Publications of Paul A. Fuerst

Publications:  from most recent to earliest.                                                                                 [Publications from the lab that did have PAF as a co-author are presented on an additional page.]

130. Kelly, D. J., P.A. Fuerst, A.L. Richards. 2017. The Historical Case for and the Future Study of Antibiotic Resistant Scrub Typhus. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2017, 2, 63; doi:10.3390/tropicalmed2040063

129. Fuerst, P.A., Booton, G.C., Crary, M. 2015. Phylogenetic Analysis and the Evolution of the 18S rRNA Gene Typing System of Acanthamoeba. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 62: 69-84. doi: 10.1111/jeu.12186

128. Lares-Jiménez, L.F., G.C. Booton, F. Lares-Villa, C.A. Velázquez-Contreras, and P.A. Fuerst. 2014. Genetic analysis among environmental strains of Balamuthia mandrillaris recovered from an artificial lagoon and from soil in Sonora, Mexico. Experimental Parasitology 145: S57-S61; doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2014.07.007

127. Fuerst, P.A. 2014. Insights from the DNA databases: Approaches to the phylogenetic structure of Acanthamoeba. Experimental Parasitology 145: S39-S45; doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2014.06.020.

126. Fitak,R.R., D.J. Kelly, M.K. Daniels, J. Jiang, A.L. Richards, and P.A. Fuerst. 2014. The prevalence of rickettsial and ehrlichial organisms in Amblyomma americanum ticks collected from Ohio and surrounding areas between 2000 and 2010. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 5: 797–800. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.06.005

125. Sovic, M.G., L.S. Kubatko, and P.A. Fuerst. 2014. The effects of locus number, genetic divergence, and genotyping error on the utility of dominant markers for hybrid identification. Ecology and Evolution 4: 462-473. PMCID: PMC3936392

124. Mwanja, W.W., Fuerst, P.A. and Kaufman, L. 2012. Reduction of the “ngege”, Oreochromis esculentus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) populations, and resultant population genetic status in the Lake Victoria Region. Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2012, 13 (2): 65-82

123. Sovic, M.G., J.C. Denlinger, and P.A. Fuerst. 2012. The Use of Fluorescent RAPD (FRAPD) Markers to Identify Hybrids: A Case Study Evaluating the Origins of Saugeye Following the Cessation of Stocking in an Ohio Reservoir. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32: 671-678. doi: 10.1080/02755947.2012.685141

122. Hanson, E., J.L. Maybruck, J. Ballantyne, and P.A. Fuerst. 2012. Performance Evaluation and Optimization of Multiplex PCR Reactions for the Highly Discriminating OSU 10-locus Set Y-STRs. Journal of Forensic Sciences 57: 52-59. PMID: 21939439

121. M.E. Balcells, R. Rabagliati, P. García, H. Poggi, D. Oddó, M. Concha, K. Abarca, D.J.Kelly, A.L. Richards and P.A. Fuerst. 2011. First occurrence of endemic scrub typhus in South America, a case in Chile. Emerging Infectious Diseases 17: 1659-1663. PMID: 21888791

120. Kent, M., S.R. Platt, R.R. Rech, J.S. Eagleson, E.W. Howerth, M. Shoff, P.A. Fuerst, G. Booton, G.S. Visvesvara and S.J. Schatzberg. 2011. A multi-systemic infection with an Acanthamoeba species in a dog. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 238: 1476-1481. PMID: 21627512.

119. Mwanja, W.W., S. Sekirandal, L. Kaufman and P.A. Fuerst. 2010. Comparison of the genetic and ecological diversity of the native to the introduced tilapiines (Pisces: Cichlidae), and their population structures in Lake Victoria region, East Africa. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 13: 442-450. DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2010.527268

118. Visvesvara, G.S., M.E. Shoff, R. Sriram, G.C. Booton, P.A. Fuerst, C.S. Hanley and M.M. Garner. 2010. Isolation, Morphologic, Serologic and Molecular Identification of Acanthamoeba T4 Genotype from the Liver of a Temminck’s Tragopan (Tragopan temminckii). Veterinary Parasitology 170:197-200. PMID: 20347228.

117. Carmichael, J.R. D.J. Kelly, G.C. Booton and P.A. Fuerst. 2010. Molecular Detection of Rickettsia bellii, Rickettsia montanensis, and Rickettsia rickettsii in a Dermacentor variabilis Tick from Nature. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 10: 111-115. PMID: 19485770.

