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A. W. Legan

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 3 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1

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M. J. Sheehan· 3 shared C. M. Jernigan· 2 shared S. E. Miller· 2 shared A. Walton· 1 shared C. C. Vogt· 1 shared F. M. K. Uy· 1 shared H. I. Weller· 1 shared J. P. Tumulty· 1 shared

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Postural analysis reveals persistent vigilance in paper wasps after conspecific challenge

A. W. Legan, C. C. Vogt, M. J. Sheehan

This study shows that paper wasps maintain increased vigilance behaviors after a simulated social threat, even after the threat is removed.

bioRxiv · May 25, 2022 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

First record of anti-predator behavior in the gall-forming aphid Mordwilkoja vagabunda

This study documents anti-predator behavior in Mordwilkoja vagabunda aphids, showing synchronized movements and clawing attacks on moth larvae.

bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2022 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Evidence for a selective link between cooperation and individual recognition

J. P. Tumulty, S. E. Miller, S. M. Van Belleghem, H. I. Weller, C. M. Jernigan, S. Vincent, R. J. Staudenraus, A. W. Legan, T. J. Polnaszek, F. M. K. Uy, A. Walton, M. J. Sheehan

This study shows a fitness link between individual recognition and cooperation in paper wasps, with northern populations showing higher cooperation and recognition abilities.

bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2021Animal Behavior & Cognition

Expansion and accelerated evolution of 9-exon odorant receptors in Polistes paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

A. W. Legan, C. M. Jernigan, S. E. Miller, M. F. Fuchs, M. J. Sheehan

The paper studies odorant receptor gene evolution in paper wasps, finding 9-exon ORs expanded and under positive selection, but not uniquely diversified among species.

bioRxiv · Sep 4, 2020Evolutionary Biology