Richard Taylor Highton, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
Zoology University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD 

25 high-probability publications. We are testing a new system for linking publications to authors. You can help! If you notice any inaccuracies, please sign in and mark papers as correct or incorrect matches. If you identify any major omissions or other inaccuracies in the publication list, please let us know.

Year Citation  Score
2018 Kuchta SR, Brown AD, Highton R. Disintegrating over space and time: Paraphyly and species delimitation in the Wehrle's Salamander complex Zoologica Scripta. 47: 285-299. DOI: 10.1111/Zsc.12281  0.33
2016 Kuchta SR, Brown AD, Converse PE, Highton R. Multilocus Phylogeography and Species Delimitation in the Cumberland Plateau Salamander, Plethodon kentucki: Incongruence among Data Sets and Methods. Plos One. 11: e0150022. PMID 26974148 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0150022  0.478
2015 Kuchta SR, Haughey M, Wynn AH, Jacobs JF, Highton R. Ancient river systems and phylogeographical structure in the spring salamander, Gyrinophilus porphyriticus Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/Jbi.12668  0.386
2014 Highton R. Detecting cryptic species in phylogeographic studies: speciation in the California Slender Salamander, Batrachoseps attenuatus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 71: 127-41. PMID 24269595 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2013.11.002  0.475
2012 Highton R, Hastings AP, Palmer C, Watts R, Hass CA, Culver M, Arnold SJ. Concurrent speciation in the eastern woodland salamanders (Genus Plethodon): DNA sequences of the complete albumin nuclear and partial mitochondrial 12s genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63: 278-90. PMID 22230029 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2011.12.018  0.62
2004 Sites JW, Morando M, Highton R, Huber F, Jung RE. Phylogenetic relationships of the endangered Shenandoah Salamander (Plethodon shenandoah) and other salamanders of the Plethodon cinereus group (Caudata: Plethodontidae) Journal of Herpetology. 38: 96-105. DOI: 10.1670/4-03A  0.387
2003 Crother BI, Boundy J, Campbell JA, De Quieroz K, Frost D, Green DM, Highton R, Iverson JB, McDiarmid RW, Meylan PA, Reeder TW, Seidel ME, Sites JW, Tilley SG, Wake DB. Scientific and standard english names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico: Update Herpetological Review. 34: 196-203.  0.437
2002 Highton R, Hedges SB, Hass CA, Dowling HG. Snake relationships revealed by slowly-evolving proteins: Further analysis and a reply Herpetologica. 58: 270-275. DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0270:Srrbsp]2.0.Co;2  0.355
1999 Highton R. Geographic protein variation and speciation in the salamanders of the Plethodon cinereus group with the description of two new species Herpetologica. 55: 43-90.  0.326
1996 Dowling HG, Hass CA, Hedges SB, Highton R. Snake relationships revealed by slow-evolving proteins: A preliminary survey Journal of Zoology. 240: 1-28. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.1996.Tb05482.X  0.455
1995 Highton R, Hedges SB. Geographic Protein Variation in Pseudacris brimleyi (Anura: Hylidae): Analysis by Sequential Electrophoresis Journal of Herpetology. 29: 419-425. DOI: 10.2307/1564993  0.328
1993 Highton R. The relationship between the number of loci and the statistical support for the topology of UPGMA trees obtained from genetic distance data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2: 337-43. PMID 8049782 DOI: 10.1006/Mpev.1993.1033  0.35
1992 Hass CA, Highton R, Maxson LR. Relationships among the Eastern Plethodon: Evidence from Immunology Journal of Herpetology. 26: 137. DOI: 10.2307/1564853  0.406
1991 Highton R. Molecular phylogeny of plethodonine salamanders and hylid frogs: statistical analysis of protein comparisons. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 8: 796-818. PMID 1775066 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Molbev.A040691  0.422
1990 Frost DR, Hillis DM, Cole CJ, Echelle AA, Highton R, Smith HM. A controversy in species concepts Herpetologica. 46: 86-124.  0.303
1981 Larson A, Wake DB, Maxson LR, Highton R. A MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE ORIGINS OF MORPHOLOGICAL NOVELTIES IN THE SALAMANDERS OF THE TRIBE PLETHODONTINI (AMPHIBIA, PLETHODONTIDAE). Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 35: 405-422. PMID 28563578 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1981.Tb04902.X  0.556
1980 Pope MH, Highton R. Geographic genetic variation in the Sacramento mountain salamander, Aneides hardii. Journal of Herpetology. 14: 343-346. DOI: 10.2307/1563688  0.329
1979 Highton R, Larson A. The Genetic Relationships of the Salamanders of the Genus Plethodon Systematic Biology. 28: 579-599. DOI: 10.2307/Sysbio/28.4.579  0.428
1979 Maxson LR, Highton R, Wake DB. Albumin Evolution and Its Phylogenetic Implications in the Plethodontid Salamander Genera Plethodon and Ensatina Copeia. 1979: 502. DOI: 10.2307/1443230  0.547
1978 Tiixey SG, Merritt RB, Wu B, Highton R. GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION IN SALAMANDERS OF THE DESMOGNATHUS OCHROPHAEUS COMPLEX (PLETHODONTIDAE). Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 32: 93-115. PMID 28564095 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1978.Tb01101.X  0.463
1968 Williams EE, Highton R, Cooper DM. BREAKDOWN OF POLYMORPHISM OF THE RED-BACKED SALAMANDER ON LONG ISLAND. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 22: 76-86. PMID 28564986 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1968.Tb03451.X  0.301
1967 Highton R, Worthington RD. A New Salamander of the Genus Plethodon from Virginia Copeia. 1967: 617. DOI: 10.2307/1442241  0.373
1965 Highton R. Bibliography: Amphibians and Reptiles Bioscience. 15: 442-442. DOI: 10.2307/1293471  0.347
1961 Highton R. A New Genus of Lungless Salamander from the Coastal Plain of Alabama Copeia. 1961: 65. DOI: 10.2307/1440175  0.306
1956 Highton R. The Life History of the Slimy Salamander, Plethodon glutinosus, in Florida Copeia. 1956: 75. DOI: 10.2307/1440417  0.331
Show low-probability matches.