Here we provide links to papers that have, and continue to, inspire and inform our research.
August 19, 2022
Atypical functioning of female genitalia explains monandry in a butterfly Xochipiltecatl, D., Baixeras, J., Cordero, C.R. (2021) PeerJ DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12499
Hearing in caterpillars of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Taylor, C.J., Yack, J.E. (2019) Journal of Experimental Biology 222 jeb211862 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.211862
Decades of systemic racial disparities in funding rates at the National Science Foundation Chen, C.Y., Kahanamoku, S.S., Tripati, A., Alegado, R.A., Morris, V.R., Andrade, K., Hosbey, J. (2022) OSF Preprints DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/xb57u
June 25, 2021
Developmental, cellular and biochemical basis of transparency in clearwing butterflies Pomerantz, A.F., Siddique, R.H., Cash, E.I., Kishi, Y., Pinna, C., Hammar, K., Gomez, D., Elias, M., Patel, N.H. (2021) Journal of Experimental Biology 224, jeb237917 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.237917
Visual metamorphoses in insects and malacostracans: Transitions between an aquatic and terrestrial life Chou, A., Lin, C., Cronin, T.W. (2020) Arthropod Structure & Development 59: 100974 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2020.100974
Opsin evolution in flower-visiting beetles Sharkey, C.R., Powell, G.S., Bybee, S.M. (2021) Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.676369
The dauer hypothesis and the evolution of parasitism: 20 years on and still going strong Crook, M. (2014) International Journal of Parasitology 44(1): 1-8 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.08.004
Gut microbiota protects honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) against polystyrene microplastics exposure risks Wang, K., Li, J., Zhao, L., Mu, X., Wang, C., Wang, M., Xue, X., Qi, S., Wu, L. (2021) Journal of Hazardous Materials 402: 123828 DOI: 10.1016/j.hazmat.2020.123828
Does larval rearing diet lead to premating isolation in Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)? Di, X., Yan, B., Wu, C., You, X., Liu, J., Yang, M. (2021) 12:203. DOI: 10.3390/insects12030203
Sexual selection and introgression in avian hybrid zones: Spotlight on Manacus Bennett, K.F.P., Lim, H.C., Braun, M.J. (2021) Integrative and Comparative Biology DOI: 10.1093/icb/icab135
The American lobster genome reveals insights on longevity, neural, and immune adaptations Polinski, J.M.,Zimin, A.V., Clark, K.F., Kohn, A.B., Sadowski, N., Timp, W., Ptitsyn, A., Khanna, P., Romanova, D.Y., Williams, P., Greenwood, S.J., Moroz, L.L., Walt, D.R., Bodnar, A.G. (2021) Science Advances 7: eabe8290 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe8290
June 11, 2021
Visual and olfactory responses of seven butterfly species during foraging Tang, Y., Zhou, C., Chen, X., Zheng, H. (2013) Journal of Insect Behavior 26: 387-401 DOI: 10.1007/s10905-012-9358-0
De novo genome assemblies of butterflies Ellis, E.A., Storer, C.G., Kawahara, A.Y. (2021) GigaScience 10(6): giab041 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giab041
Conservation, duplication, and divergence of five opsin genes in insect evolution Feuda, R., Marlétaz, F., Bentley, M.A., Holland, P.W.H. (2016) Genome Biology and Evolution 8(3): 579-587 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw015
Social isolation causes downregulation of immune and stress response genes and behavioural changes in a social insect Schaft, I., Stoldt, M., Libbrecht, R., Höpfner, A.L., Jongepier, E., Kever, M., Foitzik, S. (2021) Molecular Ecology 30: 2378-2389 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15902
Efficacy of a y-design silastic elastomer intrauterine device as a horse contraceptive Holyoak, G.R., Lyman, C.C., Wang, S., Germaine, S.S., Anderson, C.O., Baldrighi, J.M., Vemula, N., Rezabek, G.B., Kane, A.J. (2021) The Journal of Wildlife Management 1-6 DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22027
June 4, 2021
Pollination syndromes and floral specialization Fenster, C.B., Armbruster, W.S., Wilson, P., Dudash, M.R., Thomson, J.D. (2004) Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 35: 375-403 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.011802.132347
