Coevolution at the Interface of Species Interactions

Hague, MTJ, Timothy B Wheeler, Brandon S Cooper. Comparative analysis of Wolbachia maternal transmission and localization in host ovaries. In review (preprint)

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del Carlo, RE, JS Reimche, HA Moniz, MTJ Hague, SR Agarwal, ED Brodie III, ED Brodie, Jr., N Leblanc, CR Feldman. 2024. Coevolution with toxic prey produces functional trade-offs in sodium channels of predatory snakes. eLife. 13: RP94633 (link)

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Gilbert, AL, S Cabrera, MTJ Hague, AN Stokes, CR Feldman, CT Hanifin, ED Brodie, Jr., ED Brodie III. 2023. Climate and community predict landscape outcomes of predator-prey coevolution. Functional Ecology. 37: 2170-2180 (link)

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Radousky, YA, MTJ Hague, S Fowler, E Paneru, A Codina, C Rugamas, G Hartzog, BS Cooper, W Sullivan. 2023. Distinct Wolbachia localization patterns in oocytes of diverse host species reveal multiple strategies of maternal transmission. GENETICS. 224: iyad038 (link)

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Hague, MTJ, LE Miller*, AN Stokes, CR Feldman, ED Brodie, Jr., ED Brodie III. 2022. Conspicuous coloration of toxin-resistant predators implicates additional trophic interactions in a predator-prey arms race. Molecular Ecology (From the Cover). 32 (link) 

• Profiled in Molecular Ecology Perspective: Thompson, JN. 2023. The ripple effects of clines from coevolutionary hotspots to coldspots. Molecular Ecology. 32 (link)

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Hague, MTJ, JD Shropshire, CN Caldwell*, JP Statz, KA Stanek, WR Conner, BS Cooper. 2022. Temperature effects on cellular host-microbe interactions explain continent-wide endosymbiont prevalence. Current Biology. 32: 878-888 (link)

• Profiled in Current Biology Dispatch: Stuckert, AMM, DR Matute. 2022. Evolution: Environmental conditions determine how Wolbachia interacts with hosts. Current Biology. 32: R178–R180 (link)

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Gendreau, KL, AD Hornsby, MTJ Hague, JW McGlothlin. 2021. Gene conversion facilitates the adaptive evolution of self-resistance in highly toxic newts. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38: 4077-4094 (link)

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Hague, MTJ, HA Woods, BS Cooper. 2021. Pervasive effects of Wolbachia on host activity. Biology Letters.

17: 20210052 (link)

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Hague, MTJ, CN Caldwell*, BS Cooper. 2020. Pervasive effects of Wolbachia on host temperature preference. mBio. 11: e01768-20 (link) 

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Hague, MTJ, H Mavengere, DR Matute, BS Cooper. 2020. Environmental and genetic contributions to imperfect wMel-like Wolbachia transmission and frequency variation. GENETICS. 215: 1117-1132 (link)

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Hague, MTJ, AN Stokes, CR Feldman, ED Brodie, Jr., ED Brodie III. 2020. The geographic mosaic of arms race coevolution is closely matched to prey population structure. Evolution Letters. 4: 317-332 (link)

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Gendreau, KL, MTJ Hague, CR Feldman, ED Brodie, Jr., ED Brodie III, JW McGlothlin. 2020. Sex linkage of the skeletal muscle sodium channel gene (SCN4A) explains apparent deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium of tetrodotoxin-resistance alleles in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis). Heredity. 124: 647-657 (link)

• Featured on the Heredity podcast: "Resistance is female" (link)

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Hague, MTJ, G Toledo, SL Geffeney, CT Hanifin, ED Brodie, Jr., ED Brodie III. 2018. Large-effect mutations generate trade-off between predatory and locomotor ability during arms race coevolution with deadly prey. Evolution Letters​. 2: 406-416 (link)​

• Profiled in Evolution Letters​ Editor's Blog: "Trading off resistance and speed in a deadly arms race" (link)

Hague, MTJ, CR Feldman, ED Brodie, Jr., ED Brodie III. 2017. Convergent adaptation to dangerous prey proceeds through the same first-step mutation in the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis. Evolution. 71:1504-1518 (link)

• Profiled in Evolution Digest: Davies, KTJ. 2017. Know your poison: Predictable molecular changes confer toxin resistance in snakes? Evolution. 71: 1728–1729 (link)

Hague, MTJ, LA Avila, CT Hanifin, WA Snedden, AN Stokes, ED Brodie, Jr., ED Brodie III. 2016. Toxicity and population structure of the Rough-Skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa) outside the range of an arms race with resistant predators. Ecology & Evolution. 6: 2714-2724 (link)

Hague, MTJ, EJ Routman. 2015. Does population size affect genetic diversity? A test with sympatric lizard species. Heredity. 116: 92-98 (link)

Eads, DA, MTJ Hague, CG Zoubek. 2012. American badger (Taxidea taxus) uses covert reconnaissance from tire-ruts to ambush a black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus). Southwestern Naturalist. 57: 463-464 (link)

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