PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATION (* indicates undergraduate and master’s student co-authors)
A full publication list can be found here: Google Scholar ResearchGate
Li CY, Bowers JM, Alexander TA, Behrens KA, Jackson P*, Amini CJ* & Juntti SA. 2024. A pheromone receptor in cichlid fish mediates attraction to females but inhibits male parental care. Current Biology 34:3866-3880.e7.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.07.029 (IF = 9.2 , SJR 27/618 = 4.36% Neuroscience).
Research highlieght in UMD Maryland Today: Genetic Mutation Prompts ‘Deadbeat Dad’ Fish to Start Raising Their Offspring
Li CY, Boldt H, Parent E*, Ficklin JA, James Altheia, Anlage TJ, Boyer LM, Pierce BR, Siegfried K, Earley RL, Harris MP & Haag ES. 2023. Genetic tools for the study of the mangrove killifish,
Kryptolebias marmoratus, an emerging vertebrate model for phenotypic plasticity. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 1-14.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.23216 (IF = 2.368, SJR 86/448 = 19.19% Animal Science and Zoology).
Li CY, Pan CY* & Hsu Y. 2023. Age-dependent winner-loser effects in a mangrove rivulus fish, Kryptolebias marmoratus. Animal Cognition 26:1177-1488.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-023-01797-8 (IF = 2.899, SJR 117/706 = 16.57% Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics).
Bowers JM, Li CY, Westbrook EM, Parker CG & Juntti SA. 2023. Pheromone perception in fish: mechanisms and modulation by internal status. Integrative and Comparative Biology icad049.
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icad049 (IF = 3.392, SJR 29/469 = 6.1% Animal Science and Zoology).
Li CY, Lawrence K*, Merlo-Coyne J* & Juntti SA. 2023. Prostaglandin F2α drives female pheromone signaling in cichlids, revealing a basis for evolutionary divergence in olfactory signaling.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120:e2214418120.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.221441812 (IF = 12.779, SJR 4/138 = 2.9% Multidisciplinary).
Li CY, Steighner JR*, Sweatta G, Thieleb TR & Juntti SA. 2021. Manipulation of the Tyrosinase gene permits improved CRISPR/Cas editing and in vivo imaging in cichlids. Scientific Reports
11:15138.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94577-8 (IF = 4.379, SJR 10/145 = 6.8% Multidisciplinary).
Li CY, Tseng YC, Chen YJ*, Yang YS & Hsu Y. 2020. Personality and physiological traits predict contest interactions in Kryptolebias marmoratus. Behavioural Processes 173:104079.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104079 (IF = 2.008, SJR 79/429 = 18.4% Animal Science and Zoology).
Li CY, Hofmann HA, Harris ML & Earley RL. 2018. Real or fake? Natural and artificial social stimuli elicit divergent behavioural and neural responses in mangrove rivulus, Kryptolebias marmoratus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 285:20181610.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1610 (IF = 4.847, SJR 11/298 = 3.6% Agricultural and Biological Sciences).
Li CY, Jones R* & Earley RL. 2018. Contest decisions are governed by size and opponent type in mangrove rivulus fish, Kryptolebias marmoratus. Animal Behaviour 146:97-103.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.09.020 (IF = 3.067, SJR 12/429 = 2.8% Animal Science and Zoology).
Li CY, Huang SP, Fuller A, Garcia M, Hsu Y & Earley RL. 2018. Sexual phenotype drives variation in endocrine responses to social challenge in a quasi-clonal animal.
Royal Society Open Science 5:180002.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180002 (IF = 2.646, SJR 12/145 = 8.3% Multidisciplinary).
Li CY, Curtis C* & Earley RL. 2018. Non-reversing mirror test: a new method for quantifying aggression and predicting contest behaviour. Animal Behaviour 137:95-105.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.01.010 (IF = 3.067, SJR 12/429 = 2.8% Animal Science and Zoology).
Feature Synopsis on Science Trends: Fighting With Your Own Reflection: Can Animals Perceive The Differences Between Natural And Fake Opponents?
Li CY, Yang YS, Lee PY & Hsu Y. 2014. Opponent familiarity and contest experience jointly influence contest decisions in Kryptolebias marmoratus. Frontiers in Zoology 11:92.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-014-0092-7 (IF = 3.051, SJR 11/429 = 2.6% Animal Science and Zoology).
Li CY, Earley RL, Huang SP & Hsu Y. 2014. Fighting experience alters brain androgen receptor expression dependent on testosterone status. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 281:20141532.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1532 (IF = 5.051, SJR 11/298 = 3.6% Agricultural and Biological Sciences).
Chang C, Li CY, Earley RL & Hsu Y. 2012. Aggression and related behavioral traits: the impact of winning and losing and the role of hormones. Integrative and Comparative Biology 52:801-813.
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/ics057 (IF:2.447, SJR 15/429 = 3.5% Animal Science and Zoology).
SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS (* indicates undergraduate and master’s student co-authors)
Li CY, Kueltz D, Ward AK* & Earley RL. Winning and losing experiences exert independent effects on learning abilities and forebrain protein expression. bioRxiv 2021.04.25.441338. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.25.441338
MANUSCRIPTS IN REVISION (* indicates undergraduate and master’s student co-authors)
Johnson EL, Sisti AR*, Murali S*, Li CY & Earley RL. Compound- and route-specific phenotypic effects of estrogenic endocrine disruptors.
Li CY, Waits A* & Earley RL. High temperature drives the expression of androgenic enzymes in the gonad of hermaphroditic mangrove rivulus fish: implications for sex change.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION (* indicates undergraduate and master’s student co-authors)
Garcia MJ, Li CY & Earley RL. More than the next fight: new perspectives on when and why experience effects are adaptive.
Li CY, Adams D* & Earley RL. Should I run or stay? Age-dependent antipredator behavior in mangrove rivulus, Kryptolebias marmoratus.