Dalebout, M.L., D. Steel, and C.S. Baker, 2008. Phylogeny of the beaked whale genus Mesoplodon (Ziphiidae: Cetacea) revealed by nuclear introns: implications for the evolution of male tusks. Systematic Biology. 57:857-875.

Oremus, M., M.M. Poole, D. Steel and C.S. Baker. 2007. Isolation and interchange among insular spinner dolphin communities in the South Pacific revealed by individual identification and genetic diversity. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 336:275-289.

Dalebout, M.L, C.S. Baker, D. Steel, K.M. Robertson, S.J. Chivers, W.F. Perrin, J.G. Mead, R.V. Grace, and T.D. Schofield. 2007. A divergent mtDNA lineage among Mesoplodon beaked whales: Molecular evidence for a new species in the tropical pacific? Marine Mammal Science. 23:954-966.

Garrigue, C., R. Dodemont, D. Steel, and C.S. Baker. 2004. Organismal and 'gametic' capture-recapture using microsatellite genotyping confirm low abundance and reproductive autonomy of humpback whales on the wintering grounds of New Caledonia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 274, 251-262.

Witteveen, B. H., J. M. Straley, O. von Ziegesar, D. Steel, and C.S. Baker, 2004. Abundance and mtDNA differentiation of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Shumagin Islands, Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 82:1352-1359.

Steel, D.J., S.A. Trewick, and G.P. Wallis, 2000. Heteroplasmy of mitochondrial DNA in the ophiuroid Astrobrachion constrictum. Journal of Heredity. 91:146-149.