Mohamed A. F. Noor | Scholars@Duke

Mohamed A. F. Noor
Professor of Biology

Research in my laboratory strives to understand what genetic changes contribute to the formation of new species, what maintains fitness-related variation in natural populations, and how the process of genetic recombination affects both species formation and molecular evolution. Our approaches combine classical genetic, molecular genetic, and genomic/ bioinformatic analyses, along with occasional forays into areas like animal behavior (in relation to speciation). I am also very interested in helping develop educational activities (K-12 or college) in genetics and evolution. See my lab webpage for more detailed information: https://sites.google.com/site/noorlabduke/

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2008
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2017
Bass Fellow, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2016

Contact Information

130 Science Drive, Room 137, Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Box 90338, Biology Department, Durham, NC 27708-4129
noor@duke.edu (919) 668-2728
http://sites.google.com/site/noorlabduke/

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., The University of Chicago 1996
- B.S., College of William and Mary 1992
Duke Appointment History
- Chair of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013 - 2017
- Associate Chair of the Department of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2010 - 2013
- Associate Chair, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2007 - 2010
- Associate Professor of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2005 - 2008
- Associate Research Professor, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2005
Recognition
In the News
- MAY 18, 2020
  
  Meet the Duke Dean Whose Obsession With 'Star Trek' Landed Him a Gig as Their Next Science Consultant
- OCT 29, 2018
  
  Mohamed Noor Named Trinity College Dean of Natural Sciences
- SEP 13, 2018
  
  What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Genetics and Evolution
- MAR 15, 2017
  
  Mating Mix-Up With Wrong Fly Lowers Libido for Mr. Right
- MAR 17, 2014 Duke Research Blog
  
