Curriculum Vitae (7/10/05)

JOHN H. WERREN

Telephone: 585-275-3694

Fax: 585-275-2070
Email: werr@mail.rochester.edu

EDUCATION
1980 Ph.D. (Biology), University of Utah
1975 B.A. (Echols Scholar), University of Virginia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1995-Present University of Rochester, Full Professor, Dept of Biology
1991-1995 University of Rochester, Associate Professor, Dept of Biology
1986-1991 University of Rochester, Assistant Professor, Dept of Biology.
1984-1986 University of Maryland, Research Associate, Zoology & Entomology
1985 Georgetown University, Lecturer, Biology Department.
1983-1984 U. S. Army--Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington,
D.C. Research Entomologist, Entomology Department.
1980-1983 U. S. Army--10th Medical Laboratory, Landstuhl, West Germany,
Environmental Science Officer.

HONORS & AWARDS
1997-present Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1995 Humboldt Prize (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany)
1995 NERC Senior Visiting Scholar, Imperial College at Silwood Park,
Great Britain
1995 Smithsonian Senior Fellow Award (Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute, Panama).
1984 Leidse University Visiting Scholar, Univ. of Leiden, Holland.
1975 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Virgina
1972-1975 Echol's Scholar, University of Virginia

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2005 Organizer, Nasonia Genome Project - Whitepaper
2005 Co-Organizer, Workshop on Non-Drosophilid Insects
45nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Washington DC
2004-present Coordinator, Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research: Wolbachia,
from genomes to communities and back.
2002-2004 Co-Chair, University Committee for Interdisciplinary Studies on Aging
2001 Co-Organizer, 1st International Meeting of Hymenopteran
Genetics and Development, Washington DC
2001- present Steering Committee, Wolbachia Research Coordination Network
2001, 2002 Organizing Committee, 2nd International Wolbachia Meeting (Crete)
2001 Co-Organizer, Workshop on Non-Drosophilid Insects
42nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Washington DC
2001 NIH Genetics Panel, External Reviewer
2000 Organizing Committee, Behavior Genetics Working Group (NSF)
2000 Co-Organizer, Nasonia Working Group 1st Meeting
(Leiden Holland)
2000 Organizing Committee, 1st International Wolbachia Meeting (Crete)
1999 National Science Foundation, Biocomplexity Panel
1994- 1998 Associate Editor, Evolution
1994- 1997 Associate Editor, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
1994, 1998, 1999 National Science Foundation, Population Biology Panel


TEACHING
2005 High School Teacher Workshop – Microbes, Symbiosis & Evolution (MBL, Woods Hole) Co-Organizer and Instructor
2003 Short Course - Genetic Conflict and Selfish DNA (U. Sao Paulo, Brazil)
2001 Workshop: Using Nasonia in Research & Teaching Research Links 2000 (Saint Leo University, February 2001)
1997 - Present Animal Behavior--University of Rochester
1986 - Present Independent Research--University of Rochester
2000 Workshop: Using Nasonia in Research & Teaching Research Links 2000 (Hood College, October 2000)
Presentation on Using Nasonia in Research & Teaching Research Links 2000 (Ferris State University, May 2000)
1997, 2000,2001 NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Summer Research Training
1999 Evolution of Sex - University of Lusifonia Short Course (Lisbon Portugal)
1998,2000,2003 Topics in Evolution - Selfish Genes & Genetic Conflict--U of R
1996, 2001 Topics in Evolution - Evolution of Sex--University of Rochester
1995 - 1996 Principles of Research--University of Rochester
1994 Summer School--Max Planck Institute for Animal Physiology, Seewiesen, Germany--Evolution of Conflict & Cooperation
1993, 1994 CREST Summer Laboratory Course for High School Biology Teachers
1992-1995 Principles of Biology II--University of Rochester
1991-1994 Laboratory in Ecology and Evolution--University of Rochester
1986-1994 Animal Behavior--University of Rochester
1988 Field Ecology--University of Rochester
1986 Seminar on Insect Population Biology--University of Maryland
1985 Population Genetics--Georgetown University
1981-1983 Water Bacteriology--U. S. Army, 10th Medical Laboratory

STUDENTS ADVISED (Primary Advisor)
Undergraduate Students Completing Publishable Scientific Research and/or a Research Thesis:
Christopher Brunson (2004/5), Erika Logan (2004/5), Carolyn Agrawal (2003), Kevin Emerson (2001), Julianne Uy (2001), Ankur Chawla (2000), Vincent Calhoun (1999), Imran Qureshi (1999), Seth Bordenstein (1997), Mark Drapeau (1997), Michelle Lee (1996), Eric Ingerowski (1992), David Swank (1991), Douglas Swank (1990).

