ADAM G. JONES

Associate Professor
Biology

Department of Biology
Texas A&M University
TAMU 3258
College Station, TX 77843-3258
Office: 118D Biological Sciences Bldg. East (map)
Phone: 979.845.7774
E-mail: ajones@mail.bio.tamu.edu
Jones Lab

Keywords: Sexual Selection; Mating Systems; Evolutionary Genomics; Quantitative Genetics; Parentage Analysis; Molecular Ecology

Interests:
Research in my lab focuses on the use of molecular genetic tools to reveal evolutionary processes. One major area of emphasis is the evolution of mating systems and sexual selection in male-pregnant seahorses and their relatives. We are also interested in the evolution of new behaviors and morphological structures, topics that we study by taking advantage of male pregnancy as an interesting evolutionary novelty. Other interests in the lab include parentage analysis, population genetics, evolvability, speciation, theoretical quantitative genetics, and conservation biology of fishes and amphibians.

Disciplines: Behavioral Ecology, Conservation Biology, Evolutionary & Population Genetics

Selected publications:
Hoffman EA, Kolm N, Berglund A, Arguello JR, Jones AG (2005) Genetic structure in the coral-reef associated Bangaii cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni. Molecular Ecology 14: 1367-1375.

Kolm N, Hoffman EA, Olsson J, Berglund A, Jones AG (2005) Group stability and homing behaviour but no kin group structures in a coral reef fish. Behavioral Ecology 16: 521-527.

Watts RA, Palmer CA, Feldhoff RC, Feldhoff PW, Houck LD, Jones AG, Pfrender ME, Rollman SM, Arnold SJ (2004) Discordant modes of evolution at different levels in a pheromone signaling system. Molecular Biology and Evolution 21: 1032-1041.

Jones AG, Arnold SJ, Bürger R (2004) Evolution and stability of the G-matrix under a moving optimum. Evolution 58: 1639-1654.

Jones AG, Arguello JR, Arnold SJ (2004) Molecular parentage analysis in experimental newt populations: the response of mating system measures to variation in the operational sex ratio. American Naturalist 164: 444-456.