Graduate and Undergraduate Student Publications

Many, if not most, biology department graduate students conduct research that leads to publication, and a surprising number of undergraduate students co-author published research in refereed science journals. Recent examples of published journal articles include the following:

(graduate student authors in bold; undergraduates underlined)

Avigdor, M., Sullivan, S. D., and Heideman, P. D. 2005. A response to selection for photoperiod responsiveness on the density and location of mature GnRH-releasing neurons. 2005. American Journal of Physiology, Integrative, Regulatory, and Comparative Physiology. 288:R1226-1236.

Andres, K.M. and Chambers, R. M. 2006. A test of philopatry by common musk turtles. American Midland Naturalist 156:45-51.

Brasso, R. L. and Cristol, D. A. 2008. Effects of mercury exposure on the reproductive success of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Ecotoxicology. 17: 133-141

Chatterjee, I., Richmond A., Putiri E., Shakes D. C., and Singson A. 2005. The Caenorhabditis elegans spe-38 gene encodes a novel tetraspan integral membrane protein required for sperm function and fertilization. Development 132: 2795-2808.

Cherry, B. A., Cadigan, B., Mansourian, N., Nelson, C. and Bradley, E. L. 2002. Adrenal gland differences associated with puberty and reproductive inhibition in Peromyscus maniculatus. General and Comparative Endocrinology 129: 104-113.

Cristol, D. A., Brasso, R. L., Condon, A. M., Fovargue, R. E., Friedman, S. L., Hallinger, K. K., Monroe, A. P. and White, A. E. 2008. The movement of aquatic mercury through terrestrial food webs. Science 320: 335.

Crow, S., and Ware, S. 2007. Soil Type Tolerance in Rock Outcrop Plants: Species of Non-Calcareous Substrates. Southwestern Naturalist 52: 120--125.

Dale, E. E., Jr., Ware, S, and Waitman, B. 2007. Ordination and Classification of Bottomland Forests in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Plain. Castanea 72: 105--115.

Desrochers, D. W., Keagy, J. C. & Cristol, D. A. 2008. Effectiveness of created wetlands at replacing the avian communities of saltmarshes in southeastern Virginia, U.S.A. Ecoscience 15: 36-43.

Fashing, N. J., and Burton, A. 2007. Zibethacarus beeri (Astigmata: Glycyphagidae), a new mite species inhabiting vole nests in western Oregon, U.S.A. Systematic and Applied Acarology 12 (2): 161-166.

Fetsch, C. R., Heideman, P. D., and Griffin, J. D. 2006. Effects of melatonin on thermally classified anterior hypothalamic neurons in the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus). Journal of Thermal Biology 31:40-49.

Glass, K. A. and Watts, B. D. 2009. Osprey diet composition and quality in high- and low-salinity areas of the lower Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Raptor Research 43:27-36.

Gleason, K. K., Dondeti, V. R., Hsia, H-L. J. , Cochran, E. R., Gumulak-Smith, J. and Saha, M. S. 2003. The vesicular glutamate transporter 1 (xVGlut1) is expressed in discrete regions of the developing Xenopus laevis nervous system. Gene Expression Patterns 3: 503-507.

Grespin, M.E., Bonamy, G.M.C., Roggero, V.R., Cameron, N.G., Adam, L.E., Atchison, A.P., Fratto, V.M., Allison, L.A. 2008. Thyroid hormone receptor a1 follows a cooperative CRM1/calreticulin-mediated nuclear export pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry 283, 25576-25588.

Gunderson, A. R., Frame, A. M. , Forsyth, M. H. and Swaddle, J. P. 2008. Resistance of melanized feathers to bacterial degradation: Is it really so black and white? Journal of Avian Biology, 39, 539-545.

Heideman, P. D.,  Broussard D. R. , Tate, J., and Avigdor, M. 2007. Number of immunoreactive GnRH neurons is heritable in a wild-derived population of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80: 534-541.

Heideman, P. D., Rightler, M., and Sharp, K. 2005. A potential microevolutionary life history trade-off in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus). Functional Ecology. 19:331-336.

Kight, C. R. and Swaddle, J. P. 2007 Associations of direct anthropogenic disturbance with fitness, growth, and condition of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis). Biological Conservation, 138, 189-197.