Undergraduate Research Trainees (Current or Completing Research Papers): Tony Vargas (2005), Alex Tsybeskov (2005), Christopher Brunson (2004-5), Eugene Plavskin (2004-5), Erika Logan (2004-5), Crystal Rocha (2004), Haig Setrakien (2004), Joshua Hirschhorn (2004), Aaron Brothers (2004-5), Caroline Agrawal (2003), Michael Marciano (University of Rochester, 2002), Kevin Emerson (Clarkson University, 2001), Nadeem I Hussain (University of Rochester, 2001), Elizabeth van Norstrand (2000-1), Chezik Smith (Indiana University, 2000), Jennifer Free (University of Rochester, 2000), Patrick Theobald (University of Rochester 2000), Tim Opijnen (University of Amsterdam, Holland, 2000), Julie Uy (University of Rochester, 2000), John Jen (University of Rochester, 2000), Jessica Berg (University of Rochester, 1999, 2000), Ankur Chawla (University of Rochester, 1999,2000), Jenny Bangham (Cambridge University, 1998), Imran Qureshi (Univcrsity of Rochester 1998), Sarah Michaels (University of Rochester 1998), Shailesh Patel (1997), , Seth Bordenstein (Univcrsity of Rochester 1995, 1996, 1997), Mark Drapeau (Univcrsity of Rochester 1995, 1996, 1997), Vincent Calhoun (Univcrsity of Rochester 1995), Sharon Majchrzak (University of Rochester 1995), Richard Meadows (University of Rochester 1994), Michele Palmer (University of Rochester 1993), Jessica Rollins (University of Rochester 1993),Suzanne White (University of Rochester 1992), Michelle Lee (Univcrsity of Rochester 1992), Eric Ingerowski (University of Rochester, 1990, 1991), Renee Gallucii (University of Rochester, 1991), Benjamin Kozower (University of Rochester 1991), David Swank (1992), Vinod Srihari (University of Rochester 1991), Kristina Stanfield (University of Rochester 1990), Gunjan Sinha (University of Rochester 1990), Douglass Swank (University of Rochester, 1990), Manish Vig (Univeristy of Rochester, 1989), Eric Roesch (University of Rochester, 1989), Jill Potts (University of Rochester, 1989), Lisa DiDonato (University of Rochester 1988), Albert Laduca (University of Rochester 1987), Susan M. Derylak (University of Rochester 1987)

Masters:
Nida Meednu (2001), Patrick O'Hara (1999), Rebecca Weston (1997), Michael Balas (1993),

Doctoral:
Berend Jan Velthuis (Current)
Rhitoban Ray Choudhury (Current)
Seth Bordenstein (Ph.D. 2002) Staff Scientist I, MBL, Woods Hole, MA
Bryant McAllister (Ph.D. 1996) Assistant Professor, U. Iowa
Leo Beukeboom (PhD. 1992) Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, Holland
Johannes Breeuwer (Ph.D. 1992) Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Amsterdam, Holland

Postdoctoral (Current):
Deodoro Oliveira (PhD. U. Sao Paulo, 2001)
Michael Clark (PhD. University of Houston 2000)

Postdoctoral (Past):
Emma Baudry (Ph.D. Universite de Paris, 1999)
Yang Wencai (Ph.D. Auburn University, 2000)
Francisco Perfectti (Ph.D. University of Grenada, Spain 1995)
Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot (Ph.D. University of Montpelier, France 1993)
Richard Stouthamer (Ph.D. University of California, Riverside 1989)
Kent Reed (Ph.D. Texas A&M University 1991)
Danna Eickbush (Ph.D. Harvard University 1987)

AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
Evolutionary genetics & genomics: symbiosis and host-parasite evolution, Wolbachia and insects, genetics of parasitic wasps, genetics of speciation, genome evolution, parasitic DNA, behavioral genetics, sex ratio selection and sex determining mechanisms.

