Publications
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2024
McCracken KG, Graham AM, Lavretsky P, and Wilson RE. (2024). High-altitude adaptation is accompanied by strong signatures of purifying selection in the mitochondrial genomes of three Andean waterfowl. PLOS ONE. 19:e0294842. [pdf]
2023
Champagnon J, Elmberg J, Guillemain M, Lavretsky P, Clark RG, and Söderquist P. (2023). Silent domestication of wildlife in the Anthropocene: The mallard as a case study. Biological Conservation. 288:110354. [pdf]
Hernandez CF, Janzen T, and Lavretsky P. (2023). simRestore: A decision-making tool for adaptive management of the native genetic status of wild populations. Molecular Ecology Resources. 24:e13892. [pdf]
Samake J, Lavretsky P, Gunarathna I, Follis M, Brown JI, Ali S, Yared S, and Carter T. (2023). Genome-wide analyses reveal mechanisms of invasive Anopheles stephensii dispersal in the Horn of Africa. Molecular Ecology. 00:1–14. [pdf]
Schell E, McCracken KG, Graham S, White J, Lavretsky P, and Dawson N. (2023). Consistent changes in muscle metabolism underlie dive performance across multiple lineages of diving ducks. Proceedings of the Royal Society B:Biological Sciences. 290:20231466. [pdf]
Lavretsky P, Camacho-Hernández FB, Swale T, and Mohl JE. (2023). Chromosomal-level reference genome of a wild North American mallard. G3:Genes, Genomes, Genetics. jkad171. [pdf]
Lavretsky P, Mohl JE, Söderquist P, Kraus RHS, Schummer ML, and Brown JI, (2023). The meaning of wild:Genetic and adaptive consequences from large-scale releases of domestic mallards. Communications Biology. 6:819. [pdf]
Lavretsky P and Sedinger B. (2023). Migratory Patterns of Eastern North American Mallards as Revealed from a half-century of Band-Recovery Data. Journal of Wildlife Management. e22421. [pdf]
Schummer M, Simpson J, Shirkey B, Kucia S, Lavretsky P, and Tozer D. (2023). Population Genetics and Geographic Origins of Mallards Harvested in Northwestern Ohio. PLOS ONE. 18:e0282874. [pdf]
Hruska J, Holmes J, Oliveros C, Shakya S, Lavretsky P, McCracken KG, Sheldon F, Moyle R. (2023). Ultraconserved elements resolve the phylogeny and corroborate patterns of molecular rate variation in herons (Aves:Ardeidae). Ornithology. ukad005. [pdf]
Lavretsky P, Hoyt A, Musni VM, Howell D, and Williams CK. (2023). Frequency and types of alternative breeding strategies employed by nesting American black ducks in North Carolina. PLOS ONE. 18:e0278905. [pdf]
Seibert S, Joseph L, Bowers J, Lavretsky P, Drew A, Mason I, Roshier D, and Peters JL. (2023). Population genomics and phylogeography of four Australasian waterfowl. Emu-Austral Ornithology. 123:105-117. [pdf]
2022
Lavretsky P, Camacho-Hernández FB, and Davis JB. (2022). Ovarian degeneration resulting in the phenotypic masculinisation of a wild female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). Wildfowl. 72:174–181. [pdf]
Davis JB, Outlaw DC, Kaminski RM, Ringelman KM, and Lavretsky P. (2022). Low Levels of Hybridization between Domestic and Wild Mallards Wintering in the Lower Mississippi flyway. Ornithology. [pdf]
Brown JI, Camacho-Hernández FB, Engilis AE Jr., Hernández-Baños B, Collins D, and Lavretsky P. (2022). Genomic and morphological data shed light on the complexities of shared ancestry between closely related duck species. Scientific Reports. 12:1-14. [pdf]
Kulikova IV, Shedko SV, Zhuravlev YN, Lavretsky P, and Peters JL (2022) Z‐chromosome outliers as diagnostic markers to discriminate Mallard and Chinese Spot‐billed Duck (Anatidae). Zoologica Scripta. [pdf]
Brown JI, Harrigan R, and Lavretsky P. (2022). Evolutionary and Ecological Drivers of Local Adaptation and Speciation in a North American Avian Species Complex. Molecular Ecology. 31: 2578-2593. [pdf]
Stunz E, Fetcher N, Lavretsky P, Mohl J, Tang J, and Moody ML. (2022). Landscape genomics provides evidence of ecotypic adaptation and a barrier to gene flow at treeline for the arctic foundation species Eriophorum vaginatum. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13: 860439-860439. [pdf]
Wilson R, Sonsthagen S, Lavretsky P, Majewski A, Arnason E, Halldórsdóttir K, Einarsson AW, Wedemeyer K, Talbot S. (2022). Low levels of hybridization between sympatric cold-water adapted Arctic cod and Polar cod in Beaufort Sea confirms genetic distinctiveness. Arctic Science.