116. Tu, E.Y., C.E. Joslin, PhD, M.E. Shoff, J.A. Lee, P.A. Fuerst. 2009. Sequential Corneal Infection with Two Genotypically Distinct Acanthamoebae Associated with Renewed Contact Lens Wear. EYE 24: 1119-1121. PMID: 19942941

1 115. Maybruck, J.L. Kahn and P.A. Fuerst. 2009. A comparative analysis of two different sets of Y-Chromosome Short Tandem Repeats (Y-STRs) on a Common Population Panel. Forensic Science International: Genetics 4: 11-20. PMID: 19948329

114. Booton, G.C., C.E. Joslin, M. Shoff, E.Y. Tu, D.J. Kelly, and P.A. Fuerst. 2009. Genotypic Identification of Acanthamoeba sp. Isolates Associated with an Outbreak of Acanthamoeba keratitis. Cornea 28: 673-676. PMID: 19512903

113. Kelly, D. J., P.A. Fuerst, W-M. Ching, A.L. Richards. 2009. Scrub typhus: the geographic distribution of phenotypic and genotypic variants of Orientia tsutsugamushi. Clinical Infectious Diseases 48, Supplement 3, S203-S230. PMID: 19220144

112. Krieger J. and P.A. Fuerst. 2008. Molecular markers and the study of phylogeny and genetic diversity in North American sturgeons and paddlefish. Chapter 4, pages 63-83, in: R. Carmona, A. Domezain, M. García-Gallego, J.A Hernando, F. Rodríguez and M. Ruiz-Rejón (Eds.), Biology, Conservation, and Sustainable Development of Sturgeons, Springer Verlag.

111. R. Sriram, M. Shoff, G. Booton, P. Fuerst and G.S. Visvesvara. 2008. Survival of Acanthamoeba cysts after desiccation for more than 20 years. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46:4045-4048. PMID: 18923013

110. Tu E.Y., C.E. Joslin, J. Sugar, G.C. Booton, M.E. Shoff and P.A. Fuerst. 2008. The relative value of confocal microscopy and superficial corneal scrapings in the diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis. Cornea 27: 764-772. PMID: 18650660

109. Mwanja, W.W., G.C. Booton, L. Kaufman and P.A. Fuerst. 2008. A Profile of the Introduced Oreochromis niloticus (Pisces: Teleostei) Population in the Lake Victoria Region in relation to its putative origin from Lakes Edward and Albert (Uganda – E. Africa) based on Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA analysis. African Journal of Biotechnology 7: 1769-1773.

108. Shoff, M.E., C.E. Joslin, E.Y. Tu, L. Kubatko and P.A. Fuerst. 2008. Efficacy of Contact Lens Systems Against Recent Clinical and Tap Water Acanthamoeba Isolates. Cornea 27: 713-719. PMID: 18580265

107. Krieger J., A.K. Hett, P.A. Fuerst, E. Artyukhin and A. Ludwig. 2008. The Molecular Phylogeny of the Order Acipenseriformes Revisited. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 24 (Suppl 1): 36-45.

106. Loftis, A.D., T. R. Mixson, E. Y. Stromdahl, M. J. Yabsley, L. E. Garrison, P. C. Williamson, R. R. Fitak, P. A. Fuerst, and K. B. Blount. 2008. Geographic distribution and genetic diversity of the Ehrlichia sp. from Panola Mountain in Amblyomma americanum. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8: 54 (7 pages). PMID: 18433500

105. Visvesvara, G.S., G.C. Booton, D.J. Kelley, P.A. Fuerst, R. Sriram, A. Finkelstein, M.M. Garner. 2007. In vitro culture, serologic and molecular analysis of Acanthamoeba isolated from the liver of a keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus). Veterinary Parasitology 143: 74–78 PMID: 16962705

104. Joslin, C.E., E.Y. Tu, M.E. Shoff, G.C. Booton, P.A. Fuerst, T.T. McMahon, R.J. Anderson, M.S. Dworkin, J. Sugar, F.G. Davis and L.T. Stayner. 2007. The association of contact lens solution use and Acanthamoeba keratitis. American Journal of Ophthalmology 144: 169-180. PMID: 17588524

103. Kinde, H., D.H. Read, B.M. Daft, M. Manzer, R.W. Nordhausen, D.J. Kelly, P.A. Fuerst, G. Booton and G.S. Visvesvara. 2007. Infections Caused by Pathogenic Free-living Amebas (Balamuthia mandrillaris and Acanthamoeba Sp.) in Horses. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 19: 317-322. PMID: 17459867

102. McKellar, M.S., L.R. Mehta, J.E. Greenlee, D.C. Hale, G.C. Booton, D.J. Kelly, P.A. Fuerst, R. Sriram and G.S. Visvesvara. 2006. Fatal granulomatous Acanthamoeba encephalitis mimicking a stroke, diagnosed by correlation of results of sequential magnetic resonance imaging, biopsy, in vitro culture, immunofluorescence analysis, and molecular analysis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 44: 4265-4269. PMID: 16988022