Patterns of Z chromosome divergence among Heliconius species highlight the importance of historical demography Van Belleghem, S.M., Baquero, M., Papa, R., Salazar, C., McMillan, W.O., Counterman, B.A., Jiggins, C.D., Martin, S.H. (2018) Molecular Ecology 27(19):3852-3872 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14560
How sexual selection can drive the evolution of costly sperm ornamentation Lüpold, S., Manier, M.K., Puniamoorthy, N., Schoff, C., Starmer, W.T., Luepold, S.H.B., Belote, J.M., Pitnick, S. (2016) Nature 533: 535-538 DOI: 10.1038/nature18005
Nov 11, 2020
Genomic architecture of a genetically assimilated seasonal color pattern van der Burg, K.R.L, Lewis, J.J., Brack, B.J., Fandino, R.A., Mazo-Vargas, A., Reed, R.D. (2020) Science 370 (6517): 721-725 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz3017
August 7, 2020
The migrations of the painted lady butterfly Williams, C.B. (1925) Nature 115:535-537
Integrative proteomics and metabolomics analysis of insect larva brain: Novel insights into the molecular mechanism of insect wandering behavior Li, Y., Wang, X., Hou, Y., Zhou, X., Chen, Q., Guo, C., Xia, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhao, P. (2016) Journal of Proteome Research 15:193-204. DOI:10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00736
Retention of memory through metamorphosis: Can a moth remember what it learned as a caterpillar? Blackiston, D.J., Casey, E.S., Weiss, M.R. (2008) PLoS ONE 3(3): e1736 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001736
Revealing the venomous secrets of the spider’s web Esteves, F.G., dos Santos-Pinto, J.R.A., Ferro, M., Sialana, F.J., Smidak, R., Rares, L.C., Nussbaumer, T., Rattei, T., Bilan, M., Junior, M.B., Lubec, G., Palma, M.S. (2020) Journal of Proteome Research 19: 3044-3059 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00086
Difference in quantity discrimination in dogs and wolves Range, F., Jenikejew, J., Schröder, I., Virányi, Z. (2014) Frontiers in Psychology 5:1299 DOI: 10.3389/fpycg.2014.01299
Highly efficient knockout of a squid pigmentation gene Crawford, K., Diaz Quiroz, J.F., Koenig, K.M., Abuja, N., Albertin, C.B., Rosenthal, J.J.C. (2020) Current Biology 30: 1-7 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.099
Expression of multiple engrailed family genes in eyespots of Bicyclus anynana butterflies does not implicate the duplication events in the evolution of this morphological novelty Banerjee, T.D., Ramos, D., Monteiro, A. (2020) Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00227
July 24, 2020
Behavioural repeatability is affected by early developmental conditions in a butterfly Kaiser, A., Merckx, T., Van Dyck, H. (2019) Animal Behaviour 157: 219-226 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.08.006
Do pollinators prefer pesticide-free plants? An experimental test with monarchs and milkweeds Olaya-Arenas, P., Scarf, M.E., Kaplan, I. (2020) Journal of Applied Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13711
A framework for studying behavioral evolution by reconstructing ancestral repertoires Hernández, D.G., Rivera, C., Cnde, J., Zhous, B., Stern, D.L., Berman, G.J. (2020) bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.17.209361
Origin of the mechanism of phenotypic plasticity in satyrid butterfly eyespots Bhardwaj, S., Jolander, L.S., Wenk, M.R., Oliver, J.C., Nijhout, H.F., Monteiro, A. (2020) eLife 9:e49544 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.49544
Sexual conflict promotes speciation in insects Arnqvist, G., Edvardsson, M., Friberg, U., Nilsson, T. (2000) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97(19): 10460-10464 DOI:10.1073/pnas.97.19.10460
Associative mechanisms allow for social learning and cultural transmission of string pulling in an insect Alem, S., Perry, C.J., Zhu, X., Loukola, O.J., Ingraham, T., Søvik, E., Chittka, L. (2016) PLoS Biology 14(10) e1002564 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002564
Age-dependent changes in infidelity in Seychelles warblers Pant, S.R., Hammers, M., Komdeur, J., Burke, T., Dugdale, H.L., Richardson, D.S. (2020) Molecular Ecology DOI: 10.1111/mec.15563
July 17,2020
Divergent sensory investment mirrors potential speciation via niche partitioning across Drosophila Keesey, I.W., Grabe, V., Knaden, M., Hansson, B.S. (2020) eLife 9:e57008 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.57008
The effectiveness of pseudomagic traits in promoting divergence and enhancing local adaptation Servedio, M.R., Bürger, R. (2020) Evolution DOI: 10.1111/evo.14056.
