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Overview

Jay D. Evans is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on insect science and related ecological and genetic studies.

Their work covers extensive topics including:

  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Bee Products Chemical Analysis
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant Virus Research Studies

Jay D. Evans has published significantly in various venues, most frequently in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Apicultural Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
  • International Journal of Wildland Fire

Recent publications demonstrate a focus on honey bee health, environmental impact, and disease transmission. Selected papers include:

  • "Pesticides in honey bee colonies: Establishing a baseline for real world exposure over seven years in the USA" (2021) published in Environmental Pollution
  • "Transforming fire management in northern Australia through successful implementation of savanna burning emissions reductions projects" (2021) published in Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Pupal cannibalism by worker honey bees contributes to the spread of deformed wing virus" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Transferrin-mediated iron sequestration suggests a novel therapeutic strategy for controlling Nosema disease in the honey bee, Apis mellifera" (2021) published in PLoS Pathogens
  • "Varroa destructor mites vector and transmit pathogenic honey bee viruses acquired from an artificial diet" (2020) published in PLoS ONE

Collaborations have been a notable part of Jay D. Evans's research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Yanping Chen
  • E. V. Ryabov
  • Evan C. Palmer-Young
  • Zachary S. Lamas
  • Francisco Posada-Flórez

The subfields of study where Jay D. Evans is active include:

  • Insect Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Plant Science

Best Publications

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • A Metagenomic Survey of Microbes in Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder

    Diana L. Cox-Foster;Sean Conlan;Edward C. Holmes;Edward C. Holmes;Gustavo Palacios

  • Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nancy Moran

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • Colony Collapse Disorder: A Descriptive Study

    Dennis vanEngelsdorp;Jay D. Evans;Claude Saegerman;Chris Mullin

  • The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum.

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Susan J. Brown

  • Immune pathways and defence mechanisms in honey bees Apis mellifera

    J D Evans;K Aronstein;Y P Chen;C Hetru

  • Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species.

    John H. Werren;Stephen Richards;Christopher A. Desjardins;Oliver Niehuis

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Pathogen webs in collapsing honey bee colonies.

    R. Scott Cornman;David R. Tarpy;Yanping Chen;Lacey Jeffreys

  • Nosema ceranae is a long-present and wide-spread microsporidian infection of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) in the United States.

    Yanping Chen;Jay D. Evans;I. Bart Smith;Jeffery S. Pettis

  • Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Nicole M Gerardo;Boran Altincicek;Caroline Anselme;Caroline Anselme;Hagop Atamian

  • Dynamic Evolution of the Innate Immune System in Drosophila

    Timothy B Sackton;Brian P Lazzaro;Todd A Schlenke;Jay D Evans

  • Socialized medicine: individual and communal disease barriers in honey bees.

    Jay D. Evans;Marla Spivak

  • The i5K initiative: Advancing arthropod genomics for knowledge, human health, agriculture, and the environment

    Jay D Evans;Susan J Brown;Kevin J Hackett;Gene Robinson

  • Predictive markers of honey bee colony collapse

    Benjamin Dainat;Jay D. Evans;Yan Ping Chen;Laurent Gauthier

  • Expression of insulin pathway genes during the period of caste determination in the honey bee, Apis mellifera.

    D. E. Wheeler;N. Buck;J. D. Evans

  • Finding the missing honey bee genes: Lessons learned from a genome upgrade

    Christine G Elsik;Christine G Elsik;Kim C Worley;Anna K Bennett;Martin Beye

  • Bees brought to their knees: microbes affecting honey bee health

    Jay D. Evans;Ryan S. Schwarz

  • Calculation of Complex Three-Dimensional Configurations Employing the DLR-tau-Code

    T. Gerhold;O. Friedrich;J. Evans;M. Galle

Frequent Co-Authors

Yanping Chen
Yanping Chen Agricultural Research Service
Jeffery S. Pettis
Jeffery S. Pettis Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Dennis vanEngelsdorp
Dennis vanEngelsdorp University of Maryland, College Park
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Hugh M. Robertson
Hugh M. Robertson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Peter J. Neumann
Peter J. Neumann University of Bern
Gene E. Robinson
Gene E. Robinson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Christine G. Elsik
Christine G. Elsik University of Missouri
Robert M. Waterhouse
Robert M. Waterhouse Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Jeff Pettis
Jeff Pettis Agricultural Research Service

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