GRANT SUPPORT
2005 Proposal to Sequence the Nasonia Genome NIH-NHGRI
Approved for Sequencing - Feb 2005
2005-2009 $1,105,280 NIH Genetics of Wing and Cell-Size Evolution in Nasonia
GM/8465019
2004-2006 $169,000 21st Century Research & Technology Fund "cDNA and Microarray Development in Nasonia" part of a larger grant to J. Romero-Severson on Insect Genomics.
2003-2008 $5,000,000 NSF FIBR: Integrative Studies of Wolbachia-Eukaryotic Interactions: Genomes to Communities and Back (PI)
2002-2003 $40,000 NIH Nathan Shock Grant on Aging in Nasonia
2002-2003 $10,000 American Rosacea Society Intracellular Bacteria in Demodex mites
2000-2003 $300,000 NSF Genetics of Hybrid Inviability in Nasonia
1999-2002 $240,000 NSF Genetics of Courtship in Nasonia.
1997-2000 $250,000 NSF Accompl. Based Renewal: Inherited Microrganisms & Reproductive Isolation in Insects
1996-1999 $150,000 USDA Parthenogenesis Bacteria
1995-1996 $10,250 NERC A phylogenetic approach to detecting horizontal transfer of Wolbachia (co-PI with Charles Godfray)
1994-1997 $250,000 NSF Parthenogenesis & incompatibility microorganisms in insects
1993-1996 $240,000 NSF Genetics of Speciation in Nasonia
1991-1993 $196,000 USDA Microorganism associated parthenogenesis in insects
1989-1992 $300,000 NSF Population biology of the psr chromosome
1989-1992 $505,839 NIH Genetics of the psr chromosome
1986-1989 $240,000 NSF The population biology of sex ratios

INVITED SEMINARS AND SYMPOSIA (past 6 years)
FIBR Working Group Meeting (2005, Organizer), Nasonia Meeting, Western Wash U (2005), UC Riverside Entomology Dept. (2005), University of North Carolina, Biology Dept. (2005), Indiana University Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics (2005), University of Maryland, Biology Dept. (2005), Wolbachia FIBR Working Group Meeting (2004, Organizer), 45th Annual Drosophila Meetings Workshop: Genetics of Non-Drosophilid Insects (2004, Co-Organizer), Baylor Human Genome Center – “Using Haploid Genetics in a Complex Eukaryote: Nasonia as a emerging model system" (2004), Keystone Meeting Genetic Variation in Model Organisms (2004); NYU, Biotic Resources: Integrating Development, Genetics, Evolution, and Systematics Program (2004), Dept. of Entomology, U. Mass (2004), Plant Gametophytes: Evolution, Development and Function, Invited Opening Lecture, Ascona, Switzerland (2003), 2nd Nasonia Workshop, Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands (2003), Dept. de Biologia, Univ. de Sao Paulo, BZ (2003), Dept. of Microbioogy and Immunol., University of Rochester, (2003), Dept. of Ecol. & Evolution, Yale University (2002), Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Maryland (2002), Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Washington (2002), Microbial Evolution: Concepts and Controversies, Montreal, Canada (2002), Germ Cells, CSHL Symposium (2002), Second International Wolbachia Conference, Kolymbari, Greece (2002), Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, IT (2002), Behavioral Ecology & Evolution of Microorganisms Symposium, American Society of Microbiology Meetings, SLC UT (2002), Evolution of Developmental Diversity, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (2002), Dept. of Microbiology & Mol. Genetics, Harvard Medical School (2002), Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical School (2002), Dept. of Mol. Cell & Dev. Biol. U.C. Santa Cruz (2002), Dept. of Entomology, U. Maryland (2001), American Naturalists Society Symposium on Symbiosis, Knoxville TN (2001), Genetical Society Symposium on Sex, Univ. of Warwick, UK (2001), Biology Dept., University of Wuerzburg, GE (2001), 1st Meeting Hymenopteran Genetics & Development (Co-Organizer), Washington D.C. (2001), Workshop on Genetics of Non-Drosophilid Insects (Co-Organizer) at 42nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Washington DC (2001), George Saul Lecture, Middlebury College, VT (2001), Biology Department, Univ. Nevada Reno (2001), Dept. Ecol. & Evol., SUNY StonyBrook (2001), SICB National Meetings Symposium on Symbiosis, Chicago (2001), Department of Biology, U. South Carolina (2000), Research Links 2000, Ferris State University (2000), 2nd Workshop on Behavioral Genetics, National Science Foundation (2000), 1st Intern. Wolbachia Conference, Kolymbari, Crete (2000), Nasonia Working Group 1st Meeting (Co-Organizer), Leiden Holland (2000), University of Paris (Orsay) (2000), Institute of Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University, Berlin Germany (2000), Welcome Trust Meeting on Wolbachia (2000).

PUBLICATIONS OF JOHN H. WERREN

1. Werren, J.H. and E.L Charnov. 1978. Facultative sex ratios and population dynamics. Nature 272:349-350.

2. Werren, J.H., M.R. Gross and R. Shine. 1980. Paternity and the evolution of male parental care. J. Theor. Biol. 82:619-631.

3. Werren, J.H. 1980. Sex ratio adaptations to local mate competition in a parasitic wasp. Science 208:1157-1160.

4. Skinner, S.W. and J.H. Werren. 1980. The genetics of sex determination in Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae). Genetics 94: s98.