Cultural traditions and the evolution of reproductive isolation: ecological speciation in killer whales? Riesch, R., Barrett-Lennard, L.G., Ellis, G.M., Ford, J.K.B., Deecke, V.B. (2012) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106:1-17 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01872.x
Changes in gene expression during female reproductive development in a color polymorphic insect Willink, B., Duryea, M.C., Wheat, C., Svensson, E.I. (2020) Evolution 74(6): 1063-1081. DOI: 10.1111/evo.13979
July 10, 2020
The use of the sex pheromone as an evolutionary solution to food source selection in caterpillars Poivet, E., Rharrabe, K., Monsempes, C., Glaser, N., Rochat, D., Renou, M., Marion-Poll, F., Jacquin-Joly, E. (2012) Nature Communications 3:1047 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2050
Tail walking in a bottlenose dolphin community: the rise and fall of an arbitrary cultural ‘fad’ Bossley, M., Steiner, A., Brakes, P., Shrimpton, J., Foster, C., Rendell, L. (2018) Biology Letters 14: 20180314 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0314
Differences in acoustic features of vocalizations produced by killer whales cross-socialized with bottlenose dolphins Musser, W.B., Bowles, A.E., Grebner, D.M., Crance, J.L. (2014) The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 136, 1990 DOI: 10.1121/1.4893906
Chemical disguise as particular caste of host ants in the ant inquiline parasite Niphanda fusca (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Hojo, M.K., Wada-Katsumata, A., Akino, T., Yamaguchi, S., Ozaki, M., Yamaoka, R. (2009) Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 551-558 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1064
A neural mechanism underlying mating preferences for familiar individuals in medaka fish Okayama, T., Yokoi, S., Abe, H., Isoe, Y., Suehiro, Y., Imada, H., Tanaka, M., Kawasaki, T., Yuba, S., Taniguchi, Y., Kamei, Y., Okubo, K., Shimada, A., Naruse, K., Takeda, H., Oka, Y., Kubo, T., Takeuchi, H. (2014) Science 343: 91-94 DOI: 10.1126/science.1244724
Regulation of onset of female mating and sex pheromone production by juvenile hormone in Drosophila melanogaster Bilen, J., Atallah, J., Azanchi, R., Levine, J.D., Biddeford, L.M. (2013) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110(45): 18321-18326 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318119110
June 26, 2020
The dark side of street lighting: impacts on moths and evidence for the disruption of nocturnal pollen transport Macgregor, C. J., Evans, D.M., Fox, R., Pocock, M.J.O. (2017) Global Change Biology 23:697-707 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13371
Field evidence challenges the often-presumed relationship between early male maturation and female-based sexual size dimorphism Chelini, M., Hebets, E. (2017) Ecology and Evolution 7: 9592-9601 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3450
Alternative antipredator tactics in tree lizard morphs: hormonal and behavioural responses to a predator encounter Thaker, M., Lima, S.L., Hews, D.K. (2009) Animal Behaviour 77:395-401 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.10.1014
Hidden neural states underlie canary song syntax Cohen, Y., Shen, J., Semu, D., Leman, D.P., Liberti III, W.A., Perkins, L.N., Liberti, D.C., Kotton, D.N., Gardner, T.J. (2020) Nature 582:539-544 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2397-3
June 19, 2020
Classical appetitive conditioning in the pigeon: Partial reinforcement Slivka, R.M., Bitterman, M.E. (1966) Psychonomic Science 4: 181-182
Experimental tests of light-pollution impacts on nocturnal insect courtship and dispersal Firebaugh, A., Haynes, K.J. (2016) Oecologia 182:1203-1211 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3723-1
Evolution under monogamy feminizes gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster Hollis, B., Houle, D., Yan, Z., Kawecki, T.J., Keller, L. (2014) Nature Communications 5:3482 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4482
The Drosophila seminal Sex Peptide can associate with rival as well as own sperm and provide function for SP in polyandrous females Misra, S., Wolfer, M.F. (2020) BioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2020.02.20.958108
Epigenetic patterns associated with an ascidian invasion: a comparison of closely related clades in their native and introduced ranges Hawes, N.A., Amador, A., Tremblay, L.A., Pochon, X., Dunphy, B., Fidler, A.E., Smith, K.F. (2019) Scientific Reports 9:14275 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-19-49813-7
