A5050955563- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Plant and animal studies
- Congenital heart defects research
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Marine animal studies overview
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
Oregon Health & Science University
2014-2020
University of Vermont
2014-2018
Lewis & Clark College
2009-2013
The terrestrial biota of the Caribbean islands includes many lineages, some whose presence on dates back 35–40 million years ago, when land bridges are thought to have linked continents, and others that colonised more recently via dispersal. New World spiny orb-weavers (Micrathena Sundevall, 1833) a diverse group mostly Neotropical spiders. Eight species been described Greater Antilles islands: three widespread five single island endemics. Here, using molecular markers (16S rRNA, ITS-2 COI)...
Abstract Aim We explore the evolutionary history of ogre‐faced spiders ( Deinopis ) from their Early Cretaceous origins to present day. Specifically, we investigate how vicariance and dispersal have shaped distribution patterns this lineage. Within Caribbean, test role GAAR landia, a hypothesized land bridge that connected South America Greater Antilles during Eocene–Oligocene transition (~35–33 Ma), in biogeography . Taxon Araneae: Deinopidae: Location Caribbean islands, with additional...
An in-depth understanding of the genetics and evolution brain function behavior requires a detailed mapping gene expression in functional circuits across major vertebrate clades. Here we present Zebra finch Expression Brain Atlas (ZEBrA; www.zebrafinchatlas.org, RRID: SCR_012988), web-based resource that maps genes linked to broad range functions onto zebra finches. ZEBrA is first its kind atlas for bird species any sauropsid. ZEBrA's >3,200 high-resolution digital images situ hybridized...
In situ hybridization (ISH) is a sensitive technique for documenting the tissue distribution of mRNAs. Advanced nonradioactive ISH methods that are based on use digoxigenin (DIG)-labeled probes and chromogenic detection have better spatial resolution than emulsion autoradiography techniques and, when paired with high-resolution digital imaging, allow large-scale profiling gene expression at cellular within histological context. However, technical challenges restrict number genes can be...
Abstract. 1. Relatively few studies of the host‐finding ability specialised, phytophagous insects involve direct observations individual moving among intact hosts and non‐hosts. Information from such can inform design restoration programmes for species conservation concern. 2. The movement caterpillars threatened Oregon silverspot butterfly, Speyeria zerene hippolyta (Edwards) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) was studied in field cleared arenas with 10 cm radii. Caterpillars were placed centre,...