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List of works by Michael G. Ritchie

4273π: bioinformatics education on low cost ARM hardware

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A Balanced Data Archiving Policy for Long-Term Studies

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

A genome-wide investigation of adaptive signatures in protein-coding genes related to tool behaviour in New Caledonian and Hawaiian crows

scientific article published on 11 December 2020

A microsatellite linkage map for Drosophila montana shows large variation in recombination rates, and a courtship song trait maps to an area of low recombination.

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A rare exception to Haldane's rule: Are X chromosomes key to hybrid incompatibilities?

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

A test of genetic models for the evolutionary maintenance of same-sex sexual behaviour

scientific article published in June 2015

Acoustic communication in insect disease vectors

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An unusual phylogeography in the bushcricket Ephippiger ephippiger from Southern France

scientific article published on 6 September 2006

Animal communication: flies' ears are tuned in.

scientific article published in April 2011

Are differences in song responsible for assortative mating between subspecies of the grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus (Orthoptera: Acrididae)?

article by Michael G. Ritchie published April 1990 in Animal Behaviour

Are solitary and gregarious Mormon crickets (Anabrus simplex, Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) genetically distinct?

scientific article published in August 2005

Artificial selection for a courtship signal inDrosophila melanogaster

Assortative mating across a hybrid zone in Chorthippus parallelus (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Asymmetric paternal effect on offspring size linked to parent-of-origin expression of an insulin-like growth factor

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Behavioral coupling in tettigoniid hybrids (Orthoptera).

scientific article published in May 1992

Behavioural genetics: the social fly.

scientific article published in September 2008

Behavioural mechanisms of sexual isolation involving multiple modalities and their inheritance

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

Beyond the point of no return? A comparison of genetic diversity in captive and wild populations of two nearly extinct species of Goodeid fish reveals that one is inbred in the wild

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Characterization of female preference functions for Drosophila montana courtship song and a test of the temperature coupling hypothesis

scientific article published in April 2001

Copulatory song in three species of the Drosophila montium subgroup extends copulation and shows unusual genetic control

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Courtship patterns in the Drosophila montium species subgroup: repeated loss of precopulatory courtship?

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Deception (mimicry): an integral component of sexual signals

scientific article published in 2001

Differential gene expression is not required for facultative sex allocation: a transcriptome analysis of brain tissue in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis

scientific article published on 21 February 2018

Dispersal differences predict population genetic structure in Mormon crickets.

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Divergence in Multiple Courtship Song Traits between Drosophila santomea and D. yakuba

article by Jennifer E. Blyth et al published July 2008 in Ethology

Do quantitative trait loci (QTL) for a courtship song difference between Drosophila simulans and D. sechellia coincide with candidate genes and intraspecific QTL?

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Drosophila chemoreceptor gene evolution: selection, specialization and genome size

scientific article published in April 2008

Drosophila song as a species-specific mating signal and the behavioural importance of Kyriacou & Hall cycles in D.melanogaster song

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Evolution and diversity of the courtship repertoire in the Drosophila montium species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

scientific article published on 22 August 2019

Evolution of Courtship Song and Reproductive Isolation in the Drosophila willistoni Species Complex: Do Sexual Signals Diverge the Most Quickly?

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Evolution of a complex locus: exon gain, loss and divergence at the Gr39a locus in Drosophila

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Evolution of divergent female mating preference in response to experimental sexual selection

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Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny

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Evolutionary biology. Searching for speciation genes

scientific article published in July 2001

Evolutionary genetics: gene replacement and the genetics of speciation

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Experimental evolution supports signatures of sexual selection in genomic divergence

publication published on 22 March 2021

Experimental manipulation of sexual selection and the evolution of courtship song in Drosophila pseudoobscura

scientific article published in May 2005

Explosive speciation in a cricket

scientific article published in July 2005

Feathers, Females, and Fathers

scientific article published in Science

Female preference for fly song: playback experiments confirm the targets of sexual selection

article by Michael G. Ritchie et al published September 1998 in Animal Behaviour

Female preference for ‘song races’ of Ephippiger ephippiger (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

article by Michael G. Ritchie published September 1991 in Animal Behaviour

Female secondary sexual characteristics: appearances might be deceptive

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Field cricket genome reveals the footprint of recent, abrupt adaptation in the wild

scientific article published on 19 December 2019

Fitness consequences of potential assortative mating inside and outside a hybrid zone in Chorthippus parallelus (Orthoptera: Acrididae): implications for reinforcement and sexual selection theory

Genetic and Molecular Analysis of the Love Song Preferences of Drosophila Females

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Genetic tools for studying adaptation and the evolution of behavior

scientific article published on December 2002

Genetic variability of courtship song in a population of Drosophila melanogaster

article by Michael G. Ritchie & Charalambos P. Kyriacou published August 1994 in Animal Behaviour

Genetic variability of the interpulse interval of courtship song among some European populations of Drosophila melanogaster.

scientific article published in May 1994

Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. I. Male courtship song, mating success, and genotype x environment interactions.

