Faculty Publications

(Names in bold are Biology Department faculty; an * denotes a student researcher.)

2012

2011

Smock, R and Hazel, W. N. Modeling the evolution of diapause. (Coauthored with Rick Smock) European Society for Evolutionary Biology, August 2011 (Tubingen, Germany).

Tomkins, J. L., Hazel, W. N., Penrose, M. A., Radwan, N. R. and LeBas, N. R. 2011. Habitat complexity drives the experimental evolution of a conditionally expressed secondary sexual trait.  Current Biology. 21: 1-5.
 
Tomkins, J. L. and Hazel, W. N. 2011. Explaining phenotypic diversity: The conditional strategy and threshold trait expression. In: Dung beetle Ecology and Evolution, Ed. Simmons, L. W. and Ridsdill-Smith, J. Wiley-Blackwell.2010

Fox, Vanessa L., Charlotte P. Buehler, Chad M. Byers, Summer E. Drake. (2010). Forest composition, leaf litter, and songbird communities in oak- vs. maple-dominated forests in the eastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 2426-2432.

Gould, KS, Dudle, DA, and Neufeld, HS.  2010.  Why some stems are red: cauline anthocyanins shield photosystem II against high light stress.  Journal of Experimental Botany  61(10): 2707-2717.

Vaglia, Janet, Kurt White* and Alison Case.* 2010. Evolving possibilities: postembryonic axial elongation in salamanders with biphasic (Eurcyea cirrigera, Eurycea longicauda, Eurycea quadridigitata) and paedomorphic life cycles (Eurycea nana and Ambystoma mexicanum). Acta Zoologica, Vol 93(1); 2-13.

2010

Hazel, W.N., Deng, Q.*, Population structure and phylogeography of an acorn barnacle with induced defense and its gastropod predator in the Gulf of California. Marine Biology.157(9):1989-2000. 2010.

2009

Hazel, W. Tomkins, J. L. LeBas, N. L., Penrose,M. A. and  Radwan, J. Laboratory evolution of a male dimorphic threshold trait in response to habitat complexity. European Society for Evolutionary Biology, August 2009 (Turin, Italy)

Smock, R and Hazel, W. N. Using quantitative genetic models of plasticity to understand the evolution of thegenetic variance underlying environmentally-cued threshold traits (Coauthored with Rick Smock). European Society for Evolutionary Biology, August 2009 (Turin, Italy)

Kinney, K.S. and N. Cohen.  Neural-immune system interactions in Xenopus.  Frontiers in Bioscience.  14:  112-129, 2009.

O'Connor MI, Piehler MF, Leech DM, Anton A, Bruno JF (2009) Warming and Resource Availability Shift Food Web Structure and Metabolism. PLoS Biol 7(8): e1000178. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000178

2008

Ross, C. L., J. H. Benedix, Jr., C. Garcia, K. Lambeth, R. Perry, V. Selwyn, and D. J. Howard.  2008.  Scale-independent criteria and scale-dependent agents determining the structure of a ground cricket mosaic hybrid zone (Allonemobius socius – A. fasciatus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 94:777-796.

Hazel, W. N. and Smock, R.  A change in the timing of diapauses between years: can selection be the explanation? Joint Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, American Society of Naturalists and Society of Systematic Biologists. June 2008 (University of Minnesota).

Hazel, W. N. Alexander Berlin, Jacqueline Betsch, Tanya Corman, Ryan Ely, John Emhardt, Dennis Fisher, Kyle Foster, Andrew Hadley, Lauren Huff, Brock Sishc, Brian Smith.  24 June 2008.  Why germline filters out severe mtDNA mutations.   Science.  E-Letter response (http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/eletters/319/5865/958)

Lafontant, Pascal J.. Using Tablet PCs and DyKnow Vision to Enhance Student Engagement In A Human Anatomy Class. The Impact of Tablet PCs and Pen-Based Technology on Education: Evidence and Outcomes, Purdue University Press, 2008.
 
Xu X, Sarikas A, Dias-Santagata DC, Dolios G, Lafontant PJ, Tsai SC, Zhu W, Nakajima H, Nakajima HO, Field LJ, Wang R, Pan ZQ. The CUL7 E3 ubiquitin ligase targets insulin receptor substrate 1 for ubiquitin-dependent degradation. Mol Cell. 2008 May 23;30(4):403-14.

2007

Lafontant, Pascal and Loren J. Field.  (November 2007). Myocardial Regeneration via Cell Cycle Activation.  In Rebuilding the Infarcted Heart.  United Kingdom:  Informa Healthcare.