5. Werren, J.H., S.W. Skinner and E.L. Charnov. 1981. Paternal inheritance of a daughterless sex ratio factor. Nature 293:467-468.

6. Werren, J.H. and R. Pulliam. 1981. An intergenerational transmission model for the cultural evolution of helping behavior. Human Ecology 9(4):465-483.

7. Werren, J.H. 1983. Sex ratio evolution under local mate competition in a parasitic wasp. Evolution 37(1);116-124.

8. Werren, J.H. and P.D. Taylor. 1984. The effect of population recruitment upon sex ratio selection. American Naturalist 124(1):143-148.

9. Werren, J.H. 1984. A model for sex ratio selection in parasitic wasps: Local mate competition and host quality effects. Neth. J. Zool. 34(1):81-96.

10. Werren, J.H. 1984. Brood size and sex ratio regulation in the parasitic wasp. Nasonia vitripennis. Neth. J. Zool. 34(2):151-174.

11. Huger, A., S.W. Skinner and J.H. Werren. 1985. Bacterial infections associated with the son-killer trait in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia (=Mormoniella) vitripennis. J. Invert. Path.
46:272-280.

12. Werren, J.H., S.K. Skinner and A. Huger. 1986. Male-killing bacteria in a parasitic wasp. Science 231:990-992.

13. Werren, J.H. and J. van den Assem. 1986. Experimental analysis of a paternally inherited extrachromosomal factor. Genetics 114:217-233.

14. Werren, J.H. 1987. Labile sex ratios in wasps and bees. Bioscience 37:498-506.

15. Werren, J.H. 1987. The coevolution of autosomal and cytoplasmic sex ratio factors. J. Theor. Biol. 124:317-334.

16. Werren, J.H., U. Nur and D. Eickbush. 1987. An extrachromosomal factor which causes loss of paternal chromosomes. Nature 327:75-76.

17. Raupp, M., J.H. Werren and C. Sadoff. 1988. Effects of short term phenological changes in leaf suitability on the survivorship, growth, and development of gypsy moth larvae. Env. Entom. 17:316-319.

18. Nur, U., J.H. Werren, D. Eickbush, W. Burke and T. Eickbush, 1988. A "selfish" B chromosome that enhances its transmission by eliminating the paternal chromosomes. Science 240:512-514.

19. Werren, J.H. 1988. Manipulating mothers. Natural History 97: 68-69.

20. Werren, J.H. and C.J. Peterson, 1988. Osprey hunting on ground for small mammals. Wilson Bull. 100(3):88.

21. Werren, J.H., U. Nur., and C.-I. Wu. 1988. Selfish genetic elements. Trends in Ecol.& Evolution 3:297-302.

22. Werren, J.H. and P. Simbolotti. 1989. Combined effects of host size and local mate competition on sex ratio evolution in Lariophagus distinguendus. Evolutionary Ecology 3:203-213.

23. Darling, D.C. and J.H. Werren. 1990. Biosystematics of two new species of Nasonia Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) reared from birds' nests in North America. Annals Ent. Soc.
Amer. 83(3):352-370.

24. Breeuwer, H. and J. H. Werren. 1990. Microorganisms associated with chromosome destruction and reproductive isolation between two insect species. Nature 346: 558-560.

25. Werren, J.H. 1991. The psr (paternal sex ratio) chromosome. Amer. Natur. 137:392-402.

26. Gherna, R., J. H. Werren, W. Weisburg, R. Cote, C. R. Woese, L. Mandelco and R. Brenner. 1991. Arsenophonus nasoniae, genus novel, species novel, causative agent of Sonkiller trait in the parasitic wasp, Nasonia vitripennis. Inter. J. Bact. Syst. 41:563-565.

27. Werren, J.H., M. Raupp, T. O'Dell and C. Sadoff. 1992. Host plants utilized by Gypsy Moths affect survival and development of the parasitoid Cotesia melanoscela. Env. Entom. 21:173-177.

28. Bull, J.J., I.J. Molineux and J.H. Werren. 1992. Selfish Genes. Science 256:65.

29. Stouthamer, R., R. F. Luck and J. H. Werren. 1992. Genetics of sex determination and improvement of biological control using parasitoids. Envir. Entomol. 21(3):427-435.

30. Breeuwer, J.A.J., R. Stouthamer, S.M. Burns, D.A. Pelletier, W.G. Weisburg and J.H. Werren. 1992. Phylogeny of cytoplasmic incompatibility microorganisms in the parasitoid wasp genus Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) based on 16S ribosomal DNA sequences. Insect Mol. Biol. 1(1):25-36.

