Sotola Evolutionary Genetics Group

Understanding hybridization and ecological adaptation through evolutionary genetics to inform conservation and management.

Publications


Does Asymmetric Reproductive Isolation Predict the Direction of Introgression in Plants?


N. H. Martin, Alexander S Zalmat, Bailey S. Ellis, Sophia McGarvey, Kayla Simmons-Frazier, Katelin Mancusi, V. A. Sotola

Genes, 2025


A Comparison of Non-Destructive Visceral Swab and Tissue Biopsy Sampling Methods for Genotyping-by-Sequencing in the Freshwater Mussel Fusconaia askewi


Matthew P. Harrison, V. A. Sotola, Alexander S Zalmat, Kyle T. Sullivan, Bradley M. Littrell, T. Bonner, N. H. Martin

Genes, 2023


Genomic mechanisms and consequences of diverse postzygotic barriers between monkeyflower species.


V. A. Sotola, Colette S. Berg, Mathew Samuli, Hongfei Chen, Samuel J. Mantel, Paul A. Beardsley, Yao-wu Yuan, A. Sweigart, L. Fishman

Genetics, 2023


Genetic structure in Louisiana Iris species reveals patterns of recent and historical admixture.


Alexander S Zalmat, V. Alex Sotola, C. Nice, N. H. Martin

American-Eurasian journal of botany, 2021


Geographic patterns of genomic variation in the threatened Salado salamander, Eurycea chisholmensis


C. Nice, J. Fordyce, V. A. Sotola, Justin C. Crow, Peter H. Diaz

Conservation Genetics, 2021


Assessing functions of movement in a Great Plains endemic fish


David S. Ruppel, V. A. Sotola, C. Craig, N. H. Martin, T. Bonner

Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2020


Asymmetric introgression between fishes in the Red River basin of Texas is associated with variation in water quality


V. Alex Sotola, David S. Ruppel, T. Bonner, C. Nice, N. H. Martin

Ecology and Evolution, 2019


Effect of preservation on fish morphology over time: Implications for morphological studies


V. A. Sotola, C. Craig, Peter J. Pfaff, Jeremy D Maikoetter, N. H. Martin, T. Bonner

PLoS ONE, 2019


Lateral and vertical distribution of downstream migrating juvenile sea lamprey


V. A. Sotola, S. Miehls, L. Simard, J. E. Marsden

Journal of Great Lakes research, 2018


Assessment of PIT tag retention and post-tagging survival in metamorphosing juvenile sea lamprey


L. Simard, V. A. Sotola, J. E. Marsden, S. Miehls

Animal Biotelemetry, 2017


Black Bass Dispersal Patterns Following Catch-and-Release Tournaments on Lake Champlain


G. Maynard, T. Mihuc, V. A. Sotola, Danielle E. Garneau, Mark H. Malchoff

2017


Genetic Evidence of Isolation by Distance and Impact of Impoundments on Genetic Diversity of Riverine Channel Catfish


V. Sotola, A. Schrey, A. Ragsdale, G. Whitledge, L. Frankland, E. Bollinger, Robert E. Colombo

2017


Precision and Bias of using Opercles as Compared to Otoliths, Dorsal Spines, and Scales to Estimate Ages of Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass


V. A. Sotola, G. Maynard, Erin M. Hayes-Pontius, T. Mihuc, Mark H. Malchoff, J. E. Marsden

2014


Use of external Indicators to Evaluate Stress of Largemouth (Micropterussalmoides) and Smallmouth (M. dolomieu) Bass at Tournaments


G. Maynard, T. Mihuc, Rachel Schultz, V. A. Sotola, Alejandro J. Reyes, Mark H. Malchoff, D. Garneau

2013