Scientific publications and commentaries

 
 

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2016

Variation in forewing size linked to migratory status in monarch butterflies
Yiwen Li, Amanda A. Pierce & Jacobus C. de Roode
Animal Migration 3, 27-34 (2016) link

Fitness costs of animal medication: anti-parasitic plant chemicals reduce fitness of monarch butterfly hosts
Leiling Tao, Kevin M. Hoang, Mark D. Hunter & Jacobus C. de Roode
Journal of Animal Ecology (2016) link

Fine scale population genetic structure of Varroa destructor, an ectoparasitic mite of the honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Travis L. Dynes, Jacobus C. de Roode, Justine I. Lyons, Jennifer A. Berry, Keith S. Delaplane & Berry J. Brosi
Apidologie (2016) link

Inbreeding depression in monarch butterflies
Andrew J. Mongue, Michelle V. Tsai, Marta L. Wayne & Jacobus C. de Roode
Journal of Insect Conservation 20, 477-483 (2016) link

Comparative genetics of Na+/K+-ATPase in monarch butterfly populations with varying host plant toxicity
Amanda A. Pierce, Jacobus C. de Roode & Leiling Tao
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 119, 194-200 (2016) link

Within-host competition and drug resistance in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Mary Bushman, Lindsey Morton, Nancy Duah, Neils Quashie, Benjamin Abuaku, Kwadwo A. Koram, Pedro Rafael Dimbu, Mateusz Plucinski, Julie Gutman, Peter Lyaruu, S. Patrick Kachur, Jacobus C. de Roode & Venkatachalam Udhayakumar
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 283, 20153038 (2016) link

Evolution of behavioral and cellular defenses against parasitoid wasps in the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup
Zachary R. Lynch, Todd A. Schlenke & Jacobus C. de Roode
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29, 1016-1029 (2016) link

 
   
   
 

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi affect plant tolerance and chemical defenses to herbivory through different mechanisms
Leiling Tao, Aamina Ahmad, Jacobus C. de Roode & Mark D. Hunter
Journal of Ecology 104, 561-571 (2016) link

2015

Do healthy monarchs migrate farther? Tacking natal origins of parasitized vs. uninfected monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico
Sonia Altizer, Keith A. Hobson, Andy K. Davis, Jacobus C. de Roode & Len I. Wassenaar
PLoS One 10, e0141371 (2015) link

Disease ecology across soil boundaries: effects of belowground fungi on aboveground host-parasite interactions
Leiling Tao, Camden D. Gowler, Aamina Ahmad, Mark D. Hunter & Jacobus C. de Roode
Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B: Biological Sciences 282, 20151993 (2015) link

Why infectious disease needs community ecology
Pieter T.J. Johnson, Jacobus C. de Roode & Andy Fenton
Science 349, 1259504 (2015) link

Secondary defense chemicals in milkweed reduce parasite infection in monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus
Camden D. Gowler, Kristoffer E. Leon, Mark D. Hunter & Jacobus C. de Roode
Journal of Chemical Ecology 41, 520-523 (2015) link

Unraveling the mysteries of monarch migration and global dispersal through molecular genetic techniques
Amanda A. Pierce, Sonia Altizer, Nicola L. Chamberlain, Marcus R. Kronforst & Jacobus C. de Roode
Pages 257-267 in Monarchs in a Changing World: Biology and Conservation of an Iconic Butterfly (edited by Oberhauser, Nail & Altizer) (2015) link

Monarchs and their debilitating parasites: immunity, migration, and medicinal plant use
Sonia Altizer & Jacobus C. de Roode
Pages 83-93 in Monarchs in a Changing World: Biology and Conservation of an Iconic Butterfly (edited by Oberhauser, Nail & Altizer) (2015) link

Monarchs as herbivores, prey, and hosts
Jacobus C. de Roode
Pages 43-46 in Monarchs in a Changing World: Biology and Conservation of an Iconic Butterfly (edited by Oberhauser, Nail & Altizer) (2015) link

Trans-generational parasite protection associated with paternal diet
Eleanore D. Sternberg, Jacobus C. de Roode & Mark D. Hunter
Journal of Animal Ecology 84, 310-321 (2015) link

Testing for cryptic female choice in monarch butterflies
Andrew J. Mongue, Maaz Ahmed, Michelle Tsai & Jacobus C. de Roode
Behavioral Ecology 26, 386-395 (2015) link

2014

Serial founder effects and genetic differentiation during worldwide range expansion of monarch butterflies
Amanda A. Pierce, Myron P. Zalucki, Marie Bangura, Milan Udawatta, Marcus R. Kronforst, Sonia Altizer, Juan Fernández Haeger & Jacobus C. de Roode
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences 281, 20142230 (2014) link

The genetics of monarch butterfly migration and warning coloration
Shuai Zhan, Wei Zhang, Kristjan Niitepõld, Jeremy Hsu, Juan Fernández Haeger, Myron P. Zalucki, Sonia Altizer, Jacobus C. de Roode, Steven M. Reppert, & Marcus R. Kronforst
Nature (2014) link, News and Views

