Selected Titles 
last update: August 21, 2009

  1. Pruijssers, A. J., P. Falabella, J. H. Eum, F. Pennacchio, M. R. Brown and M. R. Strand. 2009. Infection by a symbiotic polydnavirus induces wasting and inhibits metamorphosis of the moth Pseudoplusia includens. J. Exp. Biol. In press.
  2. Nakatogawa, S., Y. Oda, M. Kamiya, T. Kamijima, T. Aizawa, K.D. Clark, K. Kawano, M.R. Strand and Y. Hayakawa. 2009. A novel peptide mediates aggregation and migration of hemocytes from an insect. Curr. Biol., 19, 779-785.
  3. Baton, L., A. Robertson, E. Warr, M. R. Strand , G. Dimopoulos. 2009. Genome-wide transcriptomic profiling of Anopheles gambiae hemocytes reveals pathogen-specific signatures upon bacterial challenge and Plasmodium berghei infection. BMC Genomics 10, 257.
  4. Harvey, J.A., R. Gols and M.R. Strand. 2009. Development and intrinsic competition amongst three edoparasitoid wasps with differing host usage strategies. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 130, 238-248.
  5. Strand, M.R. 2009. Polyembryony. In: Encyclopedia of Insects, 2nd Edition (R. Carde and V. Resch, eds.). Academic Press. pp. 928-932,
  6. Strand, M.R. 2009. The interactions between polydnavirus-carrying parasitoids and their lepidopteran hosts. In Molecular Biology of the Lepidoptera (M. Goldsmith and T. M. Miller eds.) CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. In press
  7. Lu, Z., M.H. Beck, H. Jiang. Y. Wang, and M.R. Strand. 2008. The viral protein Egf1.0 is a dual activity inhibitor of prophenoloxidase activating proteinases 1 and 3 from Manduca sexta. J. Biol. Chem. 283, 21325-21333.
  8. Brown, M.R., K.D. Clark, M. Gulia, Z. Zhao, S.F. Garczynski, J.W. Crim, R.J. Suderman, and M.R. Strand. 2008. An insulin-like peptide regulates egg maturation and metabolism in the mosquito Aedes aegypti, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 5716-5721.
  9. Suderman, R. J., A. J. Pruijssers and M. R. Strand. 2008. Protein tyrosine phophatase-H2 from Microplitis demoltor bracovirus induces apoptosis of insect cells. J. Gen. Virol. In press.
  10. Beck, M. H. and Strand, M. R. 2007. A novel protein from a polydnavirus inhibits the insect prophenoloxidase activation pathway. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 104, 19267-19272.
  11. Strand, M. R. 2008. Insect cellular immunity. Insect Science 15, 1-14.
  12. Strand, M.R. 2008. Polydnavirus abrogation of the insect immune system. In: Encyclopedia of Virology, 2nd Ed. Elsevier. In press
  13. Strand, M. R. 2008. Insect hemocytes and their role in immunity. Pg. 25-48. In: Insect Immunity (Beckage, N. E. ed). Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
  14. Giron, D., J. A. Johnson, J. A. Harvey and M. R. Strand. 2007. Male soldier caste larvae are non-aggressive in the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma floridanum. Biol. Letters. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0199.
  15. Strand, M .R. 2007. Polydnavirus abrogation of the insect immune system. In: Encyclopedia of Virology, 2nd  Ed. Elsevier, San Diego, CA.  In press.
  16. Pruijssers, A. and M. R. Strand. 2007. Protein tyrosine phosphatase-H2 and PTP-H3 from Microplitis demolitor bracovirus functions as a phagocytic inhibitor in insect immune cells. J. Virol. 81, 1209-1219.
  17. Strand, M.R. and J. Casas. 2006. Parasitoid and host nutritional physiology in behavioral ecology. In: Parasitoid Behavioral Ecology (Wajnberg, E., J. van Alphen, C. Bernstein, eds.). Blackwell Press, Oxford, UK. In Press.
  18. Beck, M.H., R.B. Inman, and M.R. Strand. 2007. Microplitis demolitor bracovirus segments vary in abundance and are individually packaged in virions. Virology 359, 179-189.
  19. Castillo, J.C., A.E. Robertson, and M.R. Strand. 2006. Characterization of hemocytes from the mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochem. & Mol. Biol. In press.
