Department
of Genetics
University
of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
(706) 542-7720
B. S. in
Zoology with Honors University
of Oklahoma, May 1995.
University
of California at Davis, 2002-2004.
R. K. Grosberg, advisor.
Assistant
Professor Department of Genetics, University of
Georgia, 2005-
Phylogenetic Consultant University
of New Mexico, 2000-2002
Research
Assistant Oklahoma
Biological Survey, Norman, OK; 1994-1995
Course Development GENE4230L,
Evolutionary Genetics Teaching Lab
Instruction GENE4230L
(fall 2005)
GENE8700
(fall 2005)
GENE8840
(spring 2006)
Guest Lecturer €General
Vertebrate Zoology (University of New Mexico)
€Defining Moments in Organismal
Evolution,
Evolutionary
Mechanisms (Duke University)
€³Scientist
in the Classroom² Program (Hillsborough, NC)
€EPSCoR Phylogenetics Workshop, University of Hawai¹i Institute of
Marine Biology, August 5-6 2005
€BIOL1107, University of Georgia, Oct 4 2005 ³Using genetic
diversity in conservation studies²
Referee Molecular Biology and Evolution,
Genetics, Copeia, Biological Bulletin, Marine Ecology Progress Series, National
Science Foundation – Population Biology, Molecular Ecology, Hydrobiologia,
Systematic Biology, Journal for Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology
Outreach NSF Research Coordination Network
– North Atlantic (corona)
Steering Committee, (2002-2006)
Smithsonian Biodiversity Science and Education Initiative (2005-),
coordinator
University Appointments Franklin
College Faculty Senate, University of Georgia (2005-2007)
Departmental Appointments Graduate
Student Recruitment Task Force (2005- )
Mentoring €Undergraduate
Mentoring in Environmental Biology program for increasing diversity in
Evolutionary Biology; Dr. Scott Edwards (Harvard)
€UC-MEXUS
program to facilitate interactions between Mexican scientists and UC
researchers
see Organizational
Wares, J.P. 2001. Patterns of speciation inferred
from mitochondrial DNA in North American Chthamalus (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha:
Chthamaloidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18(1): 104-116.
Wares, J.P, S.D. Gaines and C.W. Cunningham.
2001. A comparative study of asymmetric migration events across a marine
biogeographic boundary. Evolution 55 (2):295-306.
Wares, J.P. 2001. Intraspecific variation and
geographic isolation in Idotea balthica (Isopoda:
Valvifera). Journal of Crustacean Biology 21(4): 1007-101 3.
Wares, J.P.
2001. Biogeography of Asterias: North Atlantic climate change and speciation. Biological
Bulletin, 201(1):
95-103.
Wares, J.P. and C. W. Cunningham. 2001. Comparative phylogeography and
historical ecology of the North Atlantic intertidal. Evolution 55 (12): 2455-2469.
Turner, T. F., J. P. Wares, and J. R. Gold. 2002. Genetic effective size is three
orders of magnitude smaller than adult census size in an abundant,
estuarine-dependent marine fish (Sciaenops ocellatus). Genetics 162: 1329-1339.
Wares, J. P. 2002.
Community genetics in the northwestern Atlantic intertidal. Molecular
Ecology 11:
1131-1144.
Sanford, E., M. S. Roth, G. C. Johns, J. P. Wares, and G. N. Somero. 2003. Local selection and
latitudinal variation in a marine predator-prey interaction. Science 300: 1135-1137.
Sotka, E. E., J. P. Wares, and M. E. Hay. 2003. Geographic and genetic variation
in feeding preferences for chemically-defended seaweeds. Evolution 57 (10): 2262-2276.
Wares, J.P. and T. F. Turner. 2003. Phylogeography and diversification in aquatic
mollusks. In C.
F. Lydeard and D. R. Lindberg, eds. Molecular Systematics and Phylogeography
of Mollusks.
Smithsonian Press. Pp 229-269.
Baker, M. L., J. P. Wares, G. A. Harrison and R. D. Miller.
2004. The relationship of the marsupial
families and the mammalian lineages based on recombination activating gene
(RAG-1). Journal of Mammalian Evolution,
11: 1-16.
Sotka, E. E., J. P. Wares, J. A. Barth, R. K. Grosberg, S. N.
Palumbi. 2004. Strong genetic clines in the rocky intertidal barnacle Balanus
glandula describe
geographic variation in gene flow. Molecular Ecology 13:
2143-2156.
Wares, J. P., D. Alò, and T. F. Turner. 2004. Successful
implementation of recovery goals for endangered southwestern trout: a genetic
perspective. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 61: 1890-1899.
Wares, J. P. and C. W. Cunningham. 2005.
Isolation before glaciation in Balanus glandula. Biological Bulletin 208: 60-68.
Wares, J. P. and A. E. Castañeda.
2005. Geographic range in Chthamalus along the west coast of North America. Journal of the Marine Biological
Association of the U.K. 85: 327-331.
Wares, J. P.
2005. The Aliens Have Come. Book Review of Alien Species and Evolution by George Cox. Ecology 86: 807-808.
Wares, J. P., A. R. Hughes, and R. K. Grosberg. 2005. Invasive species and evolutionary processes. In D. Sax, J. Stachowicz, and S. D.
Gaines, eds. Species Invasions: Boon or Bane for
Ecology and Evolution?. Sinauer Publishing.
Pringle, J. M. and J. P. Wares. The maintenance of alongshore
variation in gene frequency in a coastal ocean. Submitted, The American Naturalist.
Wares, J. P. Measurement of genetic variation. The Encyclopedia of Tidepools, M. W. Denny and S. D. Gaines,
editors. University of California
Press. In review.
Publications Resulting from Mentor Activities:
Wares, J. P., D. S. Goldwater, B. Y. Kong, and C. W. Cunningham. 2002. Refuting a controversial case of a
human-mediated marine species introduction. Ecol. Lett. 5: 577-584.
Wares, J. P. and A. E. Castañeda.
2005. Geographic range in Chthamalus along the west coast of North America. Journal of the Marine Biological
Association of the U.K. 85: 327-331.
C. D. Harley, M. S. Pankey, and J. P. Wares. Ecological and genetic variation in the keystone predator Pisaster
ochraceus. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. (in prep)