2013

1. Alcántar-Escalera, F. J, M. García-Varela, E. Vázquez-Domínguez y G. Pérez-Ponce de León. 2013. Using DNA barcoding to link cystacanths and adults of the acanthocephalan Polymorphus brevis in central Mexico. Molecular Ecology Resources, 13: 1116-1124.

2. García-Varela, M, C. D. Pinacho-Pinacho, A. L. Sereno-Uribe y B. Mendoza-Garfías. 2013. First record of the intermediate host of Pseudocorynosoma constrictum Van Cleave, 1918 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in Central Mexico. Comparative Parasitology, 80: 171-178.

3. García-Varela, M, G. Pérez-Ponce de León, F. J. Aznar y S. A. Nadler. 2013. Phylogenetic Relationship Among Genera of Polymorphidae (Acanthocephala), Inferred from Nuclear and Mitochondrial Gene Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 68: 176-184.

4. Ortega-Olivares, M. P, R. Rosas-Valdez y Martín García-Varela. 2013. First description of adults of the type species of the genus Glossocercus Chandler, 1935 (Cyclophyllidea: Gryporhynchidae). Folia Parasitologica, 1: 35-42.

5. Sereno-Uribe, A. L, C. D. Pinacho-Pinacho, M. García-Varela y G. Pérez-Ponce de León. 2013. Using mitochondrial and ribosomal DNA sequences to test the taxonomic validity of Clinostomum complanatum Rudolphi, 1814 in fish eating birds and freshwater fishes in Mexico, with the description of a new species. Parasitology Research, 112: 2855-2870.

2012

1. Aznar, F. J, J. Hernández-Orts, A. A. Suárez, M. García-Varela, J. A. Raga y H. L. Cappozzo. 2012. Assessing host-parasite specificity through coprological analysis: a case study with species of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorhidae) from marine mammals. Journal of Helminthology, 86(2): 156-164.

2. García-Varela, M, F. J. Aznar, R. Pérez-Rodríguez, y G. Pérez-Ponce de León. 2012. Genetic and morphological characterization of Southwellina hispida Van Cleave, 1925 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae), a parasite of fish-eating birds. Comparative Parasitology, 79(2): 192-201.

3. Gazi, M, T. Sultana, G.-S. Min, Y. Ch. Park, M. García-Varela, S. A. Nadler y J.-K. Park. 2012. The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Oncicola luehei (Archiacanthocephala: Acanthocephala) and its phylogenetic information within the Syndermata. Parasitology International, 61(2): 307-316.

4. Hernández-Orts, J. S, J. T. Timi, J. A. Raga, M. García-Varela, E. A. Crespo y F. J. Aznar. 2012. Patterns of trunk spine growth in two congeneric acanthocephalan species: investment on attachment may differ between sexes and species. Parasitology, 139(7): 945-955.

5. Pinacho-Pinacho, C, G. Perez-Ponce de León, y M. García- Varela. 2012. Description of a new species of Neoechinorhynchus (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) a parasite of Dormitator latifrons from Southwestern México based on morphological and molecular characters. Parasitology International, 61(4): 634-644.

6. Rosas-Valdez, R, J. J. Morrone y M. García-Varela. 2012. Molecular Phylogenetics of Floridosentis ward, 1953 (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) parasites of mullets (Osteichthyes) from Mexico, using 28s rDNA sequences. Journal of Parasitology, 98(4): 855-862.

2011

1. García-Varela, M, G. Pérez-Ponce de León, F. J. Aznar y S. A. Nadler. 2011. Erection of Ibirhynchus gen. nov., (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) based on molecular and morphological data. Journal of Parasitology, 97(1): 97-105.

2. García-Varela, M, L. García-Prieto y R. Pérez-Rodríguez. 2011. Molecular identification and first description of the male of Neoechinorhynchus schmidti (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae), a parasite of Trachemys scripta (Testudines) in Mexico. Parasitology International, 60(4): 433-439.

3. Ibañez, A. L, G. Escobedo, K. Nava-Castro, C. R. Jesús-Ramses, R. Hernández-Bello, M. García-Varela, J. R. Ambrosio, O. Reynoso-Ducoing, R. Fonseca-Liñán, G. Ortega-Pierres, L. Pavón, M. E. Hernández, y J. Morales-Montor. 2011. A helminth cestode parasite express an estrogen-binding protein resembling a classic nuclear estrogen receptor. Steroids, 76(10): 1149-1159.

4. Ortega-Olivares, M. P, D. I. Hernández-Mena, G. Pérez-Ponce de León y M. García-Varela. 2011. Helminths of the white ibis, Eudocimus albus (Aves: Therskiornithidae) in Mexico. Zootaxa, 3088: 15-26.

