Additional Information:Software:
Population genetic software
Teaching Experience:
University of California at Berkeley ; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Teaching Assistant: 1993
- MCB 140: Principles of Genetics
University of California, San Diego: Department of Biology Teaching Assistant: 1988-91
- Biology 3: Organismal and Evolutionary Biology
- Biology 16: Human Reproduction
- Biology 167: Evolutionary Biology
- Biology 176/Anthropology 132: Conservation and the Human Predicament.
Publications:
Aguilar A, Garza JC (in press) Isolation of 15 single nucleotide polymorphisms from coastal steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Molecular Ecology Resources
Aguilar A, Jessup D, Estes J, Garza JC (2008) The distribution of nuclear genetic variation and historical demography of sea otters. Animal Conservation 11: 35-45.
Sogard SM, Gilbert-Horvath EA, Anderson EC, Fisher R, Berkeley SA, Garza JC (2008).Multiple paternity in viviparous kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens. Environmental Biology of Fishes 81: 7-13.
Seeb LW, Antonovich A, Banks MA, Beacham TD, Bellinger MR, Campbell M, Decovich NA, Garza JC, Guthrie CM, Moran P, Narum SR, Stephenson JJ, Supernault KJ, Teel DJ, Templin WD, Wenburg JK, Young SF, Smith CT (2007) Development of a standardized DNA database for Chinook salmon. Fisheries 32: 540-552
Pastor T, Garza JC, Aguilar A, Tounta E, Androukaki E (2007) Genetic diversity and differentiation between the two remaining populations of the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal. Animal Conservation 10: 461-469.
Pearse DE, Donohoe C, Garza JC (2007) Population genetics of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Klamath River. Environmental Biology of Fishes 80: 377-387
Aguilar A, Garza JC (2007) Patterns of historical balancing selection on the salmonid major histocompatibility complex class II beta gene. Journal of Molecular Evolution 65: 34-43
Deiner K, Garza JC, Coey R, Girman DJ (2007) Population structure and genetic diversity of trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) above and below natural and man-made barriers in the Russian River, California. Conservation Genetics 8:437-454.
Pearse DE, Wooninck L, Dean CA, Garza JC (2007) Identification of northeastern Pacific rockfish using multilocus nuclear DNA genotypes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:272-280.
Aguilar A, Garza JC (2006) A comparison of variability and population structure for major histocompatibility complex and microsatellite loci in California coastal steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum). Molecular Ecology 15:923-937.
Gilbert-Horvath EA, Larson RJ, Garza JC. (2006) Temporal recruitment patterns and genetic population structure in kelp rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens). Molecular Ecology 15: 3801-3815.
Desmarais E, Belkhir K, Garza JC, Bonhomme F (2006) Local mutagenic impact of insertions of LTR retrotransposons on the mouse genome. Journal of Molecular Evolution 63: 662-675
Hayes SA, Pearse DE, Costa DP, Harvey JT, Le Boeuf BJ, Garza JC. (2006) Mating system and reproductive success in eastern Pacific Harbour seals. Molecular Ecology 15:3023-3034.
Anderson EC, Garza JC. (2006). The power of single nucleotide polymorphisms for large scale parentage analysis. Genetics 172: 2567-2582.
Hankin, DG, Clark, JH, Deriso, RB, Garza, JC, Morishima, GS, Riddell, BE, Schwarz, C
Scott, JB 2005. Report of the expert panel on the future of the coded wire tag recovery program for Pacific salmon. Final Report to the Pacific Salmon Commission. 243pp. Available from: www.psc.org/info_codedwiretagreview.htm
Lessa EP, Wlasiuk G, Garza JC (2005) Dynamics of Genetic Differentiation in the Río Negro Tuco-tuco (Ctenomys rionegrensis) at the Local and Geographical Scales. In Mammalian Diversification: from Chromosomes to Phylogeography, eds. Lacey E.A., Myers P. UC Publications in Zoology 133: 155-173.
Aguilar A, Garza JC (2005) Isolation of major histocompatibility complex class II Beta genes from rockfishes (genus Sebastes) Journal of Fish Biology 67: 1-8.
Pastor T, Garza JC, Allen P, Amos W, Aguilar A (2004). Low genetic variability in the highly endangered Mediterranean monk seal. Journal of Heredity 5: 291-300.
Wlasiuk G, Garza JC, Lessa EP (2003) Genetic and geographic differentiation in the Río Negro tuco-tuco (Ctenomys rionegrensis): inferring the roles of migration and drift from multiple genetic markers. Evolution 57: 913-926.
Garza JC, Williamson E (2001) Detection of reduction in population size using data from microsatellite DNA. Molecular Ecology 10: 305-318
Garza JC, Desmarais E (2000) Derivation of a simple microsatellite locus from a compound ancestor in the genus Mus. Mammalian Genome 11: 1117-1122.
Weber DS, Stewart BS, Garza JC, Lehman N (2000) An empirical genetic assessment of the severity of the northern elephant seal population bottleneck Current Biology 10: 1287-1290.
Garza JC, Dallas J, Duryadi D, Gerasimov S, Croset H, Boursot P (1997) Social structure of the Mound-building mouse, Mus spicilegus, revealed by genetic analysis with microsatellites. Molecular Ecology 6: 1009-1017.
Garza JC, Freimer NB (1996) Homoplasy for size at microsatellite loci in humans and chimpanzees. Genome Research 6: 211-217.
Garza JC, Slatkin M, Freimer NB (1995) Microsatellite allele frequencies in humans and chimps with implications for constraints on allele size. Molecular Biology and Evolution 12: 594-603.
Di Rienzo A, Peterson AC, Garza JC, Valdes AM, Slatkin M, Freimer NB (1994) Mutational processes of simple-sequence repeat loci in human populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 91: 3166-3170.
Garza JC, Woodruff DS (1993) Determination of subspecific identity of concolor gibbons (Hylobates concolor) from non-invasively obtained DNA. Zoo Biology 13: 383-387.
Garza JC, Woodruff DS (1992) A phylogenetic study of the gibbons (Hylobates) using DNA obtained non-invasively from hair. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 1: 202-210.
Honors and Awards:
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship: 1998.
University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship: 1998.
National Aeronautical and Space Administration Cooperative Agreement: 1997.
Ford Foundation Dissertation Year Fellowship: 1997.
University of California, Berkeley Chancellor's Dissertation Year Fellowship: 1997.
Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research: 1997.
University of California, Berkeley Vice Chancellor of Research Dissertation Grant: 1996.
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: 1996.
University of California, Berkeley Vice Chancellor of Research Grant: 1995.
University of California, Berkeley Mentored Research Fellowship: 1994.
U.C. Natural Reserve System Mildred Mathias Research Grant: 1993.
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship: 1992.
UCSD Alumni Association: Scholar of the Year: 1990.
Inducted to Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society: 1989. |