Research Articles & Papers

Current biology : CB

Drea, CM; Crawford, JC; Boulet, M

As chemicals that elicit unlearned, functionally specialized, and species-specific responses [1] or 'stereotyped behavior' [2], pheromones differ from mammalian scent signatures that comprise complex, variable mixtures, convey multiple messages via learned chemical combinations, and elicit… read more about this publication »


Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences

Campos, FA; Villavicencio, F; Archie, EA; Colchero, F; Alberts, SC

People who are more socially integrated or have higher socio-economic status live longer. Recent studies in non-human primates show striking convergences with this human pattern: female primates with more social partners, stronger social bonds or higher dominance rank all lead longer lives. However… read more about this publication »


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Cleves, PA; Krediet, CJ; Lehnert, EM; Onishi, M; Pringle, JR

Loss of endosymbiotic algae ("bleaching") under heat stress has become a major problem for reef-building corals worldwide. To identify genes that might be involved in triggering or executing bleaching, or in protecting corals from it, we used RNAseq to analyze gene-expression changes during heat… read more about this publication »


The Journal of endocrinology

Conley, A; Place, NJ; Legacki, EL; Hammond, GL; Cunha, GR; Drea, CM; Weldele, ML; Glickman, SE

The spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) is a unique species, even amongst the Hyaenidae. Extreme clitoral development in female spotted hyaenas challenges aspects of the accepted framework of sexual differentiation and reproductive function. They lack a vulva and instead urinate, copulate and give… read more about this publication »


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Weibel, CJ; Tung, J; Alberts, SC; Archie, EA

In humans and other long-lived species, harsh conditions in early life often lead to profound differences in adult life expectancy. In response, natural selection is expected to accelerate the timing and pace of reproduction in individuals who experience some forms of early-life adversity. However… read more about this publication »


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Sanz, J; Maurizio, PL; Snyder-Mackler, N; Simons, ND; Voyles, T; Kohn, J; Michopoulos, V; Wilson, M; Tung, J; Barreiro, LB

Social experience is an important predictor of disease susceptibility and survival in humans and other social mammals. Chronic social stress is thought to generate a proinflammatory state characterized by elevated antibacterial defenses and reduced investment in antiviral defense. Here we… read more about this publication »


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Onishi, M; Umen, JG; Cross, FR; Pringle, JR

It is widely believed that cleavage-furrow formation during cytokinesis is driven by the contraction of a ring containing F-actin and type-II myosin. However, even in cells that have such rings, they are not always essential for furrow formation. Moreover, many taxonomically diverse eukaryotic… read more about this publication »


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Rosenbaum, S; Zeng, S; Campos, FA; Gesquiere, LR; Altmann, J; Alberts, SC; Li, F; Archie, EA

In humans and other animals, harsh conditions in early life can have profound effects on adult physiology, including the stress response. This relationship may be mediated by a lack of supportive relationships in adulthood. That is, early life adversity may inhibit the formation of supportive… read more about this publication »


Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology

Noonan, MJ; Fleming, CH; Tucker, MA; Kays, R; Harrison, A-L; Crofoot, MC; Abrahms, B; Alberts, SC; Ali, AH; Altmann, J; Antunes, PC; Attias, N; Belant, JL; Beyer, DE; Bidner, LR; Blaum, N; Boone, RB; Caillaud, D; de Paula, RC; de la Torre, JA; Dekker, J; DePerno, CS; Farhadinia, M; Fennessy, J; Fichtel, C; Fischer, C; Ford, A; Goheen, JR; Havmøller, RW; Hirsch, BT; Hurtado, C; Isbell, LA; Janssen, R; Jeltsch, F; Kaczensky, P; Kaneko, Y; Kappeler, P; Katna, A; Kauffman, M; Koch, F; Kulkarni, A; LaPoint, S; Leimgruber, P; Macdonald, DW; Markham, AC; McMahon, L; Mertes, K; Moorman, CE; Morato, RG; Moßbrucker, AM; Mourão, G; O'Connor, D; Oliveira-Santos, LGR; Pastorini, J; Patterson, BD; Rachlow, J; Ranglack, DH; Reid, N; Scantlebury, DM; Scott, DM; Selva, N; Sergiel, A; Songer, M; Songsasen, N; Stabach, JA; Stacy-Dawes, J; Swingen, MB; Thompson, JJ; Ullmann, W; Vanak, AT; Thaker, M; Wilson, JW; Yamazaki, K; Yarnell, RW; Zieba, F; Zwijacz-Kozica, T; Fagan, WF; Mueller, T; Calabrese, JM

Accurately quantifying species' area requirements is a prerequisite for effective area-based conservation. This typically involves collecting tracking data on species of interest and then conducting home-range analyses. Problematically, autocorrelation in tracking data can result in space needs… read more about this publication »


The ISME journal

Greene, LK; Williams, CV; Junge, RE; Mahefarisoa, KL; Rajaonarivelo, T; Rakotondrainibe, H; O'Connell, TM; Drea, CM

If gut microbes influence host behavioral ecology in the short term, over evolutionary time, they could drive host niche differentiation. We explored this possibility by comparing the gut microbiota of Madagascar's folivorous lemurs from Indriidae and Lepilemuridae. Occurring sympatrically in the… read more about this publication »