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Rhonda R. Snook

Rhonda R. Snook

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Ecology and Evolution

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6184
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Overview

Rhonda R. Snook is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has a significant body of research spanning the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work frequently addresses areas within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecology, Insect Science, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research is concentrated around several main topics, including:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Rhonda R. Snook has contributed multiple papers in a range of publication venues. The most frequent venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolution Letters
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Some recent papers by Rhonda R. Snook include:

  • Temperatures that sterilize males better match global species distributions than lethal temperatures, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Fertilization mode drives sperm length evolution across the animal tree of life, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • When and how can we predict adaptive responses to climate change?, 2023, Evolution Letters
  • SpermTree, a species-level database of sperm morphology spanning the animal tree of life, 2022, Scientific Data
  • Phenotypic Responses to and Genetic Architecture of Sterility Following Exposure to Sub-Lethal Temperature During Development, 2020, Frontiers in Genetics

Their frequent collaborators include Michael G. Ritchie, Martin D. Garlovsky, Amanda Bretman, Tom A. R. Price, and John L. Fitzpatrick, with the number of joint publications ranging from five to ten with these coauthors.

Best Publications

  • Sperm in competition: not playing by the numbers.

    Rhonda R. Snook

  • What do we need to know about speciation

    Roger Butlin;Allan Debelle;Claudius Kerth;Rhonda R. Snook

  • The Impact of Climate Change on Fertility

    Benjamin S. Walsh;Steven R. Parratt;Ary A. Hoffmann;David Atkinson

  • Sperm death and dumping in Drosophila

    Rhonda R. Snook;David J. Hosken

  • Perspective: sexual conflict and sexual selection: chasing away paradigm shifts.

    Tommaso Pizzari;Rhonda R. Snook

  • Evolutionary Ecology of the Prezygotic Stage

    Giorgina Bernasconi;T.-L Ashman;T. R Birkhead;J. D. D Bishop

  • Offsetting Effects of Wolbachia Infection and Heat Shock on Sperm Production in Drosophila simulans: Analyses of Fecundity, Fertility and Accessory Gland Proteins

    Rhonda R. Snook;Sophia Y. Cleland;Mariana F. Wolfner;Timothy L. Karr

  • Temperatures that sterilize males better match global species distributions than lethal temperatures

    Steven R. Parratt;Benjamin S. Walsh;Soeren Metelmann;Nicola White

  • Functional nonequivalence of sperm in Drosophila pseudoobscura

    Rhonda R. Snook;Therese A. Markow;Timothy L. Karr

  • Experimental Removal and Elevation of Sexual Selection: Does Sexual Selection Generate Manipulative Males and Resistant Females?

    Helen S. Crudgington;Andrew P. Beckerman;Lena Brüstle;Kathleen Green

  • Only long sperm are fertilization-competent in six sperm-heteromorphic Drosophila species

    Rhonda R. Snook;Timothy L. Karr

  • Local adaptation of reproductive performance during thermal stress

    Damiano Porcelli;Kevin J. Gaston;Roger K. Butlin;Rhonda R. Snook

  • The biology and evolution of polyspermy: insights from cellular and functional studies of sperm and centrosomal behavior in the fertilized egg

    Rhonda R Snook;David J Hosken;Timothy L Karr

  • Experimental manipulation of sexual selection promotes greater male mating capacity but does not alter sperm investment.

    Helen S. Crudgington;Sarah Fellows;Nichola S. Badcock;Rhonda R. Snook

  • A sterile sperm caste protects brother fertile sperm from female-mediated death in Drosophila pseudoobscura.

    Luke Holman;Rhonda R. Snook

  • The risk of sperm competition and the evolution of sperm heteromorphism.

    Rhonda R Snook

  • Pollen and sperm heteromorphism: convergence across kingdoms?

    I. Till-Bottraud;D. Joly;D. Lachaise;R. R. Snook

  • IS THE PRODUCTION OF MULTIPLE SPERM TYPES ADAPTIVE

    Rhonda R. Snook

  • The evolutionary origin and maintenance of sperm: selection for a small, motile gamete mating type

    C(Kate). M. Lessells;Rhonda R. Snook;David J. Hosken

  • The evolution of polyandry

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  • Sex Ratio Distorter Reduces Sperm Competitive Ability in an Insect

    Tom A. R. Price;Amanda J. Bretman;Amanda J. Bretman;Tomos D. Avent;Rhonda R. Snook

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael G. Ritchie
Michael G. Ritchie University of St Andrews
Timothy L. Karr
Timothy L. Karr Arizona State University
Amanda Bretman
Amanda Bretman University of Leeds
Allen J. Moore
Allen J. Moore University of Georgia
David J. Hosken
David J. Hosken University of Exeter
Tommaso Pizzari
Tommaso Pizzari University of Oxford
Ary A. Hoffmann
Ary A. Hoffmann University of Melbourne
Roger K. Butlin
Roger K. Butlin University of Sheffield
Scott Pitnick
Scott Pitnick Syracuse University
Jon Slate
Jon Slate University of Sheffield

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