Mellencamp, K., Hass, M., Werne, A., Stark, R., and Hazel, W. 2007. The role of larval stemmata in the control of pupal color and pupation site preference in the swallowtail butterflies Papilio troilus L., P. polyxenes F., Eurytides marcellus Cramer and P. glaucus L. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 100(1):53-58.

Reed, K., Helm, B., Kohr, M., Schoreder, L., White, K. Timing and Hazel, W. of diapause in swallowtail butterflies. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (Kent State University, 2007)

White, K., Kohr, K., Reed, K., Schoreder, L. and Hazel, W. Does protandry exist among the swallowtail butterflies of Putnam County, IN? Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (Kent State University, 2007)

Kohr, K., Reed, K., Schoreder, L., White, K., and Hazel, W.Cost of early entry into diapause. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (Kent State University, 2007)

M. Jones, L. Rakes, M. Yochum, G. Dunn, S. Wurster, K. Kinney,W. Hazel. (2007).  The proximate control of pupal color in swallowtail butterflies: implications for the evolution of environmentally-cued pupal color in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Journal of Insect Physiology  53:  40-46.N.C. Manley, A.A. Bertrand,

Hazel, W. “The biology of pupal color polyphenism in swallowtail butterflies.”  5th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies. July 2007. (Rome, Italy).
 
Hazel, W., Smock, R  and Tomkins, J. Is fitness equality necessary for the coexistence of conditionally expressed alternative reproductive phenotypes?  XI Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. August 2007 (Uppsala, Sweden).

Tomkins, J. L. and Hazel, W. 2007. The status of the conditional evolutionarily stable strategy.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 22(10):522-528.

 Kinney, K.S., T.C. Hing and R.M. Sapolsky. (2007).  Characterization of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression following a kainate model of status epilepticus.  Brain Research 1182:  138-143.

2006

Benedix, J. H., Jr., and B.C. Perry*. 2006. The Scent of a Cricket: Analysis of cuticular hydrocarbons of Allonemobius fasciatus and A. socius. Paper presented, 43rd annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, August 12-26, 2006, Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Snowbird, UT.

Dudle, Dana A. and M. Altman.  2006.  Across the language barrier: Plant Gender and Feminist Theory.  In: Jill M. Bystydzienski and Sharon R. Bird (eds.) Removing Barriers: Women in Academic Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Hazel, Wade and Rick Smock. “The status of status-dependent selection.” International Congress of Behavioral Ecology. July 2006 (Tours, France).

Deng, Qiming and Wade Hazel,. Phylogeny of an intertidal barnacle and its gastropod predator in the Gulf of California. MEEC (University of St. Louis) March 2006.

Yochum, M. and Rakes, L.and Wade Hazel The convergent evolution of a polyphenism: the effects of cyclic adenosine monophosphate on pupal color polyphenism in the swallowtail Papilio polyxenes. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (St. Louis University, 2006)

Helm, B. Maire, A., Amodeo, A, and Hoffman, L.and Wade Hazel The evolultion of life history strategies in swallowtail butterflies; trade-off between body size and larval growth period. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (St. Louis University, 2006)

N. Cohen and K.S. Kinney.   A phylogenetic history of neural-immune interactions. IN: R. Ader and N. Cohen, Eds., Psychoineuroimmunology, 4th edition, Academic Press, San Diego, pp.  1-38, 2006.

Dahlia Tawfik, Marisa Yochum, and Kevin S. Kinney (2006).  Preliminary investigation of the role of IL-1 in the behavioral fever response of the green iguana, Iguana iguana.   Presented in poster form at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society, Miami Beach, FL, June 2006.  

Marisa Yochum, Lauren Rakes, Phillip Mann, Jennifer Pasko, Emily Thornton, and Kevin Kinney (2006).  Effects of Two Different Types of Denervation on Primary and Secondary Antigen-Specific Antibody Response in Mice. Presented in poster form at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society, Miami Beach, FL, June 2006.

Lauren Rakes, Marisa Yochum, Kevin Kinney and Robert Stark (2006).  Effects of Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate on Pupal Color Regulation in Papilio polyxenes. Presented by the students in poster form at the Midwest Ecology and Evolution Meeting, St. Louis, MO, March 2006.  

2005

Rick Smock and Wade Hazel. “An environmental threshold model for selection on conditional strategies.” Thirty-third Annual Mathematics and Statistics Conference: Mathematics and Biology. Sept. 2005 (Miami, OH).

