Faculty & Research

Publications by Faculty and Graduate Students

Academic Year 2010-2011

Madden, A.A., Davis, M.M., and P.T. Starks. (2010). First detailed report of brood parasitoidism in the invasive population of the paper wasp Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera Vespidae) in North America. Insectes Sociaux. 57(3): 257-260.

Jiahui H. Yang and Catherine H. Freudenreich. (2010) The RTT109 histone acetyltransferase facilitates error-free replication to prevent CAG/CTG repeat contractions. DNA Repair, Apr 4; 9(4):414-20.

Sundararajan R., Gellon, L., Zunder, R. M., and Freudenreich, C. H. (2010). Double-Strand Break Repair Pathways Protect against CAG/CTG Repeat Expansions, Contractions and Repeat-mediated Chromosomal Fragility in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics Jan 2011,184(1):65-77.

Lionel Gellon, David F. Razidlo, Olive Gleeson, Lauren Verra, Danae Schulz, Robert S. Lahue, and Catherine H. Freudenreich. New functions of Ctf18-RFC in preserving genome stability outside its role in sister chromatid cohesion. (2011) PloS Genetics Feb 10 7 (2) e1001298.

Sundararajan R, Freudenreich CH (2011) Expanded CAG/CTG Repeat DNA Induces a Checkpoint Response That Impacts Cell Proliferation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS Genet 7(3): e1001339. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1001339 (press release)

Shrestha, B., J. M. Reed, P. T. Starks, G. E. Kaufman, J. V. Goldstone, M. E. Roelke, S. J. O'Brien, K.-P. Koepfli, L. Frank, & Michael H. Court. 2011. Evolution of a major drug metabolizing enzyme defect in the domestic cat and other Felidae: Phylogenetic timing and the role of hypercarnivory. PLoS ONE 6(3): e18046.

Diederich CM, Jarrett JN, Chaparro OR, Segura CJ, Arellano SM, Pechenik JA. (2011) Low salinity stress experienced by larvae does not affect post-metamorphic growth or survival in three calyptraeid gastropods. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 397:94-105.

Lattin, C. R., J. M. Reed, D. W. DesRochers and L. M. Romero. (2011) Elevated corticosterone in feathers correlates with corticosterone-induced decreased feather quality: a validation study. Journal of Avian Biology 42: 1-6.

Lin, H-t, Leisk, G. and Trimmer, B.A. (2011) GoQBot: A caterpillar-inspired soft-bodied rolling robot. Submitted Bioinspiration & Biomimetics (in press)

Lin, H.-T., Slate, D., Paetsch, C., Dorfmann, L. and Trimmer, B. (2011). Ontogenetic scaling of caterpillar body properties and its biomechanical implications on the use of hydrostatic skeletons. Journal of Experimental Biology 214, 1194-1204.

Saunders, F., Trimmer, B.A. and Rife, R. (2011) Modeling Locomotion of a Soft Bodied Arthropod Using Inverse-Dynamics. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 6 (1). doi: 10.1088/1748-3182/6/1/016001.

Diederich, C.M., J.N. Jarrett, O. R. Chaparro, C.J. Segura, S.M. Arellano, and J. A. Pechenik. 2011. Low salinity stress experienced by larvae does not affect post-metamorphic growth or survival in three calyptraeid gastropods. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 397: 94-105.

Cherng, N., Shishkin, A.A., Schlager, L.I., Tuck, R.H., Sloan, L., Matera, R., Sarkar, P.S., Ashizawa, T., Freudenreich, C.H., Mirkin, S.M. (2011) Expansions, contractions, and fragility of the spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 pentanucleotide repeat in yeast. /Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. USA/ *108*: 2843-2848.

Tang, W., Dominska, M., Greenwell, P.W., Harvanek, Z., Lobachev, K.S., Kim, H.M., Narayanan, V., Mirkin, S.M., Petes, T.D. (2011) Friedreich's ataxia (GAA)n•(TTC)n repeats strongly stimulate mitotic crossovers in Saccharomyces cerevisae. /PLoS Genet./ *7*: e1001270.

Lattin, C.R., Reed, J.M., DesRochers, D.W., Romero, L.M. 2011. Elevated corticosterone in feathers correlates with corticosterone-induced decreased feather quality. J. Avian Biol. In Press.

Dickens, M.J., Meddle, S.L., Romero, L.M. 2011. Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptor mRNA expression in the brain of translocated chukar (Alectoris chukar). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 170:569-574.

Metallo, C., White, R. D., Trimmer, B.A. (2010) Flexible parylene-based microelectrode arrays for high resolution EMG recordings in freely moving small animals. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.12.005.

