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Dr. Therese A. Markow, Regents' Professor

Positions and Education
1999 - present Regents' Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Director, Tucson Drosophila Species Stock Center
2001 - present Adjunct Professor, CIAD, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Ph.D. Zoology (Genetics), Arizona State University
B.S. Physical Anthropology, Arizona State University
Honors and Awards
President, Society for the Study of Evolution 2006
Women on the Move (YWCA) 2005
Fellow, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy (2004)
Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring 2001
Editor, Evolution 1994-1998
Fulbright Fellowship (Mexico) 1995

Research Interests

Therese Markow is an evolutionary biologist who studies speciation and adaptation to novel environments. Her research primarily utilizes Drosophila, especially the species endemic to the Sonoran Desert that breed in decaying cactus. By living in the harsh desert, in plants that contain toxic chemicals, this group of flies provides an outstanding opportunity to study the process of evolution. Research on this system combines a wide range of approaches, from field work to understand the ecologies of the different species, to the use of microarrays to understand the genetic underpinnings of host shifts and reproductive isolation. She also investigates genetics and ecology of other insects in the Sonoran Desert, especially those that share the cacti with Drosophila and others that vector infectious disease.

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PubMed list of publications for Teri Markow
Selected Publications

 

  1. Kelleher, E.S., Swanson, W.J. and Markow, T.A. 2007. Gene duplication and adaptive radiation of digestive proteases in female reproductive tracts of Drosophila arizonae. PloS Genetics In press.

  2. Bosco, G., Campbell, P. Leiva-Neto, J., and Markow, T.A. 2007. Analysis of Drosophila species genome size and heterochromatin content reveals significant differences among strains as well as between species. Genetics, in press.

  3. Markow, T.A. and O’Grady, P.M. 2007. Drosophila biology in the genomic age. Genetics, in press.

  4. Pfeiler, E., Eerez, T., Hurtado, L. and Markow, T.A. 2007. Genetic differentiation and genetic history of Drosophila pachea from the Sonoran Desert. Hereditas, Hereditas 144(2):63-74 .

  5. Kelleher, E.S. and Markow, T.A. 2007. Reproductive tract interactions contribute to isolation in Drosophila. Fly 1: 33-37

  6. Hurtado, L.A., Frey, M., Gaube, P., Pfeiler, E. and Markow, T.A. 2007. Phylogeographical subdivision, demographic history and gene flow in two sympatric species of intertidal snails, Nerita scabricosta and N. funiculata, from the tropical eastern Pacific. Marine Biology, on line early.

  7. Machado, C.M., Matzkin, L.M., Reed, L.K., and Markow, T.A. 2007. Multilocus nuclear sequences reveal intra and interspecific relationships among chromosomally polymorphic species of cactophilic Drosophila. Molecular Ecology, 16:3009–3024. (Available here)

  8. Reed, L.K., Nyboer, M. and Markow, T.A. 2007. Evolutionary relationships of Drosophila mojavensis geographic host races and their sister species Drosophila arizonae. Molecular Ecology 16:1007-1022..

  9. Elser, J. Watts, T. Bitler, B. and Markow, T.A. 2006. Ontogenetic coupling of growth rate with RNA and P contents in five species of Drosophila. Functional Ecology, 20:846-856.

  10. Matzkin, L.M., Watts, T., Bitler, B.G., Machado, C.A. and Markow, T.A. 2006. Functional genomics of cactus host shifts in Drosophila mojavensis. Molecular Ecology 15: 4635-43.

  11. Markow, T.A., Reed, L.K. and Kelleher, E.S. 2006. Sperm fate and function in reproductive isolation in Drosophila. In: Roldan, E.S, and Gomiendo, M. Eds. Spermatology. Nottingham University Press, Nottingham.

  12. Mateos, M. Castrezana, S., Estes, A., Nankivell, B., Markow, T.A. and Moran, N. 2006. Heritable Endosymbionts of Drosophila. Genetics 174:363-376.

  13. Pfeiler, E., Bitler. B.G., Ramsey, J.M. , Palacios-Cardiel, C, and Markow, T.A. 2006. Genetic variation, population structure and phylogenetic relationships of Triatoma rubida and T. recurva (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) from the Sonoran Desert, insect vectors of the Chagas’ disease parasite. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 41:209-221.

  14. Ross, C.L. and Markow, T.A. 2006. Microsatellite variation among diverging populations of D. mojavensis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:1691-1700.

  15. Good, J.M., Ross, C.L., and Markow, T.A. 2005. Multiple Paternity in wild-caught Drosophila mojavensis. Molecular Ecology, in press.

  16. Markow, T.A. and O'Grady, P.M. 2005. Drosophila: A Guide to Species Identification and Use. 250pp. Elsevier Academic Press, London

  17. Weider, L.J., Elser, J., Crease, T.J., Mateos, M., Cotner, J.B., Markow, T.A. 2005. The functional significance of ribosomal(r)DNA variation: Impacts on the evolutionary ecology of organisms. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 136:219-242

  18. Mateos, M. and Markow, T.A. 2005. Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer (IGS) length variation across the Drosophilinae (Diptera: Drosophilidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 5:46-55

  19. Carsten, L. Watts, T. and Markow, T.A. 2005. Gene expression changes following dietary shifts in Drososphila melanogaster. Molecular Ecology 14:3203-3208.

  20. Markow, T.A . and O.Grady, P.M. 2005. Evolutionary genetics of reproductive behavior in Drosophila. Annual Review of Genetics 39:263-291

  21. Pfeiler, E., Reed, L.K., and Markow T.A. 2005. Inhibition of Alcohol Dehydrogenase after 2-Propanol Exposure in Different Geographic Races of Drosophila mojavensis: Lack of Evidence for Selection at the Adh-2 Locus. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 00:1-10.

  22. Reed, L.K. and Markow, T.A. 2004. Early events in speciation: polymorphism for hybrid male sterility in Drosophila mojavensis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101:9009-9012.

  23. Hurtado, L., Erez, T., Castrezana, S. and Markow, T.A. 2004. Contrasting population genetic patterns and evolutionary histories among sympatric Sonoran Desert cactophilic Drosophila. Molecular Ecology 13:365-1375.

  24. Pitnick, S., Miller, G.T., Schneider, K. and Markow, T.A. 2003. Ejaculate-female coevolution in Drosophila mojavensis. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 23-04-03 11:54

  25. Markow, T. A. 2002. Female remating, operational sex ratio, and the arena of sexual selection in Drosophila. Evolution 56:1725-1734

  26. Knowles, L.L. and Markow, T.A. 2001. Sexually antagonistic coevolution of a postmating-prezygotic reproductive character in Drosophila. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 98:8692-6
  27. Markow, T. A., Coppola, A., and Watts, T. 2001. How Drosophila males make eggs: it's elemental. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 268: 1527-1532

  28. Markow, T.A. 1997. Assortative fertilization in Drosophila. Proceedings National Academy of Science, 94: 7756-7760.

  29. Pitnick, S., Markow, T.A., Spicer, G. 1999. Evolution of multiple kinds of female sperm storage organs in Drosophila. Evolution, 53:1804-1822.

  30. Markow, T. A., Raphael, B., Breitmeyer, C.M., Dobberfuhl, D., Elser, J., and Pfeiler, E.J. 1999. Elemental stoichiometry of Drosophila and their hosts. Functional Ecology, 13: (1) 78-84.
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