PUBLICATIONS
LaCava, M.E.F., I.M. Donohue, M.E. Badger, T.-C. Hung, L. Ellison, M.M. Rahman, K. Kelvas, A.J. Finger, E.W. Carson. 2024. Assessing captive spawning strategies for supplementation production of Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10450
Hoar, B.R., H.B. Ernest, L.N.L. Johnson, M.E.F. LaCava, D.J. Sandidge, K. Gerow, M.R. Mousel, N.L. Galloway, W. Swain, J.L. Malmberg. 2024. Disease Driven Gene Adaptation: Chronic Wasting Disease in Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-23-00062
LaCava, M.E.F.*, J.S. Griffiths*, L. Ellison, E.W. Carson, T.C. Hung, A.J. Finger.2023. Loss of plasticity in maturation timing after ten years of captive spawning in a delta smelt conservation hatchery. Evolutionary Applications https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13611 *these authors contributed equally to this work
Gustafson, K.D., R.B. Gagne, M.R. Buchalski, T.W. Vickers, S.P.D. Riley, J. Sikich, J.L. Rudd, J.A. Dellinger, M.E.F. LaCava, H.B. Ernest. 2022. Multi-population puma connectivity could restore genomic diversity to at-risk coastal populations in California. Evolutionary Applications 15(2):286-299.
https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13341
LaCava, M.E.F., J.L. Malmberg, W.H. Edwards, L.N.L. Johnson, S.E. Allen, H.B. Ernest. 2021. Spatiotemporal analyses reveal infectious disease-driven selection in a free-ranging ungulate. Royal Society Open Science 8(8):210802. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210802
LaCava, M.E.F., R.B. Gagne, K.D. Gustafson, S.J. Oyler-McCance, K.L. Monteith, H. Sawyer, M.J. Kauffman, D.J. Thiele, H.B. Ernest. 2021. Functional connectivity in a continuously distributed, migratory species as revealed by landscape genomics. Ecography 44(7):987-999.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05600
LaCava, M.E.F., R.B. Gagne, S.M. Love Stowell, K.D. Gustafson, C.A. Buerkle, L. Knox, H.B. Ernest. 2020. Pronghorn population genomics show connectivity at the core of their range. Journal of Mammalogy 101(4):1061-1071. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa054
LaCava, M.E.F., E.O. Aikens, L.C. Megna, G. Randolph, C. Hubbard, C.A. Buerkle. 2020. Accuracy of de novo assembly of DNA sequences from double-digest libraries varies substantially among software. Molecular Ecology Resources 20(2):360-370. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13108
Godwin, B.L., M.E.F. LaCava, B. Mendelsohn, R.B. Gagne, K.D. Gustafson, S.M. Love Stowell, A. Engilis, Jr., L.A. Tell, H.B. Ernest. 2020. Novel hybrid finds a peri-urban niche: Allen's hummingbirds in souther California. Conservation Genetics 21:989-998.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-020-01303-4
Mendelsohn, B., B. Bedrosian, S.M. Love Stowell, R.B. Gagne, M.E.F. LaCava, B.L. Godwin, J.M. Hull, H.B. Ernest. 2020. Population genomic diversity and structure at the discontinuous southern range of the Great Gray Owl in North America. Conservation Genetics 21:693-706.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-020-01280-8
LaCava, M., K. Fisch, M. Nagel, J.C. Lindberg, B. May, A.J. Finger. 2015. Spawning behavior of cultured Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) in a conservation hatchery. North American Journal of Aquaculture 77:255-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/15222055.2015.1007192
Long, J.Z., M. LaCava, X. Jin, B.F. Cravatt. 2011. An anatomical and temporal portrait of physiological substrates for fatty acid amide hydrolase. Journal of Lipid Research 52:337-344. http://doi.org/10.1194/jlr.M012153
Hoar, B.R., H.B. Ernest, L.N.L. Johnson, M.E.F. LaCava, D.J. Sandidge, K. Gerow, M.R. Mousel, N.L. Galloway, W. Swain, J.L. Malmberg. 2024. Disease Driven Gene Adaptation: Chronic Wasting Disease in Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-23-00062
LaCava, M.E.F.*, J.S. Griffiths*, L. Ellison, E.W. Carson, T.C. Hung, A.J. Finger.2023. Loss of plasticity in maturation timing after ten years of captive spawning in a delta smelt conservation hatchery. Evolutionary Applications https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13611 *these authors contributed equally to this work
Gustafson, K.D., R.B. Gagne, M.R. Buchalski, T.W. Vickers, S.P.D. Riley, J. Sikich, J.L. Rudd, J.A. Dellinger, M.E.F. LaCava, H.B. Ernest. 2022. Multi-population puma connectivity could restore genomic diversity to at-risk coastal populations in California. Evolutionary Applications 15(2):286-299.
