Publications
Berens, A.J., Tibbetts, E.A., Toth, A.L. "Cognitive specialization for learning faces is associated with shifts in the brain transcriptome of a social wasp". Journal of Experimental Biology. 2017. 220:2149-2153. doi:10.1242/jeb.155200.
Press: Inside JEB, The Scientist
Standage, D.S., Berens A.J., Glastad K.M., Severin A.J., Brendel V.P., Toth A.L. “Genome, transcriptome, and methylation sequencing of a primitively eusocial wasp reveal a greatly reduced DNA methylation system in a social insect”. Molecular Ecology. 2016. 25(8):1769-1784. doi:10.1111/mec.13578
Durant, D.R., Berens, A.J., Toth, A.L., Rehan, S.M. "Transcriptional profiling of overwintering gene expression in the small carpenter bee, Ceratina calcarata". Apidologie. doi:10.1007/s13592-015-0402-x.
Berens, A.J., Tibbetts, E.A., Toth, A.L. "Candidate genes for individual recognition in Polistes fuscatus paper wasps". Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 2016. 202(2):115-129. doi:10.007/s00359-015-1057-9.
Berens, A.J, Hunt, J.H., and Toth, A.L. "Nourishment level affects caste-related gene expression in Polistes wasps". BMC Genomics. 2015. 16:235. doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1410-y
Berens, A.J., Hunt, J.H., and Toth, A.L. “Comparative transcriptomics of convergent evolution: Different genes but conserved pathways underlie caste phenotypes across lineages of eusocial insects”. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2015. 32:690-703. doi:10.1093/molbev/msu330
Rehan, S.M., Berens, A.J., and Toth, A.L. “At the brink of eusociality: transcriptomic correlates of worker behaviour in a subsocial bee”. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2014. 14:260. doi:10.1186/s12862-014-0260-6
Manuscripts In Review and In Preparation
Berens, A.J., Cooper, T.L., Lachance, J. "The genomic health of ancient hominins". In press.
Lachance, J., Quiver, M.H., Mullen, K., Hansen, M.E.B., Berens, A.J., Chen, M.A., Hsieh, P., Veeramah, K.R., Tishkoff, S.A. "Evidence of sex-biased migration and selection against recessive X-linked alleles in human populations". Submitted.
Lachance, J., Berens, A.J., Teng, A., Hansen, M.E.B., Tishkoff, S.A., Rebbeck, T.R. "Population and evolutionary genomics of prostate cancer-associated variants: implications for health disparities in men of African descent". Submitted.
Toepp, A., Schaut, R., Scott, B., Mathur, D., Berens, A.J., Petersen, C. " A prospective study of Leishmania incidence in U.S. hunting hounds following reported outbreak. Submitted.
Berens, A.J., Tibbetts, E.A., Toth, A.L. "Cognitive specialization for learning faces is associated with shifts in the brain transcriptome of a social wasp". Journal of Experimental Biology. 2017. 220:2149-2153. doi:10.1242/jeb.155200.
Press: Inside JEB, The Scientist
Standage, D.S., Berens A.J., Glastad K.M., Severin A.J., Brendel V.P., Toth A.L. “Genome, transcriptome, and methylation sequencing of a primitively eusocial wasp reveal a greatly reduced DNA methylation system in a social insect”. Molecular Ecology. 2016. 25(8):1769-1784. doi:10.1111/mec.13578
Durant, D.R., Berens, A.J., Toth, A.L., Rehan, S.M. "Transcriptional profiling of overwintering gene expression in the small carpenter bee, Ceratina calcarata". Apidologie. doi:10.1007/s13592-015-0402-x.
Berens, A.J., Tibbetts, E.A., Toth, A.L. "Candidate genes for individual recognition in Polistes fuscatus paper wasps". Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 2016. 202(2):115-129. doi:10.007/s00359-015-1057-9.
Berens, A.J, Hunt, J.H., and Toth, A.L. "Nourishment level affects caste-related gene expression in Polistes wasps". BMC Genomics. 2015. 16:235. doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1410-y
Berens, A.J., Hunt, J.H., and Toth, A.L. “Comparative transcriptomics of convergent evolution: Different genes but conserved pathways underlie caste phenotypes across lineages of eusocial insects”. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2015. 32:690-703. doi:10.1093/molbev/msu330
Rehan, S.M., Berens, A.J., and Toth, A.L. “At the brink of eusociality: transcriptomic correlates of worker behaviour in a subsocial bee”. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2014. 14:260. doi:10.1186/s12862-014-0260-6
Manuscripts In Review and In Preparation
Berens, A.J., Cooper, T.L., Lachance, J. "The genomic health of ancient hominins". In press.
Lachance, J., Quiver, M.H., Mullen, K., Hansen, M.E.B., Berens, A.J., Chen, M.A., Hsieh, P., Veeramah, K.R., Tishkoff, S.A. "Evidence of sex-biased migration and selection against recessive X-linked alleles in human populations". Submitted.
Lachance, J., Berens, A.J., Teng, A., Hansen, M.E.B., Tishkoff, S.A., Rebbeck, T.R. "Population and evolutionary genomics of prostate cancer-associated variants: implications for health disparities in men of African descent". Submitted.
Toepp, A., Schaut, R., Scott, B., Mathur, D., Berens, A.J., Petersen, C. " A prospective study of Leishmania incidence in U.S. hunting hounds following reported outbreak. Submitted.