Castaño, M. I.**, X. Ye and  F. M. K. Uy. 2024. First genome assembly of the order Strepsiptera using PacBio HiFi reads reveals a miniature genome. Scientific Data 11, 934.  link

Antonson, N.D., J.K. Enos, S. Lawson, F.M.K. Uy, S.A. Gill, K.S. Lynch and M.E. Hauber. 2024. Functional neurogenomic responses to acoustic threats, including a heterospecific referential alarm call and its referent, in the auditory forebrain of red-winged blackbirds. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 2155. link

H.L. Cook*, S.E. Miller, G. Giri*, K.J. Loope, M.J. Sheehan, and  F.M.K Uy. 2023. Adaptive genomic variation is linked to a climatic gradient in a social wasp. bioRxiv. 2023.10. 12.561994. link

J.P. Tumulty, S.E. Miller, S.M. Van Belleghem, H.I. Weller, C.M. Jernigan, S. Vincent, R.J. Staudenraus, A.W. Legan, T.J. Polnaszek, F.M.K. Uy, A. Walton, M.J. Sheehan. 2023. Evidence for a selective link between cooperation and individual recognition. Current Biology. 24(18):5478-5487.e5 link.  

Jernigan, C. M., and F.M.K. Uy. 2023. Impact of the social environment in insect sensory systems. Current Opinion in Insect Science,  101083.  link.  

S.E. Miller, A.W. Legan, F.M.K. Uy, and M.J. Sheehan. 2022. Highly contiguous genome assemblies of the Guinea paper wasp (Polistes exclamans) and Mischocyttarus mexicanus. Genome Biology and Evolution, 14(8), evac110. link.  

K.M. Gandia, F. Cappa, D.B. Baracchi, M.E. Hauber, L. Beani and F.M.K.  Uy.  2022. Caste, sex, and parasitism influence brain plasticity in a social wasp. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.803437.   link

A.N. Rozanski*, A. Cini, T.E. Lopreto*, K.M. Gandia**, M.E. Hauber, R., Cervo, and F.M.K. Uy. 2021. Differential investment in visual and olfactory brain regions mirrors the sensory needs of a paper wasp social parasite and its host. Journal of Comparative Neurology. link

F.M.K. Uy, C.M. Jernigan, N.C. Zaba, E. Mehrotra, S.E. Miller & M.J. Sheehan. 2021. Dynamic neurogenomic responses to social interactions and dominance outcomes in female paper wasps. PLoS Genetics. 17(9): e1009474. link

Pollock, H.S., J.P. Hoover, F.M.K. Uy and M.E. Hauber. 2021. Brood parasites are a heterogeneous and functionally distinct class of natural enemies. Trends in Parasitology. 37: 588-596. link

Louder, M., M. Lafayette, A.A. Louder, F.M.K. Uy, C.N. Balakrishnan, K.Yasukawa, M.E. Haube 2020. Shared transcriptional responses to con- and heterospecific behavioral antagonists in a wild songbird. Scientific Reports 10:1-9 pdf

Miller, S.E., K.E. Reeve, K. Bessler, K., M, Henshaw, A,.W. Legan, K.L. Ostevik, K. Samuk, K., F.M.K. Uy & M.J. Sheehan . 2019. Evolutionary dynamics of recent selection for enhanced social cognition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 117: 3045-3052  link   

Uy, F.M.K., S.F. Jeffries*, J. Adcock* & E. Pepere. 2019. Intercolony distance predicts the decision to rescue or attack conspecifics in weaver ants.    Insectes Sociaux  66: 185-192 link

Uy, F.M.K. & A.M. Espinoza. 2018. Decision-making and differential handling behavior in feeding and oviposition attacks in a hymenopteran parasitoid.  . Journal of Insect Behavior  31: 569-584 link

Miller, S. E., S.E. Bluher, E. Bell, E. , A. Cini, R. C. Silva, A.R. Souza, K.M.Gandia, J. Jandt, K. Loope, A. Prato, J.N. Pruitt, D. Rankin, E. Rankin, R.J. Southon, F.M.K. Uy, S. Weiner, C.M. Wright, H. Downing, R. Gadagkar, R., M. Cristina Lorenzi, L. Rusina, S. Sumner, E.A. Tibbetts, A. Toth, A. and M.J. Sheehan. 2018. WASPnest: a worldwide assessment of social Polistine nesting behavior. Ecology, 99: 2405-2405. DOI:10.1002/ecy.2448

Uy, F.M.K., S. Ravichandran*, K. Patel*, J. Aresty, P.P. Aresty, R. Audett*, K. Chen*, L. Epple*, S.F. Jeffries*, G. Serein*, P. Tullis-Joyce* & J.A.C. Uy. 2017. Active background choice facilitates crypsis in a tropical crab. Biotropica 49: 365-371. pdf

Mora-Kepfer***, F. 2014. Context-dependent acceptance of non-nestmates in a primitively eusocial insect. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 68(3): 363-371. pdf

Mora-Kepfer**, F. & A.M Espinoza. 2009. Parasitism and predation of Tagosodes orizicolus Muir (Homoptera: Delphacidae) by a dryinid parasitoid. International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation. 57(1): 203-211. pdf

García–Robledo, C., & F. Mora-Kepfer***. 2007. Pollination Biology and the Impact of Floral Display, Pollen Donors and Distyly on Seed Production in Arcytophyllum lavarum (Rubiaceae). Plant Biology 9: 453-461. pdf

García–Robledo, C., P. Quintero-Marín. & F. Mora-Kepfer***. 2005. Geographic Variation and Succession of Arthropod Communities in Inflorescences and Infructescences of Xanthosoma (Araceae). Biotropica. 650-656. pdf

Mora-Kepfer***, F. 2003. The effect of manipulating the male face color in courtship success in Ceratitis capitata males (Diptera, Tephritidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 111(2–3): 159–164. pdf

 

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