Biology Department Refereed Publications with Student Authors 2018-2023

Biology Department Refereed Publications with Student Authors 2018-2023

Faculty co-authors in bold
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2023

1. Barnes, D.K.* and J.D. Allen. 2023. Predators induce phenotypic plasticity in echinoderms across life history stages. Biological Bulletin. 244: 103-114.
2. Richardson, E.L.** and J.D. Allen. 2023. Carry-over effects in a sea star: juvenile resource availability does not compensate for a poor larval environment. Marine Biology. 170: 25.
3. **Wang, M., Roggero, V.R., Allison, L.A. (2023) Mediator subunit MED1 differentially modulates mutant thyroid hormone receptor intracellular dynamics in Resistance to Thyroid Hormone syndrome. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 559: 111781.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2022.111781
4. Reinsel, M.B., *M.A. Gibson, *N.M. Klesch, & R.M. Chambers. 2023. Bycatch
  reduction devices exclude diamondback terrapins and maintain blue crab catch in
  two Virginia tidal creeks. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management,
  and Ecosystem Science, 15, e10263. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10263
5. Leu, M., R.E. Isdell, **R.M. Galvin III, *A.J. Rapp, **S.D. Mason, D.M. Bilkovic,
  and R.M. Chambers. 2023. “ Comparable use of tidal living shorelines and
  natural-fringe marshes by herons and shorebirds.” Ecosphere 14:
  e4683. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4683
6. Zhao, J., C. Seemanti, R. Chambers, P. Weisenhorn, R. Travieso, S. Stumpf, E.
  Standen, H. Briceno, T. Troxler, E. Gaiser, J. Kominoski, B. Dhillon, W.
  Martens-Habbena. 2023. Year-around survey and manipulation experiments
  reveal differential sensitivities of soil prokaryotic and fungal communities to
  saltwater intrusion in Florida Everglades wetlands. Science of The Total
  Environment 85
7. Brittain, C., **Bessler, A.M., *Elgin, A.S., Layko, R.B., Park, S., Still, S.E., Wada, H., Swaddle, J.P., & Cristol, D.A. Mercury causes degradation of spatial cognition in a model songbird species. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 264:115483
8. Boyle, JH,*** S Strickler, AD Twyford, A Ricono**, A Powell, J Zhang, H Xu, R
  Smith, HJ Dalgleish, G Jander, AA Agrawal, JR Puzey. 2023. Temporal matches
  between monarch butterfly and milkweed population changes over the past 25,000
  years. Current Biology 33(17): 2701-3710.e5.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.057.
9. Dalgleish, HJ, L Monteith*, E Collins*. 2023. Age, size and neighbors influence the
  survival and growth of understory trees in a naturally reproducing population of
  American chestnut, Castanea dentata. Forest Ecology and Management 532: 120824.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120824.
10. Gustafson, NW**, JJ Couture, HJ Dalgleish. 2023. Herbivory, plant traits and
  nectar chemistry interact to affect the community of insect visitors and pollination
  in common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Oecologia 201(1): 91-105.
11. **Smailys, J., *Jiang, F., *Prioleau, T., *Kelley, K., ***Mitchell, O., $Nour, S.,
  $Ali, L., Buchser, W., Zavada, L., and Hinton. S.D. (2023). The DUSP Domain of
  Pseudophosphatase MK-STYX Interacts with G3BP1 to Decrease Stress Granules.
  Archives Biochemistry and Biophysics; DOI:10.1016/j.abb.2023.109702;
  PMID: 37516290
12. *Hiestand L, *Shen S, *Sloan W, Nasiri H, Lashley D, Kerscher O. (2023) Chemical
  Genetics Screen of EVP4593 Sensitivity in Budding Yeast Identifies Effects on Mitochondrial Structure and Function. MicroPubl Biol. doi: 0.17912/micropub.biology.000806. LH and SS are joint first authors.
