Maria Nicole Valenzuela Castro

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• BACHTROG, DORIS ; MANK, JUDITH E. ; PEICHEL, CATHERINE L. ; KIRKPATRICK, MARK ; OTTO, SARAH P. ; ASHMAN, TIA-LYNN ; HAHN, MATTHEW W. ; KITANO, JUN ; MAYROSE, ITAY ; MING, RAY ; PERRIN, NICOLAS ; ROSS, LAURA ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; VAMOSI, JANA C. . Sex Determination: Why So Many Ways of Doing It?. PLoS Biology (Online) , v. 12, p. e1001899, 2014.

• ASHMAN, TIA-LYNN ; BACHTROG, DORIS ; BLACKMON, HEATH ; GOLDBERG, EMMA E ; HAHN, MATTHEW W ; KIRKPATRICK, MARK ; KITANO, JUN ; MANK, JUDITH E ; MAYROSE, ITAY ; MING, RAY ; OTTO, SARAH P ; PEICHEL, CATHERINE L ; PENNELL, MATTHEW W ; PERRIN, NICOLAS ; ROSS, LAURA ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; VAMOSI, JANA C . Tree of Sex: A database of sexual systems. Scientific Data , v. 1, p. 1, 2014.

• LITERMAN, ROBERT ; BADENHORST, DALEEN ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE . qPCR-based molecular sexing by copy number variation in rRNA genes and its utility for sex identification in soft-shell turtles. Methods in Ecology and Evolution , v. 5, p. n/a-n/a, 2014.

• CEBALLOS, CLAUDIA P. ; ADAMS, DEAN C. ; IVERSON, JOHN B. ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE . Phylogenetic Patterns of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Turtles and Their Implications for Rensch-s Rule. Evolutionary Biology , v. 40, p. 194-208, 2013.

• VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; NEUWALD, JENNIFER L. ; LITERMAN, ROBERT . Transcriptional evolution underlying vertebrate sexual development. Developmental Dynamics , v. 242, p. 307-319, 2013.

• BADENHORST, DALEEN ; STANYON, ROSCOE ; ENGSTROM, TAG ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE . A ZZ/ZW microchromosome system in the spiny softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera, reveals an intriguing sex chromosome conservation in Trionychidae. Chromosome Research , v. 21, p. 137-147, 2013.

• JANES, D.E. ; ELSEY, R.M. ; LANGAN, E.M. ; VALENZUELA, N. ; EDWARDS, S.V. . Sex-Biased Expression of Sex-Differentiating Genes FOXL2 and FGF9 in American Alligators, Alligator mississippiensis. Sexual Development , v. 7, p. 253-260, 2013.

• ABRAMYAN, JOHN BADENHORST, DALEEN BIGGAR, KYLE K BORCHERT, GLEN M BOTKA, CHRISTOPHER W BOWDEN, RACHEL M BRAUN, EDWARD L BRONIKOWSKI, ANNE M BRUNEAU, BENOIT G BUCK, LESLIE T CAPEL, BLANCHE CASTOE, TODD A CZERWINSKI, MIKE DELEHAUNTY, KIM D EDWARDS, SCOTT V FRONICK, CATRINA C FUJITA, MATTHEW K FULTON, LUCINDA GRAVES, TINA A GREEN, RICHARD E HAERTY, WILFRIED HARIHARAN, RAMKUMAR HILLIER, LADEANA H HOLLOWAY, ALISHA K JANES, DANIEL , et al. JANZEN, FREDRIC J KANDOTH, CYRIAC KONG, LESHENG DE KONING, JASON LI, YANG LITERMAN, ROBERT MARDIS, ELAINE R MCGAUGH, SUZANNE E MINX, PATRICK MORK, LINDSEY O LAUGHLIN, MICHELLE PAITZ, RYAN T POLLOCK, DAVID D PONTING, CHRIS P RADHAKRISHNAN, SRIHARI RANEY, BRIAN J RICHMAN, JOY M ST. JOHN, JOHN SCHWARTZ, TONIA SETHURAMAN, ARUN SHAFFER, BRADLEY SHEDLOCK, ANDREW M SPINKS, PHILLIP Q STOREY, KENNETH B THANE, NAY THOMSON, ROBERT C VALENZUELA, NICOLE VINAR, TOMAS WARREN, DANIEL E WARREN, WESLEY C WILSON, RICHARD K ZIMMERMAN, LAURA M HERNANDEZ, OMAR AMEMIYA, CHRIS T ; The western painted turtle genome, a model for the evolution of extreme physiological adaptations in a slowly evolving lineage. Genome Biology , v. 14, p. R28, 2013.

