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*Papers selected by Faculty of 1000
Hoekstra Lab publications (2005-present):

  • Rosenblum, E. B., H. Römpler, T. Schöneberg and H.E. Hoekstra. (in press) White lizards on white sands: the molecular and functional basis of phenotypic convergence. PNAS.
  • Turner, L.M, A. Young, H. Römpler, T. Schöneberg, S. Phelps and H.E. Hoekstra. (in press) More than one way to make a monogamous mammal: evidence from V1aR in deer mice. Molecular Biology and Evolution.
  • Aminetzach, Y.T., J.R. Srouji, C.Y. Kong and H.E. Hoekstra. (in press) Convergent evolution of novel protein function in shrew and lizard venom. Current Biology. PDF preprint
  • Weber, J.N. et al. (in press) Five hundred microsatellite markers for Peromyscus. Conservation Genetics PDF preprint
  • Hoekstra, H.E. (in press) In search of the elusive behavior gene. From Field Observations to Mechanisms: Festschrift for Peter and Rosemary Grant. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
  • Mullen, L.M., S.N. Vignieri, J.A. Gore and H.E. Hoekstra. 2009. Adaptive basis of geographic variation: genetic, phenotypic and environmental differentiation among beach mouse populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276:3809-3818. PDF
  • *Linnen, C.R., E.P. Kingsley, J.D. Jensen and H.E. Hoekstra. 2009. On the origin and spread of an adaptive allele in deer mice. Science 325:1095-1098. PDF
  • Hoekstra, H.E. 2009. “The Evolution Ringmaster” review of The Greatest Show on Earth: the Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins. Cell 139:454-455. PDF
  • Kingsley, E.P., M. Manceau, C.D. Wiley and H.E. Hoekstra. 2009. Melanism in Peromyscus is caused by independent mutations in Agouti. PloS One 4:e6435. PDF
  • Berry, A.J. and H.E. Hoekstra. 2009. (Re)Reading The Origin. Current Biology 19(3):R9. PDF
  • Weber, J.N. and H.E. Hoekstra. 2009. The evolution of burrowing behavior in deer mice. Animal Behavior 77:603-609. PDF
  • Steiner, C.C., H. Römpler, L.M. Boettger, T. Schöneberg and H.E. Hoekstra. 2009. The genetics basis of phenotypic convergence in beach mice: similar pigmentation patterns but different genes.  Molecular Biology and Evolution 26(1):35-45. PDF
  • Turner, L.M., E.B. Chuong and H.E. Hoekstra. 2008. Comparative analysis of testis protein evolution in rodents. Genetics.179: 2075-2089. PDF
  • Mullen, L.M. and H.E. Hoekstra. 2008. Natural selection along an environmental gradient: a classic cline in mouse pigmentation. Evolution. 62(7): 1555-1570. PDF
  • Turner, L.M. and H.E. Hoekstra. 2008. The evolution of reproductive proteins: causes and consequences. International Journal of Developmental Biology. 52:769-780. PDF
  • Abzhanov, A., C. Extavour, A. Groover, S. Hodges, H.E. Hoekstra, E.M. Kramer, A. Monteiro. 2008.  Are we there yet? Tracking the development of new model systems. Trends in Genetics 24(7):353-360. PDF
  • Turner, L.M. and H.E. Hoekstra. 2008. Reproductive protein evolution within and between species: maintenance of divergent ZP3 alleles in Peromyscus. Molecular Ecology. 17:2616-2628. PDF
  • Kay, E.H. and H.E. Hoekstra. 2008. Rodents. Current Biology. 18(10):R406-410. PDF
  • *Steiner, C.C., J.N. Weber and H.E. Hoekstra. 2007. Adaptive variation in beach mice caused by two interacting pigmentation genes. PLoS Biology. 5(9): 1880-1889. PDF
  • Coyne, J.A. and H.E. Hoekstra. 2007. Evolution of protein expression: new genes for a new diet. Current Biology. 17:R1014-1016. PDF
  • *Hoekstra, H.E. and J.A. Coyne. 2007. The locus of evolution: evo devo and the genetics of adaptation.  Evolution. 61(5):995-1016. PDF
  • Storz, J.F. and H.E. Hoekstra. 2007. The study of adaptation and speciation in the genomic era. Journal of Mammalogy. 88(1):1-4. PDF
  • Stinchcombe, J.R. and H.E. Hoekstra. 2007. Population genomics and quantitative genetics: combined approaches for finding the genes underlying ecologically important traits. Heredity. 100:158-170. PDF
  • Hoekstra, H.E. 2006. Genetics, development and evolution of adaptive pigmentation in vertebrates.  Heredity. 97:222-234. PDF
