Recent Publications

The cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of honey bee workers develop via a socially-modulated innate process

Vernier, C. L., Krupp, J. J., Marcus, K., Hefetz, A., Levine, J. D., & Ben-Shahar, Y. (2019). The cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of honey bee workers develop via a socially-modulated innate process. eLife8, e41855.

Drosophila melanogaster behaviour changes in different social environments based on group size and density.

Rooke, R., Rasool, A., Schneider, J. & J.D. Levine. (2020) Drosophila melanogaster behaviour changes in different social environments based on group size and density. Communications Biology, 3:304.

Critical period regulation across multiple timescales

Reh, R.K., Dias, B.G., Nelson III, C.A., Kaufer, D., Werker, J.F., Kolb, B., Levine, J.D. & T.K. Hensch. (2020) Critical period regulation across multiple timescales. PNAS, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820836117

Behavioral and environmental contributions to drosophilid social networks

Jezovit, J.A., Rooke, R., Schneider, J. & J.D. Levine (2020) Behavioral and environmental contributions to drosophilid social networks. PNAS, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920642117

Desiccation resistance is an adaptive life-history trait dependent upon cuticular hydrocarbons, and influenced by mating status and temperature in D. melanogaster

Krupp, J.J., Nayal, K., Wong, A., Millar, J.G. & J.D. Levine. (2020) Desiccation resistance is an adaptive life-history trait dependent upon cuticular hydrocarbons, and influenced by mating status and temperature in D. melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology, 121: 103990.

Network analyses reveal structure in insect social groups

N. Alwash & J.D. Levine (2019).  Network analyses reveal structure in insect social groups. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 35:54-59.