2024

Saleh Ziabari*, O., Liu*, F., Deem, K. D., Liu, X., Kholwadwala, A., and J. A. Brisson. Gene duplication captures morph-specific promoter usage in the evolution of aphid wing dimorphisms. Submitted.

Stroud et al. (J. Brisson among 49 co- authors). Pirates of the Caribbean (and elsewhere): three-legged lizards and the study of evolutionary adaptation. Submitted.

Gregory, L. E., Driscoll, R. M. H., Parker, B. J., and J. A. Brisson. Impacts of body color, symbionts, and genomic regions on the pea aphid wing plasticity variation. Submitted.

Driscoll, R. M. H., Liu, X., McDonough, J., Schmidt, J., and J. A. Brisson. Pea aphid wing plasticity variation has a multigenic basis. Submitted.

Gregory*, L. E., Bouzas*, S. O., McDonough, J. G., and J. A. Brisson. Pea aphid offspring display decreased developmental instability under maternal stress. Submitted.

Albuquerque, L., Milani, D., Marti, E., Ferretti, A. B. S. M., Rico-Porras, J. M., Mora, P., Lorite, P., Saleh Ziabari, O., Brisson, J. A., Placios-Gimenez, O. M., and D. C. Cabral-de-Mello. Exploring the satellitome of the pest aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera, Aphididae): insights about genome organization and intraspecies evolution. Submitted.

Deem, K, and J. A. Brisson. 2024. Problems with paralogs: the promise and challenges of gene duplicates in evo-devo research. Integrative & Comparative Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae009

Deem, K. D., Gregory, L., Liu, X., Saleh Ziabari, O., and J. A. Brisson. 2024. Evolution and molecular mechanisms of wing plasticity in aphids. Curr. Op. Ins. Sci. 61: 101142.

2023

Liu, X., and J. A. Brisson. 2023. Dopamine mediates the pea aphid wing plasticity. Biology Letters 19: 20230024.

Saleh Ziabari, O., Li, B., Hardy, N. B., and J. A. Brisson. 2023. Aphid male wing polymorphisms are transient and have evolved repeatedly. Evolution. 77:1056-1065.

2022

Saleh Ziabari, O., Zhong, Q., Purandare, S. R., Reiter, J., Zera, A. J., and J. A. Brisson. Pea aphid winged and wingless males exhibit reproductive, gene expression, and lipid metabolism differences. Curr. Res. Insect Sci. 2: 100039.

2021

Liu, X., Culbert, E., and J. A. Brisson. 2021. Male-biased microRNA discovery in the pea aphid. Insects 12:533.

Gregory, L., Bickel, R. D., and J. A. Brisson. 2021. Evolution of development. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester.

Parker, B. J., Driscoll, R. M. H., Grantham, M. E., Hrcek, J., and J. A. Brisson. 2021. Wing plasticity and associated expression varies across the pea aphid biotype complex. Evolution 75:1143-1149.

Parker, B. J., Hrcek, J., McLean, A. H. C., Brisson, J. A., and H. C. J. Godfray. 2021. Intraspecific variation in symbiont density in an insect-microbe symbiosis. Molecular Ecology 30: 1559-1569.

Davis G.K., Brisson J.A., Bickel R.D. 2021. Evo-Devo Lessons Learned from Aphids. Pp.817-829 In: Nuno de la Rosa L., Müller G. (eds) Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Springer, Cham. 

2020

Hammelman*, R. E., Heusinkveld*, C. L., Hung, E. T., Meinecke, Al, Parker, B. J., and J. A. Brisson. 2020. Extreme developmental instability associated with wing plasticity in pea aphids. *equal contributions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287: 20201349.

Tagu et al. (74 alphabetical co-authors, including Brisson). 2020. Genome sequence of the grape phylloxera provides insights into the evolution, adaptation, and invasion routes of an iconic pest. BMC Biology 18:90.

Li, B., Bickel, R. D., Parker, B. J., Saleh Ziabari, O., Liu, F., Vellichirammal, N. N., Simon, J.-C., Stern, D. L., and J. A. Brisson. 2020. A large genomic insertion containing a duplicated follistatin gene is linked to the pea aphid male wing dimorphism. eLife 9:e50608.

Chung, S. H., Parker, B., Blow, F., Brisson, J. A., and A. E., Douglas. 2020. Host and symbiont genetic determinants of nutritional phenotype in a natural population of the pea aphid. Molecular Ecology. 29:848-858.