13. Leu, M., R.E. Isdell, R.M. Galvin III**, A.J. Rapp*, S. Mason**, D.M. Bilkovic, and R.M. Chambers. 2023. Comparable use of tidal living shorelines and natural-fringe marshes by herons and shorebirds. Ecosphere 14: e4683. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4683
14. Costante**, D.M. A.M. Haines, and M. Leu. 2023. Only demographic stochasticity separates Endangered from Threatened species when listed under the Endangered Species Act. Wildlife Society Bulletin 2023;e1425. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1425
15. Rakes, L*. M., and Leu. 2023. First comprehensive description of salt marsh skipper (Panoquina panoquin) (Hesperiidae) natural history: confirmation of a second host plant in Virginia salt marshes. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 77:1-28. https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.77i1.a1
16. *Ekdahl, L.I., *Salcedo, J.A. , *Dungan, M.M., *Mason, D.V., *Myagmarsuren, D., Murphy, H.A. (2023). Selection on plastic adherence leads to hyper-multicellular strains and incidental virulence in the budding yeast. eLife, 12:e81056. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81056
17. ***Simmons, E., Cooley, A.M., Puzey, J.R., Conradi Smith, G. (2023) A multi-generational Turing model reproduces transgressive petal phenotypes in hybrid Mimulus. Bulletin of
  Mathematical Biology.
18. ** Boyle, J.H., Strickler, S., Twyford, A., **Ricono, A., Powell, A., Zhang, J., Xu, H.,
  Dalgleish, H.J., Jander, G., Agrawal, A., Puzey, J.R. (2023) Temporal matches between
  monarch and milkweed population changes over the past 25,000 years. Current Biology
19. Brittain, C. N.**, Bessler, A. M.**, Elgin, A. S.*, Layko, R. B.*, Park, S.*, Still, S. E., Wada, H., Swaddle, J.P. and Cristol, D. A. 2023. Mercury causes degradation of spatial cognition in a model songbird species. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 264, 115483.
  DOI:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115483
20. Enos, J. K., Smith, E. B.**, Ward, M. P., Swaddle, J. P. and Hauber M.E. 2023. Increasing perceived predation risk through playbacks shows promise for managing bird abundances in agricultural settings. Ornithological Applications. Duad034. DOI: 10.1093/ornithapp/duad034
21. Hendrix, T.C.*, Fernandez-Duque, F.*, Toner, S.*, Hitt, L. G.*, Thady, R. G.*, Massa, M.*, Hagler, S. J.*,Armfield, M.*, Clarke. N.*, Honscheid, P.*, Khalil, S.**, Hawkins, C. E.**, Lantz, S. M.**, Welklin, J. F.**,Swaddle, J. P., Webster, M. S., Karubian, J. 2023. Behavioral differences between ornamented and unornamented male Red-backed Fairywrens (Malurus melanocephalus) in the nonbreeding season. Emu - Austral Ecology, 123, 176-181. DOI:10.1080/01584197.2023.2182224.
22. Swaddle, J. P., Brewster, B.*, Schuyler, M*. and Su, A*. 2023. Window films increase avoidance of collisions by birds but only when applied to external compared with internal surfaces of windows. PeerJ. 11:e14676. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14676.
23. Jacoby, M.L.*, Hogg, G.D.*, Assaad, M.R.*, and Williamson, K.E. (2023) Seasonal trends in
  lysogeny in an Appalachian oak-hickory forest soil. Applied and Environmental
  Microbiology. doi: 10.1128/aem.01408-23
24. DiPietro, A.G.*, Bryant, S.A.*, Zanger, M.A.*, and Williamson, K.E. (2023). Understanding
  Viral Impacts in Soil Microbial Ecology Through the Persistence and Decay of Infectious
  Bacteriophages. Current Microbiology. 80: 276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-023-03386-x
25. Seeley**, ME, Hale, RC, Zwollo, P., Vogelbein, W., Berry, G., and Wargo, AR. (2023).
  Microplastics exacerbate virus-mediated mortality in fish. Sci. Total Environ.866-161191.

