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Renae Brodie

Publication

Styles, R., S. Borgianini, R. Brodie, J. Jurisa. (2014) Application of a particle transport model in the vicinity of a riverine tidal boundary. Journal of Coastal Sciences 1(2): 1-10.

Staton J.L., Borgianini S.A., Gibson I.B., Brodie R.J., Greig T.W. (2014) Limited gene flow in Uca minax (LeConte 1855) along a linear estuary. Central European Journal of Biology. 9(1):28-36.

Borgianini, S., Styles, R., Brodie, R. 2012. A simple model of megalopal transport in narrow-river dominated estuaries. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 452:179-191.

Amy Frary

Grant

Received a grant from the National Science Foundation (subaward from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) for “Dissecting the dynamic evolution of paralogs in shaping trait variation across the Solanum pan-genome.” The project is for five years. (2022)

National Science Foundation

Gary Gillis

Publication

Cox, S.M. and Gillis, G.B. (2020). The integration of sensory feedback in the modulation of anuran landing preparation. J. Exp. Biol, 223, 1-10.

Ekstrom, L. and G.B. Gillis. 2015. Pre-landing wrist muscle activity in landing toads. J. Exp. Biol. 218:2410-2415.

*Schnyer, A., *Gallardo, M. Cox, S. and G.B. Gillis. 2014. Indirect Evidence for Elastic Energy Playing a Role in Limb Recovery During Toad Hopping. Biology Letters. 10(7):1-6.

Gillis, G.B., Ekstrom, L. Azizi, E. 2014. Biomechanics and control of landing in toads. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54(6):1136-1147.

Gillis, G.B., Kuo, C. and D.J. Irschick. 2013. The impact of tail loss on stability during lizard jumping. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 86(6):680-689.

Gilman, C.A., Bartlett, M. Gillis, G.B. and D.J. Irschick. 2012. Total recoil: Perch compliance alters jumping performance and kinematics in green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis). J. Exp. Biol. 215:220-226.