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• Larsen, P.A. Transposable elements and the multidimensional genome. Chromosome Research: Special Issue on Transposable Elements and Genome Innovation. Guest Editor: Introduction.
• Larsen, P. A., K. E. Hunnicutt, R. J. Larsen, A. D. Yoder, and A. M. Saunders. Warning SINEs: Alu elements, evolution of the human brain, and the spectrum of neurological disease. Chromosome Research: Special Issue.
• Qurollo, B. A.*, P. A. Larsen, H. Rakotondrainibe, K. Mahefarisoa, T. Rajaonarivelo, J. Razagindramanana, R. E. Junge, E. B. Breitschwerdt, and C. V. Williams. Molecular surveillance of novel tick-borne pathogens in Madagascar’s lemurs. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 

• Larsen, P. A.*, R. Alan Harris*, Y. Liu, S. C. Murali, C. R. Campbell, A. D. Brown, B. A. Sullivan, J. Shelton, S. J. Brown, M. Raveendran, O. Dudchenko, I. Machol, N. C. Durand, M. S. Shamim, E. Lieberman Aiden, D. M. Muzny, R. A. Gibbs, A. D. Yoder, J. Rogers and K. C. Worley. Hybrid de novo genome assembly and centromere characterization of the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus). BMC Biology. *equal authorship. 
• Larsen, P. A., M. W. Lutz, K. E. Hunnicutt, M. Mihovilovic, A. M. Saunders, A. D. Yoder, and A. D. Roses. The Alu neurodegeneration hypothesis: a primate-specific mechanism for neuronal transcription noise, mitochondrial dysfunction, and manifestation of neurodegenerative disease. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 13:828-838. 
• Larsen, R. J., P. A. Larsen, C. D. Phillips, H. H. Genoways, G. G. Kwiecinski, S. C. Pedersen, C. J. Phillips, and R. J. Baker. Patterns of morphological and molecular evolution in the Antillean tree bat, Ardops nichollsi (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University, 345:1-32.

• Yoder, A. D., C. R. Campbell, M. Blanco, J. U. Ganzhorn, S. M. Goodman, K. E. Hunnicutt, P. A. Larsen, P. M. Kappeler, R. M. Rasoloarison, J. M. Ralison, D. Swofford, and D. W. Weisrock. Geogenetic patterns in mouse lemurs (genus Microcebus) reveal the ghosts of Madagascar’s forests past. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113: 8048-8056.
• Larsen, P. A., C. Hayes*, C. E. Williams, R. Junge, and A. D. Yoder. Blood transcriptomes reveal novel parasitic zoonoses circulating in Madagascar’s lemurs. Biology Letters, 12: 20150829. *undergraduate coauthor

Faherty, S. L., C. R. Campbell, P. A. Larsen, and A. D. Yoder. Evaluating whole transcriptome amplification for gene profiling experiments using RNA-seq. BMC Biotechnology, 15:65.

• Larsen, P.A., C. Hayes*, A. Wilkens*, Y. Gommard, R. Sookhareea, A. D. Yoder, and S. M. Goodman. Population genetics of the Mauritian Flying Fox (Pteropus niger). Acta Chiropterologica, 16:293-300. *undergraduate coauthors
• Yoder, A. D. and P. A. Larsen. The molecular evolutionary dynamics of the vomeronasal receptor (Class 1) genes in primates: a gene family on the verge of a functional breakdown. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 8:153.
• Larsen, P. A., A. M. Heilman, and A. D. Yoder. The utility of PacBio circular consensus sequencing for characterizing complex gene families in non-model organisms. BMC Genomics, 15: 720. Highly accessed.
• Larsen, P. A.*, C. R. Campbell*, and A. D. Yoder. Next-generation approaches to advancing eco-immunogenomic research in critically endangered primates. Molecular Ecology Resources, 14:1198-1209 *equal authorship.  Cover image. Research highlighted in National Geographic interview.
• Yoder*, A. D., L. M. Chan*, M. dos Reis*, P. A. Larsen*, C. R. Campbell, R. Rasolarison, M. Barrett, C. Roos, P. Kappeler, J. P. Bielawski, and Z. Yang. Molecular evolutionary characterization of a novel V1R subfamily in strepsirrhine primates. Genome Biology and Evolution, 6:213-227. *equal authorship. Cover image.

