Publications

*denotes an undergraduate author

*Neighmond H, *Quinn A, *Schmandt B, *Ettinger K, Hill A, Williams L (2023). Developmental Bisphenol S Toxicity in Two Freshwater Animal Models. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology.

Sant KE, Williams LM (2021). The role of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the future of toxicology. Toxicological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfab077

Williams LM, Bowsher AM, *Chrysovergi M-A, Ambrose WG Jr (2020). Bloodworm (Glycera dibranchiata Ehlers, 1868) populations in the Gulf of Maine are connected through gene flow. Marine Science and Biology. 1: 1-4.

Sant KE, *Moreau HM, Williams LM, Jacobs HM, Bowsher AM, *Boisvert JD, Smolowitz RM, *Pantazis J, Timme-Laragy A (2020). Embryonic exposures to mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate induce larval steatosis in zebrafish independent of Nrf2a signaling. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. doi: 10.1017/S2040174420000057.

*Ulin A, *Henderson J, *Pham M-T, *Meyo J, *Chen Y, Karchner SI, Goldstone JV, Hahn ME, Williams LM (2019). Developmental regulation of nuclear factor erythroid-2 related factors (Nrfs) by AHR1b in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Toxicological Sciences, 167(2): 536-545.

Jacobs HM, Sant KE, Basnet A, Williams LM, Moss JB, Timme-Laragy A (2018). Embryonic exposure to Mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) disrupts pancreatic organogenesis in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Chemosphere, 195: 498-507.

Sant KE, Hansen JM, Williams LM, *Tran NL, Goldstone JV, Stegeman JJ, Hahn ME, Timme-Laragy A (2017). The role of Nrf1 and Nrf2 in the regulation of glutathione and redox dynamics in the developing embryos. Redox Biology, 13: 207-218.

Lord JP, Williams LM (2016). Increase in density of genetically diverse invasive Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus) populations in the Gulf of Maine. Biological Invasions, 19(4): 1153-1168.

Williams LM, *Lago BA, McArthur AG, Raphenya AR, *Pray N, *Saleem N, *Salas S, *Paulson K, *Mangar R, Liu Y, Vo AH, Shavit JA (2016). The transcription factor, Nuclear factor, erythroid 2 (Nfe2), is a regulator of the oxidative stress response during Danio rerio development. Aquatic Toxicology, 180: 141-154.

*Badger M, *Dirks A, Farrell A, Charabati J, *Morrill K, Disney J, Williams LM (2015). Population genetics and abundance of the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) and its role in eelgrass (Zostera marina) loss around Mount Desert Island. MDIBL Bulletin. 54: 19-20.

*Morrill KM, *Dirks A, *Badger M, Farrell A, Disney J, Williams LM (2015). Role of genetic diversity and water quality in the 2013 decline of eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds of the Frenchman Bay, ME coastlines. MDIBL Bulletin. 54: 16-18.

Williams LM, *Nivison CL, Ambrose WG Jr, Dobbin R, Locke WL V (2015). Lack of adult novel northern lineages of invasive green crab Carcinus maenas along much of the northern US Atlantic coast. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 532: 153–159.

Williams LM (2013). A toxicologist’s perspective on having an doing it all: teaching, research, and service at a small liberal arts school. Journal of Toxicological Education, 1:1-9.

Williams LM, Timme-Laragy AR, Goldstone JV, McArthur AG, Stegement JJ, Smolowitz RM, Hahn ME (2013). Developmental Expression of the Nfe2-Related Factor (Nrf) Transcription Factor Family in the Zebrafish, Danio rerio. PLoS One, 8(10):e79574.

Sotka EE, Williams LM, Oleksiak MF, Strand AE (2012). Can diversifying selection be distinguished from history in geographic clines? A population genomic study of killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus)PLoS One, 7(9):e45138.

Williams LM, Oleksiak MF (2011). Evolutionary and Functional analyses of Cytochrome P4501A promoter polymorphisms in natural populationsMolecular Ecology, 20(24):5236-47.

Williams LM, Oleksiak MF (2011). Ecologically and Evolutionarily Important SNPs identified in natural populations.Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28(6):1817-26.

Whitehead A, Galvez Z., Zhang S., Williams LM, Oleksiak MF (2011). Functional genomics of physiological plasticity and local adaptation in killifish: an emerging model in environmental genomicsJournal of Heredity, 102(5):499–511.

Williams LM, Ma X, Boyko AR, Bustamante CD, Oleksiak MF (2010). SNP identification, verification, and utility for population genetics in a non-model genus. BMC Genetics, 11:32.

Williams LM, Oleksiak MF (2008). Signatures of selection in natural populations adapted to chronic pollutionBMC Evolutionary Biology, 8:282.