Kashiwagi, T. & Kingsland, K.M. & Pratt, T.C. & Pratt, H.L. & Heist, E.J. (2016)
Complete mitochondrial genome of the nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 1(1), 464–465
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Heist, E.J. (2012)
Genetics of Sharks, Skates, and Rays. In J.C. Carrier, J.A. Musick, & M.R. Heithaus (Eds.), Biology of Sharks and their Relatives (2th ed., pp. 487–504). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida
Portnoy, D.S. & Heist, E.J. (2012)
Molecular markers: progress and prospects for understanding reproductive ecology in elasmobranchs. Journal of Fish Biology, 80(5), 1120–1140
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03206.x
Pratt, H.L. & Heist, E.J. & Pratt, T. & Carrier, J. (2012)
Sexual conflict in the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum: five compensatory behaviors [Abstract]. World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, Canada, August 8 – 14, 2012, Book of Abstracts, 571
Heist, E.J. & Carrier, J.C. & Pratt, H.L. & Pratt, T.C. (2011)
Exact Enumeration of Sires in the Polyandrous Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Copeia, 2011(4), 539–544
DOI: 10.1643/CE-10-165
Portnoy, D.S. & Mcdowell, J.R. & Heist, E.J. & Musick, J.A. & Graves, J.E. (2010)
World phylogeography and male-mediated gene flow in the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus. Molecular Ecology, 19(10), 1994–2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04626.x
Heist, E.J. (2008)
Molecular Markers and Genetic Population Structure of Pelagic Sharks. In M.D. Camhi, E.K. Pikitch, E.A. Babcock (Eds.) Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation. (pp. 323–333). Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, U.K.
Keeney, D.B. & Heist, E.J. (2006)
Worldwide phylogeography of the blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) inferred from mitochondrial DNA reveals isolation of western Atlantic populations coupled with recent Pacific dispersal. Molecular Ecology, 15(12), 3669–3679
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03036.x
Keeney, D.B. & Heupel, M.R. & Hueter, R.E. & Heist, E.J. (2005)
Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analyses of the genetic structure of blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) nurseries in the northwestern Atlantic. Molecular Ecology, 14(7), 1911–1923
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02549.x
Heist, E.J. (2005)
Population and Reproductive Genetics in Chondrichthyes. In W.C. Hamlett (Ed.), Reproductive biology and phylogeny of chondrichthyes: sharks, rays and chimaeras, Vol. 3 (pp. 27–44). Science Publishers, Endfield, USA
McAuley, R. & Lenanton, R. & Chidlow, J. & Allison, R. & Heist, E.J. (2005)
Biology and stock assessment of the thickskin (sandbar) shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in Western Australia and further refinement of the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, stock assessment. Fisheries Research Report No. 151, Department of Fisheries, Western Australia: 132p.
Heist, E.J. (2004)
Genetics of Sharks, Skates, and Rays. In J.C. Carrier, J.A. Musick, & M.R. Heithaus (Eds.), Biology of Sharks and their Relatives (1th ed., pp. 471–487). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida
Hueter, R.E. & Heupel, M.R. & Heist, E.J. & Keeney, D.B. (2004)
Evidence of Philopatry in Sharks and Implications for the Management of Shark Fisheries. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 35, 239–247
DOI: 10.2960/J.v35.m493
Heist, E.J. (2004)
Genetic concerns associated with the release of captive elasmobranchs [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 20th Annual Meeting, Norman, Oklahoma
Heist, E.J. & Carrier, J.C. & Pratt, H.L. (2004)
Estimating the number of sires and inferring paternal genotypes in Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) litters [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 20th Annual Meeting, Norman, Oklahoma
Keeney, D.B. & Heupel, M.R. & Hueter, R.E. & Heist, E.J. (2004)
Genetic structure of Blacktip Shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, populations [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 20th Annual Meeting, Norman, Oklahoma
Heist, E.J. & Feldheim, K.A. (2004)
Chapter 18: Elasmobranch Genetics and Captive Management. In M. Smith, D. Warmolts, D. Thoney, & R. Hueter (Eds.), The Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual: Captive Care of Sharks, Rays and their Relatives (pp. 249–259). Special Publication of the Ohio Biological Survey
Heist, E.J. & Jenkot, J.L. & Keeney, D.B. & Lane, R.L. & Moyer, G.R. & Reading, B.J. & Smith, N.L. (2003)
Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Molecular Ecology Notes, 3(1), 59–61
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00348.x
Keeney, D.B. & Heupel, M.R. & Hueter, R.E. & Heist, E.J. (2003)
Genetic heterogeneity among blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, continental nurseries along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology, 143(6), 1039–1046
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1166-9
Keeney, D.B. & Heist, E.J. (2003)
Characterization of microsatellite loci isolated from the blacktip shark and their utility in requiem and hammerhead sharks. Molecular Ecology Notes, 3(4), 501–504
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00492.x
Schrey, A.W. & Heist, E.J. (2003)
Microsatellite analysis of population structure in the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 60(6), 670–675
DOI: 10.1139/f03-064
Keeney, D.B. & Heupel, M.R. & Hueter, R.E. & Heist, E.J. (2003)
Phylogeography of the blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, based upon mitochondrial control region sequences [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 19th Annual Meeting, Manaus, Brazil
Schrey, A.W. & Heist, E.J. (2002)
Microsatellite markers for the shortfin mako and cross-species amplification in Lamniformes. Conservation Genetics, 3(4), 459–461
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020583609967
Heist, E.J. & Gold, J.R. (2000)
DNA microsatellites in blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus): variation, population structure, and cross-species amplification [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 16th Annual Meeting, 14–20 June 2000, La Paz, Mexico
Heist, E.J. & Gold, J.R. (1999)
Microsatellite DNA Variation in Sandbar Sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) from the Gulf of Mexico and Mid-Atlantic Bight. Copeia, 1999(1), 182–186
Heist, E.J. & Gold, J.R. (1999)
Genetic identification of sharks in the U.S. Atlantic large coastal shark fishery. Fishery Bulletin, 97(1), 53–61
Heist, E.J. & Gold, J.R. (1996)
Preliminary investigation of microsatellite loci in the sandbar shark, (Carcharhinus plumbeus) [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 12th Annual Meeting, June 13–19,1996 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Heist, E.J. & Musick, J.A. & Graves, J.E. (1996)
Mitochondrial DNA diversity and divergence among sharpnose sharks, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, from the Gulf of Mexico and Mid-Atlantic Bight. Fishery Bulletin, 94(4), 664–668
Heist, E.J. & Musick, J.A. & Graves, J.E. (1996)
Genetic population structure of the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) inferred from restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of mitochondrial DNA. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53(3), 583–588
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Heist, E.J. & Graves, J.E. & Musick, J.A. (1995)
Population Genetics of the Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in the Gulf of Mexico and Mid-Atlantic Bight. Copeia, 1995(3), 555–562
Heist, E.J. (1994)
Cosmopolitan population genetics of the shortfin mako [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 10th Annual Meeting, 2.–8. June 1994, University of Southern California, Los Angeles