Becker MA, Carrasco C, Kautt AF, Castañeda-Rico S, Orrock JL, Maldonado JE, and Edwards CW. (2025) Phylogenetics of Channel Island Deer Mice Based on the Cytochrome b Gene Sheds Light on Multiple Colonization Events and Supports Current Taxonomy. Western North American Naturalist 85:293-309. doi: 10.3398/064.085.0215 pdf
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Burgin CJ, Zijlstra JS, Becker MA, Handika H, Alston JM, Widness J, Liphardt S, Huckaby DG, Upham NS. (In revision/pre-print) How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in mammalian taxonomy, nomenclature, and geography. doi: 10.1101/2025.02.27.640393
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Urrutia-Osorio MF, Jefferson TA, Morin PA, Hancock-Hanser BL, McGowen MR, Becker MA, and Archer FI. (2025) Phylogenetic Relationships among Eastern Pacific Common Dolphins (Delphinus spp.). Aquatic Mammals 51:144. doi: 10.1578/AM.51.2.2025.144 pdf
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Becker MA, Murphy KR, Archer FI, Jefferson TA, Keith-Diagne LW, Potter CW, Urrutia-Osorio MF, Ndong I, and McGowen MR. (2024) Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) mitochondrial genomes from Senegal reveal geographic structure across the North Atlantic but provide no support for global long-beaked clade. Marine Mammal Science 40:e13144. doi: 10.1111/mms.13144 pdf
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Adams NE, Becker MA, and Edmands S. (2021) Effect of geography and captivity on scat bacterial communities in the imperiled Channel Island Fox. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:748323. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.748323