Biology Faculty Articles
Submissions from 2021
A novel grape downy mildew resistance locus from Vitis rupestris, Gaurab Bhattarai, Anne Fennell, Jason P. Londo, Courtney Coleman, and Laszlo G. Kovacs
Rock glaciers and related cold rocky landforms: Overlooked climate refugia for mountain biodiversity, Stefano Brighenti, Scott Hotaling, Debra S. Finn, Andrew G. Fountain, Masaki Hayashi, David Herbst, Jasmine E. Saros, Lusha M. Tronstad, and Constance I. Millar
Importation biological control of invasive fire ants with parasitoid phorid flies - progress and prospects, Li Chen and Lloyd W. Morrison
5-HT3/7 and GABAB receptors mediate inhibition of trigeminal nociception by dietary supplementation of grape seed extract, Lauren E. Cornelison, Sara E. Woodman, and Paul L. Durham
Submissions from 2020
Pyruvate affects inflammatory responses of macrophages during influenza A virus infection, Hazar Abusalamah, Jessica M. Reel, and Christopher R. Lupfer
Caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) Diversity in the Ozarks and Tallgrass Prairie Transitional Zone, Arkansas and Missouri, USA, David E. Bowles
Dietary supplementation with grape seed extract prevents development of trigeminal sensitization and inhibits pain signaling in a preclinical chronic temporomandibular disorder model, Lauren E. Cornelison, Neelima Chelliboina, Sara E. Woodman, and Paul L. Durham
When neighbors cheat: a test of the dear enemy phenomenon in southern red-backed salamanders, Benjamin Dalton, Rachel Settle, Kenzie Medley, and Alicia Mathis
New in vitro highly cytotoxic platinum and palladium cyanoximates with minimal side effects in vivo, Stephanie D. Dannen; Lauren Cornelison; Paul Durham; John E. Morley; Kiana Shahverdi; Junwei Du; Haiying Zhou; Leland C. Sudlow; Nikolay Gerasimchuk; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Hyporheic secondary production and life history of a common Ozark stonefly, Nathan C. Dorff and Debra S. Finn
Frugivory and seed dispersal by chelonians: a review and synthesis, Wilfredo Falcón, Don Moll, and Dennis M. Hansen
Illumina sequencing of 16S rRNA tag shows disparity in rhizobial and non-rhizobial diversity associated with root nodules of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) growing in different habitats in Pakistan, Sughra Hakim, Babur S. Mirza, Asma Imran, Ahmad Zaheer, Sumera Yasmin, Fathia Mubeen, Joan E. Mclean, and M. Sajjad Mirza
A Simulation Study to Evaluate Biases in Population Characteristics Estimation Associated with Varying Bin Numbers in Size-Based Age Subsampling, Corbin D. Hilling, Yan Jiao, Aaron J. Bunch, and Quinton E. Phelps
Mountain stoneflies may tolerate warming streams: Evidence from organismal physiology and gene expression, Scott Hotaling, Alisha A. Shah, Kerry L. McGowan, Lusha M. Tronstad, J. Joseph Giersch, Debra S. Finn, H. Arthur Woods, Michael E. Dillon, and Joanna L. Kelley
Behavior in Transition: Recovery of Behavior by an Obligate Parasitic Ant (Formica subintegra) Following Host Removal, Amber N. Hunter and Alicia Mathis
Limestone Remediation of an Acidic Stream Creates a Microchemical Batch Mark for Brook Trout within an Appalachian Watershed, Brock M. Huntsman, Hae Kim, Quinton Phelps, and J. Todd Petty
Pulsed flow-through auto-feeding beaker systems for the laboratory culture of juvenile freshwater mussels, James L. Kunz, M. Christopher Barnhart, Elizabeth A. Glidewell, Ning Wang, and Christopher G. Ingersoll
Editorial: Role of NOD-Like Receptors in Infectious and Immunological Diseases, Christopher R. Lupfer, Paras K. Anand, Xiaopeng Qi, and Hasan Zaki
Diazotrophs show signs of restoration in Amazon rain forest soils with ecosystem rehabilitation, Babur S. Mirza, Daniel J. McGlinn, Brendan J.M. Bohannan, Klaus Nüsslein, James M. Tiedje, and Jorge L.M. Rodrigues