  20. Giron, D., K.G. Ross, and M.R. Strand. 2007. The presence of soldier larvae determines the outcome of competition in a polyembryonic wasp. J. Evol. Biol. 20,165-172.
  21. Keasar, T., M. Segoli, R. Barak, S. Steinberg, D. Giron, M.R. Strand, A. Bouskila, and A.R. Harari. 2006. Costs and consequences of superparasitism in the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma koehleri. Ecol. Entomol. 31, 277-283.
  22. Wertheim, B., A.R. Kraaijeveld, E. Schuster, E. Blanc, M. Hopkins, S.D. Pletcher, M.R. Strand, H.C.J. Godfray, and L. Partridge. 2005. Genome wide expression in response to parasitoid attack in Drosophila. Genome Biol. 6: R94 (doe:10.1186/gb-2005-2005-6-11-r94).
  23. Pennacchio, F. and M.R. Strand. 2006. Evolution of developmental strategies in parasitic Hymenoptera. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 51, 233-258.
  24. Donnell, D. and M.R. Strand. 2006. Caste-based differences in gene expression in the polyembryonic wasp Copidosma floridanum. Insect Biochem. & Mol. Biol. 36, 141-153.
  25. Webb, B.A., M.R. Strand, S.E. Deborde, M. Beck, R.S. Hilgarth, K. Kadash, J.A. Kroemer, K.G. Lindstrom, W. Rattanadechakul, K.S. Shelby, L. Thoetkiattikul, M.W. Turnbull, W.E. Barney, and R.A. Witherell. 2006. Polydnavirus genomes reflect their dual roles as mutualists and pathogens. Virology. 347, 160-174.
  26. Strand, M.R., M.H. Beck, M.D. Lavine, and K.D. Clark. 2006. Microplitis demolitor bracovirus inhibits phagocytosis by hemocytes from Pseudoplusia includens. Arch Insect Bich. Physiol. 61, 134-145.
  27. Lavine, M.D. , G. Chen and M.R. Strand. 2005. Immune challenge differentiallly affects transcript abundance of three antimicrobial peptides in hemocytes from the moth Pseudoplusia includens. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 35, 1335-1346
  28. Thoetkiattikul, L., M.H. Beck and M.R. Strand. 2005. IkB-like proteins from a polydnavirus function as suppressors of the insect immune response. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA. 102, 11426-11431.
  29. Clark, K.D., Y. Kim, M.R. Strand. 2005. Plasmatocyte sensitivity to plasmatocyte spreading peptide (PSP) fluctuates with the larval molting cycle. J. Insect Physiol. 51, 587-596.
  30. Corley, L.S., M.T. White, and M.R. Strand. 2005. Both endogenous and environmental factors affect embryo proliferation in the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma floridanum. Evol. & Devp. 7, 115-121.
  31. Beck, M. and M.R. Strand. 2005. Glc1.8 from Microplitis demolitor bracovirus induces a loss of adhesion and phagocytosis by Insect High Five and S2 cells. J. Virol. 79, 1861-1870.
  32. Yoshida, M., T. Aizawa, T. Nakamura, K. Shitara, Y. Hayakawa, K. Matsubara, K. Miura, T. Kouno, K.D. Clark, M.R. Strand, M. Mizuguchi, M. Demura, K. Nitta and K. Kawano. 2004. The Gly-Gly Linker Region of the Insect Cytokine Growth Blocking Peptide (GBP) is Essential for Activity. J. Biol. Chem. 279, 51331-51337.
  33. Webb B.A. and Strand M.R. 2004. The Biology and Genomics of Polydnaviruses. In Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science, Vol. 6 (Gilbert, L. I., Iatrou, and Gill, S. S., eds). Elsevier, San Diego, CA. pg. 323-360.
  34. Donnell, D., L. Corley, G. Chen, and M. R. Strand. 2004. Inheritance of germ cells mediates caste formation in a polyembryonic wasp. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 101: 10095-10100.
  35. Clark, K.D., S. Garczynski, A. Arora, J. Crim and M.R. Strand. 2004. Specific residues in plasmatocyte spreading peptide are required for receptor binding and functional antagonism of insect immune cells. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 33246-33252.
  36. Harvey, J. A., T.M. Bezemer, J.A. Elzinga, and M.R. Strand. 2004. Development of the solitary endoparasitoid Microplitis demolitor: host quality does not increase with host age and size. Ecol. Ent. 29: 35-43.