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Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. III. Life-history divergence in allopatry and reproductive isolation.

scientific article published in December 2010

Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis: II. Host plants and mating status influence cuticular hydrocarbon QTL expression and G x E interactions.

scientific article published on 18 February 2009

Genetics of speciation

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Genome-wide DNA methylation patterns in wild samples of two morphotypes of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

scientific article published on 21 December 2014

Genome-wide tests for introgression between cactophilic Drosophila implicate a role of inversions during speciation

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Godfrey M. Hewitt (1940-2013), President of ESEB 1999-2001

How consistent are the transcriptome changes associated with cold acclimation in two species of the Drosophila virilis group?

scientific article published on 11 February 2015

Hybridization and speciation

scientific article published on February 2013

Hybrids and hybrid zones: Reply from M.G. Ritchie and N.H. Barton

scientific article published on 01 July 1998

Identification of quantitative trait loci function through analysis of multiple cuticular hydrocarbons differing between Drosophila simulans and Drosophila sechellia females.

scientific article published on 5 August 2009

Identifying consistent allele frequency differences in studies of stratified populations.

scientific article published on 15 June 2017

Immune anticipation of mating in Drosophila: Turandot M promotes immunity against sexually transmitted fungal infections

scientific article published on 30 October 2013

Incipient speciation in Drosophila melanogaster involves chemical signals

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Increased socially mediated plasticity in gene expression accompanies rapid adaptive evolution

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Inducing Cold-Sensitivity in the Frigophilic Fly Drosophila montana by RNAi

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Inferring the patterns and causes of geographic variation in Ephippiger ephippiger (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) using geographical information systems (GIS)

Inheritance of courtship song variation among geographically isolated populations of Drosophila mojavensis

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Insect capa neuropeptides impact desiccation and cold tolerance

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Inter and Intraspecific Genomic Divergence in Drosophila montana Shows Evidence for Cold Adaptation

scientific article published in 2018

Introduction. Speciation in plants and animals: pattern and process

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Localization of quantitative trait loci for diapause and other photoperiodically regulated life history traits important in adaptation to seasonally varying environments

scientific article published on 19 May 2015

Male age, mating status and nuptial gift quality in a bushcricket

Male courtship song and female preference variation between phylogeographically distinct populations of Drosophila montana

scientific article published in June 2007

Male-specific fruitless isoforms target neurodevelopmental genes to specify a sexually dimorphic nervous system

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Mate choice intensifies motor signalling in Drosophila

Mating system manipulation and the evolution of sex-biased gene expression in Drosophila

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Mating system variation drives rapid evolution of the female transcriptome in Drosophila pseudoobscura

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Measuring same-sex sexual behaviour: the influence of the male social environment

Mitochondrial DNA variation and GIS analysis confirm a secondary origin of geographical variation in the bushcricket Ephippiger ephippiger (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea), and resurrect two subspecies

scientific article published in March 2001

Model-based comparisons of phylogeographic scenarios resolve the intraspecific divergence of cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis

scientific article published on 9 May 2012

Molecular phylogeny of the livebearing Goodeidae (Cyprinodontiformes).

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Morphological and genetic divergence of intralacustrine stickleback morphs in Iceland: a case for selective differentiation?

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Multiple differences in calling songs and other traits between solitary and gregarious Mormon crickets from allopatric mtDNA clades

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Multiple quantitative trait loci influence intra-specific variation in genital morphology between phylogenetically distinct lines of Drosophila montana

scientific article published on 3 June 2011

New microsatellite loci for the European bushcricket, Ephippiger ephippiger (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

scientific article published in 2006

Nonlinear and correlational sexual selection on 'honest' female ornamentation

scientific article published in October 2003

Opposing patterns of intraspecific and interspecific differentiation in sex chromosomes and autosomes

scientific article published on 10 June 2018

Oviposition but Not Sex Allocation Is Associated with Transcriptomic Changes in Females of the Parasitoid Wasp Nasonia vitripennis

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Paternity analysis of wild-caught females shows that sperm package size and placement influence fertilization success in the bushcricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera

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Patterns of speciation in endemic Mexican Goodeid fish: sexual conflict or early radiation?

scientific article published in July 2005

Phenotypic differentiation in love song traits among sibling species of the Lutzomyia longipalpis complex in Brazil

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Phylogeographic information systems: putting the geography into phylogeography

Positive assortative mating between recently described sympatric morphs of Icelandic sticklebacks.

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Postglacial intra-lacustrine divergence of Icelandic threespine stickleback morphs in three neovolcanic lakes.

