Dr. Matthew 'Mac' Campbell - Research Associate
Fishes and Marine Invertebrates Collection, University of Alaska Museum of the North
B.A., Biology, Willamette University 2006
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M.Sc., Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2011
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Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of Fairbanks, 2014
2024
[48] Campbell MA, Hammer MP, Adams MB and Unmack PJ. 2024. Evolutionary relationships and fine-scale geographic
structuring in the temperate percichthyid genus Gadopsis (blackfishes) to support fisheries and conservation management. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 199, 108159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108159
[47] Habibi E, Miller MR, Schreier AD, Campbell MA, Hung T-C, Gille DA, Baerwald MR and Finger AJ. Single generation
epigenetic change in captivity and reinforcement in subsequent generations in a delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) conservation hatchery. Molecular Ecology. 00. e17449. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17449
[46] Campbell MA and Hale MC. Genomic structural variation in Barramundi Perch Lates calcarifer and potential roles in
speciation and adaptation. G3. jkae141. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae141
[45] Hale MC, Pearse DE, and Campbell MA. 2024. Characterization and distribution of a 14-Mb chromosomal inversion in
native populations of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). G3. jkae100. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae100
[44] Blanco-Melo D, Campbell MA*, Zhu H, Dennis TPW, Modha S, Lytras S, Hughes J, and Gifford RJ. 2024. A novel approach
to exploring the dark genome and its application to mapping of the vertebrate ‘fossil record’. Genome Biology. 25, 120. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-024-03258-y *co-first author.
[43] Rogers et al. 2024. Genomic and common garden data reveal significant genetic differentiation in an endangered plant
plant species, San Fernando Valley spineflower Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina. Conservation Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-024-01610-0
[42] Campbell MA, Brown RJ, Fraley KM, Politov DV, López JA and Robards M. 2024. Biogeography of Beringian fishes after
the molecular revolution and into the post-genomics era. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 34, 161-199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-023-09827-x
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2023
[41] Auringer G, Campbell MA, Goertler PAL and Finger AJ. 2023. Lamprey in California (Lampetra and Entosphenus spp.):
Mitochondrial phylogenetic analysis reveals previously unrecognized lamprey diversity. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 43, 1511-1. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10959
Press Release: https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/new-species-lamprey-fish-documented-california
News Article: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/new-species-lamprey-fish-18615845.php
Radio Interview: https://www.ijpr.org/show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-02-05/tue-9-am-scientists-find-two-previously-unknown-species-of-lamprey-in-california
[40] Campbell MA, Hale MC, Jalbert CS, Dunker K, Sepulveda AJ, López JA, Falke JA and Westley PAH. 2023. Genomics
reveals the origins and current structure of a genetically depauperate freshwater species in its introduced Alaskan range. Evolutionary Applications. 16, 1119-1134. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13556
Campbell et al. 2023 - EvolApp.pdf
[39] Campbell MA, Badger ME, Starotska AB, Hawks T and Finger AJ. 2023. Molecular phylogenetic and population
genetic relationships of a putative species of sucker (Catostomus sp.) from Surprise Valley in the Great Basin, USA. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 152, 273– 286. https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10407Featured Paper
Campbell et al. (2023) TAFS.pdf
[38] Baerwald MR, Funk EC, Goodbla AM, Campbell MA, Thompson T, Meek M and Schreier AD. 2023. Rapid CRISPR-
Cas13a genetic identification enables new opportunities for listed Chinook salmon management. Molecular Ecology Resources. 00, 1– 13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13777
Article: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/scientists-saving-endangered-salmon-get-help-gene-slicing-tool-2021-06-07/
[37] Campbell MA, Habibi E, Auringer G, Stephens M, Conway K, Rodzen, J, Conway KW and Finger AJ. Molecular
systematics of Redband Trout from Genome-Wide DNA Sequencing substantiates the description of a new taxon (Salmonidae: Oncorhynchus mykiss calisulat) from the McCloud River. Zootaxa. 5254 (1):001-029. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.1.1
Campbell et al. (2023) Zootaxa.pdf
Press Release: https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/rainbow-trout-subspecies-newly-named
Radio Interview: https://www.ijpr.org/show/the-jefferson-exchange/2023-04-14/mon-9-am-this-fish-is-not-like-the-others-mccloud-river-redband-trout
Radio Interview: https://omny.fm/shows/kcbsam-on-demand/local-mccloud-river-tribe-names-a-newly-evolved-sp?in_playlist=podcast&cloudflare-language=
2022
[36] Campbell MA, Loncar SA, Kotin R and Gifford RJ. Comparative analysis reveals the long-term co-evolutionary
history of parvoviruses and vertebrates. PLoS Biology. 20(11): e3001867. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001867
Campbell, Loncar et al. (2022).pdf
Press Release: https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_897857_en.html
[35] Su Y, Moyle PB, Campbell MA, Finger AJ, O’Rourke S, Baumsteiger J, and Miller MR. 2022. Population genomic
analysis of the speckled dace species complex (Rhinichthys osculus) identifies three species-level lineages. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 151:695–710 https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10388 Featured Paper
[34] Ghezelayagh et al. 2022. Prolonged morphological expansion of the hyperdiverse spiny-rayed fishes following the
end-Cretaceous. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 6: 1211-1220 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01801-3.