31. Eickbush, D., T. Eickbush and J.H. Werren. 1992. Molecular characterization of repetitive DNA sequences from a B chromosome. Chromosoma 101:575-583.

32. Beukeboom, L. and J.H. Werren. 1992. Population genetics of a parasitic chromosome: Experimental analysis of PSR in subdivided populations. Evolution 46(5):1257-1268.

33. Stouthamer, R., J.A.J. Breeuwer, R.F. Luck and J.H. Werren. 1993. Molecular identification of parthenogenesis associated microorganisms. Nature 361:66-68.

34. Beukeboom, L.W., K.M. Reed and J.H. Werren. 1993. Effects of deletions on mitotic stability of the Paternal Sex Ratio (PSR) chromosome from Nasonia. Chromosoma 102:20-26.

35. Werren, J.H. and L. Beukeboom. 1993. Population genetics of a parasitic chromosome: Theoretical analysis of PSR in subdivided populations. Amer. Natur. 142:224-241.

36. Stouthamer, R. and J.H. Werren. 1993. Microbes associated with parthenogenesis in wasps of the species Trichogramma. J. Invert. Pathol. 61:6-9.

37. Beukeboom, L.B. and J.H. Werren. 1993. Transmission and expression of the parasitic Paternal Sex Ratio (PSR) chromosome. Heredity 70:437-443.

38. Hunter, M. S., U. Nur and J. H. Werren. 1993. Origin of males by genome loss in an autoparasitoid wasp. Heredity 70:162-171.

39. Beukeboom, L. and J.H. Werren. 1993. Deletion analysis of a parasitic B Chromosome - Paternal Sex Ratio (PSR). Genetics 133:637-648.

40. Breeuwer, J.A.J. and J.H. Werren. 1993. The effect of genotype on cytoplasmic incompatibility between two species of Nasonia. Heredity 70:428-436.

41. Werren, J.H. 1993. The evolution of inbreeding in haplodiploid organisms. In, The Natural History of Inbreeding and Outbreeding: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives. ed. N. Thornhill. Univ. Chicago Press.

42. Breeuwer, J.A.J. and J.H. Werren. 1993. Cytoplasmic incompatibility and bacterial density in Nasonia vitripennis. Genetics 135:565-574.

43. Campbell, B.C., J.D. Steffen-Campbell and J.H. Werren 1993. Phylogeny of the Nasonia species complex (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) inferred from an rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS2). Insect Molec. Biol. 2:255-237.

44. Assem, J. van den and J.H. Werren. 1994. A comparison of the courtship and mating behavior of three species of Nasonia (Hym., Pteromalidae). J. Insect Behav. 7:53-66.

45. Reed, K.M., L.W. Beukeboom, D. Eickbush and J.H. Werren. 1994. Junctions between repetitive DNA's on the Paternal Sex Ratio (PSR) chromosome: Association of palindromes with recombination. J. Mol. Evol. 38:352-362.

46. Werren, J.H., G.D.D. Hurst, W.Zhang, J.A.J. Breeuwer, R. Stouthamer and M.E.N. Majerus. 1994. Rickettsial relative associated with male-killing in the ladybird beetle (Adalia bipunctata). J. Bacteriol. 176:388-394.

47. Werren, J.H. 1994. Genetic invasion of the insect body snatchers. Natural History 103(6):36-38.

48. Reed, K.M. and J.H. Werren. 1995. Induction of paternal genome loss by the Paternal Sex Ratio Chromosome and cytoplasmic incompatibility bacteria (Wolbachia): A comparative study of early embryonic events. Mol. Repro. & Devel. 40:408-418.

49. Breeuwer, J.A.J. and J.H. Werren. 1995. Hybrid breakdown between two haplodiploid species: The role of nuclear and cytoplasmic genes. Evolution 49:705-717.

50. Werren , J.H. and J. Jaenike 1995. Wolbachia and cytoplasmic incompatibility in mycophagous Drosophila and their relatives. Heredity 75:320-326.

51. Werren, J.H., W. Zhang, and L.R. Guo. 1995. Evolution and Phylogeny of Wolbachia Bacteria: Reproductive Parasites of Arthropods. Proc. Royal Soc. London B 261:55-71.

52. Werren, J.H. and H.C. Godfray. 1995. Sex Ratio. Ency of Env Biol. 3:317-323.

53. Werren, J.H., D. Windsor, and Li Rong Guo. 1995. Distribution of Wolbachia among neotropical arthropods. Proc. Royal Soc. London B. 262:197-204.

54. Godfray, H.C.J. & Werren, J.H. 1996. Recent developments in sex ratio studies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11:59-63.

