Publications 
(*** undergraduate coauthor)
In Preparation

  • Brewer, M.S. & C.N. Balakrishnan. (in prep). COATS: Creating Orthologous Alignments from Transcriptome Sequences, software for phylogenetics and population genomics.
  • Brewer, M.S., A.A. Patel***, & F.A. Issa. (in prep). Social hierarchy associated differential expression in brain tissue of the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii).
  • Davis, N.M., W.M. Chen, M.S. Brewer, S.R. Williams, M.M. Sale, B.B. Worrall, & K.L. Keene. (in prep). Genome-wide DNA methylation analyses in the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) clinical trial identifies novel loci associated with recurrent stroke and one-carbon metabolites.
  • Esposito, L.A., M.S. Brewer, & R.G. Gillespie. (in prep). Comparative venomics of Centruroides scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones: Buthidae).
  • Zobel-Thropp, P.A., G.J. Binford, E.A. Bulger***, R.G. Gillespie, & M.S. Brewer. (in prep). Characterizing sexually dimorphic venoms of long-jawed orb-weaving spiders (Tetragnatha) and their potential roles of non-toxin genes in sexual communication.
  • Zobel-Thropp, P.A., G.J. Binford, R.G. Gillespie, & M.S. Brewer. (in prep). The evolution of venom proteins in the spiders with emphasis on an adaptive radiation of Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae).

Submitted & In Review

  • Cole, T.J. & M.S. Brewer. (submitted – bioRxiv preprint available). FUSTr: a tool to find gene Families Under Selection in Transcriptomes. PEERJ.
  • Cotoras, D.D., M.S. Brewer, K. Bi, S. Prost, D.R. Lindberg, & R.G. Gillespie. (submitted). Genetic mosaic among ecologically similar species within an adaptive radiation of Hawaiian spiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
  • Lamb, T., T.C. Justice, M.S. Brewer, P.E. Moler, H. Hopkins, and J.E. Bond. (in review). A biogeographic profile of the sand cockroach Arenivaga floridensis and its bearing on origin hypotheses for Florida scrub biota. Journal of Biogeography.
  • Rodriguez, J, T.H. Jones, P. Sierwald, P.E. Marek, W.A. Shear, M.S. Brewer, K.M. Kocot, & J.E. Bond. (submitted). The convergence and complexity of millipede chemical warfare through time. PNAS.
  • Van Dam, M.H., A.J. Rominger, & M.S. Brewer. (in revision). Environmental niche trackers and nice adapters revealed through fine scale phenological niche modeling. Ecology Letters.

