Rebecca Varney, PhD
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    • Chitons: Iron teeth, many eyes
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2023
Varney, R.M., Kingston, A.C.N., Kocot, K.M., Speiser, D.I. (in prep) Chitons modulate pH and withstand oxidative stress to biomineralize iron-clad teeth. 
Varney, R.M.​ (submitted) The GEMS checklist for clear and reproducible genomics in emerging-model systems. Invited as part of a symposium on marine larval genomics, SICB2023.

2022

Varney, R.M., Speiser D.I., Cannon J, Aguilar M, Eernissee D.J., Oakley T.H. (In-review since Dec 2022). A morphological basis for path dependent evolution of visual systems 
bioRxiv 2022.12.20.520810; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.20.520810
Zehnpfennig, J.R., Varney, R.M., Halanych, K.M. Mahon, A.R. (2022) Mitochondrial genomes provide insight into interfamilial relationships within Pycnogonida. Polar Biol  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-022-03085-6
Drábková1 M, Zrzavý J, Halanych KM, Oakley TH, Moroz LL, Cannon JT, Kuris A, Garcia-Vedrenne AE, Pankey MS, Ellis EA, Varney RM, Štefka1 J, and Kocot KM. (2022) Different phylogenomic methods support monophyly of enigmatic ‘mesozoans’ Dicyemida and Orthonectida (Lophotrochozoa). Proc. R. Soc. B.2892022068320220683 http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0683
Varney RM, Yap-Chiongco MK, Mikkelsen NT and Kocot KM. (2022) Genome of the lepidopleurid chiton Hanleya hanleyi (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research 2022, 11:555 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.121706.1)

2021

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Varney, R.M., Brenzinger, B., Malaquias, M.A.E. et al. (2021) Assessment of mitochondrial genomes for heterobranch gastropod phylogenetics. BMC Ecol Evo 21, 6 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01728-y 
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Varney, R.M., Heinrich, K.K. A Garden, Not a Leaky Pipeline. (2021) The Teaching Professor 2021/2/15(1-3). ​https://www.teachingprofessor.com/topics/student-learning/a-garden-not-a-leaky-pipeline/
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Nehmens MC, Varney RM, Janosik AM and Ebert DA (2021) An Exploratory Study of Telomere Length in the Deep-Sea Shark, Etmopterus granulosus. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:642872.  10.3389/fmars.2021.642872
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2020

Varney, R.M., Speiser, D.I., McDougall, C., Degnan, B.M., Kocot, K.M.  (2020) The Iron-Responsive Genome of the Chiton Acanthopleura granulata, Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2021, evaa263, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa263
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2019

Varney, R.M., Funch, P., Kocot, K.M., Sørensen, M.V. (2019). A new species of Echinoderes (Cyclorhagida: Echinoderidae) from the San Juan Islands, Washington State, USA, and insights into the kinorhynch transcrioptome. Zoologischer Anzeiger 282 (52-63). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2019.06.003
Kocot, K. M., Wollesen, T., Varney, R. M., Schwartz, M. L., Steiner, G., & Wanninger, A. (2019). Complete mitochondrial genomes of two scaphopod molluscs. Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources, 4(2), 3161–3162. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1666689
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2017

Varney, R.M., Pomory, C.M. & Janosik, A.M. Telomere elongation and telomerase expression in regenerating arms of the starfish Luidia clathrata (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Mar Biol 164, 195 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3230-x
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