Kristin Sikkink

Sodium & zinc content of roadside milkweed ⬆️w/ traffic & ⬇️w/ distance from road. Even see ⬆️Na of monarchs on high Na plants! But most roadside milkweed (in MN) is likely < monarch lethal levels. New work w/ Mitchell @e_borer @ksikkink Oberhauser et al authors.elsevier.com/a/1aun5B8ccoBx4

In our recent AmNat paper, we find that standing variation in generalized stress responses (e.g., oxidative stress response) may explain tolerance of entirely novel toxins, facilitating host shifts and survival in new environments. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/70…

Increased nitrogen availability in an agricultural enviro has led to evolutionary increases in N-based wing ornamentation & lower dependence of females on N-rich spermatophores. Excited this work w/ @AnneEspeset @megan_kobiela @ksikkink is finally out! academic.oup.com/beheco/advance…

Now officially early online at G3: Environmental and evolutionary drivers of the modular gene regulatory network underlying phenotypic plasticity for stress resistance in the nematode Caenorhabditis remanei. g3journal.org/content/early/…

Types of plasticity most likely to be adaptive in novel environments are also more likely to come with costs. Really enjoyed writing this review with @megan_kobiela @ShephardAM and @ksikkink annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.11…

New preprint: Environmental and evolutionary drivers of the modular gene regulatory network underlying phenotypic plasticity for stress resistance in the nematode Caenorhabditis remanei @ksikkink @wcresko @rosemreynolds biorxiv.org/content/early/…

Genomic adaptation to agricultural environments-cabbage white butterflies as a case study @ksikkink @SnellRoodLab rdcu.be/s2A6