• Larsen, P. A., M. R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, and R. J. Baker. Speciation dynamics of the fruit-eating bats (genus Artibeus): with evidence of ecological divergence in Central American populations. In Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation (R. A. Adams and S. C. Pedersen, eds.), pp. 315–339: Springer New York.
• Pedersen, S. C., H. H. Genoways, G. G. Kwiecinski, P. A. Larsen, and R. J. Larsen. Biodiversity, Biogeography, and Conservation of Bats in the Lesser Antilles. In Island Biodiversity: Flora, Fauna, and Humans in the Lesser Antilles. Contributions to the International Symposium on the Terrestrial Biodiversity of the Lesser Antilles. Pg. 62–73.

• Larsen, R. J., M. C. Knapp, H. H. Genoways, F. A. A. Khan, P. A. Larsen, D. E. Wilson, and R. J. Baker. Genetic diversity of Neotropical Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with an emphasis on South American species. PLoS One 7(10): e46578.
• Larsen, P. A. and T. P. L. Smith. Application of circular consensus sequencing and network analysis to characterize the bovine IgG repertoire. BMC Immunology, 13:41. Highly accessed.
• Genoways, H. H., R. J. Larsen, S. C. Pedersen, G. G. Kwiecinski, and P. A. Larsen. Bats of Barbados. Chiroptera Neotropical, 17:1029–1054.
• Larsen, R. J., P. A. Larsen, H. H. Genoways, F. M. Catzeflis, K. Geluso, G. G. Kwiecinski, S. C. Pedersen, F. Simal, and R. J. Baker. Evolutionary history of Caribbean species of Myotis, with evidence of a third Lesser Antillean endemic. Mammalian Biology, 77:124–134.
• Marchán-Rivadeneira, M. R., P. A. Larsen, C. J. Phillips, R. E. Strauss, and R. J. Baker. On the association between environmental gradients and skull size variation in the great fruit-eating bat, Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 105:623–634.

• Larsen, P. A., L. Siles, S. C. Pedersen, and G. G. Kwiecinski. A new species of Micronycteris (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Saint Vincent, Lesser Antilles. Mammalian Biology, 76:687–700.
• Briggs, B. J., D. M. Czechowski, P. A. Larsen, H. N. Meeks, J. P. Carrera, R. M. Duplechin, B. Atkinson, R. Hewson, A. T. Junushov, O. N. Gavrilova, I. Breininger, C. J. Phillips, R. J. Baker, and J. Hay. Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in the Kyrgyz Republic. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17:876–879.

• Larsen, P. A., M. R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, and R. J. Baker. Natural hybridization generates mammalian lineage with species characteristics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107:11447–11452.
• Larsen, P. A., M. R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, and R. J. Baker. Taxonomic status of Andersen’s fruit-eating bat (Artibeus jamaicensis aequatorialis) and revised classification of Artibeus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Zootaxa, 2648:45–60.
• Pedersen, S. C., G. G. Kwiecinski, P. A. Larsen, M. N. Morton, R. A. Adams, H. H. Genoways, and V. J. Swier. Bats of Montserrat – population fluctuations in response to hurricanes and volcanoes: 1978-2005. In Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of Island Bats (T. H. Fleming and P. Racey, eds.) pp. 302–340: University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
• Khan, F. A., S. Solari, V. J. Swier, P. A. Larsen, M. T. Abdullah, and R. J. Baker. Systematics of Malaysian woolly bats (Vespertilionidae: Kerivoula) inferred from mitochondrial, nuclear, karyotypic, and morphological data. Journal of Mammalogy, 91:1058–1072.
• Genoways, H. H., G. G. Kwiecinski, P. A. Larsen, S. C. Pedersen, R. J. Larsen, J. D. Hoffman, M. de Silva, C. J. Phillips, and R. J. Baker. Bats of the Grenadine Islands, West Indies, and placement of Koopman’s Line.  Chiroptera Neotropical, 16:501–521.
• Carrera, J. P., S. Solari, P. A. Larsen, D. F. Alvarado, A. D. Brown, C. Carrion B., J. S. Tello, and R. J. Baker. Bats of the Tropical Lowlands of Western Ecuador. Special Publications of the Museum of Texas Tech University, 57:i+1–37.

