Melissa Plakke

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Assistant Professor
Department
Division of Science, Mathematics, and Technology
Institution
Governors State University

Education

  • PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Pittsburgh

Research Interests

Female Reproductive Tract   Evolution   Lepidoptera  

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List of Publications (7)
In 2023
7

Synthesis and scope of the role of postmating prezygotic isolation in speciation. MD Garlovsky, E Whittington, T Albrecht, H Arenas-Castro, DM Castillo, ... Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, a041429, 2023.

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In 2021
6

How signaling geometry shapes the efficacy and evolution of animal communication systems. SA Echeverri, AE Miller, J Chen, EW McQueen, M Plakke, M Spicer, ... Integrative and Comparative Biology 61 (3), 787-813, 2021.

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In 2019
5

Characterization of female reproductive proteases in a butterfly from functional and evolutionary perspectives. MS Plakke, JL Walker, JB Lombardo, BJ Goetz, GN Pacella, JD Durrant, ... Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 92 (6), 579-590, 2019.

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Post-mating, Pre-zygotic Interactions and Their Potential to Drive Speciation in the Cabbage White Butterfly, Pieris rapae. MS Plakke University of Pittsburgh, 2019.

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In 2017
3

Structural complexity and molecular heterogeneity of a butterfly ejaculate reflect a complex history of selection. C Meslin, TS Cherwin, MS Plakke, J Hill, BS Small, BJ Goetz, CW Wheat, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (27), E5406-E5413, 2017.

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In 2015
2

Digestive organ in the female reproductive tract borrows genes from multiple organ systems to adopt critical functions. C Meslin, MS Plakke, AB Deutsch, BS Small, NI Morehouse, NL Clark Molecular biology and evolution 32 (6), 1567-1580, 2015.

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Dynamic digestive physiology of a female reproductive organ in a polyandrous butterfly. MS Plakke, AB Deutsch, C Meslin, NL Clark, NI Morehouse The Journal of Experimental Biology 218 (10), 1548-1555, 2015.

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