Bracken-Grissom, Heather

Heather Bracken-Grissom
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Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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hbracken@fiu.edu

selected publications

Article
- 2019
  
  Comparative mitogenomics of the Decapoda reveals evolutionary heterogeneity in architecture and composition. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47145-0 Web of Science: 000476874600054
- 2018
  
  DECAPOD DIVERSITY ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP-SEA OCTOCORALS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. CRUSTACEANA. 91.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/15685403-00003829 Web of Science: 000443699000010
- 2017
  
  Phylogenetic evidence from freshwater crayfishes that cave adaptation is not an evolutionary dead-end. EVOLUTION. 71:2522-2532.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/evo.13326 PMID: 28804900 Web of Science: 000412834700018
- 2017
  
  The role of isolation on contrasting phylogeographic patterns in two cave crustaceans. BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY. 17.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-1094-9 PMID: 29216829 Web of Science: 000417601800002
- 2016
  
  Life in the Underworld: Anchialine cave biology in the era of speleogenomics. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPELEOLOGY. 45:149-170.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.45.2.1954 Web of Science: 000383778600005
- 2016
  
  Phylogeny of Stenopodidea (Crustacea : Decapoda) shrimps inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes reveals non-monophyly of the families Spongicolidae and Stenopididae and most of their composite genera. INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS. 30:479-490.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/IS16024 Web of Science: 000387249500004
- 2016
  
  The Origin of Large-Bodied Shrimp that Dominate Modern Global Aquaculture. PLOS ONE. 11.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158840 PMID: 27415002 Web of Science: 000379579500043
- 2015
  
  A synthetic phylogeny of freshwater crayfish: insights for conservation. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 370.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0009 PMID: 25561670 Web of Science: 000347312400008
- 2015
  
  Phylogenetic and transcriptomic analyses reveal the evolution of bioluminescence and light detection in marine deep-sea shrimps of the family Oplophoridae (Crustacea: Decapoda). MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 83:278-292.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.013 PMID: 25482362 Web of Science: 000350008400025
- 2015
  
  THE FOREST FOR THE TREES: EVALUATING MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HIGHER-LEVEL DECAPODA. JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY. 35:577-592.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/1937240X-00002371 Web of Science: 000361166600001
- 2014
  
  Molecular phylogenetics of American snapping shrimps allied to Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae). ZOOTAXA. 3895:492-502.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.4.2 PMID: 25543583 Web of Science: 000346899000002
- 2014
  
  ON STABILISING THE NAMES OF THE INFRAORDERS OF THALASSINIDEAN SHRIMPS, AXIIDEA DE SAINT LAURENT, 1979 AND GEBIIDEA DE SAINT LAURENT, 1979 (DECAPODA). CRUSTACEANA. 87:1258-1272.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/15685403-00003354 Web of Science: 000342332200008
- 2014
  
  Provisional revision of American snapping shrimp allied to Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) with notes on A. floridanus africanus. ZOOTAXA. 3895:451-491.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.4.1 PMID: 25543582 Web of Science: 000346899000001
- 2014
  
  Seaweeds and Decapod Crustaceans on Gulf Deep Banks after the Macondo Oil Spill. BIOSCIENCE. 64:808-819.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu119 Web of Science: 000341124000008
- 2014
  
  The Emergence of Lobsters: Phylogenetic Relationships, Morphological Evolution and Divergence Time Comparisons of an Ancient Group (Decapoda: Achelata, Astacidea, Glypheidea, Polychelida). SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY. 63:457-479.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syu008 PMID: 24562813 Web of Science: 000338133300001
- 2014
  
  The Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA): Developing Community Resources to Study Diverse Invertebrate Genomes. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY. 105:1-18.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jhered/est084 Web of Science: 000328427800001
- 2014
  
  Using phylogenetically-informed annotation (PIA) to search for light-interacting genes in transcriptomes from non-model organisms. BMC BIOINFORMATICS. 15.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s12859-014-0350-x PMID: 25407802 Web of Science: 000347428200001
- 2013
  
  A comprehensive and integrative reconstruction of evolutionary history for Anomura (Crustacea: Decapoda). BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY. 13.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-128 PMID: 23786343 Web of Science: 000321580600001
- 2012
  
  Phylogenetics links monster larva to deep-sea shrimp. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 2:2367-2373.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.347 PMID: 23145324 Web of Science: 000312451300001
Letter
- 2018
  
  New NSF policy will stifle innovation. SCIENCE.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.aav4793 Web of Science: 000447680100033
Meeting Abstract
- 2018
  
  Transcriptomic and epigenetic insights into the evolution of vision loss in cave-dweling crustaceans. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E175-E175.
  Web of Science: 000429309602217

chaired theses and dissertations

Timm, Laura, Evolutionary and Population Dynamics of Crustaceans in the Gulf of Mexico 2018

principal investigator on

Collaborative Research: The evolution of bioluminescence and light detection in deep-sea shrimp (Oplophoridae and Sergestidae) awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2020
Training workshop on genomic methods and analysis for early-career invertebrate systematists awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2019
DISSERTATION RESEARCH:Phylogenetic, transcriptomic, and epigenetic analyses of vision and chemoreception in cave adapted crustaceans awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2019
DEEPEND: Deep-Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico awarded by Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative 2015 - 2018
Evolution in the underworld: Molecular insights from subterranean waters. awarded by Cave Research Foundation 2016 - 2017
Bioluminescence and Vision in the Deep-sea Benthos II awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2015 - 2017
Stress Response of Decapod Crustaceans to BP Oil Spill awarded by Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative 2012 - 2015

teaching activities

BSC3941-B52: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
BSC6913-B52: Student Research Lab Fall Term 2019
BSC6913-B52: Student Research Lab Spring Term 2019
PCB3063-B51: Genetics Spring Term 2019

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Heather Bracken-Grissom

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publication subject areas

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics & Heredity
Geology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Zoology

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