2026

Corl, A., Guzman, A., Bi, K., Vazquez, J.M., Smith, L.L., Blaimont, P., Spranger, R., Cooper, R.D., Miles, D., Goldberg, A., Gao, J., Xiang, X., Zhou, Y., Li, Q., Zhang, G., Sudmant, P.H., Bowie, R.C.K., McGuire, J.A., Sinervo, B., Nielsen, R. The genetics, evolution, and maintenance of a biological rock-paper-scissors game. 2026. Science. 391: 69 - 74.

The paper was covered by Carl Zimmer in The New York Times. The paper was also a focus of a commentary in Science. The side-blotched lizard research was also a quiz question on the NPR show Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.

2025

Scarpetta, S.G., Karin, B.R., Corl, A., McGuire, J.A.. The evolutionary history of dragon lizards (Squamata: Agamidae) revealed by phylogenomics. 2025. Systematic Biology, syaf088.

Domer, A., Misraje, T.R., Xing, D., Arango, B.G., Selleghin-Veiga, G., Corl, A., Bowie, R.C.K., McGuire, J.A., Sweazea, K.L.,Vázquez-Medina, J.P., Dudley, R. 2025. Myo-inositol is a key regulator of avian metabolism: From mechanisms to seasonal behavior. Science Advances. 11: 1-9.

Wang-Claypool, C. Y., Corl, A., Jones, J., McGuire, J. A., Bowie, R. C. K., and Dudley, R. 2025. The proof is in the plumage: a method for detecting dietary ethanol exposure in birds by testing for ethyl glucuronide in feathers. Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology. 98: 1-13.

Scarpetta, S. G., Fisher, R. N., Karin, B. R., Niukula, J. B., Corl, A., Jackman, T. R., McGuire, J. A.. 2025. Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji. PNAS. 122: 1-10.

Here is a press release for the paper.

2024

Corl*, A., Charter*, M., Rozman, G., Turjeman, Toledo, S., S., Kamath, P., Getz, W. M., Nathan, R., Bowie, R. C. K.. 2024. Social, environmental, and developmental factors affect the microbiota of barn owls (Tyto alba) in a cross-fostering experiment. Animal Microbiome. 6: 1-18.

*Note: These authors share first authorship.

Kong, B.R., Corl, A., Reilly, S. 2024. Temporal changes in geographic range and population size of the Santa Cruz Black Salamander. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 15:17–30.

2023

Choi, J., Lee, L., Maro, A., Corl, A., McGuire, J. A., Bowie, R. C. K., and Dudley, R. 2023. Hummingbird ingestion of low-concentration ethanol within artificial nectar. Royal Society Open Science 10: 1-8.

2022

Thie, N., Corl, A., Turjeman, S., Efrat, R., Kamath, P., Getz, W.M., Bowie, R.C.K., Nathan, R. 2022. Linking migration and microbiota at a major stopover site in a long-distance avian migrant. Movement Ecology. 10: 1–15

Turjeman, S., Pekarsky, S., Corl, A., Kamath, P., Getz, W.M., Bowie, R.C.K, Markin, Y., Nathan, R. 2022. Comparing invasive and noninvasive faecal sampling in wildlife microbiome studies: A case study on wild common cranes. Molecular Ecology Resources. 00: 1–9.

2021

Choi O.N.*, Corl A.*, Wolfenden A., Lublin A., Ishaq S.L., Turjeman S., Getz W.M., Nathan R., Bowie R.C.K., Kamath P.L. 2021. High-throughput sequencing for examining Salmonella prevalence and pathogen-microbiota relationships in barn swallows. Frontier in Ecology and Evolution. 9:683183.

*Note: These authors share first authorship.

Pekarsky, S.*, Corl, A.*, Turjeman, S., Kamath, P., Getz, W.M., Bowie, R.C.K., Markin, Y., Nathan, R. 2021. Drivers of change and stability in the gut microbiota of an omnivorous avian migrant exposed to artificial food supplementation. Molecular Ecology. 30: 4723-4739.

*Note: These authors share first authorship.

2020

Turjeman, S.*, Corl, A.*, Wolfenden, A., Tsalyuk, M., Lublin, Choi, O., A., Kamath, P., Getz, W., Bowie, R.C.K, Nathan, R. 2020. Migration status and microbiome composition: a comparative study in sympatrically co-occurring migrants and residents. Molecular Ecology. 29: 4706–4720.

