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Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division

Department/College/Unit IMS-Fisheries Collaborative Program
Institute of Marine Sciences

Title Associate Project Scientist

Affiliation Staff

Staff Type Researcher

Web Site

Primary Office Location CSC Coastal Biology Auxiliary Building
LML, NOAA Fisheries, Room 254-F

Office Hours contact via email

Mail Stop NMFS

Research Interests

Identification of the genes responsible for life-history variation in salmon and trout.
Application of modern genetic methods to endangered species management and conservation.

Awards, Honors and Grants

2007-2010 CALFED Science Fellow, California Sea Grant
2006 Coastal Environmental Quality Initiative Fellowship, UC Marine Council
2004 Ocean Sciences Departmental Fellowship, UCSC
2002 Danielle Zumbrun Memorial Fellowship for Graduate Research, HSU
2002 Marin Rod and Gun Club Scholarship, HSU

Selected Publications

Waters, CD, AJ Clemento, T Aykanat, JC Garza, KA Naish, S Narum and CR Primmer. 2021. Heterogeneous genetic basis of age at maturity in salmonid fishes. Molecular Ecology. 30(6):1435- 1456.

Thompson, NF, EC Anderson, AJ Clemento, MA Campbell, DE Pearse, JW Hearsey, AP Kinziger and JC Garza. 2020. A complex phenotype in salmon controlled by a simple change in migratory timing. Science. 370(6516):609-613.

Batz, ZA, AJ Clemento, J Fritzenwanker, TJ Ring, JC Garza and PA Armbruster. 2020. Rapid adaptive evolution of the diapause program during range expansion of an invasive mosquito. Evolution. 74(7):1451-1465.

Baetscher, DS, AJ Clemento, TC Ng, EC Anderson and JC Garza. 2017. Microhaplotypes provide increased power from short-read DNA sequences for relationship inference in fish and wildlife. Molecular Ecology Resources. 18(2):296-305.

Arciniega, M, AJ Clemento, MR Miller, M Peterson, JC Garza and DE Pearse. 2015. Parallel evolution of the summer steelhead ecotype in multiple populations from Oregon and Northern California. Conservation Genetics. 17(1):165-175.

Starks, HA, AJ Clemento and JC Garza. 2015. Discovery and characterization of single nucleotide polymorphisms in coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch. Molecular Ecology Resources. 16(1):277-287.

Clemento, AJ, ED Crandall, JC Garza and EC Anderson. 2014. Evaluation of a single nucleotide polymorphism baseline for genetic stock identification of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the California Current large marine ecosystem. Fishery Bulletin. 112(2-3):112-130.

Clemento, AJ, A Abadía-Cardoso, HA Starks and JC Garza. 2011. Discovery and characterization of single nucleotide polymorphisms in Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Molecular Ecology Resources. 11(Suppl.1):50-66.

Abadía-Cardoso, A, AJ Clemento and JC Garza. 2011. Discovery and characterization of single nucleotide polymorphisms in steelhead/rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Molecular Ecology Resources. 11(Suppl.1):31-49.

Clemento, AJ, EC Anderson, D Boughton, D Girman and JC Garza. 2009. Population genetic structure and ancestry of Oncorhynchus mykiss populations above and below dams in south-central California. Conservation Genetics. 10(5):1321-1336.