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  1. Variation in the allometry of exaggerated rhinoceros beetle horns

    Article • Animal Behaviour, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  2. The Fat/Hippo signaling pathway links within-disc morphogen patterning to whole-animal signals during phenotypically plastic growth in insects

    Article • Developmental Dynamics, July 2015, Wiley

    Professor Douglas J Emlen, Dr Laura Corley Lavine

  3. Exaggerated Trait Growth in Insects

    Article • Annual Review of Entomology, January 2015, Annual Reviews

    Professor Douglas J Emlen, Dr Laura Corley Lavine

  4. Structural adaptations to diverse fighting styles in sexually selected weapons

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  5. Reproductive contests and the evolution of extreme weaponry

    Article • July 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  6. Insights into the Development and Evolution of Exaggerated Traits Using De Novo Transcriptomes of Two Species of Horned Scarab Beetles

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2014, PLOS

    Professor Douglas J Emlen, Dr Laura Corley Lavine

  7. Developmental Link between Sex and Nutrition; doublesex Regulates Sex-Specific Mandible Growth via Juvenile Hormone Signaling in Stag Beetles

    Article • PLoS Genetics, January 2014, PLOS

    Professor Douglas J Emlen, Dr Laura Corley Lavine

  8. Evaluating the costs of a sexually selected weapon: big horns at a small price

    Article • Animal Behaviour, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  9. A general mechanism for conditional expression of exaggerated sexually-selected traits

    Article • BioEssays, July 2013, Wiley

    Professor Douglas J Emlen, Dr Laura Corley Lavine

  10. Soldier Morphogenesis in the Damp-Wood Termite Is Regulated by the Insulin Signaling Pathway

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution, May 2013, Wiley

    Professor Douglas J Emlen, Dr Laura Corley Lavine

  11. Flight behavior of the rhinoceros beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus during electrical nerve stimulation

    Article • Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, June 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Douglas J Emlen, Dr Laura Corley Lavine

  12. Juvenile Hormone Regulates Extreme Mandible Growth in Male Stag Beetles

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2011, PLOS

    Professor Douglas J Emlen, Dr Laura Corley Lavine

  13. Across- and Within-Population Differences in the Size and Scaling Relationship of a Sexually Selected Trait in Leptoscelis tricolor (Hemiptera: Coreidae)

    Article • Annals of the Entomological Society of America, March 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  14. Dynamic effects of oviposition site on offspring sexually-selected traits and scaling relationships

    Article • Evolutionary Ecology, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  15. Experimental Approaches to Studying the Evolution of Animal formThe Shape of Things to Come

    Article • March 2009, University of California Press

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  16. The Evolution of Animal Weapons

    Article • Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics, December 2008, Annual Reviews

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  17. SPERM COMPETITION GAMES BETWEEN SNEAKS AND GUARDS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS USING DIMORPHIC MALE BEETLES

    Article • Evolution, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  18. Size and shape: the developmental regulation of static allometry in insects

    Article • BioEssays, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor Douglas J Emlen, Alexander Shingleton

  19. Phylogenetic Evidence for an Association Between Tunneling Behavior and the Evolution of Horns in Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

    Article • The Coleopterists Bulletin, December 2006, Coleopterists Society

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  20. Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism and Male Dimorphism in the Expression of Beetle Horns: Phylogenetic Evidence for Modularity, Evolutionary Lability, and Constraint

    Article • The American Naturalist, October 2005, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  21. DIVERSITY IN THE WEAPONS OF SEXUAL SELECTION: HORN EVOLUTION IN THE BEETLE GENUS ONTHOPHAGUS (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE)

    Article • Evolution, May 2005, Wiley

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  22. DIVERSITY IN THE WEAPONS OF SEXUAL SELECTION: HORN EVOLUTION IN THE BEETLE GENUS ONTHOPHAGUS (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE)

    Article • Evolution, January 2005, The Society for the Study of Evolution

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  23. Male horn dimorphism in the scarab beetle, Onthophagus taurus: do alternative reproductive tactics favour alternative phenotypes?

    Article • Animal Behaviour, February 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  24. Integrating Development with Evolution:A Case Study with Beetle Horns

    Article • BioScience, January 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  25. The Development and Evolution of Exaggerated Morphologies in Insects

    Article • Annual Review of Entomology, January 2000, Annual Reviews

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  26. Hormonal control of male horn length dimorphism in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, January 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  27. Alternative reproductive tactics and male-dimorphism in the horned beetle Onthophagus acuminatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, November 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  28. Artificial Selection on Horn Length-Body Size Allometry in the Horned Beetle Onthophagus acuminatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Article • Evolution, June 1996, JSTOR

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  29. Experimental Induction of Infanticide in Female Wattled Jacanas

    Article • Ornithology, January 1989, JSTOR

    Professor Douglas J Emlen

  30. The roles of genes and the environment in the expression and evolution of alternative tactics

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor Douglas J Emlen