2022

*Levine, A.J., E.M. Turrietta*, D.M. Bilkovic and R.M. Chambers. 2022. Demographic and trophic analysis of adult grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) from living shoreline and natural tidal marshes in Chesapeake Bay. Northeastern Naturalist 29:207-228.5
**Guthrie, A.G., D.M. Bilkovic, M.M. Mitchell, R.M. Chambers, J. Thompson and R.E. Isdell. 2022. Ecological equivalency of living shorelines and natural marshes for fish and crustacean communities. Ecological Engineering 76:106511
Academia, MA**, HJ Dalgleish. 2022. Osprey nest success: impact of high fishdeliveries with low variation. Journal of Raptor Research 56 (2): 212-219.https://doi.org/10.3356/JRR-21-41
** Qi, Y., $Kuang, D. (Washington University), **Kelley, K., Buchser, W., andHinton, S. D. (2022). Evolutionary Genomic Relationship and Coupling in MK-STYXand STYX Pseudophosphatases. Scientific Reports (accepted February 28, 2022).
*Williard AC, *Switzer HJ, *Howard CA, *Yin R, *Russell BL, *Sanyal R, *Yu S, *MyersTM, *Flood BM, Kerscher O, Young DD. (2022) Protein Modification Employing Non-Canonical Amino Acids to Prepare SUMOylation Detecting Bioconjugates. Pharmaceutics.14(12):2826. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14122826. PMID: 36559319; PMCID:PMC9784311.
Costante**, D.M., A.M. Haines, and Leu. 2022. Threats to neglected biodiversity: Conservation success requires more than charisma. Frontiers in Conservation Science, Vol 2, Article 727517. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2021.727517
*Forehand, A.L., *Myagmarsuren, D., *Chen, Z., and Murphy, H.A. (2022) Variation in pHgradients and FLO11 expression in mat biofilms in environmental isolates of the yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiology Open, 11, e1277.https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1277
**Smith, R.D., Puzey, J.R., Conradi Smith, G.D (2022) Population genetics of transposable element load: a mechanistic account of observed overdispersion. 10.1101/2020.11.16.382945v1. PLoS One
Bolkhovitinov, L*,Weselman, B.T.*, Shaw, G.A*., Dong, C*., Giribhattanavar, J.*, and Saha, M.S.. (2022). Tissue Rotation of the Xenopus Anterior-Posterior Neural Axis Reveals Profound but Transient Plasticity at the Mid-Gastrula Stage. J. Dev. Biol.,10, 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/jdb10030038.
David, C.K. *, Sugimura, Y.K., Kallurkar, P.S., Picardo, M.C., Saha, M.S., Conradi Smith, G.D., Del Negro, C.A. (2022). Single cell transcriptome sequencing of inspiratory neurons of the preBötzinger complex in neonatal mice. Sci Data 9, 457. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01569-y
Al-Yazeedi T, *^Xu EL, Kaur J, Shakes DC, Pires-daSilva A. (2022) Lagging X chromatidsspecify the orientation of asymmetric organelle partitioning in XX spermatocytes of Auanemarhodensis. Genetics 222(4):iyac159. Editor highlighted article
Ragle JM, *Morrison KN, Vo AA, Johnson ZE, Lopez JH, Rechsteiner A, Shakes DC, Ward JD(2022) NHR-23 and SPE-44 regulate distinct sets of genes during C. elegansspermatogenesis, G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics 12(11): jkac256.
Thady, R. G.**, Emerson, L. C.** and Swaddle, J. P. 2022. Evaluating acoustic signals to reduceavian collision risk. Peer J. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13313.
Emerson, L. C.**, Thady, R. G.**, Robertson, B. A. and Swaddle, J. P. 2022. Do lighting conditionsinfluence bird-window collisions? Avian Conservation and Ecology. DOI: 10.5751/ACE-02167-170203.
