Whiteley, Andrew
Assistant Professor
(413)577-0204
318 Holdsworth Hall
Email: awhiteleyawhiteley(at)nrc.umass.edu
Lab Web Page: http://blogs.umass.edu/awhitele/
Primary interests
Dr. Whiteley conducts conservation genetics research primarily on fishes.
His research program uses a cross-disciplinary, integrative approach to address fundamental questions in conservation genetics as well as evolutionary biology and ecology. He combines evolutionary genomics, molecular population genetics, quantitative genetics, capture-mark-recapture analysis, field and lab-based experiments, and computational approaches. Dr. Whiteley is particularly interested in using basic research to inform management and conservation efforts.
Current Projects
Population genomic variation of wild populations of zebrafish (Danio rerio) in southeast Asia
Evolutionary response to rapid deglaciation by a freshwater sculpin (Cottus aleuticus) in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
Landscape genetics of isolated populations of cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) in southeast Alaska
Selected Recent Publications
Whiteley, A. R., S. M. Gende, A. J. Gharrett, and D. A. Tallmon (2009) Background matching and color change plasticity in colonizing freshwater sculpin populations following rapid deglaciation. Evolution 63:1519-1529.
Whiteley, A. R., K. N. Persaud, N. Derome, R. Montgomerie, and L. Bernatchez (2009). Reduced sperm performance in backcross hybrids between species-pairs of whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis). Canadian Journal of Zoology 87: 566-572.
Whiteley, A. R., N. Derome, S. M. Rogers, J. St-Cyr, J. Laroche, A. Labbe, A. Nolte, S. Renaut, J. Jeukens and L. Bernatchez (2008) The phenomics and expression quantitative trait locus mapping of brain transcriptomes regulating adaptive divergence in lake whitefish species pairs (Coregonus sp.). Genetics 180: 147-164.
Schlei, O. L., A. Crête-Lafrenière, A. R. Whiteley, R. J. Brown, J. B. Olsen, L. Bernatchez, J. K. Wenburg (2008) DNA barcoding of eight North American coregonine species. Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 1212-1218.
N. Derome, B. Bougas, S. M. Rogers, A. R. Whiteley, A. Labbe, J. Laroche, and L. Bernatchez (2008) Pervasive sex-linked effects on transcription regulation as revealed by expression quantitative trait loci mapping in lake whitefish species pairs (Coregonus sp., Salmonidae). Genetics 179: 1903-191.
Whiteley, A. R. (2007) Morphological, dietary, and genetic analysis of a potential trophic polymorphism in a riverine fish species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92: 253-267.
Whiteley, A. R., P. Spruell, and F. W. Allendorf (2006) Can common species provide valuable information for conservation? Molecular Ecology 15: 2767-2786.
Whiteley, A. R., P. Spruell, B. E. Rieman, and F. W. Allendorf (2006) Fine-scale genetic structure of bull trout at the southern limit of their distribution. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135: 1238-1253.
Whiteley, A. R., P. Spruell, and F. W. Allendorf (2004) Ecology and life history characteristics predict the population genetic divergence of two salmonids in the same landscape. Molecular Ecology 13: 3675-3688.