Extreme heterogeneity in parasitism despite low population genetic structure among monarch butterflies inhabiting the Hawaiian islands
Amanda A. Pierce, Jacobus C. de Roode, Sonia Altizer & Becky A. Bartel
PLoS One 9, e100061 (2014) link

The ecology and evolution of animal medication: genetically fixed response versus phenotypic plasticity
Marc Choisy & Jacobus C. de Roode
The American Naturalist 184, S31-S46 (2014) link

Interesting open questions in disease ecology and evolution
Curt Lively, Jacobus C. de Roode, Meghan A. Duffy, Andrea L. Graham & Britt Koskella
The American Naturalist 184, S1-S8 (2014) link

2013

Patterns of host-parasite adaptation in three populations of monarch butterflies infected with a naturally occurring protozoan: virulence, resistance and tolerance
Eleanore D. Sternberg, Hui Li, Rebecca Wang, Camden Gowler & Jacobus C. de Roode
The American Naturalist 182, E235-E248 (2013) link

Genetic factors and host traits predict spore morphology for a butterfly pathogen
Sarah Sander, Sonia Altizer, Jacobus C. de Roode & Andrew K. Davis
Insects 4, 447-462 (2013) link

Self-medication: A learning process? Response
Jacobus C. de Roode, Thierry Lefèvre & Mark D. Hunter
Science 340, 150-151 (2013) link

Self-medication in animals
Jacobus C. de Roode, Thierry Lefèvre & Mark D. Hunter
Science 340, 150-151 (2013) link, podcast interview

Multiple infections and the evolution of virulence
Samuel Alizon, Jacobus C. de Roode & Yannis Michalakis
Ecology Letters 16, 556-567 (2013) link

2012

Behavioral immunity in insects
Jacobus C. de Roode & Thierry Lefèvre
Insects 3, 789-820 (2012) link

Food plant-derived disease tolerance and resistance in a natural butterfly-plant-parasite interaction
Eleanore D. Sternberg, Thierry Lefèvre, James Li, Carlos Lopez Fernandez de Castillejo, Hui Li, Mark D. Hunter & Jacobus C. de Roode
Evolution 66, 3367-3376 (2012) link

Lack of genetic differentiation between monarch butterflies with divergent migration destinations
Justine I. Lyons, Amanda A. Pierce, Seth M. Barribeau, Eleanore D. Sternberg, Andrew J. Mongue & Jacobus C. de Roode
Molecular Ecology 21, 3433-3444 (2012) link

Add ecology to the pre-medical curriculum
Christopher Beck, Kenneth Klemow, Jerome Paulson, Aaron Bernstein, Mimi Lam, George Middendorf, Julie Reynolds, Kenneth Belanger, Catherine Cardelus, Carmen Cid, Samir Doshi, Nicole Gerardo, Leanne Jablonski, Heather Kimmel, Margaret Lowman, Aurora Macrae-Crerar, Bob Pohlad, Jacobus de Roode, Carolyn Thomas
Science 335, 1301 (2012) link

Behavioural resistance against a protozoan parasite in the monarch butterfly
Thierry Lefèvre, Allen Chiang, Mangala Kelavkar, Hui Li, James Li, Carlos Lopez Fernandez de Castillejo, Lindsay Oliver, Yamini Potini, Mark D. Hunter & Jacobus C. de Roode
Journal of Animal Ecology 81, 70-79 (2012) link

Defence strategies against a parasitoid wasp in Drosophila: fight or flight?
Thierry Lefèvre, Jacobus C. de Roode, Balint Z. Kacsoh & Todd A. Schlenke
Biology Letters 8, 230-233 (2012) link

2011

Non-immunological defence in an evolutionary framework
Benjamin J. Parker, Seth M. Barribeau, Alice M. Laughton, Jacobus C. de Roode & Nicole M. Gerardo
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 26, 242-248 (2011) link

Aphids indirectly increase virulence and transmission potential of a monarch butterfly parasite by reducing defensive chemistry of a shared food plant
Jacobus C. de Roode, Rachel M. Rarick, Andrew J. Mongue, Nicole M. Gerardo & Mark D. Hunter
Ecology Letters 14, 453-461 (2011) link

Virulence evolution in response to anti-infection resistance: toxic food plants can select for virulent parasites of monarch butterflies
Jacobus C. de Roode, Carlos Lopez Fernandez de Castillejo, Tyler Faits & Samuel Alizon
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24, 712-722 (2011) link

A virulent parasite can provide protection against a lethal parasitoid
Eleanore D. Sternberg, Thierry Lefèvre, Amanda H. Rawstern & Jacobus C. de Roode
Infection, Genetics and Evolution 11, 399-406 (2011) link

Genetic variation in resistance, but not tolerance, to a protozoan parasite in the monarch butterfly
Thierry Lefèvre, A. Jo Williams & Jacobus C. de Roode
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences 278, 751-759 (2011) link

Ecological immunology and tolerance in plants and animals
Regina S. Baucom & Jacobus C. de Roode
Functional Ecology 25, 18-28 (2011) link