2010

1. Escobedo, G, I. Camacho-Arroyo, T. Hernández-Hernández, P. Ostoa-Saloma, M. García-Varela y J. Morales-Montor. 2010. Progesterone induces scolex evagination of the human parasite Taenia solium: evolutionary implications to the host-parasite relationship. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 591079.

2. García-Prieto, L, M. García-Varela, B. Mendoza-Garfias, y G. Pérez-Ponce de León. 2010. Checklist of the Acanthocephala in wildlife vertebrates of Mexico. Zootaxa, 2419: 1-50.

3. Reyna-Fabián, M. E, J. P. Laclette, M. P. Cummings, y M. García-Varela. 2010. Validating the systematic position of Plationus Segers, Murugan & Dumont, 1993 (Rotifera: Brachionidae) using sequences of the large subnit of the nuclear robosomal DNA and of cytochrome C oxidase. Hydrobiologia, 644: 361-370.

4. Richardson, D. J, S. Monks, M. García-Varela, y G. Pulido-Flores. 2010. Redescription of Centrorhynchus microcephalus (Bravo-Hollis, 1947) Golvan, 1956 (Acanthocephala: Centrorhynchidae) from the Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) in Veracruz, Mexico. Comparative Parasitology, 77(2): 164-171.

2009

1. Garcia-Varela, M, G. Perez-Ponce de Leon, F. J. Aznar y S. A. Nadler. 2009. Systematic position of Pseudocorynosoma and Andracantha (Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences. Journal of Parasitology, 95(1): 178-185.

2. Martinez-Aquino, A, M. E. Reyna-Fabian, R. Rosas-Valdez, U. Razo-Mendivil, G. Perez-Ponce de Leon y M. Garcia-Varela. 2009. Detecting a complex of cryptic species within Neoechinorhynchus golvani (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) inferred from ITSs and LSU rDNA gene sequences. Journal of Parasitology, 95: 1040-1047.

3. Violante-Gonzalez, J, M. Garcia-Varela, A. Rojas-Herrera, y S. Gil-Guerrero. 2009. Diplostomiasis in cultured and wild Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in Guerrero State, Mexico. Parasitology Research, 105: 803-807.

2008

1. Garcia-Varela, M, A. Gonzalez-Oliver. 2008. The systematic position of Leptorhynchoides (Kostylew, 1924) and Pseudoleptorhynchoides (Salgado-Maldonado, 1976), inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA gene sequences. Journal of Parasitology, 94(4): 959-962.

2. Garcia-Varela, M, G. Perez-Ponce de Leon. 2008. Validating the systematic position of Profilicollis Meyer, 1931 and Hexaglandula Petrochenko, 1950 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) using cytochrome C oxidase (cox 1). Journal of Parasitology, 94(1): 212-217.

3. Guillen-Hernandez, S, M. Garcia-Varela y G. Perez-Ponce de Leon. 2008. First record of Hexaglandula corynosoma (Travassos, 1915) Petrochenko, 1958 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in intermediate and definitive hosts in Mexico. Zootaxa, 1873: 61-68.

4. Ionita, M, M. Garcia-Varela, E. T. Lyons, T. R. Spraker y S. C. Tolliver. 2008. Hookworms (Uncinaria lucasi) and acanthocephalans (Corynosoma spp. and Bolbosoma spp.) found in dead northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) on St. Paul Island, Alaska in 2007. Parasitology Research, 103(5): 1025-1029.

2007

1. Perez-Ibarra, B. M, M. E. Flores y M. Garcia-Varela. 2007. Isolationand characterization of Bacillus thioparussp. nov., chemolithoautotrophic, thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium. Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) Microbiology Letters, 271: 289-296.

2006

1. Garcia-Varela, M, y S. A. Nadler. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among Syndermata inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40(1): 61-72.

2005

1. Abdul Alim Al-Bari, M, M. Shah Alam Bhuiyan, M. E. Flores, P. Petrosyan, M. Garcia-Varela y M. Anwar Ul Islam. 2005. Streptomyces bangladeshiensis sp. nov., micro-organism isolated from soil, which produces bis-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 55: 1973-1977.

2. Garcia-Varela, M, F. J. Aznar, G. Perez-Ponce de Leon, D. Piñero y J. P. Laclette. 2005. Molecular Phylogeny of the genus Corynosoma Lühe, 1904 (Acanthocephala) using sequences of 5.8S ribosomal RNA genes and internal spacer regions ITS1 and ITS2. Journal of Parasitology, 91(2): 345-352.

3. Garcia-Varela, M, y S. A. Nadler. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of Palaeacanthocephala (Acanthocephala) inferred fron SSU and LSU RDNA gene sequences. Journal of Parasitology, 91(6): 1401-1409.