55. Balas, M., M. Lee and J.H. Werren. 1996. Geographical distribution and fitness effects of the sonkiller bacterium in Nasonia. Evol. Ecol. 10:593-607.

56. Godfray, H.C.J. & Werren, J.H. 1996. Liver physiology and sex ratio biology - Reply Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11:384-385.

57. Perrot-Minnot, M.-J., L.R. Guo and J.H. Werren. 1996. Single and double infections of Wolbachia in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis: Effects on compatibility. Genetics 143:961 - 972.

58. Werren, J.H. 1997. Biology of Wolbachia. Ann. Rev. Entom. 42:587 - 609.

59. McAllister, B.F. and J.H. Werren 1997. Phylogenetic analysis of a retrotransposon with implications for strong evolutionary constraints on reverse transcriptase. Mol. Biol. & Evol. 14:69-80.

60. Werren, J.H. and S. O'Neill 1997. The evolution of heritable symbionts. In Influential Passengers:inherited microorganisms and arthropod reproduction. [S. O'Neill, A. Hoffman and J.H. Werren, eds] Oxford University Press

61. McAllister, B.F. and J.H. Werren. 1997. Hybrid origin of a B chromosome (PSR) in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Chromosoma 106:243-253.

62. Werren, J.H., 1997. Wolbachia run amok. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 94:11154-11155.

63. Werren, J.H. 1998. Wolbachia and speciation. in Endless Forms: Species and Speciation, (D. Howard and S Berlocher, eds). pp. 245-260. Oxford University Press.

64. Bordenstein, S.R. and J.H. Werren 1998. Effects of A and B Wolbachia and host genotype on interspecies cytoplasmic incompatibility between two Nasonia species. Genetics 148:1833-1844.

65. Werren, J.H. and L. Beukeboom. 1998. Sex Determination, Sex Ratios and Genetic Conflict. Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 29:233-261.

66. West, S.A., J.M Cook, J.H. Werren and H.C.J. Godfray. 1998. Wolbachia in two host-parasitoid communities. Molecular Ecology 7:1457-1465.

67. Hariri, A.R., J.H. Werren and G.S. Wilkinson. 1998. Distribution and fitness effects of Wolbachia in stalk-eyed flies (Diptera: Diopsidae). Heredity 81:254-260.

68. Perrot-Minnot, M.J. and J.H. Werren. 1999. The dynamics of Wolbachia infection in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis: selection on incompatibility and bacterial inheritance patterns. J. Evol. Biol. 12:272-282.

69. McAllister, B.F. and J.H. Werren 1999. Evolution of tandemly repeated sequences: What happens at the end of an array? J. Mol. Evol. 48:469-481.

70. Drapeau, M. and J.H. Werren. 1999. Differences in mating behavior and sex ratio between three sibling species of Nasonia. Evolutionary Ecology Research 1:223-234.

71. Werren, J.H. and M.J. Perrot-Minnot. 1999. An antennapedia mutant in Nasonia vitripennis. J. Heredity 90:319-320.

72. Hurst, G., F.M. Jiggins, J.H. Graf von der Schulenburg, D. Bertrand, J.H. Werren, S. West, I.I Goriacheva, I.A. Zakharov, R. Stouthamer, and M.E.N. Majerus. 1999. Male killing Wolbachia in two species of insects. Proc. R. Soc. London B 266:735-740.

73. Weston, R., I. Qureshi and J.H. Werren. 1999. Genetics of a morphological difference between two insect species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12:586-595.

74. Gadau, J., R. Page and J.H. Werren. 1999. Mapping of hybrid incompatibility loci in Nasonia. Genetics 153:1731-1741.

75. Slatko, B., S.L. O'Neill, A.L. Scott, J.H. Werren, and M.L. Blaxter. 1999. The Wolbachia Genome Consortium. Microbial and Comparative Genomics 1999 4: 161-165

76. Bordenstein, S.R. and J.H. Werren. 2000. Do Wolbachia have positive fitness effects in Nasonia? Heredity 84:54-62.

77. Werren, J.H. and M. Hatcher. 2000. Maternal - zygotic gene conflict over sex determination: Effects of inbreeding. Genetics 155: 1469-1479.

78. Bordenstein, S.R., M. Drapeau and J.H. Werren. 2000. Intraspecific variation in interspecific premating isolation between two Nasonia species. Evolution 54: 567–573.

79. Gadau, J., R.E. Page, J.H. Werren and P. Schmid-Hempel. 2000. Genome Organization and Social Evolution in Hymenoptera. Naturwissenshaften 87: 87-89 .

80. Werren, J.H. and D.W. Windsor. 2000. Wolbachia infection frequencies in insects: evidence of a global equilibrium? Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 267: 1277 -- 1285.

