Marjorie D. Matocq, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Genetics and Evolution
matomarj@isu.edu
(208) 282-3914
Room 229 Gale Life Sciences Bldg
Matocq Lab
evolutionary genetics, phylogeography, hybrid zones, mating systems
Education
B.S., 1992, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
M.S., 1996, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Ph.D., 2000, University of California, Berkeley, California
Postdoc, 2002, Smithsonian Institution
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Matocq has been Assistant Professor of Genetics and Evolution at ISU since 2002. She obtained her PhD in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at U.C. Berkeley in the laboratory of Dr. James L. Patton. Ongoing research in her laboratory focuses on elucidating processes operating at several spatial and temporal scales that generate and maintain genetic and morphological variation. Areas of focus include understanding social and mating systems, examining correlations between environmental variables and population genetic structure in a landscape genetics framework, as well as broad-scale phylogeographic patterns and phylogenetic relationships. Student projects in her lab typically focus on small mammal systems in western North American especially members of the genus Neotoma. Dr. Matocq resides in Pocatello with her husband and son.
Teaching
BIOL 358, Genetics
BIOL 499/599, Molecular Ecology
BIOL 692, Topics in Molecular Ecology
BIOL 491, Senior Seminar
Publications
(selected publications)
Matocq, M.D. and P.J. Murphy. Fine-scale phenotypic change across a species transition zone in the genus Neotoma: disentangling independent evolution from phylogenetic history. In review
Matocq, M.D., Q.R. Shurtliff, and C.R. Feldman. Phylogenetics of the woodrat genus Neotoma (Rodentia: Muridae): implications for the evolution of phenotypic variation in male external genitalia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press
Spear, S.S., C.R. Peterson, M.D. Matocq, and A. Storfer. 2006. Molecular evidence for historical and recent population size reductions of tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) in Yellowstone National Park. Conservation Genetics 7: 605-611.
Spear, S.S., C.R. Peterson, M.D. Matocq, and A. Storfer. 2005. Landscape genetics of the blotched tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictium). Molecular Ecology 14: 2553-2564.
Matocq, M.D. 2004. Reproductive success and effective population size in woodrats (Neotoma macrotis). Molecular Ecology 13: 1635-1642.
Matocq, M.D. and E.A. Lacey. 2004. Philopatry, kin clusters, and genetic relatedness in a population of woodrats (Neotoma macrotis). Behavioral Ecology 15: 647-653.
Matocq, M.D. 2002. Phylogeographical and regional history of the dusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes . Molecular Ecology 11: 229-242.
Matocq, M.D. 2002. Morphological and molecular analysis of a contact zone in the Neotoma fuscipes species complex. Journal of Mammalogy 83: 866-883.
Matocq, M.D. 2001. Characterization of microsatellite loci in the dusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes. Molecular Ecology Notes 1: 194-196.
Matocq, M.D. and F.X. Villablanca. 2001. genetic diversity in an endangered species: recent or historic pattern? Biological Conservation 98: 61-68.
Matocq, M.D., M.N.F. da Silva, and J.L. Patton. 2000. Population genetic structure of two ecologically distinct Amazonian spiny rats: separating history and current ecology. Evolution 54: 1423-1432
Smith, F.A., M.D. Matocq, K.F. Melendez, A.M. Ditto, and P. Kelly. 2000. How isolated are Pleistocene refugia? Results from a study on a relict woodrat population from the Mojave Desert, California. Journal of Biogeography 27: 483-500.
Lacey , E., J. Maldonado, J. Clabaugh, and M.D. Matocq. 1999. Microsatellites isolated from tuco-tucos (Ctenomys sp.). Molecular Ecology 8: 1754-1756.
Randall, J.A. and M.D. Matocq. 1997. Why do kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spectabilis) footdrum at snakes? Behavioral Ecology 8: 404-413.
Garcia-Moreno, J., M.D. Matocq, M. Roy, E. Geffen, and R.K. Wayne. 1996. Relationships and genetic purity of the endangered Mexican Wolf based on analysis of microsatellite loci. Conservation Biology 10: 376-389.