Submissions from 2023
Physicochemical and Inflammatory Analysis of Unconjugated and Conjugated Bone-Binding Carbon Dots, Quan Chao, Lesly Corado-Santiago, Shannon Jones, Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, and Isaac Skromne
Myo19 tethers mitochondria to endoplasmic reticulum-associated actin to promote mitochondrial fission, Stephen M. Coscia, Cameron P. Thompson, Qing Tang, Elana E. Baltrusaitis, Joseph A. Rhodenhiser, Omar A. Quintero, E. Michael Ostap, Melike Lakadamyali, and Erika L. Holzbaur
Bone Biology: From a to Zebrafish Authors and reviewers, Rachel DuMez and Isaac Skromne
Testing New Materials to Deliver Medicine to Sick Bones, Rachel DuMez and Isaac Skromne
Floral Nectar is Sugar Water, W. John Hayden
Hollow Joe-Pye weed, Eutrochium fistulosum, 2023 Virginia Native Plant Society Wildflower of the Year., W. John Hayden
Maypop flowers and pollination: A photographic essay., W. John Hayden
Pollination biology of Joe-Pye Weed is fascinating, W. John Hayden
Yes, Virginia, Joe-Pye weed is in the daisy family!, W. John Hayden
Preparing for a faculty position at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI), Rachel S. Jabaily, Jennifer L. Ison, Christopher T. Ivey, Rachel M. McCoy, Mackenzie L. Taylor, and Carrie A. Wu
Building the next generation of virtual cells to understand cellular biology, Graham T. Johnson, Eran Agmon, Matthew Akamatsu, Emma Lundberg, Blair Lyons, Wei Ouyang, Omar A. Quintero, Megan Riel-Mehan, Susanne Rafelski, and Rick Horwitz
A cosmopolitan inversion facilitates seasonal adaptation in overwintering Drosophila, Joaquin C B Nunez, Benedict A. Lenhart, Alyssa Bangerter, Connor S. Murray, Giovanni R. Mazzeo, Yang Yu, Taylor L. Nystrom, Courtney Tern, Priscilla A. Erickson, and Alan O. Bergland
Seed longevity and germination of the emerging invasive species wavyleaf basketgrass (Oplismenus undulatifolius) under varied light regimes, Dominique H. Pham and Carrie A. Wu
A small survey of introduced Zaprionus indianus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in orchards of the eastern United States, Logan M. Rakes, Megan Delamont, Christine Cole, Jillian A. Yates, Lynsey J. Blevins, Fatima Naureen Hassan, Alan O. Bergland, and Priscilla A. Erickson
An affordable three-dimensional (3D) printed two-electrode voltage clamp electrophysiology chamber, Ian SK Shogren, Jean P. Gonzales, and Linda M. Boland
Human genetic history on the Tibetan Plateau in the past 5100 years, Hongru Wang, Melinda A. Yang, Shargan Wangdue, Hongliang Lu, Honghai Chen, and Linhui Li
Effects of experimental warming on floral scent, display and rewards in two subalpine herbs, Carrie A. Wu, John M. Powers, David Z. Hopp, and Diane R. Campbell
Submissions from 2021
No Evidence for Enzootic Plague within Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys Ludovicianus) Populations., Rebecca E. Colman, Robert Jory Brinkerhoff, Joseph D. Busch, Chris Ray, Adina Doyle, Jason W. Sahl, Paul Keim, Sharon K. Collinge, and David M. Wagner
Larval chondrocranial and internal oral morphology of the neotropical treefrog Boana crepitans (Wied-Neuwied, 1824; Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae), Marianna Isabella Rosa Rodrigues de Oliveira, Luiz Norberto Weber, Johnny Sousa Ferreira, Anna Evelin Coimbra Liborio, André Masahide Guimaraes Takazone, and Rafael O. de Sá
Larval anatomy of monotypic painted ant nest frogs Lithodytes lineatus reveals putative homoplasies with the Leptodactylus pentadactylus group (Anura: Leptodactylidae), Filipe A.C do Nascimento, Rafael O. de Sá, and Paulo C. de A. Garcia
In Vivo Characterization of Carbon Dots-Bone Interactions: Toward the Development of Bone-Specific Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery., Rachel DuMez, Esmail H. Miyanji, Lesly Corado-Santiago, Bryle Barrameda, Yiqun Zhou, Sajini D. Hettiarachchi, Roger M. Leblanc, and Isaac Skromne
Training Macrosystems Scientists Requires Both Interpersonal and Technical Skills., Kaitlin J. Farrell, Kathleen C. Weathers, Sarah H. Sparks, Jennifer A. Brentrup, Cayelan C. Carey, Michael C. DIetze, John R. Foster, Kristine L. Grayson, and et al.