  Managing a Lab: The Parts You Won’t Learn in Class
- MAR 7, 2014 Las Vegas Sun
  
  Duke professor talks evolution at UNLV
- DEC 23, 2013 Cell
  
  Education evolving: Teaching biology online
- NOV 21, 2013
  
  Mohamed Noor: 'What Matters to Me and Why'
- NOV 5, 2013
  
  Coursera in the Classroom
- NOV 5, 2013
  
  Why Build an App?
- OCT 4, 2013
  
  Founders' Day Praise for Contributions to Duke
- APR 24, 2013
  
  Teaching Excellence In and Outside the Classroom
- FEB 11, 2013
  
  Flipping Teaching Around
Awards & Honors
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Genetic and Genomics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2025
- Genetics and evolution of lethal alleles in Drosophila awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2023
- Collaborative Research: Accelerating the Pace of Research and Implementation of Writing-to-Learn Pedagogies Across STEM Disciplines awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2021
- Collaborative Research: Reversing evolution to understand the genetic basis of species divergence awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2021
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2021
- Genetics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health 1979 - 2020
- SG: An experimental test of the role of chromosomal inversions in adaptive evolution awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2020
- EAGER: Test for local adaptation of recombination rate awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2019
- Fine-scale Recombination, Variation, Divergence, and Codon Bias in Drosophila awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2015
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The Role of Mating System in Sperm Competition and Protein Evolution in /Agelaius/ Blackbirds awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2014
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The Epigenetic Regulation of Meiotic Recombination awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2014
- Workshop for Graduate Students on Communicating Science awarded by National Science Foundation 2012
- Genetics of Speciation in Drosophila Pseudoobscura awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2012
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Male-mediated effects on female germline recombination rates awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2011
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic causes of hybrid sterility awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2010
- Chromosomal Inversions and the Persistence of Species awarded by National Science Foundation 2005 - 2009
- Molecular Basis of Reproductive Isolation in Drosophila awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2008
- Genetics of hybrid sterility in Drosophila awarded by National Science Foundation 2005 - 2008
- Dissertation Research: A Test of Faster-X evolution in Lepidoptera. awarded by National Science Foundation 2005 - 2007
- Collaborative Research: Genetics of Speciation Factors in Drosophila Mojavensis awarded by National Science Foundation 2005 - 2006
External Relationships
- CBS
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Noor, Mohamed A. F. You're Hired! Now What? Sinauer Associates Incorporated, 2012.
- Academic Articles
  - Samuk, Kieran, Brenda Manzano-Winkler, Kathryn R. Ritz, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Natural Selection Shapes Variation in Genome-wide Recombination Rate in Drosophila pseudoobscura.” Current Biology : Cb 30, no. 8 (April 9, 2020): 1517-1528.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.053.
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  - Korunes, Katharine L., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Pervasive gene conversion in chromosomal inversion heterozygotes.” Molecular Ecology 28, no. 6 (March 2019): 1302–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14921.
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  - Ballinger, Mallory A., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Are Lethal Alleles Too Abundant in Humans?” Trends in Genetics : Tig 34, no. 2 (February 2018): 87–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2017.12.013.
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  - Ravinet, M., R. Faria, R. K. Butlin, J. Galindo, N. Bierne, M. Rafajlović, M. A. F. Noor, B. Mehlig, and A. M. Westram. “Interpreting the genomic landscape of speciation: a road map for finding barriers to gene flow.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30, no. 8 (August 2017): 1450–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13047.
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  - Ritz, Kathryn R., Mohamed A. F. Noor, and Nadia D. Singh. “Variation in Recombination Rate: Adaptive or Not?” Trends in Genetics : Tig 33, no. 5 (May 2017): 364–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2017.03.003.
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  - Manzano-Winkler, Brenda, Alexander J. Hish, Emily K. Aarons, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Reproductive interference by male Drosophila subobscura on female D. persimilis: A laboratory experiment.” Ecology and Evolution 7, no. 7 (April 2017): 2268–72. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2855.
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  - Korunes, Katharine L., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Gene conversion and linkage: effects on genome evolution and speciation.” Molecular Ecology 26, no. 1 (January 2017): 351–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13736.
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  - Mittleman, Briana E., Brenda Manzano-Winkler, Julianne B. Hall, Katharine L. Korunes, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “The large X-effect on secondary sexual characters and the genetics of variation in sex comb tooth number in Drosophila subobscura.” Ecology and Evolution 7, no. 2 (January 2017): 533–40. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2634.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F. “The (R)Evolution is here!.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 71, no. 1 (January 2017): 4–5. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13131.
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  - Shaw, R. G., A. J. Moore, M. Noor, and M. G. Ritchie. “Transparency and reproducibility in evolutionary research.” Ecology and Evolution 6, no. 14 (July 1, 2016): 4605–6. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2291.
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  - Shaw, Ruth G., Allen J. Moore, Mohamed Noor, and Michael G. Ritchie. “Transparency and reproducibility in evolutionary research.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 70, no. 7 (July 2016): 1433–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12977.
