PUBLICATIONS - Foster Levy

Foster Levy,
Associate Professor. (levyf@etsu.edu) Ph.D. Duke University. Population genetics emphasizing, (1) antibiotic resistance and mechanisms of spread of a bacterial pathogen, and (2) the genetics of speciation using classical genetics, allozymes, and chloroplast DNA.

Peer-Reviewed Publications - Research  (student and medical fellow authors underlined)

Levy, F. and E. S. Walker.  2004.  BRO b-lactamase alleles, antibiotic resistance, and a test of the BRO-1 selective replacement hypothesis in Moraxella catarrhalis.  J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 53:371-374.

Walker , E.S., Levy, F., Shorman, M., David, G., Abdalla J. and F. A. Sarubbi.  2004.  A decline in mupirocin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus accompanied administrative control of prescriptions. J. Clin. Microbiol. 42:2792-2795.

Taylor, S. I. and F. Levy.  2002.  Responses to soils and a test for preadaptation to serpentine in Phacelia dubia (Hydrophyllaceae).  New Phytologist 155:437-447.

Walker, E. S. and F. Levy.  2001.  Genetic trends in a population evolving antibiotic resistance.  Evolution 55:1110-1122.

Levy, F. and K. A. Malone.  2001.  Phacelia dubia in South Carolina : The interface of morphology, genetics and taxonomy.  Castanea 66:134-144.

Walker, E. S., Neal, C. L., Laffan, E., Kalbfleisch, J. K., Berk, S. L. and F. Levy.  2000.  Long-term trends in susceptibility of Moraxella catarrhalis: A population analysis.  J. Antimicrob. Chemo. 45:175-182.

Levy F. and C. L. Neal.  1999.  Spatial and temporal genetic structure in chloroplast and allozyme markers in Phacelia dubia implicate genetic drift.  Heredity 82:422-431.

Levy, F.  1997.  Non-homeotic meristic flower mutants in Phacelia dubia.  J. Heredity 88:31-37.

Levy, F.  1997.  Book Review:  Conservation Biology in Theory and Practice.  Theoret. Pop. Biol. 51:253-255.

Levy, F., Antonovics, J., Boynton, J. E. and N. W. Gillham.  1996.  A population genetic analysis of chloroplast DNA in Phacelia.  Heredity 76:143-155.

Levy, F. and D. Benner.  1995.  Using ribbon models of chromosome modifications to explore the process of meiosis.  Amer. Biol. Teacher 57:532-535.

Moore, D., Mullins, D. and F. Levy.  1994.  Pollen and pubescence characteristics of Oxalis grandis Small.  Rhodora 96:311-326.

Levy, F., and D. Moore .  1993.  Population variation in leaflet sleep movements in Oxalis grandis (Oxalidaceae).  Amer. J. Bot. 80:1482-1493.

Levy, F.  1991.  A genetic analysis of reproductive barriers in Phacelia dubia.  Heredity 67:331-345.

Levy, F.  1991.  Morphological differentiation in Phacelia dubia.  Rhodora 93:11-25.

Levy, F., and R. L. Wilbur.  1990.  Disjunct populations of the alleged serpentine endemic, Aster depauperatus (Porter) Fern., on diabase glades in North Carolina .  Rhodora 92:111-115.

Levy, F.  1988.  Effect of pollen source and time of pollination on seed production and seed weight in Phacelia dubia and P. maculata (Hydrophyllaceae).  Amer. Midl. Nat. 119:193-198.

Levy, F.  1984.  Demography of sweet buckeye seeds and seedlings.  Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 111:307-315.

Levy, F., King, V., Phillips, T. and D. White.  1983.  Ferns and fern allies of Pike County , Kentucky .  Trans. Ky. Acad. Sci. 44:14-16.

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications - Teaching  (student authors underlined)

Levy, F. and T. McDowell.  2004.  A campus arboretum can support the teaching of biological concepts.  Arnoldia 63:2-12.  

Levy, F., Hill, S. and T. McDowell.  2001.  Wind-stress: An experimental investigation into the structure-function relationship of leaf architecture.  Amer. Biol. Teacher 63:124-127.

Levy, F.  2000. An inquiry-based introduction to molecular biology. Amer. Biol. Teacher 62:262-265.

 

Book Contributions

Levy, F.  Pre-Columbian communities.  Entry in, Encyclopedia of Appalachia, University of Tennessee Press , Knoxville , TN (in press)

Levy, F.  Disjunction.  Entry in, Encyclopedia of Appalachia, University of Tennessee Press , Knoxville , TN (in press)


 
 

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