Publications

2021 Apr 28

She's got nerve: roles of octopamine in insect female reproduction.

White MA, Chen DS, Wolfner MF.
J Neurogenet. 2021 Apr 28:1-22. doi: 10.1080/01677063.2020.1868457. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33909537

2021 Apr 13

Identification of a micropeptide and multiple secondary cell genes that modulate Drosophila male reproductive success.

Immarigeon C, Frei Y, Delbare SYN, Gligorov D, Machado Almeida P, Grey J, Fabbro L, Nagoshi E, Billeter JC, Wolfner MF, Karch F, Maeda RK.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Apr 13;118(15):e2001897118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2001897118.PMID: 33876742

2021 Apr 6

Upgraded CRISPR/Cas9 tools for tissue-specific mutagenesis in Drosophila.

Koreman GT, Xu Y, Hu Q, Zhang Z, Allen SE, Wolfner MF, Wang B, Han C.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Apr 6;118(14):e2014255118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2014255118.PMID: 33782117

2021 Jan 14

Versatile CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mosaic analysis by gRNA-induced crossing-over for unmodified genomes.

Allen SE, Koreman GT, Sarkar A, Wang B, Wolfner MF, Han C.
PLoS Biol. 2021 Jan 14;19(1):e3001061. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001061. eCollection 2021 Jan.PMID: 33444322

2021 Jan 5

Drosophila melanogaster sex peptide regulates mated female midgut morphology and physiology.

White MA, Bonfini A, Wolfner MF, Buchon N.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Jan 5;118(1):e2018112118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2018112118.PMID: 33443193

2020 Dec 30

X-ray fluorescence microscopy scanning of Drosophila oocytes and eggs.

Hu Q, Antipova OA, O'Halloran TV, Wolfner MF.
STAR Protoc. 2020 Dec 30;2(1):100247. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100247. eCollection 2021 Mar 19.PMID: 33437967

2020 Oct 23

Interactions between the microbiome and mating influence the female's transcriptional profile in Drosophila melanogaster.

Delbare SYN, Ahmed-Braimah YH, Wolfner MF, Clark AG.
Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 23;10(1):18168. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-75156-9.PMID: 33097776

2020 Oct 19

The Drosophila seminal proteome and its role in postcopulatory sexual selection.

Wigby S, Brown NC, Allen SE, Misra S, Sitnik JL, Sepil I, Clark AG, Wolfner MF.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2020 Dec 7;375(1813):20200072. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0072. Epub 2020 Oct 19.PMID: 33070726

2020 Oct 9

Differences in post-mating transcriptional responses between conspecific and heterospecific matings in Drosophila.

Ahmed-Braimah YH, Wolfner MF, Clark AG.
Mol Biol Evol. 2020 Oct 9:msaa264. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msaa264. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33035303

2020 Sep 10

Mating and blood-feeding induce transcriptome changes in the spermathecae of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti.

Camargo C, Ahmed-Braimah YH, Amaro IA, Harrington LC, Wolfner MF, Avila FW.
Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 10;10(1):14899. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71904-z.PMID: 32913240

2020 Jul 31

Regulation of Trpm activation and calcium wave initiation during Drosophila egg activation.

Hu Q, Wolfner MF.
Mol Reprod Dev. 2020 Aug;87(8):880-886. doi: 10.1002/mrd.23403. Epub 2020 Jul 31.PMID: 32735035

2020 Jul 23

It takes two to tango: including a female perspective in reproductive biology.

Orr TJ, Burns M, Hawkes K, Holekamp KE, Hook KA, Josefson CC, Kimmitt AA, Lewis AK, Lipshutz SE, Lynch KS, Sirot LK, Stadtmauer DJ, Staub NL, Wolfner MF, Hayssen V.
Integr Comp Biol. 2020 Jul 23:icaa084. doi: 10.1093/icb/icaa084. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32702091

2020 Jul 16

Drosophila seminal sex peptide associates with rival as well as own sperm, providing SP function in polyandrous females.

Misra S, Wolfner MF.
Elife. 2020 Jul 16;9:e58322. doi: 10.7554/eLife.58322.PMID: 32672537

2020 Jul 24

Zinc Dynamics during Drosophila Oocyte Maturation and Egg Activation.

Hu Q, Duncan FE, Nowakowski AB, Antipova OA, Woodruff TK, O'Halloran TV, Wolfner MF.
iScience. 2020 Jul 24;23(7):101275. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101275. Epub 2020 Jun 16.PMID: 32615472

2020 Apr 1

Drosophila Plc21C is involved in calcium wave propagation during egg activation.

Hu Q, Vélez-Avilés AN, Wolfner MF.
MicroPubl Biol. 2020 Apr 1;2020:10.17912/micropub.biology.000235. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000235.PMID: 32550503

2020 Feb 25

Dissecting Fertility Functions of Drosophila Y Chromosome Genes with CRISPR.

Hafezi Y, Sruba SR, Tarrash SR, Wolfner MF, Clark AG.
Genetics. 2020 Apr;214(4):977-990. doi: 10.1534/genetics.120.302672. Epub 2020 Feb 25.PMID: 32098759

2020 Jan

Evolution of Reproductive Behavior.

Anholt RRH, O'Grady P, Wolfner MF, Harbison ST.
Genetics. 2020 Jan;214(1):49-73. doi: 10.1534/genetics.119.302263.PMID: 31907301

2019 Dec 27

A calcium-mediated actin redistribution at egg activation in Drosophila.

York-Andersen AH, Hu Q, Wood BW, Wolfner MF, Weil TT.
Version 2. Mol Reprod Dev. 2020 Feb;87(2):293-304. doi: 10.1002/mrd.23311. Epub 2019 Dec 27.PMID: 31880382

2019 Nov 18

Post-ejaculatory modifications to sperm (PEMS).