Inter-Observer Error in Wetland Vegetation Surveys, Lloyd W. Morrison, Sonia N. Bingham, and Craig C. Young
Interobserver error in grassland vegetation surveys: Sources and implications, Lloyd W. Morrison, Sherry A. Leis, and Michael D. Debacker
Myosin V-mediated transport of Snc1 and Vps10 toward the trans-Golgi network, Vy Nguyen, Jared Smothers, Paul Ballhorn, Sravya Kottapalli, Anh Ly, Julia Villarreal, and Kyoungtae Kim
Larval Diet of the Rare Caddisfly Glyphopsyche Missouri (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) in Missouri, USA, Russell G. Rhodes, Barry C. Poulton, William R. Mabee, and David E. Bowles
What came first, the virus or the egg: Innate immunity during viral coinfections, Meagan D. Rippee-Brooks, Riley N. Marcinczyk, and Christopher R. Lupfer
Antifungal Norditerpene Oidiolactones from the Fungus Oidiodendron truncatum, a Potential Biocontrol Agent for White-Nose Syndrome in Bats, Yudi Rusman, Michael B. Wilson, Jessica M. Williams, Benjamin W. Held, Robert A. Blanchette, Briana N. Anderson, Christopher R. Lupfer, and Christine E. Salomon
Sensory bias and signal detection trade-offs maintain intersexual floral mimicry: Detection tradeoffs maintain mimicry, Avery L. Russell, David W. Kikuchi, Noah W. Giebink, and Daniel R. Papaj
Bluegill Habitat Use in the Upper Mississippi River, Ethan A. Rutledge, Ryan N. Hupfeld, Colby G. Gainer, Hae H. Kim, and Quinton E. Phelps
Spatial variation in invasive silver carp population ecology throughout the upper Mississippi River basin*, Christopher J. Sullivan, Michael J. Weber, Clay L. Pierce, David H. Wahl, Quinton E. Phelps, and Robert E. Colombo
Headwaters Fed by Subterranean Ice: Potential Climate Refugia for Mountain Stream Communities?, Lusha M. Tronstad, Scott Hotaling, J. Joseph Giersch, Oliver J. Wilmot, and Debra S. Finn
A low-water crossing impacts Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans movement in an Ozark stream, Jeffrey M. Williams, Hope R. Dodd, and Debra S. Finn
Submissions from 2019
Small mammal community composition varies among Ozark glades, Emily M. Beasley and Sean P. Maher
The enigmatic palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of the giant, horned, fossil turtles of australasia: A review and reanalysis of the data, Lauren E. Brown and Don Moll
The inner workings of intracellular heterotypic and homotypic membrane fusion mechanisms, Mariel Delgado Cruz and Kyoungtae Kim
Frugivory and seed dispersal by chelonians: a review and synthesis, Wilfredo Falcón, Don L. Moll, and Dennis M. Hansen
Modulation of Inflammatory and Pain Pathways in Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons and Glial Cells by Plant Extracts, Y. Fan, H. Sheckley, L. E. Cornelison, Sara Woodman, and Paul L. Durham
Insight into the microbial co-occurrence and diversity of 73 grapevine (Vitis vinifera) crown galls collected across the northern hemisphere, Han Ming Gan, Ernõ Szegedi, Rabeb Fersi, Samir Chebil, László Kovács, Akira Kawaguchi, André Hudson, Thomas J. Burr, and Michael A. Savka
Response to conspecific alarm cues by larval and juvenile Spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum), K. Gardner, Robert L. Hunt, and S. Alicia Mathis
Transcriptome profile with 20 nm silver nanoparticles in yeast, Cullen Horstmann, Chelsea Campbell, Daniel Sungwhi Kim, and Kyoungtae Kim
Transcriptome profile alteration with cadmium selenide/zinc sulfide quantum dots in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cullen Horstmann, Daniel S. Kim, Chelsea Campbell, and Kyoungtae Kim
Microbial assemblages reflect environmental heterogeneity in alpine streams, Scott Hotaling, Mary E. Foley, Lydia H. Zeglin, Debra S. Finn, Lusha M. Tronstad, J. Joseph Giersch, Clint Muhlfeld, and David W. Weisrock
