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Timmins-Schiffman EB* Nunn BL, Goodlett DR and Roberts SB. (2013) Shotgun proteomics as a viable approach for biological discovery in the Pacific oyster. Conservation Physiology. doi:10.1093/conphys/cot009

Timmins-Schiffman EB* Friedman CS, Metzger DC, White SJ and Roberts SB. (2013) Genomic resource development for shellfish of conservation concern. Molecular Ecology Resources. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12052

Timmins-Schiffman EB* and Roberts SB. (2012) Characterization of genes involved in ceramide metabolism in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas). BMC Research Notes 5:502 doi:10.1186/1756-0500-5-502

Storer CG*, Pascal CE, Roberts SB, Templin WD, Seeb LW, Seeb JE. (2012) Rank and Order: Evaluating the Performance of SNPs for Individual Assignment in a Non-Model Organism. PLoS ONE 7(11): e49018 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049018

Timmins-Schiffman E*, O’Donnell M, Friedman CS, and Roberts SB. (2012) Elevated pCO2 causes developmental delay in early larval Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas. Marine Biology. doi:10.1007/s00227-012-2055-x pdf

Burge CA, Douglas N, Conti-Jerpe I, Weil E, Roberts SB, Friedman CS, CD Harvell. (2012) Friend or foe: the association of Labyrinthulomycetes with the Caribbean sea fan, Gorgonia ventalina. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 101:1-12 doi:10.3354/dao02487

Metzger DC*, Pratt P, Roberts SB. (2012) Characterizing the effects of heavy metal and Vibrio exposure on hsp70 expression in Crassostrea gigas gill tissue. Journal of Shellfish Research. 31(3):627-630. doi:10.2983/035.031.0305 pdf

Roberts SB, Hauser L, Seeb LW, Seeb JE (2012) Development of genomic resources for Pacific herring through targeted transcriptome pyrosequencing. PLoS ONE 7(2): e30908. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030908

Roberts SB and Gavery MR (2012) Is there a relationship between DNA methylation and phenotypic plasticity in invertebrates? Frontiers in Physiology. 2:116. doi:10.3389/fphys.2011.00116

Gavery MR* and Roberts SB. (2012) Characterizing short read sequencing for gene discovery and RNA-Seq analysis in Crassostrea gigas. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 7:2 94-99 June 2012. doi:10.1016/j.cbd.2011.12.003

Morera D, Roher N, Ribas L, Balasch JC, Doñate C, Callol A, Boltaña A, Roberts SB, Goetz G, Goetz FW, Mackenzie SA. (2011) RNA-Seq reveals an integrated immune response in nucleated erythrocytes. PLoS ONE 6(10): e26998. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026998

Roberts SB, Sunila I, Wikfors G. (2011) Immune response and mechanical stress susceptibility in diseased oysters, Crassostrea virginica. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 182:1 41-48, doi:10.1007/s00360-011-0605-z

Seeb JE, Carvalho G, Hauser L, Naish K, Roberts SB, Seeb LW. (2011) Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery and applications of SNP genotyping in nonmodel organisms. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11 1–8, doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02979.x

Seeb JE, Pascal CE, Graue ED, Seeb LW, Templin WD, Harkins T, Roberts SB. (2010) Transcriptome sequencing and high-resolution melt analysis advance single nucleotidepolymorphism discovery in duplicated salmonids. Molecular Ecology Resources. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02936.x

Gavery M* and Roberts SB. (2010) DNA methylation patterns provide insight into epigenetic regulation in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas). BMC Genomics 11:483 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-11-483

Mathger L, Roberts SB, Hanlon R. (2010) Evidence for distributed light sensing in the skin of cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis. Biology Letters. online April 14, 2010, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0223

Goetz FW, Rosauer D, Sitar S, Goetz G, Simchick C, Roberts SB, Johnson R, Murphy C, Bronte C, Mackenzie S. (2010) A genetic basis for the phenotypic differentiation between siscowet and lean lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Molecular Ecology, 19 176–196

Defaveri J*, Smolowitz R, Roberts S (2009) Development and validation of a real-time quantitative PCR assay for the detection and quantification of Perkinsus marinus in the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Journal of Shellfish Research. Vol. 28 No. 3 459-464

Roberts SB, Goetz G, White S, Goetz F (2009) Analysis of genes isolated from plated hemocytes of the Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas. Marine Biotechnology. 11:24-44

Roberts SB, Gueguen Y, de Lorgeril J, Goetz F. (2008) Rapid accumulation of an interleukin 17 homolog transcript in Crassostrea gigas hemocytes following bacterial exposure. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 32, 1099-1104

Lyons MM*, Lau Y-T, Carden WE, Ward JE, Roberts SB, Smolowitz R, Vallino J, Allam B. (2007) Characteristics of marine aggregates in shallow-water ecosystems: Implications for disease ecology. EcoHealth 4, 406–420

