Submissions from 2021
Developing a Flexible Learning Activity on Biodiversity and Spatial Scale Concepts Using Open-Access Vegetation Datasets from the National Ecological Observatory Network, Laurel J. Anderson, Diane M. Styers, Jennifer L. Schafer, Mary Beth Kolozsvary, Kristen M. Brubaker, Sara E. Scanga, Jessica J. Mitchell, and David Barnett
A History of Zoology at Ohio Wesleyan University: 1844-2021, Anne Fry
Thermal Adaptation Revisited: How Conserved are Thermal Traits of Reptiles and Amphibians?, Eric J. Gangloff, Brooke L. Bodensteiner, Gustavo A. Agudelo‐Cantero, A. Z. Andis Arietta, Alex R. Gunderson, Martha M. Muñoz, and Jeanine M. Refsnider
Surviving Winter: Physiological Regulation of Energy Balance in a Temperate Ectotherm Entering and Exiting Brumation, Eric J. Gangloff, Kaitlyn G. Holden, Evangelina Gomez-Mancillas, Kelsi Hagerty, and Anne M. Bronikowski
High Temperatures Limit Developmental Resilience to High-Elevation Hypoxia in the Snake Natrix maura (Squamata: Colubridae), Eric J. Gangloff, Jérémie Souchet, Coralie Bossu, Elodie Darnet, and Hugo Le Chevalier
Does Hyperoxia Restrict Pyrenean Rock Lizards Iberolacerta bonnali to High Elevations?, Eric J. Gangloff, Sierra Spears, Ciara Pettit, Laura Kouyoumdjian, and Fabien Aubret
The Thermal Ecology and Physiology of Reptiles and Amphibians: A User's Guide, Eric J. Gangloff, Sierra Spears, Emily N. Taylor, Luisa M. Diele‐Viegas, Joshua M. Hall, Bálint Halpern, and Melanie D. Massey
A Genetic Screen for Temperature-Sensitive Morphogenesis-Defective Caenorhabditis elegans Mutants, Danielle Hamill, Molly C. Jud, Josh Lowry, Thalia Padilla, Erin Clifford, Yuqi Yang, and Francesca Fennell
Genetic Mapping of a New Hippo Allele, HpoN.1.2, in Drosophila melanogaster, Danielle R. Hamill, Lexie Chafin, William A.H. Christy, Caitlyn M. Colwell, Abigail R. Courtright, Phoebe J. Lightfoot, and Jacob D. Kagey
The New Inland Hornschuchia mediterranea (Annonaceae) from Bahia, Brazil, David M. Johnson, Renato Mello-Silva, and Jenifer de Carvalho Lopes
Three New Species of Trivalvaria (Annonaceae) from Thailand, with a Key to the Thai Species, David M. Johnson, Nancy A. Murray, Tanawat Chaowasku, and Piya Chalermglin
NASA GeneLab RNA-Seq Consensus Pipeline: Standardized Processing of Short-Read RNA-Seq Data, Chris Wolverton, Eliah G. Overbey, Amanda M. Saravia-Butler, Zhe Zhang, Komal S. Rathi, Homer Fogle, and Willian A. da Silveira
Submissions from 2020
Assessment of Student Learning in Undergraduate Courses with Collaborative Projects from the Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN), Laurel J. Anderson, Marissa Witkovsky-Eldred, Jerald J. Dosch, Erin S. Lindquist, Timothy S. McCay, Jose-Luis Machado, and Karen Kuers
Temporal Stability vs. Community Matrix Measures of Stability and the Role of Weak Interactions, Amy L. Downing, Craig Jackson, Jayne Ackerman Lockhart, Claire Plunkett, Shannon M. Schlater, and Mathew A. Leibold
Mitochondria as Central Characters in a Complex Narrative: Linking Genomics, Energetics, Pace-of-Life, and Aging in Natural Populations of Garter Snakes, Eric J. Gangloff, Natalie Huebschman, Tonia S. Schwartz, Randy Klabacka, Ang-Yu Liu, and Anne M. Bronikowski
Genetic Background and Thermal Environment Differentially Influence the Ontogeny of Immune Components During Early Life in an Ectothermic Vertebrate, Eric J. Gangloff, Maria G. Palacios, Dawn M. Reding, and Anne M. Bronikowski
High‐Elevation Hypoxia Impacts Perinatal Physiology and Performance in a Potential Montane Colonizer, Eric J. Gangloff, Jérémie Souchet, Gaëlle Micheli, Coralie Bossu, Audrey Trochet, Romain Bertrand, and Jean Clobert
Analyzing Stress as a Multivariate Phenotype, Eric J. Gangloff and Rory S. Telemeco
Generic Status of Winitia (Annonaceae, Miliuseae) Reaffirmed by Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis, Including a New Species and a New Combination from Thailand, David M. Johnson, Tanawat Chaowasku, Kithisak Aongyong, Anissara Damthongdee, and Hathaichanok Jongsook
