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Metamorphic Responses to Changing Food Levels in Two Species of Hylid Frogs by Leips, J., Travis, J.

“…We investigate how changes in food availability during development affected the timing of and body size at metamorphosis in two closely related species of tree…”
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Response of Treefrog Larvae to Drying Ponds: Comparing Temporary and Permanent Pond Breeders by Leips, Jeff, McManus, Michael G., Travis, Joseph

“…Most amphibian species with an aquatic larval stage use one of two types of breeding habitats: ephemeral or permanent water bodies. A common assumption is…”
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The Suitability of Calcein to Mark Poeciliid Fish and a New Method of Detection by Leips, J., Baril, C. T., Rodd, F. H., Reznick, D. N., Bashey, F., Visser, G. J., Travis, J.

“…The suitability of calcein as a marker for population studies depends on (1) the assumption that marked individuals have unaltered viability, (2) the fidelity…”
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High-resolution mapping of quantitative trait loci for sternopleural bristle number in Drosophila melanogaster by Gurganus, M.C, Nuzhdin, S.V, Leips, J.W, Mackay, T.F.C

“…We have mapped quantitative trait loci (QTL) harboring naturally occurring allelic variation for Drosophila bristle number. Lines with high (H) and low (L)…”
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Inflammation Induces Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells that Facilitate Tumor Progression by Bunt, Stephanie K, Sinha, Pratima, Clements, Virginia K, Leips, Jeff, Ostrand-Rosenberg, Suzanne

“…Epidemiological and experimental observations support the hypothesis that chronic inflammation contributes to cancer development and progression; however, the…”
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Quantitative Trait Loci for Life Span in Drosophila melanogaster: Interactions With Genetic Background and Larval Density by Leips, Jeff, Mackay, Trudy F. C

“…The genetic architecture of variation in adult life span was examined for a population of recombinant inbred lines, each of which had been crossed to both…”
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Phenotypic Variation and Natural Selection at Catsup, a Pleiotropic Quantitative Trait Gene in Drosophila by Carbone, Mary Anna, Jordan, Katherine W., Lyman, Richard F., Harbison, Susan T., Leips, Jeff, Morgan, Theodore J., DeLuca, Maria, Awadalla, Philip, Mackay, Trudy F.C.

“…Quantitative traits are shaped by networks of pleiotropic genes [1]. To understand the mechanisms that maintain genetic variation for quantitative traits in…”
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Intraspecific and interspecific competition of Wyeomyia smithii (Coq.) (Culicidae) in pitcher plant communities by Miller, T, Cassill, D, Johnson, C, Kindell, C, Leips, J, McInnes, D, Bevis, T, Mehlman, D, Richard, B

“…We investigated the inquiline communities found in the leaves of the purple pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea L. No general patterns were found among the…”
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Quantitative trait loci with age-specific effects on fecundity in Drosophila melanogaster by Leips, Jeff, Gilligan, Paul, Mackay, Trudy F C

“…Life-history theory and evolutionary theories of aging assume the existence of alleles with age-specific effects on fitness. While various studies have…”
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QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS ANALYSIS OF MALE MATING SUCCESS AND SPERM COMPETITION IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER by Hughes, Kimberly A, Leips, Jeff

“…Much of sexual selection theory depends on assumptions about the genetic basis of variation in male mating success and sperm competitive ability. Despite…”
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Age specificity of inbreeding load in Drosophila melanogaster and implications for the evolution of late-life mortality plateaus by Reynolds, R.M, Temiyasathit, S, Reedy, M.M, Ruedi, E.A, Drnevich, J.M, Leips, J, Hughes, K.A

“…Current evolutionary theories explain the origin of aging as a byproduct of the decline in the force of natural selection with age. These theories seem…”
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The comparative expression of life‐history traits and its relationship to the numerical dynamics of four populations of the least killifish by Leips, Jeff, Travis, Joseph

“…1. We examined the numerical dynamics in four natural populations of the least killifish [Heterandria formosaAgassiz (1855)]; to ascertain how those dynamics…”
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Age- and diet-specific effects of variation at S6 kinase on life history, metabolic, and immune response traits in Drosophila melanogaster by Cho, Irene, Horn, Lucas, Felix, Tashauna M, Foster, Leanne, Gregory, Gwendolyn, Starz-Gaiano, Michelle, Chambers, Michelle M, De Luca, Maria, Leips, Jeff

“…Life history theory hypothesizes that genetically based variation in life history traits results from alleles that alter age-specific patterns of energy…”
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Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Variation in Drosophila Triacylglycerol Storage by De Luca, Maria, Yi, Nengjun, Allison, David B, Leips, Jeff, Ruden, Douglas M

“…OBJECTIVE: Recent genetic studies indicate that Drosophila melanogaster could be a powerful model to identify genes involved in mammalian adipocyte…”
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The Complex Genetic Architecture of Drosophila Life Span by Leips, Jeff, Mackay, Trudy F. C.

“…Continuous phenotypic variation in life span results from segregating genetic variation at multiple loci, the environmental sensitivity of expression of these…”
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Genetic Influences on Experimental Population Dynamics of the Least Killifish by Leips, Jeff, Travis, Joseph, Rodd, F. Helen

“…When natural populations differ in density or in the dynamic fluctuations of population size, some of those differences may result from their different…”
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USING COLOR TO DEFINE SPECIES BOUNDARIES: QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IN THE ORCHARD ORIOLE COMPLEX SUPPORTS THE RECOGNITION OF TWO SPECIES by KIERE, LYNNA M, HOFMANN, CHRISTOPHER M, TRACY, IAN E, CRONIN, THOMAS W, LEIPS, JEFF, OMLAND, KEVIN E

“…The recent divergence of Orchard (Icterus spurius spurius) and Fuertes's Orioles (I. s. fuertesi) makes them an ideal system for investigating species…”
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Intraspecific and interspecific competition of Wyeomyia smithiii (Coq.) (Culicidae) in pitcher plant communities by Miller, T, Cassill, D, Johnson, C, Kindell, C, Leips, J

“…The inquiline communities found in the leaves of the purple pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea L were investigated. Experiments were conducted to quantify the…”
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