[33] Moyle PB and Campbell MA. 2022. Cryptic Species of Freshwater Sculpin (Cottidae: Cottus) in California. Zootaxa.
5154: 501–527. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5154.5.1
Moyle and Campbell 2022 Zootaxa.pdf
Article: https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/01/29/dna-unveils-new-freshwater-fish-species-in-california/
Featured in the SHOAL New Species Report: https://shoalconservation.org/new-species-2022-report-released/
[32] Campbell MA, Joslin SEK, Goodbla AM, Willmes M, Hobbs JA, Lewis LS and Finger AJ. 2022. Polygenic
discrimination of migratory phenotypes in an estuarine forage fish. G3. jkac133.
https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkac133
[31] Finger AJ, Benjamin A, Crookshanks C., Campbell MA and Saglam IK. 2022. Broad- and fine-scale structure across
the distribution of the Relict Dace (Relictus solitarius) in the Great Basin Desert, USA. Conservation Science and Practice. e12672. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12672
2021
[30] Campbell MA, Anderson EC, Garza JC, and Pearse DE. 2021. Polygenic basis and the role of genome duplication in
adaptation to similar selective environments. Journal of Heredity esab049. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esab049
Campbell et al. JoH Corrected Proof.pdf
[29] Hale MC, Campbell MA, and McKinney GJ. A novel chromosome inversion in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)
identified by population genetic analysis techniques. G3. jkab267. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab267
[28] Harrington RC, Friedman M, Masaki M, Near TJ, and Campbell MA. 2021. Phylogenomic resolution of the
monotypic and enigmatic Amarsipus, the Bagless Glassfish (Teleostei, Amarsipidae). Zoologica Scripta 00: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12477
2020
[27] Thompson NF, Anderson EC, Clemento AJ, Campbell MA, Pearse DE, Hearsey JW, Kinziger AP, and Garza JC. 2020.
A complex phenotype in salmon controlled by a simple change in migratory timing. Science 370: 609-613. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba9059
Thompson, Anderson, et al. (2020).pdf
UC Santa Cruz News: https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/10/chinook-salmon.html
Cal Poly Humboldt News: http://now.humboldt.edu/news/a-tiny-difference-in-genetics-is-good-news-for-salmon-conservation/
Science Article: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/salmon-study-sheds-light-why-fall-run-fish-are-bigger-their-spring-run-cousins
NOAA Fisheries News: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/small-genetic-difference-determines-chinook-salmon-migration-timing-new-study-shows
[26] Blumstein DM, Campbell MA, Hale MC, Sutherland BJG, McKinney GJ, Stott W, and Larson WA. 2020. Comparative
genomic analyses and a novel linkage map for cisco (Coregonus aretdi) improves knowledge of chromosomal evolution and rediploidization across salmonids. G3 10(8): 2863–2878. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.120.401497
[25] Campbell MA, Buser TJ, Alfaro ME, and López JA. 2020 Addressing incomplete lineage sorting and paralogy in the i
inference of uncertain salmonid phylogenetic relationships. PeerJ 8.e9389. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9389
Campbell et al. 2020 PeerJ.pdf
[24] Campbell MA, Tongboonkua P, Chanet B, and Chen W-J. 2020. The distribution of the recessus orbitalis across
flatfishes (order: Pleuronectiformes). Journal of Fish Biology 97: 293– 297. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14356
Campbell et al. 2020 early view.pdf
2019
Pearse et al. 2019 Sex-dependent dominance maintains migration supergene in rainbow trout. Nature Ecology and
Evolution. Nature Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-1044-6
Campbell MA, Chanet B, Chen J-N, Lin M-Y, and Chen W-J. 2019. Origins and relationships of the Pleuronectoidei:
Molecular and morphological analysis of living and fossil taxa. Zoologica Scripta 48: 640-656. DOI: 10.111/zsc.12372
Campbell MA, Hale MC, McKinney GJ, Nichols KM, and Pearse DE. 2019. Long-term conservation of ohnologs through
partial tetrasomy following whole-genome duplication in Salmonidae. G3 9:2017-2028. DOI: 10.1534/g3.119.400070
Griffiths A, Moraga R, Gupta V, Bilton TP, Tausen M, Campbell MA, Ashby R, Nagy I, Khan A, Anderson C, Franzmayr B,
Hancock K, Scott A, Cox MP, Asp T, Mailund T, Schierup MH, and Andersen SU. 2019. Breaking Free: The genomics of allopolyploidy-facilitated niche expansion and adaptation in clover. The Plant Cell 31:1466-1487. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.18.00606
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2018
Pearse DE and Campbell MA. Fly fishing for science: Ancestry and adaptation of Rainbow Trout in Yosemite National
Park. 2018. Fisheries 43: 472-484. DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10136
Campbell MA, Robertson DR, Vargas MI, Allen GR, and McMillan WO. 2018. Multilocus molecular systematics of the
circumtropical reef-fish genus Abudefduf (Pomacentridae): history, geography and ecology of speciation. PeerJ 6:e5357. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5357
Campbell MA, Sado T, Shinzato C, Koyanagi R, Okamoto M, and Miya M. 2018. Multilocus phylogenetic analysis of the
