Publications
Reed, S. M., M.-T. Do, and S. E. Masta. Parallel factor analysis of spider fluorophores. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. In press
Masta, S. E., Klann, A. E., and L. Podsiadlowski. 2008. A comparison of the mitochondrial genomes from two families of Solifugae (Arthropoda: Chelicerata): Eremobatidae and Ammotrechidae. Gene 417 (1):35-42. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2008.03.011
Masta, S. E., and J. L. Boore. 2008. Parallel evolution of truncated transfer RNA genes in arachnid mitochondrial genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25 (5):949-959. doi:10.1093/molbev/msn051
Andrews, K., S. M. Reed, and S. E. Masta. 2007. Spiders fluoresce variably across many taxa. Biology Letters 3 (3):265-267. FirstCite.
Masta, S. E., and J. L. Boore. 2004. The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the spider Habronattus oregonensis reveals rearranged and extremely truncated tRNAs. Molecular Biology and Evolution 21:893-902. pdf
Masta, S. E., N. M. Laurent, and E. J. Routman. 2003. Population genetic structure of the toad Bufo woodhousii: an empirical assessment of the effects of haplotype extinction on nested cladistic analysis. Molecular Ecology 12:1541-1554. pdf
Masta, S. E., B. K. Sullivan, T. Lamb, and E. J. Routman. 2002. Molecular systematics, hybridization, and phylogeography of the Bufo americanus complex in Eastern North America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 24:302-314. pdf
Masta, S. E. and W. P. Maddison. 2002 Sexual selection driving diversification in jumping spiders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99 (7):4442-4447. pdf
Masta, S. E. 2000. Phylogeography of the jumping spider Habronattus pugillis (Araneae: Salticidae): recent vicariance of sky island populations? Evolution 54 (5):1699-1711. pdf
Masta, S. E. 2000. Mitochondrial sequence evolution in spiders: intraspecific variation in tRNAs lacking the TYC arm. Molecular Biology and Evolution 17 (7):1091-1100. pdf
McDade, L. A., S. E. Masta, M. L. Moody, and E. Waters. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships among Acanthaceae: evidence from two genomes. Systematic Botany 25:105-120.
McDade, L. A., T. F. Daniel, S. E. Masta, K. M. Riley. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships within the tribe Justicieae (Acanthaceae): evidence from molecular sequences, morphology, and cytology. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 87: 435-458.