Search Results - "Jessica L. Brubaker"

Consensus Report on Shigella Controlled Human Infection Model: Conduct of Studies by Talaat, Kawsar R, Bourgeois, A Louis, Frenck, Robert W, Chen, Wilbur H, MacLennan, Calman A, Riddle, Mark S, Suvarnapunya, Akamol E, Brubaker, Jessica L, Kotloff, Karen L, Porter, Chad K

“…Abstract Shigella causes morbidity and mortality worldwide, primarily affecting young children living in low-resource settings. It is also of great concern due…”
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A noninvasive, direct real-time PCR method for sex determination in multiple avian species by BRUBAKER, JESSICA L., KAROUNA-RENIER, NATALIE K., CHEN, YU, JENKO, KATHRYN, SPRAGUE, DANIEL T., HENRY, PAULA F. P.

“…Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)‐based methods to determine the sex of birds are well established and have seen few modifications since they were first…”
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Evidence for heterozygote instability in microsatellite loci in house wrens by Masters, Brian S., Johnson, L. Scott, Johnson, Bonnie G. P., Brubaker, Jessica L., Sakaluk, Scott K., Thompson, Charles F.

“…Microsatellite loci have high mutation rates and high levels of allelic variation, but the factors influencing their mutation rate are not well understood. The…”
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Evidence for a maternal effect benefiting extra-pair offspring in a songbird, the house wren Troglodytes aedon by Scott Johnson, L., Brubaker, Jessica L., Johnson, Bonnie G.P., Masters, Brian S.

“…Female birds are hypothesized to mate outside the pairbond to secure alleles that enhance the fitness potential of their offspring. To test this, researchers…”
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Parental Effort in Relation to Structural Plumage Coloration in the Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) by Balenger, Susan L., Scott Johnson, L., Brubaker, Jessica L., Ostlind, Emilene

“…Indicator models of sexual selection suggest that costly ornaments signal reliable information regarding an individual's quality to potential mates. In species…”
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CHANGES IN EGG SIZE AND CLUTCH SIZE WITH ELEVATION IN A WYOMING POPULATION OF MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS by Johnson, L. Scott, Ostlind, Emilene, Brubaker, Jessica L, Balenger, Susan L, Johnson, Bonnie G. P, Golden, Harold

“…Few studies have examined how avian life-history traits vary within populations as elevation increases and climate becomes more severe. We compared egg and…”
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Effect of altitude on male parental expenditure in Mountain Bluebirds (Sialia currucoides): are higher-altitude males more attentive fathers? by Johnson, L. Scott, Brubaker, Jessica L., Ostlind, Emilene, Balenger, Susan L.

“…Male investment of time and energy in caring for offspring varies substantially both between and within bird species. Explaining this variation is of…”
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How males in the house wren, a cavity-nesting songbird, discover that eggs have hatched and transition to provisioning nestlings by Scott Johnson, Brubaker, Jessica, Johnson, Bonnie

“…In many bird species that conceal nests within cavities or burrows, only females incubate eggs, but both sexes feed young after hatching. How males in such…”
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Changes in Egg Size and Clutch Size with Elevation in a Wyoming Population of Mountain Bluebirds / Cambios con la Elevación en el Tamaño de los Huevos y de la Nidada en una Población de Sialia currucoides en Wyoming by Johnson, L. Scott, Emilene Ostlind, Jessica L. Brubaker, Susan L. Balenger, Bonnie G. P. Johnson, Harold Golden

“…Few studies have examined how avian life-history traits vary within populations as elevation increases and climate becomes more severe. We compared egg and…”
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Changes in Egg Size and Clutch Size with Elevation in a Wyoming Population of Mountain Bluebirds by Johnson, L. Scott, Ostlind, Emilene, Brubaker, Jessica L., Balenger, Susan L., Johnson, Bonnie G. P., Golden, Harold

“…Few studies have examined how avian life-history traits vary within populations as elevation increases and climate becomes more severe. We compared egg and…”
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