UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

REPRESENTATIVE FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

J.A. ANDRÉS

Andrés, J. A., Maroja, L. S. and Harrison, R. G. (2008) Searching for speciation genes in the proteomics era: seminal proteins in field crickets. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. (doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.0423)

Mullen, S. P.* and Andrés, J.A.* (2007) Rapid evolution of sexual signals in sympatric Calopteryx damselflies: reinforcement or "noisy-neighbor" ecological character displacement? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 1637-1648. * These authors have contributed equally to this work..

Andrés, J. A., Maroja, L. S., Bogdanowicz, S. B., Swanson, W. and Harrison, R. G. (2006) Molecular evolution of seminal proteins in field crickets. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23: 1574-1584.

Braswell, W. E., Andrés, J.A., Maroja, L., Harrison, R. G., Howard, D. J., Swanson, W. J.(2006) Identification and comparative analysis of accessory gland proteins in Orthoptera. Genome 49: 1069-1080.

P.C. BONHAM-SMITH

RF Degenhardt & PC Bonham-Smith (2008) Transcript profiling demonstrates absence of dosage compensation in Arabidopsis following loss of a single RPL23a paralog, Planta

RF Degenhardt & PC Bonham-Smith (2008) Arabidopsis ribosomal proteins RPL23aA and -B are differentially targeted to the nucleolus and are disparately required for normal Development, Plant Physiol 147: 128-142.

KB McIntosh & PC Bonham-Smith* (2006) Ribosomal protein gene regulation: what about plants? Can J Bot 84: 1-20

KB McIntosh & PC Bonham-Smith (2005) The two ribosomal protein L23A genes are differentially expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genome 48: 443-454.

JL Hulm, KB McIntosh & PC Bonham-Smith (2005) Variations in transcript abundance among the four members of the Arabidopsis thaliana RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S15a gene family. Plant Science 169: 267-278.0.



G. BORTOLOTTI

G.R. Bortolotti, T.A. Marchant, J. Blas and T. German. 2008. Corticosterone in feathers is a long-term, integrated measure of avian stress physiology. Functional Ecology 22:494-500.

G.R. Bortolotti, L.M. González, A. Margalida, R. Sánchez and J. Oria. 2008. Positive assortative pairing by plumage colour in Spanish Imperial Eagles. Behavioural Processes. 78: 100-107.

J. Blas, G.R. Bortolotti, J.L. Tella , R. Baos and T.A. Marchant. 2007. Stress response during development predicts fitness in a wild, long-lived bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 104: 8880-8884.

Negro, J.J. G.R. Bortolotti and J.H. Sarasola. 2007. Deceptive plumage signals in birds: manipulation of predators or prey? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 90: 467-477.

Blas, L. Perez-Rodriguez, G.R. Bortolotti, J. Viñuela, and T.A. Marchant. 2006. Testosterone increases bioavailability of carotenoids: insights into the honesty of sexual signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. Published online Nov 22, 2006

P.J. CHEDRESE

Ghadami, M., Salama, S. A., Khatoon, N., Chilvers, R., Nagamani, M., Chedrese, P. J. and Al-Hendy, A. 2008. Toward Gene Therapy of Primary Ovarian Failure: Adenovirus Expressing Human FSH Receptor Corrects the Finnish C566T Mutation. Molecular Human Reproduction, 14:9-15.

Matsuda-Minehata, F., Goto, Y., Inoue, N., Sakamaki, K., Chedrese, P. J. and Manabe, N. 2007. Antiapoptotic activity of porcine cFLIP in ovarian granulosa cell lines. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 74:1165-1170.

Chedrese, P. J. Piasek, M. and Henson, M. C. 2006. Cadmium as an Endocrine Disruptor in the Reproductive System. Immunology, Endocrine & Metabolic Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 6:27-35.

Urban, R., Bodenburg, Y. H., Denner, L. and Chedrese, P. J. 2004. Protein Kinase-C Iota Modulates the Transcriptional Activity of the Porcine P450 Side Chain Cleavage Insulin-like Response Element. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism, 286: E975 - 979.

Babu, P. S., Krishnamurthy, H., Chedrese, P. J. and Sairam, R. 2000. Signalling Properties of the Novel Growth Factor Type I Receptor of Follicle Stimulating Hormone: Activation of Extracellular Regulated Kinase Pathways in Granulosa Cell Proliferation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275:27615-27626.

N.B. CHILTON

Gasser, R.B., Bott, N.J., Chilton, N.B., Hunt, P. & I. Beveridge (2008) Toward practical, DNA-based diagnostic methods for parasitic nematodes of livestock-bionomic and biotechnological implications. Biotechnology Advances 26: 325-334.

Dergousoff S.J. & N.B. Chilton (2007) Differentiation of three species of ixodid tick, Dermacentor andersoni,,D. variabilis and D. albipictus, by PCR-based approaches using markers in ribosomal DNA. Molecular and Cellular Probes 21: 343-348..

Gasser, R.B., Hu., M., Chilton, N.B., Campbell B.E., Jex, A.J.., Otranto, D., Cafarchia, C., Beveridge, I. & Zhu, X. (2006) Single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) for the analysis of genetic variation. Nature Protocols 1: 3121-3128..