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  - Shaw, Ruth G., Allen J. Moore, Mohamed Noor, and Michael G. Ritchie. “Transparency and reproducibility in evolutionary research.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29, no. 7 (July 2016): 1296–97. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12894.
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  - Ritz, Kathryn R., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Mistaken Identity: Another Bias in the Use of Relative Genetic Divergence Measures for Detecting Interspecies Introgression.” Plos One 11, no. 10 (January 2016): e0165032. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165032.
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  - Smukowski Heil, Caiti S., Chris Ellison, Matthew Dubin, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Recombining without Hotspots: A Comprehensive Evolutionary Portrait of Recombination in Two Closely Related Species of Drosophila.” Genome Biology and Evolution 7, no. 10 (October 2015): 2829–42. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evv182.
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  - Gredler, J. N., A. J. Hish, and M. A. Noor. “Temporal Stability of Molecular Diversity Measures in Natural Populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura and Drosophila persimilis.” Journal of Heredity 106, no. 4 (July 2015): 407–11. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esv027.
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  - Hoehn, K. B., and M. A. F. Noor. “How Big Is Your Y? A Genome-Sequence Based Estimate of the Size of the Male-Specific Region in Megaselia scalaris.” G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics 5, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 45–48. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.114.015057.
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  - Myers, Russell B., Brandon Millman, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Genetics and evolution: an iOS application to supplement introductory courses in transmission and evolutionary genetics.” G3 (Bethesda, Md.) 4, no. 5 (May 2014): 779–81. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.114.010215.
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  - Heil, Caiti S Smukowski, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Studying recombination with high-throughput sequencing: an educational primer for use with "fine-scale heterogeneity in crossover rate in the garnet-scalloped region of the Drosophila melanogaster X chromosome".” Genetics 194, no. 2 (June 2013): 335–39. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.113.150771.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F. “The 2013 Novitski Prize: Jonathan Pritchard.” Genetics 194, no. 1 (May 2013): 15–17. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.113.150706.
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  - Heil, C. S. S., B. Manzano-Winkler, M. J. Hunter, J. K. F. Noor, and M. A. F. Noor. “Witnessing evolution first hand: A K-12 laboratory exercise in genetics & evolution using drosophila.” American Biology Teacher 75, no. 2 (February 1, 2013): 116–19. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2013.75.2.8.
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  - Hoehn, K. B., S. E. McGaugh, and M. A. F. Noor. “Erratum: Effects of premature termination codon polymorphisms in the drosophila pseudoobscura subclade (Journal of Molecular Evolution (2012) 75 (141-150) DOI: 10.1007/s00239-012-9528-x).” Journal of Molecular Evolution 76, no. 1–2 (January 1, 2013): 81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-012-9537-9.
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  - Manzano-Winkler, Brenda, Suzanne E. McGaugh, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “How hot are drosophila hotspots? examining recombination rate variation and associations with nucleotide diversity, divergence, and maternal age in Drosophila pseudoobscura.” Plos One 8, no. 8 (January 2013): e71582. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071582.
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  - Heil, Caiti S. S., Mika J. Hunter, Juliet Kf Noor, Kathleen Miglia, Brenda Manzano-Winkler, Shannon R. McDermott, and Mohamed Af Noor. “Witnessing Phenotypic and Molecular Evolution in the Fruit Fly.” Evolution 5, no. 4 (December 2012): 629–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12052-012-0447-5.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F., and Caiti S. S. Heil. “Mentor vs. Monolith.” American Scientist 100, no. 6 (November 1, 2012): 451–53.
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  - Hoehn, Kenneth B., Suzanne E. McGaugh, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Effects of premature termination codon polymorphisms in the Drosophila pseudoobscura subclade.” Journal of Molecular Evolution 75, no. 3–4 (October 2012): 141–50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-012-9528-x.
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  - Mcdermott, S. R., and M. A. F. Noor. “Mapping of within-species segregation distortion in Drosophila persimilis and hybrid sterility between D. persimilis and D. pseudoobscura.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25, no. 10 (October 2012): 2023–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02581.x.
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  - Graham, Allie M., Jennifer D. Merrill, Suzanne E. McGaugh, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Geographic selection in the small heat shock gene complex differentiating populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura.” The Journal of Heredity 103, no. 3 (May 2012): 400–407. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esr150.
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  - McGaugh, Suzanne E., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Genomic impacts of chromosomal inversions in parapatric Drosophila species.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 367, no. 1587 (February 2012): 422–29. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0250.
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  - Heil, Caiti S. S., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Zinc finger binding motifs do not explain recombination rate variation within or between species of Drosophila.” Plos One 7, no. 9 (January 2012): e45055. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045055.
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  - Marie Curie SPECIATION Network, K., Roger Butlin, Allan Debelle, Claudius Kerth, Rhonda R. Snook, Leo W. Beukeboom, Ruth F. Castillo Cajas, et al. “What do we need to know about speciation?.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution 27, no. 1 (January 2012): 27–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2011.09.002.
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  - McGaugh, Suzanne E., Caiti S. S. Heil, Brenda Manzano-Winkler, Laurence Loewe, Steve Goldstein, Tiffany L. Himmel, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Recombination modulates how selection affects linked sites in Drosophila.” Plos Biology 10, no. 11 (January 2012): e1001422. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001422.
