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K. Speer

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 2 Organism:multiple species· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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A. Brown· 2 shared D. Becker· 2 shared D. Volokhov· 2 shared M. B. Fenton· 2 shared N. B. Simmons· 2 shared R. Plowright· 2 shared A. M. Brown· 1 shared A. Washburne· 1 shared

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Phylogenetic and Ecological Trends in Specialization: Disentangling the Drivers of Ectoparasite Host Specificity

A. M. Brown, K. Speer, T. Tiexeira, E. Clare, N. B. Simmons, J. A. Balbuena, C. Dick, K. Dittmar, S. Perkins

This study investigates factors driving host specificity in bat flies, finding that ecological competition better predicts specialization than coevolution.

bioRxiv · Apr 6, 2022 · PreprintEcology

Disentangling interactions among mercury, immunity, and infection in a Neotropical bat community

D. Becker, K. Speer, J. Korstian, D. Volokhov, H. Droke, A. Brown, C. Baijnauth, T. Padgett-Stewart, H. Broders, R. Plowright, T. Rainwater, M. B. Fenton, N. Simmons, M. Chumchal

The paper examines how mercury contamination interacts with immunity and infection in Neotropical bats, finding that higher mercury levels are linked to lower infection odds in some species but not others.

bioRxiv · Jun 12, 2020 · PreprintEcology

Ecological and evolutionary drivers of hemoplasma infection and bacterial genotype sharing in a Neotropical bat community

D. Becker, K. Speer, A. Brown, M. B. Fenton, A. Washburne, S. Altizer, D. Streicker, R. Plowright, V. Chizhikov, N. B. Simmons, D. Volokhov

The paper examines hemoplasma infection prevalence and genetic diversity in Neotropical bats, finding high host specificity and phylogenetic constraints on bacterial sharing.

bioRxiv · Dec 21, 2019Ecology