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William E. Bradshaw

William E. Bradshaw

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
9309
World Ranking
4402
National Ranking
1535

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1985 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

William E. Bradshaw is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields related to agricultural and biological sciences as well as medicine, with a focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, insect science, genetics, parasitology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Clock-talk: have we forgotten about geographic variation? (2023), Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • Conserved molecular pathways underlying biting in two divergent mosquito genera (2022), Evolutionary Applications
  • Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito (2025), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • 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
  • MicroRNA Expression Prior to Biting in a Vector Mosquito Anticipates Physiological Processes Related to Energy Utilization, Reproduction and Immunity (2023), Insects

William E. Bradshaw's frequent coauthors include Christina M. Holzapfel, Peter Armbruster, Megan L. Fritz, Sarah Marzec, and Megan E. Meuti.

Common venues for their research publications are:

  • Insects
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Evolutionary Applications

The main topics covered in their work involve:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

In their career, William E. Bradshaw was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1985.

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

  • EVOLUTION OF DORMANCY AND ITS PHOTOPERIODIC CONTROL IN PITCHER-PLANT MOSQUITOES.

    William E. Bradshaw;L. Philip Lounibos

  • 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

  • Geography of photoperiodic response in diapausing mosquito.

    William E. Bradshaw

  • 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

  • Mutualism between the Carnivorous Purple Pitcher Plant and its Inhabitants

    William E. Bradshaw;Robert A. Creelman

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

    W. E. Bradshaw;C. M. Holzapfel

  • Photoperiodic control of development in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii

    William E. Bradshaw;L. Philip Lounibos

  • 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

  • Homeostasis and Polymorphism in Vernal Development of Chaoborus Americanus

    William E. Bradshaw;William E. Bradshaw

  • Thermoperiodism and the thermal environment of the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii.

    William E. Bradshaw

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Christina M. Holzapfel
Christina M. Holzapfel University of Oregon
Laura D. Kramer
Laura D. Kramer University at Albany, State University of New York
Michael E. Pfrender
Michael E. Pfrender University of Notre Dame
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
John K. Colbourne
John K. Colbourne University of Birmingham
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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