• WEINER, SUSAN A. ; GALBRAITH, DAVID A. ; ADAMS, DEAN C. ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; NOLL, FERNANDO B. ; GROZINGER, CHRISTINA M. ; TOTH, AMY L. . A survey of DNA methylation across social insect species, life stages, and castes reveals abundant and caste-associated methylation in a primitively social wasp. Naturwissenschaften , v. 100, p. 795-799, 2013.

• JANES, DANIEL E. ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; EZAZ, TARIQ ; AMEMIYA, CHRIS ; EDWARDS, SCOTT V. . Sex Chromosome Evolution in Amniotes: Applications for Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Libraries. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology (Print) , v. 2011, p. 1-6, 2011.

• VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; ADAMS, DEAN C. . CHROMOSOME NUMBER AND SEX DETERMINATION COEVOLVE IN TURTLES. Evolution (Lancaster, PA.) , v. 65, p. 1808-1813, 2011.

• NEUWALD, JENNIFER L. ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE . The Lesser Known Challenge of Climate Change: Thermal Variance and Sex-Reversal in Vertebrates with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination. Plos One , v. 6, p. e18117, 2011.

• CEBALLOS, CLAUDIA PATRICIA ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE . The Role of Sex-specific Plasticity in Shaping Sexual Dimorphism in a Long-lived Vertebrate, the Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina. Evolutionary Biology , v. 38, p. 163-181, 2011.

• BACHTROG, DORIS ; KIRKPATRICK, MARK ; MANK, JUDITH E. ; MCDANIEL, STUART F. ; PIRES, J. CHRIS ; RICE, WILLIAM ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE . Are all sex chromosomes created equal?. Trends in Genetics (Regular ed.) , v. 27, p. 350-357, 2011.

• VALENZUELA, N. . Multivariate Expression Analysis of the Gene Network Underlying Sexual Development in Turtle Embryos with Temperature-Dependent and Genotypic Sex Determination. Sexual Development , v. 4, p. 39-49, 2010.

• VALENZUELA, N. . Co-evolution of genomic structure and selective forces underlying sexual development and reproduction. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics (Cessou em 2001. Cont. ISSN 1424-8581 Cytogenetic and Genome Research (Printed ed.)) , v. 127, p. 232-241, 2010.

• ESCALONA, TIBISAY ; ENGSTROM, TAG N. ; HERNANDEZ, OMAR E. ; BOCK, BRIAN C. ; VOGT, RICHARD C. ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE . Population genetics of the endangered South American freshwater turtle, Podocnemis unifilis, inferred from microsatellite DNA data. Conservation Genetics (Dordrecht. Online) , v. 10, p. 1683-1696, 2009.

• ESCALONA, TIBISAY ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; ADAMS, DEAN C. . Nesting ecology in the freshwater turtle : spatiotemporal patterns and inferred explanations. Functional Ecology (Print) , v. 23, p. 826-835, 2009.

• VALENZUELA, N. . The Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta: A Model System for Vertebrate Evolution, Ecology, and Human Health. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols , v. 2009, p. pdb.emo124-pdb.emo124, 2009.

• VALENZUELA, N. . Egg Incubation and Collection of Painted Turtle Embryos. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols , v. 2009, p. pdb.prot5238-pdb.prot5238, 2009.

• VALENZUELA, NICOLE . RELIC THERMOSENSITIVE GENE EXPRESSION IN A TURTLE WITH GENOTYPIC SEX DETERMINATION. Evolution (Lancaster, PA.) , v. 62, p. 234-240, 2008.

• VALENZUELA, N. . Sexual Development and the Evolution of Sex Determination. Sexual Development , v. 2, p. 64-72, 2008.

