Collins, Timothy

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Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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collinst@fiu.edu

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Evolutionary biologist, bioinformatics

selected publications

Article
- 2021
  
  Provenance and genetic diversity of the non-native geckos Phelsuma grandis Gray 1870 and Gekko gecko (Linnaeus 1758) in southern Florida, USA. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02463-1 Web of Science: 000614684500001
- 2019
  
  Closing the Achievement Gap in a Large Introductory Course by Balancing Reduced In-Person Contact with Increased Course Structure. CBE-LIFE SCIENCES EDUCATION. 18.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1187/cbe.18-08-0153 Web of Science: 000465386400013
- 2019
  
  A novel and enigmatic two-holed shell aperture in a new species of suspension-feeding worm-snail (Vermetidae). PEERJ. 7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6569 Web of Science: 000460030200016
- 2019
  
  Multiple Facets of Marine Invertebrate Conservation Genomics. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANIMAL BIOSCIENCES, VOL 7. 7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1146/annurev-animal-020518-115034 Web of Science: 000460206800022
- 2017
  
  A family-level Tree of Life for bivalves based on a Sanger-sequencing approach. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 107:191-208.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.11.003 PMID: 27840226 Web of Science: 000394200500018
- 2017
  
  A new species of Novastoa Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vermetidae) from coral reefs of the Pacific Ocean. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY. 323:1-11.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.323 Web of Science: 000402414900001
- 2017
  
  Non-native molluscan colonizers on deliberately placed shipwrecks in the Florida Keys, with description of a new species of potentially invasive worm-snail (Gastropoda: Vermetidae). PEERJ. 5.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3158 PMID: 28392984 Web of Science: 000398662500004
- 2017
  
  Worm-snail Ships Out! Lack of Mobility No Obstacle to Travel. NATURAL HISTORY. 125:10-13.
  Web of Science: 000401890000003
- 2015
  
  A phylogenetic backbone for Bivalvia: an RNA-seq approach. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 282.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2332 PMID: 25589608 Web of Science: 000350077000002
- 2014
  
  DECONSTRUCTING DENDROPOMA: A SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF A WORLD-WIDE WORM-SNAIL GROUP, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW GENERA (CAENOGASTROPODA: VERMETIDAE). MALACOLOGIA. 57:1-97.
  Web of Science: 000338092300001
- 2014
  
  Genetic Evidence for Multiple Sources of the Non-Native Fish Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Gunther; Mayan Cichlids) in Southern Florida. PLOS ONE. 9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104173 PMID: 25184569 Web of Science: 000341257700009
- 2014
  
  Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life - an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS. 28:32-115.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/IS13010 Web of Science: 000333043200003
- 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
- 2013
  
  Isolation and characterization of 18 novel polymorphic microsatellite markers from the Mayan cichlid (Cichlasoma urophthalmus). CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES. 5:703-705.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-9886-8 Web of Science: 000322619900025
- 2012
  
  GALAPAGOS AND COCOS ISLANDS: GEOGRAPHICALLY CLOSE, BOTANICALLY DISTANT. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES. 173:36-53.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/662657 Web of Science: 000299022300005
- 2012
  
  Phylogenetic analysis of four nuclear protein-encoding genes largely corroborates the traditional classification of Bivalvia (Mollusca). MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 65:64-74.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.025 PMID: 22659514 Web of Science: 000308061000007
- 2011
  
  Imported Asian swamp eels (Synbranchidae: Monopterus) in North American live food markets: Potential vectors of non-native parasites. AQUATIC INVASIONS. 6:69-76.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3391/ai.2011.1.08 Web of Science: 000290839600008
- 2010
  
  Are mangroves in the tropical Atlantic ripe for invasion? Exotic mangrove trees in the forests of South Florida. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS. 12:2509-2522.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9660-8 Web of Science: 000279682800013
- 2010
  
  Sessile snails, dynamic genomes: gene rearrangements within the mitochondrial genome of a family of caenogastropod molluscs. BMC GENOMICS. 11.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-440 PMID: 20642828 Web of Science: 000282787100004
- 2008
  
  The role of internal node sequences and the molecular clock in the analysis of serially-sampled data
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1504/IJBRA.2008.017167
- 2007
  
  HIV-1 infection of monocytes is directly related to the success of HAART. VIROLOGY. 369:35-46.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.07.010 PMID: 17707072 Web of Science: 000251022200004
- 2007
  
  Molecular systematics of Serrasalmidae: Deciphering the identities of piranha species and unraveling their evolutionary histories. ZOOTAXA. 1-38.
  Web of Science: 000246783400001
- 2007
  
  The identity, distribution, and impacts of non-native apple snails in the continental United States. BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY. 7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-97 PMID: 17594487 Web of Science: 000248125700001
- 2006
  
