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Overview

Allen G. Gibbs is affiliated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within biological and neurological sciences, with a focus on understanding physiological, genetic, and behavioral aspects of insects and arachnids.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their research delves into several subfields such as:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Genetics
  • Insect Science
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Aging

The topics covered by their work consist of:

  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Allen G. Gibbs has contributed to numerous publications, with recent papers including:

  • Post-eclosion temperature effects on insect cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • A screen for sleep and starvation resistance identifies a wake-promoting role for the auxiliary channel unc79, 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Starvation selection reduces and delays larval ecdysone production and signaling, 2023, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Circadian regulation of locomotion, respiration, and arousability in adult blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), 2024, Scientific Reports
  • Linked empirical studies reveal the cumulative impact of acquired tick resistance across the tick life cycle, 2025, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Frequent co-authors associated with their work include:

  • Subhash Rajpurohit
  • Vladimír Vrkoslav
  • Robert Hanus
  • Josef Cvačka
  • Paul Schmidt

Allen G. Gibbs publishes regularly in these venues:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Best Publications

  • Water-Proofing Properties of Cuticular Lipids'

    Allen G. Gibbs

  • Physiological mechanisms of evolved desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Allen G. Gibbs;Adam K. Chippindale;Michael R. Rose

  • Lipid melting and cuticular permeability: new insights into an old problem.

    Allen G. Gibbs

  • Evolution of water conservation mechanisms in Drosophila

    Allen G. Gibbs;Fernando Fukuzato;Luciano M. Matzkin

  • Physical properties of insect cuticular hydrocarbons: The effects of chain length, methyl-branching and unsaturation

    Allen Gibbs;J.George Pomonis

  • Gene transcription during exposure to, and recovery from, cold and desiccation stress in Drosophila melanogaster

    B. J. Sinclair;A. G. Gibbs;S. P. Roberts

  • The role of larval fat cells in adult Drosophila melanogaster.

    Jerell R Aguila;Justin Suszko;Allen G Gibbs;Deborah K Hoshizaki

  • Effects of starvation and desiccation on energy metabolism in desert and mesic Drosophila

    M.T. Marron;T.A. Markow;K.J. Kain;A.G. Gibbs

  • Evolution of water balance in the genus Drosophila

    Allen G. Gibbs;Luciano M. Matzkin

  • Discontinuous gas exchange in insects: a clarification of hypotheses and approaches.

    Steven L. Chown;Allen G. Gibbs;Stefan K. Hetz;C. Jaco Klok

  • RESOURCE ACQUISITION AND THE EVOLUTION OF STRESS RESISTANCE IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER.

    Adam K. Chippindale;Allen G. Gibbs;Mani Sheik;Kandice J. Yee

  • Cuticular lipids and water balance

    Allen G. Gibbs;Subhash Rajpurohit

  • Laboratory selection for the comparative physiologist.

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  • Energetics of metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster

    Allison B. Merkey;Carrie K. Wong;Deborah K. Hoshizaki;Allen G. Gibbs

  • Effects of temperature on cuticular lipids and water balance in a desert Drosophila: is thermal acclimation beneficial?

    Allen G. Gibbs;Angela K. Louie;Jose A. Ayala

  • A genetic polymorphism maintained by natural selection in a temporally varying environment.

    Daniel J. Borash;Allen G. Gibbs;Amitabh Joshi;Laurence D. Mueller

  • Pressure adaptation of Na+/K+-ATPase in gills of marine teleosts.

    A Gibbs;G N Somero

  • Natural variation in food acquisition mediated via a Drosophila cGMP-dependent protein kinase.

    Karla R. Kaun;Craig A. L. Riedl;Munmun Chakaborty-Chatterjee;Amsale T. Belay

  • Chemical and physical analyses of wax ester properties

    Sejal Patel;Dennis R. Nelson;Allen G. Gibbs

  • Physical properties of insect cuticular hydrocarbons: model mixtures and lipid interactions

    Allen Gibbs

  • The role of discontinuous gas exchange in insects: the chthonic hypothesis does not hold water

    Allen G Gibbs;Robert A Johnson

  • Water balance in desert Drosophila: lessons from non-charismatic microfauna.

    Allen G Gibbs

  • Discontinuous gas exchange in insects.

    Michael C. Quinlan;Allen G. Gibbs

Frequent Co-Authors

Therese A. Markow
Therese A. Markow University of California, San Diego
Laurence D. Mueller
Laurence D. Mueller University of California, Irvine
Paul S. Schmidt
Paul S. Schmidt University of Pennsylvania
George N. Somero
George N. Somero Stanford University
Martin E. Feder
Martin E. Feder University of Chicago
Brent J. Sinclair
Brent J. Sinclair University of Western Ontario
Michael R. Rose
Michael R. Rose University of California, Irvine
Timothy A. Mousseau
Timothy A. Mousseau University of South Carolina
John H. Crowe
John H. Crowe University of California, Davis
Dmitri A. Petrov
Dmitri A. Petrov Stanford University

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