Purandare, S. R., and J. A. Brisson. 2020. Divergent chemosensory gene expression accompanies ecological specialization of pea aphid morphs. Ecol. Ent. 45:364-368.

2019

Grantham, M. E., Dudley, E., Shingleton, A., and J. A. Brisson. 2019. Expression profiling of winged and wingless destined pea aphid embryos implicates insulin/insulin growth factor signaling in morph differences. Evolution & Development 2019:1-12.

Parker, B. J., and J. A. Brisson. 2019. A laterally transferred viral gene modifies aphid wing plasticity. Current Biology, 29:2098-2103.

McPhetres, J., Rutjens, B. T., Weinstein, N., and J. A. Brisson. 2019. Modifying attitudes about  modified foods: increased knowledge leads to more positive attitudes.  J. Env. Psych. 64:21-29.

Xu, H., Brisson, J. A., and C. H. Zhang. 2019. Molecular mechanisms of wing polymorphism in insects. 2019. Annual Review of Entomology. 64:297-314.

2018

Grantham, M. E., and J. A. Brisson. 2018. Extensive differential splicing underlies phenotypically plastic aphid morphs. Mol. Biol. Evol.35:1934-1946.

Jaquiery, J., Peccoud, J., Ouisse, T., Legeai, F., Prunier-Leterme, N., Gouin, A., Nouhaud, P., Brisson, J. A., Bickel, R. D., Purandare, S., Poulain, J., Battail, C., Lemaitre, C., Mieuzet, L., LeTrionnaire, G., Simon, J. C., and C. Rispe. 2018. Disentangling the causes for faster-X evolution in aphids. Genome Biol. Evol. 10:507-520.

Zera, A. J., Vellichirammal, N. N., and J. A. Brisson. 2018. Diurnal and developmental differences in gene expression between adult dispersing and flightless morphs of the wing polymorphic cricket, Gryllus firmus: Implications for life-history evolution. J. Insect Phys.107: 233-243.

2017

Li, B., Bickel, R. D., Parker, B. J., Vellichirammal, N. N., Grantham, M. Simon, J.-C., Stern, D. L., J. A. Brisson. 2017. Unravelling the genomic basis and evolution of the pea aphid male wing dimorphism. bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/156133.

Vellichirammal, N. N., Gupta, P., Hall, P., and J. A. Brisson. 2017.  Ecdysone signaling underlies the pea aphid transgenerational wing polyphenism. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sciences. 114:1419-1423.

Zera, A. J., Vellichirammal, N. N., and Brisson, J. A. 2017. Hormonal circadian rhythm in the wing-polymorphic cricket Gryllus firmus: Integrating chronobiology, endocrinology, and evolution. In: Crickets asa Model Organism. Eds H. W. Horch, T. Mito, A. Popadic, H. Ohuchi, S. Noji, Springer.

2016

Grantham, M., Antonio, C., O’Neil, B., Zhan, E., and J. A. Brisson. 2016. A case for diversified bet hedging in the pea aphid wing polyphenism. Biol. Letters 12:20160654

Vellichirammal, N. N., Madayiputhiya, N., and J. A. Brisson. 2016. The genome-wide transcriptional response underlying the pea aphid wing polyphenism. Mol. Ecol. 25:4146-4160.

Brisson, J. A., and G. K. Davis. 2016. The right tools for the job: Regulating polyphenic morph development in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 13:1-6.

2015

Enders, L., Bickel, R. D., Brisson, J. A., Heng-Moss, T., Nandakumar, R., Siegfried, B., Zera, A., and N. Miller. 2015. Abiotic and biotic stressors causing equivalent mortality induce highly variable transcriptional responses in the soybean aphid. G3: GENES, GENOMES, GENETICS. 5:261-270.

Zera, A. J., and J. A. Brisson. 2015. Evolutionary and ecological physiology of polyphenism: Integrating proximate and ultimate mechanisms. In: Integrative Organismal Biology. Eds: Martin, L. B., Ghalambor, C. K., and A. Woods. Oxford University Press. Invited Chapter.

2014

Purandare, S., Bickel, R. D., Jaquiery, J., Rispe, C., and J. A. Brisson. Accelerated evolution of morph-biased genes in pea aphids. Molecular Biology & Evolution. 31:2073-2083. 

Brisson, J. A., and D. Tagu. 2014. Editorial overview: Insect genomics. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 1:v-vi.