first molecular data from the rare and monotypic Amarsipidae places the family within the Pelagia and highlights limitations of existing data sets in resolving pelagian interrelationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 124: 172-180. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.008
Campbell MA, Tapper BA, Simpson WR, Johnson RD, Mace W, Ram A, Lukito Y, Johnson LJ, Dupont P-Y, Scott DB,
Ganley ARD, and Cox MP. 2018. Epichloë hybrida sp. nov., an emerging model system for investigating fungal allopolyploidy. Mycologia 109:715-729. DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2017.1406174
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2017
Campbell MA, Alfarao ME, Belasco M, and López JA. 2017. Early-branching euteleost relationships: Areas of
congruence between concatenation and coalescent model inferences. PeerJ 5:e3548. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3548
Campbell MA, Nielsen JG, Sado T, Shinzato C, Kanda M, Satoh TP, and Miya M. 2017. Evolutionary affinities of the
unfathomable Parabrotulidae: Molecular data indicate placement of Parabrotula within the Ophidiiformes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109:337-342. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.02.004
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2016
Campbell MA, Ganley ARD, Gabaldón T, and Cox MP. 2016. The case of the missing ancient fungal polyploids. The
American Naturalist 188:602-614. DOI: 10.1086/688763
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2015
Campbell MA, Takebayashi N, and López JA. 2015. Beringian sub-refugia revealed in blackfish (Dallia): implications for
understanding the effects of Pleistocene glaciations on Beringian taxa and other arctic aquatic fauna. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:144. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0413-2
Barta J, Stone JD, Pech J, Sirova D, Adamec L, Campbell MA and Storchova H. 2015. The transcriptome of Ultricularia
vulgaris, a rootless plant with minimalist genome, reveals extreme alternative splicing and only moderate sequence similarity with Ultricularia gibba. BMC Plant Biology 15:78. DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0467-8
Duchemin W, Dupont P-Y, Campbell MA, Ganley A and Cox MP. 2015. HyLiTE: Accurate and flexible analysis of gene
expression in allopolyploid species. BMC Bioinformatics 16:8. DOI: 10.1186/s12859-014-0433-8
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2014
Campbell MA, López JA, Satoh TP, Chen W-J, and Miya M. 2014. Mitochondrial genomic investigation of flatfish
monophyly. Gene 551: 176-182. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.08.053
Campbell MA, Larsen A, Collins J, and Collins M. 2014. Winterkill of Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis) in methane
discharging lakes of Denali National Park’s Minchumina Lake basin. Northwestern Naturalist 95:119-125. DOI: 10.1898/NWN13-27.1
Campbell MA, Chen W-J, and López JA. 2014. Molecular data do not provide unambiguous support for the monophyly
of flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes): a reply to Betrancur-R and Ortí. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75: 149-153. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.011
Campbell MA, Sage GK, DeWilde RL, López JA, and Talbot SL. 2014. Development and characterization of 16
polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Alaska blackfish (Esociformes; Dallia pectoralis). Conservation Genetics Resources 6: 349-351. DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-0091-6
Campbell MA and López JA. 2014. Mitochondrial phylogeography of a Beringian relict: the endemic freshwater genus
of blackfish Dallia (Esociformes). Journal of Fish Biology 84: 523-538. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12314
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2013
Haynes TB, Campbell MA, Neilson JL and López JA. 2013. Molecular identification of seabird remains found in
humpback whale feces. Marine Ornithology 41: 161-166. (pdf)
Campbell MA, Chen W-J, and López JA. 2013. Are flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes) monophyletic? Molecular Phylogenetics
and Evolution 69: 664-673. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.07.011
Campbell MA, López JA, Sado T, and Miya M. 2013. Pike and salmon as sister taxa: Detailed intraclade resolution and
divergence time estimation of Esociformes+Salmoniformes based on whole mitochondrial genome sequences. Gene 530: 57-65. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.07.068
Betancur-R. R, et al. 2013. The Tree of Life and a new classification of bony fishes. PLOS Currents Tree of Life.
DOIE: 10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288
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2009
Brodeur RD, Fleming IA, Bennett JM, and Campbell MA. 2009. Summer distribution and feeding of spiny dogfish
(Squalus acanthias) off the Washington and Oregon Coasts. In, Management and Biology of Dogfish Sharks. Gallucci VF, McFarlane GA, and Bargmann GG, eds. (pdf)
Genetic Basis of Life History Variation in Delta Smelt
Population Genetics and Phylogenetics of Interior Trout Lineages
Conservation Genetics and Taxonomy of Freshwater Fishes
Hybridization Dynamics of Beringian Whitefishes