Brook O Swanson
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Recent Articles
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Bell M, Lim G, Caldwell C, Emlen D, Swanson B
PLoS One
. 2024 Mar;
19(3):e0299796.
PMID: 38483942
Japanese rhinoceros beetle (Trypoxylus dichotomus) males have exaggerated horns that are used to compete for territories. Larger males with larger horns tend to win these competitions, giving them access to...
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Weber J, Kojima W, Boisseau R, Niimi T, Morita S, Shigenobu S, et al.
Curr Biol
. 2023 Sep;
33(20):4285-4297.e5.
PMID: 37734374
What limits the size of nature's most extreme structures? For weapons like beetle horns, one possibility is a tradeoff associated with mechanical levers: as the output arm of the lever...
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Mills M, Nemri R, Carlson E, Wilde W, Gotoh H, Lavine L, et al.
J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol
. 2015 Sep;
325(1):3-12.
PMID: 26350941
Male stag beetles possess colossal mandibles, which they wield in combat to obtain access to females. As with many other sexually selected weapons, males with longer mandibles win more fights....
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Swanson B, George M, Anderson S, Christy J
BMC Evol Biol
. 2013 Jul;
13:137.
PMID: 23855770
Background: Fiddler crabs, genus Uca, are classic examples of how intense sexual selection can produce exaggerated male traits. Throughout the genus the enlarged "major" cheliped (claw) of the male fiddler...
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Swanson B, Anderson S, Digiovine C, Ross R, Dorsey J
Integr Comp Biol
. 2011 Jun;
49(1):21-31.
PMID: 21669843
Spider silk is a high-performance biomaterial with exceptional mechanical properties and over half a century of research into its mechanics, structure, and biology. Recent research demonstrates that it is a...
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Dean M, Swanson B, Summers A
Integr Comp Biol
. 2011 Jun;
49(1):15-20.
PMID: 21669842
No abstract available.
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Collin M, Camama E, Swanson B, Edgerly J, Hayashi C
Biomacromolecules
. 2009 Jul;
10(8):2268-74.
PMID: 19572641
Embioptera is a little studied order of widely distributed, but rarely seen, insects. Members of this group, also called embiids or webspinners, all heavily rely on silken tunnels in which...
8.
Swanson B, Blackledge T, Hayashi C
J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol
. 2007 Sep;
307(11):654-66.
PMID: 17853401
Spiders and their silk are an excellent system for connecting the properties of biological materials to organismal ecology. Orb-weaving spiders spin sticky capture threads that are moderately strong but exceptionally...
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Gibb A, Liu C, Swanson B
J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol
. 2007 Aug;
307(10):556-67.
PMID: 17683078
Teleost fishes produce coordinated escape responses (C-starts) at hatching. This implies that essential swimming morphologies and motor behaviors develop during the incubation interval while the embryo is in the chorion....
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Swanson B, Blackledge T, Summers A, Hayashi C
Evolution
. 2007 Feb;
60(12):2539-51.
PMID: 17263115
The evolution of biological materials is a critical, yet poorly understood, component in the generation of biodiversity. For example, the diversification of spiders is correlated with evolutionary changes in the...