"A quantitative genetic approach to status dependent selection" presentation by Wade Hazel and Rick Smock at the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the American Society of Naturalists, and the Society of Systematic Biologists in Fairbanks, Alaska on June 8th, 2005.

Schneider, H. and B. M. Sulner*, "The innervation dorsal and caudal fin muscles in adult zebrafish, Danio rerio." J. comp. Neurol. (in press).

Qiming Deng*, C. Fornari, P. Evans, and W. Hazel.  "Phylogeography of an intertidal barnacle and its gastropod predator in the Gulf of California." Presented in poster form by QD at the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the American Society of Naturalists, and the Society of Systematic Biologists in Fairbanks, Alaska on June 8th, 2005.

Matt Jones*, Gabe Dunn*, Stacey Wurster* and Wade Hazel. The neuroendocrine control of pupal color in swallowtail butterflies: implications for the evolution of environmentally-cued pupal color in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America  (In Press)

Townsend, G., Smock, R. and Hazel, W. Using evolutionary computation methods to validate analytical models for the evolution and maintenance of conditional strategies in Chthamalus anisipoma. Proceedings of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2005.  (In Press)

Alicia A. Dudley, Kristen Mellencamp, Jeremy T. Powlen, Victoria Sharp , and Kevin S. Kinney (2005) Effects of Sympathetic Denervation on Antigen-Specific Antibody Production in Xenopus laevis. Presented in poster form at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society, Denver Colorado, June 2005

K. S. Kinney and N. Cohen. (2005).  Increased splenocyte mitogenesis following sympathetic denervation in Xenopus laevis. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 29:  287-293.

East Coast Nerve Net Meeting, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 1st - 3rd, 2005:

• Poster presentation: C. Heumann*, M. Yochum*, and H. Schneider (2005) "Expression pattern of a zebrafish serotonin receptor."
• Poster presentation: K. Patar*, J. Williams*, and H. Schneider (2005) "Structure of a zebrafish serotonin receptor gene."

Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington ,D.C., November 12th-16th, 2005: C. Heumann*, M. Yochum*, and H. Schneider (2005) "Development of Serotonin Receptor Gene Expression in Zebrafish, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr." (in press).

Annual Meeting of the Chicago Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, March 11th, 2005, Chicago:

• K. Patar*, J. Williams*, and H. Schneider, "Structure of a Zebrafish Serotonin Receptor Gene."
• C. Heumann*, M. Yochum*, and H. Schneider, "Mapping the Expression of Serotonin Receptors in the Zebrafish Central Nervous System."

2004

Klump, G. M, J. H. Benedix Jr.,  H. C. Gerhardt, and P. M. Narins.  2004.  AM-representation in green treefrog auditory-nerve fibers: neuroethological implications for pattern recognition and sound localization. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 190:1011-1021.

Tolle, A.E.* and J. H. Benedix Jr.  2004. The benefits of heterospecific matings for female crickets in a hybrid zone.  Paper presented at the MEEC, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, March 5-7, 2004.

Steffen, B.T.*, J.L. Wingstrom* and J.H. Benedix Jr. 2004. Microhabitat selection by two species of crickets may help explain evolutionary stasis within a hybrid zone. Poster presented at the MEEC, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, March 5-7, 2004.

Chet Fornari, Bryan Hanson, Caroline Gilson, Henning Schneider, Kelly VanBusum, Sergei Markov. (2004). "Bioinformatics Teaching and Research at DePauw University: Current Activities and Future Plans." Presented in poster form with a summary talk by CF at a Bioinformatics Workshop, Hope College in mid-May, 2004.

Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, October 23rd - 27th, 2004: Schneider, H., L. Fritzky, H. Patel, L. Myers* and J.W. Williams* (2004) "Structure of a Zebrafish Serotonin Receptor Gene." Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. Vol. 30: 628.1

Brian Bales*, Sonia Olikara*, Paula Evans, and Chet Fornari. (2004). "Discovering, sequencing, and analyzing new genes from marine and freshwater Rotifers." Presented in poster form by BB at the NCUR (National Council for Undergraduate Research) meeting in Indianapolis at IUPUI, April 16th, 2004

Brian Bales*, Sonia Olikara*, Paula Evans, and Chet Fornari. (2004). "Discovering, sequencing, and analyzing new genes from marine and freshwater Rotifers." Presented in poster form by CF and PE at a Beckman-Coulter sponsored Automated DNA Sequencing Conference, the Univ. of Kentucky; spring semester 2004.