Gil, E., Park, S., Tien, L., Trimmer, B.A., Hudson, S., Kaplan, D. (2010) Mechanically Robust, Rapidly Actuating and Biologically Functionalized Macroporous Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/Silk Hybrid Hydrogels. Langmuir 26 (19) 15614-15624.

Rieffel, J. and Trimmer, B.A. (2010) Body/Brain Co-Evolution in Soft Robots. In Artificial Life XII. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems. Edited by Harold Fellermann, Mark Dörr, Martin M. Hanczyc, Lone Ladegaard Laursen, Sarah Maurer, Daniel Merkle, Pierre-Alain Monnard, Kasper Stoy and Steen Rasmussen. pp. 257-61. Odense, Denmark, 2010. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.

Simon, M.A., Woods, W.A. Jr., Serebrenik, Y.V, Simon, S.M., Griethuijsen, L.I. v, Socha, J.J., Lee, W.K. and Trimmer, B.A. (2010) Visceral-locomotory pistoning in crawling caterpillars (Manduca sexta). Current Biology 20 (16) 1458-1463.

Simon, M., Fusillo, S.J., Colman, K., and Trimmer. B. A. (2010) Motor patterns associated with crawling in a soft-bodied arthropod. Journal of Experimental Biology; 213: 2303-9.

van Griethuijsen, L. and Trimmer, B.A. (2010) Caterpillar crawling over irregular terrain: anticipation and local sensing. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology: 196(6): 397-406.

Lin, H. T. and Trimmer, B. (2010). Caterpillars use the Substrate as their External Skeleton: A Behavior Confirmation. Communicative & Integrative Biology 3, 71-74.

Lin, H-t. and Trimmer, B.A. (2010) The substrate as a skeleton: ground reaction forces from a soft-bodied legged animal. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213, 1133-1142.

Pechenik, J.A., O.V. Ambrogio, and S. Untersee. 2010. Predation on juveniles of Crepidula fornicata by two crustaceans and two gastropods. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 384: 91-98.

Segura, C.J., O.R. Chaparro, K.A. Paschke, and J.A. Pechenik. 2010. Capsule walls as barriers to oxygen availability: Implications for the development of brooded embryos by the estuarine gastropod Crepipatella dilatata (Calyptraeidae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 390: 49–57.

Allen, J.D. and J.A. Pechenik. 2010. Understanding the effects of low salinity on fertilization success and early development in the sand dollar Echinarachnius parma. Biological Bulletin 218: 189–199.

Taris, N., T. Comtet, R. Stolba, R. Lasbleiz, J. A. Pechenik, and F. Viard. 2010. Experimental induction of larval metamorphosis by a naturally-produced halogenated compound (dibromomethane) in the invasive mollusc Crepidula fornicata. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 393: 71-77.

Belotserkovskii, B.P., Liu, R., Tornaletti. S., Krasilnikova, M.M., Mirkin, S.M., Hanawalt, P.C. (2010) Mechanisms and implications of transcription blockage by guanine-rich DNA sequences. /Proc Natl Acad Sci USA/107: 12816-12821.

Mirkin, S.M. (2010) Getting to the core of repeat expansions by cell reprogramming. /Cell Stem Cell/ 7: 545-546.

Dickens, M.J., Romero, L.M. 2010. Stress responsiveness decreases with age in precocial, juvenile Chukar. Wilson J. Ornithol. 122:762-766.

Romero, L.M., Wikelski, M. 2010. Stress physiology as a predictor of survival in Galápagos marine iguanas. Proc. Royal Soc. Lond. B. 277:3157-3162.

*Awerman, J.L., Romero, L.M. 2010. Chronic psychological stress alters body weight and blood chemistry. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part A: Mol. Integ. Physiol. 156:136-142.

*Undergraduate author

Ming, Qing-Lei; Lewis, Sara M. (2010) Pheromone production by male Tribolium castaneum is influenced by diet quality. Journal of Economic Entomology pp. 1915-19 (5).

Gómez, S, Ferrieri R.A., Schueller, M. & Orians, C.M. (2010) Methyl jasmonate elicits rapid changes in carbon and nitrogen dynamics in tomato. New Phytologist 188: 835-844.

Gómez, S, van Dijk W., & Stuefer JF. (2010) Timing of induced resistance in a clonal network. Plant Biology 12 (3): 512 – 517.

Latzel V, Klimešová J, Hájek T, Gómez S, Šmilauer P. Maternal effects alter progeny's response to disturbance and nutrients in two Plantago species (2010) Oikos 119: 1700–1710.