Enders, L., Bickel, R. D., Brisson, J. A., Heng-Moss, T, Siegfried, B., Zera, A. J., and N. Miller. 2014. Soybean aphid (Hemiptera:Aphididae) response to soybean plant defense: stress levels, tradeoffs and cross-resistance. Environmental Entomology. 43:47-57.

Vellichirammal, N. N., Schilder, R. J., Wehrkamp, C., Riethoven, J-J. M., Zera, A. J., and J. A. Brisson. 2014. De novo sequence assembly and gene expression profiling of the wing polymorphic cricket Gryllus firmus. PLos One. 9(1): e82129. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082129.

Purandare, S. R., Tenhumberg, B., and J. A. Brisson. 2014. Comparison of the wing polyphenic response of pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum) to crowding and predator cues. Ecological Entomology. 39:263-266. DOI: 10.1111/een.12080.

2013

Bickel, R. D., Dunham, J. P., and J. A. Brisson. 2013. Widespread selection across coding and noncoding DNA in the pea aphid genome. G3: GENES, GENOMES, GENETICS. 3:993-1001.

2012

Zera, A. J., and J. A. Brisson. 2012. Quantitative, physiological, and molecular genetics of dispersal/migration. Chapter in Dispersal: Causes and Consequences. Clobert, J., Baguette, M., Benton, T., and J. Bullock, eds. Oxford University Press.

Lloyd, V., Brisson, J. A., Fitzpatrick, K., McEachern, L., and Verhulst, E. 2012. The epigenetics of 

emerging and nonmodel organisms. Genetics Research International. doi:10.1155/2012/491204

Ishikawa, A., Ishikawa, Y., Yasukazu, O, Miyazaki, S, Miyakawa, H., Koshikawa, S, Brisson, J. A., and T. Miura. 2012. Screening of up-regulated genes induced by high density in the vetch aphid Megoura crassicauda. J. Exp. Zool. A. 317: 194-203.

Ishikawa, A., Ogawa, K., Gotoh, H., Walsh, T. K., Tagu, D., Brisson, J. A., Rispe, C., Jaubert-Possamai, S., Kanbe, T., Tsubota, T., Shiotsuki, T., and T. Miura. 2012. Juvenile hormone titer and related gene expression during the change of reproductive modes in the pea aphid. Insect Mol. Biol. 21: 49-60.

Srinivasan, D. G., and J. A. Brisson. 2012. Aphids: a model for polyphenism and epigenetics. Genetics Research International special issue on “The Epigenetics of Emerging and Nonmodel Organisms”. doi:10.1155/2012/431531.

2011

Bickel, R. D., and J. A. Brisson. 2011. Evolution of development. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester.

2010

Hunt, B., Brisson, J. A., Yi, S., and M. Goodisman. 2010. Functional conservation of DNA methylation in the pea aphid and the honeybee. Genome Biol. Evol. 2: 719-728.

International Aphid Genomics Consortium (J. A. Brisson, member). 2010. Genome sequence of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. PLoS Biol 8(2):e1000313.

Brisson, J. A. Aphid wing dimorphisms: linking polyphenism and polymorphism. 2010. Invited article for Phil. Trans. Royal Society of London B issue on “From Polyphenism to Complex Metazoan Life Cycles” edited by A. Minelli, G. Fusco. 365:605-616. 

Brisson, J. A., Ishikawa, A., and Miura, T. 2010. Wing development genes of the pea aphid and differential gene expression between winged and unwinged morphs. Insect Mol. Biol. 19:63-73.

Walsh, T. K., Brisson, J. A., Robertson, H., Gordon, K., Jaubert-Possamai, S., Tagu, D., and Edwards, O. R. 2010. DNA methylation in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum. Insect Mol. Biol. 19:215-228.

Shigenobu, S., Bickel, R. D, Brisson, J. A., Butts, T., Chang, C-C., Christianens, O., Davis, G, Duncan, E. J., Ferrier, D. E. K., Iga, M., Janssen, R., Lin, G. W., Lu, H.-L., McGregor, A. P., Miura, T., Smagghe, G., Smith, J. M., van der Zee, M., Velarde, R. A., Wilson, M. J., Dearden, P. K., and D. L. Stern. 2010. Comprehensive survey of developmental genes in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum: frequent lineage-specific duplications and losses of developmental genes. Insect Mol. Biol. 19:47-62.

2009

Brisson, J. A., Nuzhdin, S. V, and D. L. Stern. 2009. Similar patterns of linkage disequilibrium and nucleotide diversity in native and introduced populations of the pea aphid. BMC Genetics 10:22.