Hazel, W. N., Smock, R., and Lively, C. (2004).The Ecological genetics of conditional strategies. The American Naturalist. 163:888-900.

Hazel, W. and Smock, R. ”The ecological genetics of conditional strategies.” Annual Meeting of SSE, ASN and SSB (Ft. Collins, CO) June 2004

Jones, M.*, Mellencamp, K*., Stark, R., and Hazel, W. Convergent Evolution and the proximate control of pupal color polyphenism in butterflies. Annual Meeting of SSE, ASN and SSB (Ft. Collins, CO) June 2004.

MEEC. Univeristy of Notre Dame (March 2004):

• Jones, Matt*, Gabe Dunn* and Stacey Wurster*. "Neuroendocrine control of pupal color in swallowtail butterflies: implications for the evolution of environmentally-cued pupal color."
• Marshall, Kate*, Alexandra Wyatt*, and Nichole Stone* "Interspecific differences in pupation site preferences in swallowtail butterflies: implications for the evolution of
  environmentally-cued pupal color."
• Mellencamp, Kristen*, Meridith Hass*, and Adam Werne*. "The role of larval eyes in the control of environmentally-cued pupal color."

Schneider, H., L. Fritzky*, H. Patel*, and L. Myers* (2004) "Organization of a zebrafish serotonin receptor gene."East Coast Nerve Net Meeting, Marie Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 2-4, 2004; Poster presentation:.

Science Research Fellows Summer Research Poster Presentation, November 3rd, 2004:

• K. Patar*, J. Williams*, and H. Schneider, "Structure of a Zebrafish Serotonin Receptor Gene." #48.
• C. Heumann*, M. Yochum*, and H. Schneider, "Mapping the Expression of Serotonin Receptors in the Zebrafish Central Nervous System." #6

2003

Benedix, J. H., Jr., S. A. Miller*, and A. E. Tolle*. 2003.  Habitat segregation as a mode of behavioral reproductive isolation in hybridizing crickets. Poster presented, 40th annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, July 19-23, 2003, Boise State University, Boise, ID.

 Jagger,K.S. E. Crouch*, and K. Kinney.  (2003). "To reject or not to reject: skin grafting in Xenopus laevis as a project-based measure of cellular immune responses in an immunology course."  Presented in poster form by KSJ and EC at the 10th Undergraduate Microbiology Education Conference, May, 2003.

 Kinney,K.S. D. Scott, and R. Bezy.  (2003). "Effects of norepinephrine and conditioned media on bacterial growth."  Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 17:  184.  Presented in poster form by KSK at the PNIRS conference, June 2003.

Schneider, H., M. Karakoc, and K. Eliasz* (2003) "Aggressive Behavior in Zebrafish Mutants," Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. Vol. 29: 839.20 Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans.

East Coast Nerve Net Meeting, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, March 21-23, 2003: Poster presentation (no abstract): H. Schneider, M. Harandi* and L. Fritzky* (2003) "Cloning and Expression of a zebrafish serotonin receptor."

Vaglia, J.L. and K.K. Smith (2003). "Early differentiation and migration of cranial neural crest in the opossum, Monodelphis domestica."  Evolution and Development, 5(2): 121-136.

2002

Miller, S.*, A. E. Tolle* and J. H. Benedix Jr.  2002. Cline schmine! Local mosaicism in a cricket hybrid zone. Poster presented at SEPEAGG Meeting, September 20-22, Duke Marine Lab, Beaufiort, NC.

Hazel, W. N. 2002. "The environmental and genetic control of seasonal polyphenism in larval color and its adaptive significance in a swallowtail butterfly." Evolution, 56(2):342-348

2001

Benedix, J. H. Jr. 2001.  Ineffective central place foraging by behavioral ecology students. Poster presented, 38th annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, July 14-18, 2001, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

Benedix, J. H. Jr. 2001.  Free love in crickets?  The maintenance of hybridization between  Allonemobius fasciatus and A. socius. Paper presented at SEPEAGG Meeting, September 21-23, Danville, NC.

Williams, N. L.*, M. L. Grande*, B. P. Talyn and J. H. Benedix Jr. 2001.  Are adult male treefrogs’ call characteristics related to physical attributes?  Poster presented at SEPEAGG Meeting, September 21-23, Danville, NC.

Townsend, G.and Hazel, W.  (2001). "Computer Science and Biology Get A-Life," The Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, Vol. 17, No. 1 (October 2001), 9-16.