https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13341
LaCava, M.E.F., J.L. Malmberg, W.H. Edwards, L.N.L. Johnson, S.E. Allen, H.B. Ernest. 2021. Spatiotemporal analyses reveal infectious disease-driven selection in a free-ranging ungulate. Royal Society Open Science 8(8):210802. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210802
LaCava, M.E.F., R.B. Gagne, K.D. Gustafson, S.J. Oyler-McCance, K.L. Monteith, H. Sawyer, M.J. Kauffman, D.J. Thiele, H.B. Ernest. 2021. Functional connectivity in a continuously distributed, migratory species as revealed by landscape genomics. Ecography 44(7):987-999.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05600
LaCava, M.E.F., R.B. Gagne, S.M. Love Stowell, K.D. Gustafson, C.A. Buerkle, L. Knox, H.B. Ernest. 2020. Pronghorn population genomics show connectivity at the core of their range. Journal of Mammalogy 101(4):1061-1071. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa054
LaCava, M.E.F., E.O. Aikens, L.C. Megna, G. Randolph, C. Hubbard, C.A. Buerkle. 2020. Accuracy of de novo assembly of DNA sequences from double-digest libraries varies substantially among software. Molecular Ecology Resources 20(2):360-370. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13108
Godwin, B.L., M.E.F. LaCava, B. Mendelsohn, R.B. Gagne, K.D. Gustafson, S.M. Love Stowell, A. Engilis, Jr., L.A. Tell, H.B. Ernest. 2020. Novel hybrid finds a peri-urban niche: Allen's hummingbirds in souther California. Conservation Genetics 21:989-998.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-020-01303-4
Mendelsohn, B., B. Bedrosian, S.M. Love Stowell, R.B. Gagne, M.E.F. LaCava, B.L. Godwin, J.M. Hull, H.B. Ernest. 2020. Population genomic diversity and structure at the discontinuous southern range of the Great Gray Owl in North America. Conservation Genetics 21:693-706.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-020-01280-8
LaCava, M., K. Fisch, M. Nagel, J.C. Lindberg, B. May, A.J. Finger. 2015. Spawning behavior of cultured Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) in a conservation hatchery. North American Journal of Aquaculture 77:255-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/15222055.2015.1007192
Long, J.Z., M. LaCava, X. Jin, B.F. Cravatt. 2011. An anatomical and temporal portrait of physiological substrates for fatty acid amide hydrolase. Journal of Lipid Research 52:337-344. http://doi.org/10.1194/jlr.M012153
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Univ. Wyoming Ag News (fall 2016) - Capturing the genome and journeys of Wyoming’s evolutionary ghosts
Univ. Wyoming News (August 2021) - UW Researchers Lead Study of Chronic Wasting Disease in Mule Deer
Wyoming Public Radio (May 2021) - Wyoming Mule Deer Stick Together-- In Three Distinct Genetic Groups
Univ. Wyoming News (May 2021) - UW Study Reveals Environmental Characteristics for Three Genetic Groups of Wyoming Mule Deer
The Wildlife Society (November 2020) - Pronghorn genetically similar throughout Wyoming
Univ. Wyoming News (June 2020) - UW Researchers Find Wyoming Pronghorn Exhibit Little Genetic Variation Despite Landscape Obstacles
Molecular Ecology Blog (May 2020) - Interview with the authors: Which software is best to use for de novo assembly?
Right to Roam podcast (February 2018) - The fastest fetal free for all with Adele Reinking and Melanie LaCava
The Wildlife Society (January 2017) - Genetics study aims to aid pronghorn conservation decisions
Univ. Wyoming Ag News (fall 2016) - Capturing the genome and journeys of Wyoming’s evolutionary ghosts