2021
Hernández F, Brown JI, Kaminski MH, Harvey MG, and Lavretsky P. (2021). Species genomics reveals low levels of gene flow, robust species trees, and large demographic changes in the evolutionary histories of four dove species. In Special Issue Domestic and Wild Species Interaction: from Genotype to Phenotype. Animals. 11:2677. [pdf]
Kayla H, Lavretsky P, Foth J, Williams CK. (2021). Hen competition, promiscuity, and nesto-philia among cavity-nesting ducks. PLOS ONE. 16:e0257105. [pdf]
Lavretsky P, Duenez E, Kneece M, and Kaminski RM. (2021). Comparative genetics of mottled ducks introduced to South Carolina and other mallard-like ducks in North America. Journal of Wildlife Management. [pdf]
Lawson D, Williams CK, Lavretsky P, Howell D, and Fuller J. (2021). Mallard–black duck hybridization and population structure in North Carolina. Journal of Wildlife Management. 85:1243–1255. [pdf]
Lavretsky P, Duenez E, and Sorensen J. (2021). Phylogeography and conservation of recently discovered springsnails in Arizona. Journal of Molluscan Studies.87:eyab020. [pdf]
Lavretsky P, Wilson RE, Talbot SL, and Sonsthagen SA. (2021). Phylogenomics reveals ancient and contemporary gene flow contributing to the evolutionary history of sea ducks (Tribe Mergini). Journal of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.161:107164. [pdf]
Brown JI, Lavretsky P, Joseph L, Roshier D, and Peters JL. (2021). A multi-locus approach to discern conservation units and adaptive potential of Pacific black ducks across Australia and surrounding islands. Emu. 161:107164. [pdf]
2020
Brown, J, Lavretsky P, Wilson R, Haughey C, Boyd SW, Esler D, Talbot S, and Sonsthagen S. (2020). High site fidelity does not equate to population genetic structure for common goldeneye and Barrow’s goldeneye in North America. Journal of Avian Biology. 51: e02600. [pdf]
Book Chapter: Lavretsky P. (2020). Population Genomics Provides Key Insights into Admixture, Speciation, and Evolution of Closely Related Ducks of the Mallard Complex in Population Genomics: Wildlife. (get your copy of the boo chapter @ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/13836_2020_76)
Lavretsky P, McInerney N., Mohl J.E., Brown J.I., James H.F., McCracken K G, and Fleischer, R.C. (2020). Assessing Changes in Genomic Divergence Following a Century of Human Mediated Secondary Contact among Wild and Captive-bred Ducks. Molecular Ecology. 29: 578–595. [pdf]
2019
Book Chapter: Ottenburghs J., Lavretsky P., Peters J.L., Kawakami T., Kraus R.H.S. (2019). Population Genomics and Phylogeography in Avian Genomics in Ecology and Evolution. Pg. 237-265. (get your copy of the boo chapter @ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-16477-5_8)
Wells C.P.; Lavretsky P, Peters J.L., DaCosta J, Sorenson M.D., Turnbull S., Uyehara K., Malachowski C., Dugger B., Eadie J.M., Engilis A.Jr. (accepted). Persistence of an endangered native duck, feral mallards, and multiple hybrid swarms across the main Hawaiian Islands. Molecular Ecology. [Lavretsky Co-First author; Cover Image] [pdf]
Brown J.I., Lavretsky P, Cumming GC, Peters JL. (2019). Strong population structure and limited gene flow between Yellow-billed Ducks and Mallards. The Condor. [pdf]
Alza L., Lavretsky P, Peters JL., Cerón G., Smith M., Kopuchian C., Astie A., and McCracken K G. (2019). Old Divergence and Restricted Gene Flow between Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) Subspecies in the Central and Southern Andes. Ecology and Evolution. 00:1–16. [pdf]
Sonsthagen, S., Wilson, R, Lavretsky, P, and Talbot, S. (2019). Coast to Coast: High Genomic Connectivity in North American Scoters. Ecology and Evolution. 9: 7246-7261. [pdf]
Lavretsky P, DaCosta JM, Sorenson MD, McCracken K G, and Peters JL. (2019). ddRAD-seq data reveal significant genome-wide population structure and divergent genomic regions that distinguish the mallard and close relatives in North America. Molecular Ecology. 00:1–16. [pdf]