June 12, 2020
Effects of inbreeding on aversive learning in Drosophila Nepoux, V., Haag, C.R., Kawecki, T.J. (2010 ) Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23:2333-2345 DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.0209
Heliconiini butterflies can learn time-dependent reward associations Toure, M.W., Young, F.J., McMillan, W.O., Montgomery, S.H. (2020) BioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.06.135459
Fighting behaviour and strategy of rock pipit, Anthus petrosus, neighbors: cooperative defence Elfström, S.T. (1997) Animal Behaviour 54:535-542
Evidence that eye-facing photophores serve as a preference for counterillumination in an order of deep-sea fishes Davis, A.L., Sutton, T.T., Kier, W.M., Johnson, S. (2020) Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287: 20192918 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2918
A study in inspiration: Charles Henry Turner (1867-1923) and the investigation of insect behavior Abrasion, C.I. (2009) Annual Review of Entomology 54:343-359 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.54.110807.090502
June 5, 2020
Sleep deprivation negatively impacts reproductive output in Drosophila melanogaster Potdar, S., Danita, K.D., Thomas, F.A., Lall, S., Sherpa, V. (2018) Journal of Experimental Biology 221: jeb174771 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.174771
Social learning in juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris Guttridge, TL., van Dijk, S., Stamhis, E.J., Krause, J., Gruber, S.H., Brown, C. (2013) Animal Cognition 16:55-64 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0550-6
Personality traits change after an opportunity to mate Monster, C. & Bell, A.M. (2020) Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287: 20192936 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2936
Mal cognitive performance declines in the absence of sexual selection Hollis, B. & Kawecki, T.J. (2014) Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281:20132873 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2873
Mediterranean versus Red sea corals facing climate change, a transcriptome analysis Maor-Landaw, K., Ben-Asher, H.W., Karako-Lampert, S., Salmon-Divon, M., Prada, F., Caroselli, E., Goffredo, S., Fadini, G., Dubinsky, Z., Levy, O. (2017) Scientific Reports 7:42405 DOI: 10.1038/srep42405
May 29, 2020
Social learning in a non-social reptile (Geochelone carbonaria) Wilkinson, A., Kuestner, K., Mueller, J., Huber, L. (2010) Biology Letters 6:614-616 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0092
Butterfly gyroid nanostructures as a time-frozen glimpse of intracellular membrane development Wilts, B.D., Zubiri, B.A., Klatt, M.A., Butz, B., Fischer, M.G., Kelly, S.T., Spicier, E., Steiner, U., Schröder-Turk, G.E. (2017) Science Advances 3:e1603119 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1603119
Phenotypic plasticity as a long-term memory easing readaptations to ancestral environments Ho, W., Zhu, Q., Zhang, J. (2020) Science Advances 6:eaba3388 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba3388
Multidimensional plasticity in the Glanville fritillary butterfly: larval performance curves are temperature, host and family specific Verspagen, N., Ikonen, S., Saastamoinen, M., van Bergen, E. (2020) BioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.05.065698
When do opposites attract? A model uncovering the evolution of disassortative mating Maisonneuve, L., Beneteau, T., Joron, M., Smadi, C., Llaurens, V. (2020) BioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.19.104190
May 22, 2020
Social Learning in Noncolonial Insects? Coolen, I., Dangles, O., Casas, J. (2005) Current Biology 15:1931-1935 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.09.015
Brain activation patterns during classical conditioning with appetitive or aversive UCS Cybulska-Klosowicz, A., Zakrzewska, R., Kossut, M. (2009) Behavioural Brain Research 204: 102-111 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.05.024
Functions of opsins in Drosophila taste Leung, N.Y., Thakur, D.P., Gurav, A.S., Kim, S.H., Di Pizio, A., Niv, M.Y., Montell, C. (2020) Current Biology 30:1367-1379 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.068
The genetic basis of animal behavioural diversity in natural populations Bubac, C.M., Miller, J.M., Coltman, D.W. (2020) Molecular Ecology DOI: 10.1111/MEC.15461
Proteomics in evolutionary ecology: linking the genotype with the phenotype Diz, A.P., Martínez-Fernández, M., Rolán-Alvarez, E. (2012) Molecular Ecology 21: 1060-1080 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05426.x