Monarch butterfly migration and parasite transmission in eastern North America
Rebecca A. Bartel, Karen S. Oberhauser, Jacobus C. de Roode & Sonia Altizer
Ecology 92, 342-351 (2011) link

2010

Evidence for trans-generational medication in nature
Thierry Lefèvre, Lindsay Oliver, Mark D. Hunter & Jacobus C. de Roode
Ecology Letters 13, 1485-1493 (2010) link

On the control of acute rodent malaria infections by innate immunity
Beth F Kochin, Andrew J. Yates, Jacobus C. de Roode & Rustom Antia
PLoS One 5, e10444 (2010) link

Mixed infections and the evolution of virulence: effects of resource competition, parasite plasticity and impaired host immunity
Marc Choisy & Jacobus C. de Roode
The American Naturalist 175, E105-E118 (2010) link

Host-parasite genetic interactions and virulence-transmission relationships in natural populations of monarch butterflies
Jacobus C. de Roode & Sonia Altizer
Evolution 64, 502-514 (2010) link

2009

Strength in numbers: high parasite burdens increase transmission of a protozoan parasite of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)
Jacobus C. de Roode, Jean Chi, Rachel M. Rarick & Sonia Altizer
Oecologia 161, 67-75 (2009) link

2008

Virulence-transmission trade-offs and population divergence in virulence in a naturally occurring butterfly parasite
Jacobus C. de Roode, Andrew J. Yates & Sonia Altizer
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105, 7489-7494 (2008) link

Host plant species affects virulence in monarch butterfly parasites
Jacobus C. de Roode, Amy B. Pedersen, Mark D. Hunter & Sonia Altizer
Journal of Animal Ecology 77, 120-126 (2008) link

The dynamics of acute malaria infections. I. Effect of the parasite’s red blood cell preference
Rustom Antia, Andrew Yates & Jacobus C. de Roode
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences 275, 1449-1458 (2008) link

2007

Virulence determinants in a natural butterfly-parasite system
Jacobus C. de Roode, Laura R. Gold, & Sonia Altizer
Parasitology 134: 657-668 (2007) link

Competitive release and facilitation of drug-resistant parasites after therapeutic chemotherapy in a rodent malaria model
Andrew R. Wargo, Silvie Huijben, Jacobus C. de Roode, James Shepherd & Andrew F. Read
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104, 19914-19919 (2007) link

Transmission stage investment of malaria parasites in response to in-host competition
Andrew R. Wargo, Jacobus C. de Roode, Silvie Huijben, Damien R. Drew & Andrew F. Read
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences 274: 2759-2768 (2007) link

2006

Within-host competition in genetically diverse malaria infections: parasite virulence and competitive success
Andrew S. Bell, Jacobus C. de Roode, Derek Sim & Andrew F. Read
Evolution 60: 1358-1371 (2006) link

The role of immune-mediated apparent competition in genetically diverse malaria infections
Lars Råberg, Jacobus C. de Roode, Andrew S. Bell, Panagiota Stamou, David Gray & Andrew F. Read
The American Naturalist 168: 41-53 (2006) link

2005

Dynamics of multiple infection and within-host competition in genetically diverse malaria infections
Jacobus C. de Roode, Michelle E.H. Helinski, M. Ali Anwar & Andrew F. Read
The American Naturalist 166: 531-542 (2005) link

Virulence and competitive ability in genetically diverse malaria infections
Jacobus C. de Roode, Riccardo Pansini, Sandra J. Cheesman, Michelle E.H. Helinski, Silvie Huijben, Andrew R. Wargo, Andrew. S. Bell, Brian H.K. Chan, David Walliker, & Andrew F. Read
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102: 7624-7628 (2005) link

2004

Competitive release of drug resistance following drug treatment of genetically diverse Plasmodium chabaudi infections
Jacobus C. de Roode, Richard Culleton, Andrew S. Bell & Andrew F. Read
Malaria Journal 3: 33 (2004) link

Host heterogeneity is a determinant of competitive exclusion or coexistence in genetically diverse malaria infections
Jacobus C. de Roode, Richard Culleton, Sandra J. Cheesman, Richard Carter, & Andrew F. Read
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences 271: 1073-1080 (2004) link

2003

Rodent malaria parasites suffer from the presence of conspecific clones in three-clone Plasmodium chabaudi infections
Jacobus C. de Roode, Andrew F. Read, Brian H.K. Chan & Margaret J. Mackinnon
Parasitology 127: 411-418 (2003) link

Real-time quantitative PCR for analysis of genetically mixed infections of malaria parasites: technique validation and applications
Sandra J. Cheesman, Jacobus C. de Roode, Andrew F. Read & Richard Carter
Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 131: 83-91 (2003) link

Evolution and ecology, after the malaria genomes
Jacobus C. de Roode & Andrew F. Read
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18, 60-61 (2003) link

 

Popular science articles

When butterflies get bugs: the ABCs of lepidopteran disease
Sonia Altizer & Jaap de Roode
American Butterflies (vol. 18, number 2, summer 2010)
link

The moths of war
Jaap de Roode
New Scientist (December 8, 2007)