• JANES, D. E. ; ORGAN, C. ; VALENZUELA, N. . New resources inform study of genome size, content, and organization in nonavian reptiles. Integrative and Comparative Biology , v. 48, p. 447-453, 2008.

• VALENZUELA, N. . Evolution of the gene network underlying gonadogenesis in turtles with temperature-dependent and genotypic sex determination. Integrative and Comparative Biology , v. 48, p. 476-485, 2008.

• Chinsamy, A. ; VALENZUELA, N. . Skeletochronology of the endangered side-neck turtle, Podocnemis expansa. South African Journal of Science , v. 104, p. 311, 2008.

• MARTINEZ, PEDRO ALONZO ; EZAZ, TARIQ ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; GEORGES, ARTHUR ; MARSHALL GRAVES, JENNIFER A. . An XX/XY heteromorphic sex chromosome system in the Australian chelid turtle Emydura macquarii: A new piece in the puzzle of sex chromosome evolution in turtles. Chromosome Research , v. 16, p. 815-825, 2008.

• VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; SHIKANO, TAKAHITO . Embryological ontogeny of aromatase gene expression in Chrysemys picta and Apalone mutica turtles: comparative patterns within and across temperature-dependent and genotypic sex-determining mechanisms. Development, Genes and Evolution (Internet) , v. 217, p. 55-62, 2007.

• MCGAUGH, S. E. ; ALACS, E. A. ; EDWARDS, S. ; FELDMAN, C.R. ; GEORGES, A. ; SITES, J.W. ; VALENZUELA, N. . From Molecules to Organisms: Research Applications of Modern Genetic Tools for Turtle Biology and Conservation. Chelonian Research Monographs , v. 4, p. 47, 2007.

• PEARSE, DEVON E. ; ARNDT, ALLAN D. ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; MILLER, BECKY A. ; CANTARELLI, VITOR ; SITES, JACK W. . Estimating population structure under nonequilibrium conditions in a conservation context: continent-wide population genetics of the giant Amazon river turtle, Podocnemis expansa (Chelonia; Podocnemididae). Molecular Ecology , v. 15, p. 985-1006, 2006.

• EZAZ, TARIQ ; VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; GRÜTZNER, FRANK ; MIURA, IKUO ; GEORGES, ARTHUR ; BURKE, RUSSELL L. ; MARSHALL GRAVES, JENNIFER A. . An XX/XY sex microchromosome system in a freshwater turtle, Chelodina longicollis (Testudines: Chelidae) with genetic sex determination. Chromosome Research , v. 14, p. 139-150, 2006.

• VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; LECLERE, ANDREA ; SHIKANO, TAKAHITO . Comparative gene expression of steroidogenic factor 1 in Chrysemys picta and Apalone mutica turtles with temperature-dependent and genotypic sex determination. Evolution & Development , v. 8, p. 424-432, 2006.

• VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; ADAMS, DEAN C. ; BOWDEN, RACHEL M. ; GAUGER, AMELIA C. ; DOUGLAS, M. E. . Geometric Morphometric Sex Estimation for Hatchling Turtles: A Powerful Alternative for Detecting Subtle Sexual Shape Dimorphism. Copeia (Online) , v. 2004, p. 735-742, 2004.

• VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; ADAMS, DEAN C. ; JANZEN, FREDRIC J. . Pattern Does Not Equal Process: Exactly When Is Sex Environmentally Determined?. The American Naturalist , v. 161, p. 676-683, 2003.

• CASTRO, M. N. V. . Genetic differentiation among nesting beaches in the highly migratory giant river turtle (Podocnemis Expansa) from Colombia. Herpetologica (Austin) , v. 57, 2001.

• VALENZUELA, NICOLE . Maternal Effects on Life-History Traits in the Amazonian Giant River Turtle Podocnemis expansa. Journal of Herpetology , v. 35, p. 368-378, 2001.

• VALENZUELA, NICOLE . CONSTANT, SHIFT, AND NATURAL TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON SEX DETERMINATION IN TURTLES. Ecology (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) , v. 82, p. 3010-3024, 2001.

