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Yu, L., P-T. Luan, W. Jin, O.A. Ryder, L.G. Chemnick, H.A. Davis, Y.-P. Zhang. 2011. Phylogenetic utility of nuclear introns in interfamilial relationships of Caniformia (order Carnivora). Systematic Biology 6. 175-187.

Chemnick, L.G., M.L. Houck, O.A. Ryder. 2009. Banking of genetic resources: The Frozen Zoo at the San Diego Zoo. Conservation Genetics in the Age of Genomics. Edited by G. Amato, R. DeSalle, O.A. Ryder, and H.C. Rosenbaum. Columbia University Press, New York, New York/United States of America.

Lau, J., A.C. Alberts, L.G. Chemnick, G.P. Gerber, K.C. Jones, A.A. Mitchell, O.A. Ryder. 2009. Isolation and characterization of 23 polymorphic microsatellite loci for a West Indian iguana (Cyclura pinguis) from the British Virgin Islands.  Molecular Ecology Resources 9. 1412-1414.

Nsubuga, A.M., J. Holzman, L.G. Chemnick, O.A. Ryder. 2009. The cryptic genetic structure of the North American captive gorilla population. Conservation Genetics 11. 161-172.

Romanov, M.N., E.M. Tuttle, M.L. Houck, W.S. Modi, L.G. Chemnick, M.L. Korody, E.M.S. Mork, C.A. Otten, T. Renner, K.C. Jones, S. Dandekar, J.C. Papp, Y. Da, E.D. Green, V. Magrini, M.T. Hickenbotham, J. Glasscock, S. McGrath, E.R. Mardis, O.A. Ryder. 2009. The value of avian genomics to the conservation of wildlife. BMC Genomics. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-S2-S10.

Lau, A.N., L. Peng, H. Goto, L.G. Chemnick, O.A. Ryder, K.D. Makova. 2008. Horse domestication and conservation genetics of Przewalski’s horse inferred from sex chromosomal and autosomal sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26. 199-208.

Yu, L., J. Liu, P.-tao. Luan, H. Lee, M. Lee, M-S. Min, O.A. Ryder, L.G. Chemnick, H. Davis, Y.-P. Zhang. 2008. New insights into the evolution of intronic sequences of the beta-fibrinogen gene and their application in reconstructing mustelid phylogeny. Zoological Science 25. 662-672.

Pan, D., J.-H. Chen, C. Groves, Y.-X. Wang, E. Narushima, H. Fitch-Snyder, P. Crow, X. Jinggong, V.N. Thanh, O.A. Ryder, L.G. Chemnick, H.-W. Zhang, Y.-X. Fu, Y.-P. Zhang. 2007. Mitochondrial control region and population genetic patterns of Nycticebus bengalensis and N. pygmaeus. International Journal of Primatology 28. 791-799.

Dorus, S., J.R. Anderson, E.J. Vallender, S.L. Gilbert, L. Zhang, L.G. Chemnick, O.A. Ryder, W. Li, B.T. Lahn. 2006. Sonic Hedgehog, a key development gene, experienced intensified molecular evolution in primates. Human Molecular Genetics 15. 2031-2037.

Ray, D.A., J. Xing, D.J. Hedges, M.A. Hall, M.E. Laborde, B.A. Anders, B.R. White, N. Stoilova, J.D. Fowlkes, K.E. Landry, L.G. Chemnick, O.A. Ryder, M.A. Batzer. 2005. Alu insertion loci and platyrrhine primate phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35. 117-126.

Xing, J., H. Wang, K. Han, D.A. Ray, C.H. Huang, L.G. Chemnick, C-B. Stewart, T.R. Disotell, O.A. Ryder, M.A. Batzer. 2005. A mobile element based phylogeny of Old World monkeys. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37. 872-880.

Rovio, A.T., J. Abel, A.L. Ahola, A.M. Andres, J. Bertranpetit, A. Blancher, R.E. Bontrop, L.G. Chemnick, H.J. Cooke, J.M. Cummins, H.A. Davis, D.J. Elliott, E. Fritsche, T.B. Hargreave, S.M.G. Hoffman, A.M. Jequier, S.-H. Kao, H.-S. Kim, D.R. Marchington, D. Mehmet, N. Otting, J. Poulton, O.A. Ryder, H.-C. Schuppe, O. Takenaka, Y.-H. Wei, L. Wichmann, H.T. Jacobs. 2004. A prevalent POLG CAG microsatellite length allele in humans and African great apes. Mammalian Genome 15. 492-502.

Yu, N., M.I. Jensen-Seaman, L.G. Chemnick, O.A. Ryder, W.-H. Li. 2004. Nucleotide diversity in gorillas. Genetics 166. 1375-1383.

Bowling, A.T., W. Zimmermann, O. Ryder, C. Penado, S. Peto, L. Chemnick, N. Yasinetskaya, T. Zharkikh. 2003. Genetic variation in Przewalski’s horses, with special focus on the last wild caught mare, 231 Orlitza III. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 102. 226-234.

Karaman, M.W., M.L. Houck, L.G. Chemnick, S. Nagpal, D. Chawannakul, D. Sudano, B.L. Pike, W. Ho, O.A. Ryder, J.G. Hacia. 2003. Comparative analysis of gene-expression patterns in human and African great ape cultured fibroblasts. Genome Research 13. 1619-1630.

Yu, N., M.I. Jensen-Seaman, L. Chemnick, J.R. Kidd, A.S. Deinard, O. Ryder, K.K. Kidd, W-H. Li. 2003. Low nucleotide diversity in chimpanzees and bonobos. Genetics 164. 1511-1518.

Chemnick, L.G., A.T. Kumamoto, O.A. Ryder. 2000. Genetic analyses in support of conservation efforts for the California condor. International Zoo Yearbook 37. 330-339.

Sakagami, M., K. Hiromura, L.G. Chemnick, O.A. Ryder. 1999. Distribution of the ERE-1 family in Perissodactyla . Mammalian Genome 10. 930-933.

Field, D., L. Chemnick, M. Robbins, K. Garner, O. Ryder. 1998. Paternity determination in captive lowland gorillas and orangutans and wild mountain gorillas by microsatellite analysis . Primates 39. 199-209.

Geyer, C.J., O.A. Ryder, L.G. Chemnick, E.A. Thompson. 1993. Analysis of relatedness in the California condors, from DNA fingerprints . Molecular Biology and Evolution 10. 571-589.

Ryder, O.A., L.G. Chemnick. 1993. Chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA variation in orangutans. Journal of Heredity 84. 405-409.

Ryder, O.A., L.G. Chemnick. 1990. Chromosomal and molecular evolution in Asiatic wild Asses . Genetica 83. 67-72.

Ryder, O.A., L.G. Chemnick, S.F. Schafer, A.L. Shima. 1989. Individual DNA fingerprints from Galapagos tortoises Geochelone elephantopus  . International Zoo Yearbook 28. 84-87.

Ryder, O.A., R.E. Benveniste, J. Jr. George, L.G. Chemnick, M.L. Houck, A.T. Kumamoto. 1989. Molecular and chromosomal evolution in the mammalian order Perissodactyla . Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. Supplement 13. 104.

Ryder, O.A., L.G. Chemnick, A.T. Bowling, K. Benirschke. 1985. A male mule foal qualifies as the offspring of a female mule and jack donkey . Journal of Heredity 76. 379-381.

Ryder, O.A., L.G. Chemnick. 1983. Relative hypomethylation of CpG residues in a (dG+dC)-rich satellite DNA from Equus przewalskii . Journal of Cell Biology 97. 379a.

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