Updated Dec 2022.
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JE Titus-McQuillan, AV Nanni, LM McIntyre, RL Rogers. 2023. Evolution of Transcriptome Complexity Across Metazoa. BMC Genomics 24:254 arXiv:2211.02546.
EA Ferreira, C Moore, D Ogereau, A Suwalski, RL Rogers, A Yassin. Genomic islands of divergence between Drosophila yakuba subspecies predominantly overlap with chromosomal inversions. bioRxiv:2022.07.16.500113
A Nanni, JE Titus-McQuillan (co-first), O Moskalenkom, F. Pardo-Palacios, A Conesa, RL Rogers, and L McIntyre. 2021. TranD: Transcript Distance a precise nucleotide level comparison of transcriptmodels and long reads. Preliminary preprint and software release bioRxiv 2021.09.28.462251
BA Turner, TM Miorin, NB Stewart, RW Reid, CM Moore, and RL Rogers. 2021. Chromosomal rearrangements facilitate local adaptation in island Drosophila. arXiv:2109.09801.
RL Rogers, CM Moore, and NB Stewart. 2021. New gene formation in hybrid Drosophila. arXiv:2108.07859.
Rogers, RL, SL Grizzard, JT Garner. 2021. Strong selective sweeps reshape genetic diversity in freshwater bivalve Megalonaias nervosa. arXiv:2107.08010.
Rogers, RL , SL Grizzard, K Bockrath, S Patel, JP Wares, JT Garner. 2021. Gene family amplification facilitates adaptation in freshwater Unionid bivalve Megalonaias nervosa. Molecular Ecology. 30: 1155-1173. arXiv:2008.00131.
Stewart, NB and RL Rogers. 2019. Chromosomal rearrangements as a source of new gene formation in Drosophila yakuba. PLoS Genetics 15(9), e1008314. arXiv:1806.02205.
Rogers, RL, L Zhou, C Chu, R Márquez, A Corl, T Linderoth, L Freeborn, MD MacManes, Z Xiong, J Zheng, C Guo, X Xun, MR Kronforst, K Summers, Y Wu, H Yang, CL Richards-Zawacki, G Zhang, R Nielsen. 2018. Genomic Takeover in the Strawberry Poison Frog. Molecular Biology and Evolution 35(12), 2913-2927.
Rogers, RL L Shao and KR Thornton. 2017. Tandem duplications lead to novel expression patterns through exon shuffling in Drosophila yakuba. PLoS Genetics 13(5):e1006795. BioRxiv preprint.
Rogers, RL and M Slatkin. 2017. Excess of genomic defects in a woolly mammoth on Wrangel Island. PLoS Genetics 13(3):e1006601. arXiv 1606.06336. *10% most cited in 2017
Rogers, RL. 2015. Chromosomal rearrangments as barriers to genetic homogenization between archaic and modern humans. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32(12), 3064-3078. arXiv 1505.07047.
Rogers, RL, JM Cridland, L Shao, TT Hu, P. Andolfatto, and KR Thornton. 2015. Tandem duplications and the limits of natural selection in Drosophila yakuba and Drosophila simulans PLoS One. 10(7): e0132184. arXiv 1405.0518
Rogers, RL. L Shao, JS Sanjak, P Andolfatto, KR Thornton. 2014. Revised Annotations, Sex-Biased Expression, and Lineage-Specific Genes in the Drosophila melanogaster Group. G3:Genes, Genomes, Genetics 4:2345-2351. arXiv 1408.0247.
Rogers, RL and DL Hartl. 2012. Rapid Evolution via Chimeric Genes. in Rapidly Evolving Genes and Genetic Systems. Invited Book Chapter. R Singh and RJ Kulathinal Eds. Oxford University Press. PDF
Rogers, RL and DL Hartl. Chimeric genes as a source of rapid evolution in Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular Biology and Evolution 29: 517-529. PDF
Rogers, RL, T Bedford, AM Lyons and DL Hartl. 2010. Adaptive impacts of the chimeric gene Quetzalcoatl in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 107:10943-10948.
Rogers, RL, T Bedford, and DL Hartl. 2009. Formation and longevity of chimeric and duplicate genes in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 181: 313-322. PDF
Pontaroli, AC, RL Rogers, Q Zhang, ME Shields, TM Davis, KM Folta, P SanMiguel, and JL Bennetzen. 2008. Gene content and distribution in the nuclear genome of Fragaria vesca. The Plant Genome 2: 93-101.
Haggerty, TM, JT Garner and R Rogers. 2005. Reproductive phenology in Megalonaias nervosa (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Wheeler Reservoir, Tennessee River, Alabama, USA. Hydrobiologia 539: 131-136.