Genomes of the venus flytrap and close relatives unveil the roots of plant carnivory Palfalvi, G., Hackl, T., Verhoeven, N., Shibata, T.F., Nishiyama, T., Ankenbrand, M., Becker, D., Förster, F., Freund, M., Iosip, A., Kreutzer, I., Saul, F., Kamila. C., Fukushima, K., Shigenobu, S., Tamada, Y., Adamec, L., Hoshi, Y., Ueda, K., Winkelman, T., Fuchs, J., Schubert, I., Schwacke, R., Al-Rasheid, K., Schultz, J., Hasebe, M., Hedrich, R. (2020) Current Biology DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.051
May 15, 2020
Electric fields elicit ballooning in spiders Morley, E.L. & Robert, D. (2018) Current Biology 28: 2324-2330 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.057
Pteropsin: A vertebrate-like non-visual opsin expressed in the honey bee brain Velarde, R.A., Sauer, C.D., Walde, K.K.O., Fahrbach, S.E., Robertson, H.M. (2005) Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 35: 1367-1377 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.09.001
Spatially clustered resources increase aggregation and mating duration in Drosophila melanogaster Churchill, E.R., Bridle, J.R., Thom, M.D.F. (2020) BioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.06.080853
Divergent sexual signals reflect costs of local parasites Hund, A.K., Hubbard, J.K., Albrecht, T., Portman, Y., Munclinger, P., Krausová, Tomásek, O., Safran, R.J. (2020) Evolution DOI: 10.1111/evo.13994
Compensating for climate change-induced cue-environment mismatches: evidence for contemporary evolution of a photoperiodic reaction norm in Colias butterflies Nielsen, M.E. & Kingsolver, J.G. (2020) Ecology Letters DOI: 10.1111/ele.13515
Growing tiny eyes: How juvenile jumping spiders retain high visual performance in the face of size limitations and developmental constraints Goté, J.T., Butler, P.M., Zurek, D.B., Buschbeck, E.K., Morehouse, N.I. (2019) Vision Research 160: 24-36 DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2019.04.006
May 8, 2020
Genome-wide analysis of ionotropic receptors provides insight into their evolution in Heliconius butterflies van Schooten, B., Jiggins, C.D., Briscoe, A.D., Papa, R. (2016) BMC Genomics 17:254 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2572-y
Deterrent effects of intact plants on host-searching behavior of parasitoid wasps Isono, K., Kuramitsu, K., Kainoh, Y. (2020) Applied Entomology and Zoology 55:199-204 DOI: 10.1007/s13355-020-00669-8
Antipredator responses of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) to sensory cues representing an avian predator Lohrey, A.K., Clark, D.L., Gordon, S.D., Uetz, G.W. (2009) Animal Behaviour 77:813-821. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.12.025
Seeing the rainbow: mechanisms underlying spectral sensitivity in teleost fishes Carleton, K.L., Escobar-Camacho, D., Stieb, S.M., Cortesi, F., Marshall, N.J. (2020) Journal of Experimental Biology 223 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.193334.
From sympatry to parapatry: a rapid change in the spatial context of incipient allochronic speciation Burban, C., Rocha, S., Leblois, R., Rossi, J., Sauné, L., Branco, M., Kerdelhué, C. (2020) Evolutionary Ecology 34:101-121. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-019-10021-4
May 1, 2020
Rapid and repeated divergence of animal chemical signals in an island introduction experiment Donihue, C.M., Herrel, A., Martín, J., Foufopoulos, J., Pafilis, P., Baeckens, S. (2020) Journal of Animal Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13205
A DNA barcoding method for identifying and quantifying the composition of pollen species collected by European honeybees, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Kamo, T., Kusumoto, Y., Tokuoka, Y., Okubo, S., Hayakaway, H., Yoshiyama, M., Kimora, K., Konuma A. (2018) Applied Entomology and Zoology 53:353-361 DOI: 10.1007/s13355-018-0565-9
Structural complexity and molecular heterogeneity of a butterfly ejaculate reflect a complex history of selection Meslin, C., Cherwin, T.S., Plakke, M.S., Hill, J., Small, B.S., Goetz, B.J., Wheat, C.W., Morehouse, N.I., Clark, N.L. (2017) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences E5406-E5413 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1707680114
Odors from marine plastic debris elicit foraging behavior in sea turtles Pfaller, J.B., Goforth, K.M., Gil, M.A., Savoca, M.S., Lohmann, K.J. (2020) Current Biology DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.071
