NEW DEGREE PROGRAM: M.S. in POPULATION AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
Department of Biology
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Associate Professor Phone: 512-245-3358 Fax: 512-245-8713 E-mail: ccnice@txstate.edu Mailing AddressDepartment of Biology Texas State University, San Marcos 601 University Drive San Marcos, TX 78666 |
Research Interests
Speciation in Insects
Phylogeography and Phylogenetics
Ecological and Population Genetics
Insect-Plant Interactions
Courses Taught
BIO 2450: Genetics
BIO 4465/5465: General Entomology
BIO 7427/7428: Principles of Population Biology I & II
BIO 7353: Biogeography
BIO 7433: Population Genetics
Selected Recent Publications
Lucas, L. K., Z. Gompert, J. R. Ott and C. C. Nice. Geographic and genetic isolation in spring-associated Eurycea salamanders endemic to the Edward’s Plateau region of Texas. In Press: Conservation Genetics
Lucas, L. K., J. N. Fries, C. R. Gabor and C. C. Nice. Genetic variation and structure in Eurycea nana, a federally threatened salamander endemic to the San Marcos springs. In Press: Journal of Herpetology.
Gompert, Z.,, M.L. Forister, J.A. Fordyce & C.C. Nice. 2008.Widespread mito-nuclear discordance with evidence for introgressive hybridization and selective sweeps in Lycaeides. Molecular Ecology 17:5231-5244. PDF
Gompert, Z, J. A. Fordyce, M. L. Forister, and C. C. Nice. 2008. Recent colonization and radiation of North American Lycaeides (Plebejus) inferred from mtDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48:461-490. PDF
Fordyce, J. A. and C. C. Nice. 2008. Antagonistic, stage-specific selection on defensive chemical sequestration in a toxic butterfly. Evolution 62: 1610-1617. PDF
Lucas, L. K., J. A. Fordyce, and C. Nice. 2008. Patterns of genitalic morphology around suture zones in North American Lycaeides (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): Implications for taxonomy and historical biogeography. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101(1):172-180. PDF
Forister, M L., C. C. Nice, J. A. Fordyce, Z. Gompert and A. M. Shapiro. 2008. Considering evolutionary processes in the use of single-locus genetic data for conservation, with examples from the Lepidoptera. Journal of Insect Conservation 12:37-51. PDF
Gompert, Z, J. A. Fordyce, M. L. Forister, A. M. Shapiro and C. C. Nice. 2006. Homoploid hybrid speciation in an extreme habitat. Science 314: 1923-1925. PDF SOM [Published online 30 November 2006 (10.1126/science.1135875) Abstract PDF]
Crutsinger, G. M., M. D. Collins, J. A. Fordyce, Z. Gompert, C. C. Nice and N. J. Sanders. 2006. Plant genotypic diversity predicts community structure and governs an ecosystem process. Science 313:966-968 (18 August 2006). PDF, SOM
Nice, C. C. and J. A. Fordyce. 2006. How caterpillars avoid overheating: behavioral and phenotypic plasticity of pipevine swallowtail larvae. Oecologia 146:541-548. PDF
Theses Directed
- Lutz-Carillo, D. J. 2004. Evaluation of microsatellite loci in largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides: population structure and resolution. M. S. Thesis, Texas State University - San Marcos. (Co-Advised with Dr. T. Bonner).
- Spencer, M. 2005. Population genetic structure in the Acmon complex of Plebejus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in western North America. M. S. Thesis, Texas State University - San Marcos.
- Lucas, L. 2006. Population Genetics and Conservation of Texas Hill Country Eurycea. M.S. Thesis, Texas State University - San Marcos.
- Gompert, Z. 2006. Evolutionary Consequences of Hybridization in the Lycaeides Species Complex. M.S. Thesis, Texas State University - San Marcos.
- Williams, C. 2008. An Assessment of Assortavive Mating and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Two Tiger Beetle Species (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). M.S. Thesis, Texas State University - San Marcos.
- Gonzales, T. 2008. Conservation Genetics of the Comal Springs Riffle Beetle (Heterelmis comalensis) Populations in Central Texas with Examination of Molecular and Morphological Variation in Heterelmis sp. Throughout Texas. M.S. Thesis, Texas State University - San Marcos.
Students & Postdocs
Current Students:
- Josh Ethridge, Graduate Student
- Laura Alberici Da Barbiano, Graduate Student
- Michelle Downey, Graduate Student
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