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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Bree Yednock

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Department of Biology

P.O.Box 42451
Lafayette , LA  70504  

breeyednock@gmail.com

Project List:

The Environmental Effects of an Oil Spill on Blue Crabs in the Gulf of Mexico and the Dynamics of Recovery: Integrating Oceanography and Molecular Ecology

Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)Role: Post-Doc, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Continued Sampling of Blue Crab Larvae, Juveniles and Adults to Evaluate Oil Spill Effects on Population Connectivity and Adaptation, and Predict the Dynamics of Recovery

Bridge Grants (RFP-III)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3

2015

Yednock, B. K., Sullivan, T. J., & Neigel, J. E. (2015). De novo assembly of a transcriptome from juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) following exposure to surrogate Macondo crude oil. BMC Genomics, 16(1).

2014

Yednock, B. K., & Neigel, J. E. (2014). An investigation of genetic population structure in blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, using nuclear gene sequences. Mar Biol, 161(4), 871–886.
Yednock, B. K., & Neigel, J. E. (2014). Detecting Selection in the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Using DNA Sequence Data from Multiple Nuclear Protein-Coding Genes. PLoS ONE, 96(6), e99081.

Conference Presentations - 2

2015

Yednock, B., Duffy, T., Sullivan, T., Chesney, E., & Neigel, J. (2015). Transcriptional Responses of Blue Crabs and Bay Anchovies to Surrogate Oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.

2013

Yednock, B., & Neigel, J. E. (2013). Surprising patterns of regional genetic differentiation in blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.