G. Sonnenfeld, M. Tovey, H. Schellekens, K. S. Kinney, T. Belay, D. S. Morton, C. E. Austin, M. Reitman, T.A.T. Fong,  and H. S. Vaughan.  (2001). "Efficacy and safety of oral/sublingual, intranasal and intraperitoneal recombinant murine interferon in the treatment of murine encephalomyocarditis virus."  Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research 21:  539-545.

Cohen, N. and K.S. Kinney. "A phylogenetic history of neural immune interactions." In: R. Ader, D.L. Felten, and N. Cohen, Eds., Psychoineuroimmunology, 3rd edition, Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 21-54, 2001.

G. Sonnenfeld, G.R. Taylor and K.S. Kinney. Acute and chronic effects of space flight on immune functions, IN: R. Ader, D.L. Felten, and N. Cohen, Eds., Psychoineuroimmunology, 3rd edition, Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 279-289, 2001.

2000

Benedix, J. H. Jr. 2000.  The role of male-female conflict in the maintenance of hybridization by the ground crickets Allonemobius fasciatus and A. socius.  Paper presented, 37th annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, August 5-9, 2000, Moorehouse College, Atlanta, GA.

Hazel, W. N. and Smock, R. 2000.  Inheritance in the conditional strategy revisited.  Journal of Theoretical Biology, 204:307-309.

D. Dréau, M. Foster, D.S. Morton, N. Fowler, K. Kinney, and G. Sonnenfeld. (2000). "Immune alterations in three mouse strains following 2-deoxy-d-glucose administration." Physiology & Behavior70(5): 513-520

 Kinney K. S., C. E. Austin, D. S. Morton, and G. Sonnenfeld. (2000).  Norepinephrine as a growth stimulating factor in bacteria – Mechanistic studies. Life Sciences 67(25):  3075-3085.

Vaglia, J.L. and B.K. Hall. (2000)  Patterns of migration and regulation of trunk neural crest cells in zebrafish (Danio rerio).  International Journal of Developmental Biology, 44: 867-881

1999

Benedix, J. H. Jr., and P. M. Narins.  1999.  Competitive calling behavior by male treefrogs, Eleutherodactylus coqui  (Anura: Leptodactylidae).Copeia. 1999:1122-1126.

Benedix, J. H. Jr. 1999.   Determinants of calling pattern in gray treefrogs, Hyla chrysoscelis.  Paper presented, 36th annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, June 26-30, 1999, Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA.

Starnecker, G., and Hazel, W. N. 1999. Convergent evolution of neuroendocrine control of phenotypic plasticity in pupal colour in butterflies.  Proceeding of the Royal Society Series B.,  266:2409-2412.

Travis, K*., Steve Mays*, Jason Lemberg and C. Fornari. (1999) "BLAST Computer Program Analyses of Homologous Homeobox Gene Sequences in Marine Rotifers and Nematodes." 11th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference. Butler University, April 9th 1999 meeting, Indianapolis, IN.

Vaglia, J.L. and B.K. Hall. (1999)  Regulation of neural crest cell populations: occurrence, distribution and underlying mechanisms.  International Journal of      Developmental Biology, 43: 95-110.

Miyake, T., J.L. Vaglia and B.K. Hall. (1999)  Development of dermal denticles in skates (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea): patterning and cellular differentiation.  Journal of      Morphology, 241: 61-81

1998

Fornari, C.S. "Developmental Genetics." (1998) Invited article for the Encyclopedia of Genetics, Jeffrey A. Knight, ed., Salem Press, Pasadena, California. ISBN: 0-89356-978-X

Fornari, C., Senior Thesis supervisor: Hackett, Jennifer. (1998) A Genetic and Molecular Analysis of the CTG Triplet Repeat of the Myotonic Dystrophy Gene. Senior Thesis, May 15, 1998.

Gilbert, Julie*, Jennifer Hackett*, and Chet Fornari. (1998) "Molecular Properties of PCR-generated DNA fragments from the DM (myotonic dystrophy) genes of normal and diseased individuals." Tenth Annual Undergraduate Research Conference. Butler University, April 10, 1998, Indianapolis, IN.

Fornari, C.S. "Homeotic Genes." (1997) Invited article for the Encyclopedia of Genetics, Jeffrey A. Knight, ed., Salem Press, Pasadena, California. ISBN: 0-89356-978-X

Hazel, W. N., Ante, S*. and Stringfellow, B*. (1998)  The evolution of environmentally-cued pupal colour in swallowtail butterflies: natural selection for pupation site and pupal colour.  Ecological Entomology, 23:41-44.