Chilton, N.B., Huby-Chilton, F., Gasser, R.B. & I. Beveridge (2006) The evolutionary origins of the bursate nematodes (order Strongylida) are related to predilection sites within hosts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 118-128.

Chilton N.B. (2004) The use of nuclear ribosomal DNA markers for the identification of bursate nematodes (order Strongylida) and for the diagnosis of infections. Animal Health Research Reviews 5: 171-187 [invited review].

D. P. CHIVERS

Chivers, D.P., Wisenden, B.D., Hindman, C.J., Michalak, T.A., Kusch, R.C., Kaminskyj, S.G.W., Jack, K.L., Ferrari, M.C.O., Pollock, R.J., Halbgewachs, C.F., Pollock, M.S., Alemadi, S., James, C.T., Savaloja, R.K., Goater, C.P., Corwin, A., Mirza, R.S., Kiesecker, J.M., Brown, G.E., Adrian J.C.Jr., Krone, P.H., Blaustein, A.R. & Mathis, A. 2007. Epidermal ‘alarm substance' cells of fishes are maintained by non-alarm functions: possible defence against pathogens, parasites and UVB radiation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274: 2611-2619

Ferrari, M.C.O., Gonzalo, A., Messier, F. and Chivers D.P. 2007. Generalization of learned predator recognition: an experimental test and framework for future studies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274: 1853-1859.

Ferrari, M.C.O., Messier, F. and Chivers, D.P. 2006. The nose knows: minnows determine predator proximity and density through detection of predator odours. Animal Behaviour 72: 927-932.

Chivers, D.P. and Smith, R.J.F. 1998. Chemical alarm signalling in aquatic predator- prey systems: a review and prospectus. Écoscience 5: 338-352.

Chivers, D.P., Brown, G.E. and Smith R.J.F. 1996. Evolution of chemical alarmsignals: attracting predators benefits alarm signal senders. American Naturalist 148: 649-659.

J.H. COTA-SÁNCHEZ

Cota-Sánchez, J. H. and D.S. Croutch. 2008. Notes on the floral biology of Praecereus euchlorus subsp. euchlorus (Cactaceae). Schumannia 5: 99-103.

M. D. Pirie, A. M. Humphreys, C. Galley, N. P. Barker, G. A. Verboom, D. Orlovich, S. J. Draffin, K. Lloyd, C. M. Baeza, M. Negritto, J. H. Cota-Sanchez, E. Reimer, and H. P. Linder. 2008. A novel supermatrix approach resolves phylogenetic relationships in danthonioid grasses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 1106-1119. )

Cota-Sánchez,J. H. and D. D. Abreu. 2007. Vivipary and offspring survival in the epiphytic cactus Epiphyllum phyllanthus (Cactaceae). Journal of Experimental Botany 58: 3865-3873 (doi: 10.1093/jxb/erm232).

J. H. Cota-Sánchez, A. Reyes-Oliva, and B. Sánchez-Soto. 2007. Vivipary in coastal cacti: A potential reproductive strategy in holophytic environments. Amer. J. Botany 94: 1577-1581.

Reimer, E.and J. H. Cota-Sánchez. 2007. A Scanning Electron Microscope survey of leaf epidermis in the Danthonioideae (Poaceae). Systematic Botany 32 (1): 60-70.

A.R. DAVIS

T.J. Wist and A.R. Davis (2008) Floral structure and dynamics of nectar production in Echinacea pallida var. angustifolia (Asteraceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 169(6): 708-722..

A.R. Davis, D. Bikey, A. Mirakhur, D. Dyck (2007) Direct encounters and effect of vapours from three ant species (Formicidae) on Varroa destructor mites in laboratory trials. Journal of Apicultural Research 46(4): 282-290.

Wist, T.J. & Davis, A.R. (2006) Floral nectar production and nectary anatomy and ultrastructure of Echinacea purpurea (Asteraceae). Annals of Botany 97:177-193.

Murza, G.L., Heaver, J.R. & Davis, A.R. (2006) Minor pollinator-prey conflict in the carnivorous plant, Drosera anglica. Plant Ecology 184:43-52.>

W.C. Hrycan and A.R. Davis (2005) Comparative structure and pollen production of the stamens and pollinator-deceptive staminodes of Commelina coelestis and C. dianthifolia (Commelinaceae). Annals of Botany 95: 1113-1130.