101. Krieger, J., A.K. Hett, P.A. Fuerst, V.J. Birstein and A. Ludwig. 2006. Unusual intraindividual variation of the nuclear 18S rRNA gene is widespread within the Acipenseridae. Journal of Heredity 97: 218-225. PMID: 16714428

100. Carmichael, J. and P. Fuerst. 2006. A Rickettsial mixed infection in a Dermacentor variabilis tick from Ohio. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1078: 334–337. PMID: 17114734

99. Kelly, D., J. Carmichael, G.C. Booton, K.F. Poetter and P.A. Fuerst. 2005. Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae (SFGR) infecting Amblyomma americanum ticks in Ohio, USA. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1063: 352-355. PMID: 16481541

98. Booton, G.C., G.S. Visvesvara, T.J. Byers, D.J. Kelly, and P.A. Fuerst. 2005. Identification and distribution of Acanthamoeba species genotypes associated with nonkeratitis infections. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 43: 1689-1693. PMID: 15814986

97. Krieger, J. and P.A. Fuerst. 2004. Diversity of Nuclear 18S rRNA Gene Sequences Within Individuals in Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 20: 433-439.

96. Booton, G.C., G.L. Floyd and P.A. Fuerst. 2004. Multiple Group I Introns Detected in the Nuclear Small Subunit rDNA of the Autosporic Green Alga Selenastrum capricornutum. Current Genetics 46: 228-234. PMID: 15349750

95. Booton, G.C., A. Rogerson, T.D. Bonilla, D.V. Seal, D.J. Kelly, T.K. Beattie, A. Tomlinson, F. Lares-Villa, P.A. Fuerst, T.J. Byers. 2004. Molecular and Physiological Evaluation of Subtropical Environmental Isolates of Acanthamoeba spp., Causal Agent of Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 51: 192-200. PMID: 15134255

94. Booton, G.C., F. Lares-Villa, D.J. Kelly, P.A. Fuerst and T.J. Byers. 2003. Multiple alleles of Acanthamoeba nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA genes: further evidence of possible genetic exchange between closely related strains. Xth International Meeting on the Biology and Pathogenicity of Free-Living Amoebae Proceedings, pp. 83-91, ITSON-DIEP, Cd. Obregon, Mexico

93. Booton, G.C., F.L. Schuster, J.R. Carmichael, P.A. Fuerst, T.J. Byers. 2003. Balamuthia mandrillaris: Identification of Clinical and Environmental Isolates Using Genus-Specific PCR. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 50: 508-509. PMID: 14736144

92. Fuerst, P.A., G.C. Booton, G.S. Visvesvara, T.J. Byers. 2003. Genotypic Identification of Strains of the Opportunistically Pathogenic Ameba Genus Acanthamoeba in Non- Keratitis Infections. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 50: 512-513. PMID: 14736146

91. Mwanja, W. and P.A. Fuerst. 2003. How issues of genetic diversity affect management of African inland water fisheries: the example of the Lake Victoria Region fishery. Pp. 288-300, in:. T.L. Crisman, L.J. Chapman, C.A. Chapman, and L.S. Kaufman (eds.) Conservation, Ecology, and Management of African Fresh Waters. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

90. Ledee, D.R., G.C. Booton, M.H. Awwad, S. Sharma, R.K. Aggarwal, I.A. Niszl, M.B. Markus, P.A. Fuerst, and T.J. Byers. 2003. Advantages of Using Mitochondrial 16S rDNA Sequences to Classify Clinical Isolates of Acanthamoeba. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 44: 1142-1149. PMID: 12601042

89. Booton, G.C., J.R. Carmichael, G.S. Visvesvara, T.J. Byers and P.A. Fuerst. 2003. Genotyping of Balamuthia mandrillaris based on nuclear 18S and mitochondrial 16S rRNA genes. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 68: 65-69. PMID: 12556151

88. Booton, G.C., J.R. Carmichael, G.S. Visvesvara, T.J. Byers and P.A. Fuerst. 2003. PCR identification of Balamuthia mandrillaris using the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene as a target. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41: 453-455. PMID: 12517892

87. Krieger, J. and P.A. Fuerst. 2002. Evidence of multiple alleles of the nuclear 18S ribosomal (rRNA) gene in sturgeon (Family: Acipenseridae). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 18: 290-297.

