| Hood, G. R., J. H. Jennings, M. Beehler, T. Schmitt, D. J. Bruzzese, J. L.. Feder, and W. J. Etges. 2022. Cuticular hydrocarbon variation among Rhagoletis fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Implications for premating reproductive isolation and ecological speciation. Ecological Entomology 47:192-207. DOI: 10.1111.een.13101 |
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| Etges, W. J. 2019. Evolutionary genomics of host plant adaptation: insights from Drosophila. Current Opinion in Insect Science 36:96-102. (invited review for a Special Section on Evolutionary Genetics). |
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| Etges, W. J. 2017. Cataloging biodiversity of cactophilic Drosophila. Drosophila Information Service 100:27-47. |
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| Etges, W. J., C. C. de Oliveira, S. Rajpurohit, and A. G. Gibbs. 2017. Effects of temperature on transcriptome and cuticular hydrocarbon expression in ecologically differentiated populations of desert Drosophila. Ecology and Evolution 7:619-637. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2653 |
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| Etges, W. J., C. C. de Oliveira, S. Rajpurohit, and A. G. Gibbs. 2016. Preadult life history variation determines adult transcriptome expression. Molecular Ecology 23:741-763. doi: 10.1111/mec.13505 |
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| Lohse, K., M. Clark, M. G. Ritchie, and W. J. Etges. 2015. Genome-wide tests for introgression between cactophilic Drosophila implicate a role of
inversions during speciation. Evolution 69:1178-1190. doi:10.1111/evo.12650, Supplementary information. |
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| Etges, W. J., M. V. Trotter, C. C. de Oliveira, S. Rajpurohit, A. G. Gibbs, and S. Tuljapurkar. 2015. Deciphering life history transcriptomes in different environments. Molecular Ecology 24:151-179. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13017 |
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| Delprat, A., W. J. Etges, and A. Ruiz. 2014. Reanalysis of polytene chromosomes in Drosophila mojavensis populations from Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Drosophila Information Service 97:53-57. |
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| Etges, W. J. 2014. No boundaries: genomes, organisms, and environmental interactions responsible for divergence and reproductive isolation. Journal of Heredity 105:756-770, (Special issue on speciation) 10.1093/jhered/esu039. (journal cover) |
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Etges, W. J. and C. C. de Oliveira. 2014. Premating isolation is determined by larval rearing substrates in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. X. Age-specific dynamics of adult epicuticular hydrocarbon expression in response to different host plants. Ecology and Evolution 4:2033-2045. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1088. (journal cover) |
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Chin, J., S. Ellis, H. T. Pham, S. J. Blanksby, K. Mori, Q. L. Koh, W. J. Etges, and J. Y. Yew. 2014. Sex-specific triacylglycerides are widely conserved in Drosophila and mediate mating
behavior. eLife 2014;3:e01751.(Editor's choice in Biochemistry, The Scientist July, 2014, blog report in the University of Arkansas Research Frontiers) |
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Jennings, J. H., W. J. Etges, T. Schmitt, and A. Hoikkala. 2014. Cuticular hydrocarbons of Drosophila montana: Geographic variation, sexual dimorphism and potential roles as pheromones. Journal of Insect Physiology 61:16-24. |
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Smith, G., Y. Fang , X. Liu, J. Kenny, A. R. Cossins, C. C. de Oliveira, W. J. Etges, and M. G. Ritchie. 2013. Transcriptome-wide expression variation associated with environmental plasticity and mating success in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. Evolution 67:1950-1963. |
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| Oliveira, C. C., M. H. Manfrin, Fábio de M. Sene, and W. J. Etges. 2013. Evolution of male courtship songs in the Drosophila buzzatii species cluster. pp. 137-164, (in) P. Michalak (ed.) Speciation: Natural Processes, Genetics and Biodiversity. Nova Science Publishers, New York. |
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| Rajpurohit, S, C. C. de Oliveira,W. J. Etges and A. G. Gibbs. 2013. Functional genomic and phenotypic responses to desiccation in natural populations of a desert drosophilid. Molecular Ecology 22:2698-2715. |
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| Havens, J. A. and W. J. Etges. 2013. Premating isolation is determined by larval rearing substrates in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. IX. Host plant and population specific epicuticular hydrocarbon expression influences mate choice and sexual selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26:562-576. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12073 |
