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Dr. James Demastes

Biology
University of Northern Iowa
United States of America

Professor Microbiology
Biography

Dr. James Demastes has received his PhD in Louisiana State University during the period of 1996 currently, he is working as Professor in University of Northern Iowa.  

Research Intrest

Dr. James Demastes research interests focus on host-parasite coevolution and zoogeography. His research in coevolution involves long-time collaborations with several researchers at other universities. We have been studying pocket gophers (Rodentia: Geomyidae) and their ectoparasitic chewing lice (Pthiraptera: Trichodectidae) for over 20 years. Our past, NSF-funded, work involved a gopher-louse assemblage distributed across much of Mexico (Spradling, et al., 2016).

List of Publications
Hafner MS, Hafner DJ, Gonzales EE, Demastes JW, Spradling TA, Cervantes FA. Rediscovery of the pocket gopher orthogeomys lanius (Rodentia: Geomyidae) in veracruz, mexico. Journal of Mammalogy (2014). 95:792-802.
Harper SE, Spradling TA, Demastes JW, Calhoun CS. Host behavior drives parasite genetics at multiple geographic scales: population genetics of the chewing louse, thomomydoecus minor. Molecular Ecology (2015). 24:4129-4144.
Spradling TA, Demastes JW, Hafner DJ, Milbach PL, Cervantes FA, Hafner MS. Systematic revision of the pocket gopher genus orthogeomys. Journal of Mammalogy (2016). 97:405-423.
Pietan LL, Spradling TA, Demastes JW. The mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit i gene occurs on a minichromosome with extensive heteroplasmy in two species of chewing lice, geomydoecus aureiand thomomydoecus minor. PLOS ONE (2016). 11:162-248.
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