Browsing by Author "Balakrishnan, Christopher N."
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Light Pollution Increases West Nile Virus Competence of a Ubiquitous Passerine Reservoir Species
Balakrishnan, Christopher N.; Newhouse, Daniel J. (2019-07-24) -
Mechanisms of Assortative Mating in Speciation with Gene Flow: Connecting Theory and Empirical Research
Balakrishnan, Christopher N. (2018-01-01) -
MHC class I variation among wild, domestic and insular populations of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Newhouse, Daniel J. (East Carolina University, 2014)The zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) is a passerine bird native to Australia and the Lesser Sunda Islands, with domesticated populations derived from each of these localities. The Lesser Sundas and domesticated zebra ... -
Microsatellite analysis of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, in western Pennsylvania
Horiates, Julia M. (East Carolina University, 2017-05-05)In western Pennsylvania, the brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, has dramatically declined in population due to the environmental stressors of mining, logging, water withdrawal, and acid deposition. Brook trout are game ... -
Neural Mechanisms of Auditory Species Recognition in Birds
Balakrishnan, Christopher N. (2019-05-07) -
Parent and Offspring Genotypes Influence Gene Expression in Early Life
Balakrishnan, Christopher N.; Newhouse, Daniel J. (2019-09-01) -
Parentally-derived baby food: crop milk in captive-reared doves impacts growth and microbiome composition
Orr, Kristen N (East Carolina University, 2021-12-07)Many animals have evolved parental care strategies to invest in their offspring and consequently improve their chances of survival and future reproductive success. Some produce few young that they invest in heavily with ... -
Population Dynamics in a Mid-Atlantic Breeding Population of King Rails (Rallus elegans) and Comparative Genomic Diversity Across Their Range
Gause, Carol A. (East Carolina University, 2024-01-05)King rail (Rallus elegans) populations have experienced severe declines throughout their range over the past half a century. As an obligate freshwater marsh bird, the king rail relies upon extensive, high-quality wetlands ... -
Shared Neural Substrates for Song Discrimination in Parental and Parasitic Songbirds
Balakrishnan, Christopher N. (2016-05-01) -
Shared Transcriptional Responses to con- and Heterospecific Behavioral Antagonists in a Wild Songbird
Balakrishnan, Christopher N. (2020-03-05) -
Stable Recombination Hotspots in Birds
Balakrishnan, Christopher N. (2015-11-19) -
Susceptibility and Antibody Response of the Laboratory Model Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) to West Nile Virus
Hofmeister, Erik K.; Lund, Melissa; Shearn-Bochsler, Valerie; Balakrishnan, Christopher N. (2017-01-03)Since the introduction of West Nile virus (WNV) into North America in 1999 a number of pas- serine bird species have been found to play a role in the amplification of the virus. Arbovirus surveillance, observational studies ... -
Susceptibility and Antibody Response of the Laboratory Model Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) to West Nile Virus
Balakrishnan, Christopher N. (2017-01-03) -
The effects of stress on avian gene expression and microbiomes
Newhouse, Daniel J (East Carolina University, 2019-07-24)Organisms must cope with stressors throughout their lifetime. Stressors are broad and come from both intrinsic and extrinsic sources. In this era of rapid global change, exposure to stressors will become more unpredictable ... -
Towards Complete and Error-Free Genome Assemblies of all Vertebrate Species
Balakrishnan, Christopher N. (2021-04-28) -
Transcriptional Response to West Nile Virus Infection in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia Guttata)
Balakrishnan, Christopher N. (2017-06-01) -
Transcriptional response to West Nile virus infection in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Newhouse, Daniel J.; Hofmeister, Erik K.; Balakrishnan, Christopher N. (2017-06)West Nile virus (WNV) is a widespread arbovirus that imposes a significant cost to both human and wildlife health. WNV exists in a bird-mosquito transmission cycle in which passerine birds act as the primary reservoir host. ... -
Understanding the Loss of Maternal Care in Avian Brood Parasites Using Preoptic Area Transcriptome Comparisons in Brood Parasitic and Non-parasitic Blackbirds
Lynch, Kathleen S.; O’Connell, Lauren A.; Louder, Matthew I. M.; Balakrishnan, Christopher N.; Fischer, Eva K. (2019-02-13)Parental care is critical for offspring survival in many species. However, parental behaviors have been lost in roughly 1% of avian species known as the obligate brood parasites. To shed light on molecular and neurobiological ... -
Understanding the Loss of Maternal Care in Avian Brood Parasites Using Preoptic Area Transcriptome Comparisons in Brood Parasitic and Non-parasitic Blackbirds
Balakrishnan, Christopher N. (2019-04-01) -
The variability of song variability in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) populations
Balakrishnan, Christopher N.; Lansverk, Allison L.; Schroeder, Katie M.; London, Sarah E.; Griffith, Simon C.; Clayton, David F. (2019-04-30)Birdsong is a classic example of a learned social behaviour. Song behaviour is also influenced by genetic factors, and understanding the relative contributions of genetic and environmental influences remains a major goal. ...