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Mating and Sexual Selection in Empidine Dance Flies (Empididae) by Murray, Rosalind L., Gwynne, Darryl T., Bussière, Luc F.

“…Species whose behaviour or morphology diverges from typical patterns can provide unique insights on the evolutionary forces that promote diversity. Darwin…”
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Are sex ratio distorting endosymbionts responsible for mating system variation among dance flies (Diptera: Empidinae)? by Murray, Rosalind L, Herridge, Elizabeth J, Ness, Rob W, Bussière, Luc F

“…Maternally inherited bacterial endosymbionts are common in many arthropod species. Some endosymbionts cause female-biased sex ratio distortion in their hosts…”
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Ecosystem functions and services in urban stormwater ponds: Co‐producing knowledge for better management by Marques, Piatã, Illyes, Edina, McCauley, Shannon, Jackson, Donald A., Michalakos, Diana, Ferzoco, Ilia Maria C., Timms, Laura, Murray, Rosalind L., MacFarlane, Zira S., Duval, Tim P., Dolson, Rebecca, Din, Sajjad, Pebesma, Dale, Kirkwood, Andrea E., Turner, Nicole A., Clayton, Jon, Horton, Kaitlyn, Boston, Christine M., Sapozhnikova, Ekaterina, Cadotte, Marc W., Mandrak, Nicholas E.

“…Urban stormwater management ponds (SWMPs) are widely employed for stormwater control, but knowledge about their contributions to urban ecosystem function and…”
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Road salt pollution alters sex ratios in emerging mosquito populations by Du, Sherry, Murray, Rosalind L.

“…De-icing road salt is a persistent emerging pollutant in temperate freshwater systems, where winter salting is necessary for road and pedestrian safety…”
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Heritable determinants of male fertilization success in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans by Murray, Rosalind L, Kozlowska, Joanna L, Cutter, Asher D

“…Sperm competition is a driving force in the evolution of male sperm characteristics in many species. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, larger male sperm…”
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Sexually antagonistic coevolution can explain female display signals and male sensory adaptations by Wiberg, R Axel W, Murray, Rosalind L, Herridge, Elizabeth, Pärssinen, Varpu, Gwynne, Darryl T, Bussière, Luc F

“…Abstract The prevalence and diversity of female ornaments pose a challenge to evolutionary theory because males should prefer mates that spend resources on…”
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Chronic Road Salt Exposure Across Life Stages and The Interactive Effects of Warming and Salinity in a Semiaquatic Insect by Zhang, Vicki M, Martin, Rosemary L, Murray, Rosalind L

“…The salinization of freshwater habitats from winter road salt application is a growing concern. Understanding how taxa exposed to road salt run-off respond to…”
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Sexual selection on multiple female ornaments in dance flies by Murray, Rosalind L., Wheeler, Jill, Gwynne, Darryl T., Bussière, Luc F.

“…Sex-specific ornaments typically occur in males, but they can also develop in females. While there are several models concerning the evolution of male-specific…”
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Competition for access to mates predicts female-specific ornamentation and male investment in relative testis size by Murray, Rosalind L., Herridge, Elizabeth J., Ness, Rob W., Wiberg, R. Axel W., Bussière, Luc F.

“…Sexually selected ornaments are highly variable and the factors that drive variation in ornament expression are not always clear. Rare instances of…”
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Exposure to potentially cannibalistic conspecifics induces an increased immune response by Murray, Rosalind L., Tah, Sunanda, Koprivnikar, Janet, Rowe, Locke, McCauley, Shannon J.

“…1. Within‐population infectious disease dynamics depend on multiple factors, including the ability of hosts to mount an effective immune response. These immune…”
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The role of functional constraints in nonrandom mating patterns for a dance fly with female ornaments by Murray, Rosalind L., Gwynne, Darryl T., Bussière, Luc F.

“…Most hypotheses to explain nonrandom mating patterns invoke mate choice, particularly in species that display elaborate ornaments. However, conflicting…”
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Chronic Exposure to High Concentrations of Road Salt Decreases the Immune Response of Dragonfly Larvae by Mangahas, Racquelle S., Murray, Rosalind L., McCauley, Shannon J.

“…Salinization of freshwater ecosystems, due to the application of road salts, is recognized as a potential threat to aquatic communities. Much of the research…”
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Evolution of the Caenorhabditis elegans Genome by Cutter, Asher D., Dey, Alivia, Murray, Rosalind L.

“…A fundamental problem in genome biology is to elucidate the evolutionary forces responsible for generating nonrandom patterns of genome organization. As the…”
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TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT FECUNDITY ASSOCIATES WITH LATITUDE IN CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE by Prasad, Anisha, Croydon-Sugarman, Melanie J. F., Murray, Rosalind L., Cutter, Asher D.

“…Populations of organisms separated by latitude provide striking examples of local adaptation, by virtue of ecological gradients that correlate with latitudinal…”
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Experimental evolution of sperm count in protandrous self-fertilizing hermaphrodites by Murray, Rosalind L, Cutter, Asher D

“…Sperm count evolution is driven by sexual selection, with an added role of selection on gamete resource allocation for hermaphrodite spermatogenesis. However,…”
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Too hot to handle: male dragonflies decrease time spent mating at higher temperatures by Marcellino, Bianca J.L., Yee, Peri, McCauley, Shannon J., Murray, Rosalind L.

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Sexual selection on multiple female ornaments in dance flies by Murray, Rosalind L., Wheeler, Jill, Gwynne, Darryl T., Bussière, Luc F.

“…Sex-specific ornaments typically occur in males, but they can also develop in females. While there are several models concerning the evolution of male-specific…”
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Sexually antagonistic co-evolution can explain female display signals and male sensory adaptations by Wiberg, R Axel W, Murray, Rosalind L, Herridge, Elizabeth, Pärssinen, Varpu, Gwynne, Darryl T, Bussière, Luc F

“…The prevalence and diversity of female ornaments poses a challenge to evolutionary theory because males should prefer mates that spend resources on offspring…”
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TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT FECUNDITY ASSOCIATES WITH LATITUDE IN CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE: TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT FECUNDITY IN C. BRIGGSAE by Prasad, Anisha, Croydon-Sugarman, Melanie J. F., Murray, Rosalind L., Cutter, Asher D.

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The ecology and evolution of female-specific ornamentation in the dance flies (diptera: empidinae) by Murray, Rosalind L

“…Elaborate morphological ornaments can evolve if they increase the reproductive success of the bearer during competition for mates. However, ornament evolution…”
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