86. Krieger, J. and P.A Fuerst. 2002. Evidence for a Slowed Rate of Molecular Evolution in the Order Acipenseriformes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 19: 891-897. PMID: 12032245

85. Booton, G.C., D.J. Kelly, Y-W. Chu, D. Seal, E. Houang, D. Lam, T.J. Byers and P.A. Fuerst. 2002. 18S rDNA Sequence Typing and Tracking of Acanthamoeba sp. from Corneal Scrapes, Contact Lenses, Lens Cases and Home Water Supplies of Acanthamoeba Keratitis Patients in Hong Kong. J. Clinical Microbiology 40: 1621-1625. PMID: 11980931

84. Porter, B.A., T. M. Cavender, P. A. Fuerst. 2002. Molecular Phylogeny of the Snubnose Darters, Subgenus Ulocentra (Genus Etheostoma, Family Percidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22: 364-374. PMID: 11884161

83. Duan, W. and P.A. Fuerst. 2001. Isolation Of A Sex Linked DNA Sequence In Cranes. Journal of Heredity 92: 392-397. PMID: 11773245

82. Mwanja, W. W., A. S. Armoudlian, S. B. Wandera, L. Kaufman, L. Wu, G. C. Booton, and P. A. Fuerst. 2001. The Bounty of Minor Lakes: The Role of Small Satellite Water Bodies in Evolution And Conservation of Fishes. Hydrobiologia 458: 55-62.

81. Byers, T.J., G.C. Booton, D.R. Stothard, R.J. Gast, D.R. Ledee, J.M. Schroeder, M. Awwad, and P.A. Fuerst. 2001. Studies of the Phylogeny, Systematics and Pathogenicity of Acanthamoeba Using Ribosomal and Transfer RNA Gene Sequences. IXth International Meeting on the Biology and Pathogenicity of Free-Living Amoebae Proceedings: 211-218.

80. Booton, G.C., D.R. Ledee, M. Awwad, S. Sharma, I. Nizsl, M.M. Markus, P.A. Fuerst and T. J. Byers. 2001. Acanthamoeba Mitochondrial 16S rDNA Sequences: Inferred Phylogeny and Support of Nuclear Ribosomal 18S rDNA Gene Sequence Types. IXth International Meeting on the Biology and Pathogenicity of Free-Living Amoebae Proceedings: 219-226

79. Schroeder, J.M.., G.C. Booton, J. Hay, I. Niszl, D.V. Seal, M.B. Markus, P.A. Fuerst and T.J. Byers. 2001. Use of Subgenic 18S rDNA PCR and Sequencing for Genus and Genotype Identification of Acanthamoeba from Human with keratitis and from Sewage Sludge. J. Clinical Microbiology 39: 1903-1911. PMID: 11326011

78. Fuerst, P.A., W.W. Mwanja and Les Kaufman. 2000. Lake Victoria Region: A natural experiment in ‘adaptive ecology’ and ‘speciation mechanisms’. FISA Bulletin (2000): 57-59.

77. Fiumera, A.C., P.G. Parker and P.A. Fuerst. 2000. Effective population size and loss of genetic diversity in captive bred populations of a Lake Victoria cichlid. Conservation Biology 14: 886-892.

76. Fuerst, P.A., Mwanja, W.W., and L. Kaufman. 2000. The Genetic History of the Introduced Nile Tilapia Of Lake Victoria (Uganda – E. Africa): The Population Structure of Oreochromis Niloticus (Pisces: Cichlidae) Revealed by DNA Microsatellite Markers. Tilapia Aquaculture in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture (ISTA V): 30-40.

75. Watanabe, S., A. Himizu, L.A. Lewis, G.L. Floyd, and P.A. Fuerst. 2000. Pseudoneochloris marina (Chlorophyta), a new coccoid ulvophycean alga, and its phylogenetic position inferred from morphological and molecular data. Journal of Phycology 36: 596-604.

74. Krieger, J., P.A. Fuerst and T.M. Cavender. 2000. Phylogenetic Relationships of the North American Sturgeons (Order Acipenseriformes) Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution:16: 64-72. PMID: 10877940

73. Andersson, S.G., D.R. Stothard, P. Fuerst and C.G. Kurland. 1999. Molecular Phylogeny and rearrangement of rRNA genes in Rickettsia species. Molecular Biology and Evolution 16: 987-995. PMID: 10406115

72. Mwanja, W.W., P.A. Fuerst and Les Kaufman. 1999. Lake Victoria Region: Large lakes and their surrounding minor water bodies as natural laboratories for speciation and evolution. Lakeline 19 (2): 12-25.

71. Fiumera, A.C., L. Wu, P.G. Parker and P.A. Fuerst. 1999. Effective Population Size in the Captive Breeding Program of the Lake Victoria Cichlid Paralabidochromis chilotes. Zoo Biology 18: 215-222.