Demographic Consequences of Changing Body Size in a Terrestrial Salamander., Raisa Hernández-Pacheco, Floriane Plard, Kristine L. Grayson, and Ulrich K. Steiner
American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) diet in Uruguay compared with other invasive populations in Southern South America, Gabriel Laufer, Noelia Gobel, Mauro Berazategui, Matías Zarucki, Sofía Cortizas, Alvaro Soutullo, Claudio Martinez Debat, and Rafael O. de Sá
Translating Monastic Lessons to Teaching Undergraduate Biology., B. Daniel Pierce
Inclusion: An Individual Pursuit Requiring Organization-Level Investment to Sustain It., Omar A. Quintero-Carmona and William Bement
Human population history at the crossroads of East and Southeast Asia since 11,000 years ago, Tianyi Wang, Wei Wang, Guangmao Xie, Zhen Li, Xuechun Fan, Qingping Yang, Xichao Wu, Ling Qin, Fajun Li, and Melinda A. Yang
Submissions from 2020
Factors affecting the microbiome of Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum, R. Jory Brinkerhoff, Chris Clark, Kelly Ocasio, David T. Gauthier, and Wayne L. Hynes
Japan considered from the hypothesis of farmer/language spread, Elisabeth de Boer, Melinda A. Yang, Aileen Kawagoe, and Gina L. Barnes
Ancient mitogenomes show plateau populations from last 5200 years partially contributed to present-day Tibetans, Manyu Ding, Tianyi Wang, Albert Min-Shan Ko, Hongchai Chen, Hui Wang, Guanghui Dong, and Melinda A. Yang
Tadpole of the Amazonia frog Edalorhina perezi (Anura: Leptodactylidae) with description of oral internal and chondrocranial morphology, Filipe A.C do Nascimento, Rafael O. de Sá, and Paulo C. de A. Garcia
The Importance of Ile716 toward the Mutagenicity of 8-Oxo-2’-deoxyguanosine with Bacillus Fragment DNA Polymerase, Michelle L. Hamm, Anarosa A. Garcia, Rachel Gilbert, Manavi Johri, Miranda Ricart, Samantha L. Sholes, Laura A. Murray-Nerger, and Eugene Y. Wu
Difficult Creek, Difficult Management Choices, W. John Hayden
Wildflower of the Year—Cymes, not Corymbs!, W. John Hayden
Wild Geranium, Geranium maculatum, 2020 Virginia Wildflower of the Year, W. John Hayden
Environmental drivers of surface activity in a population of the Eastern red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus), Raisa Hernández-Pacheco, Kristine L. Grayson, Chris Sutherland, and Lily M. Thompson
A Theoretical Model of Neural Maturation in the Developing Chick Spinal Cord., Piyush Joshi and Isaac Skromne
Mapping Reaction-Diffusion Networks at the Plant Wound Site With Pathogens, Stephanie Liu, Yi-Han Lin, Aidan Murphy, Josh Anderson, Nicole Walker, David G. Lynn, Andrew N. Binns, and B. Daniel Pierce
Taxonomic Review of South American Butter Frogs: Phylogeny, Geographic Patterns, and Species Delimitation in the Leptodactylus latrans Species Group (Anura: Leptodactylidae), Felipe de M. Magalhães, Mariana L. Lyra, Thiago R. de Carvalho, Diego Baldo, Francisco Brusquetti, Pamela Burella, Guarino R. Colli, Marcelo C. Gehara, Rafael O. de Sá, and et al.
