Rachel Lockridge Mueller

Assistant Professor

Department of Biology

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO 80523

rlm@colostate.edu

(970) 491-6717

Ebert, A. M., McAnelly, C. A., Srinivasan, A., Mueller, R. L., Garrity, D. B., Garrity, D. M. 2008. The calcium channel B2 (CACNB2) subunit repertoire in teleosts. BMC Molecular Biology 9:38. pdf

Mueller, R. L., Gregory, T. R., Gregory, S. M., Hsieh, A., Boore, J. L. 2008. Genome size, cell size, and the evolution of enucleated red blood cells in attenuate salamanders. Zoology 111: 218-230. pdf

Hurley, I. A.,* Mueller, R. L.,* Dunn, K. A.,* Schmidt, E. J., Friedman, M., Ho, R. K., Prince, V. E., Yang, Z., Thomas, M. G., Coates, M. I. 2007. A new time-scale for ray-finned fish evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274:  489-498. *authors contributed equally pdf

Mueller, R. L. 2006. Evolutionary rates, divergence dates, and the performance of mitochondrial genes in Bayesian phylogenetic analysis. Systematic Biology 55(2): 289-300 (Winner of 2006 Systematic Biology Publisher's Award). pdf

Mueller, R. L. and Boore, J. L. 2005. Molecular mechanisms of extensive mitochondrial gene rearrangement in plethodontid salamanders. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22(10): 2104-2112.  pdf

Bonnet, R. M., Mueller, R. L., Wake, D. B. 2005. Why should reacquisition of larval stages by desmognathine salamanders surprise us? Herpetological Review 36(2): 112-113. pdf

Mueller, R. L., Macey, J. R., Jaekel, M., Wake, D. B., Boore, J. L. 2004. Morphological homoplasy, life history evolution, and historical biogeography of plethodontid salamanders inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101(38): 13820-13825. pdf

Tsai, T., Fulton, L., Mueller, R. L., Smith, B. J., Gonzalez, G., O’Brien, J. M. 2004. Rapid identification of germline mutations in retinoblastoma by protein truncation testing. Archives of Ophthalmology 122: 239-248. pdf

Mueller, R. L. 2000. Who needs a nucleus?  Red blood cells in the genus Batrachoseps.  American Zoologist 40(6): 1142.

Autumn, K., Jindrich, D., DeNardo, D., Mueller, R. 1999. Locomotor performance at low temperature and the evolution of nocturnality in geckos.  Evolution 53(2): 580-599. pdf

Murray, T. G., Cicciarelli, N., O'Brien, J. M., Hernandez, E., Mueller, R. L., Smith, B. J., Feuer, W. 1997. Subconjunctival carboplatin therapy and cryotherapy in the treatment of transgenic murine retinoblastoma.  Archives of Ophthalmology 115(10): 1286-1290.

Mueller, R. L., Gordon, K. B., Smith, B. J., O'Brien, J. M. 1997. Genetic markers for second tumor susceptibility in retinoblastoma.  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 38(4): S795.