*Note: These authors share first authorship.

Corl*, A., Charter*, M., Rozman, G., Toledo, S., Turjeman, S., Kamath, P., Getz, W. M., Nathan, R., Bowie, R. C. K.. 2020. Movement ecology and sex are linked to barn owl microbial community composition. Molecular Ecology. 29:1358–1371.

*These authors share first authorship.

2018

Corl, A., Bi, K., Luke, C., Challa, A. S., Stern, A. J., Sinervo, B., Nielsen, R. 2018. The genetic basis of adaptation following plastic changes in coloration in a novel environment. Current Biology. 28: 1-8.

The paper was covered in a press release, a dispatch in Current biology, and by a story and podcast in Science. In addition, I did a video abstract for the paper.

Gilman, C., Corl, A., Sinervo, B., Irschick, D. Mating strategy determines genital morphology in the polymorphic lizard, Uta stansburiana. Journal of Morphology. 2018. 1-9.

Rogers, R., Zhou, L., Chu, C., Márquez, R., Corl, A., Linderoth, T., Freeborn, L., McManes, M., Xiong, Zheng, J., Guo, C. Z., Xun, X., Kronforst, M., Summers, K., Wu, Yang, H., Y., Richards-Zawacki, C., Zhang, G., Nielsen, R. 2018. Genomic takeover by transposable elements in the strawberry poison frog. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 35: 2913–2927.

2017

von May, R., Catenazzi, A., Corl, A., Santa-Cruz, R., Carnaval, A., Moritz, C. 2017. Divergence of thermal physiological traits in terrestrial breeding frogs along a tropical elevational gradient. Ecology and Evolution. 00:1-11.

2015

Reilly*, S. B., A. Corl*, and D. B. Wake. 2015. An integrative approach to phylogeography: Investigating the effects of ancient seaways, climate, and historical geology on multi-locus phylogeographic boundaries of the Arboreal Salamander (Aneides lugubris). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15:241.

*These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

2014

McGuire, J.A., Witt, C.C., Remsen, J.V., Corl, A., Rabosky, D.L., Altshuler, D.L., Dudley, R. 2014. Molecular Phylogenetics and the Diversification of Hummingbirds. Current Biology. 24:910-916.

Here is a press release for the paper.

2013

Corl, A., and H. Ellegren. 2013. Sampling strategies for species trees: the effects on phylogenetic inference of the number of genes, number of individuals, and whether loci are mitochondrial, sex-linked, or autosomal. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 67: 358–366.

One of the top five most downloaded articles in MPE in 2013.

2012

Corl, A., L.T. Lancaster, and B. Sinervo. 2012. Rapid formation of reproductive isolation between two populations of Side-Blotched lizards, Uta stansburiana. Copeia. 4: 593-602.

Winner of Copeia’s “Best Paper Young Scholar, Herpetology” Award for 2012.

Rabosky, ARD, A. Corl, Y. Surget-Groba, H. Liwang, and B. Sinervo. 2012. Direct fitness correlates and thermal consequences of facultative aggregation in a desert lizard. PLoS One. 7: 1-8.

Corl, A., H. Ellegren. 2012. The genomic signature of sexual selection in the genetic diversity of the sex chromosomes and autosomes. Evolution. 66: 2138–2149.

2011

Davis A.R., A. Corl, Y. Surget-Groba, and B. Sinervo. 2011. Convergent evolution of kin-based sociality in a lizard. Proceedings of the Royal Society – B. 278: 1507–1514.

2010

Corl, A., A. Davis, S. R. Kuchta, and B. Sinervo. 2010. Selective loss of polymorphic mating types is associated with rapid phenotypic evolution during morphic speciation. PNAS. 107: 4254-4259.

Here is a press release for the paper.

Corl, A., A. R. Davis, S. R. Kuchta, T. Comendant, and B. Sinervo. 2010. Alternative mating strategies and the evolution of sexual size dimorphism in the side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana: a population-level comparative analysis. Evolution. 64: 79-96.

2007

Corl, A. 2007. The role of alternative mating strategies in speciation in the side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana. Ph.D. thesis, University of California, Santa Cruz. 111 p.

Sinervo B, Heulin B, Surget-Groba Y, Clobert J, Miles DB, Corl A, Chaine A, and Davis A. 2007. Models of density-dependent genic selection and a new rock-paper-scissors social system. The American Naturalist. 170: 663-680.

Here is a press release for the paper.