Quantifying the effects of species traits on predation risk in nature: A comparative study of butterfly wing damage, Freerk Molleman, Juhan Javoiš, Robert B. Davis, Melissa R.L. Whitaker, Toomas Tammaru, Andreas Prinzing, Erki Õunap, Niklas Wahlberg, Kwaku Aduse-Poku, and et al.
Hurricane-induced demographic changes in a non-human primate population, Dana O. Morcillo, Ulrich K. Steiner, Kristine L. Grayson, Angelina V. Ruiz-Lambides, and Raisa Hernández-Pacheco
Myosin XIX.” In Myosins: A Superfamily of Molecular Motors, Omar A. Quintero, Jennifer L. Bocanegra, and Rebecca Adikes
Dispersal Ability Predicts Spatial Genetic Structure in Native Mammals Persisting across an Urbanization Gradient., Jonathan L. Richardson, Sozos Michaelides, Matthew Combs, Mihajla Djan, Lianne Bisch, Kerry Barrett, Georgianna Silveira, Justin Butler, Than Thar Aye, and et al.
Detection of Zoonotic Bartonella Pathogens in Rabbit Fleas, Colorado, USA, Shingo Sato, R. Jory Brinkerhoff, Erin Hollis, Shunta Funada, Avery B. Shannon, and Soichi Maruyama
Climate-Related Geographical Variation in Performance Traits across the Invasion Front of a Widespread Non-Native Insect, Lily M. Thompson, Sean D. Powers, Ashley Appolon, Petra Hafker, Leila Milner, Dylan Parry, Salvatore J. Agosta, and Kristine L. Grayson
Microgeographic Divergence of Functional Responses among Salamanders under Antagonistic Selection from Apex Predators., Mark C. Urban, Nicole A. Freidenfelds, and Jonathan L. Richardson
Spatiotemporal Variability in Allee Effects of Invading Gypsy Moth Populations, Jonathan A. Walter, Kristine L. Grayson, Laura M. Blackburn, Patrick C. Tobin, and Derek M. Johnson
Ancient DNA indicates human population shifts and admixture in northern and southern China, Melinda A. Yang, Xuechun Fan, Bo Sun, Chungyu Chen, Jianfeng Lang, Ying-Chin Ko, Cheng-hwa Tsang, and et. al
Denisovan DNA in Late Pleistocene sediments from Baishiya Karst Cave on the Tibetan Plateau, Dongju Zhang, Huan Xia, Fahu Chen, Bo Li, Viviane Slon, Ting Cheng, Ruowei Yang, and Melinda A. Yang
Ancient DNA Evidence from China Reveals the Expansion of Pacific Dogs, Ming Zhang, Guoping Sun, Lele Ren, Haibing Yuan, Guanghui Dong, Lizhao Zhang, Feng Liu, Peng Cao, Albert Min-Shan Ko, and Melinda A. Yang
Submissions from 2019
Retinoic acid inhibition impairs planarian eye regeneration, Gabrielle Bennetti, Aaron Corbin-Leftwich, Linda M. Boland, and Isaac Skromne
Multiple connections between Amazonia and Atlantic Forest shaped the T phylogenetic and morphological diversity of Chiasmocleis Mehely, 1904 (Anura: Microhylidae: Gastrophryninae), Rafael O. de Sá, João Filipe Riva Tonini, Hannah van Huss, Alex Long, Travis Cuddy, Mauricio C. Forlani, Pedro L.V. Peloso, Hussam Zaher, and Célio F.B. Haddad