Hanik, N., Gómez, S., Schueller, M., Orians, C.M. & Ferrieri, R.A. (2010) Novel use of gaseous 13NH3 administered to intact leaves on Nicotiana tabacum to study nitrogen utilization. Plant Cell and Environment 33: 2173-2179.

Hanik, N., Gómez, S., Schueller, M., Orians, C.M. & Ferrieri, R.A. (2010) Metabolic Partitioning of 11C in Nicotiana tabacum reveals new insight into the selective control methyl jasmonate exerts over the Shikimate Pathway. Journal of Chemical Ecology 36: 1058-1067.

Sharkey, E.K*., South, A., Moosman, P.R., Cratsley, C.K., & S.M. Lewis. Assessing condition-dependence of male flash signals in Photinus fireflies. Journal of Insect Behavior 23:215-225.

*undergraduate co-author

South, A., & S.M. Lewis. The influence of male ejaculate quantity on female fitness: A meta-analysis. Biological Reviews, in press.

Wu, C., Jeng, M., South, A., & P. Yang. Evidence for two male morphs of Luciola cerata Olivier (Coleoptera:Lampyridae) exhibiting distinct mating behavior with implications for sexual selection.  The Coleopterists Bulletin, in press.

South, A., Stanger-Hall, K., Jeng, M., & S.M. Lewis.  Correlated evolution of female neoteny and flightlessness with male spermatophore production in fireflies (Coleoptera:Lampyridae).   Evolution, in press.

Vandenberg, L. N., and M. Levin, (2010), Consistent left-right asymmetry cannot be established by late organizers in Xenopus unless the late organizer is a conjoined twin, Development, 137(7):1095-105

Aw, S., Koster, J., Pearson, W., Nicols, C., Shi, N. Q., Carneiro, K., and Levin, M., (2010), The ATP-sensitive K+-channel (KATP) controls early left-right patterning in Xenopus and chick embryos, Developmental Biology, 346: 39-53

Tseng, A-S., Beane, W. S., Lemire, J. M., Masi, A., and M. Levin, (2010), Induction of vertebrate regeneration by a transient sodium current, Journal of Neuroscience, 30(39): 13192-13200

Levin, M., (2010), Endogenous Bioelectric Signals as Morphogenetic Controls of Development, Regeneration, and Neoplasm, in The Physiology of Bioelectricity in Development, Tissue Regeneration, and Cancer, C. Pullar ed., CRC Press

Levin, M., (2010), Far from solved: a perspective on what we know about early mechanisms of left-right asymmetry, Developmental Dynamics, in press

Blackiston, D., Adams, D. S., Lemire, J. M., Lobikin, M., and Levin, M., (2011), Transmembrane potential of GlyCl-expressing instructor cells induces a neoplastic-like conversion of melanocytes via a serotonergic pathway, Disease Models and Mechanisms, 4, in press, doi:10.1242/dmm.005561

Payne A., *Schildroth D.A., Starks P.T. (2010). Nest site selection in the European wool-carder bee, Anthidium manicatum, with methods for an emerging model species. Journal: Apidologie

*REU student

Payne A., Starks P.T. (2010). Recognition systems in the social insects. In: Breed M, Moore J (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, vol. 3. p. 20-26. Oxford: Academic Press.

Payne A., Liebert A.E., Starks P.T. (2010). Kin recognition and genetics. In: Breed M, Moore J (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, vol. 2. p. 237-246. Oxford: Academic Press.

Liebert AE, Wilson-Rich N, Johnson C, Starks PT. 2010. Sexual interactions and nestmate recognition in invasive populations of Polistes dominulus wasps. Insectes Sociaux 57:457-463.

Wilson-Rich N, Starks PT. 2010. The Polistes war: Weak immune function in the invasive P. dominulus relative to the native P. fuscatus. Insectes Sociaux. 57:47-52.

Wilson-Rich N, Rosengaus RB, Starks PT. 2010. Book Review: Rolff, J. & Reynolds, S.E. (Eds.) 2009: Insect infection and immunity: evolution, ecology, and mechanisms. Myrmecological News 13:80.

Romero, L.M. 2010. Fight or flight response. In: Breed, M.D., Moore, J. (eds), Encylopedia of Animal Behavior, Volume 1. pp. 710-714. Oxford: Academic Press.

Dickens, M.J., Delehanty, D.J., Romero, L.M. 2010. Stress: an inevitable component of animal translocation  Biol. Conserv. 143:1329-1341.


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