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| Oliveira, D. C. S. G., F. C. Almeida, P. O’Grady, M. A. Armella, R. DeSalle, and W. J. Etges. 2012. Monophyly, divergence times, and evolution of host plant use inferred from a revised phylogeny of the Drosophila repleta species group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64:533-544. |
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Smith, G., K. Lohse, W. J. Etges and M. G. Ritchie. 2012. Model-based comparisons of phylogeographic scenarios resolve the divergence of cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. Molecular Ecology 21:3293-3307. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05604.x |
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| Oliveira, C. C., M. H. Manfrin, F. M. Sene, L. L. Jackson and W. J. Etges. 2011. Variations on a theme: diversification of cuticular hydrocarbons in a clade of cactophilic Drosophila. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011 11:179. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-179 |
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| Havens, J. A., S. H. Orzack, and W. J. Etges. 2011. Mate choice opportunity leads to shorter progeny egg to adult development time in a desert insect. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24:1317-1324. (also see Corrigendum) |
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| Yew, J. Y., K. Dreisewerd, C. C. de Oliveira, and W. J. Etges. 2011. Male-specific transfer and fine scale characterization of newly identified cuticular hydrocarbons and triacylglycerides in a Drosophila species pair. PLoS ONE 6(2): e16898. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016898 |
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| Etges, W. J., C. C. de Oliveira, M. A. F. Noor, and M. G. Ritchie. 2010. Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. III. Life history divergence and reproductive isolation. Evolution 64:3549-3569. |
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| Jennings, J. H. and W. J. Etges. 2010. Species hybrids in the lab but not in nature: a reanalysis of premating isolation between Drosophila arizonae and D. mojavensis. Evolution 64:587-598. |
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| Levitan, M. and W. J. Etges. 2009. Rapid response to perturbation of chromosome frequencies in natural populations of Drosophila robusta. Genetica 137:1-8. DOI:10.1007/s10709-009-9364-0. |
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| Etges, W. J., C. C. de Oliveira, M. G. Ritchie, and M. A. F. Noor. 2009. Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. II. Host plants and mating status influence cuticular hydrocarbon QTL expression and G x E interactions. Evolution
63:1712-1730. |
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| Etges, W. J. and J. V. Sloan. 2008. Rediscovery of Drosophila wheeleri in Sonora, Mexico? Drosophila Information Service 91:50-53. |
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| Etges, W. J. and M. Levitan. 2008. Variable evolutionary response to regional climate change in a polymorphic species. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 95:702-716. |
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| Etges, W. J. and A. D. Tripodi. 2008. Premating isolation is determined by larval rearing substrates in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. VIII. Mating success mediated by epicuticular hydrocarbons within and between isolated populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21:1641-1652. |
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| Beckenbach, A. T., W. B. Heed, and W. J. Etges. 2008. A mitochondrial DNA analysis of vicariant speciation in two lineages in the Drosophila mulleri subgroup. Evolutionary Ecology Research 10:475-492. |
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| Oliveira, D. C. S. G., M. Leonidas, W. J. Etges, P. M. O’Grady, and R. DeSalle. 2008. Species delimitation in the Drosophila aldrichi subcluster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) using DNA sequences. Zootaxa 1725:37-47. |
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| Etges, W. J. 2007. In Memoriam. William B. Heed, 1926-2007. Evolution 61:2739-2742. |
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| Etges, W. J., C. C. de Oliveira, E. Gragg, D. Ortíz-Barrientos, M. A. F. Noor and M. G. Ritchie. 2007. Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. I. Male courtship song, mating success, and genotype x environment interactions. Evolution 61:1106-1119. |
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| Jaureguy, L. M. and W. J. Etges. 2007. Assessing patterns of senescence in Drosophila mojavensis reared on different host cacti. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9:91-107. |