J.R. DILLON

M.D. Rigden, C. Baier, S. Ramirez-Arcos, M. Liao, M. Wang and J.R. Dillon. (2008) Identification of the coiled-coil domains of Enterococcus faecalis DivIVA that mediate oligomerization and their importance for biological function. J. Biochem. 144: 63-76..
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M. Liao, K. Bell, W-M Gu, Y. Yang, N.F. Eng, W. Fu, L. Wu, C-G Zhang, Y. Chen, A.M. Jolly, and J.R. Dillon. (2008) Clusters of circulating Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains and association with antimicrobial resistance in Shanghai. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 61: 478-487..
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V. Greco-Stewart, S. Ramirez-Arcos, M. Liao and J.R. Dillon. (2007) N-terminus determinants of MinC from Neisseria gonorrhoeae mediate interaction with FtsZ but do not affect interaction with MinD or homodimerization. Arch. Microbiol. 187: 451-458..
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J.R. Dillon, M. Ruben, H. Li, G. Borthagaray, C. Marquez, S. Fiorito, P. Galarza, J.L. Portilla, L. Leon, C.I. Agudelo, O.M. Sanabria, A. Maldonado, and P. Prabhakar. 2006. Challenges in the control of gonorrhoea in South America and the Caribbean: monitoring the development of resistance to anitibiotics. Sex. Transm. Dis. 33:87-95. .
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N.F. Eng, J. Szeto, S. Acharya, D. Tessier, and J.R. Dillon. (2006) The C-terminus of MinE from Neisseria gonorrhoeae acts as a topological specificity factor by modulating MinD activity in bacterial cell division. Res. Microbiol. 157: 333-344.

L.C. FOWKE (Emeriti)

Zhou, Y., Niu, H., Brandizzi, F., Fowke, L.C. & Wang, H. (2006) Molecular control of nuclear and subnuclear targeting of the plant CDK inhibitor ICK1 and ICK1-mediated nuclear transport of CDKA. Plant Molecular Biology 62: 261-278

Molecular Biology 62: 261-278. Zhou, Y., Li, G., Brandizzi, F., Fowke, L.C. & Wang, H. (2003) The plant cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor ICK1 has distinct functional domains for in vivo kinase inhibition, protein stability and nuclear localization. The Plant Journal 35: 476-489.

Zhou, Y., Wang, H., Gilmer, S., Whitwill, S. & Fowke, L.C. (2003) Effects of co-expressing plant CDK inhibitor ICK1 and D-type cyclin genes on plant growth, cell size and ploidy in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta 216: 604-613..

Zhou, Y., Wang, H. & Fowke, L.C. (2002) Control of petal and pollen development by the plant cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor ICK1 in transgenic Brassica plants. Planta 215: 248-257.

Wang, H., Zhou, Y., Gilmer, S.,Whitwell, S. & Fowke, L.C. (2000) Expression of the plant cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor ICK1 affects cell division, plant growth and morphology. The Plant Journal 24: 613-623.

J.R. GRAY

Guest, B. B. and Gray, J. R. (2006). Responses of a Looming-Sensitive Neuron to Compound and Paired Object Approaches. J.Neurophysiol. 95, 1428-1441.

Gray, J.R..( 2005) Habituated visual neurons remain sensitive to novel looming objects. J.Exp.Biol. 208, 2515-2532.

Frye, M.A. &Gray, J.R. (2005) Mechanosensory integration for flight control in insects. In: Advances in Insect Sensory Neuroscience, Ed. Thomas Christensen, CRC Press, pp. 107-128.

Gray, J.R. & Weeks, J.C. (2003) Steroid-induced dendritic regression reduces anatomical contacts between neurons during synaptic weakening and the developmental loss of behavior. J.Neurosci. 23:1406-1415

Gray, J.R. & Willis, M.A. (2002) A method for recording behavior and multineuronal CNS activity from tethered insects flying in virtual space. J. Neurosci.Methods. 120(2):211-223

J. HUDSON

Sereda, J., J. Hudson, W. Taylor and E. Demers. 2008. Fish as sources and sinks of nutrients in lakes. Freshwat. Biol. 53:278-289

Sereda, J., J. Hudson, P. McLoughlin (In press). General empirical models for predicting the release of nutrients by fish, with a comparison between detritivores and non-detritivores. Freshwat. Biol. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02029.x

Dessouki, T., Hudson, J.J. & Neal, R. (2005) The effect of nutrient additions on the sedimentation of contaminants in a uranium mine pit lake. Wat. Res. 39:3055-3061

Hudson, J.J. & Taylor, W. (2005) Estimating steady state phosphate with a 15-minute assay. Aquat. Sci. 67:316-325

Molot, L., Hudson, J.J., Dillon, P.J. & Miller, S.A. (2005) Effect of pH on photo-oxidation of dissolved organic carbon by hydroxyl radicals in a coloured, softwater stream. Aquat. Sci. 67:139-195.

J. JOHNSTONE

Johnstone, J.F. and S.V. Kokelj, S.V. (2008) Environmental conditions and vegetation recovery at abandoned drilling mud sumps in the Mackenzie Delta region, NWT, Canada. Arctic 61: 199-211.

Johnstone, J.F. (2006) Response of boreal plant communities to variations in previous fire-free interval. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 15: 497-508.

Johnstone, J.F. and Chapin, F.S., III. (2006) Fire interval effects on successional trajectory in boreal forests of Northwest Canada. Ecosystems 9: 268-277..

Johnstone, J.F. and Chapin, F.S., III. (2006) Effects of soil burn severity on patterns of post-fire tree recruitment in boreal forests. Ecosystems 9: 14-31.

Johnstone, J.F. and Chapin, F.S., III. (2003) Non-equilibrium succession dynamics indicate continued northern migration of lodgepole pine. Global Change Biology 9(10): 1401-1409.