Single-cell transcriptomes reveal diverse regulatory strategies for olfactory receptor expression and axon targeting Li, H., Li, T., Horns, F., Li.J., Xie, Q., Xu, C., Wu, B., Kebschull, J.M., McLaughlin, C.N., Kolluru, S.S., Jones, R.C., Vacek, D., Xie, A., Luginbuhl, D.J., Quake, S.R., Luo, L. (2020) Current Biology 30:1189-1198 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.049
April 24, 2020
Dopamine and mushroom bodies in Drosophila: Experience-dependent and -independent aspects of sexual behavior Neckameyer, W.S. (1998) Learning & Memory 5:157-165
Phenotypic plasticity in chemical defence allows butterflies to diversity host use strategies de Castro, E.C.P., Musgrove, J., Bak, S., McMillan, W.O., Jiggins, C.D. (2020) BioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.07.030122
Meta-analysis reveals declines in terrestrial but increases in freshwater insect abundances van Klink, R., Bowler, D.E., Gongalsky, K.B., Swengel, A.B., Gentile, A., Chase, J.M. (2020) Science 368:417-420 DOI: 10.1126/science.aax9931
Genetic architecture of a key reproductive isolation trait differs between sympatric and non-sympatric sister species of Lake Victoria cichlids Feller, A.F., Haesler, M.P., Peichel, C.L., Seehausen, O. (2020) Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287: 20200270 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0270
April 17, 2020
BMP signaling inhibition in Drosophila secondary cells remodels the seminal proteome and self and rival ejaculate functions Hopkins, B.R., Sepil, I., Bonham, S., Miller, T., Charles, P.D., Fischer, R., Kessler, B.M., Wilson, C., Wigby, S. (2019) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(49):24719-24728 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.19144911116
Female toads engaging in adaptive hybridization prefer high-quality heterospecifics as mates Chen, C., Pfennig, K.S. (2020) Science 367:1377-1379. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz5109.
Are all butterflies equal? Population-wise proboscis length variation predicts flower choice in a butterfly Szigeti, V., Vajna, F., Körösi, A., Kis, J. (2020) Animal Behavior 163:135-143. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.03.008.
Is it pain if it does not hurt? On the unlikelihood of insect pain Adamo, S.A. (2019) The Canadian Entomologist 151: 685-695. DOI: 10.4039/tce.2019.49
De novo draft assembly of the Botrylloides leachii genome provides further insight into tunicate evolution Blanchould, S., Rutherford, K., Zondag, L., Gemmell, N.J., Wilson, M.J. (2018) Scientific Reports 8:5518 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23749-w
April 10, 2020
A poor substitute for the real thing: captive-reared monarch butterflies are weaker, paler and have less elongated wings than wild migrants Davis, A.K., Smith, F.M., Ballew, A.M. (2020) Biology Letters 16:20190922 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0922
Increased dopaminergic signaling impairs aversive olfactory memory retention in Drosophila Zhang, S., Yin, Y., Lu, H., Guo, A. (2008) Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 370: 82-86 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.03.015
Demonstrating sexual selection by cryptic female choice on male genitalia: What is enough? Eberhart, W.G., Lehmann, G.U.C. (2019) Evolution 73(12):2415-2435 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13863
Inter-species variation in unpalatability does not explain polymorphism in a mimetic species Arias, M., Mappes, J., Théry, M., Llaurens, V. (2016) Evolutionary Ecology 30:419-433 DOI: 10.1007/s10682-015-9815-2
March 27, 2020
Neural processing genes are linked to divergence in visual mate preference in sympatric Heliconius butterflies Rossi, M., Thurman, T.J., Haussmann, A.E., Montgomery, S.H., Papa, R., Jiggins, C.D., McMillan, W.O., Merrill, R.M. (2020) BioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.22.002121
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Open cup nests evolved from roofed nests in the early passerines Price, J.J., Griffith, S.C. (2017) Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 238: 20162708 DOI: 10.1098/rspb2016.2708
Jan 27, 2017
Survival benefits select for group living in a social spider despite reproductive costs Bilde, T., Coates, K.S., Birkhofer, K., Bird, T., Maklakov, A.A., Lubin, Y., Aviles, L. (2007) Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 2412-2426 DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01407.x
Carry-over effects of food supplementation on recruitment and breeding performance of long-lived seabirds Vincenzi, S., Hatch, S., Marking, T., Kitaysky, A.S. (2015) Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20150762 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0762