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  - Smukowski, C. S., and M. A. F. Noor. “Recombination rate variation in closely related species.” Heredity 107, no. 6 (December 2011): 496–508. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2011.44.
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  - McDermott, Shannon R., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Genetics of hybrid male sterility among strains and species in the Drosophila pseudoobscura species group.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 65, no. 7 (July 2011): 1969–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01256.x.
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  - Stevison, Laurie S., Kenneth B. Hoehn, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Effects of inversions on within- and between-species recombination and divergence.” Genome Biology and Evolution 3 (January 2011): 830–41. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evr081.
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  - Etges, William J., Cassia Cardoso De Oliveira, Mohamed A. F. Noor, and Michael G. Ritchie. “Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. III. Life-history divergence in allopatry and reproductive isolation.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 64, no. 12 (December 2010): 3549–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01096.x.
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  - Stevison, Laurie S., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Genetic and evolutionary correlates of fine-scale recombination rate variation in Drosophila persimilis.” Journal of Molecular Evolution 71, no. 5–6 (December 2010): 332–45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-010-9388-1.
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  - Chang, Audrey S., Sarah M. Bennett, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Epistasis among Drosophila persimilis factors conferring hybrid male sterility with D. pseudoobscura bogotana.” Plos One 5, no. 10 (October 27, 2010): e15377. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015377.
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  - Larracuente, Amanda M., Mohamed A. F. Noor, and Andrew G. Clark. “Translocation of Y-linked genes to the dot chromosome in Drosophila pseudoobscura.” Molecular Biology and Evolution 27, no. 7 (July 2010): 1612–20. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msq045.
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  - Bennett, Sarah M., John M. Mercer, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Slip-sliding away: serial changes and homoplasy in repeat number in the Drosophila yakuba homolog of human cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2.” Plos One 5, no. 6 (June 8, 2010): e11006. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011006.
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  - Varney, Robin L., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “The scuttle fly.” Current Biology : Cb 20, no. 11 (June 2010): R466–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.03.043.
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  - Goldstein, David B., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Genomics: Lessons in complexity from yeast.” Nature 464, no. 7291 (April 2010): 985–86. https://doi.org/10.1038/464985a.
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  - McDermott, Shannon R., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “The role of meiotic drive in hybrid male sterility.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 365, no. 1544 (April 2010): 1265–72. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0264.
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  - Noor, M. A. F., and S. M. Bennett. “Erratum: Islands of speciation or mirages in the desert? Examining the role of restricted recombination in maintaining species (Heredity (2010) 103 (434-444) DOI: 10.1038/hdy2009.151).” Heredity 104, no. 4 (April 1, 2010): 418. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2010.13.
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  - Bennett, S. M., J. M. Mercer, and M. A. F. Noor. “Slip-sliding away: Serial changes and homoplasy in repeat number in the Drosophila yakuba homolog of human cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2.” Plos One 5, no. 6 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011006.
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  - Chang, Audrey S., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Epistasis modifies the dominance of loci causing hybrid male sterility in the Drosophila pseudoobscura species group.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 64, no. 1 (January 2010): 253–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00823.x.
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  - Noor, M. A. F., and S. M. Bennett. “Islands of speciation or mirages in the desert? Examining the role of restricted recombination in maintaining species.” Heredity 103, no. 6 (December 2009): 439–44. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2009.151.
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  - Bennett, Sarah M., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Molecular evolution of a Drosophila homolog of human BRCA2.” Genetica 137, no. 2 (November 2009): 213–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-009-9376-9.
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  - Kandul, Nikolai P., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Large introns in relation to alternative splicing and gene evolution: a case study of Drosophila bruno-3.” Bmc Genetics 10 (October 19, 2009): 67. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-10-67.
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  - Rasmussen, David A., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “What can you do with 0.1x genome coverage? A case study based on a genome survey of the scuttle fly Megaselia scalaris (Phoridae).” Bmc Genomics 10 (August 18, 2009): 382. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-10-382.
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  - Kulathinal, Rob J., Laurie S. Stevison, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “The genomics of speciation in Drosophila: diversity, divergence, and introgression estimated using low-coverage genome sequencing.” Plos Genetics 5, no. 7 (July 3, 2009): e1000550. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000550.
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  - Etges, William J., Cassia Cardoso de Oliveira, Michael G. Ritchie, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis: II. Host plants and mating status influence cuticular hydrocarbon QTL expression and G x E interactions.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 63, no. 7 (July 2009): 1712–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00661.x.
