John Dennehy's Publications

Dennehy, J.J. What can bacteriophages tell us about host-parasite coevolution? 2012. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Article ID 396165, doi:10.1155/2012/396165. PDF

Hatfull, G.F., the Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary
Science Program, the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV Mycobacterial Genetics Course Students, and the Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education Program. 2012. The complete genome sequences of 138 mycobacteriophages. Journal of Virology 86: 2382-2384. (Impact Factor: 5.15, Citations: 0, Dennehy, J.J, 3 PhD students and 20 Undergraduate students and 1 High School student included as authors). PDF

Li, J. & Dennehy, J.J. 2011. Differential bacteriophage mortality on exposure to copper. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77:6878-6883. PDF

Ching, J., Musheyev, S.A., Chowdhury, D., Kim, J.A., Choi, Y.  & Dennehy, J. J. 2012.
Intermediate dispersal rate maximizes adaptation in bacteriophage populations evolving in an ecological sink. Evolution, 67: 10–17. PDF

Dennehy, J.J. & Wang, I-N. 2011. Factors influencing lysis time stochasticity in bacteriophage lambda. BMC Microbiology, 11:174. PDF

Dennehy, J.J., Friedenberg N.A., McBride, R.C., Holt, R.D.  & Turner, P.E. 2010.
Experimental evidence that source genetic variation drives pathogen emergence. . PDF

Katchikian, C.E., Dennehy, J.J. Vitek, C.J. & Livdahl, T.P. 2010. Environmental effects on bet hedging in Aedes mosquito egg hatch. Evolutionary Ecology doi: 10.1007/s10682-010-9359-4 PDF

Dennehy, J.J. 2009. Bacteriophages as model organisms for virus emergence research. Trends in Microbiology, Published Online Sept. 16, 2009, doi:10.1016/j.tim.2009.07.006. PDF

Katchikian, C.E., Dennehy, J.J. Vitek, C.J. & Livdahl, T.P. 2009. Climate and geographic trends in
hatch delay of the treehole mosquito, Aedes triseriatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of
Vector Ecology 34: 119-128.
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Dennehy, J.J. & Abedon, S.T. Turner, P.E. 2007. Host density impacts relative fitness of bacteriophage φ6 genotypes in structured habitats. Evolution, 61: 2516-2527. PDF

Dennehy, J.J., Friedenberg N., Yang, Y. & Turner, P.E. 2007. Virus population extinction via ecological  traps.  Ecology Letters, 10: 230–240. (Reported in New York Times and New Scientist). PDF
 
Monello, R.J., Dennehy, J.J., Murray, D. & Wirsing A.J.  2006. Species differences among native ranids in coping with an exotic invader, the bullfrog Rana catesbeiana. Journal of Herpetology, 40: 403-407. PDF

Dennehy, J.J., Yang, Y., Friedenberg N. & Turner, P.E. 2006. Bacteriophage migration via nematode vectors:  host-parasite-consumer interactions in laboratory microcosms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72: 1974-1979. (Recommended Paper:  Faculty of 1000). PDF

Dennehy, J.J., Friedenberg, N. Holt, R.D. & Turner, P.E. 2006. Viral ecology and the maintenance of novel host use. The American Naturalist, 167: 429-439. (Recommended Paper: Faculty of 1000). PDF

Evans, M.E.K. and Dennehy, J.J. 2005. Germ Banking: Bet hedging and variable release from egg and seed dormancy. Quarterly Review of Biology, 80: 431-451. PDF

Dennehy, J.J. & Turner, P.E. 2004. Reduced fecundity is the cost of cheating in RNA virus Φ6. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, 271: 2275-2282. PDF

Dennehy, J.J. & Livdahl, T. 2004. Polymorphic foraging behavior among Caenorhabditis elegans: Frequency- and density-dependent selection. Journal of Nematology, 36: 276-280. PDF

Dennehy, J.J. Robakiewicz, P. and Livdahl, T. 2001. Larval rearing conditions affect kin-mediated cannibalism in a treehole mosquito. Oikos, 95: 335-339. PDF

Dennehy, J.J. 2001. Influence of social dominance rank on diet quality of pronghorn females. Behavioral Ecology, 12: 177-181. PDF

Dennehy, J.J. and Livdahl, T. 1999. First record of Toxorhynchites rutilus (Diptera: culicidae) in Massachusetts. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 15: 24-25.