selected publications
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article
- McDonough, Molly M., Ferguson, Adam W., Dowler, Robert C., Gompper, Matthew E., and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2022. "Phylogenomic systematics of the spotted skunks (Carnivora, Mephitidae, Spilogale): Additional species diversity and Pleistocene climate change as a major driver of diversification." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 167. SAN DIEGO; 525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107266. 2022
- Dommain, René, Andama, Morgan, McDonough, Molly M., Prado, Natalia A., Goldhammer, Tobias, Potts, Richard, Maldonado, Jesús E., Nkurunungi, John Bosco, and Campana, Michael G. 2020. "The Challenges of Reconstructing Tropical Biodiversity With Sedimentary Ancient DNA: A 2200-Year-Long Metagenomic Record From Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:Article 218. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00218 2020
- Ferguson, Adam W., Roble, Houssein R., and McDonough, Molly M. 2019. "Noteworthy record of the Ethiopian genet, Genetta abyssinica, (Carnivora, Viverridae) from Djibouti informs its phylogenetic position within Genetta." Mammalia 83 (2):180-189. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2017-0081 2019
- Shaffer, Alexandra A., Dowler, Robert C., Perkins, J. C., Ferguson, Adam W., McDonough, Molly M., and Ammerman, Loren K. 2018. "Genetic variation in the eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) with emphasis on the plains spotted skunk (S. p. interrupta)." Journal of Mammalogy 99 (5):1237-1248. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy098 2018
- McDonough, Molly M., Parker, Lillian D., McInerney, Nancy Rotzel, Campana, Michael G., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2018. "Performance of commonly requested destructive museum samples for mammalian genomic studies." Journal of mammalogy 99 (4):789-802. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy080 2018
- Thomson, Scott A., Pyle, Richard L., Ahyong, Shane T, Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel, Ammirati, Joe, Araya, Juan Francisco, Ascher, John S., Audisio, Tracy Lynn, Azevedo-Santos, Valter, Bailly, Nicolas, Baker, William J., Balke, Michael, Barclay, Maxwell V. L., Barrett, Russell L., Benine, Ricardo C., Bickerstaff, James R. M., Bouchard, Patrice, Bour, Roger, Bourgoin, Thierry, Boyko, Christopher B., Breure, Abraham S. H., Brothers, Denis J., Byng, James W., Campbell, David, Ceríaco, Luis M. P. et al. 2018. "Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation." PLOS Biology 16 (3):1-12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075 2018
- Gutierrez, Eliecer E., Helgen, Kristofer M., McDonough, Molly M., Bauer, Franziska, Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Escobedo-Morales, Luis A., Patterson, Bruce D., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2017. "A gene-tree test of the traditional taxonomy of American deer: the importance of voucher specimens, geographic data, and dense sampling." Zookeys (697): 87-131. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.697.15124 2017
- Lissovsky, Andrey A., McDonough, Molly M., Dahal, Nishma, Jin, Wei, Liu, Shaoying, and Ruedas, Luis A. 2017. "A new subspecies of large-eared pika, Ochotona macrotis (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae), from the Eastern Himalaya." Russian Journal of Theriology 16 (1):30-42. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusjtheriol.16.1.03 2017
- Aghová, Tatiana, Sumbera, Radim, Piálek, Lubomír, Mikula, Ondrej, McDonough, Molly M., Lavrenchenko, Leonid A., Meheretu, Yonas, Mbau, Judith S., and Bryja, Josef. 2017. "Multilocus phylogeny of East African gerbils (Rodentia, Gerbilliscus) illuminates the history of the Somali-Masai savanna." Journal of Biogeography 44 (10):2295-2307. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13017 2017
- Ferguson, Adam W., McDonough, Molly M., Guerra, Gema I., Rheude, Margaret, Dragoo, Jerry W., Ammerman, Loren K., and Dowler, Robert C. 2017. "Phylogeography of a widespread small carnivore, the western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis) reveals temporally variable signatures of isolation across western North America." Ecology and Evolution 7 (12):4229-4240. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2931 2017
- Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Leonard, Jennifer A., Helgen, Kristofer M., McDonough, Molly M., Rockwood, Larry L., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2016. "Evolutionary history of endemic Sulawesi squirrels constructed from UCEs and mitogenomes sequenced from museum specimens." BMC Evolutionary Biology 16 (1):1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0650-z 2016
- Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Hofman, Courtney A., Callicrate, Taylor, McDonough, Molly M., Tsuchiya, Mirian T. N., Gutiérrez, Eliécer E., Helgen, Kristofer M., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2016. "In-Solution Hybridization for Mammalian Mitogenome enrichment: Pros, Cons, and Challenges Associated with Multiplexing Degraded DNA." Molecular Ecology Resources 16 (5):1173-1188. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12448 2016
- Young, Hillary S., McCauley, Douglas J., Dirzo, Rodolfo, Goheen, Jacob R., Agwanda, Bernard, Brook, Cara, Otarola-Castillo, Erik, Ferguson, Adam W., Kinyua, Stephen N., McDonough, Molly M., Palmer, Todd M., Pringle, Robert M., Young, Truman P., and Helgen, Kristofer M. 2015. "Context-dependent effects of large-wildlife declines on small-mammal communities in central Kenya." Ecological Applications 25 (2):348-360. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-0995.1 2015
- Kimura, Yuri, Hawkins, Melissa T. R., McDonough, Molly M., Jacobs, Louis L., and Flynn, Lawrence J. 2015. "Corrected placement of Mus-Rattus fossil calibration forces precision in the molecular tree of rodents." Scientific Reports 5:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep14444 2015
- McDonough, Molly M., Sumbera, Radim, Mazoch, Vladimír, Ferguson, Adam W., Phillips, Caleb D., and Bryja, Josef. 2015. "Multilocus phylogeography of a widespread savanna-woodland adapted rodent reveals the influence of Pleistocene geomorphology and climate change in Africa's Zambezi region." Molecular ecology 24 (20):5248-5266. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13374 2015
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dataset
- Dommain, René, Andama, Morgan, McDonough, Molly M., Prado-Oviedo, Natalia A., Goldhammer, Tobias, Potts, Richard, Maldonado, Jesús E., Nkurunungi, John Bosco, and Campana, Michael. 2020. [Dataset] "Supporting data for "The challenges of reconstructing tropical biodiversity with sedimentary ancient DNA: a 2200-year-long metagenomic record from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda"." Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.10072625.V2 2020
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review
- Schlitter, Duane A., Ferguson, Adam W., and McDonough, Molly M. 2014. [Book review] "Mammals of Africa (Vol. I-VI.)." Journal of mammalogy. 1299-1303. https://doi.org/10.1644/14-MAMM-R-122 2014