Molly R. Morris is an American behavioral ecologist who has worked with treefrogs and swordtail fishes in the areas of alternative reproductive tactics and sexual selection.
Molly R. Morris | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Earlham College Indiana University |
| Spouse | Kevin de Queiroz |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Behavioral ecology |
| Institutions | Ohio University |
| Thesis | Mating behaviour in relation to sexual selection in the treefrogs Hyla chrysoscelis and Hyla ebraccata. (1987) |
| Website | ohio.edu/people/morrism |
Morris received a Bachelor of Arts from Earlham College and a PhD from Indiana University.[1] As a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, her work with Mike Ryan demonstrated equal fitnesses between alternative reproductive tactics in a species of swordtail fish.[2] She joined the faculty at Ohio University in 1997,[citation needed] where she is now a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. She is also the Associate Editor for the journal Behavior. Her publication credits include multiple papers on Animal behavior and Ecology[3]. Her current research relates to diabetes, as well as behavioral ecology, using the swordtail fish Xiphophorus as a model organism.[4]
Personal life
editMorris is married to Kevin de Queiroz, an evolutionary biologist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.[1]
Selected works
edit- Gardner, Roy; Morris, Molly R. (1989). "The evolution of bluffing in animal contests: an ESS approach". Journal of Theoretical Biology. 137 (2): 235–243. Bibcode:1989JThBi.137..235G. doi:10.1016/S0022-5193(89)80209-7. hdl:10535/5208.
- Morris, Molly R. (1998). "Female preference for trait symmetry in addition to trait size in swordtail fish". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 265 (1399): 907–911. doi:10.1098/rspb.1998.0377. PMC 1689052.
- Just, Winfried; Morris, Molly R. (2003). "The Napoleon Complex: Why smaller males pick fights". Evolutionary Biology. 17 (5–6): 509–522. doi:10.1023/b:evec.0000005629.54152.83. S2CID 11965682.
- Morris, Molly R.; Nicoletto, Paul F.; Hesselman, Elizabeth (2003). "A polymorphism in female preference for a polymorphic male trait in the swordtail fish Xiphophorus cortezi". Animal Behaviour. 65 (1): 45–52. doi:10.1006/anbe.2002.2042. S2CID 13334832.
- Morris, Molly R.; Rios-Cardenas, Oscar; Scarlett Tudor, M. (2006). "Larger swordtail females prefer asymmetrical males". Biology Letters. 2 (1): 8–11. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0387. PMC 1617184. PMID 17148312.
- Morris, Molly R.; Rios-Cardenas, Oscar; Lyons, Susan M; Scarlett Tudor, M.; Bono, Lisa M. (2012). "Fluctuating asymmetry indicates the optimization of growth rate over developmental stability". Functional Ecology. 26 (3): 723–731. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01983.x.
- Morris, Molly. R.; Friebertshauser, R. J.; Rios-Cardenas, Oscar; Liotta, M. N.; Abbott, Jessica K. (2016). "The potential for disruptive selection on growth rates across genetically influenced alternative reproductive tactics". Evolutionary Ecology. 30 (3): 519–533. doi:10.1007/s10682-016-9823-x. S2CID 16340410.
References
edit- ^ a b "Molly R. Morris, Professor". Morris Lab. Ohio University. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Ryan, Michael J.; Pease, Craig M.; Morris, Molly R. (1992). "A Genetic Polymorphism in the Swordtail Xiphophorus nigrensis: Testing the Prediction of Equal Fitness" (PDF). American Naturalist. 139 (1): 21–31. doi:10.1086/285311. S2CID 83801328.
- ^ "Molly R. Morris". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ^ "Molly Morris, PhD". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
External links
edit- Molly R. Morris publications indexed by Google Scholar
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