Publications
Peer Reviewed
Mora P, Hospodářská M, Voleníková AC, Koutecký P, Štundlová J, Dalíková M, Walters JR, Nguyen P. 2024. Sex‐biased gene content is associated with sex chromosome turnover in Danaini butterflies. Mol. Ecol. e17256
Mongue AJ, Martin SH, Manweiler REV, Scullion H, Koehn JL, de Roode JC, Walters JR. 2023. Genome sequence of Ophryocystis elektroscirrha, an apicomplexan parasite of monarch butterflies: cryptic diversity and response to host-sequestered plant chemicals. BMC Genomics 24, 278.
Riddle NC, Biga PR, Bronikowski AM, Walters JR, Wilkinson GS, IISAGE Consortium. 2023. Comparative analysis of animal lifespan. GeroScience 1–11.
Xiang Y, Tsuchiya D, Guo F, Gardner J, McCroskey S, Price A, Tromer EC, Walters JR, Lake CM Hawley RS, 2023. A molecular cell biology toolkit for the study of meiosis in the silkworm Bombyx mori. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 13, jkad058.
Yang X, Chen D, Zheng S, Yi M, Wang S, Liu Y, Jing L, Liu Z, Yang D, Liu Yujia, Tang L, Walters JR, Huang Y. 2023. The Prmt5-Vasa module is essential for spermatogenesis in Bombyx mori. PLOS Genetics 19, e1010600.
Mongue AJ, Hansen ME, Walters JR. 2022. Faster-Z evolution in two divergent species of Lepidoptera. Evolution, Evolution 76, 332–345
Yang D, Xu J, Chen K, Liu Y, Yang X, Tang L, Luo X, Liu Z, Li M, Walters JR, Huang Y. 2022. BmPMFBP1 regulates the development of eupyrene sperm in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. PLoS Genetics, 18, e1010131
Bronikowski AM, Meisel RP, Biga PR, Walters JR, <13 co-authors>. 2022. Sex‐specific aging in animals: Perspective and future directions, Aging Cell 21, e13542
Tan WH, Talla V, Mongue AJ, de Roode JC, Gerardo NM, Walters JR. 2021. Population genomics reveals variable patterns of immune gene evolution in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). Molecular Ecology, 30, 4381–4391
Li M, Tong H, Wang S, Ye W, Li Zicheng, Omar MAA, Ao Y, Ding S, Li Zihao, Wang Y, Yin C, Zhao X, He K, Liu F, Chen X, Mei Y, Walters JR, Jiang M, Li F. 2020. A chromosome‐level genome assembly provides new insights into paternal genome elimination in the cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis. Molecular Ecology Resources, 20: 1733–1747.
Chen K, Yu Y, Yang D, Yang X, Tang L, Liu Y, Luo X, Walters JR, Liu Z, Xu J, Huang Y. 2020. Gtsf1 is essential for proper female sex determination and transposon silencing in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. PLoS Genetics, 16, e1009194.
Gu L, Reilly PF, Lewis JJ, Reed RD, Andolfatto P, Walters JR. 2019. Dichotomy of dosage compensation along the neo Z chromosome of the monarch butterfly. 2019, Current Biology, 29(23), 4071–4077.e3
Whittington E, Karr TL, Mongue AJ, Dorus S, and Walters JR. 2019. Evolutionary proteomics reveals distinct patterns of complexity and divergence between lepidopteran sperm morphs. Genome Biology and Evolution, 11(7), 1838–1846.
Mongue, AJ, Hansen ME, Gu L, Sorenson CE, and Walters JR. 2019. Nonfertilizing sperm in Lepidoptera show little evidence for recurrent positive selection. Molecular Ecology, 18(2), 205–14.
Wan F, Yin C, Tang R, <53 other co-authors>, Xiong R, Walters JR, and Li F. 2019. A chromosome-level genome assembly of Cydia pomonella provides insights into chemical ecology and insecticide resistance. Nature Communications 10:4237, 1–14.
Tan WH, Acevedo T, Harris EV, Alcaide TY, Walters JR, Hunter MD, Gerardo NM, and deRoode JC. 2019. Transcriptomics of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) reveals that toxic host plants alter expression of detoxification genes and down‐regulate a small number of immune genes. Molecular Ecology, 7(5), 651–19.
Li F, Zhao X, Li M, He K, Huang C, Zhou Y, Li Z, and Walters JR. 2019. Insect genomes: progress and challenges. Insect Molecular Biology, 120(7), 2077–20.
Yin C, Li M, Hu J, Lang K, Chen Q, Liu J, Guo D, He K, Dong Y, Luo J, Ye M, Song Y, Walters JR, Zhang W, and Li F. 2018. The genome of the parasitoid wasp Macrocentrus cingulum provides new insights into polyembryony and immune evasion. BMC Genomics 19(1), 420.
