Publications

*co-first author

†high school or undergraduate mentee

  • *Small CM, *Beck EA, Currey MC, Tavalire HF, Bassham S, Cresko WA. 2023. Host genomic variation shapes gut microbiome diversity in threespine stickleback fish. mBio e00219-23. PubMed
  • Ramesh B, Small CM, Healey HM, Johnson B, Barker E, Currey MC, Bassham S, Myers M, Cresko WA, Jones AG. 2023. Improvements to the Gulf pipefish Syngnathus scovelli genome. GigaByte 10.46471/gigabyte.76. PubMed
  • Frantz SI, Small CM, Cresko WA, Singh ND. 2023. Ovarian transcriptional response to Wolbachia infection in D. melanogaster in the context of between-genotype variation in gene expression. G3 10.1093/g3journal/jkad047. PubMed
  • *Small CM, Healey HM, Currey MC, Beck EA, Catchen J, Lin ASP, Cresko WA, *Bassham S. 2022. Leafy and weedy seadragon genomes connect genic and repetitive DNA features to the extravagant biology of syngnathid fishes. PNAS 119:e2119602119. PubMed – Cover Article – NY Times Article

  • Johnson BD, Anderson AP, Small CM, Rose E, Flanagan SP, Hendrickson-Rose C, Jones AG. 2022. The evolution of the testis transcriptome in pregnant male pipefishes and seahorses. Evolution 76:2162-2180. PubMed
  • Petersen AM, Small CM, Yan Y, Wilson C, Bremiller RA, Buck LC, von Hippel FA, Cresko WA, Postlethwait JH. 2022. Evolution and developmental expression of the sodium iodide symporter (NIS, slc5a5) gene family: Implications for perchlorate toxicology. Evolutionary Applications 15:1079-1098. PubMed
  • Beck EA, Healey HM, Small CM, Currey MC, Desvignes T, Cresko WA, Postlethwait JH. 2021. Advancing human disease research with fish evolutionary mutant models. Trends in Genetics 38:22-44. PubMed
  • Beck EA, Currey M, Small CM, Cresko WA. 2020. QTL mapping of intestinal neutrophil variation in threespine stickleback reveals possible gene targets connecting intestinal inflammation and systemic health. G3 g3.400685.2019. PubMed
  • Small CM, Currey M, Beck EA, Bassham S, Cresko WA. 2019. Highly reproducible 16S sequencing facilitates measurement of host genetic influences on the stickleback gut microbiome. mSystems 4:e00331-19. PubMed
  • †Cytrynbaum EG, *Small CM, Kwon RY, Boaz H, Kent D, Yan Y, Knope ML, Bremiller RA, Desvignes T, Kimmel CB. 2019. Developmental tuning of mineralization drives morphological diversity of gill cover bones in sculpins and their relatives. Evolution Letters 3:374-391. PubMed
  • Kimmel CB, Small CM, Knope ML. 2017. A rich diversity of opercle bone shape among teleost fishes. PLoS One 12:e188888. PubMed
  • Small CM, Milligan-Myhre K, Bassham S, Guillemin K, Cresko WA. 2017. Host genotype and microbiota contribute asymmetrically to transcriptional variation in the threespine stickleback gut. Genome Biology and Evolution 9:504-520. PubMed
  • *Small CM, Bassham S, Catchen J, Amores A, Fuiten AF, Brown RS, Jones AG, Cresko WA. 2016. The genome of the Gulf pipefish enables understanding of evolutionary innovations. Genome Biology 17:258. PubMed
  • Milligan-Myhre K, Small CM, Mittge EK, Agarwal M, Cresko WA, Guillemin K. 2016. Innate immune responses to gut microbiota differ between threespine stickleback populations. Disease Models and Mechanisms 9:187-198. PubMed
  • Rose E, Small CM, †Saucedo HA, Harper C, Jones AG. 2014. Genetic evidence for monogamy in the dwarf seahorse, Hippocampus zosterae. Journal of Heredity 105:828-833. PubMed
  • Small CM, Harlin-Cognato AD, Jones AG. 2013. Functional similarity and molecular divergence of a novel reproductive transcriptome in two male-pregnant Syngnathus pipefish species. Ecology and Evolution 3:4092-4108. PubMed
  • Small CM. 2012. Genomic insights into sexual selection and the evolution of reproductive genes in teleost fishes. Ph.D. dissertation. Texas A&M University. ProQuest
  • Mobley KB, Small CM, Jones AG. 2011. Molecular insights into syngnathid biology: the genetics and genomics of pipefishes, seahorses, and seadragons. Journal of Fish Biology 78:1624-1646. PubMed
  • Mobley KB, Small CM, Jue NK, Jones AG. 2010. Population structure of the dusky pipefish (Syngnathus floridae) from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, as revealed by mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite analyses. Journal of Biogeography 37:1363-1377. Wiley
  • Jones AG, Small CM, Paczolt KA, Ratterman NL. 2010. A practical guide to methods of parentage analysis.  Molecular Ecology Resources 10:6-30. PubMed
  • Small CM, Carney GE, Mo Q, Vannucci M, Jones AG. 2009. A microarray analysis of sex- and gonad-biased gene expression in the zebrafish: evidence for masculinization of the transcriptome. BMC Genomics 10:579. PubMed