Lavretsky P, Janzen, T., and McCracken K G. (2019). Genomics of hybridization and the maintenance of divergent regions: mallards & American black ducks of eastern North America. Ecology and Evolution. 9: 3470–3490. [pdf]
2017
Graham A, Lavretsky P, Muñoz-Fuentes V, Green A, Wilson R, McCracken K. (2017). Migration-selection balance drives genetic differentiation in genes associated with high-altitude function in the speckled teal (Anas flavirostris) in the Andes." Genome Biology and Evolution 10: 3544-3562. [pdf]
Cipollini K., Lavretsky P, D. Cipollini, J.L. Peters. (2017). Population genetic structure and conservation units across the range of endangered northeastern bulrush, Scirpus ancistrochaetus. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 178: 000-000. [pdf]
2016
Peters J L, Lavretsky P, DaCosta J M, Bielefeld R R, Feddersen J C, Sorenson M D. (Accepted). Population genomic data delineate conservation units in mottled ducks (Anas fulvigula). Biological Conservation. [pdf]
Lavretsky P, Peters J., Winker K., Volker B., Kulikova I., Zhuravlev Y.N., Wilson R.E., Barger C, Gurney K., and Mccraken K.G. (2016). Becoming pure: identifying generational classes of admixed individuals within lesser and greater scaup populations. Molecular Ecology. 25: 661–674. [pdf]
2015
Lavretsky P, DaCostaJM, Hernández-BañosBE, Engilis A., Jr., SorensonMD, and PetersJL. (2015). Speciation genomics and a role for the sex chromosome in the early stages of divergence. Molecular Ecology. 24: 5364-5378. [**Lavretsky IWWR Award Winner] [pdf]
Michelle R. H., John P. M., Lavretsky P., Pedro S. P., Karen C. N., (2015). Microsatellite variation and rare alleles in a bottlenecked Hawaiian Islands endemic: implications for reintroductions. Endangered Species Research. 28: 117-122.
Lavretsky P, Engilis A, Eadie J M, Peters J L, (2015). Genetic admixture supports an ancient hybrid origin of the endangered Hawaiian duck. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 28:1005–1015. [pdf]
2014
Lavretsky P, Schwartz R S, Baerwald M, May B. (2014). Developing major histocompatibility markers in a species of concern: the Sacramento perch Archoplites interruptus. Journal of Fish Biology. 85: 1766-1776. [pdf]
Lavretsky P, Blanca H E, and Peters J L. (2014). Rapid radiation and hybridization contribute to weak differentiation and hinder phylogenetic inferences in the New World Mallard complex (Anas spp.). The Auk. 131: 524-538. [**Editors Pick for Press Release] [pdf]
Lavretsky P, Miller J M., Peters J., Volker B. (2014). Exploring Fall Migratory Patterns of American Black Ducks Using Eight Decades of Band-Recovery Data. Journal of Wildlife Management. 78: 997-1004. [pdf]
Lavretsky P, Peters J L, Engilis A. (2014). Major histocompatibility I gene diversity in the critically endangered Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis). Journal of Pacific Conservation Biology. 20: 86–93. [pdf]
Peters J., Winker K., Millam K., Lavretsky P., Kulikova I., Wilson R., Zhuravlev Y., McCracken K. (2014). Mito-nuclear discord in six congeneric lineages of Holarctic ducks (genus Anas). Molecular Ecology. 23: 2961–2974. [pdf]
Peters J L, Sonsthagen S A, Lavretsky P, Rezsutek M, Johnson W P, McCracken K G. (2014). Interspecific hybridization contributes to high genetic diversity and apparent effective population size in an endemic population of mottled ducks (Anas fulvigula maculosa). Conservation Genetics.15: 509-520. [pdf]
Lavretsky P, McCracken K G, Peters J L. (2014). Phylogenetics of a recent radiation in the mallards and allies (Avis Anas): inferences from a genomic transect and the multispecies coalescent. Journal of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.70: 402–411. [pdf]
Pre-2014
Lavretsky P, Truong T, McGowin A., Balazs G., Peters J L. 2012. New primers reveal the presence of a duplicate histone H3 in the marine turtle leech Ozobranchus branchiatus. Conservation Genetics Resources, 4: 487-490. [pdf]
Simmons R E, Lavretsky P, May B. 2010. Introgressive Hybridization of Redband Trout in the Upper McCloud River Watershed. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 139: 201-213. [pdf]