S. KAMINSKYJ

Hubbard M, Kaminskyj S 2008 Rapid tip-directed movement of Golgi-equivalents in growing Aspergillus nidulans hyphae suggests a mechanism for delivery of growth-related materials. Microbiology in press

Kaminskyj SGW 2008 pdf Effective and flexible methods for visualizing and quantifying endorhizal fungi. In Mycorrhizae: Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry (ZA Siddiqui, MS Akhtar, K Futai, Editors). Springer-Verlag, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Accepted 6 February 2008. Original publication available at www.springerlink.com 151: 3679-3668

Yang Y, El-Ganiny A, Bray G, Sanders D, Kaminskyj S 2008 The Aspergillus nidulans hypB5 morphogenesis defect is complemented by a Sec7-domain protein. Fungal Genetics and Biology, doi 10.1016

Kaminskyj SGW, Dahms TES 2008 pdf High spatial resolution surface imaging and analysis of fungal cells using SEM and AFM. Micron. Invited Review. doi:10.1016/j.micron.2007.10.023

Jilkine K, Gough KM, Julian R, Kaminskyj SGW 2008 pdf A sensitive method for examining whole cell biochemical composition in single cells of filamentous fungi using synchrotron FTIR spectromicroscopy. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 102: 540-546..

D.C. LOGAN

Scott, I. and Logan, D.C. (2008) Mitochondrial morphology transition is an early indicator of subsequent cell death in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 17: 90-101.

Logan, D.C. (editor). Plant Mitochondria. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK, 2007.

Logan, D.C. (2006) The mitochondrial compartment. Journal of Experimental Botany 57: 1225-1243. Including front cover and republication in special issue Vol. 58, 2007.

Scott, I. Tobin, A.K. and Logan, D.C. (2006) BIGYIN: an orthologue of human and yeast FIS1 genes functions in the control of mitochondrial size and number in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany 57: 1275-1280.

Logan, D.C., Scott, I. and Tobin, A.K. (2003) The genetic control of plant mitochondrial morphology and dynamics. The Plant Journal 36: 500-509.

T.A. MARCHANT

Bortolotti, G.R., T.A., Marchant, J. Blas & T. German (2008) Corticosterone in feathers is a long-term, integrated measure of avian stress. Functional Ecology, 22: 494-500

Chivers, D.P., X. Zhao, G.E. Brown, T.A. Marchant & M.C.O. Ferrari (2007) Predator-induced changes in morphology of a prey fish: the effects of food level and temporal frequency of predation risk. Evolutionary Ecology 22: 561-574

Blas, J., G.R. Bortolotti, J.L. Tella, R. Baos & T.A. Marchant (2007) Stress response during development predicts fitness in a wild, long lived verterate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 104: 880-8884

Cabezas, S., J. Blas, T.A. Marchant & S. Moreno (2007) Physiological stress levels predict survival probablilities in wild rabbits. Hormones and Behavior 51: 313-320

Baos, R., J. Blas, G.R. Bortoloti, T.A. Marchant & F. Hiraldo. (2006) Adrenocortical responses to stress and thyroid hormone status in free-living nestling white storks (Ciconia ciconia) exposed to heavy metal and arsenic contamination. Environmental Health Perspectives 114: 1497-1501.

P.D.McLOUGHLIN

McLoughlin, P.D., Coulson, T., and Clutton-Brock, T. 2008. Cross-generational effects of habitat and density on life history in red deer. Ecology In press. .

McLoughlin, P.D., Gaillard, J.-M., Boyce, M., Bonenfant, C., Messier, F., Duncan, P., Delorme, D., Van Moorter, B., Saïd, S., and Klein, F. 2007. Lifetime reproductive success and composition of the home range in a large herbivore. Ecology 88: 3192–3201.

McLoughlin, P.D., Boyce, M.S., Coulson, T., and Clutton-Brock, T. 2006. Lifetime reproductive success and density-dependent, multi-variable resource selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 273: 1449–1454.

McLoughlin, P.D., Dunford, J.D., and Boutin, S. 2005. Relating predation mortality to broad-scale habitat selection. Journal of Animal Ecology 74: 701–707.

McLoughlin, P.D., Case, R.L., Gau, R.J., Cluff, H.D., Mulders, R., and Messier, F. 2002. Hierarchical habitat selection by barren-ground grizzly bears in the central Canadian Arctic. Oecologia 132: 102–108.

F. MESSIER

Heisey, D.M., Joly, D.O., & Messier, F. (2005) The fitting of general force-of-infection models to wildlife disease prevalence data. Ecology. 87: 2356-2365.

McLoughlin, P.D., Taylor, M.K., Bayne, E.M., Boutin, S., Hwang, Y.T. & Messier, F. (2005) Thresholds to population viability: human-caused mortality and grizzly bears. Oryx 27 pp.