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  - Runcie, Daniel E., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Sequence signatures of a recent chromosomal rearrangement in Drosophila mojavensis.” Genetica 136, no. 1 (May 2009): 5–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-008-9296-0.
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  - Barnwell, Callie V., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Failure to replicate two mate preference QTLs across multiple strains of Drosophila pseudoobscura.” The Journal of Heredity 99, no. 6 (November 2008): 653–56. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esn069.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F. “Mutagenesis from meiotic recombination is not a primary driver of sequence divergence between Saccharomyces species.” Molecular Biology and Evolution 25, no. 11 (November 2008): 2439–44. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msn186.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F. “Connecting recombination, nucleotide diversity and species divergence in Drosophila.” Fly 2, no. 5 (September 2008): 255–56. https://doi.org/10.4161/fly.6964.
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  - Catron, Daniel J., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Gene expression disruptions of organism versus organ in Drosophila species hybrids.” Plos One 3, no. 8 (August 20, 2008): e3009. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003009.
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  - Schaeffer, Stephen W., Arjun Bhutkar, Bryant F. McAllister, Muneo Matsuda, Luciano M. Matzkin, Patrick M. O’Grady, Claudia Rohde, et al. “Polytene chromosomal maps of 11 Drosophila species: the order of genomic scaffolds inferred from genetic and physical maps.” Genetics 179, no. 3 (July 13, 2008): 1601–55. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.107.086074.
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  - Kulathinal, Rob J., Sarah M. Bennett, Courtney L. Fitzpatrick, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Fine-scale mapping of recombination rate in Drosophila refines its correlation to diversity and divergence.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105, no. 29 (July 11, 2008): 10051–56. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0801848105.
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  - Forbes, Andrew A., Thomas H. Q. Powell, Neil F. Lobo, Mohamed A. F. Noor, and Jeffrey L. Feder. “PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES: Polymorphic microsatellite loci for Diachasma alloeum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).” Molecular Ecology Resources 8, no. 2 (March 2008): 373–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01961.x.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F., Robin S. Parnell, and Bruce S. Grant. “A reversible color polyphenism in American peppered moth (Biston betularia cognataria) caterpillars.” Plos One 3, no. 9 (January 2008): e3142. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003142.
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  - Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium, Iain, Andrew G. Clark, Michael B. Eisen, Douglas R. Smith, Casey M. Bergman, Brian Oliver, Therese A. Markow, et al. “Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.” Nature 450, no. 7167 (November 8, 2007): 203–18. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06341.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F., David A. Garfield, Stephen W. Schaeffer, and Carlos A. Machado. “Divergence between the Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis genome sequences in relation to chromosomal inversions.” Genetics 177, no. 3 (November 2007): 1417–28. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.107.070672.
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  - Chang, Audrey S., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “The genetics of hybrid male sterility between the allopatric species pair Drosophila persimilis and D. pseudoobscura bogotana: dominant sterility alleles in collinear autosomal regions.” Genetics 176, no. 1 (May 2007): 343–49. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.106.067314.
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  - Etges, William J., Cássia Cardoso de Oliveira, Erin Gragg, Daniel Ortíz-Barrientos, Mohamed A. F. Noor, and Michael G. Ritchie. “Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. I. Male courtship song, mating success, and genotype x environment interactions.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 61, no. 5 (May 2007): 1106–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00104.x.
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  - Situma, Catherine, Amanda J. Moehring, Mohamed A. F. Noor, and Steven A. Soper. “Immobilized molecular beacons: a new strategy using UV-activated poly(methyl methacrylate) surfaces to provide large fluorescence sensitivities for reporting on molecular association events.” Analytical Biochemistry 363, no. 1 (April 2007): 35–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2006.12.029.
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  - Cirulli, Elizabeth T., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Localization and characterization of X chromosome inversion breakpoints separating Drosophila mojavensis and Drosophila arizonae.” J Hered 98, no. 2 (March 2007): 111–14. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esl065.
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  - Machado, Carlos A., Tamara S. Haselkorn, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Evaluation of the genomic extent of effects of fixed inversion differences on intraspecific variation and interspecific gene flow in Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis.” Genetics 175, no. 3 (March 2007): 1289–1306. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.106.064758.
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  - Cirulli, Elizabeth T., Richard M. Kliman, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Fine-scale crossover rate heterogeneity in Drosophila pseudoobscura.” J Mol Evol 64, no. 1 (January 2007): 129–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-006-0142-7.
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  - Moehring, Amanda J., Katherine C. Teeter, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Genome-wide patterns of expression in Drosophila pure species and hybrid males. II. Examination of multiple-species hybridizations, platforms, and life cycle stages.” Molecular Biology and Evolution 24, no. 1 (January 2007): 137–45. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msl142.
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  - Ortíz-Barrientos, Daniel, Brian A. Counterman, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Gene expression divergence and the origin of hybrid dysfunctions.” Genetica 129, no. 1 (January 2007): 71–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-006-0034-1.
