Search Results - "Susan L. Balenger"

Temporal genomics in Hawaiian crickets reveals compensatory intragenomic coadaptation during adaptive evolution by Zhang, Xiao, Blaxter, Mark, Wood, Jonathan M. D., Tracey, Alan, McCarthy, Shane, Thorpe, Peter, Rayner, Jack G., Zhang, Shangzhe, Sikkink, Kirstin L., Balenger, Susan L., Bailey, Nathan W.

“…Theory predicts that compensatory genetic changes reduce negative indirect effects of selected variants during adaptive evolution, but evidence is scarce…”
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Rapid evolution of disease resistance is accompanied by functional changes in gene expression in a wild bird by Bonneaud, Camille, Balenger, Susan L, Russell, Andrew F, Zhang, Jiangwen, Hill, Geoffrey E, Edwards, Scott V

“…Wild organisms are under increasing pressure to adapt rapidly to environmental changes. Predicting the impact of these changes on natural populations requires…”
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Molecular biogeography and host relations of a parasitoid fly by Gray, David A., Kunerth, Henry D., Zuk, Marlene, Cade, William H., Balenger, Susan L.

“…Successful geographic range expansion by parasites and parasitoids may also require host range expansion. Thus, the evolutionary advantages of host…”
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Roaming Romeos: male crickets evolving in silence show increased locomotor behaviours by Balenger, Susan L., Zuk, Marlene

“…Loss of sexual signals should be strongly selected against when these signals are necessary for mate attraction or acquisition. Male Teleogryllus oceanicus…”
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Stridulated soft song by singing insects by Balenger, Susan L.

“…The study of low-amplitude or ‘soft’ songs and calls has largely been limited to organisms that produce multiple call types that fall neatly into a bimodal…”
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Testing the Hamilton–Zuk Hypothesis: Past, Present, and Future by Balenger, Susan L., Zuk, Marlene

“…Hamilton and Zuk proposed a good-genes model of sexual selection in which genetic variation can be maintained when females prefer ornaments that indicate…”
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Is it the Song or the Singers? Acoustic and Social Experiences Shape Adult Reproductive Tactics and Condition by Balenger, Susan L., Bastiaans, Elizabeth, Zuk, Marlene

“…When sexual signals are perceived during growth and development they can provide information regarding the social conditions likely to be encountered as an…”
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Understanding spatiotemporal effects of food supplementation on host-parasite interactions using community-based science by Knutie, Sarah A, Bahouth, Rachel, Bertone, Matthew A, Webb, Caroline, Mehta, Mahima, Nahom, Mia, Barta, Rachael M, Ghai, Sharan, Love, Ashley C, Horan, Sydney, Soldo, Alexandria, Cochrane, Elizabeth, Bartholomew, Jenna, Cowan, Emily, Bjerke, Heather, Balenger, Susan L, Butler, Michael W, Cornell, Allison, Kennedy, Ashley C, Rolland, Virginie, Schultz, Elizabeth M, Stanback, Mark, Taff, Conor C, Albery, Gregory F

“…Supplemental feeding can increase the overall health of animals but also can have variable effects on how animals defend themselves against parasites. However,…”
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Direct and indirect effects of sexual signal loss on female reproduction in the Pacific field cricket (Teleogryllus oceanicus) by Heinen‐Kay, Justa L., Strub, Daina B., Balenger, Susan L., Zuk, Marlene

“…Sexual signal evolution may present fitness consequences for the non‐signaling sex due to shared genes and altered social conditions, but this is rarely…”
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Mechanisms of evolutionary change in structural plumage coloration among bluebirds (Sialia spp.) by Shawkey, Matthew D, Balenger, Susan L, Hill, Geoffrey E, Johnson, L. Scott, Keyser, Amber J, Siefferman, Lynn

“…Sialia mexicana…”
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Innate immunity and the evolution of resistance to an emerging infectious disease in a wild bird by BONNEAUD, CAMILLE, BALENGER, SUSAN L., ZHANG, JIANGWEN, EDWARDS, SCOTT V., HILL, GEOFFREY E.

“…Innate immunity is expected to play a primary role in conferring resistance to novel infectious diseases, but few studies have attempted to examine its role in…”
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Immunogenetic and tolerance strategies against a novel parasitoid of wild field crickets by Sikkink, Kristin L., Bailey, Nathan W., Zuk, Marlene, Balenger, Susan L.

“…Among the parasites of insects, endoparasitoids impose a costly challenge to host defenses because they use their host’s body for the development and…”
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Experimental evidence for distinct costs of pathogenesis and immunity against a natural pathogen in a wild bird by Bonneaud, Camille, Balenger, Susan L., Hill, Geoffrey E., Russell, Andrew F.

“…Protective immunity is expected to evolve when the costs of mounting an immune response are less than those of harbouring pathogens. Estimating the costs of…”
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Relative Amplitude of Courtship Song Chirp and Trill Components Does Not Alter Female Teleogryllus oceanicus Mating Behavior by Balenger, Susan L., Lara, Laura M., Zuk, Marlene, Hebets, E.

“…Low‐amplitude acoustic signals intended for short‐range communication, often called soft songs, remain poorly studied, especially among acoustically…”
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Plumage color and pathogen-induced gene expression in a wild bird by Balenger, Susan L., Bonneaud, Camille, Sefick, Stephen A., Edwards, Scott V., Hill, Geoffrey E.

“…Ornamentation is hypothesized to signal the capacity of an individual to cope with environmental challenges. At the molecular level, organisms respond to their…”
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Sexual selection in a socially monogamous bird: male color predicts paternity success in the mountain bluebird, Sialia currucoides by Balenger, Susan L, Johnson, L. Scott, Masters, Brian S

“…Ornamental traits are thought to evolve because they give individuals an advantage in securing multiple mates. Thus, the presence of ornamentation among males…”
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Primer design and transcript quantification of a highly multiplexed RT-PCR for a nonmodel avian species by BALENGER, SUSAN L., McCLURE, CHRISTOPHER J. W., HILL, GEOFFREY E.

“…Multiplexed qRT‐PCR assays are currently lacking for nearly all species without genome or transcriptome resources. Here, we present a strategy for primer…”
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Extra-pair paternity in the socially monogamous mountain bluebird Sialia currucoides and its effect on the potential for sexual selection by Balenger, Susan L., Scott Johnson, L., Mays Jr, Herman L., Masters, Brian S.

“…Sexual selection theory posits that ornamental traits can evolve if they provide individuals with an advantage in securing multiple mates. That male…”
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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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