Congruent population genetic structure but differing depths of divergence for three alpine stoneflies with similar ecology and geographic distributions, Scott Hotaling, J. Joseph Giersch, Debra S. Finn, Lusha M. Tronstad, Steve Jordan, Larry E. Serpa, Ronald Call, Clint C. Muhlfeld, and David W. Weisrock
Age and growth of middle Mississippi river smallmouth buffalo, Seth A. Love, Sara J. Tripp, and Quinton E. Phelps
Age and Growth of Middle Mississippi River Smallmouth Buffalo, Seth A. Love, Sara J. Tripp, and Quinton E. Phelps
Territorial behaviour in southern red-backed and Ozark zigzag salamanders: Effects of sex, species and ownership, Colton S. Lynn, Benjamin Dalton, and Alicia Mathis
Yeast dynamin and Ypt6 function in parallel for the endosome-to-Golgi retrieval of Snc1, Pelin Makaraci, Mariel Delgado Cruz, Hyoeun McDermott, Vy Nguyen, Chad Highfill, and Kyoungtae Kim
Estivation site selection of western chicken turtles (deirochelys reticularia miaria), Donald T. McKnight and Day B. Ligon
Rootstock effects on scion phenotypes in a ‘Chambourcin’ experimental vineyard, Zoë Migicovsky; Zachary N. Harris; Laura L. Klein; Mao Li; Adam McDermaid; Daniel H. Chitwood; Anne Fennell; Laszlo G. Kovacs; Misha Kwasniewski; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Rootstock effects on scion phenotypes in a ‘Chambourcin’ experimental vineyard, Zoë Migicovsky, Zachary N. Harris, Laura L. Klein, Mao Li, Adam McDermaid, Daniel H. Chitwood, Anne Fennell, Laszlo G. Kovacs, Misha Kwasniewski, and Jason P. Londo
Hemodynamic force is required for vascular smooth muscle cell recruitment to blood vessels during mouse embryonic development, Rachel L. Padget, Shilpa S. Mohite, Tanner G. Hoog, Blake S. Justis, Bruce E. Green, and Ryan S. Udan
A small survey of UV-bright stars around the northern ecliptic pole: Seeking new p-mode sdB variables for the TESS mission, Saskia Prins, John Telting, and Roy H. Østensen
Enhanced IL-1β production is mediated by a TLR2-MYD88-NLRP3 signaling axis during coinfection with influenza A virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae, Angeline E. Rodriguez, Christopher Bogart, Christopher M. Gilbert, Jonathan A. McCullers, Amber M. Smith, Thirumala Devi Kanneganti, and Christopher Lupfer
Ecological indicators of mammal exposure to Ebolavirus, John Paul Schmidt, Sean Maher, John M. Drake, Tao Huang, Maxwell J. Farrell, and Barbara A. Han
Ecological indicators of mammal exposure to Ebolavirus, John P. Schmidt, Sean Maher, John M. Drake, Tao Huang, Maxwell J. Farrell, and Barbara A. Han
Reproductive ecology of the threatened and endemic freshwater mussel Lampsilis bracteata, L. Ashley Seagroves, M. Christopher Barnhart, Thom Hardy, and Astrid N. Schwalb
Smallmouth Bass Population Demographics in Missouri Ozark Streams and an Evaluation of a Statewide 305-mm Minimum Length Limit, Edward M. Sterling, Kylie B. Sterling, Quinton E. Phelps, Tyler D. Ham, and Sara J. Tripp
Reproductive investment patterns in a captive population of alligator snapping turtles (macrochelys temminckii ), Denise M. Thompson, Rebecca Fillmore, Brian M. Fillmore, Kerry G. Graves, and Day B. Ligon
Reproductive Investment Patterns in a Captive Population of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii), Denise M. Thompson, Rebecca Fillmore, Brian M. Fillmore, Kerry G. Graves, and Day B. Ligon
Ecophysiology of mammals, Thomas E. Tomasi, Briana N. Anderson, and Theodore Garland
Submissions from 2018
Final Performance Report: Federal Aid Grant No. F15AP00923 (E-75-R-2) Propagation and Augmentation of the Ouachita Rock Pocketbook, M. Christopher Barnhart
Advances in aquatic insect systematics and biodiversity in the Neotropics: introduction, David E. Bowles and Gregory W. Courtney
Re-examination of the giant fossil tortoise Hesperotestudo from near the Illinois glacial-sangamon interglacial boundary in North America with commentary on zoogeography, Lauren E. Brown, Don Moll, and Evan S. Brown