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  - Counterman, Brian A., and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Multilocus test for introgression between the cactophilic species Drosophila mojavensis and Drosophila arizonae.” The American Naturalist 168, no. 5 (November 2006): 682–96. https://doi.org/10.1086/508632.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F., and Jeffrey L. Feder. “Speciation genetics: evolving approaches.” Nature Reviews. Genetics 7, no. 11 (November 2006): 851–61. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg1968.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F., and Audrey S. Chang. “Evolutionary genetics: jumping into a new species.” Current Biology : Cb 16, no. 20 (October 2006): R890–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.09.022.
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  - Masly, John P., Corbin D. Jones, Mohamed A. F. Noor, John Locke, and H Allen Orr. “Gene transposition as a cause of hybrid sterility in Drosophila.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 313, no. 5792 (September 2006): 1448–50. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1128721.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F., Katherine J. Zimmerman, and Katherine C. Teeter. “Data sharing: how much doesn't get submitted to GenBank?” Plos Biology 4, no. 7 (July 11, 2006): e228. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040228.
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  - Kandul, Nikolai P., Kevin M. Wright, Ekaterina V. Kandul, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “No evidence for learned mating discrimination in male Drosophila pseudoobscura.” Bmc Evolutionary Biology 6 (July 6, 2006): 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-6-54.
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  - Hamill, R. M., M. A. F. Noor, E. T. Watson, and M. G. Ritchie. “New microsatellite loci for the European bushcricket, Ephippiger ephippiger (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae).” Molecular Ecology Notes 6, no. 2 (June 1, 2006): 340–42. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01224.x.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F., and Daniel Ortíz-Barrientos. “Simulating natural conditions in the laboratory: a re-examination of sexual isolation between sympatric and allopatric populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis.” Behavior Genetics 36, no. 2 (March 2006): 322–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-005-9033-8.
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  - Velez, S., M. S. Taylor, M. A. F. Noor, N. F. Lobo, and J. L. Feder. “Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the apple maggot fly Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae).” Molecular Ecology Notes 6, no. 1 (March 1, 2006): 90–92. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.01149.x.
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  - Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel, Audrey S. Chang, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “A recombinational portrait of the Drosophila pseudoobscura genome.” Genetical Research 87, no. 1 (February 2006): 23–31. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016672306007932.
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  - Noor, M. A. F., K. J. Zimmerman, and K. C. Teeter. “Data sharing: How much doesn't get submitted to GenBank?” Plos Biology 4, no. 7 (2006): 1113–14. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040228.
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  - Noor, M. A. F., and J. A. Coyne. “Speciation in the new millennium: What's left to know?” Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 52, no. 3–4 (January 1, 2006): 431–41. https://doi.org/10.1560/IJEE_52_3-4_431.
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  - Ortiz Barrientos, D., and M. A. F. Noor. “Evidence for a one-allele assortative mating locus.” Science 310, no. 3753 (December 2005).
  - Ortíz-Barrientos, Daniel, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Evidence for a one-allele assortative mating locus.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 310, no. 5753 (December 2005): 1467. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1121260.
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  - Leman, Scotland C., Yuguo Chen, Jason E. Stajich, Mohamed A. F. Noor, and Marcy K. Uyenoyama. “Likelihoods from summary statistics: recent divergence between species.” Genetics 171, no. 3 (November 2005): 1419–36. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.040402.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F., and Norman A. Johnson. “A kingpin of academic inclusive fitness: the history and contributions of Bruce Grant.” Genetics 171, no. 3 (November 2005): 867–71.
  - Noor, Mohamed A. F. “Patterns of evolution of genes disrupted in expression in Drosophila species hybrids.” Genetical Research 85, no. 2 (April 2005): 119–25. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016672305007500.
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  - Richards, Stephen, Yue Liu, Brian R. Bettencourt, Pavel Hradecky, Stan Letovsky, Rasmus Nielsen, Kevin Thornton, et al. “Comparative genome sequencing of Drosophila pseudoobscura: chromosomal, gene, and cis-element evolution.” Genome Research 15, no. 1 (January 2005): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.3059305.
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  - Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel, Brian A. Counterman, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “The genetics of speciation by reinforcement.” Plos Biology 2, no. 12 (December 2004): e416. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020416.
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  - Boyle, A Susannah, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Variation in recombination rate may bias human genetic disease mapping studies.” Genetica 122, no. 3 (November 2004): 245–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-004-1703-6.
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  - Brown, Kirsten M., Lisa M. Burk, Loren M. Henagan, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “A test of the chromosomal rearrangement model of speciation in Drosophila pseudoobscura.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 58, no. 8 (August 2004): 1856–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00469.x.
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  - Michalak, Pawel, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Association of misexpression with sterility in hybrids of Drosophila simulansand D. mauritiana.” Journal of Molecular Evolution 59, no. 2 (August 2004): 277–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-004-2622-y.