• VALENZUELA, NICOLE ; JANZEN, F.J. . Nest-site philopatry and the evolution of temperature- dependent sex determination.. Evolutionary Ecology Research , v. 3, p. 779-794, 2001.

• MORJAN, C. L. ; VALENZUELA, N. . Is Ground-Nuzzling by Female Turtles Associated with Soil Surface Temperatures?. Journal of Herpetology , v. 35, p. 668-672, 2001.

• CASTRO, M. N. V. . Multiple paternity in side-neck turtles Podocnemis expansa: evidence from microsatellite DNA data.. Molecular Ecology, v. 9, p. 99-106, 2000.

• CASTRO, M. N. V. . Effects of maternal size on life history traits in the Amazonian giant river turtle Podocnemis expansa. (Submitted).. Journal of Herpetology , 2000.

• CASTRO, M. N. V. . Thermal ecology of sex-determination in Podocnemis turtles: constant, shifted and fluctuating temperature effects. (Submitted).. Ecology, v. submit, 2000.

• ADAMS, D. C. ; DI BITETTI, M. S. ; JANSON, C. H. ; SLOBODKIN, L. B. ; CASTRO, M. N. V. . An audience effect for ecological terminology: use and misuse of jargon. Oikos (Copenhagen) , v. 80, p. 632-636, 1997.

• CASTRO, M. N. V. ; MARTINEZ, E. ; BOTERO, R. . Field Study of sex determination in Podocnemis expansa from Colombian Amazonia. . Herpetologica (Austin) , v. 53, n.3, p. 390-398, 1997.

• CASTRO, M. N. V. . Social contacts between infant and other grouup members in the wild Cebus apella.. Field Studies Of New World Monkeys At La Macarena Colombia, v. 8, p. 1-9, 1993.

• CASTRO, M. N. V. . Early development of three wild infant Cebus apella at La Macarena, Colombia. Field Studies Of New World Monkeys At La Macarena Colombia, v. 6, p. 15-23, 1992.

• CASTRO, M. N. V. ; ESPINEL, A. . Adaptaciones genéticas a la malaria en poblaciones afroaborígenes del Pacífico Colombiano. Revista de Antropologia y Arqueologia, v. 7, p. 117-130, 1991.

• ESPINEL, A. ; CASTRO, M. N. V. ; FAJARDO, A. ; UMAÑA, J. ; QUINTERO, G. . Breve reseña de las actividades primatológicas en Colombia. Boletin de Primatologia Latinoamericana, v. 2, n.1, p. 62-68, 1990.

• CASTRO, M. N. V. ; MARTINEZ, E. ; BOTERO, R. . Preliminary model of sex determination of Podocnemis expansa from Colombian Amazonia.. In: International Congress of Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 1995, Gonfaron, France. Proceeings of the International Congress of Chelonian Conservation and Biology., 1995. p. 276-278.

• CASTRO, M. N. V. . Early behavioral development of three wild infant Cebus apella in Colombia.. In: XIVth Congress of the IPS, Strasbourg, France, 1992, Strasbourg, France. Current Primatology, Volume II. Social Development, Learning and Behaviour., 1992. v. 2. p. 297-302.

• GROOT DE RESTREPO, H. ; ESPINEL, A. ; CASTRO, M. N. V. ; SICARD, D. ; ANGULO, P. ; NIETO, D. . Variabilidad Genética en el Género Cebus en Colombia. . In: II Congreso Colombiano de Primatología, 1991, Barranquilla, Colombia.. Proceedings of the II Congreso de Primatología, 1991.

• CASTRO, M. N. V. ; LANCE, V. ; HILDEBRAND, P. V. . A Hormonal Method To Determine the Sex of Hatchling Giant River Turtles, Podocnemis expansa. Application to Endangered Species Research. . In: Annual Meeting American Zoological Society, 1992. American Zoologist, 1992. v. 32. p. 16A.

• LANCE, V. ; CASTRO, M. N. V. ; HILDEBRAND, P. V. . A Hormonal Method To Determine the Sex of Hatchling Giant River Turtles, Podocnemis expansa. Application to Endangered Species Research. .. American Zoologist, v. 32, p. 16A, 1992.

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