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Postmating-prezygotic isolation between two allopatric populations of Drosophila montana: fertilisation success differs under sperm competition

scientific article published on 16 February 2016

Preparing for Winter: The Transcriptomic Response Associated with Different Day Lengths in Drosophila montana

scientific article published on 14 March 2016

Pulling together or pulling apart: hybridization in theory and practice

scientific article published on February 1, 2013

Purifying Selection in Corvids Is Less Efficient on Islands

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis of Mating Behavior and Male Sex Pheromones in Nasonia Wasps

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Quantitative trait loci affecting a courtship signal in Drosophila melanogaster.

scientific article published in July 2002

Quantitative trait loci for cuticular hydrocarbons associated with sexual isolation between Drosophila simulans and D. sechellia

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Rapid convergent evolution in wild crickets

scientific article published on 29 May 2014

Reproductive isolation and the period gene of Drosophila

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SEXUAL SELECTION IN THE GIFT-GIVING DANCE FLY, RHAMPHOMYIA SULCATA, FAVORS SMALL MALES CARRYING SMALL GIFTS

article by Natasha R. LeBas et al published 2004 in Evolution

Selection for reproduction under short photoperiods changes diapause-associated traits and induces widespread genomic divergence

scientific article published on 17 October 2019

Setbacks in the search for mate-preference genes

scientific article published on 01 October 1992

Sex and differentiation: population genetic divergence and sexual dimorphism in Mexican goodeid fish

scientific article published in September 2007

Sexual Selection and Speciation

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Sexual and postmating reproductive isolation between allopatric Drosophila montana populations suggest speciation potential

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Sexual selection and assortative mating: an experimental test

scientific article published on 11 March 2016

Sexual selection in the gift-giving dance fly, Rhamphomyia sulcata, favors small males carrying small gifts.

scientific article published in August 2004

Sexual selection on song and cuticular hydrocarbons in two distinct populations of Drosophila montana

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Sexual selection predicts species richness across the animal kingdom

scientific article published in 2018

Signatures of selection and sex-specific expression variation of a novel duplicate during the evolution of the Drosophila desaturase gene family

scientific article published on 29 July 2011

Sites of evolutionary divergence differ between olfactory and gustatory receptors of Drosophila

scientific article published on 13 January 2009

Social effects on fruit fly courtship song

article by Lucas Marie-Orleach et al published January 2019 in Ecology and Evolution

Speciation: mosquitoes singing in harmony

scientific article published in January 2010

Sperm competition and the level of polyandry in a bushcricket with large nuptial gifts

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Symmetry in the songs of crickets

article by L. W. Simmons & Michael G. Ritchie published 22 October 1996 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

The Genome and Methylome of a Beetle with Complex Social Behavior, Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae).

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The Pleistocene species pump past its prime: Evidence from European butterfly sister species

scientific article published in 2021

The Pleistocene species pump past its prime: evidence from European butterfly sister species

The evolution of novelty in conserved genes; evidence of positive selection in the Drosophila fruitless gene is localised to alternatively spliced exons

scientific article published on 23 October 2013

The genetic architecture of sexually selected traits in two natural populations of Drosophila montana.

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

The genomic response to courtship song stimulation in female Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article published on 5 October 2011

The inheritance of female preference functions in a mate recognition system

scientific article published in February 2000

The locus of sexual selection: moving sexual selection studies into the post-genomics era.

scientific article published on 17 April 2015

The ultrasonic mating signal of the male lesser wax moth

article by W. ANDY SNEDDEN et al published December 1994 in Physiological Entomology

Thirteen polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci from whiptails of the genus Aspidoscelis (Teiidae: Squamata) and related cnemidophorine lizards

scientific article published in January 2008

Tissue-specific transcriptomics in the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus

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Transcriptome-wide expression variation associated with environmental plasticity and mating success in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Transcriptomes of parents identify parenting strategies and sexual conflict in a subsocial beetle

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Two distinct genomic regions, harbouring the period and fruitless genes, affect male courtship song in Drosophila montana

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Variability of the bushcricket Ephippiger ephippiger: RAPDs and song races

article by Michael G. Ritchie et al published September 1997 in Heredity

Variable maternal control of facultative egg diapause in the bushcricketEphippiger ephippiger

article by Leon R. Hockham et al published April 2001 in Ecological Entomology

Variation in male song and female preference within a population of Ephippiger ephippiger (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

article by Michael G. Ritchie published May 1992 in Animal Behaviour

Variation, but no covariance, in female preference functions and male song in a natural population of Drosophila montana

article by Michael G. Ritchie et al published October 2005 in Animal Behaviour

What do we need to know about speciation?

scientific article published on 04 October 2011

What’s in a song? Female bushcrickets discriminate against the song of older males

article by Michael G. Ritchie et al published 23 October 1995 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

When are vomiting males attractive? Sexual selection on condition-dependent nuptial feeding in Drosophila subobscura

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