Jan 20, 2017
Mosquitoes use vision to associate odor plumes with thermal targets van Breugel, F., Riffle, J., Fairhall, A., Dickinson, M.H. (2015) Current Biology 25(16) 2123-2129 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.046
Eggshell coloration and its importance in postmating sexual selection Polacek, M., Grigio, M., Miksik, I., Bartikova, M. (2016) Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2664
Who cares? Effect of copying style and social context on brood care and defense in superb fairy-wrens van Asten, T., Hall, M.L., Mulder, R.A., (2016) Behavioral Ecology 27(6) 1745-1755 DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arw096
Jan 13, 2017
Phenotypic plasticity in sex pheromone production in Bicyclus anynana butterflies Dion, E., Monteiro, A., Yew, J.Y. (2016) Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/srep39002
Yellow and the Novel Aposematic Signal, Red, Protect Delias Butterflies from Predators Wee, J.J. Q., Monteiro, A. (2017) PLoS ONE 12(1): e0168243 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168243
Song evolution in Maluridae: influences of natural and sexual selection acoustic structure Greig, E.I., Price, J.J., Pruitt-Jones, S. (2013) Emu, 113, 270-281 DOI: 10.1071/MU12078
Dec 9, 2016
Mind the gap: Neural coding of species identity in birdsong prosody Araki. M., Bandi., M.M., Yazaki-Sugiyama, Y. (2016) Science 354(6317) 1282-1287 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaha6799
Occurrence of Ctenomys mendocinus in a high-altitude cold desert: effect on density, biomass, and fitness of sagebrush plants Andino, N. & Borghi, C. (in press) Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.157/AAAR0015-061
Impact of male condition on his spermatophore and consequences for female reproductive performance in the Glanville fritillary butterfly Deploy, A., Woestmann, L., Gallego-Zamorano, J., Saastamoinen, M. (in press) Insect Science DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12424
Dec 2, 2016
Artificial selection on male genitalia length alters female brain size Beeches, S.D., Booksmythe, I., Kotrschal, A., Jennions, M.D., Kolm, N. (2016) Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 283 20161796 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1796
The ontogeny of foraging in squirrel monkeys, Saimiri oerstedi Boinski, S. & Fragaszy, D.M. (1989) Animal Behavior 37 415-428
Nov 4, 2016
The presence of a functionally tripartite through-gut in Ctenophora has implications for Metazoan character trait evolution Presell, J.S., Vandepas, L.E., Warren, K.J., Swalla, B.J., Amemiya, C.T., Browne, W.E. (2016) Current Biology 26(20) 2814-2820 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.019
Abrupt geographical transition between aposematic color forms in the spittlebug Prosapia ignipectus (Fitch) (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) Thompson V. & Carvalho G.S. (2016) Psyche: A Journal of Entomology DOI: 10.1155/2016/36230992
How sensory drive can promote speciation Boughman, J.W. (2002) TRENDS in Ecology & Evolution 17 (12) 571-577 DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02595-8
Oct 28, 2016
Quantifying gene expression: the importance of being subtle Montiero Silva, G. & Vogal, C. (2016) Molecular Systems Biology 12 885-886 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20167325
Sitophilus zeamais– Induced rice grain volatiles: attractiveness towards the generalist parasitoid wasp, Theocolax elegans Tang, Q. (2016) Pakistan Journal of Zoology 48(6) 1817-1824
Coastal urban lighting has ecological consequences for multiple trophic levels under the sea Bolton, D., Mayer-Pinto, M., Clark, G.F., Saffron, K.A., Brassil, W.A., Becker, A., Johnston, E.L. (2017) 576 1-9 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.037
Species divergence in field crickets: genetics, song, ecomorphology, and pre- and post zygotic isolation Gray, D.A., Gutierrez, N. J., Chen, T.L., Gonzalez, C., Weissman, D.B., Cole, J.A. (2015) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 117 (2) 192-205 DOI: 10.1111/bij.12668
Tuft size matters: the effects of adult visual social experience on female mat preferences in a wolf spider Stoffer, B. & Uetz, G. W. (2016) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, DOI: 10.1007/s00265-016-2225-9
Oct 21,2016
A drone with insect-inspired folding wings L. Dufour, K. Owen, S. Mintchev, D. Floriano (2016) IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS. No. EPFL-CONF-221316.2016