70. Wu, L., L. Kaufman and P.A. Fuerst. 1999. Isolation of microsatellite markers in Astatoreochromis alluaudi and their cross species amplification in other African cichlids. Molecular Ecology 8: 895-897. PMID: 10368970

69. Booton, G.C., L. Kaufman, M. Chandler, R. Oguto-Ohwayo, W. Duan and P. Fuerst. 1999. Evolution of the ribosomal RNA internal transcribed spacer one (ITS-1) in cichlid fishes of the Lake Victoria region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 11: 273-282. PMID: 10191071

68. Schroeder-Dietrich, M.H., P.A. Fuerst and T.J. Byers. 1998. Group-I introns with unusual sequences occur at three sites in nuclear 18S rRNA genes of Acanthamoeba lenticulata.. Current Genetics 34: 71-78. PMID: 9683678

67. Parker, P. G., A. A. Snow, M. D. Schug, G. C. Booton, and P. A. Fuerst. 1998. What molecules can tell us about populations: choosing and using a molecular marker. Ecology 79: 361-82.

66. Booton, G.C., G.L. Floyd and P.A. Fuerst. 1998. Polyphyly of Tetrasporalean green algae inferred from nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNAs. Journal of Phycology 34: 306-311.

65. Booton, G.C., G.L. Floyd and P.A. Fuerst. 1998. Origins and affinities of the filamentous green algal orders Chaetophorales and Oedogoniales. Journal of Phycology 34: 312-318.

64. Schug, M.D., J.F. Downhower, L.P. Brown, D.B. Sears, P.A. Fuerst. 1998. Isolation and genetic diversity of Gambusia hubbsi populations in blueholes on Andros Island, Bahamas. Heredity 80: 336-346.

63. Stothard, D.S., J.M. Schroeder-Dietrich, M.H. Awwad, R.J. Gast, D.R. Ledee, S. Rodriguez-Zaragoza, C.L. Dean, P.A. Fuerst and T.J. Byers. 1998. The evolutionary history of the genus Acanthamoeba and the identification of eight new 18S rRNA gene sequence types. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology: 45: 45-54. PMID: 9495032

62. Porter, B.A., P.A. Fuerst, J. Krieger, G.C. Booton, B.D. Mark, M. Kibbey and T.M. Cavender. 1997. Genetic studies of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens). Report on the population acquisition and disposition of tissue samples at The Ohio State University. Contribution No. 3 (1997), Museum of Zoology, Fish Division, The Ohio State University. 35 pages.

61. Fuerst, P., W. Mwanja, L. Kaufman and G. C. Booton. 1997. Genetic Phylogeography of introduced Oreochromis niloticus (Pisces: Cichlidae) in Uganda. In: K. Fitzsimmons (ed.) TILAPIA AQUACULTURE; Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture (ISTA IV). Volume 1, pages 87-96, Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service, Ithaca.

60. Rikihisa, Y., M. Kawahara, B. Wen, G. Kociba, P. Fuerst, F. Kawamori, C. Suto, S. Shibata and M. Futohashi. 1997. Western immunoblot analysis of Haemobartonella muris and comparison of 16S rRNA gene sequences of H. muris, H. felis, and Eperythrozoon suis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 35: 823-829. PMID: 9157135

59. Fiumera, A.C. and P.A. Fuerst. 1997. Use of DNA microsatellite loci to study the maintenance of genetic variation in the captive managed populations of the Lake Victoria cichlid Species Survival Plan. Contribution No. 2 (1997), Museum of Zoology, Fish Division, The Ohio State University. 21 pages.

58. Tuite-McDonnell, M., A.L. Griffen, M.L. Moeschberger, R.E. Dalton, P.A. Fuerst and E.J. Leys. 1997. Concordance of Porphyromonas gingivalis colonization in families. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 35: 455-461. PMID: 9003615

57. Berra, T.M., L.E.L.M. Crowley, W. Ivantsoff and P.A. Fuerst. 1996. Galaxias maculatus: An explanation of its biogeography. Marine and Freshwater Research 47: 845-850. (Correction: Marine and Freshwater Research 48: (1) 89. 1997)

56. Gast, R.J., D.R. Ledee, P.A. Fuerst and T.J. Byers. 1996. Subgenus systematics of Acanthamoeba: Four nuclear 18S rRNA sequence types. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology: 43: 498-504. PMID: 8976608

55. Krieger, J., G.C. Booton, T.M. Cavender and P.A. Fuerst. 1996. Molecular phylogeny of North American acipenseriformes derived from rRNA gene sequences. In: S. Doroshov, F. Binkowski, T. Thuemler and D. MacKinlay (eds.), Culture and Management of Sturgeon and Paddlefish, Symposium Proceedings of the International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, American Fisheries Society, p. 95-104.

