Kira A Cassidy
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Podar N, Carrell A, Cassidy K, Klingeman D, Yang Z, Stahler E, et al.
mBio
. 2024 Feb;
15(3):e0334223.
PMID: 38299854
The mammalian mouth is colonized by complex microbial communities, adapted to specific niches, and in homeostasis with the host. Individual microbes interact metabolically and rely primarily on nutrients provided by...
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vonHoldt B, DeCandia A, Cassidy K, Stahler E, Sinsheimer J, Smith D, et al.
J Hered
. 2023 Oct;
115(4):327-338.
PMID: 37793153
For species of management concern, accurate estimates of inbreeding and associated consequences on reproduction are crucial for predicting their future viability. However, few studies have partitioned this aspect of genetic...
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SunderRaj J, Rabe J, Cassidy K, McIntyre R, Stahler D, Smith D
PLoS One
. 2022 Nov;
17(11):e0256618.
PMID: 36449452
Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) are territorial, group living carnivores that live in packs typically consisting of a dominant breeding pair and their offspring. Breeding tenures are relatively short and competitive,...
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Meyer C, Cassidy K, Stahler E, Brandell E, Anton C, Stahler D, et al.
Commun Biol
. 2022 Nov;
5(1):1180.
PMID: 36424436
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite capable of infecting any warm-blooded species and can increase risk-taking in intermediate hosts. Despite extensive laboratory research on the effects of T. gondii infection...
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DeCandia A, Cassidy K, Stahler D, Stahler E, vonHoldt B
Ecol Evol
. 2021 Jul;
11(14):9472-9488.
PMID: 34306636
The host-associated microbiome is an important player in the ecology and evolution of species. Despite growing interest in the medical, veterinary, and conservation communities, there remain numerous questions about the...
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vonHoldt B, DeCandia A, Heppenheimer E, Janowitz-Koch I, Shi R, Zhou H, et al.
Mol Ecol
. 2020 Jan;
29(10):1764-1775.
PMID: 31905256
Aggression is a quantitative trait deeply entwined with individual fitness. Mapping the genomic architecture underlying such traits is complicated by complex inheritance patterns, social structure, pedigree information and gene pleiotropy....
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Cassidy K, Mech L, MacNulty D, Stahler D, Smith D
Behav Processes
. 2017 Feb;
136:64-72.
PMID: 28143722
Aggression directed at conspecific groups is common among gregarious, territorial species, and for some species such as gray wolves (Canis lupus) intraspecific strife is the leading cause of natural mortality....
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Cassidy K, McIntyre R
Anim Cogn
. 2016 May;
19(5):939-47.
PMID: 27193460
For group-living mammals, social coordination increases success in everything from hunting and foraging (Crofoot and Wrangham in Mind the Gap, Springer, Berlin, 2010; Bailey et al. in Behav Ecol Sociobiol...
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Borg B, Arthur S, Bromen N, Cassidy K, McIntyre R, Smith D, et al.
PLoS One
. 2016 Apr;
11(4):e0153808.
PMID: 27124729
The desire to see free ranging large carnivores in their natural habitat is a driver of tourism in protected areas around the globe. However, large carnivores are wide-ranging and subject...