Paul Cabe

Professor Cabe teaches a number of genetics courses, as well as ornithology. His research interests focus on using modern molecular methods to collect data useful in answering questions in the areas of population genetics and evolutionary biology. He is also interested in ornithology, ecology and conservation biology.

Paul Cabe

Paul Cabe

Biology Department Head and Professor of Biology

Curriculum Vitae

Program Affiliations

Education

  • Undergraduate Degree: B.S., College of William and Mary, Virginia
  • Graduate Degree: Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Research

My current interests focus on using modern molecular methods to collect data useful in answering questions in the areas of population genetics and evolutionary biology. Recent projects include the cloning and sequencing of microsatellite repeats, and the use of microsatellites to address specific questions. I maintain active interests in ornithology, ecology, and conservation biology.

Teaching

  • Fundamentals of Biology (Biology 111)
  • Genetics (Biology 220)
  • Genetics Laboratory (Biology 221)
  • Ornithology (Biology 241)
  • Molecular Genetics (Biology 320)
  • Advanced Genetics Laboratory (Biology 321)
  • Conservation Genetics (Biology 322)

Selected Publications

  • Ion MC, et al.  2024. World of Crayfish: a web platform towards real-time global mapping of freshwater crayfish and their pathogens. PeerJ. 2024 Oct 14;12:e18229. doi: 10.7717/peerj.18229. eCollection 2024.

  • Cabe, P.R., Trillo, M.C., Cooper, G.J., Hurd, L.E. 2024. Is the mantid Brunneria borealis (Mantodea: Coptopterygidae) really a native North American, or actually a South American colonist? Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 2024, 117(6), pp. 281–285.

  • Hurd, LE, Cooper, GJ, Cabe, PR. 2024. No mitochondrial DNA variation in COI gene among widely distributed populations of a parthenogenetic praying mantid: a biogeographic puzzle. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 2024, 117(3), pp. 196–198.

  • Cabe, PR, *Frost, MDT, *Navalsky, BE, Loughman, ZJ. 2022. Investigations on origin and status of a Faxonius crayfish population in the upper James River Basin, Virginia. Conservation Genetics 23:853-858.

  • Cabe, PR, HenkanaththeGedara, S, Loughman, Z, Thoma, R. 2021. An annotated checklist of the freshwater crayfish of Virginia. Freshwater Crayfish 26(2): 99-118.

  • Cabe, PR. 2021. European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) as vectors and reservoirs of pathogens affecting humans and domestic livestock.  Animals 11(2): 466.

  • Liebgold E. B, Kramer C. F., Roomian, T. C. Sorce, G.M. and Cabe, P. R. 2018. Heterozygosity-behavior and heterozygosity-fitness correlations in a salamander with limited dispersal. Population Ecology 60(3): 251-260.

  • Irwin*, A, L Greer, R Humston, M Devlin-Durante, P Cabe, H Lescinsky, K Wirth, HA Curran, IB Baums. 2017. Age and intraspecific diversity of resilient Acropora communities in Belize. Coral Reefs 36(4): 1111-1120.

  • Cabe, P. R. 2016. A complete mitogenome from Orconectes (Procericambarus) ozarkae (Williams). Freshwater Crayfish 22: 95-98.  

  • Knox, J. S., K. Bezold, P. R. Cabe, S. Williams and M. C. Simurda. 2016. Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of the Endemic Disjunct Species, Helenium virginicum (Asteraceae). American Midland Naturalist 175(2): 242-260.

  • Cabe PR, Navalsky* BE, Bloomer* AK, Doherty* R, Edgren* J, Putney* JE and Bezold KA.  2015. A test of DNA barcoding in crayfish of the upper James River basin, Virginia. Freshwater Crayfish 21(1): 179-183.

  • Bayer*, Claire S. O., Andrew H. Sackman, Kelly Hemminger, Paul R. Cabe, and David M. Marsh.  2012. Conservation genetics of a mountaintop salamander with an extremely limited range. Conservation Genetics 13(2): 443-454.

  • Humston, Robert, Kelly A. Hemminger, Nathaniel D. Adkins*, Ryan J. Elsey*, Jessica Huss*, Brent A. Meekins*, Paul R. Cabe, and Timothy L. King. 2012. Put-and-grow stocking of brook trout in Virginia reservoirs: dispersal, naturalization, and interactions with wild populations in tributaries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32: 100-108.

  • Liebgold, E. B., E. D. Brodie III, and P. R. Cabe. 2011. Female philopatry and male-biased dispersal in a direct-developing salamander Plethodon cinereus. Molecular Ecology 20: 249-257. 

  • Liebgold, E. B. and P. R. Cabe. 2008. Familiarity with adults, but not relatedness, affects the fitness of juveniles of Plethodon cinereus, a territorial salamander. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63:277-284.

  • Marsh D. M., R. B. Page, T. J. Hanlon, R. Corritone*, E. C. Little*, D. E. Seifert*, and P. R. Cabe.  2008. Effects of roads on patterns of genetic differentiation in red-backed salamanders, Plethodon cinereus. Conservation Genetics 9(3): 603-613.

  • Marsh, D. M., R.B. Page, T.J. Hanlon, H. Bareke*, R. Corritone*, N. Jetter, N.G. Beckman*, K.J. Gardner, D.E. Seifert and P.R. Cabe. 2007. Ecological and genetic evidence that low-order streams are partial barriers to the dispersal of red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 319-327. 

  • Cabe, P. R., R. B. Page, T. J. Hanlon, M. E. Aldrich*, L. Connors, and D. M. Marsh. 2007. Fine-scale population differentiation and gene flow in a terrestrial salamander (Plethodon cinereus) living in continuous habitat. Heredity 98: 53-60. 

  • Liebgold, E. B., P. R. Cabe, R. G. Jaeger, and P. L. Leberg 2006. Multiple paternity in a salamander with socially monogamous behavior. Molecular Ecology 15: 4153-4160.

  • Fauth, P. and P. R. Cabe 2005. Reproductive success of Acadian Flycatchers in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Journal of Field Ornithology 76(2): 150-157.

  • Cabe, P. R., A. Baumgarten*, K. Onan*, J. J. Luby, D. S. Bedford. 2005. Using Microsatellite Analysis to verify breeding records: A study of ‘Honeycrisp’ and other cold hardy apple cultivars.  HortScience 40(1): 15-17.

  • Connors, L. M. and P. R. Cabe. 2003. Isolation of dinucleotide microsatellite loci from red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus). Molecular Ecology Notes 3(1): 131-133.

  • Cabe, P. R., and J. S. Liles*. 2002. Dinucleotide Microsatellite Loci Isolated from flowering dogwood (Cornus florida L.). Molecular Ecology Notes 2: 150-152.

  • Cabe, P. R.  1999. Dispersal and population structure in the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). The Condor 101:451-454.

  • Cabe, P. R.  1998. The effects of founding bottlenecks on genetic variation in the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in North America. Heredity 80: 519-525. 

  • Cabe, P. R. 1993.  European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). In The Birds of North America, No. 48 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D.C.: The American Ornithologists Union.

*Student authors