Sea Urchin Genomics & Speciation

• Molecular Mechanisms & Evolutionary Consequences of Variation in Sperm Shape
• and: Genetics of the Purple Sea Urchin Using Array Technology

Publications

• Geyer, L and S. R. Palumbi. 2005. Conspecific sperm precedence in two species of tropical sea urchins. Evolution 59 (1): 97-104 View PDF
• Landry, C., L. B. Geyer, et al. 2003. Recent speciation in the indo-west pacific: Rapid evolution of gamete recognition and sperm morphology in cryptic species of sea urchin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 270:1839-1847. View PDF
• Geyer, L. B., and S. R. Palumbi. 2003. Reproductive character displacement and the genetics of gamete recognition in tropical sea urchins. Evolution 57:1049-1060. View PDF
• Landry, C., L. B. Geyer, et al. 2003. Recent speciation in the indo-west pacific: Rapid evolution of gamete recognition and sperm morphology in cryptic species of sea urchin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 270:1839-1847. View PDF
• Palumbi, S.R. 1999. All males are not created equal: Fertility differences depend on gamete recognition polymorphisms in sea urchins. Proceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences. 96(22):12632-12637. View PDF
• Palumbi, S. R. and Metz, E. C. 1991. Strong reproductive isolation between closely related tropical sea urchins (genus Echinometra). Molecular Biology and Evolution 8(2):227-239 View PDF