King, A. and Fashing, N. 2007. Infanticidal behavior in the subsocial beetle Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger) (Coleoptera: Passalidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 20: 527-536.

Li M., Sipe C. W., Hoke K., August L. L., Wright M. A., and Saha M. S. 2006. The role of early lineage in GABAergic and glutamatergic cell fate determination in Xenopus laevis.  Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2006 Apr 20;495(6):645-57.

Le Clerc, J. E., Che, J. P., Swaddle, J. P. and Cristol, D. A. 2005. Reproductive success and developmental stability of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on golf courses: evidence that golf courses can be productive. Wildlife Conservation Bulletin, 33, 483-493.

Markham, A. C. and B. D. Watts. 2008. The influence of salinity on provisioning rates and nestling growth in bald eagles in the lower Chesapeake Bay. Condor 110:183-187.

Monroe, A. P., Hallinger, K. K., Brasso, R. L. and Cristol, D. A. 2008. Occurrence and implications of double brooding in a southern population of Tree Swallows. Condor 110: 382-386.

Nicoll, J. B., Gwinn, B. L., Iwig, J. S., Garcia, P. P., Bunn, C. F., and Allison, L. A. 2003. Compartment-specific phosphorylation of rat thyroid hormone receptor alpha-1 regulates nuclear localization and retention. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 205: 76-77.

Packett, C.R. and Chambers, R. M. 2006. Distribution and nutrient status of the native marsh grass Phragmites australis along an estuarine salinity gradient. Estuaries and Coasts 29:1222-1226.

Prengaman, K. A., Kribel, J. R. G., and S. Ware. 2008.  Effects of Hurricane Isabel on a maturing hardwood forest in the Virginia Coastal Plain.  J. Torrey Botan. Soc. 135: 360--366.

Price, M. R., Kruse, J. A. M., Galvez, E., Lorincz, A. M., Avigdor, M., and Heideman, P. D., 2005. Failure to respond to endogenous or exogenous melatonin may cause nonphotoresponsiveness in Harlan Sprague Dawley rats.  Journal of Circadian Rhythms 3:12 (8 pp).

Ranels, H. J. and Griffin, J. D. 2003. The effects of prostaglandin E2 on the firing rate activity of thermosensitive and temperature insensitive neurons in the ventromedial preoptic area of the rate hypothalamus. Brain Research 964: 42-50.

Smith, J. C. and Sanderson, S.L. 2008.  Intra-oral flow patterns and speeds in a suspension-feeding fish with gill rakers removed versus intact. Biological Bulletin 215: 309-318.

Swaddle, J. P. and Calos, S. E. 2008. Increased avian diversity is associated with lower incidence of human West Nile infection: observation of the dilution effect. PLoS ONE, 3, e2488.

Swaddle, J. P., Ruff, D. A., Page, L. C., Frame, A. M. and Long, V. A. 2008. A test of receiver perceptual performance: European starlings' abilities to detect asymmetry in a naturalistic trait. Animal Behaviour, 76, 487-495.

Swaddle, J. P. and Johnson, C. W. 2007. European starlings are capable of discriminating subtle size asymmetries in paired stimuli. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 87, 39-49.

Wach, E.A. and Chambers, R. M. 2007. Top-down effect of fish predation in Virginia headwater streams. Northeastern Naturalist 14:461-470.

Wilke, A. L., Brinker, D. F., Watts, B. D., Traut, A. H., Boettcher, R., McCann, J. M., Truitt, B. R., and Denmon, P. P. 2007. American Oystercatchers in Maryland and Virginia: Status and distribution. Waterbirds 30:152-162.

Wilson, M. D. and Watts, B. D. 2008. Landscape configuration effects on distribution and abundance of Whip-poor-wills. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120:778-783.

Xie, Y.*, Kerscher, O.*, Kroetz, M. B., McConchie, H. F., Sung, P., and Hochstrasser, M. (2007). The yeast Hex3.Slx8 heterodimer is a ubiquitin ligase stimulated by substrate sumoylation. J Biol Chem 282, 34176-34184. (* denotes joint first authors)