Secreted frizzled related protein is a target of PaxB and plays a role in aquiferous system development in the freshwater sponge, Ephydatia muelleri, Chelsea Hall, Melanie Rodriguez, Josephine Garcia, Dora Posfai, Rachel DuMez, Erick Wictor, Omar A. Quintero, Malcolm Hill, Ajna S. Rivera, and April L. Hill
Celebrating NJ Tea’s Unspecialized Pollination, W. John Hayden
Fungus Creates Zombie Insects on Dogwood, W. John Hayden
New Jersey Tea, Ceanothus Americanus, 2019 Virginia Wildlflower of the Year, W. John Hayden
Nitrogen Fixation in Roots of Ceanothus, W. John Hayden
Unique Features of Caenothus Trace to Earliest Stages of Flower Development, W. John Hayden
Unexpected Spatial Population Ecology of a Widespread Terrestrial Salamander near Its Southern Range Edge., Raisa Hernández-Pacheco, Chris Sutherland, Lily M. Thompson, and Kristine L. Grayson
CDX4 Regulates the Progression of Neural Maturation in the Spinal Cord., Piyush Joshi, Andrew J. Darr, and Isaac Skromne
Presence and Distribution of Leptodactylus Guianensis Heyer and de Sa, 2011 in Colombia: Comparisons with Other Species in the L. Latrans Group., Mariela Osorno Muñoz, Doris L. Gutiérrez-Lamus, and Rafael O. de Sá
The MyMOMA Domain of MYO19 Encodes for Distinct Miro-Dependent and Miro-Independent Mechanisms of Interaction with Mitochondrial Membranes, Omar A. Quintero, Jennifer L. Bocanegra, Barbara M. Fujita, and Natalie R. Melton
Significant Genetic Impacts Accompany an Urban Rat Control Campaign in Salvador, Brazil, Jonathan L. Richardson, Georgianna Silveira, Ivanna Soto Medrano, and et al
Thermal Stress Responses of Sodalis Glossinidius, an Indigenous Bacterial Symbiont of Hematophagous Tsetse Flies, Jose Santinni Roma, Shaina D’Souza, Patrick J. Somers, Leah F. Cabo, Ruhan Farsin, Serap Aksoy, Laura J. Runyen-Janecky, and Brian L. Weiss
Submissions from 2018
Leptodactylus Validus Garman, 1888 in Colombia: Its Distribution and Identification, Andres R. Acosta Galvis and Rafael O. de Sá
Cross-Life Stage Effects of Aquatic Larval Density and Terrestrial Moisture on Growth and Corticosterone in the Spotted Salamander, Julie F. Charbonnier, Jacquelyn Pearlmutter, James R. Vonesh, Caitlin R. Gabor, Zachery R. Forsburg, and Kristine L. Grayson
Black Cohosh Seed Germination and Conservation, W. John Hayden
Cornus Florida: A Winter Look at the 2018 WOY, W. John Hayden
Flowering Dogwood, Cornus florida, 2018 Virginia Wildflower of the Year, W. John Hayden
Flowering Dogwood Survives Exotic Attack, W. John Hayden
How Cornus Florida Got its Name, W. John Hayden
Butterfly, Dogwood Linked in Circle of Life, W. John Hayden and Nicky Staunton
Review of the Family Rivulidae (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheiloidei) and a Molecular and Morphological Phylogeny of the Annual Fish Genus Austrolebias Costa 1998, Marcelo Loureiro, Rafael O. de Sá, Sebastián W. Serra, Felipe Alonso, Luis Esteban Krause Lanés, Matheus Vieira Volcan, Pablo Calviño, and et. al.