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| Etges, W. J., C. L. Veenstra, and L. L. Jackson. 2006. Premating isolation is determined by larval rearing substrates in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. VII. Effects of larval dietary fatty acids on adult epicuticular hydrocarbons. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32:2629-2646. |
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| Etges, W. J., K. L. Arbuckle, and M. Levitan. 2006. Long-term frequency shifts in the chromosome polymorphisms of Drosophila robusta in the Great Smoky Mountains. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 88:131-142. |
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| Etges, W. J., K. F. Over, C. C. de Oliveira, and M. G. Ritchie. 2006. Inheritance of courtship song variation among geographically isolated populations of Drosophila mojavensis. Animal Behaviour 71:1205-1214. |
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| Funk, D. J., P. Nosil, and W. J. Etges. 2006. Ecological divergence exhibits consistently positive associations with reproductive isolation across disparate taxa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 103:3209–3213. |
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| Etges, W. J. and W. B. Heed. 2006. Reproductive isolation in the Drosophila longicornis species complex. Drosophila Information Service 88:55-58. |
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| Etges, W. J. 2006. Drosophila desertorum in Big Bend National Park, Texas: The search for females. Drosophila Information Service 88:18-19. |
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| Oliveira, D. C. S. G, P. M. O’Grady, W. J. Etges, W. B. Heed, and R. DeSalle. 2005. Molecular systematics and geographical distribution of the Drosophila longicornis species complex (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Zootaxa 1069:1-32. |
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| Filchak, K. E., W. J. Etges, N. J. Besansky, and J. L. Feder. 2005. Ecological genetics of host use in diptera. pp. 340-370 (in) The Evolutionary Biology of Flies. D. K. Yeates and B. M. Wiegman (eds.), Columbia University Press. (contact me for reprints) |
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| Levitan, M. and W. J. Etges. 2005. Climate change and recent genetic flux in populations of Drosophila robusta. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2005, 5:4. |
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| Etges, W. J. and W. B. Heed. 2004. A new geographical record for Drosophila desertorum and a review of the D. ritae cluster in the repleta group of Drosophila. Drosophila Information Service 87:30-32. |
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| Etges, W. J. and M. Levitan. 2004. Palaeoclimatic variation, adaptation and biogeography of inversion polymorphisms in natural populations of Drosophila robusta. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81:395-411. |
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| Oliveira, D. C. S. G., E. H. Wintermute, W. J. Etges, W. B. Heed, P. M. O ’Grady, and R. DeSalle. 2003. Hierarchical structure in the Drosophila mojavensis cluster (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Hereditas 139:223-227. |
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| Etges, W. J. 2002. Divergence in mate choice systems: does evolution play by rules? Genetica 116 (2-3):151-166. Also published in: Genetics of mate choice: from sexual selection to sexual isolation. 2002. W. J. Etges and M. A. F. Noor (eds.). Kluwer, New York, ISBN 1-4020-1022-2, 260 pp. http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-1022-2 |
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| O'Grady, P. M., C. M. Durando, W. B. Heed, M. Wasserman, W. J. Etges, and R. DeSalle. 2002. Genetic divergence within the Drosophila mayaguana subcluster, a closely related triad of Caribbean species in the repleta species group. Hereditas 136:240-246. |
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| O’Grady, P. M., R. Baker, C. M. Durando, W. J. Etges, and R. DeSalle. 2001. Polytene chromosomes as indicators of phylogeny in several species groups of Drosophila. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2001 1:6. |
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| Etges, W. J. and L. L. Jackson. 2001. Premating isolation is determined by larval rearing substrates in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. VI. Epicuticular hydrocarbon variation in Drosophila mojavensis cluster species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 27:2125-2150. |
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| Etges, W. J. and M. A. Ahrens. 2001. Premating isolation is determined by larval rearing substrates in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. V. Deep geographic variation in epicuticular hydrocarbons among isolated populations. The American Naturalist 158:585-598. |
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| Etges, W. J., M. A. Armella, P. M. O’Grady, and W. B. Heed. 2001. Two new species of Drosophila (Diptera; Drosophilidae) in the repleta group from Mexico. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94:16-20. |
