:358-361. PDF
Blouin, M.S. 2000. Neutrality tests on mtDNA: unusual results from nematodes. J. Heredity 91:156-158.
Hoffman, E.A. and M.S. Blouin. 2000. A review of color and/or pattern polymorphism in anurans. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 70: 633-665 PDF
Hoberg, E.P., K.J. Monsen, S. Kutz and M.S. Blouin. 1999. Sturcture, biodiversity and historical biogeography of nematode faunas in holarctic ruminants: morphological and molecular diagnoses for Teladorsagia boreoarcticus sp. n. (nematoda: ostertagiinae), a dimorphic cryptic species in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus). J. Parasitol., 85:910-934.
Blouin, M.S., J. Liu and R.E. Berry. 1999. Life cycle variation and the genetic structure of nematode populations. Heredity 83:253-259. PDF
Banks, M.A., M.S. Blouin, B.A. Baldwin, V.K. Rashbrook, H.A. Fitzgerald, S.M. Blankenship, and D. Hedgecock. 1999. Isolation and inheritance of novel microsatellites in chinook salmon (Onchorhynchus tschawytscha) J. Heredity 90:281-288.
Liu, J., R. Berry and M. Blouin. 1999. Molecular differentiation and phylogeny of entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditis) based on ND4 gene sequences of mitochrondrial DNA. J. Parasitology 85:709-715.
Blouin, M.S. 1998. Mitochondrial DNA diversity in nematodes. J. Helminthology 72:285-289.
Blouin,
Blouin,
Blouin, M.S., M. Parsons, V. Lacaille, and S. Lotz. 1996. Use of microsatellite loci to classify individuals by relatedness. Molecular Ecology 5:393-401. PDF
Blouin,
Blouin, M.S., J.B.
Dame, J.B. , M.S. Blouin, and C.H. Courtney. 1992. Genetic structure of populations of Ostertagia ostertagi and other parasitic helminths. Veterinary Parasitology 46: 55-62.
Blouin, M.S. 1992. Genetic correlations among morphometric traits and rates of growth and differentiation in the green tree frog, Hyla cinerea Evolution 46: 735-744. PDF
Blouin, M.S. 1992. Comparing bivariate reaction norms among species: time and size at metamorphosis in three species of Hyla (anura: hylidae). Oecologia, 90: 288-293.
Blouin, M.S., and M.L.G. Loeb. 1991. Effects of environmentally-induced development rate variation on head and limb morphology in the green treefrog, Hyla cinerea. American Naturalist 138: 717-728. PDF
Blouin, M.S. 1991. Proximate developmental causes of limb length variation between two closely-related species of treefrogs. J. Morphology 209: 305-310.
Blouin, M.S. 1990. On the evolution of unpalatability in hylid tadpoles. J. Herpetology 24: 309-311.
Blouin, M.S. 1989. Life history correlates of a color polymorphism in the ornate chorus frog. Copeia 1989: 319-325.
Blouin, M.S. 1989. Inheritance of a naturally occurring color polymorphism in the ornate chorus frog, Pseudacris ornata.Copeia 1989: 1056-1059.
Blouin, S.F., and M.S. Blouin. 1988. Inbreeding avoidance behaviors. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 3:230-233.
Emerson, S., J. Travis, and M.S. Blouin. 1988. Evaluating a hypothesis about heterochrony: larval life history traits and juvenile hindlimb morphology in Hyla crucifer. Evolution 42: 68-78.
Travis, J., S. Emerson, and M.S. Blouin, 1987. A quantitative-genetic analysis of larval life history traits in Hyla crucifer. Evolution 41: 145-156.
Blouin, M.S. and Connor, E.F. 1985. Is there a best shape for nature reserves? Biological Conservation 32: 277-288
OTHER PUBLICATIONS Hedgecock, D., C. Langdon, M. Blouin, and S.K. Allen.
1997. Genetic improvement of cultured Pacific oysters by selection.