  Reconstructing ancestor-descendant lineages from serially-sampled data: A comparison study. COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE - ICCS 2006, PT 2, PROCEEDINGS. 3992:807-814.
  Web of Science: 000238389400108
- 2005
  
  Phylogeny of sea hares in the Aplysia clade based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE. 76.
  Web of Science: 000229573700007
- 2003
  
  Changing identities: tRNA duplication and remolding within animal mitochondrial genomes. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 100.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2535036100 Web of Science: 000187554600075
- 2002
  
  Genetic diversity in a morphologically conservative invasive taxon: Multiple introductions of swamp eels to the Southeastern United States. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. 16.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.01182.x Web of Science: 000177199500019
- 2002
  
  Fragmentary taxa, missing data, and ambiguity: mistaken assumptions and conclusions.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10635150252899824
- 2001
  
  Phylogenetic and ontogenetic influences on the distribution of anthocyanins and betacyanins in leaves of tropical plants. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES. 162.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/321926 Web of Science: 000170186500013
- 2001
  
  The use of tat and env sequences from human immunodeficiency virus 1 in phylogenetic epidemiological studies. ELECTROPHORESIS. 22.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(200102)22:3<438::AID-ELPS438>3.0.CO;2-0 Web of Science: 000167362400011
- 2001
  
  mtDNA ribosomal gene phylogeny of sea hares in the genus Aplysia (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Anaspidea): Implications for comparative neurobiology. SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY. 50.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/106351501753328802 Web of Science: 000172149600005
- 1996
  
  Evolutionary History of Northern Hemisphere Nucella (Gastropoda, Muricidae): Molecular, Morphological, Ecological, and Paleontological Evidence
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/2410698
- 1996
  
  Associations between physical isolation and geographical variation within three species of Neotropical birds
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00289.x
- 1996
  
  Evolutionary history of northern hemisphere Nucella (Gastropoda, Muricidae): Molecular, morphological, ecological, and paleontological evidence
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03617.x
- 1995
  
  Deducing the pattern of arthropod phytogeny from mitochondrial DNA rearrangements
- 1995
  
  Hydrophobicity and phylogeny
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/373565b0
- 1994
  
  Compositional Bias, Character-State Bias, and Character-State Reconstruction Using Parsimony
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/43.4.482
- 1994
  
  Compositional effects and weighting of nucleotide sequences for phylogenetic analysis
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/43.3.449
Book Chapter
- 1998
  
  Beyond area relationships: Extinction and recolonization in molecular marine biogeography. 297-321.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8948-3_16
Editorial Material
- 2005
  
  Choosing the best genes for the job: The case for stationary genes in genome-scale phylogenetics. SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY. 493-500.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10635150590947339 PMID: 16012114 Web of Science: 000230302500012
Letter
- 2001
  
  A major mitochondrial gene rearrangement among closely related species. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003949 Web of Science: 000170275500022
Other Scholarly Work
- 2017
  
  Corrigendum to: Advancing genomics through the Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA) (Invertebrate Systematics (2017) 31: 1 (1-7) DOI: 10.1071/IS16059). 231.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/IS16059_CO
Review
- 2017
  
  Advancing genomics through the Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA). 1-7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/IS16059
2020

Negative impacts of invasive predators used as biological control agents against the pest snail Lissachatina fulica: the snail Euglandina 'rosea' and the flatworm Platydemus manokwari. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS.
Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02436-w Web of Science: 000600269900001

chaired theses and dissertations

research interests

Systematics and molecular evolution

principal investigator on

The distribution of the New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari in Florida, and the potential impact of this nonnative species on Florida's residents and native species awarded by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2017 - 2018
Collaborative Research: REVSYS: Worm-Snails Revised (Mollusca: Gastropoda). awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2015
Collaborative Research: Phylogeny on the Half-Shell -- Assembling the Bivalve Tree of Life awarded by National Science Foundation 2007 - 2014
Host Bivalve AToL meeting in Miami awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2012
Parasites of Native and Non-Native Apple Sanils in Florida. awarded by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 2008 - 2009
Determining the Native Region of the Lobate Lac Scale: A Cooperative Agreement. awarded by U.S. Department of Agriculture 2008
Population strucuture of the native apple snail, Pomacea Paludosa, a key indicator species in Florid s aquatic ecosystems: Historical strucuture and anthropogenic effects awarded by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2005 - 2008

co-principal investigator on

TCI-Chesney Graduate Assistant Support awarded by Bruce Chesney 2018 - 2020

teaching activities

BSC3941-U14: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
BSC5935-U01: Topics In Biology Fall Term 2019
BSC6913-U08: Student Research Lab Fall Term 2019
BSC6913-U08: Student Research Lab Spring Term 2019
PCB4674-RVC: Evolution Fall Term 2019

full name

Timothy Collins

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5720-271X (confirmed)

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