Peer-reviewed Articles

  1. Gillespie, R.G., M.S. Brewer, & G.K. Roderick. (in press). Ancient biogeography of generalist predators on remote oceanic islands. Journal of Biogeography.
  2. Liu, D., M.S. Brewer, S. Chen, W. Hong, & Y. Zhu. (early view). Transcriptomic signatures for ovulation in vertebrates. General and Comparative Endocrinology.
  3. Cotoras, D.D., M.S. Brewer, P.J.P. Croucher, G.S. Oxford, D.R. Lindberg, & R.G. Gillespie (early view). Convergent evolution in the colour polymorphism of Selkirkiella spiders (Theridiidae) from the South American temperate rainforest. The Journal of Heredity.
  4. Claridge, E.M., R.G. Gillespie, M.S. Brewer, & G.K. Roderick. (early view). Stepping-stones across space and time: repeated radiation of Pacific flightless broad-nosed weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Rhyncogonus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
  5. Tuttle, E.M., A.O. Bergland, M.L. Korody, M.S. Brewer, D.J. Newhouse, P. Minx, M. Stager, A. Betuel, Z.A. Cheviron, W.C. Warren, R.A. Gonser, & C.N. Balakrishnan. (2016). Divergence and functional degradation of a sex chromosome-like supergene. Current Biology, 26(3): 344- 350.
  6. Rominger, A.J., K.R. Goodman, J.Y. Lim, ***E.E. Armstrong, L.E. Becking, G.M. Bennett, M.S. Brewer, D.D. Cotoras, C.P. Ewing, J. Harte, N.D. Martinez, P.M. O'Grady, D.M. Percy, D.K. Price, G.K. Roderick, K.L. Shaw, F.S. Valdovinos, D.S. Gruner, & R.G. Gillespie. (2015). Community assembly on isolated islands: macroecology meets evolution. Global Ecology and Biogeography, early view.
  7. Brewer, M.S., R.A. Carter, P.J.P. Croucher, & R.G. Gillespie. (2014). Shifting habitats, morphology and selective pressures: developmental polyphenism in an adaptive radiation of Hawaiian spiders. Evolution, 69-1: 162-178.
  8. ***Yim, K. M.S. Brewer, C.T. Miller, & R.G. Gillespie. (2014). Comparative transcriptome analysis of maturity-associated color change in Hawaiian spiders. Journal of Heredity, 105(Special Issue): 771-781.
  9. Brewer, M.S., D.D. Cotoras, P.J.P. Croucher, & R.G. Gillespie. (2014). New sequencing technologies, the development of genomics tools, and their applications in evolutionary arachnology. Journal of Arachnology, 42: 1-5.
  10. Hamilton, C.A., B.E. Hendrixson, M.S. Brewer, & J.E. Bond. (2014). An evaluation of sampling effects on multiple DNA barcoding methods leads to an integrative approach for delimiting species: a case study in the North American tarantula genus Aphonopelma (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 71: 79-93.
  11. Croucher, P.J.P., M.S. Brewer, G.S. Oxford, & R.G. Gillespie. (2013). De novo characterization of the gene-rich transcriptomes of two color-polymorphic spiders, Theridion grallator and Theridion californicum (Araneae: Theridiidae), with special reference to pigment genes. BMC Genomics, 14:862.
  12. Brewer, M.S. & J.E. Bond. (2013). Ordinal-level phylogenomics of the arthropod class Diplopoda (millipedes) based on an analysis of 221 nuclear protein-coding loci generated using next- generation sequence analyses. PLoS ONE, 8(11): e79935.
  13. Brewer, M.S. & G.E. Gardner. (2013). Teaching Hardy-Weinburg population genetics and introducing students to evolution: a real-time, active learning exercise using classroom response devices. American Biology Teacher, 75(7): 476-479.
  14. Balakrishnan, C.N., C. Chapus, M.S. Brewer, & D.F. Clayton. (2013). Brain transcriptome of the violet-eared waxbill Uraeginthus granatina and recent evolution in the songbird genome. Open Biology, 3(9).
  15. Brewer, M.S., L. Swafford, C.L. Spruill, & J.E. Bond. (2013). Arthropod phylogenetics in light of three novel millipede (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) mitochondrial genomes with comments on the appropriateness of mitochondrial genome sequence data when investigating deep relationships. PLoS ONE, 8(7): e68005.
  16. Brewer, M.S., P. Sierwald, & J.E. Bond. (2012). Millipede taxonomy after 250 years: classification and taxonomic practices in a mega-diverse yet understudied arthropod group. PLoS ONE, 7(5): e37240.
  17. Brewer, M.S., C.L. Spruill, ***N.S. Rao, & J.E. Bond. (2012). Phylogenetics of the millipede genus Brachycybe Wood, 1864 (Diplopoda: Platydesmida: Andrognathidae): patterns of deep evolutionary history and recent speciation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 64: 232- 242.
  18. Brewer, M.S., P. Sierwald, & J.E. Bond. (2011). A generic homonym concerning chordeumatid millipedes (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) and ophellid worms (Annelida: Polycheata). Zootaxa, 2744: 65-68.
  19. ***Bailey, A.L., M.S. Brewer, B.E. Hendrixson, & J.E. Bond. (2010). Phylogeny and classification of the trapdoor spider genus Myrmekiaphila (Araneae: Cyrtaucheniidae): an integrative approach to evaluating taxonomic hypotheses. PLoS One, 5(9), e12744.
  20. Fet, V., M.E. Soleglad, M.S. Brewer, D.P.A. Neff & M.L. Norton. (2006). Vestigial serrula in scorpion genera Paravaejovis, Paruroctonus, Smeringurus and Vejovoidus (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Euscorpius, 49, pp. 1–20.
  21. Fet, V., M.E. Soleglad & M.S. Brewer. (2006). Laterobasal aculear serrations (LAS) in scorpion family Vaejovidae (Scorpiones: Chactoidea). Euscorpius, 45, pp. 1–19.
  22. Fet, V., M.E. Soleglad, M.S. Brewer, D.P.A. Neff & M.L. Norton. (2006). Constellation array in scorpion genera Paruroctonus, Smeringurus, Vejovoidus, and Paravaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Euscorpius, 41, pp. 1–15.
  23. Fet, V., M.S. Brewer, M. E. Soleglad & D.P.A. Neff. (2006). Constellation array: a new sensory structure in scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 38: 269–278.