Collins, Timothy
- Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education
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Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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2021Provenance 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
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2019Closing 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
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2019A 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
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2019Multiple 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
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2017A family-level Tree of Life for bivalves based on a Sanger-sequencing approach. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 107:191-208.
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2017A 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
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2017Worm-snail Ships Out! Lack of Mobility No Obstacle to Travel. NATURAL HISTORY. 125:10-13.Web of Science: 000401890000003
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2015A phylogenetic backbone for Bivalvia: an RNA-seq approach. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 282.
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2014DECONSTRUCTING 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
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2014Investigating 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
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2014The 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
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2013Isolation 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
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2012GALAPAGOS 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
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2012Phylogenetic analysis of four nuclear protein-encoding genes largely corroborates the traditional classification of Bivalvia (Mollusca). MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 65:64-74.
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2011Imported 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
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2010Are 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
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2007The identity, distribution, and impacts of non-native apple snails in the continental United States. BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY. 7.
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2006Reconstructing ancestor-descendant lineages from serially-sampled data: A comparison study. COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE - ICCS 2006, PT 2, PROCEEDINGS. 3992:807-814.Web of Science: 000238389400108
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2005Phylogeny of sea hares in the Aplysia clade based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE. 76.Web of Science: 000229573700007
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2003Changing 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
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2002Genetic 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
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2001Phylogenetic 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
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2001The 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
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2001mtDNA 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
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Editorial Material
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2005Choosing the best genes for the job: The case for stationary genes in genome-scale phylogenetics. SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY. 493-500.
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Letter
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2001A 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
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Other Scholarly Work
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2017Advancing genomics through the Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA). 1-7.Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/IS16059
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2020Negative 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
- Chang, Richard Y, Intraspecific Relationships in Paracalanus quasimodo [Calinoideae] and Temora turbinata [Calinoideae] along the Southeastern Coast of the United States 2013
- Freeman, Barbara L., Genetic diversity and population structure of non-indigenous burmese pythons (Python Molurus Bivittatus) in Everglades National Park, Florida 2008
Research
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
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
Contact
full name
- Timothy Collins
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publication subject areas
- Agriculture
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Biodiversity & Conservation
- Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
- Education & Educational Research
- Environmental Sciences & Ecology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Genetics & Heredity
- Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
- Marine & Freshwater Biology
- Plant Sciences
- Science & Technology - Other Topics
- Virology
- Zoology