Weiss E*, Bennie M*, Hodgins-Davis A*, Roberts SB, Gerlach G. (2007) Characterization of new SSR-EST markers in cod, Gadus morhua. Molecular Ecology Notes, 7: 866–867. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01731.x

Hodgins-Davis A*, Roberts SB, Cowan D, Atema J, Avolio C, Defaveri J, Gerlach G. (2007) Characterization of SSRs from the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Molecular Ecology Notes. 7:330-332

Rodgers BD, Roalson EH, Weber GM, Roberts SB, Goetz FW. (2007) A Proposed Nomenclature Consensus for the Myostatin Gene Family. AJP- Endocrinology and Metabolism. 292(2):E371-2

Lyons MM*, Smolowitz R, Dungan C, Roberts SB. (2006) Development of a real-time quantitative PCR assay for the hard clam pathogen, Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 72(1):45-52

Biga PR, Roberts SB, Iliev DB, McCauley LA, Moon JS, Collodi P, Goetz FW. (2005) The isolation, characterization, and expression of a novel GDF11 gene and a second myostatin form in zebrafish, Danio rerio. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 141: 218-230

Roberts SB, Romano C, Gerlach G. (2005) Characterization of EST derived SSRs from the bay scallop, Argopectens irradians. Molecular Ecology Notes. 5: 567-568

Jentoft S, Topp N, Seeliger M, Malison JA, Barry TP, Held JA, Roberts SB, Goetz FW. (2005) Lack of growth enhancement by exogenous growth hormone treatment in yellow perch in four separate experiments. Aquaculture. 250:471-479

Hollis DM, Goetz FW, Roberts SB, Boyd SK. (2004) Acute neurosteroid modulation and subunit isolation of the GABAa receptor in the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 32(3):921-34

Biga PR, Cain KD, Hardy RW, Schelling GT, Overturf K, Roberts SB, Goetz FW, Ott TL. (2004) Growth hormone differentially regulates muscle myostatin1 and -2 and increases circulating cortisol in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). General and Comparative Endocrinology. Vol 138(1):32-41

Roberts SB, McCauley LAR, Devlin RH, Goetz FW. (2004) Transgenic salmon over-expressing growth hormone exhibit decreased myostatin transcript and protein expression. Journal of Experimental Biology. 207(Pt 21):3741-8

Kim H-W, Mykles DL, Goetz FW, Roberts SB. (2004) Characterization of an invertebrate myostatin homologue from the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians. BBA – Gene Structure and Expression. 1679(2):174-9

Roberts SB, Barry T, Malison J, Goetz FW. (2004) Production of a recombinantly-derived growth hormone antibody and the characterization of growth hormone levels in yellow perch. Aquaculture. Vol. 232/1-4: 591-602

Roberts SB, Goetz FW. (2003) Expressed sequence tag analysis of genes expressed in the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians.Biological Bulletin. 205: 227-228.

Roberts SB, Goetz FW. (2003) Myostatin protein and mRNA transcript levels in adult and developing brook trout. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 210 (1-2): 9-20.

Roberts SB, Goetz FW. (2001) Differential skeletal muscle expression of myostatin across teleost species, and the isolation of multiple myostatin isoforms. FEBS Letters. Vol 491, No. 3, pp. 212-216.

Roberts SB, Langenau DM, Goetz FW. (2000) Cloning and characterization of prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase-1 and -2 from the brook trout ovary. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.160(1-2):89-97.

Moser ML, Roberts SB. (2000) Effects of nonindigenous ictalurids and recreational electrofishing on the ictalurid community of the Cape Fear River drainage, North Carolina. in Catfish 2000: Proceedings of the International Ictalurid Symposium; ER Irwin, WA Hubert, CF Rabeni, HL Schramm, Jr., and T Coon, editors. Davenport, IA. June 23-25, 1998. pp 479-485.

Roberts SB, Langenau DM, Goetz FW. (2000) Isolation through cloning of fish prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase (cyclooxygenase) in Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Reproductive Physiology of Fish; B Norberg, OS Kjesbu, GL Taranger, E Andersson, and SO Stefansson, editors. Bergen, Norway. July 4-9, 1999. p 197.

Langenau DM, Goetz FW, Roberts SB. (1999) The upregulation of messenger ribonucleic acids during 17a, 20b-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one-induced ovulation in the perch ovary. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 23(2):137-52.

Roberts SB, Jackson LF, King WK, Taylor RG, Grier HJ, Sullivan CV. (1999) Annual reproductive cycle of the common snook: Endocrine correlates of maturation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 128:426-445

 

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Genetic and phenotypic diversity in sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. Caroline Storer. 2012. figshare.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.661720

 

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