  37. Webb B.A., N.E. Beckage, Y. Hayakawa, P.J. Krell, B. Lanzrein, M.R. Strand, D.B. Stoltz, M.D. Summers. 2004. Polydnaviridae. In: Virus Taxonomy. (M.H.V. Regenmortel et al eds.). Academic Press. pp. 253-259.
  38. Giron, D., Dunn, D., Hardy, I.C.W., and M.R. Strand. 2004. Aggression by polyembryonic wasp soldiers correlates with kinship but not resource competition. Nature 430: 676-679.
  39. Giron, D., and M. R. Strand. 2004. Host resistance and the evolution of kin recognition in polyembryonic wasps. Proc. Roy. Soc. B (Suppl.). Biol. Letters 271, S395-398.
  40. Strand, M. R. 2003. Polyembryony. In: Encyclopedia of Insects (R. Carde and V. Resch, eds.). Academic Press. pp. 928-932.
  41. Antolin, M. F., P. J. Ode, G. E. Heimpel, R. B. O’Hara, and M. R. Strand. 2003. Population structure, mating system, and sex-determining allele diversity of the parasitoid wasp Habrobracon hebetor. Heredity. 93: 373-381.
  42. Kadash, K., J. A. Harvey and M. R. Strand. 2003. Cross-protection experiments with parasitoids in the genus Microplitis (Hymenoptera; Braconidae) suggest a high level of specificity in their associated bracoviruses. J. Insect Physiol. 49: 473-482.
  43. Lavine, M. D. and M. R. Strand. 2003. Hemocytes from Pseudoplusia includens express multiple alpha and beta integrin subunits. Insect Mol. Biol. 12: 441-452.
  44. Corley, L. and M. R. Strand. 2003. Evasion of encapsulation by the polyembryonic parasitoid Copidosoma floridanum is mediated by a polar body-derived extraembryonic membrane. J. Invert. Pathol. 8: 86-89.
  45. Beck, M. and M. R. Strand. 2003. RNA interference silences Microplitis demolitor bracovirus genes and implicates glc1.8 in blocking adhesion of infected host cells. Virology, 314: 521-535.
  46. Harvey, J. A. and M. R. Strand. 2003. Sexual size and development time dimorphism in a parasitoid wasp: an exception to the rule? Eur. J. Entomol. 100: 485-492.
  47. Strand, M. R. 2002. The interactions between larval parasitoids and their hosts. In: Behavioral Ecology of Parasites (M. Sukdeo, J. Campbell, and E. Lewis, Eds.). CBA Press. London. 129-152.
  48. Harvey, J. A. and M. R. Strand. 2002. The developmental strategies of endoparasitoid wasps vary with host feeding ecology. Ecology. 83: 2439-2451.
  49. Lavine, M. D. and M. R. Strand. 2002. Insect hemocytes and their role in cellular immune responses. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 32: 1237-1242.
  50. Schmidt, O., U. Theopold and M. R. Strand. 2001. Innate immunity and evasion by insect parasitoids. Bioessays. 23: 344-351.
  51. Strand, M. R. 2001. Bracoviruses (Polydnaviridae). In: The Springer Index of Viruses (C.A. Tidona, G. Darai R. Lange eds.), 820-825.
  52. Lavine, M. and M. R. Strand. 2001. Surface features mediating cellular encapsulation in noctuid moths. J. Insect Physiol. 47: 965-974.
  53. Clark, K. D., B. F. Volkman, B. F., H. Thoetiatikal, H., B. King, Y. Hayakawa and M. R. Strand. 2001. Alanine-scanning mutagenesis of plasmatocyte spreading peptide identifies critical residues for biological activity. J. Biol. Chem. 276: 18491-18496.
  54. Clark, K. D., B. F. Volkman, B. F., H. Thoetiatikal, Y. Hayakawa and M. R. Strand. 2001. N-terminal residues of plasmatocyte spreading peptide possess specific determinants required for biological activity. J. Biol. Chem. 276: 37431-37435.
  55. Aizawa, T., Y. Hayakawa, A. Ohnishi, N. Fujitani, K. D. Clark, M. R. Strand, K. Miura, N. Koganesawa, Y. Kumaki, Y. Demura, K Nitta, and K. Kawano. 2001. Structure and activity of the insect cytokine growth-blocking peptide: essential regions for mitogenic and hemocyte stimulating activities are separate. J. Biol. Chem. 276: 31813-31818.
