Laport, R.G., Brookover, Z.S., Christman, B.D., Ng, J., Philley, K., and Hill Craddock, J.. 2022. Environmental niche and demographic modeling of American chestnut near its southwestern range limit. The American Midland Naturalist 188: 137-176
Wheeler, L.C., Walker, J.F., Ng, J., Deanna, R., Dunbar-Wallis, A., Backes, A., Pezzi, P.H., Palchetti, M.V., Robertson, H.M., Monaghan, A,. Brandão de Freitas, L., Barboza, G.E., Moyroud, E., and Smith, S.D. 2022. Transcription factors evolve faster than their structural gene targets in the flavonoid pigment pathway. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39(3): msac044
Weaver, W.N., Ng, J. and Laport, R.G. 2020. LeafMachine: Using machine learning to automate phenotypic trait extraction from herbarium specimens. Applications in Plant Sciences 8(6): e11367. Invited contribution to the special issue "Machine Learning in Plant Biology: Advances Using Herbarium Specimen Images."
Laport, R.G., Smith, D., and Ng, J.. 2020. Remnant American chestnut (Castanea dentata) near the historical western range limit in southwestern Tennessee. Castanea 85(2): 232-243
Ng, J., Weaver, W.N. and Laport, R.G. 2019. Testing Darwin's Naturalization Conundrum using phylogenetic relationships: generalizable patterns across disparate communities? Diversity and Distributions. 25(3):361-373
Ng, J. MacGuigan, D.J., Kelly, A.L., and Glor, R.E. 2019. Do male-male interactions drive changes in dewlap size? In: Anolis Newsletter VII eds. Stroud, J.T., Geneva, A.J. and Losos, J.B., pp. 206-213. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
De Meyer, J., Donihue, C.M., Scantlebury, D., Ng, J., Glor, R.E,, Losos, J.B., and Geneva, A.J. 2019. Protocol for setting up and rearing a successful lizard room. In: Anolis Newsletter VII eds. Stroud, J.T., Geneva, A.J. and Losos, J.B., pp. 37-62. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
Ng, J. and Smith, S.D. 2018. Why are red flowers so rare? Testing the macroevolutionary causes of tippiness. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 31(12):1863-1875
Hund, A.K., Churchill, A.C., Faist, A.M., Havrilla, C.A., Love Stowell, S.M., McCreery, H.F., Ng, J., Pinzone, C.A. and Scordato, E.S.C. 2018. Transforming mentorship in STEM by training scientists to be better leaders. Ecology and Evolution. 8:9962–9974
Ng, J., Freitas, L.B. & Smith, S.D. 2018. Stepwise evolution of floral pigmentation predicted by biochemical pathway structure. Evolution. 72(12):2792-2802 [Cover Article]
Gaynor, M.L., Ng, J. and Laport, R.G. 2018. Phylogenetic structure of plant communities: are polyploids distantly related to co-occurring diploids? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6:52
Laport, R.G. and Ng, J. 2017. Out of one many: the biodiversity considerations of polyploidy. American Journal of Botany. 104(8): 1-3
Ng, J., Geneva, A.J., Noll, S. and Glor R.E. 2017. Signals and speciation: Anolis dewlap color as a reproductive barrier. Journal of Herpetology. 51(3): 437-447
Ng, J., Ossip-Klein, A.G. and Glor R.E. 2016. Adaptive signal coloration maintained in the face of gene flow in a Hispaniolan Anolis Lizard. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16: 193
Mahler, D.L., Lambert, S.M., Geneva, A.J., Ng, J., Hedges, S.B., Losos, J.B. and Glor, R.E. 2016. Discovery of a giant chameleon-like lizard (Anolis) on Hispaniola and its significance to understanding replicated adaptive radiations. The American Naturalist. 188(3): 357-364
Ng, J. and Smith, S.D. 2016. How to make a red flower: the combinatorial effect of pigments. AoB PLANTS. 8: plw013 [Editor's Choice]
Ng, J. and Smith, S.D. 2016. Widespread flower color convergence in Solanaceae via alternate biochemical pathways. New Phytologist. 209(1): 407-417
Ng, J. and Smith, S.D. 2014. How traits shape trees: New approaches for detecting character state-dependent lineage diversification. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27(10): 2035-2045
Ng. J., Clemann, N., Chapple, S.N.J. and Melville, J. 2014. Phylogeographic evidence links the threatened 'Grampians' Mountain Dragon (Rankinia diemensis Grampians) with Tasmanian populations: conservation implications in south-eastern Australia. Conservation Genetics. 15(2): 363-373
Ng. J., Kelly, A.L., MacGuigan, D.J. and Glor, R. E. 2013. The role of genetic and dietary factors in the sexual signal of a Hispaniolan Anolis lizard, Anolis distichus. Journal of Heredity. 104(6): 862-873
Ascher, J. M., Geneva, A. J., Ng, J., Wyatt, J. and Glor, R.E. 2013. Phylogenetic analyses of novel squamate adenovirus sequences in wild-caught Anolis lizards. PLoS ONE. 84: e60977
Ng, J., Landeen, E.L., Logsdon, R.M. and Glor, R.E. 2013. Correlation between Anolis lizard dewlap phenotype and environmental variation indicates adaptive divergence of a signal important to sexual selection and species recognition. Evolution. 67(2): 573-582 [Cover Article]
Ascher, J.M., Bates, W., Ng, J., Messing, S. and Wyatt, J. 2012. Assessment of xylazine for euthanasia of anoles Anolis carolinensis and Anolis distichus. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science. 51(1): 83-87.
