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Christina M. Holzapfel

Christina M. Holzapfel

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
7569
World Ranking
5784
National Ranking
1969

Overview

Christina M. Holzapfel is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States and focuses their research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine. Their work encompasses various subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Immunology.

The core topics addressed by Holzapfel include mosquito-borne diseases and control, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, plant and animal studies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, plant parasitism and resistance, and neurobiology and insect physiology research.

Their recent peer-reviewed publications are as follows:

  • Phenotypic variation in biting behavior associated with differences in expression of olfactory genes in the vector mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), 2024, Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Clock-talk: have we forgotten about geographic variation?, 2023, Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • MicroRNA Expression Prior to Biting in a Vector Mosquito Anticipates Physiological Processes Related to Energy Utilization, Reproduction and Immunity, 2023, Insects
  • Conserved molecular pathways underlying biting in two divergent mosquito genera, 2022, Evolutionary Applications
  • Latent Genetic Effects of Past Selection on Blood Feeding: History Matters, 2022, Insects

Holzapfel regularly publishes in several scientific venues including:

  • Insects
  • Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • Adipositas - Ursachen Folgeerkrankungen Therapie

Frequent collaborators within Holzapfel's research network include William E. Bradshaw, Sarah Marzec, Megan E. Meuti, Peter Armbruster, and Alden Siperstein. These coauthors contribute to multiple joint publications, reflecting ongoing cooperation in related areas of study.

Best Publications

  • Evolutionary Response to Rapid Climate Change

    William E. Bradshaw;Christina M. Holzapfel

  • Genetic shift in photoperiodic response correlated with global warming

    William E. Bradshaw;Christina M. Holzapfel

  • Evolution of Animal Photoperiodism

    William E. Bradshaw;Christina M. Holzapfel

  • Resolving postglacial phylogeography using high-throughput sequencing

    Kevin J. Emerson;Clayton R. Merz;Julian M. Catchen;Paul A. Hohenlohe

  • Genetic response to rapid climate change: it's seasonal timing that matters

    W. E. Bradshaw;C. M. Holzapfel

  • Light, Time, and the Physiology of Biotic Response to Rapid Climate Change in Animals

    William E. Bradshaw;Christina M. Holzapfel

  • Complications of complexity: integrating environmental, genetic and hormonal control of insect diapause

    Kevin J. Emerson;William E. Bradshaw;Christina M. Holzapfel

  • ADAPTATION TO TEMPERATE CLIMATES

    William E. Bradshaw;Peter A. Zani;Christina M. Holzapfel

  • What season is it anyway? Circadian tracking vs. photoperiodic anticipation in insects.

    William E. Bradshaw;Christina M. Holzapfel

  • Predator-mediated, non-equilibrium coexistence of tree-hole mosquitoes in southeastern North America

    William E. Bradshaw;Christina M. Holzapfel

  • Drought and the organization of tree-hole mosquito communities.

    W. E. Bradshaw;C. M. Holzapfel

  • Circadian rhythmicity and photoperiodism in the pitcher-plant mosquito: adaptive response to the photic environment or correlated response to the seasonal environment?

    W. E. Bradshaw;M. C. Quebodeaux;C. M. Holzapfel

  • EVOLUTION OF THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE UNDERLYING FITNESS IN THE PITCHER-PLANT MOSQUITO, WYEOMYIA SMITHII.

    Peter Armbruster;William E. Bradshaw;Christina M. Holzapfel

  • Keeping time without a spine: what can the insect clock teach us about seasonal adaptation?

    David L. Denlinger;Daniel A. Hahn;Christine Merlin;Christina M. Holzapfel

  • EFFECTS OF POSTGLACIAL RANGE EXPANSION ON ALLOZYME AND QUANTITATIVE GENETIC VARIATION OF THE PITCHER-PLANT MOSQUITO, WYEOMYIA SMITHII

    Peter Armbruster;William E. Bradshaw;Christina M. Holzapfel

  • Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Photoperiodic Response and Stage of Diapause in the Pitcher-Plant Mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii

    Derrick Mathias;Lucien Jacky;Lucien Jacky;William E. Bradshaw;Christina M. Holzapfel

  • Geographic and developmental variation in expression of the circadian rhythm gene, timeless, in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii

    D. Mathias;L. Jacky;W.E. Bradshaw;C.M. Holzapfel

  • CONCORDANCE OF THE CIRCADIAN CLOCK WITH THE ENVIRONMENT IS NECESSARY TO MAXIMIZE FITNESS IN NATURAL POPULATIONS

    Kevin J. Emerson;William E. Bradshaw;Christina M. Holzapfel

  • FITNESS CONSEQUENCES OF HIBERNAL DIAPAUSE IN THE PITCHER‐PLANT MOSQUITO, WYEOMYIA SMITHII

    W. E. Bradshaw;P. A. Armbruster;C. M. Holzapfel

  • Phenotypic evolution and the genetic architecture underlying photoperiodic time measurement

    William E Bradshaw;Christina M Holzapfel

Frequent Co-Authors

William E. Bradshaw
William E. Bradshaw University of Oregon
Laura D. Kramer
Laura D. Kramer University at Albany, State University of New York
John K. Colbourne
John K. Colbourne University of Birmingham
Steven A. Juliano
Steven A. Juliano Illinois State University
Shannon L. LaDeau
Shannon L. LaDeau Duke University
William K. Reisen
William K. Reisen University of California, Davis
David L. Denlinger
David L. Denlinger The Ohio State University
Howard S. Ginsberg
Howard S. Ginsberg United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Harry M. Savage
Harry M. Savage Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rebecca J. Eisen
Rebecca J. Eisen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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