Learning to find food: evidence for embryonic sensitization and juvenile social learning in a salamander, Adam L. Crane, Emilee J. Helton, Maud C.O. Ferrari, and Alicia Mathis
Isolation by marine barriers and climate explain areas of endemism in an island rodent, Thomas C. Giarla, Sean P. Maher, Anang S. Achmadi, Meagan K. Moore, Mark T. Swanson, Kevin C. Rowe, and Jacob A. Esselstyn
Retrieved 16S rRNA and nifH sequences reveal co-dominance of Bradyrhizobium and Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) strains in field-collected root nodules of the promiscuous host Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek, Sughra Hakim, Babur S. Mirza, Ahmad Zaheer, Joan E. Mclean, Asma Imran, Sumera Yasmin, and M. Sajjad Mirza
Enriched chicken bone broth as a dietary supplement reduces nociception and sensitization associated with prolonged jaw opening, Jordan L. Hawkins and Paul L. Durham
Secondary traumatic stress increases expression of proteins implicated in peripheral and central sensitization of trigeminal neurons, Jordan L. Hawkins, N. J. Moore, D. Miley, and P. L. Durham
Motorboat Injury Rates and Patterns in Aquatic Turtle Communities, Ethan C. Hollender, Travis L. Anthony, and Day B. Ligon
The effects of reduced hemodynamic loading on morphogenesis of the mouse embryonic heart, Tanner G. Hoog, Samantha J. Fredrickson, Chih Wei Hsu, Steven M. Senger, Mary E. Dickinson, and Ryan S. Udan
Iron limitation effects on nitrogen-fixing organisms with possible implications for cyanobacterial blooms, Chad A. Larson, Babur Mirza, Jorge L.Mazza Rodrigues, and Sophia I. Passy
Ontogeny of Juvenile Freshwater Pearl Mussels, Margaritifera Margaritifera (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae), Louise Lavictoire, Andrew D. Ramsey, Evelyn A. Moorkens, Graham Souch, and M. Christopher Barnhart
trans-Golgi network-bound cargo traffic, Pelin Makaraci and Kyoungtae Kim
Egg and clutch sizes of western chicken turtles (Deirochelys reticularia miaria), Donald T. McKnight, Ethan C. Hollender, Hunter J. Howell, John L. Carr, Kurt A. Buhlmann, and Day B. Ligon
Diversity of Bacillus-like bacterial community in the rhizospheric and non-rhizospheric soil of halophytes (Salsola stocksii and Atriplex amnicola), and characterization of osmoregulatory genes in halophilic Bacilli, Salma Mukhtar, Samina Mehnaz, Muhammad Sajjad Mirza, Babur Saeed Mirza, and Kauser Abdulla Malik
Impact of soil salinity on the microbial structure of halophyte rhizosphere microbiome, Salma Mukhtar, Babur Saeed Mirza, Samina Mehnaz, Muhammad Sajjad Mirza, Joan Mclean, and Kauser Abdulla Malik
A quantitative field study of paternal care in Ozark hellbenders, North Americas giant salamanders, Rachel A. Settle, Jeffrey T. Briggler, and Alicia Mathis
Quantitative behavioral analysis of first successful captive breeding of endangered Ozark hellbenders, Rachel A. Settle, Jeffery A. Ettling, Mark D. Wanner, Chawna D. Schuette, Jeffrey T. Briggler, and Alicia Mathis
The role of dispersal in river network metacommunities: Patterns, processes, and pathways, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Florian Altermatt, Debra S. Finn, Jani Heino, Julian D. Olden, Steffen U. Pauls, and David A. Lytle
Interaction of the human respiratory Syncytial virus matrix protein with cellular adaptor protein complex 3 plays a critical role in trafficking, Casey Ward, Maciej Maselko, Christopher Lupfer, Meagan Prescott, and Manoj K. Pastey
Yeast membrane lipid imbalance leads to trafficking defects toward the Golgi, Sara Woodman, Christopher Trousdale, Justin Conover, and Kyoungtae Kim
Submissions from 2017
Yeast dynamin interaction with ESCRT proteins at the endosome, Bryan T. Banh, Hyoeum McDermott, Sara Woodman, Shiva Kumar Goud Gadila, Uma Saimani, John C.W. Short, Kyoungtae Kim, and K. Kim