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  - Ritchie, M. G., and M. A. Noor. “Evolutionary genetics: gene replacement and the genetics of speciation.” Heredity 93, no. 1 (July 2004): 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6800456.
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  - Staten, Regina, Sheri Dixon Schully, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “A microsatellite linkage map of Drosophila mojavensis.” Bmc Genetics 5 (May 26, 2004): 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-5-12.
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  - Counterman, Brian A., Daniel Ortíz-Barrientos, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Using comparative genomic data to test for fast-X evolution.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 58, no. 3 (March 2004): 656–60. https://doi.org/10.1554/03-413.
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  - Stevison, L. S., B. A. Counterman, and M. A. F. Noor. “Molecular evolution of X-linked accessory gland proteins in Drosophila pseudoobscura.” The Journal of Heredity 95, no. 2 (March 2004): 114–18. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esh027.
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  - Staten, R., S. D. Schully, and M. A. F. Noor. “A microsatellite linkage map of Drosophila mojavensis.” Bmc Genetics 5 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-5-12.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F., Pawel Michalak, and David Donze. “Characterization of a male-predominant antisense transcript underexpressed in hybrids of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis.” Genetics 165, no. 4 (December 2003): 1823–30.
  - Michalak, Pawel, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Genome-wide patterns of expression in Drosophila pure species and hybrid males.” Molecular Biology and Evolution 20, no. 7 (July 2003): 1070–76. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msg119.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F. “Evolutionary biology: Genes to make new species.” Nature 423, no. 6941 (June 2003): 699–700. https://doi.org/10.1038/423699a.
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  - Dixon, Sheri M., Jerry A. Coyne, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “The evolution of conspecific sperm precedence in Drosophila.” Molecular Ecology 12, no. 5 (May 2003): 1179–84. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.2003.01742.x.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F., and Richard M. Kliman. “Variability on the dot chromosome in the Drosophila simulans clade.” Genetica 118, no. 1 (May 2003): 51–58. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1022983023900.
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  - Servedio, M. R., and M. A. F. Noor. “The Role Of Reinforcement in Speciation: Theory and Data.” Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 34 (January 1, 2003): 339–64. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.011802.132412.
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  - Etges, W. J., and M. A. F. Noor. “Special issue - Genetics of mate choice: From sexual selection to sexual isolation - Preface.” Genetica 116, no. 2–3 (November 1, 2002): VII–ix.
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  - Ortíz-Barrientos, Daniel, Jane Reiland, Jody Hey, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Recombination and the divergence of hybridizing species.” Genetica 116, no. 2–3 (November 2002): 167–78. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1021296829109.
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  - Reiland, J., S. Hodge, and M. A. F. Noor. “Strong founder effect in Drosophila pseudoobscura colonizing New Zealand from North America.” The Journal of Heredity 93, no. 6 (November 2002): 415–20. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/93.6.415.
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  - Reiland, Jane, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Little qualitative RNA misexpression in sterile male F1 hybrids of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis.” Bmc Evolutionary Biology 2 (September 10, 2002): 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-2-16.
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  - McGuire, H. L., and M. A. F. Noor. “Microsatellite loci for great white herons and great blue herons (Aves, Ardeidae, Ardea herodias).” Molecular Ecology Notes 2, no. 2 (June 26, 2002): 170–72. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00191.x.
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  - Noor, M. A. F. “Is the biological species concept showing its age?” Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17, no. 4 (April 1, 2002): 153–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02452-7.
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  - Espinoza, N. R., and M. A. F. Noor. “Population genetics of a polyploid: is there hybridization between lineages of Hyla versicolor?” The Journal of Heredity 93, no. 2 (March 2002): 81–85. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/93.2.81.
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  - Alvarez, D., M. A. F. Noor, and M. Ruiz-Garcia. “Comparative genetic structure between tropical Colombian and North American Drosophila pseudoobscura populations.” Biotropica 34, no. 1 (January 1, 2002): 81–92. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00244.x.
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  - Noor, M. A., K. L. Grams, L. A. Bertucci, and J. Reiland. “Chromosomal inversions and the reproductive isolation of species.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98, no. 21 (October 2, 2001): 12084–88. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.221274498.
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  - Noor, M. A., A. L. Cunningham, and J. C. Larkin. “Consequences of recombination rate variation on quantitative trait locus mapping studies. Simulations based on the Drosophila melanogaster genome.” Genetics 159, no. 2 (October 2001): 581–88.
  - Noor, M. A., R. M. Kliman, and C. A. Machado. “Evolutionary history of microsatellites in the obscura group of Drosophila.” Molecular Biology and Evolution 18, no. 4 (April 2001): 551–56. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003834.
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  - Kliman, R. M., B. T. Rogers, and M. A. Noor. “Differences in (G+C) content between species: a commentary on Forsdyke's "chromosomal viewpoint" of speciation.” Journal of Theoretical Biology 209, no. 2 (March 2001): 131–40. https://doi.org/10.1006/jtbi.2000.2242.
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  - Noor, M. A., K. L. Grams, L. A. Bertucci, Y. Almendarez, J. Reiland, and K. R. Smith. “The genetics of reproductive isolation and the potential for gene exchange between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis via backcross hybrid males.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 55, no. 3 (March 2001): 512–21. https://doi.org/10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055[0512:tgoria]2.0.co;2.