Two New Species of Alphonsea (Annonaceae) from Thailand, David M. Johnson, Charan Leeratiwong, and Piya Chalermglin
Urban Birdsongs: Higher Minimum Song Frequency of an Urban Colonist Persists in a Common Garden Experiment, Dustin G. Reichard, Jonathan W. Atwell, Meelyn M. Pandit, Goncalo C. Cardoso, Trevor D. Price, and Ellen D. Ketterson
Patterns of Annual and Seasonal Immune Investment in a Temporal Reproductive Opportunist, Dustin Reichard, Elizabeth M. Schultz, Christian E. Gunning, Jamie M. Cornelius, Kirk C. Klasing, and Thomas P. Hahn
Post-Transplant Water Utilization of Zinnia Seedlings Grown in Humectant-Amended Substrate Maintained at Two Moisture Thresholds, Bruce R. Roberts and Chris Wolverton
Prevalence of Feather-Degrading Bacillus spp. on the Plumage of Birds in Australia, Laura Tuhela-Reuning, Nadya M. Sotnychuk, Larynn R. Cutshaw, and Christa Beckmann
Submissions from 2019
Insulin-Mediated Changes in Tau Hyperphosphorylation and Autophagy in a Drosophila Model of Tauopathy and Neuroblastoma Cells, Suren S. Ambegaokar, Shreyasi Chatterjee, George R. Jackson, and Amrit Mudher
Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Xyo pseudohystrix Travassos & Kloss, 1958 (Nematoda: Oxyuridomorpha: Hystrignathidae) from Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger, 1800) (Coleoptera: Passalidae) from USA and Discussion on its Taxonomic Status, Ramon A. Carreno, Jans Morffe, Nayla Garcia, Andrew K. Davis, and Koichi Hasegawa
A New Species of Aoruroides Travassos & Kloss, 1958 (Nematoda: Oxyuridomorpha: Thelastomatidae) Parasite of the Wood-Burrowing Cockroach Panesthia angustipennis spadica (Shiraki, 1906) (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Panesthiinae) from Japan with Comments on the Validity of the Genus Aoruroides, Ramon A. Carreno, Jans Morffe, Nayla García, and Koichi Hasegawa
On the Status of Suifunema peregrinatum (Carreno, 2017) n. comb. (Nematoda: Oxyuridomorpha: Thelastomatidae) and First Record of the Species for Japan, Ramon A. Carreno, Jans Morffe, Sota Ozawa, Rina Sriwati, and Koichi Hasegawa
Allspice Extract Enhances the Yield of T2 Bacteriophage in E. coli by Stimulating the Adenylate Cyclase Enzyme, Gerald Goldstein
Cinnamon Extract and Cinnamaldehyde Inhibit the Replication of T2 Bacteriophage in E. coli: Potential for Use in Antiviral and Anticancer Therapy, Gerald Goldstein and A. G. Shumaker
Polyalthia khaoyaiensis (Annonaceae), a New Species from Thailand, David M. Johnson, Nancy Murray, Pasakorn Bunchalee, and Pranom Chantaranothai
Assessment of Three Diet Types on Constitutive Immune Parameters in Captive Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), Elizabeth M. Schultz, Dustin G. Reichard, and Kayla A. Eggleston
Comparison of Microgravity Analogs to Spaceflight in Studies of Plant Growth and Development, Chris Wolverton, John Z. Kiss, Sarah E. Wyatt, Karl H. Hasenstein, and Jack J.W.A. van Loon
Submissions from 2018
Effects of Urbanization on the Population Structure of Freshwater Turtles Across the United States, Laurel J. Anderson, David Bowne, Bradley J. Cosentino, Christopher P. Bloch, Sandra Cooke, Patrick W. Crumrine, and Jason Dallas
First Record of Cephalobellus brevicaudatus (Leidy, 1851) Christie, 1933 (Nematoda: Oxyurida: Thelastomatoidea), from Cranefly Larvae (Diptera: Tipulidae) in Ohio, U.S.A., Ramon A. Carreno, Laura Tuhela-Reuning, and Lauren Kiebler
Coriander Seed Extract Enhances the Yield of T2 Bacteriophage in E. coli by Stimulating Adenylate Cyclase, Gerald Goldstein, Sarah Bergman, Marielle Buss, Hanna Cordes, Mary Cranley, Nicholas Reed, and Malory Wolfe
Ginger extract inhibits the replication of T2 bacteriophage by inhibiting the synthesis of nucleosides, Gerald Goldstein, Sarah Bergman, Marielle Buss, Mary Cranley, and Nicholas Reed
New records and rediscoveries of plants in Singapore, David M. Johnson, R.C.J. Lim, and S. Lindsay
A revision of Xylopia L. (Annonaceae): the species of Tropical Africa, David M. Johnson and Nancy A. Murray