  56. Harvey, J., K. Kadash, and M. R. Strand. 2000. Feeding behavior correlates with altered developmental strategies in parasitic wasps. Oikos 88: 621-629.
  57. Holloway, A. K., M. R. Strand, W. C. Black IV, and M. F. Antolin. 2000. Linkage analysis of sex determination in Bracon sp. near hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Genetics 154: 205-212.
  58. Gardiner, E. M. M. and M. R. Strand. 2000. Hematopoiesis in larval Pseudoplusia includens and Spodoptera frugiperda. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 43: 147-164.
  59. Strand, M. R., Y. Hayakawa, and K. C. Clark. 2000. Plasmatocyte spreading peptide (PSP1) and growth blocking peptide (GBP) are multifunctional homologs. J. Insect Physiol. 46: 817-824.
  60. Strand, M. R. 2000. Life history variation and developmental contraints in parasitoids. In: Population Biology of Parasitoids (M. Hochberg and A. R. Ives, eds.). pp. 139-162. Princeton University Press.
  61. Harvey, J. A., L. S. Corley and M. R. Strand. 2000. Competition induces adaptive shifts in caste ratios of a polyembronic wasp.  Nature 406: 183-186.
  62. Pech, L. L. and M. R. Strand. 2000. Plasmatocytes from the moth Pseudoplusia includens induce apoptosis of granular cells. J. Insect Physiol. 46: 1565-1573.
  63. Trudeau, D., A. R. Witherell and M. R. Strand. 2000. Characterization of two novel Microplitis demolitor polydnavirus mRNAs expressed in Pseudoplusia includens haemocytes. J. Gen. Virol. 81: 3049-3058.
  64. Strand, M. R. 2000. The effects of life history on development of the Hymenoptera. In: Hymenoptera: Evolution, Biodiversity and Biological Control (A. D. Austin and M. Dowton, eds.). pp. 11-16. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.
  65. Webb B.A., N.E. Beckage, Y. Hayakawa, P.J. Krell, B. Lanzrein, M.R. Strand, D.B. Stoltz, M.D. Summers. 2000. Polydnaviridae. In: Virus Taxonomy. (M.H.V. Regenmortel et al eds.) p 253-259.
  66. Gardiner, E.M.M. and M.R. Strand. 1999. Monoclonal antibodies bind distinct classes of hemocytes in the moth Pseudoplusia includens. J. Insect Physiol. 45:113-126.
  67. Strand, M.R., K.C. Clark and E.M.M. Gardiner. 1999. Plasmatocyte spreading peptide does not induce Microplitis demolitor polydnavirus-infected plasmatocytes to spread on foreign surfaces. Arch. Insect Bioch. Physiol. 40: 41-52.
  68. Heimpel, G.E., M.F.. Antolin and M.R. Strand. 1999. Diversity of sex-determining alleles in Bracon hebetor. Heredity 82:282-291.
  69. Volkman, B.J., M.E. Anderson, K. D. Clark, Y. Hayakawa, M.R. Strand and J.L. Markley. 1999. Stucture of the insect cytokine Plasmatocyte Spreading Peptide from Pseudoplusia includens. J. Biol. Chem. 274:4493-4496.
  70. Grbic, M. and M.R. Strand. 1998. Shifts in the life history of parasitic wasps correlate with pronounced alterations in early development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95:1097-1101.
  71. Grbic, M., L. Nagy and M.R. Strand. 1998. Development of polyembryonic insects: a major departure from typical insect embryogenesis. Devp. Genes and Evol. 208: 69-81.
  72. Clark, K.D., A. Witherell and M.R. Strand. 1998. Plasmatocyte spreading peptide is encoded by an mRNA differentially expressed in tissues of the moth Pseudoplusia includens. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 250:479-485.
  73. Strand, M.R., R.A. Witherell and D. Trudeau. 1997. Two related Microplitis demolitor polydnavirus mRNAs expressed in hemocytes of Pseudoplusia includens contain a common cysteine-rich domain. J. Virol. 71: 2146-2156.
  74. Ode, P.J., M.F. Antolin and M.R. Strand. 1997. Constrained oviposition and female-biased sex allocation in a parasitic wasp. Oecologia 109: 547-55.
  75. Grbic, M., D. Rivers and M.R. Strand. 1997. Caste formation in the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma floridanum: in vivo and in vitro analysis. J. Insect Physiol. 43:553-565.
