PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
* denotes co-first author + denotes undergraduate or Master student co-author
- Shahandeh, M.P., Abuin, L., Lescuyer De Decker+, L., Cergneux, J.+, Kock, R., Nagoshi, E., and Benton, R. Evolution of circadian behavioral plasticity through cis-regulatory divergence of a neuropeptide gene. Under review: Nature.
bioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.05.547553 - Alvarez-Ocana, R, Shahandeh, M.P., Ray, V., Auer, T.O., Gompel, N., and Benton, R. Odor-gated oviposition behavior in an ecological specialist. bioRxiv, 2022. doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.23.509164
- Auer, T.O.*, Shahandeh, M.P.*, and Benton, R. Drosophila sechellia: a genetic model for behavioral evolution and neuro-ecology. Invited review: Annu. Rev. Genet. 55. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-genet-071719-020719
- Shahandeh, M.P., Cameryn B.+, and Thomas, T.L. (2020) Light dependent courtship behavior in Drosophila simulans and D. melanogaster. PeerJ, 8: e9499. hdoi.org/10.7717/peerj.9499
- Shahandeh, M.P., Turner, T.L. (2020) The complex genetic architecture of male mate choice evolution between Drosophila species. Heredity 124(6): 737-750. doi.org/10.1038/s41437-020-0309-9
- Shahandeh, M. P., Pischedda, A., Rodriguez+, J. M., & Turner, T. L. (2020) The Genetics of Male Pheromone Preference Difference Between Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 10(1): 401-415. doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400780
- A. Pischedda*, Shahandeh, M.P.*, Turner, T.L., (2019) The loci of behavioral evolution: evidence that Fas2 and tilB underlie differences in pupation site choice behavior between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37(3): 864-880. doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz274
- Shahandeh, M. P., A. Pischedda, and T. L. Turner, (2018) Male mate choice via cuticular hydrocarbon pheromones drives reproductive isolation between Drosophila species. Evolution, 72: 123–135. doi.org/10.1111/evo.13389
- Pischedda, A., Shahandeh, M.P., Cochrane, W.G., Cochrane, V.A., and Turner T.L. (2014) Natural Variation in the Strength and Direction of Male Mating Preferences for Female Pheromones in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS ONE, 9(1): e87509. doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0087509
COLLABORATORS
Dr. Alison Pischedda
Assistant Professor Evolutionary Genetics & Animal Behavior Barnard College, Columbia University |
Dr. Thomas L. Turner
Associate Professor Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology University of California Santa Barbara |
Raquel Alvarez-Ocana
PhD Center for Integrative Genomics University of Lausanne |