54. Wu, L., G.C. Booton, L. Kaufman, M. Chandler and P.A. Fuerst. 1996. Use of DNA microsatellite loci to identify populations and species of Lake Victoria haplochromine cichlids. In: E.M. Donaldson and D.D. MacKinlay (eds.), Aquaculture Biotechnology, Symposium Proceedings of the International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, American Fisheries Society, p. 105-114.

53. Mwanja, W., L. Kaufman, M. Chandler and P.A. Fuerst. 1996. Population and stock characterization of Lake Victoria tilapiine fishes based on RAPD markers. In: E.M. Donaldson and D.D. MacKinlay (eds.), Aquaculture Biotechnology, Symposium Proceedings of the International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, American Fisheries Society, p. 115-124.

52. Duan, W., G.C. Booton, L. Kaufman, M. Chandler and P.A. Fuerst. 1996. Phylogenetic analysis of haplochromine cichlid taxa utilizing DNA heteroduplex separation techniques. In: E.M. Donaldson and D.D. MacKinlay (eds.), Aquaculture Biotechnology, Symposium Proceedings of the International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, American Fisheries Society, p. 95-101.

51. Smith, S.M., P. Fuerst and K.L. Mecklenburg. 1996. Mitochondrial DNA sequence of cytochrome oxidase II from Calliphora erythrocephala: Evolution of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 89(1): 28-36.

50. Wen, B. Y. Rikihisa, S. Yamamoto, N. Kawabata and P. Fuerst. 1996. Characterization of SF agent, an Ehrlichia sp. isolated from the fluke Stellantchasmus falcatus, by 16S rRNA base sequence, serological and morphological analyses. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 46: 149-154. PMID: 8573488

49. Mwanja, W., P.A. Fuerst and L. Kaufman. 1995. A note on recent advances in the genetic characterization of Tilapia stocks in Lake Victoria region. African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries 6: 51-53.

48. Porter, B., T. Cavender, P. Fuerst and T. Nickell. 1995. The genetic status of lake sturgeon in Lake Erie and other populations from the Laurentian Great Lakes. Contribution No. 1 (1995), Museum of Zoology, Fish Division, The Ohio State University.

47. Stothard, D.R. and P.A. Fuerst. 1995. Phylogenetic analysis of the Spotted Fever and Typhus Groups of Rickettsia using 16S rRNA gene sequences. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 18: 52-61.

46. Mwanja, W. and P. Fuerst. 1995. Conservation and development of the Lake Victoria Fishery: biodiversity and genetics. In: J.E. Haldeman (ed.), Sustainable Agriculture Research in Uganda. Cornell University ARTP, Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1-6.

45. Mbahinzireki, G. and P. Fuerst. 1995. Improvement of aquaculture in Uganda. In: J.E. Haldeman (ed.), Sustainable Agriculture Research in Uganda. Cornell University ARTP, Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 7-14.

44. Wen, B. Y. Rikihisa, P.A. Fuerst and W. Chaichanasiriwithaya. 1995. Diversity of 16S rRNA genes of new Ehrlichia strains isolated from horses with clinical signs of Potomac Horse Fever. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 45: 315-318. PMID: 7537065

43. Pretzman, C., D. Ralph, D. Stothard, P.A. Fuerst and Y. Rikihisa. 1995. 16S rRNA Sequence of Neorickettsia helminthoeca and its phylogenetic alignment with members of the genus Ehrlichia. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 45: 207-211. PMID: 7537055

42. Wen, B., Y. Rikihisa, J. Mott, P.A. Fuerst and M. Kawahara. 1995. Ehrlichia muris sp. nov., a new species of Ehrlichia identified on the basis of 16S rRNA sequences, serological, morphological, and biological characteristics. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 45: 250-254. PMID: 7537059

41. DiDonato, C.J., K. Morgan, J. Carpten, P. Fuerst, S.E. Ingraham, G. Prescott, J.D. McPherson, B. Wirth, K. Zerres, O. Hurko, J.J. Wasmuth, J.R. Mendell, A.H.M Burghes and L. Simard. 1994. Associations between Ag1-CA alleles and severity of childhood-onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). American Journal of Human Genetics 55: 1218-1229. PMID: 7977383

40. Burghes, A.H.M., S.E. Ingraham, M. McLean, T.G. Thompson, J.D. McPherson, Z. Kote-Jarai, J. Carpten, C.J. DiDonato, J.-E. Ikeda, L. Surh, B. Wirth, C.A. Sargent, M.A. Ferguson-Smith, P. Fuerst, R.K. Moyziz, D.L. Grady, K. Zerres, R. Korneluk, A. MacKenzie, and J.J. Wasmuth. 1994. A multicopy dinucleotide marker that maps close to the Spinal Muscular Atrophy gene. Genomics 21: 394-402.