Joly, D.O. & Messier, F. (2005) The effect of bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis on reproduction and survival of wood bison in Wood Buffalo National Park. Journal of Animal Ecology 74: 543-551

McLoughlin, P.D., Taylor, M.K. & Messier, F. (2005) Conservation risks of male-selective harvest for mammals with low reproductive potential. Journal of Wildlife Management 69: 1592-1600

Joly, D.O. & Messier, F. (2004) Testing hypotheses of bison population decline (1970-1999) in Wood Buffalo National Park: synergism between exotic disease and predation. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82: 1165-1176

B.R. NEAL (Emeriti)

Dessouki, T.C.E., Hudson, J.J., Neal, B.R. & Bogard, M.J. (2005). The effects of phosphorus additions on the sedimentation of contaminants in a uranium mine pit-lake. Water Research In press

Muir, D.C.G., Yarachewski, A.L. & Neal, B.R. (1992) Influence of surface films on the fate of deltamethrin following aerial application to prairie ponds. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 11: 581-591.

Morrill, P.K.. & Neal, B.R. (1990) Impact of deltamethrin insecticide on Chironomidae (Diptera) of prairie ponds. Can. J. Zool. 68: 289-296.

S. NIYOGI

S. Niyogi, R. Kent and C.M. Wood, 2008. Effects of water chemistry variables on gill binding and acute toxicity of cadmium in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): A biotic ligand model (BLM) approach. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C (in press).

R.W.M. Kwong and S. Niyogi, 2008. An in vitro examination of intestinal iron absorption in a freshwater teleost, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of Comparative Physiology B (in press).

S. Niyogi, G.G. Pyle and C.M. Wood, 2007. Branchial versus intestinal zinc uptake in wild yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from reference and metal-contaminated aquatic ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, 64: 1605-1613.

Niyogi, S., Kamunde, C.N. and Wood, C.M., 2006. Food selection, growth and physiology in relation to dietary sodium chloride content in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) under chronic waterborne Cu exposure. Aquatic Toxicology, 77, 210-221.

Niyogi S and C.M. Wood, 2004. The Biotic Ligand Model, a flexible tool for developing site-specific water quality guidelines for metals. Environment Science and Technology, 38, 6177-6192.

G.H. RANK (Emeriti)

Lu, R. & Rank, G.H. (1996) Use of RAPD analyses to estimate population genetic parameters in the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata. Genome 39: 655-663.

Xiao, W. & Rank, G.H. (1996) The 2 m plasmid of laboratory yeast strains is a type-1/type-2 hybrid. Yeast 12: 809-813.
Youming, X., Pelcher, L. & Rank, G.H. (1994) Chimeric evolution of the 2 m genome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Mol. Evol. 38: 363-368.

Xiao, W., Pelcher, L.E. & Rank, G.H. (1991) DNA sequence divergence and functional conservation at the STB locus of yeast 2 m DNA circle variants. J. Bacteriol. 173: 1181-1186.

Xiao, W., Pelcher, L.E. & Rank, G.H. (1991) Evidence for cis and trans-acting element coevolution of the 2 m circle genome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Mol. Evol. 32: 132-145

V.K. SAWHNEY

V.K. Sawhney and I.S Sheoran. 2008. Proteomics of Tomato Seed and Pollen. In: Tomato and Tomato Products. Eds: V.R. Preedy and R.R. Watson, Science Publishers, New Hampshire, USA. pp 503-515.

I.S. Sheoran, A.R.S. Ross, D. J.H. Olson and V.K. Sawhney. 2007. Proteomic analysis of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) pollen. Journal of Experimental Botany 58: 3525-3535.

I.S. Sheoran, K.A. Sproule, D.J.H. Olson, A.R.S. Ross and V.K. Sawhney. 2006. Proteome profile and functional classification of proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana (Landsberg erecta) mature pollen. Sexual Plant Reproduction 19: 185-196.1

Sheoran, I.S., Olson, D.J.H., Ross, A.R.S. & Sawhney, V.K . (2005) Proteome analysis of embryo and endosperm from germinating tomato seeds. Proteomics 5:3752-3764).

Fei, H., Zhang, R., Pharis, R.P. & Sawhney, V.K. (2004) Pleiotropic effects of the male sterile 33 (ms33) mutation in Arabidopsis are associated with modifications in endogenous gibberellins, indole-3-acetic acid and abscisic acid. Planta 219:649-660

C.D. TODD

Flores, T; Todd, CD; Tovar-Mendez, A; Dhanoa, PK; Correa-Arrugunde, N; Hoyos, ME; Brownfield, DL; Mullen, RT; Lamattina, L; Polacco J.C. (2008) Arginase-negative mutants of Arabidopsis exhibit increased nitric oxide signaling in root development. Plant Physiology 147:1936-1946.

Brownfield, DL; Todd, CD; Deyholos, MK (2008) Analysis of Arabidopsis arginase gene transcription patterns indicates specific biological functions for recently diverged paralogs. Plant Molecular Biology 67:429-440

Todd C.D. & Polacco J.C. (2006) AtAAH, an allantoate amidohydrolase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta 223: 1108-113

Todd, C.D., Zeng, P., Huete, A.M.R., Hoyos, M.E. and Polacco, J.C. (2004) Transcripts of MYB-like genes respond to phosphorous and nitrogen deprivation in Arabidopsis. Planta. 219: 1003-1009

Todd, C.D. and Polacco, J.C. (2004) Soybean cultivars ‘Williams 82' and ‘Maple Arrow' produce both urea and ammonia during ureide degradation. J. Exp. Bot. 55: 86..

