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  1. Differences in learning and memory of host plant features between specialist and generalist phytophagous insects

    Article • Animal Behaviour, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  2. 10.1007/s10340-014-0614-2

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, May 2015, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  3. Blue whale population structure along the eastern South Pacific Ocean: evidence of more than one population

    Article • Molecular Ecology, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  4. Intra-specific variation of behavioral signals in suppressing plant defenses in the green peach aphid Myzus persicae, feeding on the resistant wild peach Prunus davidiana

    Article • Journal of Pest Science, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  5. High genetic diversity in a small population: the case of C hilean blue whales

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  6. Genetic diversity and insecticide resistance during the growing season in the green peach aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on primary and secondary hosts: a farm-scale study in Central Chile

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, February 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  7. Transcriptomic responses of the aphid Myzus persicae nicotianae Blackman (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to insecticides: Analyses in the single Chilean clone of the tobacco aphid

    Article • Chilean journal of agricultural research, January 2014, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  8. Can invasions occur without change? A comparison of G ‐matrices and selection in the peach‐potato aphid, M yzus persicae

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, November 2013, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  9. Adaptive evolution of a generalist parasitoid: implications for the effectiveness of biological control agents

    Article • Evolutionary Applications, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  10. Survey of Resistance to Four Insecticides and their Associated Mechanisms in Different Genotypes of the Green Peach Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) From Chile

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, February 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  11. Isolation and characterization of nine new polymorphic microsatellite loci for blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus)

    Article • Conservation Genetics Resources, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  12. Insecticide Resistance Mechanisms in the Green Peach Aphid Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) II: Costs and Benefits

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2012, PLOS

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  13. Insecticide Resistance Mechanisms in the Green Peach Aphid Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) I: A Transcriptomic Survey

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2012, PLOS

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  14. Estimating Gene Flow between Refuges and Crops: A Case Study of the Biological Control of Eriosoma lanigerum by Aphelinus mali in Apple Orchards

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2011, PLOS

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  15. Evaluating reproductive fitness and metabolic costs for insecticide resistance in Myzus persicae from Chile

    Article • Physiological Entomology, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  16. Using new tools to solve an old problem: the evolution of endothermy in vertebrates

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, August 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  17. Short-term consequences of reproductive mode variation on the genetic architecture of energy metabolism and life-history traits in the pea aphid

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  18. High Levels of Insecticide Resistance in Introduced Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Populations and Implications for Management

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, February 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  19. Effects of wing polyphenism, aphid genotype and host plant chemistry on energy metabolism of the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  20. Effects of wing polyphenism, aphid genotype

    Article • Chilean journal of agricultural research, December 2010, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  21. The invasion route for an insect pest species: the tobacco aphid in the New World

    Article • Molecular Ecology, October 2010, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  22. Do insect pests perform better on highly defended plants? Costs and benefits of induced detoxification defences in the aphid Sitobion avenae

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  23. Physiological approach to explain the ecological success of ‘superclones’ in aphids: Interplay between detoxification enzymes, metabolism and fitness

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  24. EVOLUTION OF TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL PHASES AND THE ROLE OF REPRODUCTIVE PLASTICITY IN THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF APHID LIFE HISTORIES

    Article • Evolution, September 2009, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  25. Energetic costs of detoxification systems in herbivores feeding on chemically defended host plants: a correlational study in the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, March 2009, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  26. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the woolly apple aphid Eriosoma lanigerum (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Eriosomatinae)

    Article • Molecular Ecology Resources, January 2009, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  27. Host range expansion of an introduced insect pest through multiple colonizations of specialized clones

    Article • Molecular Ecology, November 2008, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  28. Short-term population differences in the genetic architecture of life history traits related to sexuality in an aphid species

    Article • Heredity, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  29. Annotated expressed sequence tags and xenobiotic detoxification in the aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer)

    Article • Insect Science, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa, Dr. Beatriz Sabater-Muñoz

  30. Genetic structure and clonal diversity of an introduced pest in Chile, the cereal aphid Sitobion avenae

    Article • Heredity, April 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  31. EFFECT OF HOST DEFENSE CHEMICALS ON CLONAL DISTRIBUTION AND PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT GENOTYPES OF THE CEREAL APHID Sitobion avenae

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, December 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  32. Diet breadth and its relationship with genetic diversity and differentiation: the case of southern beech aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, June 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  33. Genetic diversity and insecticide resistance of Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) populations from tobacco in Chile: evidence for the existence of a single predominant clone

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, February 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  34. Cross-species amplification of microsatellite loci in aphids: assessment and application

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, January 2004, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  35. Effects of DIMBOA on detoxification enzymes of the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi (Homoptera: aphididae)

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, March 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  36. Behavioural differences between Aphidius ervi populations from two tritrophic systems are due to phenotypic plasticity

    Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, September 2002, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  37. Peroxisomal Proteins in Rat Gametes

    Article • Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  38. Molecular markers to differentiate two morphologically-close species of the genus Sitobion

    Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, August 1999, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  39. Subcellular Localization of Catalase in Sea Urchin (Tetrapigus niger) Gametes: Implications for Peroxisome Biogenesis

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, December 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa

  40. A New Evaluation of Peroxisome Proliferation in Rainbow Trout Hepatocytes in Culture

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, December 1996, Wiley

    Dr Christian C. Figueroa