39. Stothard, D.R., J.B. Clark and P.A. Fuerst. 1994. The ancestral divergence of Rickettsia bellii from the Spotted Fever and Typhus Groups of Rickettsia, and the antiquity of the genus Rickettsia. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 44 (4): 798-804. PMID: 7981106

38. Weekers, P.H.H., R.J. Gast, P.A. Fuerst and T.J. Byers. 1994. Sequence variations in small-subunit ribosomal RNAs of Hartmannella vermiformis and their phylogenetic implications. Molecular Biology and Evolution 11: 684-690. PMID: 8078407

37. Leys, E.J., Griffen, A.L., Strong, S.J., Fuerst P.A. 1994. Detection and strain identification of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans by nested PCR. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 32: 1288-1294. PMID: 8051258

36. Gast, R.J., P.A. Fuerst and T.J. Byers. 1994. Discovery of group I introns in the nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA genes of Acanthamoeba. Nucleic Acids Research 22: 592-596. PMID: 8127708

35. Wilcox, L.W., P.A. Fuerst and G.L. Floyd. 1993. The phylogenetic relationships of four Charophycean green algae inferred from complete nuclear-encoded small subunit rRNA gene sequences. American Journal of Botany 80: 1028-1033.

34. Wilcox, L.W., L.A. Lewis, P.A. Fuerst and G.L. Floyd. 1992. Group I introns within the nuclear-encoded SSU rRNA gene of three green algae. Molecular Biology and Evolution 9: 1103-1119. PMID: 1435237

33. Lewis, L.A., L.W. Wilcox, P.A. Fuerst and G.L. Floyd. 1992. Concordance of molecular and ultrastructural data in the study of zoosporic chlorococcalean green algae. Journal of Phycology 28: 375-380

32. Wilcox, L.W., L.A. Lewis, P.A. Fuerst and G.L. Floyd. 1992. Assessing the relationships of autosporic and zoosporic Chlorococcalean green algae with 18S rDNA sequence data. Journal of Phycology 28: 381-386.

31. Griffen, A., G. Leys and P. Fuerst. 1992. Strain identification of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans using the polymerase chain reaction. Oral Microbiology and Immunology 7: 240-243. PMID: 1408359

30. Jochem, V.J., P.A. Fuerst and J.J. Fromkes. 1992. Familial Barrett’s esophagus associated with adenocarcinoma. Gastroenterology 102: 1400-1402. PMID: 1551547

29. Fuerst, P.A. and K.P. Poetter. 1991. DNA sequence differentiation in North American Spotted Fever Group species of Rickettsia. In: J. Kazar and D. Raoult (eds.), Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases, Slovak Academy Sciences, Bratislava, pp. 162-169.

28. Fuerst, P.A., K.P. Poetter, C. Pretzman and P.S. Perlman. 1990. Molecular genetics of populations of intracellular bacteria: The Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae. In: K.E. Hachemy, D. Paretsky, D.H. Walker and L.P. Mallavia (eds.), Rickettsiology: Current Issues and Perspectives. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 590: 430-438. PMID: 1974126

27. Birky, C.W., P.A. Fuerst and T. Maruyama. 1989. Organelle gene diversity under migration, mutation, and drift: equilibrium expectations, approach to equilibrium, effects of heteroplasmic cells and comparison to nuclear genes. Genetics 121: 613-627. PMID: 2714640

26. Fuerst, P.A. 1988. Islands as models in population genetics. In: J. Downhower (ed.), Biogeography of the Island Region of Western Lake Erie, Ohio State University Press, Columbus, pp. 264-269.

25. Fuerst, P.A. and T. Maruyama. 1986. Considerations on the conservation of alleles and of genic heterozygosity in small managed populations. Zoo Biology 5:171-179.

24. Fuerst, P.A. 1985. Evolutionary differentiation and the sharing of alleles between populations. In: H. Ahuja and J.V. Neel (ed.) Microdifferentiation of Human and Other Animal Populations. Indian Anthropologist (Occasional Papers in Anthropology No. 1). pp. 15-30.

23. Fuerst, P.A. 1985. The estimation of the breeding effective population size of captive populations: the gorilla in North American Zoos. Proceedings of the 6lst Annual AAZPA National Conference p. 132-138.

22. Maruyama, T. and P.A. Fuerst. 1985. Non-equilibrium theory in population genetics: the first arrival times and number of alleles in evolving populations. IN: T. Ohta and K. Aoki, eds. Population Genetics and Molecular Evolution. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. p. 185-194.