Dar, N.*, Thompson, C.P., and Williamson, K.E. (2022). Marker gene analysis reveals novelviral genetic diversity in unsaturated soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-022-01687-0

2021

Schrage, K.S.*, J.D. Tupik* and J.D. Allen. 2021. Intertidal zonation of hemichordates in soft sediments. Invertebrate Biology. e12344.
Brocco-French, K.I.* and J.D. Allen. 2021. Cannibalism in newly-metamorphosed juvenile sea stars. Ecology. 102: e03352.
Feng MS*, Bestman JE (2021) Imaging Mitochondrial Dynamics in the Xenopus Central Nervous System (CNS). Cold Spring Harbor protocols 2021.PMC8357028.
**Humphreys, A., A.L. Gorsky, D.M. Bilkovic and R.M. Chambers. 2021. Changes in
plant communities of low-salinity tidal marshes in response to sea-level rise.
Ecosphere 12:e03630.
Isdell, R.E., D.M. Bilkovic, A.G. Guthrie**, M.M. Mitchell, R.M. Chambers, M. Leu
and C. Hershner. 2021. Living shorelines achieve functional equivalence to
natural fringe marshes across multiple ecological metrics. PeerJ:11815
De La Mater, DS**, JJ Couture, JR Puzey, HJ Dalgleish. 2021. Range-wide,
intraspecific variation in functional traits and its effect on plant-herbivore
interactions. American Journal of Botany 108(3): 388-401.
Steele, MA, HJ Dalgleish, S Marino, AW Bartlow, R Curtis, JA Stratford. 2021. Oak (acorn)–weevil interactions across an extensive latitudinal gradient in eastern North America. Diversity 13: 303. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13070303
**Hepworth, E. M. W. and Hinton, S. D. (2021). The Roles of Pseudophosphatases as Regulators of MAPK signaling. International J. Mol. Sci. 22, 12595.10.3390/ijms222212595.
**Mattei, A., **Smailys, J., and **Hepworth, E. M. W. and Hinton, S. D. (2021). The
Roles of Pseudophosphatases in Disease. International J. Mol. Sci. 22, 6924. doi:
10.3390/ijms22136924.
*Yin R, *Song J, Esquela-Kerscher A, Kerscher O. (2021) Detection of Rapidly
Accumulating Stress-Induced SUMO in Prostate Cancer Cells by a Fluorescent SUMO
Biosensor. Mol Carcinogen. (12):886-897. doi: 10.1002/mc.23353.
*Pilc EM, *Ganesh S, Kerscher O (2021). A genome-wide screen in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae identifies Tannic Acid-sensitive mutants. MicroPubl Biol. doi: 10.17912/
micropub.biology.000358.
Isdell R.E., D.M. Bilkovic, A.G. Guthrie**, M.M. Mitchell, R.M. Chambers, Leu, and C. Hershner. 2021. Living shorelines achieve functional equivalence to natural fringe marshes across multiple ecological metrics. PeerJ 9:e11815. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11815
Mahood, A.L., E. Fleishman, J.K. Balch, F. Fogarty, N. Horning, Leu, M. Zillig**, and B.A. Bradley. 2021. Cover-based allometric estimate of aboveground biomass of a non-native, invasive annual grass (Bromus tectorum L.) in the Great Basin, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 193: 104582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104582
Haines, A.M., Leu, D.M. Costante**, T.C. Treakle*, C. Parenti*, J.R.B. Miller, and J. Malcom. 2021. Benchmark for the ESA: Having a backbone is good for recovery. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2: Article 630490. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2021.630490
Van Dongen, C. M.*, L. M. Rakes*, J. W. Moriarty*, S. Mason**, and Leu. 2021. First record of Panoquina panoquin (Salt Marsh Skipper) ovipositing on Spartina alterniflora (Smooth Cordgrass). Southeastern Naturalist 20: N19–N21. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.020.0111
