Becker MA, Carrasco C, Kautt AF, Castañeda-Rico S, Orrock JL, Maldonado JE, and Edwards CW. (In press) 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.
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