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H. Frederik Nijhout

H. Frederik Nijhout

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
21829
World Ranking
5276
National Ranking
2507

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

H. Frederik Nijhout is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed extensively to several fields including Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans subfields such as Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Plant Science.

The main topics covered in Nijhout's work include:

  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Plant and animal studies

Frequently publishing in venues such as the Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Mathematical Biosciences, PLoS ONE, and eLife, Nijhout has contributed multiple papers advancing understanding in these areas.

Recent publications exemplify the range of their research interests and include the following works:

  • Diverse nanostructures underlie thin ultra-black scales in butterflies, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Origin of the mechanism of phenotypic plasticity in satyrid butterfly eyespots, 2020, eLife
  • Inflammation-Induced Histamine Impairs the Capacity of Escitalopram to Increase Hippocampal Extracellular Serotonin, 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Mechanism of threshold size assessment: Metamorphosis is triggered by the TGF-beta/Activin ligand Myoglianin, 2020, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Genetic assimilation and accommodation: Models and mechanisms, 2020, Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Nijhout collaborates with several researchers frequently including Michael C. Reed, Janet Best, Parastoo Hashemi, Sergio Mena, and Yuichiro Suzuki, reflecting interdisciplinary and cooperative approaches in their studies.

Over the course of their career, Nijhout has been recognized with awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1989
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2018

Best Publications

  • The development and evolution of butterfly wing patterns

    H. Frederik Nijhout

  • Development and evolution of adaptive polyphenisms

    H. Frederik Nijhout

  • Juvenile hormone and the physiological basis of insect polymorphisms.

    H. Frederik Nijhout;Diana E. Wheeler

  • Control Mechanisms of Polyphenic Development in Insects

    H. Frederik Nijhout

  • Control of Moulting and Metamorphosis in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca Sexta (L.): Cessation of Juvenile Hormone Secretion as a Trigger for Pupation

    H. Frederik Nijhout;Carroll M. Williams

  • Evolution of a Polyphenism by Genetic Accommodation

    Yuichiro Suzuki;H. Frederik Nijhout

  • Control of Moulting and Metamorphosis in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca Sexta (L.): Growth of the Last-Instar Larva and the Decision to Pupate

    H. Frederik Nijhout;Carroll M. Williams

  • optix Drives the Repeated Convergent Evolution of Butterfly Wing Pattern Mimicry

    Robert D. Reed;Riccardo Papa;Riccardo Papa;Arnaud Martin;Heather M. Hines

  • Two insulin receptors determine alternative wing morphs in planthoppers

    Hai-Jun Xu;Jian Xue;Bo Lu;Xue-Chao Zhang

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

    Alexander W. Shingleton;W. Anthony Frankino;Thomas Flatt;H. Frederik Nijhout

  • A THRESHOLD SIZE FOR METAMORPHOSIS IN THE TOBACCO HORNWORM, MANDUCA SEXTA (L.)

    H. Frederik Nijhout

  • The biological significance of substrate inhibition: a mechanism with diverse functions.

    Michael C. Reed;Anna Lieb;H. Frederik Nijhout

  • Critical weight in the development of insect body size.

    Goggy Davidowitz;Louis J. D'Amico;H. Frederik Nijhout

  • The developmental control of size in insects.

    H Frederik Nijhout;Lynn M Riddiford;Christen Kerry Mirth;Alexander Shingleton

  • Ultrabithorax function in butterfly wings and the evolution of insect wing patterns

    Scott D. Weatherbee;H. Frederik Nijhout;Laura W. Grunert;Georg Halder

  • A mathematical model of the folate cycle: new insights into folate homeostasis.

    H. Frederik Nijhout;Michael C. Reed;Paula Budu;Cornelia M. Ulrich

  • The physiological basis of reaction norms: the interaction among growth rate, the duration of growth and body size.

    Goggy Davidowitz;H. Frederik Nijhout

  • Bombyxin is a growth factor for wing imaginal disks in Lepidoptera

    H. Frederik Nijhout;Laura W. Grunert

  • The effects of environmental variation on a mechanism that controls insect body size

    Goggy Davidowitz;Louis J. D’Amico;H. Frederik Nijhout

  • Physiological Control of Molting in Insects

    H. Frederik Nijhout

Frequent Co-Authors

Cornelia M. Ulrich
Cornelia M. Ulrich University of Utah
Armin P. Moczek
Armin P. Moczek Indiana University
Robert D. Reed
Robert D. Reed Cornell University
Antónia Monteiro
Antónia Monteiro National University of Singapore
Jesse F. Gregory
Jesse F. Gregory University of Florida
W. Owen McMillan
W. Owen McMillan Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Diana E. Wheeler
Diana E. Wheeler University of Arizona
Barry Shane
Barry Shane University of California, Berkeley
Hans V. Westerhoff
Hans V. Westerhoff Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gregory A. Wray
Gregory A. Wray Duke University

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