**Vallejo-Marin, M., , Friedman, J., Twyford, A., Lepias, O., Ickert-Bond, Streisfeld, M., S.
Yant, L., van Kleunen, M., Rotter, M., Puzey, J.R. (2021) Population genomic and historical analysis
suggests a global invasion by bridgehead processes in Mimulus guttatus. Communications
Biology
**Kinser, T., **Smith, R., *Lawrence, A., Cooley, A.M., Vallejo-Marin, M., Conradi Smith, G.D., Puzey J.R. (2021)Endosperm-based incompatibilities in hybrid monkeyflowers. The
Plant Cell
*Zheng, X., *Om, K., *Stanton, K., Thomas, D., Cheng, P., Eggert, A., Yuan, Y., Puzey, J.R.,
Cooley, A.M. (2021)The regulatory network for petal anthocyanin pigmentation is shaped by the
MYB5a/NEGAN transcription factor in Mimulus. Genetics
**DeLaMater, D.S., Couture, J.J., Puzey, J.R., Dalgleish, H.J. (2021)Range-wide variation in
common milkweed traits and its effect on larvae of the monarch butterfly. American Journal of Botany
Nalamalapu RR,* Yue M*, Stone AR*, Murphy S*, Saha MS. (2021). The tweety gene familly: From Embryo to Disease. Front Mol Neurosci. 2021 Jun 28;14:672511. doi:10.3389/fnmol.2021.672511. eCollection 2021.
Li E*, Saha MS. (2021). Optimizing calcium detection methods in animal systems: A sandbox for synthetic biology. Biomolecules Biomolecules , 11(3), 343; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11030343
Beal, J. (2021). (crowd-sourced iGEM publication), Comparative analysis of three studies measuring fluorescence from engineered bacterial genetic constructs. PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252263 June 7, 2021. William and Mary: Eric Bradley, Stephanie Do, Xiangyi Fang*, Ethan Jones*, Jessica Laury*, Wukun Liu*, Adam Oliver*, Lillian Parr*, Mainak Patel, Margaret Saha, Chengwu Shen*, Tinh Son*, Julia Urban*, Yashna Verma*, Hanmi Zhou*  
*Peterson JJ, *Tocheny CE, Prajapati G, LaMunyon CW, and Shakes DC. (2021) Sub-cellular
patterns of SPE-6 localization reveal unexpected complexities in C. elegans sperm activation
and sperm function. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics 11(11): jkab288.
*Morrison, KN; **Uyehara, CM; Ragle, J. Matthew; Ward, JD; Shakes, DC. (2021)
MFP1/MSD-1 and MFP2 co-localize with MSP during C. elegans spermatogenesis.
microPublication Biology. https://doi.org/10.17912/micropub.biology.000427
**Price, KL, *^Presler M, **Uyehara CM, Shakes DC. (2021) The intrinsically disordered
protein SPE-18 promotes localized assembly of the major sperm protein in C.
elegans spermatocytes. Development 148(5): dev195875
Boycott, T. J.**, Mullis, S. M.*, Jackson, B. E. and Swaddle, J. P. 2021 Field testing an “acoustic
lighthouse”: Combined acoustic and visual cues provide a multimodal solution that reduces
avian collision risk with tall human-made structures. PLOS ONE. DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0249826.
Werrell, A. K.**, Klug, P. E., Lipcius, R. N. and Swaddle, J. P. 2021 A Sonic Net reduces damage to
sunflower by blackbirds (Icteridae): implications for broad-scale agriculture and crop
establishment. Crop Protection. DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2021.105579.
Samuels-Fair, M.*, Martins, M. J. F., Lockwood, R., Swaddle, J. P. and Hunt, G. 2021 Temporal
shifts in ostracode sexual dimorphism from the Late Cretaceous to the late Eocene of the U. S.
Coastal Plain. Marine Micropaleontology. DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2020.101959.
