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Scott Pitnick is a researcher affiliated with Syracuse University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader areas, their research has focused extensively on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, and Immunology.

The main topics of Scott Pitnick's research include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences. Additional focuses cover Plant and animal studies, Insect behavior and control techniques, Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control, and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms.

Scott Pitnick has contributed to multiple scientific papers, with recent publications as follows:

  • The life history of Drosophila sperm involves molecular continuity between male and female reproductive tracts, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • How female × male and male × male interactions influence competitive fertilization in Drosophila melanogaster, 2020, Evolution Letters
  • Single-fly genome assemblies fill major phylogenomic gaps across the Drosophilidae Tree of Life, 2024, PLoS Biology
  • Quantitative proteomics reveals rapid divergence in the postmating response of female reproductive tracts among sibling species, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Drosophila female reproductive tract gene expression reveals coordinated mating responses and rapidly evolving tissue-specific genes, 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Their research has appeared in several frequently used publication venues, including:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Molecular Reproduction and Development
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PLoS Biology
  • Evolution Letters

Collaborations with other scientists have been notable in Scott Pitnick's work. Frequent co-authors include Steve Dorus, Caitlin E. McDonough-Goldstein, Zeeshan Ali Syed, Patrick O'Grady, and Erin L. McCullough.

Best Publications

  • Sperm-female coevolution in Drosophila

    Gary T. Miller;Scott Pitnick

  • Sperm morphological diversity

    Scott Pitnick;David J. Hosken;Tim R. Birkhead

  • Resolving mechanisms of competitive fertilization success in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Mollie K. Manier;John M. Belote;Kirstin S. Berben;David Novikov

  • Sperm biology : an evolutionary perspective

    T. R. Birkhead;David J. Hosken;Scott Pitnick

  • EVOLUTION OF MULTIPLE KINDS OF FEMALE SPERM-STORAGE ORGANS IN DROSOPHILA.

    Scott Pitnick;Therese Marrow;Greg S. Spicer

  • Delayed male maturity is a cost of producing large sperm in Drosophila

    Scott Pitnick;Therese A. Markow;Greg S. Spicer

  • Investment in Testes and the Cost of Making Long Sperm in Drosophila

    Scott Pitnick

  • Male Gametic Strategies: Sperm Size, Testes Size, and the Allocation of Ejaculate Among Successive Mates by the Sperm-Limited Fly Drosophila pachea and Its Relatives

    Scott Pitnick;Therese A. Markow

  • Proximate causes of Rensch's rule: does sexual size dimorphism in arthropods result from sex differences in development time?

    Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Anthony F. G. Dixon;Daphne J. Fairbairn;Matthias W. Foellmer

  • How long is a giant sperm

    Scott Pitnick;Greg S. Spicer;Therese A. Markow

  • Harm to females increases with male body size in Drosophila melanogaster

    Scott Pitnick;Francisco García-González

  • Males' evolutionary responses to experimental removal of sexual selection.

    Scott Pitnick;Gary T. Miller;Jennifer Reagan;Brett Holland

  • Mating system and brain size in bats

    Scott Pitnick;Kate E Jones;Gerald S Wilkinson

  • Male Drosophila melanogaster adjust ejaculate size based on female mating status, fecundity, and age

    Stefan Lüpold;Mollie K. Manier;Outi Ala-Honkola;John M. Belote

  • Ejaculate–female and sperm–female interactions

    Scott Pitnick;Mariana F. Wolfner;Susan S. Suarez

  • Resolving variation in the reproductive tradeoff between sperm size and number.

    Simone Immler;Scott Pitnick;Geoff A. Parker;Kate L. Durrant

  • Male size influences mate fecundity and remating interval in Drosophila melanogaster

    Scott Pitnick

  • LARGE-MALE ADVANTAGES ASSOCIATED WITH COSTS OF SPERM PRODUCTION IN DROSOPHILA HYDEI, A SPECIES WITH GIANT SPERM

    Scott Pitnick;Therese A. Markow

  • Adaptation versus pleiotropy: why do males harm their mates?

    Edward H. Morrow;Göran Arnqvist;Scott Pitnick

  • Intensity of sexual selection along the anisogamy–isogamy continuum

    Adam Bjork;Scott Pitnick

  • How sexual selection can drive the evolution of costly sperm ornamentation

    Stefan Lüpold;Mollie K. Manier;Mollie K. Manier;Nalini Puniamoorthy;Nalini Puniamoorthy;Christopher Schoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Lüpold
Stefan Lüpold University of Zurich
William T. Starmer
William T. Starmer Syracuse University
Therese A. Markow
Therese A. Markow University of California, San Diego
Tim R. Birkhead
Tim R. Birkhead University of Sheffield
David J. Hosken
David J. Hosken University of Exeter
Geoff A. Parker
Geoff A. Parker University of Liverpool
Rhonda R. Snook
Rhonda R. Snook Stockholm University
Tommaso Pizzari
Tommaso Pizzari University of Oxford
Timothy L. Karr
Timothy L. Karr Arizona State University
Mariana F. Wolfner
Mariana F. Wolfner Cornell University

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