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Robin Varney

Assistant Research Scientist

Email: [[v|rlvarney]]
Phone: (804) 684-7710
Office: Andrews Hall 414
Section: Natural Resources
Unit: Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center
Research Interests: oysters, population genetics, genomics, molecular biology, shellfish genetics, aquaculture

Education
  • B.S. in Clinical Laboratory Science – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1998
  • M.S. in Marine Science – University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2004
  • Ph.D. in Marine Biosciences – University of Delaware, Lewes, DE, 2009
Publications

Guo, X, J Puritz, Z Wang, D Proestou, S Allen, Jr., J Small, K Verbyla, H Zhao, J Haggard, N Chriss, D Zeng, K Lundgren, B Allam, D Bushek, M Gomez-Chiarri, M Hare, C Hollenbeck, J La Peyre, M Liu, KE Lotterhos, L Plough, P Rawson, S Rikard, E Saillant, RL Varney, G Wikfors, and AE Wilbur 2023. Development and evaluation of high-density SNP arrays for the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Marine Biotechnology 25, 174-191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-022-10191-3

Varney, RL and AE Wilbur 2020. Analysis of genetic variation and inbreeding among three lines of hatchery-reared Crassostrea virginica broodstock. Aquaculture 527: 735452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735452

Varney, RL, JC Watts, and AE Wilbur 2018. Genetic impacts of a commercial aquaculture lease on adjacent oyster populations. Aquaculture 491: 310-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.03.060

Varney, RL, RE Sackett, and AE Wilbur 2016. Analysis of spatiotemporal genetic variability in eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) mtDNA 16S sequences among North Carolina populations. Journal of Shellfish Research 35(2): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.035.0207

Varney, RL, and MAF Noor 2011. Inconsistent associations between recombination rate and codon bias across Drosophila species. Drosophila Information Service 94: 5-9.

Varney, RL, and MAF Noor. 2010. Quick guide: The scuttle fly. Current Biology 20: R466-R467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.03.043

Varney, RL, C Galindo-Sanchez, P Cruz, and PM Gaffney 2009. Population genetics of the Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Shellfish Research 28(4): 855-864. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.028.0415