Zwollo, P., Quddos**, F., Bagdassarian, C., Seeley**, ME, Hale, RC, Abderhalden*, L.
(2021). Polystyrene microplastics reduce abundance of developing B cells in rainbow
trout (Onchorhynchus Mykiss) Primary cultures. Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 114;111
Quddos**, F., and Zwollo, P. (2021). A BCWD-resistant line of rainbow trout is less
sensitive to cortisol impanat-induced changes in IgM response as compared to a
susceptible (control) line. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 116.

2020

Trackenberg, S.N.*, E.L. Richardson** and J.D. Allen. 2020. Effects of embryo energy, egg size, and larval food supply on the development of asteroid echinoderms. Ecology and Evolution. 10:7839-7850.
*Salomon, M.S., *Malapati, S.H., *O’Dwyer, J., *Lopez Silva, C., *Williams, C.C., *Barbeau,
M.C., *Yip, D., #Punzalan, P., *Nagle, V.L., Hinton, S.D., Roggero, V.R., Allison, L.A. (2020)
Mislocalization of cancer-associated thyroid hormone receptor mutants. Nuclear Receptor
Research: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35280700/
Scoville, S.A., Varian-Ramos, C.W., *Adkins, G.A., Swaddle, J.P., Saha, M.S. & Cristol, D.A. 2020. Mercury delays cerebellar development in a model songbird species, the zebra finch. Ecotoxicology 29:1128-1137.
**Spickler, J.S., Swaddle, J.P., *Gilson, R.L., Varian-Ramos, C.W. & Cristol, D.A. 2020. Sexually selected traits as bioindicators: Exposure to mercury affects carotenoid-based male bill color in zebra finches Ecotoxicology 29:1138-1147.
Ackerman, J.T., Herzog, M.P., Evers, D.C., Cristol, D.A., Kenow, K.P., Heinz, G.H., Lavoie, R.A., **Brasso, R.L., Mallory, M.L., Provencher, J.F., Braune, B.M., Matz, A., Schmutz, J.A., Eagles-Smith, C.A., Savoy, L.J., Meyer, M.W., & Hartman, C.A. 2020. Synthesis of maternal transfer of mercury in birds: Implications for altered toxicity risk. Environmental Science & Technology 54:2878-2891. doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b06119.
Kula, AAR***, MH Hey*, JJ Couture, PA Townsend, HJ Dalgleish. 2020.
Intraspecific competition and damage severity affect size, quality and induced
structural and chemical defenses in an herbaceous perennial (Asclepias syriaca)
Plant Ecology 221: 421-430.
Ricono, A**+, NW Gustafson**+, E Eichenberger*, K Stahl*, H Call*, JJ Couture, JR
Puzey, and HJ Dalgleish+. 2020. Fine-scale spatial structuring of genotypes and
phenotypes in natural populations of Asclepias syriaca. Perspectives in Plant
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics 45, 125546. + Contributed equally
*Salomon MS, *Malapati SH, *O’ Dwyer J, *Silva CL, *Williams CC, Barbeau MC,
*Yip D, *Punzalan P, *Nagle VL, Hinton SD, Roggero VR, Allison LA. Mislocalization
of Cancer-associated Thyroid Hormone Receptor Mutants. Nuclear Receptor Research.
92020;2020:https://web.archive.org/web/20210227193123/https://www.kenzpub.com/journ
als/nurr/inpress/2020/101453/. PMCID: PMC8909557.