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| Durando, C. M., R. H. Baker, W. J. Etges, W. B. Heed, M. Wasserman and R. DeSalle. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis of the repleta species group of the genus Drosophila using multiple sources of characters. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 16:296-307. |
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| Etges, W. J., W. R. Johnson, G. A. Duncan, G. Huckins and W. B. Heed. 1999. Ecological genetics of cactophilic Drosophila. pp. 164-214, (In) Ecology of Sonoran Desert Plants and Plant Communities. R. Robichaux (ed.), University of Arizona Press, Tucson. (Invited chapter (peer reviewed) for a book commemorating the 90th year of the Desert Research Laboratory at Tumamoc Hill, Tucson, Arizona). |
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| Etges, W. J. 1998. A new pericentric inversion in a natural population of Drosophila robusta. Drosophila Information Service 81:142-143. |
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| Badyaev, A. V., W. J. Etges, J. D. Faust and T. E. Martin. 1998. Fitness correlates of spur length and spur asymmetry in male wild turkeys. Journal of Animal Ecology 67:845-852. |
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| Newby, B. N. and W. J. Etges. 1998. Host preference among populations of Drosophila mojavensis that use different host cacti. Journal of Insect Behavior 11:691-712. |
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| Levitan, M. and W. J. Etges. 1998. Studies of linkage in populations. XIII. A unique cause of linkage disequilibrium in natural populations of Drosophila robusta. Heredity 80:660-667. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1998. Premating isolation is determined by larval rearing substrates in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. IV. Correlated responses in behavioral isolation to artificial selection on a life history trait. The American Naturalist 152:129-144. |
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| Stennett, M. D. and W. J. Etges. 1997. Premating isolation is determined by larval rearing substrates in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. III. Epicuticular hydrocarbon variation is determined by use of different host plants in Drosophila mojavensis and Drosophila arizonae. Journal of Chemical Ecology 23:2803-2824. |
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| Babcock, C. S., D. G. Baldwin, W. B. Heed, C. A. Istock, J. S. Russell, and W. J. Etges. 1997. Third chromosome inversion polymorphism in Baja California populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura. Drosophila Information Service 80:1-2. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1996. Sexual selection operating in a wild population of Drosophila robusta. Evolution 50:2095-2100. |
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| Badyaev, A. V., T. E. Martin, and W. J. Etges. 1996. Habitat sampling and habitat selection by female wild turkeys: Ecological correlates and reproductive consequences. The Auk 113: 636-646. |
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| Badyaev, A. V., W. J. Etges, and T. E. Martin. 1996. Age-based spring dispersal in male wild turkeys. The Auk 113:240-242. |
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| Badyaev, A. V., W. J. Etges, and T. E. Martin. 1996. Ecological and behavioral correlates of variation in seasonal home ranges of wild turkeys in the Arkansas Ozarks. Journal of Wildlife Management 60:154-164. |
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| Levitan, M. and W. J. Etges. 1995. Convergent linkage disequilibria in disparate populations of Drosophila robusta. (In) L. Levine (ed.), Genetics of Natural Populations: The Continuing Importance of Theodosius Dobzhansky. Columbia University Press, New York. pp. 105-119. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1993. New and undescribed mutants of Drosophila mojavensis. Drosophila Information Service 72:70. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1993. Genetics of host-cactus response and life history evolution among ancestral and derived populations of Drosophila mojavensis. Evolution 47:750-767. |
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| Brazner, J. C. and W. J. Etges. 1993. Premating isolation is determined by larval rearing substrates in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. II. Effects of larval substrates on time to copulation, mate choice and mating propensity. Evolutionary Ecology 7:605-624. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1992. Premating isolation is determined by larval rearing substrates in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. Evolution 46:1945-1950. |