21. Maruyama, T. and P.A. Fuerst. 1985. Population bottlenecks and non-equilibrium models in population genetics. III. Genic heterozygosity in populations which experience periodic bottlenecks. Genetics 111:691-703. PMID: 4054613

20. Maruyama, T. and P.A. Fuerst. 1985. Population bottlenecks and non-equilibrium models in population genetics. II. Number of alleles in a small population which was formed by a bottleneck. Genetics 111:675-689. PMID: 4054612

19. Fuerst, P.A. and R.E. Ferrell. 1985. The estimate of protein polymorphism in human populations: Lack of evidence for overestimation due to post-translational modification. Japanese Journal of Genetics 60:167-198.

18. Fuerst, P.A. 1984. University student understanding of the evolution/creation controversy. Ohio Journal of Science 84:218-228.

17. Maruyama, T. and P.A. Fuerst. 1984. Population bottlenecks and non-equilibrium models in population genetics. I. Allele numbers when populations evolve from zero variability. Genetics 108:745-763. PMID: 6500263

16. Maruyama, T. and P.A. Fuerst. 1983. Analyses of the age of genes and the first arrival times in a finite population. Genetics 105:1041-1053. PMID: 17246178

15. Fuerst, P.A. and R.E. Ferrell. 1983. The analysis of hidden electrophoretic variation: interspecific electrophoretic differentiation and amino acid divergence. Journal of Molecular Evolution 19:449-454. PMID: 6655701

14. Birky, C.W., T. Maruyama and P.A. Fuerst. 1983. An approach to population and evolutionary genetic theory for genes in mitochondria and chloroplasts, and some results. Genetics 103:513-527. PMID: 6840539

13. Bogler, S.A., C.D. Zarley, L.L. Burianek, P.A. Fuerst and T.J. Byers. 1983. Interstrain mitochondrial DNA polymorphism detected in Acanthamoeba by restriction endonuclease analysis. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 8:145-163. PMID: 6308443

12. Nei, M., R. Chakraborty and P.A. Fuerst. 1981. Statistical studies of protein polymorphism. Genetics 97:495-497. PMID: 17249080

11. Muller, W.H., F. Murrillo, H. Palomino, M. Badzioch, R. Chakraborty, P.A. Fuerst and W.J. Schull. 1980. The Aymara of Western Bolivia. V. Growth and development in an hypoxic environment. Human Biology 52:529-546. PMID: 7450732

10. Fuerst, P.A. and R.E. Ferrell. 1980. The stepwise mutation model: An experimental evaluation utilizing hemoglobin variants. Genetics 94:185-201. PMID: 17248992

9. Chakraborty, R., P.A. Fuerst and M. Nei. 1980. Statistical studies of protein polymorphism in natural populations. III. The distribution of allelic frequencies. Genetics 94: 1039-1063. PMID: 17249018

8. Chakraborty, R. and P.A. Fuerst. 1979. Some sampling properties of selectively neutral alleles: Effects of variability of mutation rates. Genetical Research 34:253-267.

7. Chakraborty, R., P.A. Fuerst and R.E. Ferrell. 1979. Potential information in family studies of linkage. In: C. Sing and M. Skolnick (eds.), Genetic Analysis of Common Diseases: applications to Predictive Factors in Coronary Heart Disease. Progress in Clinical and Biological Research 32:297-303. Alan Liss, New York.. PMID: 523476

6. Nei, M., P.A. Fuerst and R. Chakraborty. 1978. Subunit molecular weight and genetic variability of proteins in natural populations. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 75:3359-3362. PMID: 277936

5. Chakraborty, R., P.A. Fuerst and M. Nei. 1978. Statistical studies of protein polymorphism in natural populations. II. Gene differentiation between populations. Genetics 88:367-390. PMID: 17248801

4. Fuerst, P.A., R. Chakraborty and M. Nei. 1977. Statistical studies of protein polymorphism in natural populations. I. Distribution of single locus heterozygosity. Genetics 86:455-483. PMID: 881122

3. Nei, M., P.A. Fuerst and R. Chakraborty. 1976. Testing the neutral mutation hypothesis by distribution of single locus heterozygosity. Nature 262:491-493. PMID: 958402

2. Nei, M., R. Chakraborty, and P.A. Fuerst. 1976. The infinite allele model with varying mutation rate. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 73:4164-4168. PMID: 1069306

1. Fuerst, P.A., W.W. Pendelbury and J.F. Kidwell. 1973. Propensity for multiple mating in Drosophila melanogaster females. Evolution 27:265-268