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Present	Professor, Utah State University ‐ Biology
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Biology

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Evolution, Ecology, Animal Behavior, and Herbivorous Insects

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1982	Ph.D., Cornell University ‐ Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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1976	B.A., Clark University ‐ Biology
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Combining Experimental Evolution and Genomics to Understand How Seed Beetles ...

Alexandre Rêgo, Samridhi Chaturvedi, Amy Springer, Alexandra M. Lish, et al.

Genes that affect adaptive traits have been identified, but our knowledge of the genetic basis of adaptation in a more ...

Truth and Proof

Facticity: Critical Thought in a Time of Doubt (2018)

Lynne S. McNeill, Julie Young, Frank J. Messina and Bradford R. Cole

How do we know what’s true and what’s fake? Why do we believe things that aren’t true? What role does ...

Asymmetric evolution of egg laying behavior following reciprocal host shifts ...

Evolutionary Ecology (2017)

Charles W. Fox, Rachel Zitomer, Joseph B. Deas and Frank J. Messina

Colonization of new environments can lead to rapid changes in fitness-related traits. For herbivorous insects, switching to a new host ...

Evolution of host acceptance and its reversibility in a seed ...

Ecological Entomology (2016)

Frank J. Messina and Zachariah Gompert

1. Adapting to a low-quality plant may require modification of an insect's digestive physiology, oviposition behaviour, or other host-use traits. ...

Genomic evidence that resource-based trade-offs limit host-range expansion in a ...

Evolution (2016)

Zachariah Gompert and Frank J. Messina

Trade-offs have often been invoked to explain the evolution of ecological specialization. Phytophagous insects have been especially well studied, but ...

Loss of adaptation following reversion suggests trade-offs in host use ...

Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2015)

Frank J. Messina and Susan L. Durham

Experimental evolution has provided little support for the hypothesis that the narrow diets of herbivorous insects reflect trade-offs in performance ...

Loss of adaptation following reversion suggests trade-offs in host use ...

Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2015)

Frank J. Messina and Susan L. Durham

Experimental evolution has provided little support for the hypothesis that the narrow diets of herbivorous insects reflect trade-offs in performance ...

Specificity of Adaptation to a Novel Host Plant be a ...

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2014)

Frank J. Messina and D. Johnson

Adaptation to one novel host plant may simultaneously improve an insect's performance on other unfamiliar hosts, as a kind of ...

Adaptation to a Novel Host by a Seed Beetle (Coleoptera ...

Environmental Entomology (2013)

Frank J. Messina and Susan L. Durham

Geographic populations of a widespread species can differ in their ability to adapt to a novel environment because they possess ...

Effect of Inbreeding on Host Discrimination and Other Fitness Components ...

Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2013)

Frank J. Messina, B. D. Morris and Charles W. Fox

Inbreeding is well known to have adverse effects on fitness-related traits in insects, but less is known about its effect ...

Oxford Bibliographies in Ecology (2013)

C. W. Fox and Frank J. Messina

Effects of Seed Beetles on the Performance of Desert Legumes ...

Journal of Arid Environments (2012)

Charles W. Fox, W. G. Wallin, M. L. Bush, M. E. Czesak, et al.

Seeds of many arid habitat plants have a water-impermeable coat and can germinate only after being scarified. Bruchine seed beetles ...

Mode of Inheritance of Increased Host Acceptance in a Seed ...

Bulletin of Entomological Research (2012)

Frank J. Messina and N. M. Peña

Colonization of a novel plant by herbivorous insects is frequently accompanied by genetic changes that progressively improve larval or adult ...

Egg-Dumping Behavior is not Correlated with Wider Host Acceptance in ...

Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2011)

Frank J. Messina and Charles W. Fox

If typical host plants are absent, some herbivorous insects “dump” eggs on unsuitable substrates, even though this can cause complete ...

Inheritance of Traits Mediating a Major Host Shift by a ...

Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2011)

Frank J. Messina and Jake C. Jones

The genetic basis by which insects adapt to novel host plants is poorly understood, in part because genetic changes that ...

Rapid Evolution of Lifespan in a Novel Environment: Sex-Specific Responses ...

Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2011)

Charles W. Fox, J. D. Wagner, S Cline, F. A. Thomas, et al.

Animal lifespans can vary substantially among closely related species and even among conspecific populations, but it is often difficult to ...

Biotypes of the Seed Beetle Callosobruchus maculatus Have Differing Effects ...

Agricultural and Forest Entomology (2010)

Charles W. Fox, M. L. Bush and Frank J. Messina

1 Populations of the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) exhibit considerable differences in body size and larval behaviour. We examined ...

An Experimentally Induced Host Shift in a Seed Beetle

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2009)

Frank J. Messina, Michelle Mendenhall and J. C. Jones

Many insects use a fairly well-defined set of host plants, but are occasionally observed on an atypical host. The seed ...

Does Rapid Adaptation to a Poor-Quality Host by Callosobruchus maculatus ...

Journal of Stored Products Research (2009)

Frank J. Messina and J. C. Jones

Initial assays indicated that lentil is a very poor host for an Asian population of the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus ...

Genetic Architecture Underlying Convergent Evolution of Egg-Laying Behavior in a ...

Genetica (2009)

C. W. Fox, J. D. Wagner, S. Cline, F. A. Thomas, et al.

Genetic Modification of Host Acceptance by a Seed Beetle Callosobruchus ...

Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2009)

Frank J. Messina, J. C. Jones, M. Mendenhall and A. Muller

Successful host shifts by herbivorous insects may require the modiÞcation of multiple larval and adult traits. The seed beetle Callosobruchus ...

Genetic Modification of Host Acceptance by a Seed Beetle: Quasi-natural ...

Biology Posters (2007)

Meagan Bridges, Jake Jones, AmberLeigh Muller and Frank J. Messina

Many plant-feeding insects use a fairly well-defined set of hosts, but are occasionally observed on an atypical host. The seed ...

Mating Compatibility Between Geographic Populations of the Seed Beetle Callosobruchus ...

Journal of Insect Behavior (2007)

Frank J. Messina, A. J. Bloxham and A. J. Seargent

Allopatric populations sometimes display reproductive barriers in incipient form, and may thus reveal potential mechanisms of speciation. We conducted mating ...

Predictable Modification of Body Size and Competitive Ability Following a ...

Physiological Entomology (2007)

Frank J. Messina

Interfertile populations of the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus differ genetically in several behavioral, morphological, and life-history traits, including traits that ...

Why do Host-Deprived Seed Beetles 'Dump' Their Eggs?

Physiological Entomology (2007)

Frank J. Messina, J. L. Morrey and M. Mendenhall

If host seeds are absent, females of the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus sometimes ‘dump’ eggs on unsuitable substrates, which causes ...

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