Genetic and phenotypic characterization of Grapevine vein clearing virus from wild Vitis rupestris, Steven Beach, Michael Kovens, LeAnn Hubbert, Shae Honesty, Qiang Guo, Daniel Pap, Ru Dai, Laszlo Kovacs, and Wenping Qiu
Effects of cocoa-enriched diet on orofacial pain in a murine model, L. N. Bowden, E. L. Rohrs, K. Omoto, Paul L. Durham, L. S. Holliday, A. D. Morris, K. D. Allen, R. M. Caudle, and J. K. Neubert
Causes of Rapid Carrion Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) Death in Flooded Pitfall Traps, Response to Soil Flooding, Immersion Tolerance, and Swimming Behavior, Michael C. Cavallaro, M. Christopher Barnhart, and W. Wyatt Hoback
Tumor necrosis factor-Alpha stimulates cytokine expression and transient sensitization of trigeminal nociceptive neurons, Zachary L. Durham, Jordan L. Hawkins, and Paul L. Durham
Yeast dynamin Vps1 associates with clathrin to facilitate vesicular trafficking and controls Golgi homeostasis, Shiva Kumar Goud Gadila, Michelle Williams, Uma Saimani, Mariel Delgado Cruz, Pelin Makaraci, Sara Woodman, John C.W. Short, Hyoeum McDermott, and Kyoungtae Kim
A field test on the effectiveness of milfoil weevil for controlling Eurasian watermilfoil in Wisconsin lakes, John E. Havel, Susan E. Knight, and Kristopher A. Maxson
Abundance of milfoil weevil in Wisconsin lakes: Potential effects from herbicide control of Eurasian watermilfoil, John E. Havel, Susan E. Knight, and James R. Miazga
Vagus nerve stimulation inhibits trigeminal nociception in a rodent model of episodic migraine, Jordan L. Hawkins, Lauren E. Cornelison, Brian A. Blankenship, and Paul L. Durham
Effects of diet quality and stress on interference behaviour of larval Ringed Salamanders, Courtney A. Heuring, Whitney L. Heuring, Adam L. Crane, and S. Alicia Mathis
Genetic and environmental integration of the hawkmoth pollination syndrome in Ruellia humilis (Acanthaceae), John S. Heywood, Joseph S. Michaleski, Braden K. McCann, Amber D. Russo, Kara J. Andres, Allison R. Hall, and Teresa C. Middleton
Climate change and alpine stream biology: progress, challenges, and opportunities for the future, Scott Hotaling, Debra Finn, J. Joseph Giersch, David W. Weisrock, and Dean Jacobsen
Central role of protein kinase A in promoting trigeminal nociception in an in vivo model of temporomandibular disorders, Lindsey K. Koop, Jordan L. Hawkins, Lauren E. Cornelison, and Paul L. Durham
Juniper Invasions in Grasslands: Research Needs and Intervention Strategies, Sherry A. Leis, Carol E. Blocksome, Dirac Twidwell, Sam D. Fuhlendorf, John M. Briggs, and Larry D. Sanders
From Working Group to Community of Practice: The Patch Burn-Grazing Community, Sherry A. Leis and Janice S. Greene
Extending the toxicity-testing paradigm for freshwater mussels: Assessing chronic reproductive effects of the synthetic estrogen 17α-ethinylestradiol on the unionid mussel Elliptio complanata, Jeremy A. Leonard, W. Gregory Cope, Edward J. Hammer, M. Christopher Barnhart, and Robert B. Bringolf
Inflammasome activation by nucleic acids and nucleosomes in sterile inflammation… or is it sterile?, Christopher R. Lupfer, Angeline Rodriguez, and Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti
Deficiency of the NOD-Like Receptor NLRC5 Results in Decreased CD8+ T Cell Function and Impaired Viral Clearance., Christopher R. Lupfer, Kate L. Stokes, Teneema Kuriakose, and Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti
Erosion of refugia in the Sierra Nevada meadows network with climate change, Sean P. Maher, Toni Lyn Morelli, Michelle Hershey, Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, Craig Mortiz, and Steven R. Beissinger
Good vibrations: A novel method for sexing turtles, Donald T. McKnight, Hunter J. Howell, Ethan C. Hollender, and Day B. Ligon
Correcting for unequal catchability in sex ratio and population size estimates, Donald T. McKnight and Day B. Ligon