Y.D. WEI

Liu, G., Greenshields, D.L., Sammynaiken, R., Hirji, R.N., Selvaraj, G. and Wei, Y.D. (2007). Targeted alterations in iron homeostasis underlie plant defense responses. Journal of Cell Science 120:596-605.

Liu, G., Kennedy, R., Greenshields, D.L., Peng, G., Forseille, L., Selvaraj, G. and Wei, Y.D. (2007). Detached and attached Arabidopsis leaf assays reveal distinctive defense responses against hemibiotrophic Colletotrichum species. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 20:1308-1319.

Greenshields, D.L., Liu, G., Feng, J., Selvaraj, G. and Wei, Y.D. (2007). The siderophore biosynthetic gene SID1, but not the ferroxidase gene FET3, is required for full Fusarium graminearum virulence. Molecular Plant Pathology 8:411-421..

Shen, W., Wei, Y.D., Dauk, M., Tan, Y., Taylor, D.C., Selvaraj, G. and Zou, J. (2006). Involvement of a glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in modulating NADH/NAD+ ratio provides evidence of a mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 18:422-441..

Wei, Y.D., Shen, W., Dauk, M., Wang, F., Selvaraj, G. and Zou, J. (2004). Targeted-gene disruption of glycerol-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides reveals evidence that glycerol is a transferred nutrient from host plant to fungal pathogen. Journal of Biological Chemistry 279:429-435..

K.L. WIEBE

Flockhart, T.D. and K.L. Wiebe. 2007. The role of weather and migration in assortative pairing within the northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) hybrid zone. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9:887-903..

Wiebe, K.L., W.D. Koenig and K. Martin. 2007. Costs and benefits of nest reuse versus excavation in cavity-nesting birds. Ann. Zool. Fennici. 44: 209-217.

Slagsvold, T. and K.L. Wiebe. 2007. Hatching asynchrony and early nestling mortality: the feeding constraint hypothesis. Animal Behaviour 73: 691-700..

Wiebe, K.L. 2005. Asymmetric costs favor female desertion in the facultatively polyandrous northern flicker (Colaptes auratus). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 57: 429-437.

K.E. WILSON

Wilson, K.E., Sieger, S.M. & Huner, N.P.A. (2003) The temperature-dependent accumulation of Mg-protoporphyrin IX and reactive oxygen species in Chlorella vulgaris. Physiologia Plantarum 119: 126-136

Wilson, K.E., Król, M. & Huner, N.P.A (2003) Temperature-induced greening of Chlorella vulgaris. The role of the cellular energy balance and zeaxanthin-dependent nonphotochemical quenching. Planta 217: 616-627

Dong, C.N., Danyluk, J., Wilson, K.E., Pocock, T., Huner, N.P.A. & Sarhan, F. (2002) Cold regulated cereal chloroplast late embryogenesis abundant-like proteins: molecular characterization and functional analysis. Plant Physiology 129: 1368-1381

Wilson, K.E., Thompson, J.E., Huner, N.P.A. & Greenberg, B.M. (2001) Effects of ultraviolet-A exposure on ultraviolent B-induced accumulation of specific flavonoids in Brassica napus. Photochemistry and Photobiology 73: 678-684

Wilson, K.E. and Huner, N.P.A. (2000) The role of growth rate, redox state of the plastoquinone pool and the trans-thylakoid DpH in photoacclimation of Chlorella vulgaris to growh irradiance and temperature. Planta 212: 92-102

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE DEPT. OF BIOLOGY

J.F. BASINGER

Kotyk, M.E., Basinger, J.F., & McIver, E.E. (2003) Early Tertiary Chamaecyparis Spach from Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian High Arctic. Canadian Journal of Botany, 81: 113-130.

Kotyk, M.E., Basinger, J.F., Gensel, P.G. & de Freitas, T.A. (2002) Morphologically complex plant macrofossils from the Late Silurian of Arctic Canada. American Journal of Botany, 89: 1004-1013.

Gensel, P.G., Kotyk, M.E. & Basinger, J.F. (2001) Morphology of above- and below-ground structures in early Devonian (Pragian-Emsian) plants. Pp. 83-102. In: Plants Invade the Land: Evolutionary and Environmental Persepctives; edited by

P.G. Gensel and D. Edwards. Columbia University Press, New York.

Kotyk, M.E. & Basinger, J.F. (2000) The Early Devonian (Pragian) zosterophyll Bathurstia denticulata Hueber. Can. J. Bot. 78: 193-207.

ADJUNCT PROFESSORS OF THE DEPT. OF BIOLOGY

R.T. ALISAUSKAS

Alisauskas, R. T., Drake, K. L., and Nichols, J. D. 2008. Filling a void: abundance estimation of North American populations of arctic geese using hunter recoveries. Environmental and Ecological Statistics: in press

Samelius, G., Alisauskas, R. T., and Hines, J. E. 2008. Productivity of Lesser Snow Geese on Banks Island from 1995-1998. Canadian Wildlife Service Occasional Paper No. 115.

