A. Tovar

Like mother, like daughter? Phenotypic plasticity, environmental covariation, and heritability of size in a parthenogenetic wasp

This study investigates heritability, plasticity, and environmental covariation of body size in the parthenogenetic wasp Dinocampus coccinellae across different host environments, finding little heritable variation and a size-host tradeoff.

Integrative phenotypic and genomic analyses reveal strain-dependent responses to acute ozone exposure and their associations with airway macrophage transcriptional activity

This study identifies strain-dependent responses to ozone exposure in mice and links these to airway macrophage transcriptional activity and chromatin accessibility differences.

Lack of phenotypic variation despite population structure in larval utilization of pea aphids by populations of the lady beetle Hippodamia convergens

The study examines genetic and phenotypic differences in larval utilization of pea aphids by Western and Eastern populations of Hippodamia convergens, finding no phenotypic variation despite genetic structure.

Ozone-induced changes in murine lung extracellular vesicle number and small RNA content

This study shows ozone exposure increases extracellular vesicle numbers and alters miRNA content in mouse lung BALF, with potential regulatory roles for specific miRNAs in airway macrophage responses.

Transcriptional profiling of the murine airway response to acute ozone exposure

This study profiles gene expression in murine airways after acute ozone exposure, identifying concentration-dependent changes in inflammation, injury, and gene expression in conducting airways and airway macrophages.