Phillip Q. Spinks

Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Turtle Biology and Conservation(27), Amphibian and Reptile Biology(21), Genetic diversity and population structure(12), Evolution and Paleontology Studies(8), Ichthyology and Marine Biology(4)

Publications34 total

Investigating the prevalence of three medically important pathogens in Ixodes pacificus from southern Oregon
Frontiers in Parasitology·2025Open Access
A global phylogeny of turtles reveals a burst of climate-associated diversification on continental margins
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2021· 205 citedOpen Access
Molecular phylogeny and divergence of the map turtles (Emydidae: Graptemys)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2017· 28 cited
Phylogenomic analyses of 539 highly informative loci dates a fully resolved time tree for the major clades of living turtles (Testudines)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2017· 90 cited
Phylogeny and temporal diversification of the New World pond turtles (Emydidae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2016· 45 cited
Phylogenetic Uncertainty and Taxonomic Re-revisions: An Example from the Australian Short-necked Turtles (Testudines: Chelidae)
Copeia·2015· 7 cited
Book Reviews
Copeia·2015
Multilocus phylogeny of the New-World mud turtles (Kinosternidae) supports the traditional classification of the group
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2014· 30 cited
The advantages of going large: genome‐wide <scp>SNP</scp>s clarify the complex population history and systematics of the threatened western pond turtle
Molecular Ecology·2014· 68 cited
Misleading phylogenetic inferences based on single-exemplar sampling in the turtle genus Pseudemys
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2013· 59 cited
The western painted turtle genome, a model for the evolution of extreme physiological adaptations in a slowly evolving lineage
Genome biology·2013· 325 citedOpen Access
The painted turtle genome: The evolution of extreme physiological
2013
Cryptic variation and the tragedy of unrecognized taxa: the case of international trade in the spiny turtle Heosemys spinosa (Testudines: Geoemydidae)
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society·2012· 22 citedOpen Access
Species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in the critically endangered Asian box turtle genus Cuora
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2012· 35 cited
Distribution and Abundance of Invasive Red-Eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) in California's Sacramento River Basin and Possible Impacts on Native Western Pond Turtles (Emys marmorata)
Chelonian Conservation and Biology·2010· 25 citedOpen Access
Shallow genetic divergence indicates a Congo–Nile riverine connection for the softshell turtle Trionyx triunguis
Conservation Genetics·2010· 11 citedOpen Access
Rangewide phylogeography and landscape genetics of the Western U.S. endemic frog Rana boylii (Ranidae): implications for the conservation of frogs and rivers
Conservation Genetics·2010· 38 cited
Testing avian, squamate, and mammalian nuclear markers for cross amplification in turtles
Conservation Genetics Resources·2010· 8 citedOpen Access
Nuclear gene phylogeography reveals the historical legacy of an ancient inland sea on lineages of the western pond turtle,<i>Emys marmorata</i>in California
Molecular Ecology·2009· 49 cited
Fourteen nuclear genes provide phylogenetic resolution for difficult nodes in the turtle tree of life
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2009· 95 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

H. Bradley Shaffer(28), Robert C. Thomson(16), John B. Iverson(5), Gregory B. Pauly(4), Patrick Minx(2), Daniel E. Warren(2), Andrew M. Shedlock(2), Nicole Valenzuela(2), John Abramyan(2), Daleen Badenhorst(2), Kyle K. Biggar(2), Glen M. Borchert(2), Rachel M. Bowden(2), Edward L. Braun(2), Anne M. Bronikowski(2), Benoit G. Bruneau(2), Leslie T. Buck(2), Blanche Capel(2), Todd A. Castoe(2), Michael Czerwinski(2)