Rachel Wallace Clostio
Education
PhD (2010), Conservation Biology, University of New Orleans
BS (1998), Biological Sciences, Baylor University
About
Recent Select Publications:
Jean P. Elbers, Rachel W. Clostio, Sabrina S. Taylor (2017) Population genetic inferences using immune gene SNPs mirror patterns inferred by microsatellites. Molecular Ecology Resources 17(3):481-491 https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12591
JP Elbers, RW Clostio, SS Taylor (2017) Neutral Genetic Processes Influence MHC Evolution in Threatened Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus). Journal of Heredity 108(5): 515-523 https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esx034
Stephanie N. Lawler, Christina A. Kellogg, Scott C. France, Rachel W. Clostio, Sandra D. Brooke and Steve W. Ross (2016) Coral-Associated Bacterial Diversity Is Conserved across Two Deep-Sea Anthothela Species. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 1-18 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00458
Crystal N. Johnson, John C. Bowers, Kimberly J. Griffitt, Vanessa Molina, Rachel W. Clostio, Shaofeng Pei, Edward Laws, Rohinee N. Paranjpye, Mark S. Strom, Arlene Chen, Nur A. Hasan, Anwar Huq, Nicholas F. Noriea III, D. Jay Grimes, Rita R. Colwell (2012) Ecology of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus in the Coastal and Estuarine Waters of Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, and Washington (United States). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78(20): 7249-7257 https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01296-12
R. W. Clostio, A. M. Martinez, K. E. LeBlanc, N. M. Anthony (2012) Population genetic structure of a threatened tortoise across the south鈥恊astern United States: implications for conservation management. 15(6): 613-625 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00557.x
Research Interests
Conservation biology, population genetics and genomics, ecology