  76. Strand, M.R. and M. Grbic. 1997. The development and evolution of polyembryonic insects. Curr. Topics Devp. Biol. 35: 121-160.
  77. Heimpel, G.E., M.F. Antolin, R.A. Franqui and M.R. Strand. 1997. Reproductive isolation and genetic divergence between two "strains" of Bracon hebetor(Hymenoptera:Braconidae). Biol. Control 9:149-156.
  78. Clark, K., L.L. Pech and M.R. Strand. 1997. Isolation and identification of a plasmatocyte spreading peptide rom hemolymph of the lepidopteran insect Pseudoplusia includens. J. Biol. Chem. 272:23440-23447.
  79. Takasu, K., P.J. Ode, M.F. Antolin and M.R. Strand. 1997. Environmental and genetic determinants of ovicide in the parasitic wasp Bracon hebetor. Behav. Ecol. 8: 647-654.
  80. Strand, M.R. and J.A. Johnson. 1996. Generation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to hemocytes of Pseudoplusia includens. J. Insect Physiol. 42:21-31.
  81. Strand, M.R. and J.J. Obrycki. 1996. Host specificity of insect parasitoids and predators. Bioscience 46: 422-429.
  82. Grbic, M., L. Nagy, S.B. Carroll and M.R. Strand. 1996. Development and pattern formation in the polyembronic wasp. Copidosoma floridanum. Development 122: 795-804.
  83. Antolin, M.F., C.F. Bosio, J. Cotton, W. Sweeney, M.R. Strand, W.C. Black IV. 1996. Intensive linkage mapping in a wasp (Bracon hebetor) and a mosquito (Aedes aegypti) with SSCP analysis of RAPD markers. Genetics 143: 1727-1738.
  84. Pech, L.L. and M.R. Strand. 1996. Encapsulation in the insect Pseudoplusia includens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) requires cooperation between granular cells and plasmatocytes. J. Cell Science 109: 2053-2060.
  85. Grbic, M., L. Nagy and M.R. Strand. 1996. Pattern duplications in larvae of the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma floridanum. Devp. Genes and Evolution 206: 281-287.
  86. Ode, P.J., M.F. Antolin and M.R. Strand. 1996. Sex allocaton and sexual asymmetries in intra-brood competition in the parasitic wasp Bracon hebetor. J. Anim. Ecol. 65: 690-714.
  87. Ode, P.J., M.F. Antolin and M.R. Strand. 1995. Brood-mate avoidance in the parasitic wasp Bracon hebetor. Anim. Behav. 49: 1239-1248.
  88. Ode, P.J. and M.R. Strand. 1995. Progeny and sex allocation decisions of the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma floridanum. J. Anim Ecol. 64:213-224.
  89. Strand, M.R. and L.L. Pech. 1995. Immunological compatibility in parasitoid-host relationships. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 40: 31-56.
  90. Strand, M.R. and L.L. Pech. 1995. Microplitis demolitor polydnavirus induces apoptosis of a specific haemocyte morphotype in Pseudoplusia includens. J. Gen Virol. 76: 283-291.
  91. Pech, L., D. Trudeau and M.R. Strand. 1994. Separation and behaviour in vitro of hemocytes from the moth Pseudoplusia includens. Cell and Tiss.Res. 277: 159-167.
  92. Strand, M.R. 1994. Microplitis demolitor polydnavirus infects and expresses in specific morphotypes of Pseudoplusia includens haemocytes. J. Gen. Virol. 75: 3007-3020.
  93. Hardy, I.C.W., P.J. Ode and M.R. Strand. 1993. Factors influencing sex ratios in polyembryonic wasps. Oecologia 93:343-348.
  94. Baehrecke, E.H., J.A. Aiken, B.A. Dover and M.R. Strand. 1993. Ecdysteroid induction of embryonic morphogenesis in a parasitic wasp. Devp. Biol. 158: 275-287.
  95. Strand, M.R., D.I. McKenzie, V. Grassl, B.A. Dover and J.M. Aiken. 1992. Persistence and expression of Microplitis demolitor polydnavirus in Pseudoplusia includens. J. Gen. Virol. 73:1627-1635.
  96. Grbic, M., P.J. Ode and M.R. Strand. 1992. Sibling rivalry and brood sex ratios in polyembryonic wasps. Nature 360:254-26.


       

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