Pitnick S, Wolfner MF, Dorus S.
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2020 Apr;95(2):365-392. doi: 10.1111/brv.12569. Epub 2019 Nov 18.PMID: 31737992

2019 Oct

Editorial overview: Networks, phase transitions, sociality, and reproduction: Inter-insect interactions that change molecular physiological state.

Heifetz Y, Wolfner MF.
Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2019 Oct;35:vii-ix. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.09.008.PMID: 31629477

2019 Sep 17

The Drosophila Trpm channel mediates calcium influx during egg activation

Hu Q, Wolfner MF. 
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Sep 17;116(38):18994-19000. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1906967116. Epub 2019 Aug 19.
PMID: 31427540

2019 May 15

Sperm success and immunity.

Wigby S, Suarez SS, Lazzaro BP, Pizzari T, Wolfner MF.
Curr Top Dev Biol. 2019;135:287-313. doi: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2019.04.002. Epub 2019 May 15. PMID: 31155361

2019 May 17

Female Genetic Contributions to Sperm Competition in Drosophila melanogaster.

Chen DS, Delbare SYN, White SL, Sitnik J, Chatterjee M, DoBell E, Weiss O, Clark AG, Wolfner MF.
Genetics. 2019 Jul;212(3):789-800. doi: 10.1534/genetics.119.302284. Epub 2019 May 17. PMID: 31101677

2019 Apr 15

Co-opting evo-devo concepts for new insights into mechanisms of behavioural diversity.

Hoke KL, Adkins-Regan E, Bass AH, McCune AR, Wolfner MF.
J Exp Biol. 2019 Apr 15;222(Pt 8). pii: jeb190058. doi: 10.1242/jeb.190058. Review. PMID: 30988051

2019 Mar 18

Male accessory gland molecules inhibit harmonic convergence in the mosquito Aedes aegypti.

League GP, Baxter LL, Wolfner MF, Harrington LC.
Curr Biol. 2019 Mar 18;29(6):R196-R197. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.005. PMID: 30889386

2018 Dec 14

Proteins, transcripts, and genetic architecture of seminal fluid and sperm in the mosquito Aedes aegypti.

Degner EC, Ahmed-Braimah YH, Borziak K, Wolfner MF, Harrington LC, Dorus S.
Mol Cell Proteomics. 2018 Dec 14. pii: mcp.RA118.001067. doi: 10.1074/mcp.RA118.001067.

2017 Nov

Intimate intimas: positioning of the copulatory organs in mating Drosophila.

Mattei AL, Kamimura Y, Wolfner MF.
Mol Reprod Dev. 2017 Nov;84(11):1117. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22867.

2018 Nov 26

Calcineurin dependent protein phosphorylation changes during egg activation in Drosophila melanogaster.

Zhang Z, Ahmed-Braimah Y, Goldberg ML, Wolfner MF.
Mol Cell Proteomics. 2018 Nov 26. pii: mcp.RA118.001076. doi: 10.1074/mcp.RA118.001076.

2018 Sep 11

Long-term interaction between Drosophila sperm and sex peptide is mediated by other seminal proteins that bind only transiently to sperm.

Singh A, Buehner NA, Lin H, Baranowski KJ, Findlay GD, Wolfner MF.
Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2018 Nov;102:43-51. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.09.004. Epub 2018 Sep 11.

2018 Aug 30

Maternal Proteins That Are Phosphoregulated upon Egg Activation Include Crucial Factors for Oogenesis, Egg Activation and Embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.

Zhang Z, Krauchunas AR, Huang S, Wolfner MF.
G3 (Bethesda). 2018 Aug 30;8(9):3005-3018. doi: 10.1534/g3.118.200578.

2018 Apr 7

Dynamic changes in ejaculatory bulb size during Drosophila melanogaster aging and mating.

Cohen AB, Wolfner MF.
J Insect Physiol. 2018 May - Jun;107:152-156. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.04.005. Epub 2018 Apr 7.

2018 Sep

Chemical Cues that Guide Female Reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster.

Billeter JC, Wolfner MF.
J Chem Ecol. 2018 Sep;44(9):750-769. doi: 10.1007/s10886-018-0947-z. Epub 2018 Mar 19. Review.

2018 Apr

Meroistic oogenesis of Drosophila, in section in situ.

Mattei AL, Wolfner MF.
Mol Reprod Dev. 2018 Apr;85(4):287. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22934. Epub 2018 Jan 17.

2017 Oct 30

Roles of Female and Male Genotype in Post-Mating Responses in Drosophila melanogaster.

Delbare SYN, Chow CY, Wolfner MF, Clark AG.
J Hered. 2017 Oct 30;108(7):740-753. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esx081.

2017 Aug

Cleavage of the Drosophila seminal protein Acp36DE in mated females enhances its sperm storage activity.

Avila FW, Wolfner MF.
J Insect Physiol. 2017 Aug;101:66-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2017.06.015.

2016 Feb 22

Mating-Induced Transcriptome Changes in the Reproductive Tract of Female Aedes aegypti.

Alfonso-Parra C, Ahmed-Braimah YH, Degner EC, Avila FW, Villarreal SM, Pleiss JA, Wolfner MF, Harrington LC.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Feb 22;10(2):e0004451. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004451

2016 Mar

The Female Post-Mating Response Requires Genes Expressed in the Secondary Cells of the Male Accessory Gland in Drosophila melanogaster.

Sitnik JL, Gligorov D, Maeda RK, Karch F, Wolfner MF.
Genetics. 2016 Mar;202(3):1029-41. doi: 10.1534/genetics.115.181644.