• Solari, S., S. R. Hoofer, P. A. Larsen, A. D. Brown, R. J. Bull, J. A. Guerrero, J. Ortega, J. P. Carrera, R. D. Bradley, and R. J. Baker. Operational criteria for genetically defined species: analysis of the diversification of the small fruit-eating bats, Dermanura (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae). Acta Chiropterologica, 11:279­­­–288.
• E. K. Howell, R. M. Duplechin, P. A. Larsen, J. D. Hanson, F. A. Khan, R. J. Larsen, R. R. Chambers, and R. D. Bradley. Mammal records from Briscoe, Dickens, Hall, and Motley Counties, Texas. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, 288:1–10.
• Baker, R. J., M. M. McDonough, V. J. Swier, P. A. Larsen, J. P. Carrera, and L. K. Ammerman. New species of bonneted bat, genus Eumops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from the lowlands of western Ecuador and Peru. Acta Chiropterologica, 11:1–13.

• McDonough, M. M., L. K. Ammerman, R. M. Timm, H. H. Genoways, P. A. Larsen, and R. J. Baker. Speciation within Bonneted Bats (genus Eumops): the complexity of morphological, mitochondrial, and nuclear datasets in systematics. Journal of Mammalogy, 89:1306–1315.
• Hoofer, S. R., S. Solari, P. A. Larsen, R. D. Bradley, and R. J. Baker. Phylogenetics of the fruit-eating bats (Phyllostomidae: Artibeina) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, 276:1–15.
• Khan, F. A., V. J. Swier, P. A. Larsen, S. Solari, B. Ketol, W. Marni, S. Ellagupillay, M. Lakim, M. T. Abdullah, and R. J. Baker. Using genetics and morphology to examine species boundaries of old world bats: report of a recent collection from Malaysia. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, 281:1–28.

• Genoways, H. H., S. C. Pedersen, P. A. Larsen, G. G. Kwiecinski, and J. J. Huebschman. Bats of Saint Martin, French West Indies/Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. Mastozoologia Neotropical, 14:169–188.
• Larsen, P. A., S. R. Hoofer, M. C. Bozeman, H. H. Genoways, C. J. Phillips, D. E. Pumo, and R. J. Baker. Phylogenetics and phylogeography of the Artibeus jamaicensis complex based on cytochrome-b DNA sequences. Journal of Mammalogy, 88:712–727.
• Genoways, H. H., P. A. Larsen, S. C. Pedersen, and J. J. Huebschman. Bats of Saba, Netherlands Antilles: a zoogeographic perspective. Acta Chiropterologica, 9:97–114.
• Pedersen, S. C., P. A. Larsen, H. H. Genoways, M. N. Morton, K. C. Lindsay, and J. Cindric. Bats of Barbuda, Northern Lesser Antilles. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, 271:1–20.

• Larsen, P. A., H. H. Genoways, and S. C. Pedersen. New Records of Bats from Saint Barthélemy, French West Indies. Mammalia, 70:321–325.
• Pedersen, S. C., H. H. Genoways, M. N. Morton, V. J. Swier, P. A. Larsen, K. C. Lindsay, R. A. Adams, and J. D. Appino. Bats of Antigua, Northern Lesser Antilles. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, 249:1–18.  

Carstens, B. C., J. Sullivan, L. M. Davalos, P. A. Larsen, and S. C. Pedersen. Exploring population and genetic structure in three species of Lesser Antillean Bats. Molecular Ecology, 13:2557–2566.