Review of the family Rivulidae (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheiloidei) and a molecular and morphological phylogeny of the annual fish genus Austrolebias Costa 1998, Marcelo Loureiro, Rafael O. de Sá, Sebastián W. Serra, Felipe Alonso, Luis Esteban Krause Lanés, Matheus Vieira Volcan, Pablo Calviño, Dalton Nielsen, Alejandro Duarte, and Graciela Garcia
Geographic Variation in Larval Metabolic Rate Between Northern and Southern Populations of the Invasive Gypsy Moth, Carolyn May, Noah Hillerbrand, Lily M. Thompson, Trevor M. Faske, Eloy Martinez, Dylan Perry, Salvatore J. Agosta, and Kristine L. Grayson
Physiological Responses to Elevated Temperature across the Geographic Range of a Terrestrial Salamander, Alexander J. Novarro, Caitlin R. Gabor, Cory B. Goff, Tori D. Mezebish, Lily M. Thompson, and Kristine L. Grayson
First record of the genus Leptodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in Cuba: Leptodactylus fragilis, a biological invasion?, Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera, L. Yusnaviel García-Padrón, Andrés R. Acosta Galvis, Rafael O. de Sá, and Roberto Alonso Bosch
Thermal Physiology and Developmental Plasticity of Pigmentation in the Harlequin Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), Carly D. Sibilia, Kelly A. Brosko, Christopher J. Hickling, Lily M. Thompson, Kristine L. Grayson, and Jennifer R. Olson
Submissions from 2017
A global community effort to decipher the unique biology of annual killifish, Nibia Berois, Graciela Garcia, and Rafael O. de Sá
Chondrocranium and internal oral morphology of the tadpole of Corythomantis greeningi (Anura: Hylidae), Marianna Isabella Rosa Rodrigues de Oliveira, Luiz Norberto Weber, Rafael O. de Sá, Johnny Sousa Ferreira, Anna Evelin Coimbra Libório, and André Masahide Guimarães Takazone
The hidden history of humming frogs, Rafael O. de Sá
Molecular and morphological data reveal three new cryptic species of Chiasmocleis (Mehely 1904) (Anura, Microhylidae) endemic to the Atlantic Forest, Brazil, Mauricio C. Forlani, João F. R. Tonini, Carlos A. G. Cruz, Hussam Zaher, and Rafael O. de Sá
Actaea racemosa: The slender wands of flowering Common Black Cohosh beckon us to explore woodlands, W. John Hayden
Black Bugbane & The Blues: Interactions Between our Wildflower of the Year and the Insect World, W. John Hayden
On the Complexity of Simples, Pharmacognosy, and Actaea Racemosa, W. John Hayden
Sepals and Petals and Stamens—Oh, My! Or, a brief discourse on putative homologies of perianth elements of Common Black Cohosh, W. John Hayden
Current status of American bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus, invasion in Uruguay and exploration of chytrid infection, Gabriel Laufer, Noelia Gobel, Claudio Borteiro, Alvaro Soutullo, Claudio Martinez-Debat, and Rafael O. de Sá
Assessment of the calling detection probability throughout the day of two invasive populations of bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) in Uruguay, Gabriel Laufer, Noelia Gobel, Alvaro Soutullo, Claudio Martinez-Debat, and Rafael O. de Sá
The Biology of Climate Change: The effects of changing climate on migrating and over-wintering species at a high-elevation field station, Carrie A. Wu and Ellwein Amy
Identification of Rifampicin Resistance Mutations in Escherichia Coli, Including an Unusual Deletion Mutation, Eugene Y. Wu and Angela K. Hilliker
Submissions from 2016
Effects of a Pyrrole-Based, Microtubule-Depolymerizing Compound on RAW 264.7 Macrophages, John A. Ciemnieckia, Clarke P. Lewis, John T. Gupton, and Krista J. Stenger
When a species can't stand the heat, Kristine L. Grayson, Nicola J. Mitchell, and Nicola J. Nelson
2016 Virginia Wildflower of the Year: Downy Rattlesnake Plantain, Goodyera pubescens, W. John Hayden
Endless Symbioses Most Intricate, W. John Hayden
Jewels of the Orchidaceae, W. John Hayden
Seed Dispersal: A Tale of Two Species, W. John Hayden
High genetic diversity but low population structure in the frog Pseudopaludicola falcipes (Hensel, 1867) (Amphibia, Anura) from the Pampas of South America, José A. Langone, Arley Camargo, and Rafael O. de Sá
Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences, Luis M. P. Ceríaco, Eliécer E. Gutiérrez, Alain Dubois, Rafael O. de Sá, and et al.
Submissions from 2015
Book Reviews, Robert D. Aldridge, Michael B. Thompson, Malorie M. Hayes, Rafael O. de Sá, and Christopher G. Lowe
2015 Virginia Wildflower of the Year: Sweet Pepperbush, Clethra alnifolia, W. John Hayden