Ng, J. and Glor, R.E. 2011. Genetic differentiation among populations of a Hispaniolan trunk anole that exhibit geographic variation in dewlap color. Molecular Ecology. 20(20): 4302-4317
Scantlebury, D.P., Ng, J., Landestoy, M.A., Geneva, A. and Glor, R.E. 2011. Notes on activity patterns of five species of Sphaerodactylus Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae from the Dominican Republic. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians. 18(1): 50-55
Scantlebury, D.P., Ng, J., Landestoy, M.A. and Glor, R.E. 2010. Hemidactylus frenatus and Gymnophthalmus underwoodi in the Dominican Republic. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians. 17(3): 54-55
Geneva, A.J., Ng, J., Scantlebury, D., Ossip-Klein, A., Rudman, S., Kelly, A. and Glor, R.E. 2010. Natural history of West Indian amphibians and reptiles (Book Review). Herpetological Review. 41(2): 249-250
Ng, J. and Glor, R.E. 2010. Dewlap color variation and reproductive isolation in Anolis distichus. In: Anolis Newsletter VI eds. Mahler, D.L., Herrel, A. and Losos, J.B., pp. 164-168. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Ng, J., Perkins, S. L., Dussmann, E. J. and Glor, R.E. 2009. Eleven highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the lizard Anolis distichus. Conservation Genetics Resources. 1(1): 135-139
Oliveira, D.C.S.G., Hunter, W.B., Ng, J., Desjardins, C.A., Dang, P.M. and Werren, J.H. 2009. Data mining cDNAs reveals 3 new ssRNA viruses in Nasonia Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae. Insect Molecular Biology. 19(s1): 99-107
Rose, R. J., Ng, J. and Melville, J. 2006. A technique for restraining lizards for field and laboratory measurements. Herpetological Review. 37(2): 194-195
Wheeler, L.C., Walker, J.F., Ng, J., Deanna, R., Dunbar-Wallis, A., Backes, A., Pezzi, P.H., Palchetti, M.V., Robertson, H.M., Monaghan, A,. Brandão de Freitas, L., Barboza, G.E., Moyroud, E., and Smith, S.D. 2022. Transcription factors evolve faster than their structural gene targets in the flavonoid pigment pathway. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39(3): msac044
Weaver, W.N., Ng, J. and Laport, R.G. 2020. LeafMachine: Using machine learning to automate phenotypic trait extraction from herbarium specimens. Applications in Plant Sciences 8(6): e11367. Invited contribution to the special issue "Machine Learning in Plant Biology: Advances Using Herbarium Specimen Images."
Laport, R.G., Smith, D., and Ng, J.. 2020. Remnant American chestnut (Castanea dentata) near the historical western range limit in southwestern Tennessee. Castanea 85(2): 232-243
Ng, J., Weaver, W.N. and Laport, R.G. 2019. Testing Darwin's Naturalization Conundrum using phylogenetic relationships: generalizable patterns across disparate communities? Diversity and Distributions. 25(3):361-373
Ng, J. MacGuigan, D.J., Kelly, A.L., and Glor, R.E. 2019. Do male-male interactions drive changes in dewlap size? In: Anolis Newsletter VII eds. Stroud, J.T., Geneva, A.J. and Losos, J.B., pp. 206-213. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
De Meyer, J., Donihue, C.M., Scantlebury, D., Ng, J., Glor, R.E,, Losos, J.B., and Geneva, A.J. 2019. Protocol for setting up and rearing a successful lizard room. In: Anolis Newsletter VII eds. Stroud, J.T., Geneva, A.J. and Losos, J.B., pp. 37-62. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
Ng, J. and Smith, S.D. 2018. Why are red flowers so rare? Testing the macroevolutionary causes of tippiness. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 31(12):1863-1875
Hund, A.K., Churchill, A.C., Faist, A.M., Havrilla, C.A., Love Stowell, S.M., McCreery, H.F., Ng, J., Pinzone, C.A. and Scordato, E.S.C. 2018. Transforming mentorship in STEM by training scientists to be better leaders. Ecology and Evolution. 8:9962–9974
Ng, J., Freitas, L.B. & Smith, S.D. 2018. Stepwise evolution of floral pigmentation predicted by biochemical pathway structure. Evolution. 72(12):2792-2802 [Cover Article]
Gaynor, M.L., Ng, J. and Laport, R.G. 2018. Phylogenetic structure of plant communities: are polyploids distantly related to co-occurring diploids? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6:52
Laport, R.G. and Ng, J. 2017. Out of one many: the biodiversity considerations of polyploidy. American Journal of Botany. 104(8): 1-3