Whittington E, Forsythe D, Borziak K, Karr T, Walters JR, and Dorus S. 2017. Comparative proteomics of dimorphic sperm in Lepidoptera. BMC Genomics, 18(1), 931
Mongue AJ and Walters JR. 2017. The Z chromosome is enriched for sperm proteins in two divergent species of Lepidoptera. Genome. 61(4), 248–253
Mongue AJ, Nguyen P, Volenikova A, and Walters JR. 2017. Neo-sex chromosomes in the monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 7(10), 3281-3294
Gu L and Walters JR. 2017. Evolution of sex chromosome dosage compensation in animals: a beautiful theory, undermined by facts and bedeviled by details. Genome Biology and Evolution, 9, 2461-2476.
Gu L, Walters JR, and Knipple DC. 2017. Conserved patterns of sex chromosome dosage compensation in the Lepidoptera (WZ/ZZ): insights from a moth neo-Z chromosome. Genome Biology and Evolution, 9, 802–816.
Manduca genome consortium (including JR Walters). 2016. Multifaceted insights from the genome of the Tabacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology76, 118–147.
Walters JR, Hardcastle TJ, and Jiggins CD. 2015. Sex chromosome dosage compensation in Heliconius butterflies: global yet still incomplete? Genome Biology & Evolution, 7(9), 2545–2559.
Karr, TL and Walters JR. 2015. Panning for sperm gold: Isolation and purification of apyrene and eupyrene sperm from lepidopterans. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 63, 152–158.
Harpel D, Cullen DA, Ott SR, Jiggins CD, Walters JR. 2015. Pollen feeding proteomics: salivary proteins of the passion flower butterfly, Heliconius melpomene. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 63:7-13.
Whittington E, Zhao Q, Borziak K, Walters JR, and Dorus S. 2015. Characterisation of the Manduca sexta sperm proteome: Genetic novelty underlying sperm composition in Lepidoptera. Insect biochemistry and molecular biology. 62:183-193.
Martin SH, Dasmahapatra KK, Nadeau NN, Salazar C, Walters JR, Blaxter M, Manica A, Mallet J, and Jiggins CD. 2013. Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow in Heliconius butterflies. Genome Research. 23, 1817–1828.
Briscoe AD, Munos AM, Kozak KM, Walters JR, Yuan F, Jamie GA, Martin SH, Jacquin-Joly E, and Jiggins CD. 2013. Female behavior drives expression and evolution of gustatory receptors in butterflies. PLoS Genetics, 9, e1003620
Heliconius Genome Consortium (KDasmahapatra & JR Walters, shared first-authorship, with 78 co-authors). 2012.A butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species. Nature, 487, 94–98.
Walters JR, Stafford C, Hardcastle J, and Jiggins CD. 2012. Evaluating female remating rates in light of spermatophore degradation in Heliconius butterflies: pupal-mating monandry versus adult-mating polyandry. Ecological Entomology, 37:4, 257–268. **Distinguished as Editor’s Choice for issue
Walters JR and Harrison RG. 2011. Decoupling of rapid and adaptive evolution among seminal fluid proteins in Heliconius butterflies with divergent mating systems. Evolution, vol. 65 (10) pp. 2855-71
Walters JR and Hardcastle TH. 2011. Getting a full dose? Reconsidering sex chromosome dosage compensation in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Genome Biology and Evolution vol. 3 pp. 491-504
Walters JR and Harrison RG.2010. Combined EST and Proteomic Analysis Identifies Rapidly Evolving Seminal Fluid Proteins in Heliconius Butterflies. Molecular Biology and Evolution vol. 27 (9) pp. 2000-2013
Maroja LM, Andres JA, Walters JR, and Harrison RG. 2009. Multiple barriers to gene exchange in a field cricket hybrid zone. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 97(2):390-402.
Walters JR and Harrison RG. 2008. EST analysis of male accessory glands from Heliconius butterflies with divergent mating systems. BMC genomics, 9: 593.
Papa R, Morrison CM, Walters JR, Counterman BA, Chen R, Halder G, Roberts L, Kapan DD, Jiggins CD, Reed RD, McMillan WO. 2008. Highly conserved gene order and numerous novel repetitive elements in genomic regions linked to wing pattern variation in Heliconius butterflies. BMC Genomics 9: 345.
Wright TF, Johns PM, Walters JR, Lerner AP, Swallow JG and Wilkinson GS. 2004. Microsatellite variation among divergent populations of stalk-eyed flies, genus Cyrtodiopsis. Genetical Research 84(1) 27-40
Graustein A, Gaspar JM, Walters JR, Palopoli MF. 2002. Levels of DNA polymorphism vary with mating system in the nematode genus Caenorhabditis. Genetics. 161 (1) 99-107.