Female dark‐eyed juncos Junco hyemalis thurberi produce male‐like song in a territorial context during the early breeding season, Dustin Reichard, Daniel E. Brothers, Serena E. George, Jonathan W. Atwell, and Ellen D. Ketterson
Male Courtship Preference During Seasonal Sympatry May Maintain Population Divergence, Dustin Reichard, Abigail Kimmitt, Samantha L. Dietz, and Ellen D. Ketterson
Innate Immunity and Environmental Correlates of Haemoproteus Prevalence and Intensity in an Opportunistic Breeder, Elizabeth M. Schultz, Dustin Reichard, Jamie M. Cornelius, Kirk C. Klasing, and Thomas P. Hahn
Submissions from 2017
Effect of the length of antisense RNA on bacterial enzyme production, Gerald Goldstein, E.T. McKenzie, N.R. Reed, and A.C. Smith
Centriolar SAS-7 Acts Upstream of SPD-2 to Regulate Centriole Assembly and Pericentriolar Material Formation, Danielle R. Hamill, Kenji Sugioka, Joshua Lowry, Marie McNeely, Molly Enrick, Alyssa Richter, Lauren Kiebler, James Priess, and Bruce Bowerman
New Species of Xylopia (Annonaceae) from East Africa, David M. Johnson, Nancy Murray, Quentin Luke, and David Goyder
Plastid and Seed Morphology Data Support a Revised Infrageneric Classification and an African Origin of the Pantropical Genus Xylopia (Annonaceae), David M. Johnson, Gregory Stull, Nancy Murray, Thomas Couvreur, Jenna Reeger, and Caroline Roy
Effects of Activity, Genetic Selection, and Their Interaction on Muscle Metabolic Capacities and Organ Masses in Mice, Scott Kelly, Fernando Gomes, Erik Kolb, Jessica Malisch, and Theodore Garland
Prevention of Tumorigenesis in Mice by Exercise is Dependent on Strain Background and Timing Relative to Carcinogen Exposure, Scott Kelly, Liyang Zhao, Kuo-Chen Jung, Kunjie Hua, David Threadgill, Fernando Manuel de Villena, and Daniel Pomp
Condition and Context-Dependent Factors Are Related to Courtship Behavior of Paired and Unpaired Males in a Socially Monogamous Songbird, Dustin Reichard, Abigail Kimmitt, Joseph Welklin, and Ellen Ketterson
The Impact of Substrate and Irrigation Interval on the Post-Transplant Root Growth of Container-Grown Zinnia and Tomato, Bruce Roberts, Chris Wolverton, and Lauren Janowicz
Characterizing Plant Gravity Perception Systems: An Overview of an EMCS Experiment, Scott Wolverton
Submissions from 2016
Quantitative Assessment of Eye Phenotypes for Functional Genetic Studies Using Drosophila melanogaster, Surendra Ambegaokar, Janani Iyer, Qingyu Wang, and Thanh Le
Collaborative Research Networks Provide Unique Opportunities for Faculty and Student Researchers, Laurel J. Anderson, David Bowne, Jerald Dosch, Tracy Gartner, Martha Hoopes, Karen Kuers, and Erin Lindquist
Summit of the Research Coordination Networks for Undergraduate Biology Education, Laurel J. Anderson, Carrie Eaton, Deborah Allen, Gillian Bowser, Mark Pauley, Kathy Williams, and Gordon Uno
Compensatory Dynamics Stabilize Aggregate Community Properties in Response to Multiple Types of Perturbations, Amy L. Downing, Bryan Brown, and Matthew Leibold
Differential Susceptibility of Bacteriophage and Viruses to Reactive Oxygen Species, Gerald Goldstein
Turmeric Extract and Curcumin Enhance the Yield of T2 Bacteriophage in E. Coli, Gerald Goldstein, Sarah Bergman, Mary Cranley, and Nicholas Reed
Inhibition of Replication of Adenovirus by 6-Diazo-5-Oxo-L-Norleucine (DON), Gerald Goldstein and Jamie Harden
A New Species in the Tree Genus Polyceratocarpus (Annonaceae) from the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania, David M. Johnson, Andrew Marshall, Thomas Couvreur, Abigail Summers, Nicolas Deere, W.R. Quentin Luke, Henry Ndangalasi, and Sue Sparrow
Long-Term Exercise in Mice Has Sex-Dependent Benefits on Body Composition and Metabolism During Aging, Scott Kelly, Rachel McMullan, Kunjie Hua, Brian Buckley, James Faber, Fernando Manuel de Villena, and Daniel Pomp
Dark-Eyed Junco Song: Linking Ontogeny and Function with a Potential Role in Reproductive Isolation, Dustin Reichard and Gonçalo C. Cardoso
Submissions from 2015
From Passion to Science, Edward H. Burtt Jr.
