Publications

Chu, V. M., M. A. M. Sallum, T. E. Moore, K. J. Emerson, C. D. Schlichting, J. E. Conn. 2020. Evidence for family-level variation of phenotypic traits in response to temperature of Brazilian Nyssorhynchus darlingi. Parasites Vectors 13, 55. [pdf][doi:10.1186/s13071-020-3924-7]

Prussing, C., K. J. Emerson, S. A. Bickersmith, M. A. M. Anice. 2019. Minimal genetic differentiation of the malaria vector Nyssorhynchus darlingi associated with forest cover level in Amazonian Brazil. PLoS ONE 14(11): e0225005. [pdf] [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225005]

Campos, M., D. P. Alonso, J. E. Conn, J. M. Vinetz, K. J. Emerson, and P. E. M. Ribolla. 2019. Genetic diversity of Nyssorhynchus (Anopheles) darlingi related to biting behavior in western Amazon. Parasites and Vectors 12: 242. [pdf] [doi:10.1186/s13071-019-3498-4]

Torres-Gutierrez, C., T. M. P. de Oliveira, K. J. Emerson, E. S. Bergo, and M. A. M. Sallum. 2018. Molecular Phylogeny of Culex subgenus Melanoconion (Diptera: Culicidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial protein-coding genes.  Royal Society Open Science 5: 171900 [pdf] [doi:10.1098/rsos.171900]

Prussing, C., M. Moreno, M. P. Saavedra, S. A. Bickersmith, D. Gamboa, F. Alava, C. D. Schlichting, K. J. Emerson, J. M. Vinetz, and J. E. Conn.  2018. Decreasing proportion of Anopheles darlingi biting outdoors between long-lasting insecticidal next distributions in peri-Iquitos, Amazonian Peru.  Malaria Journal 17:86 [pdf] [doi:10.1186/s12936-018-2234-4]

Emerson, K.J., and R.G. Glaser 2017. Cytonuclear epistasis controls the density of symbiont Wolbachia pipientis in non-gonadal tissues of mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 7:2627-2635. [pdf][supporting information][doi:10.1534/g3.117.043422]

Chhatre, V.E., and K.J. Emerson. 2017. StrAuto: automation and parallelization of STRUCTURE analysis. BMC Bioinformatics 18:192. [pdf][doi:10.1186/s12859-017-1593-0 ]

Campos, M., J.E. Conn, D.P. Alonsoa, J.M. Vinetz, K.J. Emerson, P.E.M. Ribolla. 2017. Microgeographic structure in the major Neotropical malaria vector Anopheles darlingi. Parasites and Vectors 10:76. [pdf][doi:10.1186/s13071-017-2014-y]

Torres-Gutierrez, C., E. S. Bergo, K.J. Emerson, T. M. P. de Oliveira, and M. A. M. Sallum. 2016. Mitochondrial COI gene as a tool in the taxonomy of mosquitoes Culex subgenus Melanconion. Acta Tropica 164:137-149.[pdf][doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.09.007]

Emerson, K.J., J. E. Conn, E. S. Bergo, M. A. Randel, and M. A. M. Sallum. 2015. Brazilian Anopheles darlingi Root (Diptera: Culicidae) clusters by major biographical region. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0130773.
[pdf][supporting information][doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130773]

Merz, C.M., J. M. Catchen, V. Hansen-Smith, K. J. Emerson, W. E. Bradshaw, C. M. Holzapfel. 2013. Replicate phylogeographies and post-glacial expansion of the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii, in North America. PLoS ONE 8(9): e72262
[pdf][supporting information][doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072262]

Bradshaw, W. E., K. J. Emerson, J. M. Catchen, W. A. Cresko, and C. M. Holzapfel. 2012. Footprints in time: comparative quantitative trait locus mapping in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B.  279, 4551–4558
[pdf][supporting information][doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.1917]

Bradshaw, W. E., K. J. Emerson, and C. M. Holzapfel. 2012. Genetic correlations and the evolution of photoperiodic time measurement within a local population of the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii. Heredity 108: 473-479.
[pdf][doi:10.1038/hdy.2011.108][Commentary]

Emerson, K. J., Merz, C. M., Catchen, J. M., Hohenlohe, P. A., Cresko, W. A., Bradshaw, W. E., and C. M. Holzapfel.  2010.  Resolving post-glacial phylogeography using high throughput sequencing.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 107(37):16196 – 16200.
[pdf][supporting information] [NSF Press Release][doi: 10.1073/pnas.1006538107]

Emerson, K. J., W. E. Bradshaw, and C. M. Holzapfel. 2010. Microarrays reveal early transcriptional events during the termination of larval diapause in natural populations of the mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii. PLoS ONE. 5(3):e9574.
[pdf][Open Access at PLoS ONE][doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009574]

Emerson, K. J.., A. Uyemura, K. McDaniel, P. Schmidt, W. Bradshaw, and C. Holzapfel. 2009. Environmental control of ovarian dormancy in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 195:825-829.
[pdf][doi: 10.1007/s00359-009-0460-5]

Emerson, K. J., W. E. Bradshaw, and C. M. Holzapfel. 2009. Complications of Complexity: Integrating environmental, genetic and hormonal control of insect diapause. Trends in Genetics 25(5):217-225.
[pdf][doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2009.03.009]

Emerson, K. J., S. J. Dake, W. E. Bradshaw, and C. M. Holzapfel. 2009. Evolution of photoperiodic time measurement is independent of the circadian clock in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 195: 385 – 391.
[pdf][doi: 10.1007/s00359-009-0416-9]

Emerson, K. J., A. D. Letaw, W. E. Bradshaw, and C. M. Holzapfel. 2008. Extrinsic light:dark cycles, rather than endogenous circadian cycles, affect the photoperiodic counter in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 194: 611 – 615.
[pdf][doi: 10.1007/s00359-008-0334-2]

Emerson, K. J., W. E. Bradshaw, and C. M. Holzapfel. 2008. Concordance of the circadian clock with the environment is necessary to maximize fitness in natural populations. Evolution 62:979-983.
[pdf][doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00324.x]

Roff, D.A., K. Emerson. 2006. Epistasis and dominance: Evidence for differential effects in life history versus morphological traits. Evolution 60(10): 1981 – 1990.
[pdf][doi: 10.1554/06-165.1]

Baudry, E., K. Emerson, T. Whitworth and J.H. Werren. 2003. Wolbachia and genetic variability in the birdnest blowfly Protocalliphora sialia. Molecular Ecology 12:1843-1854.
[pdf][doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01855.x]