81. Shoemaker, D.D., K.G. Ross, L. Keller, E.L. Vargo and J.H. Werren. 2000. Wolbachia infections in native and introduced populations of fire ants (Solenopsis spp.). Insect Mol. Biol 9:661-674.

82. Beukeboom, L.W. and J.H. Werren. 2000. The Paternal Sex Ratio (PSR) chromosome in natural populations of Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Journal Evolutionary Biology 13:967-975..

83. Bordenstein, S.R., F.P. O’Hara and J.H. Werren. 2001. Wolbachia-induced bidirectional incompatibility precedes other hybrid incompatibilities in Nasonia. Nature 409:707-710.

84. Werren, J.H. and J. Bartos. 2001. Recombination in Wolbachia. Current Biology 11: 431-435.

85. Hurst, G.D.D. and J.H. Werren. 2001. The role of selfish genetic elements in eukaryotic evolution. Nature Reviews 2:597-606.

86. Perfectti, F. and J.H. Werren. 2001. The interspecific origin of B chromosomes: experimental evidence. Evolution 55: 1069-1073.

87. Lawson, E.T., T.A. Mousseau, R. Klaper, M.D. Hunter, and J.H. Werren. 2001. Rickettsia associated with male-killing in a buprestid beetle. Heredity 86:497-505.

88. Perrot-Minnot, M. and J.H. Werren. 2001. Meiotic and mitotic stability of an EMS-produced centric fragment in the haplodiploid wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Heredity 87: 8-16.

89. Werren, J.H. 2001. Aresenophonus. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (Vol. 2), G.M. Garrity (ed), Springer-Verlag, New York. .

90. Gadau, J., R.E. Page, and J.H. Werren 2002. The genetic basis of interspecific differences in wing size in Nasonia – Major genes and epistasis. Genetics 161 (2): 673-684.

91. Telschow, A., P. Hammerstein and J.H. Werren. 2002. The Effect of Wolbachia on Genetic Divergence between Populations: Models With Two Way Migration. American Naturalist 160: S54-S66.

92. Werren, J.H., M.J. Hatcher, and H.C.J. Godfray. 2002. Maternal-Offspring Conflict Leads to the Evolution of Dominant Zygotic Sex Determination. Heredity 88:102-111.

93. Telschow, A., P. Hammerstein and J.H. Werren. 2002. The effect of Wolbachia on genetic divergence between populations: Mainland-Island model. Integr. Comp. Biol. (2): 340-351.

94. Werren, J.H. and R. Stouthamer. 2002. PSR (Paternal Sex Ratio) chromosomes: The ultimate selfish genetic elements. Genetica 117 (1): 85-101.

95. Shoemaker, D.D., E.A. Herre, D. Molbo, C. Machado, J.H. Werren and R. Harrison.2002. Distribution of Wolbachia in New World and Old Word fig wasp communities. Proc. Royal Soc. London B 269: 2257-2267.

96. Casiraghi M., McCall J.W., Simoncini L., Kramer L.H., Sacchi L., Genchi C., Werren J.H. , Bandi C. 2002. Tetracycline treatment and sex-ratio distortion: a role for Wolbachia in the moulting of filarial nematodes? Int. J. Parasit. 32 (12): 1457-1468.

97. Gottlieb Y, E. Zchori-Fein, J. H. Werren, and T. Karr. 2002. Diploidy restoration in Wolbachia-infected Muscidifurax uniraptor . (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). J. Invert. Pathol. 81:166-174.

98. Werren, J.H. 2003. Invasion of the Gender Benders. Natural History 112:58-63.

99. Baldo, L., J.D. Bartos, J. H. Werren, C. Bazzocchi, M. Casiraghi, and S. Panelli. 2003. Different rates of nucleotide substitutions in Wolbachia from arthropods and nematodes: arms race or host range? Parasitologia 44: 179-187.

100. Baudry, E., K. Emerson, T. Whitworth and J.H. Werren. 2003. Wolbachia and genetic variability in the birdnest blowfly Protocalliphora sialia. Molecular Ecology 12:1843-1854.

101. Bordenstein, S.R., J.J. Uy and J.H. Werren. 2003. Host genotype determines Wolbachia cytoplasmic incompatibility type in Nasonia. Genetics 164:223-233.

102. M. Lachmann, N.W. Blackstone, D. Haig, A. Kowald, R.E. Michod, E. Szathmáry, J.H. Werren, and L. Wolpert. 2003. Cooperation and conflict in the evolution of genomes, cells, and multicellular organisms. In Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Cooperation. Dahlem Conference Publications, Berlin GE.