Wayland, M., Drake, K. L., Alisauskas, R. T., Kellett, D. K., Traylor, J. J., Swoboda, C. J., and Mehl, K. R. 2008. Survival rates and blood metal concentrations in two species of free-ranging North American Sea Ducks. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27:698-704.

Traylor, J. J., Alisauskas, R. T., and Kehoe, F. P. 2008. Ecological correlates of duckling adoption among white-winged scoters Melanitta fusca: strategy, epiphenomenon, or combination? Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 62:1085-1097.

Samelius, G., Alisauskas, R. T., Hobson, K. A., and Lariviere, S. 2007. Prolonging the arctic pulse: long-term exploitation of cached eggs by arctic foxes when lemmings are scarce. Journal of Animal Ecology 76:873-880


R.G. CLARK

Coulton, D.W. & R.G. Clark. 2008. An integrated capture-recapture and stable isotope approach to modeling sources of demographic rescue. Auk, in press.

Skinner, S.P. & R.G. Clark. 2008. Relationships between relative abundance and species richness of ducks and grassland birds in southern Saskatchewan. Avian Conservation and Ecology 3 (on-line, open access).

Devink, J-M., R.G. Clark, S. Slattery & A. Scheuhammer. 2008. Effects of dietary selenium on reproduction and body mass of captive lesser scaup. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27:471–477. .

Haszard, S. & R.G. Clark. 2007. Wetland use by white-winged scoters (Melanitta fusca) in the Mackenzie Delta region. Wetlands 27:855-863.

Shutler, D., R.G. Clark, C. Fehr & A.W. Diamond. 2006. Time and recruitment costs as currencies in manipulation studies on the costs of reproduction. Ecology 87:2938-2946..

R. DAWSON

O'Brien E.L., Dawson R.D. (2008) Parasite-mediated growth strategies and nutritional constraints in a cavity-nesting bird. Journal of Animal Ecology. 77:127-134.

Bitton P.-P., O'Brien E.L., Dawson R.D. (2007) Male plumage brightness and age predict extra-pair fertilization success in tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor. Animal Behaviour 74:1777-1784.

O'Brien E.L., Dawson R.D. (2007) Context-dependent genetic benefits of extra-pair mate choice in a socially monogamous passerine. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61:775-782.

Dawson R.D., Lawrie C.C., O'Brien E.L. (2005) The importance of microclimate variation in determining size, growth and survival of avian offspring: experimental evidence from a cavity nesting passerine. Oecologia 144:499-507.

Dawson R.D., Bidwell M.T. (2005) Dietary calcium limits size and growth of nestling tree swallows in a non-acidified landscape. Journal of Avian Biology 36:127-134.

M. ERLANDSON

Erlandson, MA & Theilmann, DA. 2009. Molecular Approaches to Virus Characterization and Detection. Pp 3-31. In, "Insect Pathogens: Molecular Approaches and Techniques" (S. Patricia Stock, Itamar Glazer, Noel Boemare, and John Vanderberg, eds), CABI Publishing.

Hegedus, DD, Erlandson, MA, Gillott, C & Toprak, U. 2009. Peritrophic matrix synthesis, architecture, and function: New insights. Annual Review of Entomology 54, 285-302.

Toprak, U, Baldwin, D, Erlandson, MA, Gillott, C, Hou, X & Hegedus, DD. 2008. A chitin deacetylase and insect intestinal lipases are components of Mamestra configurata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) peritrophic matrix. Insect Molecular Biology 17: 573-585

Gariepy, TD, Kuhlmann, U, Gillott, C & Erlandson, MA. 2008. A large-scale comparison of conventional and molecular methods for the evaluation of host-parasitoid associations in non-target risk-assessment studies. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 708-715.

Erlandson, MA, Newhouse, S, Moore, K, Janmatt, A, Myers, J and Theilmann, D. 2007. Characterization of baculovirus isolates from Trichoplusia ni populations from vegetable greenhouses. Biological Control 41: 256-263.

M. EVANS

Houde, M. D.C.G. Muir, K.A. Kidd, S. Guildford, K. Drouillard, M. S. Evans, X. Wang, D.M. Whittle, D. Haffner, and H. Kling. 2008. Influence of lake characteristics on the biomagnification of persistent organic pollutants in lake trout food webs. Environmental Science and Technology 27: 2169–2178

Lockhart W.L., G. A. Stern, G. Low, M. Hendzel, G. Boila, P. Roach, M. S. Evans, B. N. Billeck, J. DeLaronde, S. Friesen, K. Kidd, S. Atkins, D. C. G. Muir, M. Stoddart, G. Stephens, S. Stephenson, S. Harbicht, N. Snowshoe, B. Grey, S. Thompson, N. DeGraff N. A history of total mercury in edible muscle of fish from lakes in northern Canada. Science of the Total Environment. 351-352:427-463

Van der Kamp, D. Keir, and M. S. Evans. 2007. Long-term changes in water level changes in closed-basin lakes of the Canadian prairies. Canadian Water Resources Journal 33:23-38