How differences in the settling behaviour of moths (Lepidoptera) may contribute to sampling bias when using automated light traps M. Wolfling, M.C. Becker, B. Uhl, A. Traub, K. Fiedler (2016) European Journal of Entomology 113 502-506 DOI: 10.14411/eje.2016.066
Potential targets for selection during the evolution of viviparity in cold-climate reptiles H. Li, M. Elphick, R. Shine (2016) Oecologia DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3752-9
Predictable convergence in hemoglobin function has unpredictable molecular underpinnings C. Natarajan, F.G. Hoffmann, R.E. Weber, A. Fago, C. Witt, J.F. Storz (2016) Science 354(6310) 336-339 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf9070
Reinforcement of pre-zygotic isolation and karyotype evolution in Agrodiaetus butterflies V.A. Lukhtanov, N.P. Kandul, J.B. Plot kin, A.V. Dantchenko, D. Haig (2005) Nature 436 385-389 DOI: 10.1038/nature03704
Oct 14, 2016
Sex pheromone recognition and characterization of three pheromone-binding proteins in the legume pod borer, Maruca vitiate Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) A. Mao, J. Zhou, B. Mao, Y. Zhang, Y. Wang, D. Li, P. Wang, K. Liu, X. Wang, H. Ai (2016) Scientific Reports 6:34484 DOI: 10.1038/srep34484
Avoidance of an aposematically coloured butterfly by wild birds in a tropical forest D. D. Dell’aglio, M. Stevens, C.D. Jiggins (2016) Ecological Entomology 41:627-632 DOI: 10.1111/een.12335
Variable wing venation in Agathiphaga (Lepidoptera: Agathiphagidae) is key to understanding the evolution of basal moths S. R. Schachat & G. W. Gibbs (2016) Royal Society Open Science 3:160453 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160453
Birds at the winter feeder do not recognize an artificially coloured predator P. Vesely, M.Bursikova, R. Fuchs (2016) Ethology DOI: 10.1111/eth.12565
Climate change, nutrition, and bottom-up and top-down food web processes A. E. Rosenblatt & O.J. Schmitz (2016) Trends in Ecology & Evolution DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.09.009
Escape behavior: dynamic decisions and a growing consensus D. T. Blumstein, D.S.M. Samia, W. E. Cooper Jr. (2016) Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 12:24-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.08.006
Oct 7, 2016
Effect of competitive cues on reproductive morphology and behavioral plasticity in male fruitflies A. Bretman, C. Fricke, J.D. Westmancoat, T. Chapman (2016) Behavioral Ecology 27(2) 452-461 DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arv170
Imaginal behavior in butterflies of the family Heliconiidae: Changing social patterns and irrelevant actions (an oldie but a goodie) J. Crane (1957) Zoologica: New York Zoological Society 42 (12) 135-145.
The benefit of being a social butterfly: communal roosting deters predation S.D. Finkbeiner, A.D. Briscoe, R.D. Reed (2012) Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279 2769-2776 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0203
Caterpillar hairs as an anti-parasitoid defence A. Kageyama & S. Sugiura (2016) The Science of Nature 103:86 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-016-1441y
Sept 30, 2016
Song discrimination by nestling collared flycatchers during early development S.E. McFarlane, A. Soderberg, D. Wheatcroft, A. Qvarnstrom (2016) Biology Letters 12: 20160234 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0234
To smell you better: prior food deprivation increases herbivore insect responsiveness to host plant M.T. Defago, M. Videla, G. Valladares (2016) Journal of Insect Behavior DOI: 10.1007/s1095-016-9577-x
Distribution of Virachola livia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) eggs and influence of conspecific aggregation and avoidance behavior A. M. Mokhtar & S.S. Al Nabhani (2016) Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 18 1593-1604 DOI:
Sept 23, 2016
The coevolution of sexual imprinting by males and females M.A. Gomez-Llano et al, (2016) Ecology and Evolution, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2409
Butterfly learning and the diversification of plant leaf shape D.D. Dell’Aglio et al, (2016) Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 4:81, DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00081
A bird’s eye view of two mimetic tropical butterflies: coloration matches predator’s sensitivity T.J. Thurman & B.M. Seymoure (2016) Journal of Zoology 298, 159-168, DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12305
Solving Australia’s language puzzle M. Erard (2016) Science 353, 1357-1359. DOI: 10.1126/science.353.6303.1357