Levels of Infection, Pathology and Nodule Size of Onchocerca flexuosa (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) from Northern Spain, Ramon A. Carreno, María del Rosario Hidalgo-Argüello, Angélica Martínez-Delgado, S. González, M.C. Ferreras, and Natividad Díez-Baños
Distribution of Thelastomatoid Nematodes (Nematoda: Oxyurida) in Endemic and Introduced Cockroaches on the Galápagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador, Ramon A. Carreno, Devinn Sinnott, and Henri Herrera
Garlic and Onion Extracts Enhance the Yield of T2 Bacteriophage in E.Coli, Gerald Goldstein, Owen Kelling, Gregory Serpa, Karli Sturgill, and Madeline Vroom
Sodium Fluoride Enhances T2 Bacteriophage Yield, Gerald Goldstein and Jazmine Quinn
Comparison of the Keratinase Gene Sequences of Fast and Slow Feather Degrading Strains of Bacillus licheniformis, Gerald Goldstein, Patricia Celestino Soper, Allison Morrell Bailey, and Sara Fitzgerald-Butt
Use of Ultraviolet Cues in Female Mate Preference in the Sailfin Molly, Poecilia latipinna, Shala Hankison and Meredith Palmer
Huberantha, a Replacement Name for Hubera (Annonaceae: Malmeoideae: Miliuseae), David M. Johnson, Tanawat Chaowasku, Raymond van der Ham, and Lars Chatrou
A Contribution to the Systematics of Xylopia (Annonaceae) in Southeast Asia, David M. Johnson and Nancy Murray
The Historical Origins of Palaeotropical Intercontinental Disjunctions in the Pantropical Flowering Plant Family Annonaceae, David M. Johnson, Daniel Thomas, Lars Chatrou, Gregory Stull, David Harris, U-sa Thongpairoj, and Richard Saunders
Maternal Exercise Before and During Pregnancy Does Not Impact Offspring Voluntary Physical Activity or Body Composition in Mice, Scott Kelly, Kunjie Hua, Jennifer Wallace, Sarah Wells, Derrick Nehrenberg, and Daniel Pomp
The “Omics” of Voluntary Exercise: Systems Approaches to a Complex Phenotype, Scott Kelly, Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, and Daniel Pomp
Genetic Approaches in Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology, Scott Kelly, Jay Storz, Jamie Bridgham, and Theodore Garland Jr.
