Publications: Scott J. Steppan
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2006 Steppan, S. J., Ramirez, O., Banbury, J., Huchon, D., Pacheco, V., Walker, L, and Spotorno, A.O.. A molecular reappraisal of the systematics of the leaf-eared mice Phyllotis and their relatives. Pp. xx-xx in The quintessential naturalist: honoring the life and legacy of Oliver P. Pearson (Kelt, D. A., E. Lessa, J. A. Salazar-Bravo, and J. L. Patton, eds.).  University of California Publications in Zoology.
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in press Steppan, S.J. and Ramirez-Baca, O. Genus Phyllotis. In South American Mammals. J. L. Patton ed..
2005 Steppan, S. J., Adkins, R. M., Spinks, P. Q., and Hale, C. Multigene phylogeny of the Old World mice Murinae reveals distinct geographic lineages and the declining utility of mitochondrial genes compared to nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37:370-388.
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2004 Steppan, S. J., Seeing the Forest for the Trees. Book review of "Assembling the Tree of Life." Science. 307:677-678.
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2004 Steppan, S. J., Adkins, R. M., and Anderson, J. Phylogeny and divergence-date estimates of rapid radiations in muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear genes. Systematic Biology. 53(4):533-553.
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2004 Holliday, J. A. and Steppan, S. J. Evolution of hypercarnivory: the effect of specialization on morphological and taxonomic diversity. Paleobiology. 30: 108-128
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2004 Steppan, S. J. Phylogenetic comparative analysis of multivariate data. In Phenotypic Integration. (eds., Piggliuci, M. and Preston, K. A.). Oxford Univ. Press.
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2004 Steppan, S. J., Storz, B. L., and Hoffmann, R. S. Nuclear DNA phylogeny of the squirrels (Mammalia: Rodentia) and the evolution of arboreality from c-myc and RAG1. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30: 703-719
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2003 Steppan, S. J., Zawadzki, C., and Heaney, L. R. Molecular phylogeny of the endemic Philippine rodent Apomys (Muridae) and the dynamics of diversification in an oceanic archipelago. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 80:699-715.
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2002 Steppan, S.J., Houle, D., Phillips, P.C. Comparative quantitative genetics: evolution of the G matrix. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17:320-327.
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2002 Kuch, M. Betancourt, J., Lattore, C., Steppan, S.J., Poinar, H.N. Molecular Analysis of a 11,700-yr old rodent midden from the Atacama Desert Chile. Molecular Ecology 11: 913-924 .
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2000 Steppan, S.J. and Sullivan, J. The emerging statistical perspective in systematics and the status of Andalgalomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): a reply to Mares and Braun. Journal of Mammalogy.
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2000 Ortiz, P.E., Pardiñas, U.F.J., and Steppan, S.J. A new extinct phyllotine (Rodentia: Muridae) from the Pleistocene of Argentina and a consideration of the phylogenetic relationships of the "Reithrodon group." Journal of Mammalogy. 81(1): 37-15.
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2000 Steppan, S.J.  Flexural stiffness patterns of butterfly wings. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera.
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1999 Steppan, S.J., Hakhverdyan, M, Lyapunova, E., Vorontsov, N., Fraser, D.G., Hoffmann, R.S., and Braun, M.J. Molecular phylogeny of the marmots (Rodentia: Sciuridae): tests of evolutionary and biogeographic hypotheses. Systematic Biology.
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1998 Steppan, S. J. and Pardiñas, U. F..    Two new fossil murids from the Pleistocene of Argentina: phylogeny and paleoecology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18(3):640-649.
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1998 Steppan, S.J.   Phylogenetic relationships and species limits within Phyllotis (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): concordance between mtDNA sequence and morphology. Journal of Mammalogy. 79(2):573-593.
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1997 Steppan, S.J.    Phylogenetic analysis of phenotypic covariance structure. I. Contrasting results from matrix correlation and Common Principal Component analyses. Evolution. 51(2):571-586.
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1997 Steppan, S.J.   Phylogenetic analysis of phenotypic covariance structure. II. Reconstructing matrix evolution. Evolution. 51(2):587-594.
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1996 Steppan, S.J.   A new species of Holochilus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the middle Pleistocene of Bolivia and its phylogenetic significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 16(3):522-530.
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1995 Steppan, S.J.  ;Revision of the tribe Phyllotini (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) with a phylogenetic hypothesis for the Sigmodontinae. Fieldiana: Zoology. n.s. 80:1-112.
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1995 Ph.D. dissertation. University of Chicago. Phylogenetic relationships of the phyllotine rodents (Sigmodontinae) and the evolution of phenotypic patterns of covariation in Phyllotis.
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1993 Steppan, S.J.   Phylogenetic relationships among the Phyllotini (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) using morphological characters. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 1(3):187-213.
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1991 Steppan, S.J.    Geographic distribution of flower morphological traits in subspecies of Lotus scoparius. Journal of Biogeography. 18:321-331.
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MANUSCRIPTS

Adkins, R. M., Steppan, S. J. A molecular timescale of Old World murine evolution.
Steppan, S. J., Adkins, R. M., Burns, J. H., Zawadzki, C., and Sierra, M. Rapid diversification of the South American sigmodontine mice as revealed by multiple nuclear and mitochondrial genes. For Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Albright, J.S. V. Pacheco, U. Pardiñas, O. Ramirez, A. Spotorno, L. Walker and Steppan, S.J. Phylogeography of the sigmodontine rodent, Phyllotis xanthopygus, and a test of the sensitivity of nested clade analysis to alternative distances. For Molecular Ecology.
Cooper, W. J., and Steppan, S. J. Evolution of marsupial forelimbs is constrained by their reproductive strategy.