McMaster. M. E., M. S. Evans, M. Alaee, D. C. G. Muir, and L. M. Hewitt. 2006. Northern ecosystem Initiative: distribution and effects of contaminants. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment DOI:10.1007

McMaster. M. E., M. S. Evans, M. Alaee, D. C. G. Muir, and L. M. Hewitt. 2006. Northern Ecosystem Initiative: distribution and effects of contaminants. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment DOI:10.1007/s10661-005-9100-x/s10661-005-9100-x

P.R. FOBERT

Jadhav, A., Taylor, D.C., Giblin, E.M., Ferrie, A., Ambrose, S.J., Ross, A.J.R., Nelson, K., Zaharia, L.I., Sharma, N., Anderson, M., Fobert, P.R., and Abrams, S.R. 2008. Hormonal regulation of oil accumulation in Brassica seeds: Metabolism and biological activity of ABA, 7'-, 8'- and 9'-hydroxy ABA in microspore derived embryos of B. napus. Phytochemistry (In press)

Potlakayala, S.D., DeLong, C., Sharpe, A., and Fobert, P.R. 2007. Conservation of NON-EXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES1 function between Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica napus. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 71: 174-183.

Rochon, A., Boyle, P., Wignes, T., Fobert, P.R., and Després, C. 2006. The coactivator function of Arabidopsis NPR1 requires the core of its BTB/POZ domain and the oxidation of C-terminal cysteines. The Plant Cell 18: 3670-3685.

Pylatuik, J.D., and Fobert, P.R. 2005. Comparison and validation of three Arabidopsis microarray platforms. Plant Molecular Biology 58: 609–624.

Fobert, P.R. and Després, C. 2005. Redox regulation of systemic acquired resistance. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 8: 78-382.1.

K.A. HOBSON

Hobson, K.A., S. Van Wilgenburg, L.I. Wassenaar, H. Hands, W. Johnson, M. O'Melia and P. Taylor. 2006. Using stable-hydrogen isotopes to delineate origins of Sandhill Cranes harvested in the Central Flyway of North America. Waterbirds 29: 137-147.

Hobson, K.A. 2005. Stable isotopes and the determination of avian migratory connectivity and seasonal interactions. Auk 122:1037-1048.

Hobson, K.A. 2005. Using stable isotopes to trace long-distance dispersal in birds and other taxa. Diversity and Distributions 11:157-164.

Hobson, K.A., J.E. Thompson, M. Evans, and S. Boyd. 2005. Tracing nutrient allocation to reproduction in Barrow's Goldeneye. J. Wildlife Management 69:1221-1228.

Hobson, K.A., L. Atwell, L.I. Wassenaar, and T. Yerkes. 2004. Estimating endogenous nutrient allocations to reproduction in Redhead Ducks: A dual isotope approach using D and 13C measurements of female and egg tissues. Functional Ecology 18:737-745
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J.E. PAGE

Stevens, J.F. & Page, J.E. (2004) Xanthohumol and related prenylflavonoids from hops and beer: to your good health! Phytochemistry 65: 1317-1330.

Page, J.E., Hause, G., Raschke, M., Gao, W., Schmidt, J., Zenk, M.H. & Kutchan, T.M. (2004) Functional analysis of the final steps of the 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate (DXP) pathway to isoprenoids in plants using virus-induced gene silencing. Plant Physiology 134: 1401-1413.

Page, J.E. & Towers, G.H.N. (2002). Anthocyanins protect light sensitive thiarubrine phototoxins. Planta 215: 478-484.

Oven, M., Page, J.E., Zenk, M.H. & Kutchan, T.M. (2002) Cloning and Characterization of homo-phytochelatin synthase catalyzing the formation of heavy metal complexing peptides from soybean, Glycine max. Journal of Biological Chemistry 277: 4747-4754.

Page, J.E., Block, E. & Towers, G.H.N. (1999). Visible light photochemistry and phototoxicity of thiarubrines. Photochemistry and Photobiology 170: 159-165.

J. ZOU

Kazachkov M, Chen Q, Wang L, Zou J (2008) Substrate preferences of a lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase highlight its role in phospholipid remodeling. LIPIDS 43:895-902

Chen Q, Kazachkov M, Zheng Z, Zou J. (2007) The yeast acylglycerol acyltransferase LCA1 is a key component of Lands cycle for phosphatidylcholine turnover. FEBS Lett. 581(28):5511-5516

Chen Q, Steinhauer L, Hammerlindl J, Keller W, Zou J. (2007) Biosynthesis of phytosterol esters: identification of a sterol o-acyltransferase in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 145:974-984

Shen, W., Wei, Y., Dauk, M., Tan, Y., Taylor, D., Selveraj, G. and Zou, J (2006) Involvement of a Glycerol-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in modulating the NADH/NAD+ Ratio Provides Evidence of a Mitochondrial Glycerol-3-Phosphate Shuttle in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 18:422-411.

Zheng, Z., Xia, Q., Dauk, M., Shen, W., Selvaraj, G. & Zou, J. (2003) The Arabidopsis AtGPAT1, a member of a glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase gene family, is essential for tapetum differentiation and male fertility. Plant Cell 15: 1872-1887.