  • Turner, L.M. and H.E. Hoekstra. 2006. Adaptive evolution of fertilization proteins within a genus: variation in ZP2 and ZP3 in deer mice (Peromyscus). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23(9):1656-1669. PDF
  • *Hoekstra, H.E., Hirschmann, R.J., Bundey, R.J., Insel, P. and J.P. Crossland. 2006. A single amino acid mutation contributes to adaptive color pattern in beach mice. Science. 313:101-104. PDF
  • Mullen, L.M., Hirschmann, R.J., Prince, K.L., Glenn, T.C., Dewey, M.J. and H.E. Hoekstra. 2006. Sixty polymorphic microsatellite markers for the oldfield mouse developed in Peromyscus polionotus and P. maniculatus. Molecular Ecology Notes. 6:36-40. PDF
  • *Payseur, B.A. and H.E. Hoekstra. 2005. Signature of reprodutive isolation in patterns of single nucleotide polymorphism across inbred strains of mice. Genetics. 171:1905-1916. PDF
Hoekstra publications (up to 2005):
  • Hoekstra, H.E., Krenz, J.G.and M.W. Nachman. 2005. Local adaptation in the rock pocket mouse (Chaetodipus intermedius): natural selection and phylogenetic history of populations. Heredity. 94:217-228. PDF
  • Hoekstra, H.E. and M.W. Nachman. 2005. Coat-color variation in rock pocket mice (Chaetodipus intermedius): from phenotype to genotype.  In Mammalian Diversification: from Chromosomes to Phylogeography, UC Press, Zoology. Vol. 133, pp.79- 99. PDF (Entire Volume PDF)
  • Rosenblum, E.B, Hoekstra, H.E. and M.W. Nachman. 2004. Adaptive reptile color variation and the evolution of the MC1R gene.  Evolution. 58(8):1794-1808. PDF
  • *Hoekstra, H.E., Drumm, K.E. and M.W. Nachman. 2004. Ecological genetics of adaptive color polymorphism in pocket mice: geographic variation in neutral and selected genes. Evolution. 58(6):1329-1341. PDF
  • Hoekstra, H.E. and T. Price. 2004. Parallel evolution is in the genes. Science. 303:1779-1780. PDF (comment on Mundy et al. 2004 PDF)
  • *Nachman, M.W., Hoekstra, H.E. and S. L. D’Agostino. 2003. The genetic basis of adaptive melanism in pocket mice.  PNAS. 100(9):5268-73. PDF (reviewed in Majerus & Mundy 2003 PDF)
  • Hoekstra, H.E. and M.W. Nachman. 2003. Different genes underlie adaptive melanism in different populations of pocket mice.  Molecular Ecology. 12:1185-94. PDF.
  • Hoekstra, H. E. 2003. Unequal transmission of mitochondrial haplotypes in natural populations of field mice with XY females (genus Akodon).  The American Naturalist. 161(1):29-39. PDF
  • Hoekstra, H.E. and J.M. Hoekstra. 2001. An unusual sex-determination system in South American field mice (genus Akodon): the role of mutation, selection and meiotic drive in maintaining XY females. Evolution. 55(1):190-197. PDF
  • Hoekstra, H.E., Hoekstra, J.M. Berrigan, D., Vigneri, S.N., Hill, C.E., Hoang, A, Beerli, P. and J.G. Kingsolver. 2001. Strength and tempo of directional selection in the wild. PNAS.  98(16):9157-9160. PDF
  • Kingsolver, J.G., Hoekstra, H.E., Hoekstra, J.M. Berrigan, D., Vigneri, S.N., Hill, C.E., Hoang, A, Gibert, P. and P. Beerli. 2001. The strength of phenotypic selection in natural populations.  The American Naturalist. 157(3):245-261. PDF
  • Lingenfelter, P.A., Delbridge, M.L., Thomas, S., Hoekstra, H.E., Mitchell, M., Graves, J.A.M and C.M. Disteche. 2001. Expression and conservation of processed copies of the RBMX gene.  Mammalian Genome. 12(7):538-545. PDF
  • Hoekstra, H.E. and S.V. Edwards. 2000. Multiple origins of XY mice (genus Akodon): phylogenetic and chromosomal evidence. Proc. Roy. Soc. London B. 267(1445):1825-1831. PDF
  • Hess, C.M., Gasper, J., Hoekstra, H.E., Hill, C.E. and S.V. Edwards. 2000. MHC class II pseudogene and genomic signature of a 32-kb cosmid in the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus). Genome Research. 10(5):613-623.
  • Hoekstra, H.E. and W.F. Fagan. 1998. Body size, dispersal ability and compositional disharmony: the carnivore dominated fauna of the Kuril Islands.  Diversity and Distributions. 4:135-149.
  • Gunther, K.E. and H.E. Hoekstra. 1997. Bear-human interactions in Yellowstone National Park, 1972-1994. Ursus. 10:377-384.