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  - Williams, M. A., A. G. Blouin, and M. A. Noor. “Courtship songs of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. II. Genetics of species differences.” Heredity 86, no. Pt 1 (January 2001): 68–77. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00811.x.
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  - Noor, M. A., N. A. Johnson, and J. Hey. “Gene flow between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 54, no. 6 (December 2000): 2174–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb01262.x.
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  - Noor, M. A., and J. C. Larkin. “A re-evaluation of 12S ribosomal RNA variability in Drosophila pseudoobscura.” Molecular Biology and Evolution 17, no. 6 (June 2000): 938–41. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026374.
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  - Noor, M. A., M. Pascual, and K. R. Smith. “Genetic variation in the spread of Drosophila subobscura from a nonequilibrium population.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 54, no. 2 (April 2000): 696–703. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00071.x.
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  - Warner, R. D., and M. A. Noor. “High frequency of microsatellites in Drosophila pseudoobscura.” Genes & Genetic Systems 75, no. 2 (April 2000): 115–18. https://doi.org/10.1266/ggs.75.115.
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  - Noor, M. A., and K. R. Smith. “Recombination, statistical power, and genetic studies of sexual isolation in Drosophila.” The Journal of Heredity 91, no. 2 (March 2000): 99–103. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/91.2.99.
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  - Noor, M. A., M. D. Schug, and C. F. Aquadro. “Microsatellite variation in populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura and Drosophila persimilis.” Genetical Research 75, no. 1 (February 2000): 25–35. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016672399004024.
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  - Noor, M. A. F. “Effects of Genetic Dominance on Runaway Sexual Selection.” Adaptive Behavior 8, no. 4 (January 1, 2000): 255–65. https://doi.org/10.1177/105971230000800303.
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  - Noor, M. A. F. “Effects of genetic dominance on runaway sexual selection.” Adaptive Behavior 8, no. 3–4 (2000): 255–66.
  - Noor, M. A. F. “On the evolution of female mating preferences as pleiotropic byproducts of adaptive evolution.” Adaptive Behavior 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2000): 3–12. https://doi.org/10.1177/105971230000800101.
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  - Noor, MAF, Williams, MA, Alvarez, D, and Ruiz-García, M. "Lack of evolutionary divergence in courtship songs of Drosophila pseudoobscura subspecies." Journal of Insect Behavior 13, no. 2 (2000): 255-262. Full Text
  - Noor, M. A. “Reinforcement and other consequences of sympatry.” Heredity 83 ( Pt 5) (November 1999): 503–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6886320.
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  - Noor, M. A. F., and C. F. Aquadro. “Courtship songs of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis: analysis of variation.” Animal Behaviour 56, no. 1 (July 1998): 115–25. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1998.0779.
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  - Noor, M. A. F. “Diurnal activity patterns of Drosophila subobscura and D. pseudoobscura in sympatric populations.” American Midland Naturalist 140, no. 1 (January 1, 1998): 34–41. https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031(1998)140[0034:DAPODS]2.0.CO;2.
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  - Schug, M. D., C. M. Hutter, M. A. Noor, and C. F. Aquadro. “Mutation and evolution of microsatellites in Drosophila melanogaster.” Genetica 102–103, no. 1–6 (January 1998): 359–67. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1017083025154.
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  - Noor, M. A. “How often does sympatry affect sexual isolation in Drosophila?” The American Naturalist 149, no. 6 (June 1997): 1156–63. https://doi.org/10.1086/286044.
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  - Noor, Mohamed A. F. “GENETICS OF SEXUAL ISOLATION AND COURTSHIP DYSFUNCTION IN MALE HYBRIDS OF DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA AND DROSOPHILA PERSIMILIS.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 51, no. 3 (June 1997): 809–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03663.x.
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  - Noor, M. A. F. “Environmental effects on male courtship intensity in Drosophila pseudoobscura (Diptera: Drosophilidae).” Journal of Insect Behavior 10, no. 2 (January 1, 1997): 305–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02765563.
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  - Noor, M. A., and J. A. Coyne. “Genetics of a difference in cuticular hydrocarbons between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis.” Genetical Research 68, no. 2 (October 1996): 117–23. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016672300034005.
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  - Kelly, J. K., and M. A. Noor. “Speciation by reinforcement: a model derived from studies of Drosophila.” Genetics 143, no. 3 (July 1996): 1485–97.
  - Noor, M. A. F. “Absence of species discrimination in Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis males.” Animal Behaviour 52, no. 6 (January 1, 1996): 1205–10. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1996.0268.
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  - Noor, M. A. “Reinforcement in speciation.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution 10, no. 12 (December 1995): 492. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0169-5347(00)89204-6.
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  - Noor, M. A. “Speciation driven by natural selection in Drosophila.” Nature 375, no. 6533 (June 1995): 674–75. https://doi.org/10.1038/375674a0.
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  - Noor, M. A. “Long-term changes in obscura group Drosophila species composition at Mather, California.” Pan Pacific Entomologist 71, no. 1 (January 1, 1995): 71.
  - Noor, Juliet, and Mohamed Noor. “Finding Selection in All the Right Places: A College Genetics Laboratory Inquiry-Based Learning Exercise,” n.d. https://doi.org/10.1534/gsaprep.2013.001.
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  - McDermott, S., and M. Noor. “Hybrid Sterility.” In Brenner’s Encyclopedia of Genetics: Second Edition, 579–81, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374984-0.00752-X.
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