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| Etges, W. J. and W. B. Heed. 1992. Remating effects on the genetic structure of female life histories in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. Heredity 68:515-528. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1991. Seasonal variation among gene arrangements in Drosophila robusta. Drosophila Information Service 70:65-66. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1990. Direction of life history evolution in Drosophila mojavensis. (In) J. S. F. Barker, W. T. Starmer, R. J. MacIntyre (eds.), Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics of Drosophila. Plenum, NY. pp. 37-56. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1989. Evolution of developmental homeostasis in Drosophila mojavensis. Evolutionary Ecology 3:189-201. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1989. Divergence in cactophilic Drosophila: The evolutionary significance of adult ethanol metabolism. Evolution 43:1316-1319. |
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| Etges, W. J. and C. S. Klassen. 1989. Influences of atmospheric ethanol on adult Drosophila mojavensis: Altered metabolic rates and increases in fitness among populations. Physiological Zoology 62:170-193. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1989. Chromosomal influences on variable life histories along an altitudinal transect in Drosophila robusta. The American Naturalist 133:83-110. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1987. Call site choice in male anurans. Copeia 1987(4):910-923. |
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| Etges, W. J. and W. B. Heed. 1987. Sensitivity to larval density in populations of Drosophila mojavensis: Influences of host plant variation on components of fitness. Oecologia 71:375-381. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1984. Genetic structure and change in natural populations of Drosophila robusta: Systematic inversion and inversion association frequency shifts in the Great Smoky Mountains. Evolution 38:675-688. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1983. Recurrences of 2L-5: a rare paracentric inversion in Drosophila robusta. Drosophila Information Service 59:34. |
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| Etges, W. J. 1982. "A new view of life history evolution"? - A response. Oikos 38:118-122. with response, Stearns, S. C. 1982. Reply to Etges. Oikos 38:122-124. |
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Smith, M. W., C. F. Aquadro, M. H. Smith, R. K. Chesser, and W. J. Etges. 1982. A bibliography for electrophoretic studies of biochemical variation in natural populations of vertebrates. Texas Tech. Press, Lubbock, Texas. 105 pp. |
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Etges, W. J. and K. L. Arbuckle. Courtship behavior and mating success in populations of Drosophila robusta. in preparation.
Heed, W. B. and W. J. Etges. Breeding site variation and karyotypic diversity in
populations of Drosophila mojavensis. in
preparation.
Edited
Books:
Etges, W. J. and M. A. F. Noor
(eds.). 2002. Genetics of mate choice: from sexual selection to
sexual isolation. 19 chapters, 404 p., Springer, New
York. ISBN 978-94-010-3958-1.
Published
Abstracts and Reports:
Etges, W. J. 1982. Inversion
frequency dynamics along the Smoky Mountains cline in Drosophila
robusta. Genetics 100:s22-23.
Etges, W. J. 1982. Inversion
frequency dynamics along the Smoky Mountains cline in Drosophila
robusta. (In) U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park
Service. Eighth Annual Scientific Research Meeting, Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, June 24-25, 1982. Natural Science and
Research Division, Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta, Georgia,
30303. 65 pp.
Giddings, L. V. and W. J.
Etges. 1985. Absence of mtDNA variation among karyotypically
differentiated populations of Drosophila robusta. Genetics
110:s41-42.
Etges, W. J. 1987. Inheritance
of life history patterns in populations of Drosophila
mojavensis associated with different host cacti in the Sonoran
Desert. (In) Abstracts of Contributed Posters and Satellite
Conferences, Second International Conference on Quantitative
Genetics, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 31-June 5, 1987.
Etges, W. J. 1993. Adaptation
and speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. (In) Abstracts of
Contributed Posters, 17th International Congress of Genetics,
Birmingham, UK, August 15-21, 1993.
Baker, R., R. DeSalle, W. B. Heed,
and W. J. Etges. 1994. Molecular systematics of Drosophila
repleta group species. Abstracts of the 3rd International
Congress of Dipterology, Guelph, pp. 10-11.
Etges, W.J. and M. Levitan.
2000. Clines, leaps, gaps and reverses in inversion polymorphism.
Presented in the symposium "Chromosome inversion polymorphisms and
adaptation." p. 555, Abstract book I - XXI International Congress of
Entomology, Foz de Iguacu, Brazil, August 20-26, 2000.
Etges, W. J. 2001. Meeting report. Evolutionary genetics in South America: Alive and well. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84:237-238.