Spencer Pote
I am an undergraduate biology student interested in taxonomy and systematics of Diptera. My research in the O'Grady lab has consisted mainly of efforts to catalog the large collections of Drosophilidae and Diptera as a whole in the Cornell University Insect Collection, along with work processing genetic phylogenies. I also work in the CUIC as an undergraduate curator, and have revised the entire pinned collection of Tephritoidea. Finally, I am an active contributor to online biodiversity sites, being an editor on BugGuide and a curator on iNaturalist.
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Undergraduate Publications
Bennett, GM, *Pantoja, NA, and O’Grady, PM 2012. Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Wolbachia in Drosophila and other native Hawaiian insects. Fly
Bonacum, J, DeSalle, R, O’Grady, PM, Olivera, D, *Wintermute, J, and Zilversmit, M. 2001. New nuclear and mitochondrial primers for systematics and comparative genomics in Drosophilidae. Drosophila Information Service 84:201-204.
Lapoint, RT, *Gidaya, A, and O’Grady, PM. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships in the spoon tarsus subgroup of Hawaiian Drosophila; Conflict and concordance between gene trees.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press
*Nitta, JH and O’Grady, PM. 2008. Mitochondrial phylogeny of the endemic Hawaiian craneflies (Diptera, Limoniidae, Dicranomyia): Implications for biogeography and species formation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46(3): 1182-1190.
O’Grady, PM, Lapoint, RT, Bonacum, J, *Lasola, J., *Owen, E., *Wu, Y., and DeSalle, R. 2011. Phylogenetic and ecological relationships of the Hawaiian Drosophila inferred by mitochondrial DNA analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press
Oliveira, DCSG, *Wintermute, EH, Etges, WJ, Heed, WB, O’Grady, PM, and DeSalle, R. 2003. Hierarchical structure in the Drosophila mojavensis cluster (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Hereditas, 139: 223-227.
Ort, BS, *Bantay, RM, *Pantoja, NA, and O’Grady, PM 2012 Fungal diversity associated with Hawaiian Drosophila host plants. PLoS One, 10.1371/journal.pone.0040550
Bonacum, J, DeSalle, R, O’Grady, PM, Olivera, D, *Wintermute, J, and Zilversmit, M. 2001. New nuclear and mitochondrial primers for systematics and comparative genomics in Drosophilidae. Drosophila Information Service 84:201-204.
Lapoint, RT, *Gidaya, A, and O’Grady, PM. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships in the spoon tarsus subgroup of Hawaiian Drosophila; Conflict and concordance between gene trees.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press
*Nitta, JH and O’Grady, PM. 2008. Mitochondrial phylogeny of the endemic Hawaiian craneflies (Diptera, Limoniidae, Dicranomyia): Implications for biogeography and species formation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46(3): 1182-1190.
O’Grady, PM, Lapoint, RT, Bonacum, J, *Lasola, J., *Owen, E., *Wu, Y., and DeSalle, R. 2011. Phylogenetic and ecological relationships of the Hawaiian Drosophila inferred by mitochondrial DNA analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press
Oliveira, DCSG, *Wintermute, EH, Etges, WJ, Heed, WB, O’Grady, PM, and DeSalle, R. 2003. Hierarchical structure in the Drosophila mojavensis cluster (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Hereditas, 139: 223-227.
Ort, BS, *Bantay, RM, *Pantoja, NA, and O’Grady, PM 2012 Fungal diversity associated with Hawaiian Drosophila host plants. PLoS One, 10.1371/journal.pone.0040550