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ARS Home Plains Area Fargo, North Dakota Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center Weed and Insect Biology Research People & Locations







Dacotah  Melicher
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Transcriptional landscape of early diapause in field-collected Colorado potato beetles

- (Abstract Only)Fluctuating temperatures extend longevity in pupae and adult stages of the sepsid Themira biloba
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Melicher, D.M., Bowsher, J.H., Rinehart, J.P. 2021. Fluctuating temperatures extend longevity in pupae and adult stages of the sepsid Themira biloba. Journal of Thermal Biology. 99. Article 102959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.102959.Fluctuating thermal regimes extend longevity and maintain fecundity to increase colony shelf-life of Drosophila melanogaster
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Melicher, D.M., Wilson, A.M., Yocum, G.D., Rinehart, J.P. 2021. Fluctuating thermal regimes extend longevity and maintain fecundity to increase colony shelf-life of Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Thermal Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/phen.12357.Immediate transcriptional response to a temperature pulse under a fluctuating thermal regime
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Melicher, D.M., Torson, A.S., Anderson, T.J., Yocum, G.D., Rinehart, J.P., Bowsher, J.H. 2019. Immediate transcriptional response to a temperature pulse under a fluctuating thermal regime. Integrative & Comparative Biology. 59(2):320-337. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz096.Road trip: How hive transportation puts stress on honey bees

- (Popular Publication)Melicher, D.M. 2019. Road trip: How hive transportation puts stress on honey bees. Entomology Today. https://entomologytoday.org/2019/04/01/road-trip-hive-transportation-stress-honey-bees/.Long-distance transportation causes temperature stress in the honey bee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Melicher, D.M., Wilson, E.S., Bowsher, J.H., Peterson, S., Yocum, G.D., Rinehart, J.P. 2019. Long-distance transportation causes temperature stress in the honey bee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Environmental Entomology. 48(3):691-701. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvz027.Comparative analysis reveals the complex role of histoblast nest size in the evolution of novel insect abdominal appendages in Sepsidae (Diptera)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Melicher, D.M., Su, K., Meier, R., Bowsher, J.H. 2018. Comparative analysis reveals the complex role of histoblast nest size in the evolution of novel insect abdominal appendages in Sepsidae (Diptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18:151. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1265-3.Transcription analysis of overwintering dormancy in the Blue Orchard Bee

- (Abstract Only)Melicher, D.M., Kemp, W.P., Yocum, G.D., Rinehart, J.P. 2017. Transcription analysis of overwintering dormancy in the Blue Orchard Bee [abstract]. Proceedings of the XXV International Plant and Animal Genome, January 14-18, 2017, San Diego, CA. Poster # P0195.
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