Ng, J., Geneva, A.J., Noll, S. and Glor R.E. 2017. Signals and speciation: Anolis dewlap color as a reproductive barrier. Journal of Herpetology. 51(3): 437-447
Ng, J., Ossip-Klein, A.G. and Glor R.E. 2016. Adaptive signal coloration maintained in the face of gene flow in a Hispaniolan Anolis Lizard. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16: 193
Mahler, D.L., Lambert, S.M., Geneva, A.J., Ng, J., Hedges, S.B., Losos, J.B. and Glor, R.E. 2016. Discovery of a giant chameleon-like lizard (Anolis) on Hispaniola and its significance to understanding replicated adaptive radiations. The American Naturalist. 188(3): 357-364
Ng, J. and Smith, S.D. 2016. How to make a red flower: the combinatorial effect of pigments. AoB PLANTS. 8: plw013 [Editor's Choice]
Ng, J. and Smith, S.D. 2016. Widespread flower color convergence in Solanaceae via alternate biochemical pathways. New Phytologist. 209(1): 407-417
Ng, J. and Smith, S.D. 2014. How traits shape trees: New approaches for detecting character state-dependent lineage diversification. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27(10): 2035-2045
Ng. J., Clemann, N., Chapple, S.N.J. and Melville, J. 2014. Phylogeographic evidence links the threatened 'Grampians' Mountain Dragon (Rankinia diemensis Grampians) with Tasmanian populations: conservation implications in south-eastern Australia. Conservation Genetics. 15(2): 363-373
Ng. J., Kelly, A.L., MacGuigan, D.J. and Glor, R. E. 2013. The role of genetic and dietary factors in the sexual signal of a Hispaniolan Anolis lizard, Anolis distichus. Journal of Heredity. 104(6): 862-873
Ascher, J. M., Geneva, A. J., Ng, J., Wyatt, J. and Glor, R.E. 2013. Phylogenetic analyses of novel squamate adenovirus sequences in wild-caught Anolis lizards. PLoS ONE. 84: e60977
Ng, J., Landeen, E.L., Logsdon, R.M. and Glor, R.E. 2013. Correlation between Anolis lizard dewlap phenotype and environmental variation indicates adaptive divergence of a signal important to sexual selection and species recognition. Evolution. 67(2): 573-582 [Cover Article]
Ascher, J.M., Bates, W., Ng, J., Messing, S. and Wyatt, J. 2012. Assessment of xylazine for euthanasia of anoles Anolis carolinensis and Anolis distichus. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science. 51(1): 83-87.
Ng, J. and Glor, R.E. 2011. Genetic differentiation among populations of a Hispaniolan trunk anole that exhibit geographic variation in dewlap color. Molecular Ecology. 20(20): 4302-4317
Scantlebury, D.P., Ng, J., Landestoy, M.A., Geneva, A. and Glor, R.E. 2011. Notes on activity patterns of five species of Sphaerodactylus Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae from the Dominican Republic. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians. 18(1): 50-55
Scantlebury, D.P., Ng, J., Landestoy, M.A. and Glor, R.E. 2010. Hemidactylus frenatus and Gymnophthalmus underwoodi in the Dominican Republic. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians. 17(3): 54-55
Geneva, A.J., Ng, J., Scantlebury, D., Ossip-Klein, A., Rudman, S., Kelly, A. and Glor, R.E. 2010. Natural history of West Indian amphibians and reptiles (Book Review). Herpetological Review. 41(2): 249-250
Ng, J. and Glor, R.E. 2010. Dewlap color variation and reproductive isolation in Anolis distichus. In: Anolis Newsletter VI eds. Mahler, D.L., Herrel, A. and Losos, J.B., pp. 164-168. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Ng, J., Perkins, S. L., Dussmann, E. J. and Glor, R.E. 2009. Eleven highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the lizard Anolis distichus. Conservation Genetics Resources. 1(1): 135-139
Oliveira, D.C.S.G., Hunter, W.B., Ng, J., Desjardins, C.A., Dang, P.M. and Werren, J.H. 2009. Data mining cDNAs reveals 3 new ssRNA viruses in Nasonia Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae. Insect Molecular Biology. 19(s1): 99-107
Rose, R. J., Ng, J. and Melville, J. 2006. A technique for restraining lizards for field and laboratory measurements. Herpetological Review. 37(2): 194-195
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Ng, J. and Laport, R.G. 2014. What's the buzz about flower color diversity? Aquilegia, Newsletter of the Colorado Native Plant Society. 38(4): 24-26