103. Bordenstein, S.R., D.H.A. Fitch and J.H. Werren. 2003. Absence of Wolbachia in Nonfilariid Nematodes. J. Nematol. 35(3):266-270

104. McAllister, B.F., L.W. Beukeboom and J.H. Werren. 2004. Site-specific mapping of the paternal-sex-ratio (PSR) chromosome. Heredity 92 (1): 5-13.

105. Keller, G.P., D.M. Windsor, J. Saucedo, and J.H. Werren. 2004. Reproductive effects and geographical distribution of two Wolbachia strains infecting the Neotropical beetle, Chelymorpha alternans (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) Molecular Ecology 13:2405 - 2420.

106. Werren, J.H. 2004. Arsenophonus. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (Vol. 2), G.M. Garrity (ed), Springer-Verlag, New York

107. Velthuis, B.J., W. Yang, T. van Opijnen and J.H. Werren. 2004. Intra-specific variation in sexual isolation: Genetics of female mate discrimination in Nasonia longicornis (Darling) (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae). Animal Behavior 69:1107-1120.

108. Werren, J.H. 2005. Heritable microorganisms and reproductive parasitism. In. Microbial Evolution: Concepts and Controversies. J. Sapp (ed.) Oxford University Press (New York).

109. Werren, J.H., J. Gadau, L. Beukeboom, C. Desplan, J. Lynch, R. Rivers, S. Richards, L. van de Zande 2005. Proposal to sequence the Nasonia genome.

110. Telschow, A., Yamamura, N. and J.H. Werren. 2005. Bidirectional CI, Cytoplasmic Divergence and the Stable Coexistence of Two Strains in Structured Host Populations. J. Theor. Biol. (In Press).

111. Telschow, A., J.H. P. Hammerstein, and J.H. Werren. 2005. Wolbachia, reinforcement and speciation. Evolution (In Press).

112. Baldo, L., N. Lo, and J.H. Werren. 2005. The Mosaic Nature of the Wolbachia Surface Protein (wsp). J. Bacteriology (In Press).

113. Opijnen, T., E. Baudry, J. Bartos, L. Baldo, and J.H. Werren. 2005. Genetic variability in the three genomes of Nasonia:  Nuclear, mitochondrial and Wolbachia. Insect Molecular Biology (In Press).


IN REVIEW

Baudry, E., M. Desmadril and J. H. Werren. Rapid adaptive evolution of the signal transduction genne Pten in an insect lineage. J Mol. Evol. (In Review).

Katerina Koukou1, Haris Pavlikak, George Kilias, John H. Werren, Kostas Bourtzis and Stamatis Alahiotis. Influence of Antibiotic Treatment and Wolbachia Curing On Sexual Isolation Among Drosophila melanogaster Cage Populations. Evolution (In Review)


Savard, J, D. Tautz, J.H. Werren, H. Tettelin, D. Leaf, and M.J. Lercher. 2005. Independent evolution of long germ embryogenesis in flies and wasps revealed by phylogenomics
Nature (In Review)


MANUSCRIPTS (near submission)

L.Baldo, J.H. Werren, J. Wernegreen and S. Bordenstei. Comparative sequence analyses of dnaA, ftsZ, groEl and gltA genes show extensive recombination in Wolbachia genomes. J. Mol. Evol.

Casiraghi M., S.R. Bordenstein , L. Baldo, N. Lo N, J.J. Wernegreen., J.H. Werren, & C. Bandi. Phylogeny of Wolbachia based on gltA, groEL and ftsZ gene sequences: clustering of arthropod and nematode symbionts in the F supergroup and evidence for two further supergroups.

Kamping, A. J.H. Werren , V. Katju, and L.W. Beukeboom. Inheritance of gynandromorphism in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis.

O'Hara, P. A. Chawla and J.H. Werren. Hybrid breakdown in Nasonia: Behavioral versus spermatogenic sterility. for Animal Behavior.

Bordenstein, S.R. and J. H. Werren. The number of Wolbachia incompatibility types in Nasonia.
for Evolution.

Perfectti, F., J. Bartos, J. Traggis and J.H. Werren. Major gene influence on host preference in a parasitic insect.

Velthuis, B.J., Yang, W., F. P. O’Hara, R. Page and J.H. Werren. Mapping Nuclear-Cytoplasmic hybrid incompatibilities in Nasonia. for Evolution.

Uyen Tram, K. Fredrick, J.H. Werren, and W. Sullivan. Differential activation of the spindle checkpoint as the basis of distinct Wolbachia-induced phenotypes in three closely related Nasonia species for Current Biology.

Werren, J.H., L. Enders and E. Baudry. Mapping QTL and Candidate Genes for Wing Size: A Cautionary Tale. for Genetics.