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Representative Publications from Michael Strand\u2019s Lab<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Giron D, Dunn D, Hardy ICW, Strand MR. 2004. Aggression by polyembryonic wasp soldiers correlates with kinship but not resource competition. Nature 430, 676-679. PMID: 15295600<\/li>\n
  2. Donnell D, Corley L, Chen G, Strand MR. 2004. Inheritance of germ cells mediates caste formation in a polyembryonic wasp. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA.\u00a0 101, 10095-10100.<\/li>\n
  3. Wertheim, B., Kraaijeveld AR, Schuster E, Blanc E, Hopkins M, Pletcher SD, Strand MR, Godfray HCJ, Partridge L. \u00a0 Genome wide expression in response to parasitoid attack in Drosophila<\/em>.\u00a0 Genome Biol. 6: R94.<\/li>\n
  4. Thoetkiattikul L, Beck MH, Strand MR. 2005. IkB-like proteins from a polydnavirus function as suppressors of the insect immune response. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 102, 11426-11431.<\/li>\n
  5. Beck, MH, Strand MR. 2007. A novel protein from a polydnavirus inhibits the insect prophenoloxidase activation pathway.\u00a0 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA.\u00a0 104, 19267-19272.<\/li>\n
  6. Brown MR, Clark KD, Gulia M, Zhao Z, Garczynski SF, Crim JW, Suderman RJ, Strand MR. 2008. An insulin-like peptide regulates egg maturation and metabolism in the mosquito Aedes aegypti<\/em>. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105, 5716-5721.<\/li>\n
  7. Nakatogawa, S, Oda Y, Kamiya M, Kamijima T, Aizawa T, Clark KD, Kawano K, Strand MR, Hayakawa Y. \u00a0 A novel peptide mediates aggregation and migration of hemocytes from an insect.\u00a0 Curr Biol. 19, 779-785.<\/li>\n
  8. Crowder, DW, Northfield TD, Strand MR, Snyder WE. \u00a0 Organic agriculture promotes evenness and natural pest control. Nature 466, 109-113.<\/li>\n
  9. Bitra K, Suderman RJ, Strand MR. 2012. Polydnavirus Ank proteins function as IkB mimics that subvert the insect Imd signaling pathway.\u00a0 PLoS Pathogens.\u00a0 8(5): e1002722.<\/li>\n
  10. Burke, G. R., S. A. Thomas, J.-H. Eum, and M. R. Strand. 2013. Mutualistic polydnaviruses share essential replication gene functions with pathogenic ancestors.\u00a0 PLoS Pathogens.\u00a0 9: e1003348.<\/li>\n
  11. Coon KL, Vogel KJ, Brown MR, Strand MR. 2014. Mosquitoes rely on their gut microbiota for development. Mol Ecol 23:2727-2739.<\/li>\n
  12. Vogel, KJ, Brown MR, Strand MR. 2015. Ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone requires a receptor tyrosine kinase to activate egg formation in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. <\/em>Proc Natl Acad Sci. USA 112, 5057-5062.<\/li>\n
  13. Burke GR, Walden KOO, Whitfield J, Robertson H, Strand MR. 2014. Widespread genome reorganization of an obligate virus mutualist. PLoS Genetics. 10: e10044660<\/li>\n
  14. Coon KL, Valzania L, McKinney DA, Vogel KJ, Brown MR, Strand MR. 2017. Bacteria-mediated hypoxia functions as a signal for mosquito development. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114: E5362-E5369.<\/li>\n
  15. Brandt JW., Chevignon G, Oliver KM, Strand MR. 2017. Culture of an aphid heritable symbiont demonstrates its direct role in defence against parasitoid.\u00a0 Proc Roy Soc B. 284: e20171925.<\/li>\n
  16. Valzania L, Coon KL, Vogel KJ, Brown MR, Strand MR. 2018. Hypoxia-induced transcription factor signaling is essential for larval growth of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. <\/em>Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115: 457-465. D<\/li>\n
  17. Arvin, M. J., A. Lorenzi, G. R. Burke, and M. R. Strand. 2021. MdBVe46 is an envelope protein that is required for virion formation by Microplitis demolitor bracovirus.\u00a0 J Gen Virol. 102: 001565.<\/li>\n
  18. Wang Y, Eum JH, Harrison RE, Valzania L, Yang X, Johnson JA, Huck DT, Brown MR,\u00a0Strand MR. 2021. Riboflavin instability is a key factor underlying the requirement of a gut microbiota in mosquito development.\u00a0 Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 118: e2101080118.<\/li>\n
  19. Mao, M., M. R. Strand and G. R. Burke. \u00a0 The complete genome of Chelonus insularis reveals dynamic arrangement of genome components in parasitoid wasps that produce bracoviruses.\u00a0 J Virol. 96: e0157321.<\/li>\n
  20. Clesson HV, Nichols WL, Chevigon G, Patel, V, Allison SE, Kim KL, Strand MR, Oliver KM. 2023. An aphid symbiont confers protection against a specialized RNA virus, another increases vulnerability to the same pathogen.\u00a0 Mol Ecol. 32: 936-950.<\/li>\n
  21. Biedler, JK., Aryan A, Qi Y, Wang A, Martinson EO, D. Hartman A, Yang F, Sharma A, Morton KS, Potters M, Chen C, Dobson SL, Ebel GD, Kading RC, Paulsen S, Xue RD, Strand MR, Tu Z. 2024.\u00a0 On the origin and evolution of the mosquito male-determining factor Nix. <\/em>Mol Biol Evol. 41: msad276.<\/li>\n
  22. Dou X, Chen K, Brown MR, Strand MR. 2024. Reciprocal interactions between neuropeptide F and RYamide regulate host attraction in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. <\/em>Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 121: e2408072121.<\/li>\n
  23. Mao M, Stouthamer, CR, Lorsenzi A, Strand MR, Burke GR. 2025. Four nudivirus core genes present in the genome of Venturia canescens <\/em>are required for virus-like particle formation and prevention of encapsulation of parasitoid wasp eggs. J Virol 99: e0130525.<\/li>\n
  24. Strand, MR. Coffman KA, Burke GR. 2026. Large DNA viruses parasitoid wasps transmit to hosts.\u00a0 Annu Rev Entomol. 71: 209-228.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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