Nuzhdin, S. V. Brisson, J. A., Pickering, A., Wayne, M. L., Harshman, L. G., and L. M. McIntyre,  2009. Natural genetic variation in transcriptome reflects network structure inferred with major effect mutations: insulin / TOR and associated phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster. BMC Genomics 10:124.

2008

Brisson, J. A., and S. V. Nuzhdin. 2008. Rarity of males in pea aphids results in their mutational decay. Science: 319:58.

2007

Brisson, J. A.*, Davis, G. K.*, and D. L. Stern. 2007. Shared genome-wide gene expression patterns underlying the wing polyphenism and polymorphism in the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum). Evolution & Development 9: 338-346. * joint first authors

Brisson, J. A., and G. K. Davis. 2007. The Pea Aphid. Chapter in Genome Mapping and Genomics in Animals, Vol. IV. Kole, C and Hunter, W. (eds) Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. 

Ostman, Ö, Griffin, N., Strasburg, J. L., Brisson, J. A., Templeton, A. R., Knight, T., and J. Chase. 2007. Habitat area affects arthropod communities directly and indirectly through top predators. Ecography 30: 359-366.

2006

Brisson, J. A., and D. L. Stern. 2006. The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum: an emerging genomic model system for ecological, developmental and evolutionary studies. Bioessays 28:747-755.

Braendle, C., Davis, G., Brisson, J. A., and D. L. Stern. 2006. Wing dimorphism in aphids. Heredity 97:192-199.

Brisson, J. A., Wilder, J., and H. Hollocher. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of the cardini group of Drosophila with respect to changes in pigmentation. Evolution 60:1228-1251.

Macey, J. R., Schulte, J. A. II, Strasburg, J. L., Brisson, J. A., Anajeva, N. B., Wang, Y., Parham, J. F., and Papenfuss, T. J. 2006. Assembly of the eastern North American herpetofauna: new evidence from lizards and frogs.  Biol. Lett. 2: 242-245.

2005 and before

Brisson, J. A., De Toni, D. C., Duncan, I., and A. R. Templeton. 2005. Abdominal pigmentation variation in Drosophila polymorpha: geographic variation in the trait, and underlying phylogeography. Evolution 59: 1046-1059. 

De Toni, D. C., Brisson, J. A., Hoffmann, P. R. P., Martins, M., and H. Hollocher. 2005. First record of Drosophila parthenogenetica and D. neomorpha, cardini group, Heed, 1962 (Drosophila, Drosophilidae), in Brazil. Dros. Inf. Service 88:33-38.

Brisson, J. A., Templeton, A. R., and I. Duncan.  2004.  Population genetics of the developmental gene optomotor-blind (omb) in Drosophila polymorpha: evidence for a role in abdominal pigmentation variation. Genetics 168:1999-2010.

Hutchison, D. W., Strasburg, J. L., Brisson, J. A., and S. Cummings.  2004. Isolation and characterization of eleven polymorphic microsatellite loci in collared lizards (Crotaphytus collaris).  Mol. Ecol. Notes 4: 554-556. 

Brisson, J. A., Strasburg, J. L., and A. R. Templeton. 2003.  Impact of fire management on the ecology of collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) populations living on the Ozark Plateau. Anim.Cons. 6: 247-254.

Strasburg J. L., Brisson, J. A., and A. R. Templeton (2002) Fire restoration of a fragmented population of collared lizards (Crotaphytus collaris collaris) on the Ozark Plateau – evidence from genetic and life-history data. Proceedings of the SRM Savanna/Woodland Symposium, Kansas City, MO.

Templeton, A. R., Robertson, R., Brisson, J., and J. Strasburg.  2001.  Disrupting evolutionary processes: the effect of habitat fragmentation on collared lizards in the Missouri Ozarks. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.  98: 5426-5432.

Macey, J. R., Strasburg, J. L., Brisson, J. A., Vredenburg, V. T., Jennings, M., and A. Larson.  2001.  Molecular phylogenetics of western North American frogs of the Rana boylii species group.  Mol. Phyl. Evol. 19 (1):131-143.

Curtis, C. D., Brisson, J. A., DeCamillis, M. A., Shippy, T. D., Brown, S. J., and R. E. Denell. 2001. Molecular characterization of Cephalothorax, the Tribolium ortholog of Sex combs reduced. Genesis 30:12-20.