An Examination of the Variation in Maternal Placentae across the Genus Poeciliopsis (Poeciliidae), Tami Panhuis, Lucia Kwan, Megan Fris, Frieda Rodd, Locke Rowe, and Laura Tuhela-Reuning
Quantification of Root Gravitropic Response Using a Constant Stimulus Feedback System, Chris Wolverton
Evaluation of a Substrate-Applied Humectant to Mitigate Drought Stress in Young, Container-Grown Plants, Chris Wolverton, Bruce Roberts, and Samantha West
Submissions from 2014
The Systematics and Evolution of Pinworms (Nematoda: Oxyurida: Thelastomatoidea) from Invertebrates, Ramon A. Carreno
Phylogeny of Rhigonematomorpha Based on the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Rhigonema thysanophora (Nematoda: Chromadorea), Ramon A. Carreno, Taeho Kim, Jiyeon Kim, Soowon Cho, Gi-Sik Min, Chungoo Park, Steven A. Nadler, and Joong-Ki Park
Multiple Diversity-Stability Mechanisms Enhance Population and Community Stability in Aquatic Food Webs, Amy L. Downing, Bryan Brown, and Matthew Leibold
Molecular Phylogenetic Support for the Taxonomic Merger of Fitzalania and Meiogyne (Annonaceae): New Nomenclatural Combinations Under the Conserved Name Meiogyne, David M. Johnson, Bine Xue, Daniel Thomas, Tanawat Chaowasku, and Richard Saunders
Host Genetics and Diet, but Not Immunoglobulin A Expression, Converge to Shape Compositional Features of the Gut Microbiome in an Advanced Intercross Population of Mice, Scott Kelly, Larry Leamy, and Joseph Nietfeldt
Quantitative Genomics of Voluntary Exercise in Mice: Transcriptional Analysis and Mapping of Expression QTL in Muscle, Scott Kelly, Derrick Nehrenberg, Kunjie Hua, Theodore Garland Jr., and Daniel Pomp
Exercise Training Effects Hypoxic and Hypercapnic Ventilatory Responses in Mice Selected for Increased Voluntary Wheel Running, Scott Kelly, Enrico Rezende, Mark Chappell, Fernando Gomes, Erik Kolb, Jessica Malisch, Justin Rhodes, Gordon Mitchell, and Theodore Garland
On the Natural History and Functional Morphology of the Clam Shrimp, Lynceus brachyurus Müller (Branchiopoda: Laevicaudata), Wendell Patton
Submissions from 2013
The Short Term Germination and Establishment Success of Deer-Dispersed Seeds in Mesic Temperate Forests, Laurel J. Anderson, Lauren Blyth, Laura Ouborg, and David Johnson
Gas Exchange, Growth, and Defense Responses of Invasive Alliaria petiolata (Brassicaceae) and Native Geum vernum (Rosaceae) to Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and Warm Spring Temperatures, Laurel J. Anderson and Don Cipollini
Aspidodera kinsellai n. sp. (Nematoda: Heterakoidea) from Nine-Banded Armadillos in Middle America with Notes on Phylogeny and Host-Parasite Biogeography, Ramon A. Carreno, F. Agustin Jimenez, and Scott Gardner
First United States Records of the Rhigonematid Genera Heth and Ruizia (Nematoda: Rhigonematida) from the Introduced Millipede, Anadenobolus monilicornis (Diplopoda: Rhinocricidae) in Key Largo, Florida, USA, Ramon A. Carreno, David Ordsch, Josephine Koltek, Danielle Hamill, and Laura Tuhela-Reuning
Marsileaceae, David M. Johnson and Youxing Lin
Taxonomy and Biogeography of the New Caledonian Species of Xylopia L. (Annonaceae), David M. Johnson, Jerome Munzinger, Julie Peterson, and Nancy Murray
A Novel Intronic Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Myosin heavy polypeptide 4 Gene Is Responsible for the MiniMuscle Phenotype Characterized by Major Reduction in Hind-Limb Muscle Mass in Mice, Scott Kelly, Timothy Bell, Sara Selitsky, Ryan Buus, Kunjie Hua, George Weinstock, Theodore Garland, Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, and Daniel Pomp
Mice from Lines Selectively Bred for High Voluntary Wheel Running Exhibit Lower Blood Pressure during Withdrawal from Wheel Access, Scott Kelly, Erik Kolb, and Theodore Garland
Quantitative Trait Loci for Bone Mineral Density and Femoral Morphology in an Advanced Intercross Population of Mice, Scott Kelly, Larry Leamy, Kunjie Hua, Charles Farber, and Daniel Pomp
Genetic Determinants of Voluntary Exercise, Scott Kelly and Daniel Pomp
Allele-Specific Transcriptional Activity at Type 2 Diabetes Associated Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Regions of Pancreatic Islet Open Chromatin at the JAZF1 Locus, Tami Panhuis, Marie Fogarty, Swarooparani Vadlamudi, Martin Buchkovich, and Karen Mohlke
Low Phosphate Alters Lateral Root Setpoint Angle and Gravitropism, Chris Wolverton, Hanwen Bai, Bhavna Murali, and Kevin Barber
Submissions from 2012
Bacterial Degradability of an Intrafeather Unmelanized Ornament: A Role for Feather-Degrading Bacteria in Sexual Selection?, Edward H. Burtt Jr., Rafael Ruiz-De-Castaneda, Sonia Gonzalez-Braojos, and Juan Moreno