Jirinec, V.**, C. J. Smith**, A. Deverakonda*, and Leu. 2020. Notes from Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) telemetry: Synchronous tail replacement in prebasic molt and single-male nest provisioning. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 132: 415-421. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-132.2.415
Williamson, M.**, E. Fleishman, R. Mac Nally, J. Chambers, B. Bradley, D. S. Dobkin, D. Board, F. Fogarty**, N. Horning, Leu, and M. Wohlfeil*. 2020. Associations of fire, livestock grazing, topography, and climate with occurrence and local prevalence of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) in the central Great Basin. Biological Invasion 22: 663–680. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02120-8
**Ricono, A., **Gustafson, N., **Eichenberger, E., **Stahl, K., **Call, H., Puzey, J.R.
Dalgleish, H.J., (2020) Fine-scale spatial structuring of genotypes and phenotypes in natural populations of Asclepias syriaca. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
Scoville SA, Varian-Ramos CW, Adkins GA*, Swaddle JP, Saha MS, Cristol DA. (2020). Mercury delays cerebellar development in a model songbird species, the zebra finch. Ecotoxicology Oct;29(8):1128-1137. doi: 10.1007/s10646-020-02270-9.Epub 2020 Aug 22.
Beal J, Farny NG, Haddock-Angelli, Selvarajah V., Baldwin GS, Buckley-Taylor R, Gershater, M., Kiga D, Marken J, Sanchania V., Sison A., Workman CT, & iGEM Interlab Study Contributors [includes all undergraduate members of the iGEM team and Saha M. (2020) Robust estimation of bacterial cell count from optical density. Communications Biology 3, Article number: 512.
Ablondi EF*, Paudel S#, Sehdev M*, Marken JP*, Halleran AD*, Rahman A, Kemper P, Saha MS. (2020). Fluorescent Calcium Imaging and Subsequent In Situ Hybridization for Neuronal Precursor Characterization in Xenopus laevis. Journal of Visualized Experiments JoVE. e60726, doi:10.3791/60726
Solini GE*, Pownall ME*, Hillenbrand MJ*, Tocheny CE*, Paudel S#, Halleran AD*, Bianchi CH#, Huyck RW#, Saha MS (2020). Xenopus embryos show a compensatory resonse following perturbation of the Notch signaling pathway. Dev Biol. Vol. 460, Issue 2, 15 April 2020, pp. 99-107
Ragle JM, *Aita AL, *Morrison KN, Martinez-Mendez R, Saeger HN, Ashley GA, Johnson LC,
Schubert KA, Shakes DC, Ward JD. (2020) The conserved molting/circadian rhythm
regulator NHR-23/NR1F1 serves as an essential co-regulator of C. elegans spermatogenesis.
Development. 147(22):dev193862.
Hawkins, C. E.**, Ritrovato, I. T.* and Swaddle, J. P. 2020. Traffic noise alters individual social
connectivity, but not space-use, of red-backed fairywrens. Emu - Austral Ecology, Oct 24, 1-9.
DOI: 10.1080/01584197.2020.1830706.
Swaddle, J. P., Emerson, L. C.**, Thady, R. G.** and Boycott, T. J.** 2020. Ultraviolet-reflective film applied to windows reduces the likelihood of collisions for two species of songbird. PeerJ, 8, 9.DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9926.
Martins, M. J. F, Hunt, G., Thompson, C. M.*, Lockwood, R., Swaddle, J. P. and Puckett, T. M.
2020. Shifts in sexual dimorphism across a mass extinction: implications for sexual selection as a factor in extinction risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 287, 1933. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2020.0730
Scoville, S. A., Varian-Ramos, C. W., Saha, M. S., Swaddle, J. P., Adkins, G. A.* and Cristol, D. A.
2020. Mercury delays cerebellar development in a model songbird species, the zebra finch.
Ecotoxicology, 8. DOI:10.1007/s10646-020-02270-9
Spickler, J. L.**, Swaddle, J. P., Gilson, R. L.*, Varian-Ramos, C. W. and Cristol, D. A. 2020. Sexually-selected traits as bioindicators: Exposure to mercury affects carotenoid-based male bill color in zebra finches. Ecotoxicology, 8. DOI:10.1007/s10646-020-02271-8.
Payne, A.T.*, Davidson, A.J.*, Kan, J., Peipoch, M., Bier, R. and Williamson, K.E. (2020).
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